Chapter 4 - First day back
It was half 7 and Cesca was woken up by the sunlight that streamed through her curtains directly hitting her delicate face. Cescas squinted as she rubbed her eyes and turned towards Jonah, but Jonah wasn’t there. From what she remembered he stayed the night, he even called his dad to tell him where he was. She got out of bed in a huff, mornings really weren’t Cescas thing, she passed the mirror on her way out of her bedroom door, she stopped and admired her ever growing belly, she couldn’t wait to meet the baby. As she walked out the door Cesca was reminded of the fact that today was MONDAY. The day she goes back to teaching and Jonah goes back to school, that’s probably the reason he wasn’t there to greet her in the morning. As she began to climb down the stairs the door opened, it was Jonah. “Sorry Ces, I just went home to get my stuff and I even bought you breakfast, croissants and jam sound good?” Cesca clambered back up the stairs and headed towards the bathroom. Jonah didn’t understand what was going on, he rushed upstairs, and he didn’t think his legs had ever moved so quickly in their lifetime. He rushed to the bathroom where he was greeted by poor Cesca on the floor with her head over the toilet, he instantly went over to her holding her luscious brown hair out of the way, he rubbed her back to comfort her “it’s alright Ces”. She slowly finished throwing up; he got her a piece of toilet paper for her to wipe her mouth. “here you go Ces”, “thanks, one thing I forgot to mention, I have been suffering with really bad morning sickness, I can’t eat or hear food being mentioned in the morning it just makes me feel sick”, “that’s okay even more for me” he grinned his cheeky grin as he leant over to give her a warm hug, he then helped her to her feet. “right, thanks Jonah, you shouldn’t have to see me like this”, “Ces, your my wife and I should be there for you every step of the way”, “and that is why I love you so much, right I better go get ready, don’t want to be late for my first day back, you wanting to stick around and get a lift in”, Jonah liked that idea and headed downstairs to watch TV.
Cesca on the other hand heads towards her bedroom and looks through the ever growing forest of clothes that is her wardrobe, she picks out outfit after outfit, trying them on and then deciding they’re too tight. She finally finds the perfect dress; it’s lovely and purple and fits comfortably around her ever growing bump of joy. She walks down stairs to greet Jonah. “I can tell you now, were going shopping after school”, Jonah smiles “you look gorgeous” she takes his word for it and goes to grab her keys, Jonah hugs her from behind which puts her in an extra good mood instantly, despite the fact that she knows she has to face Karen as soon as she reaches school.
It was lovely to being going to school together, they were a couple and they were finally allowed to show it. They reached the school gates people looked and talked but generally many people accepted them. Cesca parked in her usual spot, she leant over to Jonah to give him his morning kiss and then went to grab her bag from behind his chair. Jonah got out the car with a beaming smile, Cesca soon followed. They walked into school together until they reached Karen, where Cesca said “see you later, have a good day” and prepared herself for the raff of the witch.
“Morning Cesca, your looking lovely, blooming in fact” Karen's words surprised Cesca and she couldn’t help but smile and reply “Morning, got Chris’s message, I’m not sure about looking lovely, it’s about the last thing in my wardrobe that fits and I just feel like a beached whale”, Cesca finally felt like she could connect with Karen and al because she was having a baby. “Try having three” Karen replied with a smug smile on her face. “Yep, definitely got a new found respect for you Karen”, Cesca replied beaming as ever. “anyway I’ll let you get on with the preparation for you first lesson, I’ll catch up with you later in the day” Karen smiled and walked on in, meanwhile Cesca had seen Adanna and smiled in her direction, Adanna wandered over with a very cheerful grin on her face. “How’s my lovely mummy to be”, Adana added as she ran over and gave her best friend the biggest of hugs. “a lot better after knowing you don’t hate me”, Cesca looked towards Adanna who replied with “Ces, you had some tough things going on in your life and after last term I have had time to reflect and you couldn’t help the fact you had fallen in love”, This reassured Cesca she still had her best friend, true friends really do stick around through everything. Speaking of friends Tom also came over “hey Ces, your looking great”, “thanks Tom not so sure myself, anyway look I’m so sorry about last term. You didn’t deserve that” , “Ces, were friends I’m happy if you are”, “that I defiantly am, I better go get ready, think it might take me a while to sort myself out with this bump” They all laughed and followed each other in.
