Chapter 38 - Things have to get worse before they get better
Jonah sat on the table opposite Bobby, who was still completely adamant that he wasn’t saying anything. “Bobby, I’m not here to lecture you, I want to help. It’s clear there is more to it than you just being a trouble maker”, “Troublemaker, did you just call me a trouble maker”. “Bobby, sit down”. Jonah calmed him down. “I’m here to help whatever it is, I can help you”, “Really, like to see you sort out the fact my mum’s screwing my uncle”. Bobby used his trademark move as he left the room slamming the door behind him. Jonah sighed, he had tried. What was he supposed to do now? Jonah decided to leave Bobby to cool down; he knew that being chased down a corridor by a teacher would only make the situation worse. Jonah headed off to his last class of the day year 7 and got on with the objective he had planned. This class seemed to be going rather well, yet again! Jonah really did seem to have a knack to teaching, though he couldn’t help but wonder about Bobby, it was clearly eating him up inside and all Jonah wanted to do was help if Bobby would let him, he knew that from Bobby’s point of view it just looked like he was being nosey, he would never see the fact that Jonah and all the other teachers truly cared for the students well being. Jonah was finishing up his lesson when Karen appeared with an extremely angry Bobby; Jonah dismissed the class before talking to Karen about Bobby in his classroom. “So the talking didn’t go well, what exactly did you say to him, he’s punching walls in the corridors, and I don’t take vandalism in my school”, “Of course Karen and I simply sympathised with him”, “Is this true?”, Karen asked Bobby, “Course not miss, why would any teacher have the time of day for a student’s well being”, Karen knew instantly that Bobby was lying, shockingly bobby broke down in tears, “Karen can I have a word”, Karen followed Jonah outside and explained the situation, “Thanks Jonah, I’ll take it from here”. He watched as Karen took Bobby so she could get to the bottom of everything, give Bobby the help he really needed and hopefully might value. Jonah shut the door closing out everything that had just happened, teachers really did have a tough job, and he had always taken it for granted the work they do for their pupils. He had 15 minutes of lunch left so decided to head to the staff room in hope of finding his beloved Cesca.
Sure enough there she was, her luscious hair fell gracefully down her back, he opened the door and began to walk over Cesca was on the phone, “Okay, thank you very much”. Jonah hugged her from behind leaning over as she was seated. “Hello”, “Oh hey you, how did the bobby situation go”, “Not great I have to say, but got to the bottom of it, Karen’s dealing with it now”. “Well that’s good”, Cesca caressed his face as she noticed that he was worried, “Cheer up, you can’t please everyone, you tried your best and that’s all you can do”, Cesca smiled before giving him a soft peck on the check, Jonah sat down next to her the worry had vanished as he began to eat his lunch, which consisted of a cheese and ham bagel, it looked yummy. “got some news for you” Cesca beamed at Jonah “Oh really, what would that be then”, Cesca beamed a smile placing her hand on her stomach, “I booked an appointment for a check up”, “Ces that’s great, when for?”, “Tonight at 4, Adanna said she’ll have Mia”, “Great”, Jonah held his wife close before finishing his lunch and heading to his last class along with Cesca. Their hands departed each others as they headed for their classrooms. The shared a romantic smile before walking off in separate directions. Neither of them could stop thinking about the scan, this was going to be the first encounter they had with their baby. Cesca couldn’t stop holding her tummy, this felt right this felt like the most amazing thing that had happened to the pair of them in a long time. Jonah felt the same, he was being extra nice in his lessons and as a result his class were enjoying themselves that much more. The pair of them was staring at the clocks at the back of their classes like the students did when they were finding the lessons boring, watching the minutes tick by, the end of the lesson seemed years away. It was the longest five minutes of their lives, both of them had begun to pack away early neither of them wanted to be late and at the rate they were working at it was more likely that they were going to be early not late. The bell rang, the students were dismissed, and Cesca and Jonah couldn’t have left their classrooms quick enough. Cesca was just shutting her door when she bumped into Maisie, a girl in her year 8 class who she had always had a soft spot for, but right now Cesca really didn’t have time for her to be asking her for advice, she needed to go, she wanted to go. “miss”, “Yes Maisie”, “can you help me with my coursework”, “Actually Maisie, I really have to go I...”, “It’s this word here, I’m not sure it makes sense or whether it”, “Maisie I would love to help you but I have an appointment to get to”, “please miss it won’t take long”, “Come to me in the morning and I shall see what I can do”, “Okay”, Maisie huffed, Cesca smiled and began to hurriedly walk off down the corridor she was defiantly not going to be early now. She headed for the staff room, grabbing her coat before heading over to Adanna to sort the plans with the taking care of Mia out, “Right, I am about to go, so you’re going to pick Mia up from nursery and I’ll pick her up on our way home”, “Yes, don’t you worry, you go find Jonah, he’s been and gone so guessing he will be looking for you”, “Thanks Adanna, I owe you big time”. Adanna smiled, Cesca smiled at Tom as she passed, “someone’s in a good mood”, “Yeah, things are turning out alright after all” Adanna said to tom, he maybe her fiancé but she wasn’t going to tell him Cesca’s news just yet.
