They hadn't arranged to meet that day so Ste was indulging in his guilty pleasure – Saturday morning kids tv.
He didn't know who was the bigger fan of Pinky Dinky Doo, him or Lucas.
Brendan just waltzed in, as per, not even Leah was surprised anymore.
"Stephen, we need to chat."
"Ok hang on; I'll put the tv on eleven."
"On eleven?"
"Yeah, eleven. See this button here; it stops the telly for a while."
"Do you mean the Pause button Stephen?"
Ste blushed to his roots.
"Oh yeah I s'pose I do. I always call it eleven."
Brendan shook his head in disbelief.
"What colour is the sky in your world Stephen? Please enlighten me, I'm dying to know."
As Brendan launched into his concerns of the day, he couldn't help but study his bonkers boy in detail. There were saner boxes of frogs, but Stephen was his – all his.
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