Alanna had never been called into the Headmaster's office before. She had always stayed quiet and out of sight. It had all happened so fast. One minute the popular kids were all laughing, the next Lucas was beating the biggest one, the one who had shoved her. She was shocked and at the same time wasn't. Lucas was protective of her, especially now that she was in her fragile condition, but she hated the fact he was getting in trouble for defending her. Keeping one hand over her belly, the other clutched Lucas' tightly when he reached over. She couldn't speak, too terrified, but she looked to Lucas with grateful eyes for protecting her and their baby.
It was then she heard some commotion outside and flinched a bit. This was not the way Alanna wanted to meet Lucas' mother, but there was nothing to be done for it. Her own parents were both off in other countries so that wasn't something that they had to worry about, but Alanna really wanted his mother to like him and this was not a good start.