Isadora-Tnn

2. New friends, new life

Later in the day, Carly and Isadora walk into the new staff room. The space was brightly lightened by the sun beaming from the large windows and the girls took in their surroundings. Freshly polished counters with neatly placed tables and chairs throughout the room and lines of lockers along one of the walls.

"Wow" the blonde teen slouches down on one of the sofas, "this is so much better than the old staff room"
"It is very fancy" Isadora agrees while taking a seat of her own.

The door bursts open revealing a woman with ginger hair in two braids and a green hoodie.
"Sorscha! Are you alright?"
"Ah grand" the woman replies in her thick Irish accent, "these parents are drivin' me mad. And now there's three times as many" she smiles through the frustration.

"Yeah I was wondering how you and Winter would be dealing with this" Carly laughs, knowing that the two have a less patient, more to the point approach with the parents. Especially as many of them can be quite clueless.

"I'm sorry, we haven't met" Sorscha turns her attention to Isadora,
"I'm Isadora" she introduced herself,
"Ah nice to meet ya, are you from the other nursery?"
"No I-" the brunette smiles just as another woman walks in,
"Ugh she is so annoying" Isadora looks at Carly, who seems very amused by the woman's entrance.

"Hey char! You seem happy" the woman glares at the blonde,
"That apprentice doesn't do anything. She's so... so... ugh!"
"Wow Charlie, normally you can work with anyone"  Sorscha takes a seat at the table and Charlotte joins her.

Charlotte had a reputation of being a sweetheart, kind and caring. Her patience with the most oblivious and obnoxious of parents was astonishing to her coworkers.

"I can! Some people are just... I don't even know" the woman pulls out her phone and the three others immediately notice her change in posture along with the grin setting on her face.

"Mia text you?" Carly smirks which Charlotte replies with just a look, trying to hide her smile. "Mia is Char's girlfriend" she turns to tell Isadora, who nods
"She's away travelling at the moment so I don't get to hear from her a lot"
"Except Fridays" Carly smirks
"Carly!"

Sorscha and Isadora share a look, not knowing what the younger girl's statement meant, and not sure if they wanted to know.

"Anyway, I'm sorry I don't think I've introduced myself, I'm Charlotte"
"Isadora" the girl smiles,
"That's such a pretty name, are you from the other nursery or a new start?" Charlotte asks,
"New start. It's nice to meet you"
"You too"

"So Iz, do you have a boyfriend? Or girlfriend?" Carly questions.
"Not at the moment, but it would be a boyfriend, by the way"
"Hey you never know, Char was married to a guy before switching sides" Sorscha smiles,
"That Mia must be something"
"She is" Charlotte grins.
"And what about you Sorscha?"

"I'm married to my lovely wife Clodagh, and we have a little girl, Quinn"
"Aww that's lovely, how old is she?"
"15 months, do you have kids?"
"No, I'd like to though"
"Well you're a natural with the babies, they love you" Carly smiles, "Do you have siblings?"

"No. Only child"
"Ah okay"
"Well it was lovely to meet you but I'm going to call Mia before my break ends" Charlotte stands and continues to type,
"Have fun" the woman shoots the smirking teen look before leaving the room.

...

Charlotte leans against the wall outside the building with her phone to her ear,
"So how's the new nursery?" Mia asks, as much as she wanted to be home with Charlotte, the red head had landed a photography gig she couldn't pass up.

After years of being caged into a relationship and career, Amelia Roberts was now holding nothing back when it came to her freedom. She had travelled the world and rekindled her passion for photography.