Daydreamergirl10, I really liked your suggestion of Maisie struggling at school so here it is :) Thank you all for the continued reviews and also all of the lovely suggestions, I do look at them all and will promise to include them all at some point during the story :)
Also If anyone has any ideas of a chapter I could do about Oliver then please just suggest it, as I don't think I'm including him as much as the girls.. but I just can't seem to think of a storyline for him. thanks :) xx
"Mr and Mrs Jordan, please come in" Mrs Roberts gestured towards the chairs in front of her desk for them to take a seat.
"What's happened this time?" Nick disappointingly asked, it was never good news when he ended up in Maisie's headmistresses office.
"Well although Maisie's fighting seems to have stopped" She began, "She's now refusing to do her work and arguing with her teachers" Mrs Roberts sighed. She did like Maisie as an individual, she had always been a well behaved student until the past few years.
"That doesn't sound like Maisie at all" Zoe sighed, turning to look at Nick. She thought Maisie had put all this troublesome behavior behind her.
"Now this is not the first time that this has happened during her literacy lessons" Mrs Roberts added, "Maisie has always been so academically focused so I suspect it's just an attention call"
Nick shook his head in extreme disappointment, "We'll have a word with her" He assured her.
Mrs Roberts nodded, "Thank you, she's waiting for you in reception" She told them both.
"Thank you" Nick said standing up and shaking her hand goodbye.
"Bye" Zoe smiled, taking hold of her hand and shaking it also.
As they exited the office, Maisie was sat outside by reception on a chair waiting for them. "Dad I didn't do it on purpose" She apologised as soon as she saw the look of anger and disappointment on his face.
Nick walked off raising his hand to show her that he wasn't in the mood for talking right now, "Not a word" He bluntly replied.
Zoe shook her head in disappointment also, "Come on in the car now" She said opening the school door.
They all drove home in silence and not a word was said between any of them. As soon as they entered the house Nick ordered her into the kitchen, "Go and sit down, I think we need a chat" He told her. His tone was now slightly more calmer than earlier.
"Nick" Zoe grabbed his arm before he followed Maisie into the kitchen "Don't be too harsh on her" She said as she could see how angry this had made him today.
Nick nodded and went into the kitchen. He took a seat at the kitchen table opposite Maisie and Zoe joined them, grabbing the seat at the top of the table between them both.
"Why does this keep on happening Maisie?" Nick sighed as he looked at his daughter for an answer, "I thought we had sorted this"
"What?" Maisie mumbled. She sat playing with her fingers, keeping her eyes down not wanting to look up at her dad.
"The amount of times I have had to come and collect you from school is not on" Nick raised his voice.
"I didn't even do anything" Maisie stressed, raising her voice slightly as she looked up at Nick.
"You refused to do your work" Nick pointed out.
"I didn't refuse" Maisie argued. She knew that he wasn't going to listen to her and she was becoming more and more angry herself.
"Did you complete it?" He asked, knowing that she would try and get her way out of this one.
"Well no" Maisie said.
"Then you refused"
"Dad I didn't, I just couldn't do it" She yelled as she got more annoyed.
"Of course you could do it your a bright girl" Nick tried to reassure her, keeping his tone slightly more calmer.
Maisie shook her head "I really couldn't" She told them.
Zoe could see that Maisie had something that she wanted to say, "Nick let her speak" She inputted.
"I'm not as clever as you are dad" She said as she looked up at him.
"Of course you are you get full marks in all your subjects" Nick proudly pointed out.
"Not literacy" Maisie mumbled.
"You got an A last month?" Nick pointed out, confused at what the problem was.
Maisie looked down, taking in a deep breath before she told them, "I cheated" She confessed.
"What" Nick loudly exclaimed in extreme disappointment "You cheated?" He frowned.
Maisie now began to cry, "I just can't do it, some of the words get mixed up" She admitted.
Zoe took hold of one of her hands across the table for comfort, "Sweetheart, cheating is not the answer though" She told her.
Maisie looked up, looking from her mum to dad as tears continued to stream down her face, "But you and dad would be disappointed with me" She admitted.
Nick's heart sank as she said those words, "I could never be disappointed with you" He told her.
"But if I'm not clever I can't be a doctor" Maisie continued to cry.
"We don't care if you're not a doctor Maisie" Nick told her, "Come here" He said opening his arms and Maisie got up and hugged Nick, "I will love you no matter what" He said as he kissed the top of her head.
"I'm really sorry" Maisie sobbed, holding on tightly to her dad.
"I'm sorry for shouting" Nick also apologised "we will get this sorted.. I promise"