"And this must be the infamous Miss Boston" Tom flirted with nikki
"don't be a flirt mister" Nikki laughed
"Me flirting never"
"Oh come on tom" Sian laughed "you have a history"
"I do not"
"Look Nikki, he works his way round the staffroom until he gets the one he finds the best, and when he does, somehow they die"
"Charming"
"Hey that's not fair" Tom said "it wasn't like that and you know it wasn't" Tom said defensively
"Alright tom, im only making a joke" Sian said as a new teacher walked in she stared
"yeah well its not funny when your wife kills herself and your fiancé then gets murdered is it" Tom snapped and slammed the door to the staffroom open and into his classroom where a couple of tears fell
Nikki watched on. Something she didn't know what brought her to her feet, and she found herself walking to tom's classroom and kneeling by his desk.
"Its difficult, losing someone you love I know it is" Nikki spoke breaking the silence as she held a hand out over the desk rubbing his hand with her thumb. "Last thing you need is colleagues saying that when your not completely over it yourself"
Tom looked at Nikki, her heart sank when she saw him crying.
"let me guess hayfever?" nikki smiled
"yeah I get it bad this time of year" Tom smiled
"ignore her, she doesn't know what your going through, I don't know what your going through but I know what its like to lose someone you love, my husband walked out on me after Evie was born. Evie was 2 weeks old, Amy was 2 years old"
"seriously"
"yeah some men are complete b*****ds, emphasis on the some, your not you have a heart tom"
Tom smiled
"To make things worse he told me I was ugly, I wasn't pretty, I was fat, and no one would ever want me, so that on top of two kids to look after, I had a mental breakdown, this is my first teaching job, I had to go back to education and get a PGCE took me three years part time."
"Boston? You telling me you haven't been laid in 13 years?"
"depends what you mean by that…I mean for me enjoying it and loving it…it was 13 years ago, did some work in the army and also…also" she said looking down "on the streets"
"you were a prostitute?"
"it was fast cash, I wasn't eating I had to feed and clothe the girls and keep a roof over my head, I stopped it about a year ago, got beaton black and blue for stopping"
"oh nik"
"I dunno why this has even come out to you, you don't even know me, never have I opened up to anyone like this before I dunno why I followed you im so confused why everythings just happening"
Tom smiled at her babbling to herself "Nikki, I think we can keep secrets, I think we can become quite close working colleagues"
"I'd like that"
"do you fancy coming to the pub for a drink tonight you can bring the girls"
"yeah alright then sounds good to me"
Meanwhile back in the staffroom.
"I take it this is the staffroom" A strong Scottish accent said
"It certainly is, I'm sian, Science" she smiled holding her arm out
"Micheal Byrne, deputy and science" he said shaking her hand smiling
"Ah so you're the new science teacher"
"I am indeed, perhaps you could show me around"
"Of course welcome to the Sian tour!" She giggled
"Lead the way" Micheal smiled walking with her