Cesca walked out of the staff room and headed for Science she guessed he might be finishing off or getting on with some coursework. But he wasn’t there so she headed for her classroom, second time lucky as she found him sitting in her chair waiting for her. “You took you time”; “I know I’m sorry. Got held up, students wanting to have help with coursework and homework”, Jonah smiled, “We better go otherwise we are definitely going to be late now”, Cesca smiled, walking over to Jonah, sitting herself on his lap. “I said were going to be late”, Jonah said seductively. Cesca leant in kissing him passionately, “I think that was a pretty good reason for being late, but now we should really go”. Cesca got up of his lap and held on to his hand as if it were to be the end of the world. She looked up at her man as they walked out of school, hand in hand, heart with heart. This was one of those days that just couldn’t end sooner, they wanted to see their baby, and they wanted to know it was okay. That it was healthy. From this scan they would be able to estimate when she was due and when the baby was conceived though they both had a pretty good idea when that was. They got into Cesca’s car both were beaming, “Ces, I just wanted to say, I am going to be there for you, I love you so much, you only ever deserve the best, nothing less”. Cesca screwed her face up, holding back the tears that were soon to flow down her cheek “You old softy, I love you so much Jonah, just don’t ever hurt me again”. She smiled kissing him once more before pulling away and starting the car. They drove off as the sun was setting; it looked as beautiful as the moment felt. Jonah rested his hand on Cesca’s thigh as they drove off in the sunset. Cesca approached the doctors so indicated to turn, “I can’t believe this is all happening, it’s so surreal Ces”, “I know, I’m just glad I’m here with you. That’s all I want, for you and Mia to be happy and for this baby, our baby to be healthy.” Cesca smiled as she turned the engine off after parking in an all too familiar place. Cesca got out the car, almost envisaging Jonah to be walking towards her in his school uniform, bunking his first few lessons to be with her. It just proved how far they had come together, how great their bond of love really was. They had Mia now and were now expecting another. This couldn’t have happened at a more perfect time, it meant that Cesca and Jonah were no longer fighting and were closer than ever. Mia was growing up fast, they couldn’t believe how quickly 3 nearly 4 years had flown by, Jonah was defiantly looking more like an adult, they appeared more and more like your average couple, settled down building up their family. There was nothing to say that they were once teacher and pupil, breaking the rules of the law to be together, to hold each other, to be able to love one another. There was no doubt in saying that their relationship was serious, Cesca’s allegations of Jonah looking on their relationship as nothing more than a fling or something he could boast about to his mates couldn’t have been more wrong and she knew that now, now that she was calm whole again. She knew that she could never be away from Jonah, ever again. It hurt too much, she was never going to let the littlest thing spoil what they had, because what they had was special, something no one else would understand, and they loved each other.
