When Charlotte returned to the classroom she tried her hardest to forget about what had just happened. Eric and Scott's laughter was ringing in her ears and she wished more than anything that she could just go home. She presumed that Mia was going to come and comfort her in person, judging by the end of their phone call. Mia was very impulsive so if she felt she needed to see Charlotte and hold her, she'd just do it - it hadn't seemed strange to Charlotte that she'd ended their conversation that way. Well it wasn't strange for Mia, anyway.
After about 30 minutes the classroom door swung open. Charlottes heart sank as she saw Eric walk into the room, looking around. When he spotted her he smiled in a friendly way and approached her. "Hey Charlotte, Marjorie told me this morning that there's a shelf in here that's coming loose. Which one is it?" Charlotte couldn't believe how sweet Eric still seemed to her - she never would have expected his goofy little smile was hiding such crude thoughts about her. She gestured over to the shelf and muttered "that one" before turning to scoop up a toddler that had just started crying. Eric replied "thanks" before heading over to fix the shelf.
Not long after Eric left the room Charlotte happened to glance out of the window. She watched as Mia's car sped into the carpark. Once she'd parked up Mia got out of the car and started walking towards the building. Charlotte smiled, imagining the red heads arms wrapped around her. Her smile turned to a confused frown however as she watched Marjorie come storming out of the building. The two women met in the middle and immediately started having an extremely heated conversation. They were both gesticulating wildly while they also continued to talk at what looked like a million miles an hour.
What the hell was going on? Charlotte turned to Winter and asked "can you spare me for a few minutes?" Winter looked over at her and simply replied "yes love." She rushed out of the classroom and outside.
"I'm going to kill the ratty little pervert." Mia was shouting. Her hands were on her hips now and she was pacing around.
"You and me both, I can't believe this. I've spoken to him about this kind of thing already." Marjorie was flapping her hands around like her life depended on it.
At that moment Mia spotted Charlotte and rushed towards her. "Are you ok Sweetheart? Her voice was suddenly much softer. The red head immediately wrapped her arms around Charlottes waist and held her close for several seconds. She placed a kiss lightly on Charlottes cheek before whispering "I called Marjorie and told her about Eric. He's not getting away with speaking about you like that and neither is his little friend."
"Mia, honestly it doesn't really matter. It just upset me, that's all." Charlotte replied. She was just so glad to see Mia, she was already feeling a little better. The red head leant back slightly and said "yes, he upset you. I'm not standing for anybody upsetting or hurting you Char. Ever." Just as she said this, Eric and Scott appeared from around the side of the building holding shovels and rubble bags. They were laughing together about something that was apparently absolutely hilarious. Mia's eyes narrowed as soon as she spotted them and she stormed towards them with nothing but rage propelling her forwards. She pointed her finger at Eric and yelled "you little rat, get here now."
Charlotte couldn't help but laugh when she saw Eric and Scott's faces. They looked utterly terrified, eyes wide and mouths hanging open. As soon as she was close enough Mia shoved Eric and knocked him to the ground then turned and did the same to Scott. Just as Scott hit the floor, Marjorie started screeching. Charlotte couldn't believe her ears when she realised that her manager wasn't telling Mia off, she was in fact going absolutely postal on the two boys lying on the ground.
"HOW DARE YOU SPEAK ABOUT CHAR AND MIA LIKE THAT! HOW DARE YOU SPEAK ABOUT WOMEN LIKE THAT! ARE DEAF, DUMB OR BOTH?! I'VE TOLD YOU ABOUT THIS!"
Mia interjected at this point and said "what makes you think any woman wants you, let alone Charlotte. I certainly don't, you little weasel."
Eric was looking up at Mia and holding his hands up "I...look if this is about the conversation before, I didn't know anyone else had heard that. It was just a bit of a laugh, we didn't mean anything by it." Scott nodded frantically in agreement.
Mia looked down at him in disgust and replied "a bit of fun? You think objectifying my girlfriend is fun? Who the fuck do you think you are? Charlotte and I love each other. Women don't just exist for your entertainment you little prick, why the fuck would we allow you to watch?" Mia paused to inhale deeply, she was so angry the air had been knocked out of her lungs.
Marjorie took the opportunity to speak "a relationship between two women is just as valid as a relationship between a man and a woman. They don't deserve to be sexualised by little creeps." She'd calmed down significantly but the tone in her voice was so cold it was making Charlotte shiver.
Without warning Mia grabbed Eric's arm and pulled him up before pinning his arm behind his back. She turned to Scott and hissed "move from that spot and you're dead". Dragging Eric with her she walked over to Charlotte and demanded "apologise to her. Say, I'm sorry for being a disgusting pervert, unfortunately my brain cells are severely lacking."
Charlotte couldn't help but laugh once again as Eric looked into her eyes and repeated "I'm sorry for being a disgusting pervert, unfortunately my brain cells are severely lacking." He continued "ow, ow, please let go, ahhhh." Mia shoved him forwards and rushed back over to Scott. Grabbing him by his ear she brought him over to Charlotte and said "tell her you're sorry for thinking a woman like her would ever touch you with a ten foot pole and that you'll never so much as look at her again.
Scott was squirming around in a desperate attempt to save his ear so he immediately stuttered "I'm sorry I thought a woman like you would ever touch me with a ten foot pole, I won't look at you ever again OW OW PLEASE." With that Mia let him go and he stumbled forwards rubbing his ear.
Marjories voice rang out "not so fast you two." She smirked before saying "I've got a blocked toilet that needs fixing with your names on it. Better get some gloves though, it's really, really nasty."
A/N - can't be too harsh on them they're only seventeen 😂
