Chapter 6
Just in case anybody missed it, I updated a few weeks ago which followed on from the storyline about Gaby's bullying. With the site being down the day after thought some of you might not have seen it.
A few weeks had passed since Rachel had dealt with the people who had been bullying with Gaby, although she was still quite shaken up by everything that had happened, Gaby was gradually starting to get back to normal. Now she'd changed form group, she'd made a really good set of friends from her year group which Rachel was really pleased about, it was so nice for her to see her daughter happy again.
It was a Friday lunch time and Rachel was in her office doing some work when there was a knock at the door
"Yes"
To her surprise Gaby walked in, normally she'd try and avoid Rachel as much as possible at school, so It was quite unusual to see her in the office
"Hey Gaby, is everything okay?" Rachel asked looking up from her work
"Can I have some money for lunch?"
Rachel rolled her eyes, she seemed to be always giving Gaby money for lunch "Honestly how much food do you buy at lunch time Gaby, I gave you money just a couple of days ago"
But she reached in her bag and got her purse out giving her a fiver
"Thanks"
"That should do for Monday too"
"Can we go home quickly?"
"What? No we can't I've got work to do"
"Okay"
"Why do you want to go home?"
"I've forgotten my PE kit, Miss Baker will go mad when she realises I don't have it and I'll have to do a detention on Monday"
"For god's sake Gaby I reminded you this morning to bring it. That's two lessons of PE in a row you'll have missed because you've forgotten it"
"Well it doesn't really matter does it? It's not like PE is actually important or anything is it?"
"Yes it is, of course it's important young lady all your subjects are"
"Well maths and English, and even things like geography and drama are because I want to take them at GCSE but why is PE important when I'm never going to need it or do an exam in it"
"Well because …. Because, you need to make sure you keep fit"
"But it's not as if we do anything that would really make us fit, we're just doing trampolining and literally you have to just stand there for half an hour of the lesson watching everyone else have a go and then you only get to go on for about 2 minutes, so how is that important?"
"Gaby I don't care, you're going to PE end of okay"
"Well if you're that bothered about me doing it why don't you just drive me back to pick my kit up"
"I told you I've got work to do and besides maybe doing a detention will make you realise how important it is to come prepared for school"
"Fine" Gaby sighed
Rachel expected Gaby to go but she seemed to be hanging around
"Is there something else you needed love?"
"Mum can I talk to you about something" Gaby said
"Yeah of course you can" Rachel replied, closing her laptop and turning to face her
Gaby had been meaning to talk to Rachel about the fat she'd been moved down a set for maths now for the past week but so far, she'd felt too nervous as she didn't want her Mum to get angry about it, but she had to give her a letter to sign and her maths teacher needed it in by this afternoon
"Has Mr Ford been to see you this week?" Gaby asked, he was Gaby's maths teacher and she was wondering if he might have mentioned
"Well I've seen him a few times, he was in my office the other day about the year 10 mocks actually"
"Oh right" Gaby said
"Why do you ask?" Rachel said a bit confused
"Has he mentioned me?"
"No I can't say he has" Rachel said
"Well you know those tests we did a few weeks ago"
"Mm yeah" Rachel said although she'd actually forgotten all about them
"Well I did kind of crap in the maths one"
"Why what did you get?"
"I don't want to say"
"Okay, well you did have a lot going on, I'm sure it'll be easier to concentrate now everything's settled down and I know maths isn't your favourite so just make sure you keep working hard at it okay?"
"The thing is…. Well he wants to move me down a set" Gaby said sounding quite upset
"Okay love, well maybe it's for the best if you're struggling in that class it might be useful to have some extra support, and it might not be permanent we always look at the sets again every term and if we can see you've made strong progress, you could always be moved back up." Rachel said "Have you just found out about it?"
