A/n; Grace king and Lexie-lee Tyler and any kiddies she has belongs to _X_Sammii_X_
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Esme sighed to herself as she drove into work. She ran her hands through her hair and sighed. She knew how hard it was to be working with tom again. They had been through a lot and he was still the man that broke her heart and she didn't know if she could do it again and didn't know how she would be able to face him. Esme stood from the car and smiled as she saw max as he stood talking to someone. She looked to them and frowned "grace?" Esme said as she saw her sister. Grace looked to Esme and smiled "what are you doing here?" "I'm here for lexis, kim has her and I want my little girl back" grace said as Esme smiled. She knew grace and max had a little girl together and Kim was using her to try to use her to get max
"It's about time don't worry she is yours and Max's little girl and you will get her back" Esme said as max wrapped an arm around Esme and smiled "she's right. Kim hasn't got a leg to stand on" max said as grace smiled. Grace knew that she still had feelings for max and she hated knowing he was with her little sister but grace knew she couldn't go there with max while he was with Esme. Esme has been hurt enough In the past and the last thing that grace was going to do was hurt her not after Tom and how he had hurt her "we will do all we can to get her back. Won't we max" Esme said "of course" max said as he and grace held a look for a moment
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Esme stood in the staffroom and sighed as she ran a hand through her hair and looked as Tom walked into the room and looked to her and smiled "I need to talk to you" he said as she looked to him and sighed "I have nothing to say to you tom okay. My head is a mess already and I don't want you messing it up anymore. I still hate you for what you did to me and Im not going to forgive you for it. I can't. So stay away from me" Esme said as she went to walk off as he grabbed her arm and looked to her and smiled "I love you still Esme" "you cheated on me and broke my heart and I am not going to forgive you. Stay away from me" she spat as she pulled away from him and walked off
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Esme sat in her classroom as Kim walked in. Esme looked to her and rolled her eyes "what do you want" "you know I saw max and grace kissing" Kim said as Esme narrowed her eyes "no, your a lying cow trying to split me and max up. Go away" she spat. She ran her hands through her hair as Tom walked in. They held a look for a moment "I still love you tom but it's a mess" she said as he walked over to her and smiled. He placed a hand on her shoulder as they held a look before he leant in and kissed her unaware as they kissed that max was sleeping with grace