Took me ages to write this, so I hope you like it . And yes I know it is extremely long, but it's well worth it Please R&R! Abi xxx
It had been a typical day for Sophie, and she was exhausted, she fell onto the sofa after putting Sonny to bed, and turned on the TV. Lost flickered onto the screen, she sighed, Lost was the worst programme in the history of television! She turned the channel over onto Desperate Housewives. About 30 minutes later Richard came in from band practice and joined her.
"Busy day today"?
He asked
"Yes" replied Sophie "Gigs all weekend
paparazzi in my face".
Richard put his arm around her and
she snuggled into him, and they watched TV for a little bit longer,
before heading off to bed.
When Sophie awoke,
Richard was snoring softly, she looked at the clock, and seeing it
was only 12:34 so she decided to play on her game boy. Sophie opened
the bedside drawer and brought out her game boy. She was in the
middle of playing sudoku, when the battery ran out.
"DAMN"
she shouted.
Richard awoke with a start, and took the game boy
off her,
"One day you will get square eyes" he joked.
Sophie lay down next to her husband, and was soon asleep again.
The next morning Sonny
awoke them both, he was bouncing on the bed shouting as loud as he
possibly could.
"Can we go to the beach today, PLEASE"?
"Okay" agreed Richard, jumping out of bed, and going
downstairs with Sonny.
After breakfast they all got dressed,
Sophie wore a white dress with a bright pink belt, Richard wore
jeans, and Sonny, wanted his blue and red striped shorts on. It was a
blazing hot day, so they decided on a day at the beach. Sophie and
Sonny went into the sea for a paddle, while Richard decided to keep
dry on the sand, but Sophie dragged him into the water and soaked
him. Naturally Richard and Sonny decided to get their own back and
bury her in the sand. Then they got some ice cream and sat down to
eat it, Sonny had more on his face than in his tummy, and much to his
delight wiped it all over Richard's top, Sophie was in absolute
stitches. A few hours later, it began to get rather chilly, so they
walked back to the house. At about 2:00pm, Sonny was watching
cbeebies, Richard was in the shower and Sophie was making salad
sandwiches for tea. Later that night, after putting Sonny in the bath
and into bed, Sophie and Richard were watching TV. Richard ran his
fingers through Sophie's hair
"I love you" he said,
Sophie looked up at him and smiled.
"I love you too".
He put his arms around her and kissed her; then she snuggled back
into him and fell asleep. Richard went to get a blanket, and turned
off the TV.
Richard woke up after
Sophie pushed him off the sofa,
"You're squashing me!"
She complained.
He pulled her onto the floor with him and then
went to make some cups of tea.
Later on that day, Richard had gone
touring with his band and Sophie and Jack went to collect Sonny from
nursery and took him to the park. While Sonny ran around and made a
few new friends Sophie and Jack sat and talked.
"Where's
Richard?" Jack asked,
"He's touring with his band"
replied Sophie,
"How long for?"
"About two
weeks"
Just before Jack could start talking again, Sonny
tripped over and burst into tears, Sophie picked him up and went to
sit back down. Sonny was still crying, so Jack took him.
"What
you crying for? Eh?" Jack asked, tickling his nephew. Sonny
started laughing, and then went off to play on the slide.
They
went back to Sophie's house, Sonny played in his room, While Sophie
and Jack went into the kitchen, Sophie put the kettle on and got out
two cups while Jack talked about his recent holiday to Spain.
"...And
then that flight was delayed so, I had to..."
The kettle
boiled and Sophie filled the cups and handed one to her
brother.
"...Then Eventually I managed to get on a
plane."
"Sounds like you had fun" Sophie
grinned.
"Yeah, having my flight delayed was a real joy"
Jack said sarcastically.
Then a smash came from upstairs. And
Sonny's loud voice shouted
"Stupid toy!"
Another
smash, Sophie and Jack ran upstairs, and found Sonny whacking his
buzz light-year toy off the wall, Sophie took it off him.
"Whats
wrong with buzz? She asked.
"I don't like it" He
shouted.
"Sonny, don't shout I'm right here, and anyway, I
thought he was your favourite?"
"No, not any more, I
don't like him" replied Sonny.