"I've known since Monday" Gaby said "I was just too scared to tell you, I thought you'd be mad"
"No love I'm not mad I promise, I know you've been working really hard and as long as you're trying your best then that's good enough for me"
"Thanks Mum" Gaby said smiling, feeling so relieved now she'd told her
"Have you got a letter for me to sign about it?"
"Yeah"
Gaby started rummaging through her bag and eventually found the letter, but It was all crumpled
"Oh Gaby you can't hand that in can you, it's got drink spilled on it" Rachel sighed rolling her eyes "I'll find a new one to print off but you really do need to be more organised"
Rachel went on the computer and found the letters about year 7 sets, she printed one off, signed it and handed it back to Gaby
"Go on then you, I can see Holly waiting outside, go and enjoy the rest of your lunch"
Gaby quickly caught up with Holly and a couple of the other girls
Gaby went to maths to hand her letter in and then walked off
"I really can't be arsed with PE, I've forgotten my kit" Holly said
"So, have I, Baker's going to go mad because I missed last week too"
"Unless we just don't go and walk to the shop instead" Holly suggested "We'd be back in time for English last"
"Yeah, I guess we could, my Mum would go mad if she found out though"
"Won't the registers show we haven't been there though"
"There must be loads of different classes going on, your Mum isn't going to check the register for all of them, is she?"
"Yeah I suppose"
"We'll go when the bell goes" Holly said, "Does anyone else want to come?"
One of the other girls agreed, so at the end of lunch they waited in the toilets for a couple of minutes before walking off
All three of them felt a bit nervous as none of them really wanted to get into trouble
They checked there were no teachers around before making there way out of the school and into the front playground
Rachel had just made herself a coffee when she looked up and saw three girls running out the school gates, she was almost certain one of them was her daughter
She sighed heavily before grabbing her car keys and walking out
When she was on her way out she spotted Amy
"Amy why aren't you in class? You're not skiving off as well are you, because if you are you can wait in my office till I've caught up with Gaby and her little friends"
"Woah chill out Rach, Miss Fry asked me to go and deliver this note to Mr Clarkson about someone in her form group" Amy said showing it to Rachel
"Sorry love, I just saw you out of class and …"
"It's okay, where's Gaby gone?" Amy said
"Her and her friends have just legged it out of school"
Amy laughed at this slightly "I'm sure they'll be fine"
"Oh, they will be until I get my hands on them" Rachel said
"Rach can I go out tonight?"
"Out where? And can we talk about it later, I need to catch up with the three musketeers"
"Just this party"
"We'll talk about it later" Rachel said before running off
She quickly got in her car and drove out of school.
By now they were well out of the school grounds, so Rachel couldn't see any sign of them, but she had a good idea where they might have gone
She drove over towards the corner shops and sure enough, she spotted the three of them
Holly turned around and saw Rachel's car following them
"shit, Gaby that's your mum"
"Oh no she's going to kill me"
She hasn't seen out faces, come on let's run"
The three of them started running off as quick as they could
Rachel shook her head in disbelief
She followed the girls around the corner and put her window down
"Girls I'm in my car you're all on foot, it's quite clear who's going to win this little game of chase" Rachel shouted
The girls looked at each other and sighed but realised there was no point in continuing to hide. They all stopped running and Rachel quickly pulled in next to them
"Nice little trip out girls?" She asked sarcastically "Get in the car all of you, we're going back to school"
None of them dared argue and got into her car
The three of them squished into the back as none of them wanted to be sat in the front with Rachel
"Care to explain what on earth you're doing here when you should be in your PE lesson"
"Mum I told you I forgot my kit, we all did, and Miss Baker would have just made us stand there the whole lesson so it's not as if we would have learnt anything" Gaby said bravely
"That still doesn't excuse your behaviour" Rachel said "You know what we're going to sort this out back at school, put your seatbelts on all of you"
None of them said anything and they all did as they were told
The ride back felt extremely uncomfortable as Rachel wasn't speaking to any of them and they didn't dare try and talk to each other
They got back to school and followed Rachel up to her office
She went on at them for ages about the importance of not missing school, before giving them a weeks detention and getting them to do an essay on why every school lesson is important
By the end of the school day Rachel was feeling pretty tired and was ready to go back home
Amy came up to her office first
"Did you sort Gaby out Rach?"
