Chapter 24
A couple of weeks had passed and slowly Gaby seemed to be getting better, Rachel had managed to set her up with some counselling sessions and had got back in touch with the clinic Gaby had spent some time in, they were all offering her some great support and it had done Gaby a lot of good to just have a week or so off school, it allowed her the head space she needed.
It was a Friday morning and there was the usual morning rush getting ready, Rachel had an important meeting that morning so she felt stressed enough anyway and the girls were making it worse by taking ages to get ready
"Girls for the last time come down for breakfast" Rachel shouted
She'd only managed to get Ivy sat down so far but she was in a sulk because she felt poorly but Rachel wasn't letting her have the day off
"Ivy eat your toast"
"I can't, I already told you I feel sick" Ivy said
"Yep just like you told me you were feeling sick last Friday and then Friday before that, I'm not stupid I know you're trying to et out of going swimming and I'm sorry but you're just going to have to get on with it" Rachel said "Girls will you please hurry up" she shouted again
Eventually the three of them came down
"Amy sort that skirt out, Gaby I don't know why you would ever think to wear hoop earrings for school and Hannah do that top button up"
The girls looked at each other, it was obvious that Rachel wasn't in the mood for any messing on this morning, she seemed really stressed
Reluctantly the girls sorted their uniform out
"Gaby pass me those earrings, I'm confiscating them for the day, I'm fed up of telling you to take them out, I've already told you about them at least 5 times this week"
Gaby sighed, but knew better than to try and argue with her Mum when she was in this sort of mood and handed them over
"Honestly uniform at school is getting absolutely ridiculous, I don't know where people think they are when they come to school, I'm not having it anymore, I'm going to call an assembly about it at some point"
"Ooh can't wait" Amy muttered under her breadth, however, she wasn't quite quiet enough
"And you can stop with the cheek right now, I'm not in the mood for it today"
"Really, I'd never have guessed" Amy said sarcastically
"Well you know what, it's easy for you not having any responsibilities but someone around here needs to get stuff done" She snapped "the three of you would have still been in bed if I hadn't have dragged you up this morning"
"Rach just chill out a bit" Amy sighed
After quickly having some breakfast they set off to school
"Rachel I feel really sick" Ivy said
"Ivy I've told you already you can't just try and get out of swimming every week"
"But I'm not lying" Ivy said nearly in tears
"Well it's too much of a coincidence that every single Friday morning we have this conversation, you're going in and that's final"
After a lot of arguing Ivy eventually went into school. Rachel began to feel a bit bad, as it was quite unusual for Ivy to kick up this much of a fuss
She didn't really have much time to dwell on it though as before long they arrived at school.
The three girls went off quickly to go and join their friends and Rachel went up to her office, it was nice to have a couple of moments to herself after the stressful morning she'd had.
Amy had just gone over to join her friends, but she couldn't help but feel they were acting a bit strangely around her
"Guys has something happened" Amy asked
They all looked at each other, no one really wanted to tell her but they knew that they probably should
"Amy let's go for a walk" Jess suggested, Jess was Amy's best friend and she thought it was better coming from her than anyone else
The two of them went off away from the others.
"Amy you know the party last night"
"Yeah the one I wasn't allowed to go to, because Rachel wouldn't let me on a school night" Amy sighed "How was it, are you not hungover"
"We didn't really end up drinking much" Jess said "Look I really don't know how to tell you this, Jamie slept with Laura Todd"
Amy couldn't believe what she was hearing, she could feel her heart pounding against her chest.