Jack took the toy off Sophie;
"I'll buy you a new one" he told Sonny.
Sonny's face lit
up.
"No you won't frowned Sophie, he broke it, and so he
will have to play with his other toys"
Sonny went into a
huff.
"BUT I WANT A NEW ONE!" He yelled.
"You'll
have to wait, until Christmas." Sophie told him.
Sonny sat on
the floor and refused to speak, so Sophie and Jack went back
downstairs.
"I'll buy him a new one" Jack repeated.
"No,
you won't!" Sophie argued.
"I'm his Uncle! I can buy
him a new toy if I want" Jack protested.
"I'm his mum,
and I decide if Uncle Jack is allowed to".
"Fine"
Jack muttered, realising that he was loosing the argument.
Jack
said he had to go
"Already?" Questioned Sophie
"I
have something I have to do" He said
Sophie waved him goodbye
thinking nothing of it, then when he was out of her sight, it
suddenly struck her...He was going to buy Sonny another toy! She made
tea for her and Sonny, Pasta. after tea, she and Sonny, watched
cbeebies, then they went to bed, Sonny was in Sophie's bed, and was
asleep in minutes, Sophie played on her game boy, What she didn't
know was that her good friend Dave, was dreaming about going on a
date with her...
Sophie awoke, and went
downstairs, feeling that something wasn't quite right.
She
found Sonny sitting on the kitchen floor, feeding left over pasta, to
a giant fur ball.
"What's that?" she asked him, Sonny
looked up at her,
"Doggy" He answered,
Sophie shrieked and
sent Sonny upstairs, wondering what to do with it, she decided to
ring her good friend Dave, he was sure to help. When he arrived, she
opened the door, and he was puffing and panting, he had obviously
been running as fast as his legs could carry him, she grabbed his
hand and dragged him into the kitchen. Then they stared at the dog on
the floor, and tried to decide how to get rid of it
"Let's
chuck it out of the window" suggested Dave.
"No, let's
call the RSPCA, and be normal" She grinned.
Sophie went to
the phone while Dave stood there a huge smile all over his
face.
Sophie came back.
"What are you so happy
about?"
"Nothing..."He grinned
The RSPCA knocked
at the door Sophie let them in to find a screaming child at the top
of the stairs, one tall man smiling into thin air, one worried
looking woman and a brown mutt licking were it shouldn't.
"That's
the dog Mrs?" A woman in uniform asked.
"Yes I'm Afraid"
Sophie answered looking at the Dog which was now itching It's
back.
"OMG Sophie Ellis-Bextor!! I'm a huge fan..."A
short man yelled shaking Sophie's hand rapidly.
"Look...look
at my wallet pictures of you everywhere and in my house in my car..."
The man shrieked letting go of Sophie's hand.
Sophie looked a
little stuck.
"Umm, Dave help me please...?" She asked
tugging at his arm.
"Yes? What can I do for you? He
replied.
"Uhum...help!" she grinned
Dave stood there,
waiting for an order.
Sophie looked at him, and then at the
screaming child, and the dog, and the RSPCA, and had an idea.
"Dave
put Sonny into bed for me".
So Dave raced upstairs to sort
out Sonny, and Sophie watched the two men, wrestle the dog out of the
house, then put the dog into the van, before they left, the shorter
one wanted an autograph. After all the commotion, she cleaned up, and
Dave came downstairs, "He's sorted".
"Good"
said Sophie
"Wish I could stay longer, but I got to dash" Dave
explained then she remembered Sonny, Who she had sent back to bed a
few hours ago, she ran upstairs to find him reading a book
upside-down. She sat with him and read it too him, after that, they
had breakfast, toast for Sophie and coco pops for Sonny, she went to
look at the colander, Richard was coming back home today. The
doorbell rang, it was Jack, with a present for Sonny, Sophie looked
at him questionally. Jack just grinned guiltily as Sonny opened it.
It was a new buzz toy
"Before you give me a lecture. Here"
He said, and handed Sophie some presents it was a game boy game and
some diamond earrings
"I'll let you off this time" she
smiled.
Sophie was awoke by Sonny
the next morning, who had climbed onto the bed and was trying to wake
her up "Mummy, spill, big spill"
Sophie opened her
eyes, "What spill, where?"