The first day back was going better than planned and it was already third period, by this time Cesca was getting hungry, she hated not being able to eat in the mornings, she loved her food! As if on cue Jonah walked in with a brown bag “here you go Ces, I figured you didn’t eat at breakfast so you must be hungry, anyway I love you and I’m thinking of you, I got Spanish next period so see you then”. The lunch that Jonah has bought her was delicious and yet again reminded her of why she loved him so much. Cesca sorted herself out and prepared for year 12 Spanish, an easy lesson she figured since that was Jonahs class.
In they came in a reasonably calm manner for boys anyway. “Please get out your text books and catch up on some course work, I am happy to help as always”, she let out that cheeky grin that Jonah loved so much. She sat back down and began to catch up on some course work, pen in one hand and the other rubbing her nearly 6 month old baby belly, nothing could be better. Knock, knock, in came Karen, she didn’t half expect her to come in on Jonahs lesson, what was she expecting to happen, them to be all over each other. Surprisingly she just came in to check Cesca was alright and then left in a calm manner, not even bothering to turn around as she left or look in as she passed. Fin raised his hand, “miss, why you are here”, there it was the question she dreaded, but expected from Sharky. “Well Fin it’s because I didn’t do anything wrong”, she then got back on with the lesson showing that nothing could get her down. Fin slowly put his hand down quite embarrassed that he had even asked such a question. Cesca couldn’t help but smile after that palaver, she was proud of herself; she thought she would have at least shouted at him or sent him to the cooler at least that is what she did last term. But then again this wasn’t last term and it also wasn’t the old up tight, worried wreck that was the old Cesca. She had changed she was happy again and was able to focus on her teaching skills that made her different from all the other teachers, that’s why Karen chose her to start with, well at least that’s what she tried to do until old bump got grumpy and started to kick. Cesca didn’t like being 6 months pregnant very much, the baby was strong and a bit of a mover, but Cesca just grinned through it, she was strong like that.
Before she knew it, it was the end of the day and she found herself in the staff room with all the other teachers. She was packing away and about to answer Adana’s question of whether she wanted to go grab a drink well a soft drink when they both heard Ruby say to Grantely “I can’t believe she has been allowed to keep the baby let alone back in to school”, Cesca froze, she hadn’t had much in the way of whispers and insults especially not from fellow colleagues, she didn’t know how to react, instead she started to cry. Adana was by her side straight away and Tom was on Ruby and Grantely like a rocket, “how dare you say that, how unsupportive can you be? She is young woman in love and happily married expecting a baby, you’re supposed to be some kind of a friend and support her but instead your spreading spiteful rumours, your both acting like a couple of school kids... in fact your worse than the kids” as Tom finished Cesca was slowly beginning to feel better and Karen walked in, Tom explained the whole thing and Ruby was sent to her office. “thanks Tom you and Adana have been amazing today and I have to be honest, Karen hasn’t half changed, she came into my lesson 3rd period just to check whether I was okay, she didn’t look at Jonah even when she left and went passed my room”, Cesca felt a bit silly, she shouldn’t of let that get to her, but then again it was partly the pregnancy, she had been over emotional recently.