"What… no he wouldn't do that" Amy stammered "He wouldn't do that to me"
"Amy I'm so sorry" Jess whispered "We tried to stop him"
"How could he? How could he cheat on me" she cried
"I don't know Amy" Jess said "He's a piece of shit"
"I need to see him" Amy cried "I need to hear it from him"
"Is that a good idea"
"I need to see him" Amy said
She couldn't believe just 5 minutes ago everything had been fine and now it felt like everything was falling it pieces, Jamie had been the first boy she'd ever really loved and she couldn't believe he'd done this to her
"Right then I'll come with you then" Jess said
The two of them went off and started looking for him
It didn't take long for Amy to spot him
"Jamie" she shouted running up to him
Jamie turned round, his face fell when he saw Amy's tear stained face, he realised she must know
"Amy" he said sounding worried
"Jamie, Jess said you slept with laura but you didn't did you, you wouldn't do that to me" she said
Jamie didn't know what to say, he just hung is head
"Jamie, it's not true is it" Amy said again
Jamie just stood there
"Jamie" Amy shouted
"Amy I'm sorry, I was drunk I didn't mean to hurt you"
"How could you?" Amy screamed "You're supposed to love me"
Jamie didn't know what to do he just stood there
"I hate you, I really hate you" she shouted, starting to punch him
"I'm sorry" Jamie repeated not knowing what else to say
"You dick, you absolute dick" Amy sobbed, tears running down her face
Amy ran off, not knowing what else to do, she knew she needed to get out of school, she couldn't face being here today
As she was heading down the corridor out of school, she caught sight of Laura, she couldn't stop herself from going over, she didn't understand how a girl could do that to another girl
"You slept with my boyfriend" Amy said as she approached her
Laura turned round shocked
"Don't even try to deny it you bitch" She cried
"I'm not denying it" Laura said smugly "He loved every minute of it"
She couldn't stop herself from smacking her hard in the face
Laura instantly retaliated and pushed her back, before long it ended up escalating into a full-on fight
They were on the floor hitting and scratching each other
Rachel was walking down the corridor, she needed to get some paperwork off one of her teachers
She was shocked when she turned the corner and saw her niece and Laure on the floor
Instantly she ran over and shouted one of the other teachers nearby for help
She grabbed Amy and pulled her away, but Amy was fighting back
Eventually between Rachel and the other teacher they managed to break it up
"What the hell has gone on here girls?" Rachel shouted
Neither of them said anything, they just glared at each other
"Answer my question" she said "How dare you fight like that In my school"
"Ask her what she did, she started it" Amy said
Laura stared at the floor not wanting to say anything
"I don't give a damn who or what started it, I walked down the corridor and saw you both behaving like a pair of animals" she said "I've got a good mind to suspend the pair of you"
"Do what you like" Amy shouted "It won't change the fact she's a nasty little slut"
Rachel couldn't believe Amy was acting like this, she knew something pretty serious must have happened, but right now she didn't care what it was, she was absolutely furious with Amy.
"Mrs Thomas, take Laura to the medical room" Rachel said
She practically dragged Amy round the corner
"Do you actually realise how much trouble you're in? l" Rachel shouted her voice sounding quite threatening
"You don't know what happened she deserved everything and more" Amy screamed
"That is enough, I don't care what she's done, you do not go around fighting, I'm bloody appalled at you"
"I don't give a shit what you think of me"
"Show me some respect I am your headteacher"
"I don't care who you are, I just want to go home" Amy cried
"And have a nice little day off, I don't think so" Rachel said "Get in the cooler"
"I can't believe you're screaming at me when you don't even know what's happened" Amy sobbed angrily
"Amy I found you punching another girl, I do not allow violence in my school irrespective of whatever happened between you" Rachel said
"I'm not going to the cooler for something that wasn't my fault" Amy shouted
"Fine get up to my office I'm suspending you for 2 days"
"You're so unreasonable I hate you" Amy cried
"Cooler or my office you decide"
Amy couldn't believe how harsh Rachel was being with her. She pushed passed her aggressively and stormed off to the cooler, tears running down her face.
Rachel couldn't believe what had just happened, Amy had seemed totally fine when she'd dropped her off this morning so she couldn't imagine what had caused it.
She knew she needed to speak to both Amy and Laura properly and get statements from some of the other kids, but she also needed to go to her meeting. She'd been feeling really stressed about the meeting all week and this morning hadn't helped at all.
Amy was sat in the cooler, tears were running down her face and she was shaking. She just felt so low, and her auntie hadn't exactly helped things. All she wanted to do was go home, she couldn't face being in school.