"In the kitchen"
Sophie looked at Richard, who surprise surprise was still
sleeping.
Sophie put her dressing gown and slippers on and
followed Sonny into the kitchen, there was milk and coco pops all
over the floor. Sophie frowned at Sonny. Sonny grinned up at her, "I
was only making breakfast mummy". "Go and play in your room
while I clean this up." Sonny went upstairs to his room. Soon
she had cleaned up, and was handing Sonny his breakfast "Now
don't spill it!" Then Richard came down, "Morning" He
shouted. Sonny clamped his hands over his ears "Loud daddy!"
he said. "Morning hunnie" Sophie replied handing him a mug
of coffee. "Ah, what day is it today?" He asked. "Tuesday"
Sophie said. "Nursery?" Sonny asked. "Yes" Sophie
and Richard answered. At 8:30 they were all dressed and heading out
of the door, Sonny bounced along the path singing to himself, while
Sophie and Richard walked behind talking.
"Lets go shopping
today" Richard suggested
"No, lets go to my mothers
house" Sophie argued
"We'll go shopping first, then
collect Sonny from nursery, then we will go to Janet's" said
Richard.
"But I don't want to go shopping, I need a shower"
Sophie protested.
"Ok, but what do we do with the rest of the
day before Sonny comes out of nursery" Richard questioned
"Relax
and watch television" Sophie grinned.
While they were arguing
on what to do Sonny was waiting to cross the road.
"Sonny
stay right where you are" Richard shouted.
Richard and Sophie
ran up to Sonny, and took his hand. Sonny frowned "I wasn't
going to cross, I was waiting for you."
They dropped him off
and walked back home, still deciding what to do. When they got home,
Sophie went in the shower, and Richard, watched television, Sophie
got out of the shower, got dressed, and rang Martha, she was still
gabbing away one hour later.
"...I'll ring you later"
"Ok,
bye Martha". Sophie put the phone down.
"You took your
time!" Richard grinned.
"I haven't had time to speak to
my Martha very much this week" she argued.
"You spoke to
her last night!"
"She rang me because her fish had
died"
"Family crisis" grinned Richard.
"For
Martha Yes! "
Richard put his hand over her mouth "Say
no more, say no more."
Then he went and made lunch, they ate
their sandwiches while watching TV.
Then they went and collected
Sonny.
"Mummy, Daddy, I drawed a picture for grandma"
Sophie looked at the scribble, which looked like a triangle with a
head,
"Nice!" she commented "Is it grandma?"
"Yes" Sonny replied proudly. "Are we going to
grandmas now?"
"Yes" Richard replied, picking him
up.
"No, daddy, I want to walk" He protested. Richard
put him down, and they walked to Janet's house, Janet greeted them,
and cuddled Sonny, Sonny gave her his picture, "Wow, Sonny!
That's beautiful". They crowded into the living room, as Janet
pinned Sonny's picture on the fridge.
Janet and Sophie talked
non-stop, about anything and everything, until Richard butted
in
"...and then..." Janet gabbed,
"Well me and
my band are touring next month" Richard said loudly.
Sophie
and Janet continued, as if he hadn't said a word, then Sonny came
running through,
"Daddy, come and play trains with
me".
Richard let Sonny drag him upstairs, into his playroom,
and he built the track up, well tried too.
"No, daddy, that
piece goes HERE, and that piece goes there". Sonny corrected
him.
After two hours, Sophie, Sonny and Richard said goodbye to
Janet, and walked back home.
"Let's go out tonight"
Sophie suggested.
"For dinner?" asked Richard
"Nooo,
to Ghetto nightclub"
"Can I come?" Sonny
asked
"No, Sonny, your too little" Sophie answered
"But
I WANT to come" Sonny huffed
"You're staying at home
with Claire." Richard announced
Sonny's face lit up, and he
ran up the front path. Richard opened the door, and Sonny, ran in and
danced around the room, Sophie picked up the phone and went to ask
Claire to baby-sit Sonny, and Richard went to make drinks. When
Claire arrived, Sonny opened the door
"CLAIRE" He
shouted.
"Hello Sonny"! Claire grinned.