“Hey why don’t we all go get a drink, Jonah is welcome to come to, I mean he is 18 now, think of it as birthday drinks”, Cesca’s face dropped, she had completely forgotten about Jonah’s birthday! “I completely forgot, my heads all over the place, I have only just, and the baby”, Cesca was in a panic but Tom and Adana were there to calm her down. “ shush, breath, you’ll be fine, Tom why don’t you take Jonah to the pub, will meet you there and Ces you come with me, we’ll go get his present”, Cesca was so thankful to have such great friends, she then remembered how much she needed to go to town and buy some new clothes, “Adana is there any chance we could pop into town and see if we can get some clothes, this bump is getting bigger and this is about the last thing that fits”, “sure, Ces”, “I’ll tell Jonah, don’t worry about us, me and Jonah get on well, we’ll be fine” Tom reassured her, he was right they would be fine, they were like two peas in a pod at school especially since them coming out about the relationship. Cesca let out a smile and headed off with Adana, she happened to bump into Jonah in the corridor, “ hey, I’m nipping into town with Adana need to get some clothes, plus really need some girly time, meet you at the pub with Tom for birthday drinks, Happy 18th Jonah”, She leant over and gave him a passionate kiss, he then walked on replying with “ love you Ces, see you in a bit, I’ll try not to get up to no good, but you know, when I’m with Tom”, she instantly laughed. “You and Jonah really are made for each other Ces”, “I’m definitely beginning to see that too, I love him so much Adana, he is the nicest and most caring person I have ever met, he is my best friend”, Cesca couldn’t help but get all lovey dovey on her friend. “Thanks” Adana replied sarcastically giving out a wink, to show she was only messing about.
Cesca on the other hand heads towards her bedroom and looks through the ever growing forest of clothes that is her wardrobe, she picks out outfit after outfit, trying them on and then deciding they’re too tight. She finally finds the perfect dress; it’s lovely and purple and fits comfortably around her ever growing bump of joy. She walks down stairs to greet Jonah. “I can tell you now, were going shopping after school”, Jonah smiles “you look gorgeous” she takes his word for it and goes to grab her keys, Jonah hugs her from behind which puts her in an extra good mood instantly, despite the fact that she knows she has to face Karen as soon as she reaches school.
It was lovely to being going to school together, they were a couple and they were finally allowed to show it. They reached the school gates people looked and talked but generally many people accepted them. Cesca parked in her usual spot, she leant over to Jonah to give him his morning kiss and then went to grab her bag from behind his chair. Jonah got out the car with a beaming smile, Cesca soon followed. They walked into school together until they reached Karen, where Cesca said “see you later, have a good day” and prepared herself for the raff of the witch.
“Morning Cesca, your looking lovely, blooming in fact” Karen's words surprised Cesca and she couldn’t help but smile and reply “Morning, got Chris’s message, I’m not sure about looking lovely, it’s about the last thing in my wardrobe that fits and I just feel like a beached whale”, Cesca finally felt like she could connect with Karen and al because she was having a baby. “Try having three” Karen replied with a smug smile on her face. “Yep, definitely got a new found respect for you Karen”, Cesca replied beaming as ever. “anyway I’ll let you get on with the preparation for you first lesson, I’ll catch up with you later in the day” Karen smiled and walked on in, meanwhile Cesca had seen Adanna and smiled in her direction, Adanna wandered over with a very cheerful grin on her face. “How’s my lovely mummy to be”, Adana added as she ran over and gave her best friend the biggest of hugs. “a lot better after knowing you don’t hate me”, Cesca looked towards Adanna who replied with “Ces, you had some tough things going on in your life and after last term I have had time to reflect and you couldn’t help the fact you had fallen in love”, This reassured Cesca she still had her best friend, true friends really do stick around through everything. Speaking of friends Tom also came over “hey Ces, your looking great”, “thanks Tom not so sure myself, anyway look I’m so sorry about last term. You didn’t deserve that” , “Ces, were friends I’m happy if you are”, “that I defiantly am, I better go get ready, think it might take me a while to sort myself out with this bump” They all laughed and followed each other in.
The first day back was going better than planned and it was already third period, by this time Cesca was getting hungry, she hated not being able to eat in the mornings, she loved her food! As if on cue Jonah walked in with a brown bag “here you go Ces, I figured you didn’t eat at breakfast so you must be hungry, anyway I love you and I’m thinking of you, I got Spanish next period so see you then”. The lunch that Jonah has bought her was delicious and yet again reminded her of why she loved him so much. Cesca sorted herself out and prepared for year 12 Spanish, an easy lesson she figured since that was Jonahs class.
