"Options... I've ran out of Options..." (Book 3)

Chapter 56 - "Transfer..."

Chapter 56 - "Transfer..."

Clara's PoV

'Where are the kids?'

'Watching finding Nemo I think. I figured this would be a good quiet time to sort out some of the work accounts' he hummed.

'Right'

'You took longer than I thought?'

'I travelled back on the train in rush hour. Why do you think it took so long?' I mumbled.

'I would have come back and got you' he scoffed.

'It would have been more effort to load all the kids up in the car than for me to just hop on a bus and train' I said rolling my eyes.

'Why are you being so short with me? What did I do to deserve you rudeness?' He scoffed sitting up a little on the bed looking angry.

'Nothing' I winced as I poked and prodded at my nose.

'Your really should get they seen too' he hummed standing up as I turned around and started yelling bloody murder at him.

'That. That's what you did wrong. You just don't shut up. You get overly involved and way too attached. I need space John. Work was my place of release from home life'

'How is that true? The girls go to school with you and they are your home life?'

'It's different. They don't want to have lunch with me and most of the day I don't even see them. I don't want to be horrible but today was just an anomaly. Today was the reason that I'm at that school gathering research and doing what I need to do. I can't have you following me around like a lost puppy all the time wondering what I'm up too and if I'm okay' I scoffed. 'I am perfectly capable of looking after myself'

I took a huge intake of breath as he shrugged his shoulders.

'Okay' he said as he turned to walk away and sat back on the bed.

'That's it? Just okay? I just yelled at you and all your answer is, is okay?' I scoffed seriously unsatisfied by his attitude.

'What do you want me to say?' He hummed.

'Nothing. Nothing at all' I scoffed storming into the ensuite to shower.

- - -

The following morning I got up as I usually would but found that by the time I got ready to go and had eaten my cornflakes - he was already gone.

He was sitting in the staff room when I got to work and sipping on a cup of coffee at one of the tables on his own whilst everyone else seemed to be at other tables.

I wanted to go over and sort of apologise to him but I couldn't because I was separated from him as soon as I had boiled the kettle.

I wanted home life and work life to be completely separate but it was proving to be a lot harder than I thought.

I thought having him here would be fun. Turns out it's not.

A few of the teachers were chatting about someone's birthday that was on Sunday and what we were going to be doing.

I'd be doing nothing because I have dependent kids but I could be involved.

- - -

'I'm telling you. It's like being back in high school again. She's sitting with all the popular teachers like a bitch and I'm sat on my own having to deal with the paranoia of one of the teachers saying my name.

'Sorry dude. But there's not much that I can do' Richard smirked.

'Tell Clara to stop being a snotty cow? She needs to be taken down a peg or two I swear' John growled unhappily pacing the office.

'It can't be easy working together? How would you like it if she was here all day following you around? Eating lunch with you?'

'I'd love it' John scoffed.

'That's such a lie and you know it' Richard scoffed back. 'Just think of it from her perspective. Still talk to her in the school? In the staff room? Just keep yourselves distant the rest of the time? You don't need to be on top of each other all the time' Richard said.

Somehow the chat had helped.

- - -

'Hi' I mumbled as I wandered into the kitchen and dropped my bag and laptop on the table.

'Yeah' was all he said back as Poppy came running through the door and jumped into my arms.

I felt her forehead as she snivelled and groaned. That's all I needed.

The bloody flu going going this house?

'What are you doing?' He asked as I dropped her on the floor and sifted through the cupboard for the calpol just to see if I can catch it in its tracks.

It was most likely impossible but I wanted to at least try.

'Getting the calpol. She's got a temperature' I mumble, reaching on my tip toes to try and grab the calpol it was on the top shelf.

I sighed in annoyance knowing I could have asked John and he would have just reached it but instead I stubbornly pushed the chair towards it but by the time I got the chair there - the calpol was already on the side.

As soon as I had dosed her up I went back into the kitchen grabbing a tea towel and got some frozen peas out of the freezer, wrapped them up and rested them on my nose.

Two days since the accidental fight and still my nose was pretty swollen.

I knew it looked huge. It looked like a bloody beak.

'It's still sore then?'

'Fucking hurts like hell. It probably is broken but I just don't fancy the night in the emergency room' I said with a scoff.

'Fair enough' John mumbled as he sat at the table with his dinner and pushed a plate to me but I kind of turned my nose up at it not overly hungry if I was honest.

'I've asked for a transfer back to Oak Hill - the primary school. I've done now what I needed to do'