"Hello
Clare" said Richard, who was sitting on the sofa with a cup of
tea by then.
"Where's Sophie"? She asked.
"She's
getting changed" Richard answered.
Sophie soon appeared, in
the doorway.
"You look beautiful" Claire complimented.
"Richard, you don't know how lucky you are."
"Yes I
do" said Richard, "I'm very lucky" Sophie grinned at
him,
"Are we ready to go"? Sophie asked.
"Yes"
answered Richard, they said goodbye to Sonny and Claire, and were
nearly out of the door, when Sophie remembered she had forgotten her
bag. Richard grabbed her hand
"You don't need it...".
"But
it matches my dress" she protested.
"You don't NEED it"
He pulled, her out of the doorway, and closed the door They got into
a taxi, and went to the nightclub.
Claire blasted her heavy metal
music and danced around with Sonny, until it was way past his
bedtime. She turned the music off, and tucked him into bed, and read
him a story.
"Claire, when will mummy and daddy come back?"
Sonny asked.
"Soon, but you will be asleep, when they do"
Claire replied, on her way downstairs. She made herself a drink and
put the TV on. She was asleep when Sophie and Richard returned.
Sophie decided not to wake her, so she checked on Sonny, and then she
and Richard went to bed.
The next morning, after
Claire went home, Richard announced that he was going to band
practice. Sonny came into the room, while, Richard was giving Sophie
a goodbye kiss,
"Yuck!" He frowned.
"I'm only
saying goodbye to daddy, you will do the same when you're older"
Sophie laughed.
"I don't like girls" Sonny shrieked.
"Good!" Richard commented, "They nag you and drag
you everywhere and..." He looked at Sophie who was trying to
frown without laughing. Then he zoomed off to band practice. Sophie
and Sonny, went swimming, and splashed around for a few hours.
Richard was in when they got back.
"I MISSED YOU SOPH!"
He yelled dramatically. Sophie grinned.
"I missed you too!"
"I missed you daddy" shouted Sonny shouted as Richard
threw him into the air. Sophie and Richard made a kind of picnic tea,
for all of them and ate it in the garden, with the picnic blanket
even though it was getting dark, then they sent Sonny up to bed, and
they lay there, watching the stars,
"I saw a shooting star"
Sophie announced.
"I bet it wasn't prettier than you"
Richard smiled. Sophie looked at him
"You think so?"
"I KNOW so."
Sophie closed her eyes and yawned.
"C'mon, best be getting some sleep" Richard said.
"No,
I'm comfortable here" Sophie argued.
"You leave me with
no choice". Before Sophie could do anything Richard picked her
up and carried her into the house.
"Richard...put me...down"
Sophie giggled. He carried her upstairs, and tucked her into bed,
then went downstairs to lock the door. When he came back up, Sophie
was asleep. He crawled in next to her, and was soon asleep himself.
When, Sophie came in from
work, there was blood everywhere, there was a loud crash from the
kitchen, she went to see what was going on, but there was nothing
there. She shouted for Richard, but he didn't reply, she ran into
every room in the house, there was blood everywhere, but she was
alone, she grabbed the brush from the cleaning cupboard, and headed
to go back downstairs, a shadow appeared behind her and she screamed,
she awoke clinging to Richard's arm. He put the light on and looked
at her, she was shaking, and he sat up and pulled Sophie up next to
him.
"You screamed" he told her. Sophie was still
shaking, white as a sheet
"I had a bad dream, that's all"
she lay back down; Richard turned the light off, clasped her hand and
went to sleep.
Sophie and Richard were
sitting in a taxi, on the way to the airport, for a week away to
Spain.
A big black car appeared out of nowhere and crashed into
the front of the taxi, Richard and Sophie shot back, Richard got out
and started shouting at the drivers in the black car, Sophie got out
and stood behind him, she glanced at their driver, he was dead. The
other drivers got out, there were two of them, one pulled out a gun,
Richard grabbed Sophie, and looked around, and they were the only
ones on the road. The other man tried to push Richard into the back
of the car, Richard fought him off, but gave in when they held the
gun against Sophie's head. The two men pushed Sophie in with him.