They walked in through the doors, Cesca back once again being supported by Jonah’s arm, what I can say her waist and his arm were the best of friends. They were inseparable. “Can I help you”, a kind receptionist asked, “Yes, I booked an appointment for 4”, “Ah, Dr Harris, he shall be with you shortly”, “Thank you”. They sat down next to each other, their hands were sweaty and they were both really fidgety, it was as if ants had crawled into their pants, they just couldn’t stay still. Jonah reached out, treasuring Cesca’s hand as he said “You are the best mum ever”. Cesca smiled, her face filled with joy as she inclined her head towards Jonah’s shoulder. He kissed her forehead as the Doctor called out “Francesca Kirby”. “This is it”, Jonah said, “It sure is”. They were both like excited children on Christmas Eve, waiting up for Santa, and each minute feeling like an hour and each hour feeling like a year. They just wanted to know their baby was okay, they wanted to know when it was due; they wanted to get excited about the prospect of bringing up another Kirby junior. They walked over to the Doctor, who had a beaming smile on his face, which only increased their happiness. The Doctor held the door open as Cesca and Jonah followed on in. “Francesca could you lie up on the bed please”. Cesca lifted herself on to the bed before laying back her hand catching Jonah’s as they watched the doctor lift Cesca’s top up. “This will feel slightly cold”. Cesca winced as the cold gel was squirted onto her toned stomach. Jonah couldn’t help but laugh “You can laugh now, but you won’t be laughing in a few months when I can’t sleep because you got me pregnant”, “Fair point”, Jonah said with his sexy eyes on. “Here is the first heartbeat”. Cesca and Jonah’s eyes filled with tears, they could hear their baby, their little piece of them growing inside of her. Then the doctor adjusted the position of the machinery moving it along her stomach as he said “there is the second”. Cesca and Jonah both froze; they had completely ignored the doctor’s terminology for the first heartbeat. “Congratulations, you’re expecting twins” Cesca’s face was drenched in tears; she turned to look at Jonah who couldn’t believe the news either. “Were going to have two little additions to the family, Mia is going to be so excited when we tell her”. Cesca smiled, she thought he might have freaked out at the idea of having two babies. This was the best news she had heard all day, they were already excited about the prospect of one baby now there was TWO! Cesca rolled her top down before sitting up as the doctor told them the facts and all the details they needed to know. “Right well from your faces I can tell this is really good news”, the doctor began, “It’s amazing, Ces your carrying our two gorgeous babies”. He looked at her; he was so proud and relishing at the idea of being a father of 3. “From the scan we can see that you are 3 months pregnant, so has approximated the due date of your babies as being March. Twins often come earlier than their due date, so it isn’t anything to worry about. The due date will be the 18th of March, but this isn’t very accurate with twins”. The doctor handed them the scan before saying they could leave, “I will be seeing you for a check up in a month’s time; we need to monitor the babies more closely since there are 2 of them”. “Thank you so much”. As soon as they walked out of the door Jonah lifted his wife up before putting her down and began to eat her face, well that’s what it looked like as their lips completely fell in love with each other. “It’s going to be you me, Mia and our twins, I love you Ces. You have just made me the happiest man alive”. He placed his hands on Cesca’s stomach as she said “I can’t wait to tell everyone our good news”.
