Bad Girl, Bad Boy - Ackley Bridge

- Baby (3)-

BEEP BEEP BEEP

My alarm rings at 7:15 making me awaken from my slumber. I rub my eyes before pulling myself out my bed.

I didn't go to school yesterday, my mum told me it was better if I just didn't go so I did as she said and didn't.

I walk over to my mirror, my eyes slowly focusing on my face to see my cheek is still swollen and even more purple then it was yesterday.

I lightly touch it with my fingertips,it's very sensitive, sending a shock all around my face. I gulp, before turning my face away from my reflection in the mirror.

I pull out my uniform from my drawers, strip out of my pyjamas and put on new underwear before putting on my clean uniform.

I comb through my hair, leaving it how it dried over night and through it up into a ponytail at the top of my head.

My alarm rings again, 7:20, causing me to grab my bag and put on my blazer after shutting it off.

I open my bedroom door before quickly running down the stairs and into the foyer.

" You're up early" My sister tells me from the kitchen as I get to the bottom of the stairs, sitting down and grabbing my shoes

" uhum" I say, tying my laces before slinging my bag over my shoulder and walking straight out of the front door, slamming it shut behind me.

I begin to quickly walk down the road, quite a few cars beginning to drive to their kids schools or on their way to work.

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I get to the park on the estate where majority of the people who go to Ackley live on and sit down onto the swing.

Everyone's in school about now, I mean I stopped at the local coffee shop beforehand to get a drink as it is coming to winter and it's starting to get cold.

Plus I needed somewhere to keep warm since it was raining while I was walking down the road

I watch the people who haven't got places to be walk past, until one person catches my eye. Bag slung around his shoulder and walking his bike into the park.

" Jordan?" I question, causing him to look up.

" Esther."He says, walking over to me, lightly placing his bag onto the ground and sitting onto the swing next to me.

" You got glass in bag or something?" I ask him, hopping off my swing and walking over to his bag, opening it slowly.

" I need your help" He mumbles to me, as I peel back the zip to reveal a baby.

An actual baby.

" Is it yours?" I question him laughing as the baby smiles at me.

" yeh" he quietly mumbles, as his phone begins to ring.

I pick the baby out of the bag and hold it in my arms, as it laughs and smiles at me.

I play with the baby as Jordan listens to whoever is on the other end of the call for a couple of minutes,!before quickly hanging up on who ever it is.

" that was my dad" he says, looking up at me.

" He knows about the baby don't he?" I question him, as the phone call didn't seem as though his father was all loving all caring.

He just shakes his head, looking away from me and looking at the floor.

" What's he said" I ask him again, as he gets up from the swing.

" Need to get to school...what's on your cheek" he says, minding his own business before focusing on my face.

" Could say same to you" I say to him, as I reposition the baby and notice that his cheek is also swollen and purple.

" My dads gonna be mad if I don't go school, coming?" He questions me, before grabbing his bag and quickly hopping in his bike and slowly riding away.

" Well, Baby's not staying here alone" I say, before quickly following him after grabbing my backpack and swinging it over my free shoulder, baby still in my hands giggling away.

" come on then" he sighs, stopping for a split second to wait for me to catch up to him.

" What's it's name anyway" I question him, as I catch up to him and we begin to walk together, him on his bike and me on foot.

" Jamie . he's called Jamie I think " he says, looking at me.

" What do ya mean you think? it's your kid ent it?" I say laughing.

" I dunno. I dunno" he says as we get to the road that Ackley Bridge College is on.

" put it in the bag" he tells me, opening back up his bag and holding it open.

" It's not books Jordan. It's a baby" I tell him.

" Well I cant bring a Baby into school can I?" He growls , ushering me to put it in the bag.

" Fine." I say, before placing the baby back into the bag before we both begin to ride/walk to school.

We quickly get to the entrance of the school, but he stops before entering and looks at me.

" Don't mention it to no one" he tells me, looking at me right in the eyes.

" Jordan I'm staying with you, I mean you have it in your bag for god sake" I tell him, looking him in the eyes too.

He quickly looks away, and we both begin to walk into the school. We walk past the woman with purplish hair, and luckily she doesn't notice us and then we get into the Hall way where Mr Bell is standing ahead of us talking to another teacher.

" Go" I tell Jordan, ushering to turn in the opposite direction, as we almost get away from Mr Bell until we hear him speak.

" You two" He shouts, before walking towards the both of us, he first looks at Jordan, gulping as if he knows what's happened before looking at me and giving a puzzled look.

" Ay whats happened to you?" He questions me, looking at my cheek.

" Nothing, Sir" I say, gulping.

" And why are the both of you..." he stops, when the baby begins to cry.

Jordan looks at me, eyes wide and knowing he's about to get into trouble.

" Whats that?"Mr Bell asks.

" Nothing" Jordan says, as the baby begins to cry again.

Mr Bell looks at Jordan, before opening up his bag only to he faced with a baby, who smiles intently at him.

" A baby Jordan? A baby?" Mr Bell raises his voice at Jordan, as he takes us both into a room where no one else is in.

" What's this about ay?" He asks, as Jordan places the baby onto the table.

" I have to call your dad about this Jordan" he says, as he begins to walk back out the room.

" You owe me one Sir. You have to help me" Jordan says, which makes Mr Bell stops dead in his tracks.

" why?" I question him, as it's strange that a man that Jordan only met a couple days ago could owe him anything.

" You hit me sir, lose your job if this ever gets out" He says, which is where everything begins to make sense, that's why he has a bruise on his face.

" Fine... come on you two" He says, opening the door and we begin to follow him.

" Bring the Baby you muppets" he says, as Jordan goes back and grabs his bag, following Mr Bell out of the room.