"Now don't say a word" they ordered, as they started
the car and locked the doors, Richard kept hold of Sophie who was
shaking, she soon fell asleep but Richard stayed awake, after a
while, the car stopped at a house in the middle of nowhere, Richard
woke Sophie up, and they were pulled out of the car, taken into the
house, and locked in a room, the men took Sophie's and Richard's
phones and left the room. Sophie looked at Richard.
"Whats
going on?" she asked him, they sat down on a chair, in the
corner, and Sophie burst into tears, "Richard where are we, what
are we going to do?" Richard hugged her
"I'll think of
something" suddenly a phone rang; one of the men picked it up.
Richard and Sophie listened
"Yes, we'll kill them" came
a voice. They froze; Richard stood up and paced the room angrily,
while Sophie sobbed in a corner. One of the men came in, Richard
turned and faced him, and Sophie looked up.
"We'll be back
soon, and then we'll shoot you" then the men went off in their
car. Sophie watched as Richard tried to break the door down, there
were no windows, so it was their only option. He threw himself at the
door with all his weight, there was a crack as the wood split, and
the door swung open, Sophie followed him out, they came to the front
room, Richard was just about to break that door down too, when the
men returned,
"Caught red handed" said one of them, The
other raised his gun, Sophie and Richard backed up against the wall,
Richard clenched Sophie's hand, the man shot, and missed. He hit the
wall. A crack shot up it, and along the ceiling. Richard pulled
Sophie out of the way as the wall collapsed. The men kept shooting
and hit Richard in the leg, he fell to the floor, the unarmed man ran
for it, while the other walked towards them,
"Sophie run"
Richard yelled.
"No" Sophie screamed, "He'll kill
you",
"He'll kill you too, if you don't move, now go"
he ordered, Sophie ran, she looked around for a kitchen, and when she
found it, searched around for a knife, then went back to Richard, the
man was pointing a gun at him, Sophie crept up behind him and closed
her eyes, she rammed the blade into him, as he fell, Sophie darted
out of the way, and the last part of the house collapsed, She dragged
Richard outside, then ripped her jumper off, and tied it round his
leg as a bandage. Then pulled him up, he lent on her shoulder for
support and they walked until they came to a field, The armed man,
had been following them, and pointed the gun at Sophie, he hit her in
the back, and she fell. He ran out of sight, Richard knelt beside
her,
"Sophie?" then he fainted, He woke up in hospital,
Sophie was in the bed next to him, she was awake, He jumped out of
bed, and ignored the pain in his leg, "Sophie!" he yelled,
Sophie hugged him.
Sophie and Richard were
back in the safety of their own home.
"Lets go out tomorrow
night" Sophie suggested
"Are you crazy?" Richard
asked,
"No, but we could take some friends if you wanted?"
Sophie answered. Richard agreed,
"Maybe Dave and Claire?
They have been good friends to us". Sophie nodded.
"We
will go to an Italian restaurant, and then a nightclub" she
decided. She went to ring Dave and Claire, to settle everything. Dave
and Sophie had it sorted within 10 minutes. Richard was sitting
beside her, when she was talking to Claire, about what colour dress
to buy, and whether it looked nicer with ribbons or not. Richard went
to find Sonny; he was sitting in the garden happily pulling a
suffering worm apart. "Sonny, what are you doing" asked
Richard, sitting next to him. Sonny showed him the worm
"Look,
worm daddy". Then a spider ran across his leg, and he dropped
the worm, which escaped as fast as possible, and picked up the
spider.
"Spider dad, I'll go show mummy" and he went
off into the house. Richard waited for Sophie's reaction. There was a
sudden shriek and Sophie ran out of the house. Richard laughed at
her. Sonny came back out, and began pulling off the spiders legs. "I
need to go shopping" Sophie told Richard.
"Don't you
have enough dresses?" he questioned.
"No, Sophie
answered, I need another one." In the end Richard agreed to go
shopping tomorrow. Sophie went back into the house, and made some
drinks. Richard followed. They sat down, Sophie yawned and put her
head on the table, "What time is it?" She asked.
"It's
5:30" Richard answered, looking at his watch.
"Nearly
time for little man to go to bed" Then Sonny came in crying.
"Daddy, my spider is dead."
