Nikki's point of view:
Dark, pitch black even. 'Hello, gorgeous.' I head Kyle's voice in my ear. He bit me; I could feel him touch me. His face was etched in the back of my skull, his sullen face jeering at me.
I woke with a start, tears trickling down my face, cold with chills but sweating with the panic and fear at the same time. Lorraine had obviously felt me shake, she was awake studying my face carefully, and I could just about make out her features in the dark. 'Hey Nik, come here.' She pulled me closer, resting my head against her chest. Comforting me like a child, this was what I needed now, it felt nice. 'Did you have another nightmare?' She asked soothingly. One of her hands untangling my hair, moving it out of my face and the other wrapped around my back, moving me onto her lap slightly. I nodded, feeling stupid. I felt so childish right now, maybe I should start sucking my thumb then Lorraine will know she is with a right old psycho. 'Don't worry Nik, you're safe now.' She carried on until I fell asleep again.
The next thing I knew I was emptying the full contents of my stomach into the toilet. It was 5:30am. I was almost so used to it recently that I didn't even really need Lorraine's support of holding my hair back and rubbing circles on my back; I did appreciate it though. She knew how much comfort and help I needed; she also knew when to back off for a few hours. After she came upstairs again to greet me with a large glass of water and some toast. 'Eat this; you need to keep up your strength.' I nibbled the corner, I was hungry but no food seemed appetising at the thought of knowing it would be back up in a few hours' time. 'When did you go all doctory on me Miss Donnegan?' I giggled slightly. 'Well let's just say I've been reading up on this.' She smiled. 'I love you.' I kissed the tip of her nose, straddling her, my legs around her waist. Touching my nose briefly, she put me back on the chair 'Gotta get ready for work.' She winked knowing it'd be on my mind all day now, none of the other teachers knew and I wanted it to stay that way until I made any decisions. If I decided to keep the baby it'd be awkward later in pregnancy. I had decided to wait until the twelve week scan before making any rash choices. In reality, it wasn't even that long.
It was nearly lunch which was good as Lorraine was due to come back to the site after a meeting somewhere else. She was constantly going off site for the meetings and I always looked forward to seeing her face back in the staff room. Not that I could react, although part of me (maybe slightly due to my hormones) wanted to jump up and snog her face off. Making my way to the staff room, the awful smells from the cafeteria made my stomach churn. I found myself emptying my stomach again quickly, like routine before going to make myself a drink in the staff room. Luckily for me, my stomach was still flat and toned; no sign of a bump or curvature yet. Tom sat in the chair next to me with a heated up bowl of last night's dinner. 'Eugh, what is that smell Tom?' I ruffled my nose slightly. 'Ah come on Nikki, you used to love my chilli, was great after a busy day at work.' I smiled lightly, glad my stomach. 'I don't remember it smelling ever this bad though.' I laughed. His eyebrows lifted at what I said. 'Wait, Nikki are you pregnant?' he questioned, this is when the whole staff room decided to go quiet. They had all heard, Christine scoffed looking smug, Audrey looking shocked. 'Er…I..yes…I…um.' Some smiles and congratulations passed around some looked shocked still. They thought the same as me; I didn't look like mother material. Tom patted my shoulder 'Congrats Nikki, I didn't know you were seeing someone, tell me who's the father?' he asked politely, I guess expecting to hear a story of happy families, not a broken scared woman who's life had been turned upside down by a former pupil. I couldn't speak; instead I burst into tears running out the door pushing past Lorraine who had been just about to enter.
Lorraine's point of view:
I had been looking forward to coming back to the school. Mainly to see Nikki, I couldn't give her love in the staff room like I wanted to but one could simply observe from a distance. I didn't expect to see the scene I saw, Nikki pushed past me bawling her eyes out. Whether she had seen me there I wasn't sure, but she looked like she could do with a minute alone. 'Nikki.' I called after her; she carried on quickly walking down the corridor turning the corner to avoid all contact with me.
Hearing all the commotion in the staffroom, I burst in. Anger submerged inside of me, I didn't want to see Nik crying like that. I didn't like it. 'What in god's name is going on?' I asked angrily in my cockney accent. 'Haven't you heard Nikki's pregnant?' Christine scoffed smugly. I frowned 'Why did she just run past me bawling her eyes out then?' 'That might have been my fault.' Tom muttered quietly. I was about to question him further when he added 'I asked her who the father was.' 'Oh my god.' I ran my hands over my face not caring in the slightest that my make-up would be affected. 'Something wrong?' Tom looked concerned, more probably about Nikki.