Kim was on duty in the cooler and it was just her and Amy in there. She looked up and saw how upset she was so went over
"Amy, do you want to go somewhere, and we can have a chat?"
Amy just nodded
"I'll get someone to cover in here"
Kim went out and found another teacher
"Come on, let's go to my office, grab your stuff"
Amy followed her out and into her office
"Rachel's told me what happened, understandably she's not best pleased"
"She was screaming at me and she didn't even know what happened"
"Well you were fighting, you have to understand why she was angry"
"I know" Amy said "My boyfriend slept with Laura"
"Oh Amy that must have been such a shock for you, no wonder you were angry"
"I really just want to go home" she cried "but Rachel won't let me"
"Look I'm not condoning what you did, but I do understand why you're so upset over it" she said "Look, how about you stay in here for a bit and then when Rachel gets out of her meeting, I'll explain things and I'll say I think it's for the best if you went home"
"Okay … thanks Miss" Amy said appreciatively
"That's alright"
Rachel's meeting went on for about an hour but eventually it was over. Fortunately, it had all gone well so she felt immensely relieved.
She'd just made herself a coffee when there was a knock at her office door
"Come in" she shouted
Kim came in
"Hey Kim, how's your morning been?" Rachel asked "Do you want a quick coffee?"
"it's not been too bad actually. Go on then, if that's okay"
Rachel made her a drink and the two of them sat down
"Was the meeting alright"
"Yeah, it was much better than expected actually" Rachel said "Could have done without the added stress of my niece deciding she wanted to be the next Rocky but ah well"
"Yeah I took her out of the cooler, she's in my office"
"Well I hope you went in hard on her, honestly I couldn't believe it this morning"
"She was in a bad way Rach" Kim said "Jamie slept with Laura last night, that's why it all kicked off"
"Oh no, she'll be devastated over that" Rachel sighed "No wonder she's so upset, god I could kill him, she really loves him you know"
"Well that's why she attacked Laura" she explained
"Well it doesn't excuse her fighting but it does explain a lot" Rachel said
"She's so upset bless her, why don't you take her off home I think it's what she needs"
"Do you think that's for the best?" Rachel asked
"Yeah for sure"
"You're probably right, I was just so annoyed with her this morning … well I still am but I do understand why she did it"
"You know how hard it is when you're a teenager"
"I'll go and see her now, did you say she was in your office?"
"Yeah"
"Right I'll go down"
Rachel quickly finished off her coffee before walking over to Kim's office
She saw Amy in there and couldn't help but feel sorry for her, she walked in and went over
"Miss Campbell told me I could come in here before you say anything"
"I wasn't going to say anything" Rachel said sitting down "Look Amy Miss Campbell told me what happened I'm really sorry, I know how you must be feeling"
"No you don't, all you're bothered about is the fact I've made you look bad for breaking school rules"
"That's not true and you know it" Rachel sighed "I didn't know what had happened"
"You said you didn't give a damn what had happened, and don't even try to deny it because those were your exact words"
"I'm not denying it Amy, look you must get why I was so angry at you, violence can't be tolerated in school, it just can't"
"So you've said Miss" Amy said sarcastically emphasising the Miss
"Alright loose the attitude I mean it, I know you're upset and you have every right to be but I'm still your head and you're in school"
"Oh I don't care, why does this place always have to come first? You didn't care that I was upset this morning you were just screaming at me"
"Amy you're being unreasonable, what was I supposed to do let you rip her hair out. If you were just a year or so older or this didn't happen in school, you'd have ended up with a criminal record in a heartbeat, so I'm sorry but one way or another you have to learn to find other ways to deal with your emotions no matter what the situation"
Amy was crying again now
Rachel tried to put an arm around her, but Amy pushed her away
"I just want to go home"
"Okay, I'll drive you back" Rachel sighed "I'll have to get back here though"
"That's fine, I want to be on my own anyway"
Rachel and Amy walked over to the car
The whole way back Rachel tried talking to Amy, but all she was getting was a wall of silence so in the end she gave up.
When they pulled up on the drive Rachel's phone started ringing
When she answered she realised it was Ivy's school, apparently Ivy really wasn't very well and needed to be picked up. Rachel agreed, feeling bad for not believing her this morning.