"I'm not
surprised" Said Richard, looking at the spider, which had one
remaining leg. Sophie cringed. Sonny put the spider in the bin, and
went upstairs to play. Sophie went in the shower, and Richard watched
television, when Sophie got out, she put a protesting Sonny to bed,
changed into her pyjamas, and went and watched 24 with Richard, then
went off to bed herself, when Richard was asleep, Sophie took out her
gameboy, and stared at the screen for three hours, then she turned
over and went to sleep. Richard woke her up in the morning.
"Sophie
its 11:00 if you want to go shopping hurry up" Sophie opened one
eye, then closed it, turned over, and went back to sleep.
"That's
it" smirked Richard; he tore the covers off her, and tickled
her. Sophie squealed and fell out of bed. Richard went to wake Sonny;
Sophie came out of the bedroom, wearing a skirt, and a short sleeved
top. She went downstairs and sat in the kitchen. Richard came down
with Sonny
"We'll its about time" he grinned "Morning
Soph" Sophie passed him a cup of coffee "Morning Richard"
Sonny climbed onto her knee
"Biscuits?" He asked.
"Good morning to you too" She said sarcastically, and
handed him a packet of biscuits. He crunched them happily.
"We'll
take Sonny to Martha's" Richard decided. Sonny looked up,
"Auntie Martha?" he asked, and spraying crumbs
everywhere.
"Yes" Sophie answered. Sophie went to ring
Martha, and check it was ok. Richard followed her. He put his arm
round her shoulder
"All set?" he asked.
"Yep"
Sophie nodded. Sonny came through, and frowned
"Don't kiss
her again daddy!" Sophie and Richard laughed. They all headed
out of the door and walked to Martha's Sophie and Richard linked
arms, and Sonny ran along in front picking flowers
"For
Auntie Martha" he told them. They arrived at Martha's and she
opened the door, Sonny shoved the flowers in her face,
"Wow,
Sonny, they are great" she smiled, looking at the daisies and
dandelions. "Come in" she told Sonny, then they waved
goodbye to Sophie and Richard, and went inside. Sophie and Richard
walked to the market; she must have gone in about 50 different shops,
looking for a dress. She eventually found a white one with matching
belt, bag and shoes, for £150. Richard chose the first suit he
came too, and they walked home and had some dinner, then watched TV
for a bit, before getting changed. Richard was ready hours before
Sophie. When she appeared, he stood up
"Sophie...you look
stunning" he complimented.
"You look handsome too"
she smiled, and then the doorbell rang, it was Claire and Dave.
Sophie ordered a private car and they got in. Everyone chatted
non-stop, all the way to the restaurant. In the restaurant, they all
watched Richard try to read a menu before realising it was
upside-down. They ordered a pizza, noodles, and crisps with a salsa
dip, and some wine. Then everyone argued over who was paying, they
all decided to split it between them. Then they went to the
nightclub, Richard and Sophie danced together, and Claire and Dave
danced together to avoid being left out. Richard had to prevent
Sophie from pole dancing,
"Don't you dare, you know your bad
at it" He eventually got his was and they all danced until 1:00
in the morning, they were all out of their tree, when they arrived
back at Sophie's house. So Dave and Claire slept in the bunk beds in
the spare room, which was safer than walking home.
Sophie
was awakened by a knock at the door, "Richard get the door"
she yelled; she looked at the empty space beside her and jumped up,
threw on her dressing gown and slippers, and went to the door. Dave
and Claire were standing on the porch "Did we wake you?"
Dave asked innocently, while Claire stood there grinning.
Sophie
invited them in and made drinks, while they sat round the table,
talking.
"Where's
Richard?" Asked Claire.
Sophie frowned "I don't know,
I'll have to ring him".
"Sophie, you have to hear this!"
Dave shouted excitedly.
"What?" Sophie asked, looking at
him.
"He won tickets to a cruise in Australia" Claire
butted in.
"And I'm inviting, You, Claire, Richard and
Sonny!" Dave finished.
"Oh, goodie" Sophie smiled
"When?"
Dave took a deep breath, "Tomorrow"
Sophie
jumped up "Tomorrow? But there's packing to do, and people to
inform...and..."