"Yes I did, I don't think she's speaking to me now though"
"Why?"
"She thinks I embarrassed her in front of all her friends, but I told her I didn't treat her any differently than anyone else"
"I'm sure she'll be fine once she's cooled off" Amy said "Have you thought about the party yet?"
Rachel sighed she didn't really want Amy to go but she realised she needed to give her a bit of trust "I'll let you go but only if I drop you off and pick you up"
"Yeah that's fine"
"and I don't want you to get drunk"
"I won't I promise"
Eventually Gaby came into Rachel's office looking upset
"Where have you been, we need to go and pick Ivy up, come on"
Gaby didn't say anything but followed Rachel out to the car
She didn't say anything the whole way back and when they got home she went straight up to her room
Rachel decided to give her a few minutes before going up
She was putting the girls bags away when suddenly Ivy came in, wriggling around and looking all uncomfortable
"What's up with you?"
"I really need a wee"
"Well go on then, you know where the toilets are"
"I can't undo my button on my trousers to pull them down though"
"Oh right, come here then" Rachel said before doing for her "Go on, go quickly before you have an accident"
Ivy then ran off and Rachel continued to put the bags away
A few minutes passed before she decided to go up and see Gaby
She knocked on bedroom door, but Gaby didn't answer
"Gaby can I come in?"
Gaby sighed before opening the door for her Mum
"Can we talk?"
"I'm not in the mood for another lecture Mum" Gaby sighed
Rachel smiled slightly before sitting down on Gaby's bed and gesturing for Gaby to do the same
"You know I think it's great you've found such a nice set of friends" Rachel said
"Well why did you have to have such a go at us all, it made me look so stupid"
"Gaby I couldn't just turn a blind eye to it" Rachel sighed
"But how am I supposed to be a normal kid with normal friends if you shout at them all the time, it's not as If I could invite them back here or anything when you're giving them detention, it would just feel so weird for them"
Rachel could kind of see where Gaby was coming from
"You know you're always allowed friends back here, it would be completely different than if we're at school. Molly still comes here all the time" Rachel pointed out
"That's different, I've known her since primary. The others would just find it so strange"
"But you know I don't act like I do in school when we're at home Gaby"
"Yeah but tit would still be weird"
"Why don't you invite them over tomorrow, they can sleep too if they want"
"We're going to the cinemas tomorrow then sleeping at Holly's" Gaby said
"Okay well maybe next weekend then?"
"Yeah maybe"
"I do know it can't be easy for you, but I want your friends to feel welcome here, even if I have had to tell them off in school"
"Thanks Mum" Gaby said, she felt a bit bad now for being so moody as she could clearly see Rachel was making an effort
Rachel then got up and left, leaving Gaby to get changed out of her uniform
A few hours passed, Rachel had just put Ivy to bed, so her and Gaby were watching some TV while Amy got ready
"mum can I try some of your wine?" Gaby asked
"You'll hate it" Rachel warned but handed her the glass
Feeling quite excited Gaby put the glass to her mouth and tried some, she instantly pulled a face
"That's vile"
"See I told you" Rachel said laughing "Though I'm sure it'll grow on you as you get older"
Suddenly Amy came downstairs
"Wow don't you look fab" Rachel said, "Are you ready to get going?"