"Ivy's not very well, I need to pick her up, she'll have to go to Grandma's"
"You going to scream at her for having a day off"
"Amy pack it in, I'm not the enemy here. I understand you're angry but there's no need to take it all out on me"
Amy got out of the car slamming the door forcefully behind her.
Rachel unlocked the house and Amy ran straight up to her room. Rachel felt like crying as she went upstairs, normally her and Amy got on great and Amy would talk to her about most things, so it felt horrible to fall out like this.
She knew they both just needed a bit of space though, so Rachel decided to leave her to it and go and pick Ivy up, she couldn't believe what a stressful day this had turned out to be.
Rachel quickly rang her Mum to check she was okay to have Ivy, luckily she agreed
When Rachel arrived at Ivy's school, she went straight over to reception. Instantly she spotted Ivy and felt awful for not believing her this morning, she looked terrible.
Someone buzzed Rachel in so she went through to reception
"Hey sweetie how you feeling"
"My tummy hurts and so does my head"
"Alright darling, I'll sign you out and then we'll go to Grandma's"
"Can't I go to work with you"
Normally Rachel would just take her to her office but she had a meeting with a parent later around some quite sensitive issues so she really couldn't have Ivy with her
"I'm sorry ivy, I've got some really important work today so you'll have to go to Grandma's"
"Okay" Ivy said sounding upset
"I'm sorry, if it was any other day you know I'd take you into school" Rachel said "Besides, you'll have a better time at Grandma's than you will at my work"
Rachel then signed her out and the two of them went over to the car
"Do you feel sick?"
"Not really, my tummy just really hurts"
"Okay, well Grandma will have some calpol"
It took them about 5 minutes to arrive at Joan's house.
They got out and Rachel knocked on the door, Joan answered straight away
"Hey Mum" Rachel said smiling "Thanks so much for having Ivy"
"It's alright, I'd have picked her up from school"
"Oh don't be daft, I'm putting you to enough trouble as it is"
"It' no trouble at all, are you feeling rotten love?" she asked Ivy
Ivy just nodded her head
"come on In then, we'll soon have you settled, you left some of your pyjamas here last time you slept over so you can go and get into them"
Ivy ran off upstairs to go and get changed
"Do you want a coffee?"
Rachel knew she shouldn't stop but she did fancy a coffee
"Yeah just a quick one, thanks"
She went in and sat down on the sofa, a couple of minutes later Joan came through with coffee and biscuits
"Thanks Mum" Rachel said smiling
"You look knackered"
"Oh it's just been one of those days you know"
"It's not even lunch time yet"
"Tell me about it" Rachel sighed "Amy had a fight at school this morning"
"Oh no, that doesn't sound like her"
"Well apparently it was because Jamie had cheated on her"
"Oh god, the two of them always seem so smitten with each other"
"I know, Amy's heartbroken" Rachel said "And she's fallen out with me big style"
"Why?"
"Because I went absolutely mad with her this morning and now she thinks I was being unreasonable"
"Well you had to break up the fight, she'll be fine with you in a few hours, you know what teenage girls are like, especially when there's boys involved"
Rachel knew her Mum had a point
A minute or so later Ivy came down and sat on Rachel's knee
"How are you feeling?" Rachel asked "You do feel quite hot"
"My tummy hurts and I feel shivery"
"Oh dear, it sounds like you might be coming down with something" she said "You'll have to have a nice relaxing afternoon"
Ivy started to cry as she was feeling really sorry for herself now
"Oh love, it's alright, you're going to start feeling better soon I promise" Rachel soothed "Have you tried going to the loo?"
