The next morning Christine and George were sat in the office before school.
"So do we have a name yet for this new teacher?"
"No but apparently their not even here yet school starts in 20 minutes and their not here"
"they will be here im sure" George said
Just at that moment the door knocked and opened.
"James McCarty Agency Teacher"
"James" George said
"james" Christine said also
"Heres the letter from the agency, where do I start"
"well welcome aboard" Christine smiled "why didn't you tell us"
"thought I would surprise you"
"That you did, im so glad you've got it" George smiled
"Okay so heres your timetable" Christine said "I'll try and speak to the LEA to get you a permanent contract"
"That would be great thankyou" James smiled
"I'm sorry we couldnt do anything else to get you the jobs so at least this way we can do that for you and put a recommendation in"
"Thanks Christine" He smiled as he walked off into the staffroom and straight over to Nikki
"You alright?"
"Yeah just so you know were professional here until 3pm I don't want kids or staff taking the piss because were an item so no PDA's until after school okay?"
"PDA's?"
"Public Display's of Affection" Nikki smiled
"Okay then I think I can cope with that"
"I'm very glad to hear it" she smiled "I've got to get to class be good" she smiled going down to her class smiling.
…..
The end of the day came quick and fast, James went to Nikki's classroom.
"So my year 9's made me this today" He laughed putting a bouquet of paper roses on the desk "Think you might have some competition Nik" he chuckled
"Really?" She laughed coming over to James "Well can any of the year 9's do this to you" she smiled kissing his lips passionately
"Definitely not" he smiled "I love you so much" he said putting her forehead against hers
"I love you too, did you have a good day?" she said breaking off and continuing to clean her classroom of misplaced books
"Yeah seemed pretty straight forward if I'm honest…Christine said shes going to get the LEA to give me the job…so I want to take you out tonight to celebrate"
"That will be lovely"
"I'll pick you up at 7" James smiled kissing her cheek stopping her midway
"okay sounds good to me" Nikki smiled
James left the classroom after saying bye to Nikki and went home to get changed
…
That evening Nikki and James were on their way to a restaurant.
"James we've just passed the restaurant we normally go too" Nikki asked confused
"I know I'm taking you to another one" He smiled pulling up at the most expensive restaurant in town
"James we can't go here how can you afford it"
"Royalties came through didn't they" he smiled "come on this ones on me"
Nikki smiled getting out of the car and went in with James.
"My god this is well posh" she said
James smiled kissing her cheek "Table for two…McCarty?"
"Right this way sir" the waitress replied.
"James this is lovely but way too expensive" Nikki said sitting down and receiving her menu
"Nik it's alright honest it's a special night"
Nikki smiled "okay but we're not sleeping together tonight is that understood"
"Indeed it is now let's have a lovely meal" James smiled as the waiter came back over
"What can I get you?" He asked
"A bottle of your finest champagne please" James smiled
"Very well sir I will be right back"
"James are you sure?" Nikki panicked "we've been dry for about 9 weeks now are you sure this isn't a step back?"
"Nikki of course it's not were just celebrating its one bottle between two of us if you like we can order orange juice to dilute it?"
"Yeah that would be nice I really don't want to go the wrong way and ruin the night, as our group says in moderation!"
"Exactly Nikki moderation" James smiled holding her hand
"One bottle sir" he said picking it up
"Can we have a jug of pure orange juice aswell please?" James asked
"Buck's Fizz sir?" The waiter asked
"Yeah we want it to last"
"Very well I shall get you a bottle of freshly squeezed orange juice whilst you choose your food" he smiled walking away
"Why bring me here anyway?" Nikki asked "I mean I know you got a job and all that with me but weatherspoons would of been okay!"
"I'm allowed to treat my girlfriend" James smiled
"I know I just think it's a lot that's all" she smiled
"Stop worrying Nikki" he chuckled
The waiter came back and poured them a glass of Buck's Fizz each mixing the champagne and orange together.
"Can I take your order?" The waitor asked
"Yeah I'll have the Carbonara Pasta" Nikki smiled
"I'll have the Lasagna please" James smiled also
"Fantastic Choices" The waitor smiled taking the menus away and walking off
Later on that evening both James and Nikki had just finished their deserts.
"Nikki there is a reason weve come her tonight" James said standing "Ive kept it bottled up for a long time" he said getting on one knee "Nikki will you marry me?" he asked producing a ring