Sure enough there she was, her luscious hair fell gracefully down her back, he opened the door and began to walk over Cesca was on the phone, “Okay, thank you very much”. Jonah hugged her from behind leaning over as she was seated. “Hello”, “Oh hey you, how did the bobby situation go”, “Not great I have to say, but got to the bottom of it, Karen’s dealing with it now”. “Well that’s good”, Cesca caressed his face as she noticed that he was worried, “Cheer up, you can’t please everyone, you tried your best and that’s all you can do”, Cesca smiled before giving him a soft peck on the check, Jonah sat down next to her the worry had vanished as he began to eat his lunch, which consisted of a cheese and ham bagel, it looked yummy. “got some news for you” Cesca beamed at Jonah “Oh really, what would that be then”, Cesca beamed a smile placing her hand on her stomach, “I booked an appointment for a check up”, “Ces that’s great, when for?”, “Tonight at 4, Adanna said she’ll have Mia”, “Great”, Jonah held his wife close before finishing his lunch and heading to his last class along with Cesca. Their hands departed each others as they headed for their classrooms. The shared a romantic smile before walking off in separate directions. Neither of them could stop thinking about the scan, this was going to be the first encounter they had with their baby. Cesca couldn’t stop holding her tummy, this felt right this felt like the most amazing thing that had happened to the pair of them in a long time. Jonah felt the same, he was being extra nice in his lessons and as a result his class were enjoying themselves that much more. The pair of them was staring at the clocks at the back of their classes like the students did when they were finding the lessons boring, watching the minutes tick by, the end of the lesson seemed years away. It was the longest five minutes of their lives, both of them had begun to pack away early neither of them wanted to be late and at the rate they were working at it was more likely that they were going to be early not late. The bell rang, the students were dismissed, and Cesca and Jonah couldn’t have left their classrooms quick enough. Cesca was just shutting her door when she bumped into Maisie, a girl in her year 8 class who she had always had a soft spot for, but right now Cesca really didn’t have time for her to be asking her for advice, she needed to go, she wanted to go. “miss”, “Yes Maisie”, “can you help me with my coursework”, “Actually Maisie, I really have to go I...”, “It’s this word here, I’m not sure it makes sense or whether it”, “Maisie I would love to help you but I have an appointment to get to”, “please miss it won’t take long”, “Come to me in the morning and I shall see what I can do”, “Okay”, Maisie huffed, Cesca smiled and began to hurriedly walk off down the corridor she was defiantly not going to be early now. She headed for the staff room, grabbing her coat before heading over to Adanna to sort the plans with the taking care of Mia out, “Right, I am about to go, so you’re going to pick Mia up from nursery and I’ll pick her up on our way home”, “Yes, don’t you worry, you go find Jonah, he’s been and gone so guessing he will be looking for you”, “Thanks Adanna, I owe you big time”. Adanna smiled, Cesca smiled at Tom as she passed, “someone’s in a good mood”, “Yeah, things are turning out alright after all” Adanna said to tom, he maybe her fiancé but she wasn’t going to tell him Cesca’s news just yet.
Cesca walked out of the staff room and headed for Science she guessed he might be finishing off or getting on with some coursework. But he wasn’t there so she headed for her classroom, second time lucky as she found him sitting in her chair waiting for her. “You took you time”; “I know I’m sorry. Got held up, students wanting to have help with coursework and homework”, Jonah smiled, “We better go otherwise we are definitely going to be late now”, Cesca smiled, walking over to Jonah, sitting herself on his lap. “I said were going to be late”, Jonah said seductively. Cesca leant in kissing him passionately, “I think that was a pretty good reason for being late, but now we should really go”. Cesca got up of his lap and held on to his hand as if it were to be the end of the world. She looked up at her man as they walked out of school, hand in hand, heart with heart. This was one of those days that just couldn’t end sooner, they wanted to see their baby, and they wanted to know it was okay. That it was healthy. From this scan they would be able to estimate when she was due and when the baby was conceived though they both had a pretty good idea when that was. They got into Cesca’s car both were beaming, “Ces, I just wanted to say, I am going to be there for you, I love you so much, you only ever deserve the best, nothing less”. Cesca screwed her face up, holding back the tears that were soon to flow down her cheek “You old softy, I love you so much Jonah, just don’t ever hurt me again”. She smiled kissing him once more before pulling away and starting the car. They drove off as the sun was setting; it looked as beautiful as the moment felt. Jonah rested his hand on Cesca’s thigh as they drove off in the sunset. Cesca approached the doctors so indicated to turn, “I can’t believe this is all happening, it’s so surreal Ces”, “I know, I’m just glad I’m here with you. That’s all I want, for you and Mia to be happy and for this baby, our baby to be healthy.” Cesca smiled as she turned the engine off after parking in an all too familiar place. Cesca got out the car, almost envisaging Jonah to be walking towards her in his school uniform, bunking his first few lessons to be with her. It just proved how far they had come together, how great their bond of love really was. They had Mia now and were now expecting another. This couldn’t have happened at a more perfect time, it meant that Cesca and Jonah were no longer fighting and were closer than ever. Mia was growing up fast, they couldn’t believe how quickly 3 nearly 4 years had flown by, Jonah was defiantly looking more like an adult, they appeared more and more like your average couple, settled down building up their family. There was nothing to say that they were once teacher and pupil, breaking the rules of the law to be together, to hold each other, to be able to love one another. There was no doubt in saying that their relationship was serious, Cesca’s allegations of Jonah looking on their relationship as nothing more than a fling or something he could boast about to his mates couldn’t have been more wrong and she knew that now, now that she was calm whole again. She knew that she could never be away from Jonah, ever again. It hurt too much, she was never going to let the littlest thing spoil what they had, because what they had was special, something no one else would understand, and they loved each other.