"Yeah but I can't go" Ivy cried
"Oh dear, well sometimes that can make you feel rotten too" Rachel said "Drink lots of water and try and have some fruit"
"I'll look after you, don't worry Ivy" Joan said, as she knew Rachel would be worried about leaving her when she was this upset
Rachel stayed for a bit longer and then decided she really needed to get back to work
She really hoped the rest of the day would pass smoothly without any major incidents
However, just as she turned the corner, she saw Hannah and a couple of her friends out of school, they'd obviously been to the shop at lunch which they weren't supposed to do. Rachel couldn't believe the way her day was going, it just seemed to be one thing after another
Half of her just wanted to turn a blind eye to it, as she knew that the kids going out at lunch to the shop was a very common occurrence and it was really hard to monitor, and she really didn't have the energy to deal with it. In the end though she realised she'd have to pull up.
Hannah was shocked when she saw her aunties car pull up beside her and her friends
"Going somewhere nice girls?" Rachel said sarcastically
The three of them looked at each other, they couldn't believe they'd been caught out
"Get in the car, we're going back to school"
The three of them got in the back, none of them wanting to sit in the front next to Rachel
Rachel didn't say anything the whole way back . When they pulled up she turned to face them
"You can spend the rest of your lunch in detention, now off you go"
The girls looked a bit confused, they were expecting a proper lecture and they knew normally people going out at lunch would get a weeks break detention so they didn't understand why they'd got away so lightly, especially considering Rachel had found them. They didn't complain though, and quickly got out the car and ran off before she changed her mind.
Rachel couldn't help but smile to herself slightly as they went off, the truth was she just couldn't be bothered arguing with anyone else today, which was why she hadn't made a big deal out of it
Luckily the rest of the afternoon passed without any major incidents and before long the bell rang for the end of school.
Gaby and Hannah came up to Rachel's office straight away
"Hey girls, I don't know about you, but I am desperate to get home" Rachel sighed
"Oh yeah is Amy okay?" Gaby asked, the whole school had been talking about the fight she'd had this morning
"I don't know Gab, I called her earlier and apparently she's going to Jess's as soon as Jess gets back, which I'm not entirely happy about but maybe she needs it to cheer her up"
"Can we get takeaway tonight?" Hannah asked
"You know what I think that might be a good idea, not that you deserve it after earlier" Rachel said, however, she didn't sound too serious
"What happened earlier?" Gaby asked
"I found Hannah and her friends near the shop, apparently she didn't fancy staying in school for lunch"
"you were so chilled about it though Rachel" Hannah said "We thought we were going to get into loads of trouble"
"I'm not always a monster you know" Rachel sighed "Come on lets get home"
The three of them set off walking back to the car
They went to pick Ivy up and then went back home
Rachel was so glad to finally be able to relax after such an awful day, she instantly went upstairs and got into something comfortable and took all her makeup off
Amy had already gone to Jess's, she just needed to get out the house and be with her friends
She was sat in Jess's room with her
"Honestly I just feel so used by him" Amy said
"Amy he's always been punching with you, you're stunning and funny and clever, basically 20x better than him" Jess said
Amy smiled, Jess always had been an amazing friend
"Look, Tom's having a party tonight, why don't we go, we can do our makeup really nice and get pissed and flirt with fit boys"
Amy laughed, it did sound like a good idea though
"Sure, let's do it" she said "I'll have to ask my auntie though, I was horrible to her earlier so I don't know if she'll let me"
Amy got her phone out and rang Rachel, who answered within seconds
"Amy are you okay?" Rachel asked sounding worried
"Yeah, sorry for shouting earlier, I'm at jess's"
"Alright love, we'll talk later, what time are you coming back, we're getting Chinese if you fancy?"
"Well I was going to ask if maybe I could go to a party with Jess"
Rachel paused for a second or so "I don't know love, are you sure that's a good idea"
"I'll be sensible I promise" Amy said
"Where's it at and who's party is it?" Rachel asked
"Tom Foster's in my year, he lives on Danes street"
"Okay, well I still think it'd be better if you just came home but if you really want to go then I won't stop you" Rachel sighed, "But please be careful and call me If you need me okay"
"I will I promise"
"Right, I love you lots" Rachel said
"Love you too"
Amy then put the phone down
"Well that was easy than expected, she's feeling sorry for me, so she agreed"
"Fabulous, it's gonna be a good night and it'll take your mind off Jamie"
"Screw him, I'm sure I'll find somebody else" Amy said
She was still feeling incredibly low about everything but was in the mood to get blind drunk and forget all about it.
