Wooh, another update! This was actually quite hard to write, to make it realistic :) Hope you like it!
Thanks to LucyMaxine for her reviews :)
PS I know the police procedures at the end might not be exactly accurate, but hey! I'm not in the police force ;)
Tom's Point Of View
"So, I've got the departmental reports here..." Michael droned on, and I tried to zone out his voice. These monthly meetings were necessary, but they were also boring. We always discussed the same things (grades, attendences, behaviour, etc) and it sure got repetetive quickly. This deputy head role was good for the extra pay, but this was the massive down side. I spent most of my time in this meeting longing for it to end, so I could go back home with Nicki. We were planning to try and cook an Oriental chicken dish, which was going to be interesting, since neither of us were particularly amazing at cooking.
"... Tom?" Michael saying my name brought me back to reality, and I looked rather sheepishly at him.
"I'm sorry, what?" I said, and Michael sighed, sounding irritated. Sian smiled sympathetically at me- Michael got very cross if we didn't pay attention to the meeting.
"As I was just saying..." Michael began, but we never got to hear the end of his sentence, as he was interrupted by a scream, quiet due to it being quite far away, but still loud enough to make us all freeze to our seats.
"That sounds like... Nicki?!" I say, and then the three of us leap up, hurrying out of the office. I run towards where I hoped the scream had come from, Michael and Sian hot at my heels.
"Nicki?" I call, coming to the bottom of the stairs and stopping, Sian snapping the light on behind me. There is nobody there, and I panic, wondering what has happened, but then I notice the door swinging shut, and we race outside. The cold hits me- I've left my jacket in Michael's office, and it's freezing out here. I scan the courtyard, and spot a dim figure dragging someone- Nicki- towards the direction of the car park. We all run in that direction, and the attacker tries to speed up, but Nicki is obviously putting up some resistance, as the figure seems unable to go much faster. However, they had such a head start that we seem close to losing them, they are already in the car park and entering a car (obviously, in Nicki's case, not by choice). Not used to running fast, and all being in somewhat innappropriate clothing for running, we are all slowing down, and I am in despair.
The car moves, skidding around the corners of the car park towards the exit, and suddenly I find some extra strength that I didn't know I had, running towards the exit faster than I thought possible. I reach the exit before the car does, and stand in the middle, hoping to stop the car. For one terrible moment I think that it is going to slam into me, and I brace myself, but it swerves suddenly, coming to an abrupt stop. The man (for we can see he is male now) stumbles out of the driver's door, but both Michael and I rush towards him. We chase him for a bit, but he doesn't seem to be in good physical condition, as he soon slows down and we push him against the wall of the school, restraining him. He seems to have given up, as we are able to do this quite easily. I look back towards the car, and I see Sian, dimly light, phone pressed to her ear as she calls 999, helping Nicki out of the car at the same time. I want to go over to her and console her, but the man might take advantage of only one person's strength and try to run away again, so I stay with Michael.
The police arrive quickly, and we hand the man over to them. They handcuff him and take him away to the station, and we stay at the school with some more police officers to be questioned, going back into Michael's office.
"So, Miss Boston, do you know this man?" One of the police officers asks, getting out a notebook and a pencil. Nicki frowns, pausing, before speaking.
"Yes, I do." She says slowly. "He's... he's my stepfather."