Amy nodded her head
"Gaby keep an eye on Ivy for me love"
"I will do, don't worry"
Rachel smiled before getting in the car with Amy, it wasn't very far away and only took them about 5 minutes to get there
"Right be good won't you, promise you won't do anything silly"
"I promise"
Amy then got out and went inside
She hadn't eaten much today as she told Rachel that there would be food at the party, so it didn't take her long to start feeling tipsy
A few of the girls came over to her and they had a few more drinks before they all started dancing together
Amy had such a good friendship group and they loved spending time together
It didn't take long for everyone to get extremely tipsy
One of the boys in the year above from Amy called Sam came over and started talking to her
Amy felt really excited as she'd always found him really attractive but didn't know if he was into her
Before long they started kissing and after a few more drinks Sam suggested they go upstairs together
Amy felt so nervous, she'd never done anything with a boy before beyond kissing
They went up to one of the bedrooms and started making out together, it wasn't long before Sam started taking Amy's clothes off
Sam started kissing Amy's body and then slipped one of his fingers inside of her and then another. Amy was surprised by how much it hurt, she began to think this wasn't such a good idea after all.
"Should we go all the way" he whispered
Amy didn't know what to do but nodded her head in the end
It wasn't long before Sam was inside of her
Straight away Amy felt a pain go through her, she hated it and just wanted it to stop but she didn't know what to do now it was happening
After what seemed like an eternity it was over, Amy just laid there shaking, feeling scared and dirty. Tears were running down her face and her mascara was smudged
"What's wrong? Did you not enjoy it?"
"No I did" Amy lied
"Don't tell me it was your first time"
"No of course not" Amy lied again
She quickly put her clothes on and ran downstairs, she couldn't stay here a moment longer, she just wanted to go home
Amy caught up her friends and let them know she was going to go home
Understandably her friends didn't want to leave her in the state she was in so insisted on walking back with her
As they were walking back Amy told them what had happened through tears
"Oh Amy it must have been awful" one of them said
"It was" Amy sobbed
"Are you going to tell your auntie about it?"
"I don't know, I don't know what to do" she cried
The others tried to comfort her, but nothing was really working, Amy was still quite drunk too which wasn't really helping anything
Finally, they arrived at the house and one of the girls knocked on the door
Rachel was surprised to hear someone knocking but went downstairs to answer it, wearing just her pyjamas
She got a shock when she saw a load of her students at the door with Amy who was in floods of tears
"Amy what's happened love?" she asked sounding really worried
Amy didn't say anything but ran past all of her friends and upstairs to her bedroom, she closed he door behind her and started sobbing hysterically
"Girls what happened?" Rachel asked
None of the girls wanted to say as they didn't think it was there place
"She just got really upset Miss, we don't know why"
Rachel could tell they knew more than they were letting on but didn't want to make them feel uncomfortable
"Okay, thanks so much for taking her home" Rachel said "I'll give you some money for a taxi back to the party"
"It's okay miss, it literally only took us 10 minutes to walk"
"Are you sure?"
"Honestly it's fine"
"Okay, well thanks again girls"
Rachel then went straight upstairs to Amy's room, she knocked on the door
"Go away" Amy shouted
Hearing Amy sound so upset made Rachel even more worried, so she went in anyway, she found Amy on he bed sobbing her heart out
"I told you to go away" Amy screamed
Rachel ignored her and went over to her, she started stroking her hair, trying to get her to calm down
"Right let's take your makeup off yeah? You don't want mascara running all over you"
Rachel grabbed some makeup wipes and gently started rubbing her niece's face
"Do you want to get into some pyjamas hmm, get a bit comfier?"
Amy didn't say anything but grabbed some pyjamas and quickly changed into them
"Do you think you can tell me what's happened to make you so upset hmm?"
"I just had a falling out with a boy, it's fine"
"It must have been a pretty big falling out to make you this upset"
"I'll be fine"
"Love you know you can talk to me"
"I said I'm fine, leave me alone"
Rachel didn't know what to do but, in the end, she decided to give Amy some space
A few hours passed, and Amy still couldn't sleep, she was just tossing and turning, she kept having flashbacks to what had happened. She decided to go and see if her auntie was awake as she couldn't stand to stay in her room a moment longer
She crept across the landing and gently opened Rachel's door, she walked over to her, but she could see she was fast asleep
Amy tapped her gently causing her to wake up
"Amy, are you okay?" Rachel said sleepily
"Rachel can I talk to you" Amy cried
"Yeah of course" Rachel said, "Do you want to go downstairs?"