They walked in through the doors, Cesca back once again being supported by Jonah’s arm, what I can say her waist and his arm were the best of friends. They were inseparable. “Can I help you”, a kind receptionist asked, “Yes, I booked an appointment for 4”, “Ah, Dr Harris, he shall be with you shortly”, “Thank you”. They sat down next to each other, their hands were sweaty and they were both really fidgety, it was as if ants had crawled into their pants, they just couldn’t stay still. Jonah reached out, treasuring Cesca’s hand as he said “You are the best mum ever”. Cesca smiled, her face filled with joy as she inclined her head towards Jonah’s shoulder. He kissed her forehead as the Doctor called out “Francesca Kirby”. “This is it”, Jonah said, “It sure is”. They were both like excited children on Christmas Eve, waiting up for Santa, and each minute feeling like an hour and each hour feeling like a year. They just wanted to know their baby was okay, they wanted to know when it was due; they wanted to get excited about the prospect of bringing up another Kirby junior. They walked over to the Doctor, who had a beaming smile on his face, which only increased their happiness. The Doctor held the door open as Cesca and Jonah followed on in. “Francesca could you lie up on the bed please”. Cesca lifted herself on to the bed before laying back her hand catching Jonah’s as they watched the doctor lift Cesca’s top up. “This will feel slightly cold”. Cesca winced as the cold gel was squirted onto her toned stomach. Jonah couldn’t help but laugh “You can laugh now, but you won’t be laughing in a few months when I can’t sleep because you got me pregnant”, “Fair point”, Jonah said with his sexy eyes on. “Here is the first heartbeat”. Cesca and Jonah’s eyes filled with tears, they could hear their baby, their little piece of them growing inside of her. Then the doctor adjusted the position of the machinery moving it along her stomach as he said “there is the second”. Cesca and Jonah both froze; they had completely ignored the doctor’s terminology for the first heartbeat. “Congratulations, you’re expecting twins” Cesca’s face was drenched in tears; she turned to look at Jonah who couldn’t believe the news either. “Were going to have two little additions to the family, Mia is going to be so excited when we tell her”. Cesca smiled, she thought he might have freaked out at the idea of having two babies. This was the best news she had heard all day, they were already excited about the prospect of one baby now there was TWO! Cesca rolled her top down before sitting up as the doctor told them the facts and all the details they needed to know. “Right well from your faces I can tell this is really good news”, the doctor began, “It’s amazing, Ces your carrying our two gorgeous babies”. He looked at her; he was so proud and relishing at the idea of being a father of 3. “From the scan we can see that you are 3 months pregnant, so has approximated the due date of your babies as being March. Twins often come earlier than their due date, so it isn’t anything to worry about. The due date will be the 18th of March, but this isn’t very accurate with twins”. The doctor handed them the scan before saying they could leave, “I will be seeing you for a check up in a month’s time; we need to monitor the babies more closely since there are 2 of them”. “Thank you so much”. As soon as they walked out of the door Jonah lifted his wife up before putting her down and began to eat her face, well that’s what it looked like as their lips completely fell in love with each other. “It’s going to be you me, Mia and our twins, I love you Ces. You have just made me the happiest man alive”. He placed his hands on Cesca’s stomach as she said “I can’t wait to tell everyone our good news”.