A couple of hours passed and the girls had just started getting ready
"Can I borrow your red dress, the bodycon one?" Amy asked
"Yeah sure, I'll try and find it" Jess said
Eventually she managed to find it so Amy got changed, it really suited her and showed off her dark hair and tanned skin
"I might bleach my hair" Amy said
"Do it, you have to do something dramatic with it after a break up, it's like the rules"
"Maybe I'd be better going to the hairdressers though, knowing my luck it'll all fall out if I try anything with it"
The two girls chatted for a bit as they got ready, and then started drinking
Amy hadn't eaten anything all day, so it didn't take much for her to start feeling tipsy. It felt good though, it was helping her forget everything that had happened today
By the time they were ready to go to the party, both girls were pretty drunk, they'd managed to get through 2 bottles of wine between them already.
Tom lived just round the corner so they could walk to his, they were both acting quite silly and stumbling around a bit.
Before long they arrived at Tom's, they met up with a few of their friends and got some vodka shots to do all together.
It was fun at first, the music was really good and everyone was having a laugh
However, after an hour or so had passed, Amy began to feel really drunk and it was making her emotional, but she carried on drinking more
Jess spotted her looking upset so she took her outside
"Want a smoke?" Jess asked, the two of them would never normally smoke, however, they'd normally take a packet with them to have when they went to parties
"Sure" Amy said, taking a cigarette and lighting it up
After a minute or so Amy started crying
"It's so shit Jess, why would he do this to me?" Amy sobbed "He's such a dick I hate him"
Jess brought Amy into a hug
"He's a piece of shit that's why, look you're stunning and there's a whole load of sit guys in there, so don't you dare waste another second crying over him, dry your tears and get in there"
Amy couldn't help but laugh, she stood outside with Jess for a bit before going back in
She spotted a guy who she thought was really attractive
Instantly he spotted her looking at him so went over
"Hey I'm Matt, how are you" he asked
"I'm good, I tell you what I could do with another drink though" she said smiling at him
Matt went over and made her quite a strong vodka coke
They chatted for a while, Amy was by now extremely drunk and before long they started making out
Even though she could barely stand, Matt kept poring her more drinks and before long she was in a really bad why
"Why don't we get out of here" Matt suggested
Amy agreed so the two of them slipped out, she sent a text to jess to explain she was heading back home
"Why don't you come back to mine with me" Amy said laughing, she wasn't even thinking about what she was saying
"Won't your parents mind"
"I live with my auntie, if we're quiet coming in then she won't hear us and we can just have more fun together" Amy slurred, she was so drunk she could barely get her sentence out
"Right, if you say so" he said
It took them ages to get back to Rachel's house as Amy didn't have a clue where she was going, she was that drunk
"Right let's go up to my room and then we can just have sex, my boyfriend cheated on me but it's okay because you're much better looking" Amy said giggling to herself
She searched in her bag for her keys and eventually found them so unlocked the door
"Shh we have to be really quiet" she said loudly as she slammed the door
It was only when they got inside Matt realised just what a state she was in, she was falling about all over the place and was in a bit of a state
Rachel woke up to the sound of the door slam, she instantly put her dressing gown on, assuming Amy was back home
She headed downstairs and got the shock of her laugh when she saw there was a boy down there with Amy
"Amy what the hell are you doing" Rachel said
Matt felt really uncomfortable now
"Oh hi Rach, this is .. what's your name, I think it's mark but it might not be, but we're going to go upstairs and have sex" Amy said
Rachel couldn't believe how drunk Amy was and that she'd brought a boy back with her
"Come on Mark let's go .."
"Amy how have you managed to get yourself into this state" Rachel turned to face Matt "I don't know who you are, but if I find out you've taken advantage of her in any way…"
"I haven't I swear, I didn't realise how drunk she was until we started walking home, I'm not going to sleep with a girl when they're in this state Jesus"
"Good because if you did it would be classed as rape and I hope you realise that"
"of course I realise it, I'm not some sicko, I just wanted to make sure she got home safe"
Rachel realised she'd been a bit harsh on him "I'm sorry, I was just worried when I saw you"
"It's okay, I'm going to go home now"
"Can I call you a taxi?"