"No" Amy said before climbing into bed beside her
"What is it love?"
"I've done something really stupid and I know you're going to hate me" Amy cried
"Okay" Rachel said calmly "what is it love? I'm not going to hate you I promise"
Amy took a deep breath before saying "I had sex at the party"
Rachel wasn't expecting this at all and she couldn't help but feel angry
"What you're only 14 Amy! And you don't have a boyfriend"
"I know, I know it was stupid"
"Too bloody right it was stupid, who was it with?"
"Just some guy, I don't really know him"
"Tell me you're not being serious, you're telling me you've just lost your virginity to a practical stranger at some party"
"Rachel I'm sorry" Amy sobbed
"I don't believe you Amy, you've got more respect for yourself than that surely!" Rachel said sitting up in bed now
"Okay" she said trying to calm herself down "Tell me you used protection"
Amy just shook her head
"For gods sake, you've been taught about safe sex in school, you know the risks involved, pregnancy, std's" Rachel shouted "I've spoken to you about how important it is to wait"
"I knew you wouldn't understand this is why I didn't want to tell you" Amy cried
"Well I'm sorry for caring about you Amy, I'm sorry for wanting your first experience of sex to be with someone special, not some random lad who just wanted to take advantage of you"
"Thanks, I feel a whole lot better for talking to you" Amy said before running out the room and back to her bedroom
Rachel called after her, but she ignored her, it took her a couple of minutes to calm down, but once she had she began to realise how badly she'd handled the situation
She waited a couple more minutes before going back to Amy's room
Again, she found Amy crying, so she went over to her
"Sweetie I'm sorry, I shouldn't have shouted like that"
"Rachel, I feel so horrible"
Rachel sighed before sitting down next to her
"You'll always feel like that when you lose your virginity, especially when it's to the wrong person"
"I wish I hadn't have done it"
"Well unfortunately we can't turn back time, what's happened has happened" Rachel said
"It hurt so much"
"I know, sex in that sort of situation, when you don't feel relaxed, well it's always going to hurt love, it's never going to feel right"
"I'll never do it again, I feel like such a slag"
"You're not a slag" Rachel said firmly "Hey you made a mistake, I was your age once you know, we've all been there"
"I bet you didn't lose your virginity to a randomer at a party though"
"No, but strictly between you and me It wasn't too far away from that scenario" Rachel said
"Really?"
"Well I'm not going to go into the details, but let's just say I was 15 and it was a campout we were all having, there was copious amounts of alcohol involved and I didn't end up sleeping in the tent I was supposed to in the end"
"Did you know the guy"
"Not really" Rachel said "And I can still remember how I felt afterwards, which is why I wouldn't have wanted you going through the same thing"
"It was awful"
"Well like I said there's nothing we can do about it now, just put it behind you, though it is always better to get tested if you have had unprotected sex"
"I'm not going to a bloody STD clinic Rachel I'd rather die"
"Well if you have sex without a condom then you need to face the consequences don't you, but you won't have to go to the clinic you can order the kits online"
"oh really"
"Yeah I'll show you tomorrow"
"sounds like great fun" Amy said sarcastically
She was starting to feel quite a lot better now though
"Rach can I ask you something"
"Yeah"
"Well when we did it, I bled a bit is that normal?"
"Yeah, when you have sex for the first time you tear your hymen which causes you to bleed a little bit"
"Oh okay" Amy said feeling a bit embarrassed now
"Anyway, are you feeling a bit better now"
"Yeah, loads better" Amy said
"Good, come on then let's go to bed, it's really late"
"Can you stay with me tonight?"
"Okay"
Rachel got into bed with Amy and put her arm around her and eventually they both fell asleep
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