In they came in a reasonably calm manner for boys anyway. “Please get out your text books and catch up on some course work, I am happy to help as always”, she let out that cheeky grin that Jonah loved so much. She sat back down and began to catch up on some course work, pen in one hand and the other rubbing her nearly 6 month old baby belly, nothing could be better. Knock, knock, in came Karen, she didn’t half expect her to come in on Jonahs lesson, what was she expecting to happen, them to be all over each other. Surprisingly she just came in to check Cesca was alright and then left in a calm manner, not even bothering to turn around as she left or look in as she passed. Fin raised his hand, “miss, why you are here”, there it was the question she dreaded, but expected from Sharky. “Well Fin it’s because I didn’t do anything wrong”, she then got back on with the lesson showing that nothing could get her down. Fin slowly put his hand down quite embarrassed that he had even asked such a question. Cesca couldn’t help but smile after that palaver, she was proud of herself; she thought she would have at least shouted at him or sent him to the cooler at least that is what she did last term. But then again this wasn’t last term and it also wasn’t the old up tight, worried wreck that was the old Cesca. She had changed she was happy again and was able to focus on her teaching skills that made her different from all the other teachers, that’s why Karen chose her to start with, well at least that’s what she tried to do until old bump got grumpy and started to kick. Cesca didn’t like being 6 months pregnant very much, the baby was strong and a bit of a mover, but Cesca just grinned through it, she was strong like that.
Before she knew it, it was the end of the day and she found herself in the staff room with all the other teachers. She was packing away and about to answer Adana’s question of whether she wanted to go grab a drink well a soft drink when they both heard Ruby say to Grantely “I can’t believe she has been allowed to keep the baby let alone back in to school”, Cesca froze, she hadn’t had much in the way of whispers and insults especially not from fellow colleagues, she didn’t know how to react, instead she started to cry. Adana was by her side straight away and Tom was on Ruby and Grantely like a rocket, “how dare you say that, how unsupportive can you be? She is young woman in love and happily married expecting a baby, you’re supposed to be some kind of a friend and support her but instead your spreading spiteful rumours, your both acting like a couple of school kids... in fact your worse than the kids” as Tom finished Cesca was slowly beginning to feel better and Karen walked in, Tom explained the whole thing and Ruby was sent to her office. “thanks Tom you and Adana have been amazing today and I have to be honest, Karen hasn’t half changed, she came into my lesson 3rd period just to check whether I was okay, she didn’t look at Jonah even when she left and went passed my room”, Cesca felt a bit silly, she shouldn’t of let that get to her, but then again it was partly the pregnancy, she had been over emotional recently.
“Hey why don’t we all go get a drink, Jonah is welcome to come to, I mean he is 18 now, think of it as birthday drinks”, Cesca’s face dropped, she had completely forgotten about Jonah’s birthday! “I completely forgot, my heads all over the place, I have only just, and the baby”, Cesca was in a panic but Tom and Adana were there to calm her down. “ shush, breath, you’ll be fine, Tom why don’t you take Jonah to the pub, will meet you there and Ces you come with me, we’ll go get his present”, Cesca was so thankful to have such great friends, she then remembered how much she needed to go to town and buy some new clothes, “Adana is there any chance we could pop into town and see if we can get some clothes, this bump is getting bigger and this is about the last thing that fits”, “sure, Ces”, “I’ll tell Jonah, don’t worry about us, me and Jonah get on well, we’ll be fine” Tom reassured her, he was right they would be fine, they were like two peas in a pod at school especially since them coming out about the relationship. Cesca let out a smile and headed off with Adana, she happened to bump into Jonah in the corridor, “ hey, I’m nipping into town with Adana need to get some clothes, plus really need some girly time, meet you at the pub with Tom for birthday drinks, Happy 18th Jonah”, She leant over and gave him a passionate kiss, he then walked on replying with “ love you Ces, see you in a bit, I’ll try not to get up to no good, but you know, when I’m with Tom”, she instantly laughed. “You and Jonah really are made for each other Ces”, “I’m definitely beginning to see that too, I love him so much Adana, he is the nicest and most caring person I have ever met, he is my best friend”, Cesca couldn’t help but get all lovey dovey on her friend. “Thanks” Adana replied sarcastically giving out a wink, to show she was only messing about.