"No I only live round the corner"
He walked out, leaving Rachel and Amy alone
"Where are you going?" Amy screamed "Am I not even worth a shag now?"
Rachel turned her attention to Amy
"Have you got any idea what you're saying, how dare you bring some random boy back to this house to sleep with" Rachel shouted
"Shut up I just wanted to have fun" Amy said before bursting into tears
"What the bloody hell were you thinking, you were about to have sex with a complete stranger in my house!" Rachel said "In what planet do you think that is acceptable"
"I don't fucking care, Jamie doesn't love me anymore he slept with a slag" Amy cried "I just wanted someone to love me for tonight"
Rachel suddenly felt sorry for her, she could see what a bad way she was in over Jamie
"Amy, come on, you're smart enough to know this isn't going to make things better, getting drunk and sleeping with someone else might seem like the answer now, but it's just going to make you feel like crap tomorrow "Rachel said, her voice gentler now
Amy was sobbing hysterically now, she was sat on the ground with her head between her hands
Rachel was going to go over and sit down next to her but suddenly Amy was sick all over self
"Oh dear" Rachel sighed, before going over to her
"I don't feel well, I'm really drunk"
"Well yeah I kind of gathered" Rachel said
Amy lent forward and was sick again, Rachel rubbed her back and held her hair for her
"Come on, get it all out of your system, you'll feel better for it, good job we took the carpets out of here a few years ago isn't it"
"I thought Jamie loved me but he didn't" Amy sobbed
"It's alright darling, things seem bad now but I promise they'll seem better soon" Rachel soothed
"I was going to sleep with that boy, just to get back at him" Amy slurred
"I know, but you didn't and that's what matters isn't it huh" Rachel said "You've just got yourself into a bit of a state"
Amy was shivering now, her face was sweaty and mascara was running down her face
"Am I in trouble?" Amy said suddenly sounding scared
"No, I do understand what's happened, believe it or not I'm not totally cold hearted, I hope you realise you're getting a big lecture tomorrow though, you could have put yourself in real danger"
"I need to be sick again"
Amy started being sick again, she couldn't believe this was how her night had ended up
"Come on love, let's go and get you sorted out" Rachel said
She helped Amy up and got her upstairs to the bathroom, she started running a shower and got her in, before giving her hair a good wash
The shower made Amy sober up a bit, when she got out she started sobbing again. Rachel quickly wrapped a towel round her
"Shh it's alright, it's all going to be fine. Let's get you into some nice warm pyjamas and into bed"
"Can I come in with you"
"Okay, come on, it's okay"
She helped her into pyjamas and dried her hair off a bit
"Right will you be okay for literally 2 minutes, I need to clean the floor up downstairs and I'll get you some water"
"yeah"
Amy got into Rachel's bed, everything seemed like such a blur, she was still feeling really drunk but had sobered up a little. Tears were still running down her face.
Rachel came back up a couple of minutes later
She saw Amy crying so instantly went over to her, she got into bed and pulled her into her chest, Amy was sobbing properly now
"Darling I promise it won't feel like this forever"
"You must be angry with me though"
"I'm not angry, I'm just worried that's all" Rachel said "Do you think you're the only one who's ever got into a state like this when they're angry and upset? I remember at uni some guy I was seeing cheated on me and I was absolutely furious and heartbroken, so I went out and ended up so bad I was admitted to hospital, let me tell you it was about the worst night of my life"
"Really"
"Yeah, not that I'm condoning it of course" Rachel said
"I was sick everywhere"
"I know, I've spent the last 15 minutes cleaning you up"
"I'm sorry that's disgusting"
"I dare say I'll cope" Rachel said smiling slightly
"I love you loads, even though I was mean" Amy said "Are you going to shout at me tomorrow"
"No, but we do need to talk about this properly Amy, when you're fully sober"
"Okay, I'm going to go to sleep now"
"Night I love you"
"Love you too"
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