Richard and Sonny came in; Sophie turned and
looked at him, hands on hips. "Where have you been?" she
asked him, Richard put on a sad face and looked at the floor, then he
looked up
"I bought you this" and he handed her a
magazine. Sophie smiled, and turned around, to find Claire frowning
at her, and Dave with his head on the table, laughing. "What?"
Sophie asked.
"You're just going to let him off like
that?" Claire asked, staring at a sheepish Richard, who was
grinning. Sophie laughed,
"He bought me a magazine!"
Then she told Richard about the cruise.
"You two better stay
tonight" Richard told Claire and Dave.
"We already
packed!" Claire announced, and she and Dave went to get their
suitcases out of the car, and went into the spare bedroom, Sophie
went to get dressed, and Richard went to tidy the bedroom. A few
minutes later, Sophie was lying on the floor laughing, and Richard
dropped the quilt on her in shock. Dave and Claire were arguing
already.
"You had the bunk-bed last time" Claire
shouted.
"No, It's MY turn" Dave yelled back. Sophie
nearly wet herself. Then Dave and Claire came in, Dave walked round
the blanket, and Claire, stood on it, Sophie shrieked and moved her
leg. Claire grabbed Dave as she lost her balance, and they fell on
Sophie.
"Come on sillies!" Richard told them
"Stop
fooling around!" He took the blanket off Sophie, who was looking at
the bruise appearing on her leg.
"Sorry Sophie" Claire
apologized, trying to pull her up.
"My legs gone numb"
Sophie whined. Sonny came in
"Shush" He said "Can't
hear TV" Then he went back to watch the television.
Sophie
finished getting dressed and packed her suitcase, and then Richard
re-packed it for her.
That night, Sophie and Richard were awoken
by Dave and Claire,
"Ha-ha, I got the top bunk" Claire
yelled, Dave shouted something back, and Sophie and Richard went to
tell them to be quiet, and found them in the middle of the floor,
having a pillow fight.
"CHILDREN!" Richard shouted,
"BED!" Claire and Dave grinned at them, and went back to
bed, Sophie and Richard did likewise.
Sophie got up, Richard
was still sleeping, she checked on Dave and Claire, Claire had ended
on the bottom bunk, with Sonny, then she saw the time
"it's
10.00" she shouted,
"Everyone get up! We leave in one
hour." Everyone ran round trying to get dressed, and getting
their suitcases packed, Sophie ordered a taxi, and they piled in.
They reached the terminal, and got onto the ship, they wandered about
looking for their cabin, when they eventually found, it, Richard
checked the bedrooms.
"OH HAPPY DAY!" He cried, "No,
Bunk beds! Claire, and Sonny, can have one double, Dave can have the
single, and I and Sophie have the other double". He decided.
Then they went for a walk above deck, Sophie gazed into the blue
ocean and watched the land get smaller and smaller. They all watched,
and then headed back to the cabin; Claire noticed there weren't
many people around. While they were walking through a corridor,
Sophie Sonny and Claire were grabbed, and dragged into a room, they
were thrown into a corner and the door was locked. Sophie looked at
the two men who had grabbed them
"Not you two again!"
She moaned.
"Yes, us two again" One of them nodded.
"Hey! Where are the blokes?" the other asked. The first
man looked at him
"We will go and get them now". Before
they left, they tied Sophie and Claire up, and gave Sonny some milk.
Sophie looked at the milk Sonny was drinking, and frowned, "Is
that okay for him to drink?" she asked Claire, before she could
reply, Sonny fell to the floor. Sophie screamed.
"They have
killed him!" She burst into tears. Claire crawled over to Sonny,
"He's still breathing, he's just drugged". Sophie
wrestled with the ropes, and managed to untie herself; then she
untied Claire and grabbed Sonny. The men came back with Richard and
Dave; they dropped them next to Sophie and Claire. One of them left
the room, and the other paced in front of them.
"I have been
spying on you for a long time". He started "I found out
Dave was a good friend of yours, and I sent him the link for their
cruise, of course, he entered, and chose you when he won, this is my
ship, we are going to take you someplace far away, then we will kill
you". Then he left.
"It's all my fault, sorry people".
Dave apologized. Richard looked up
"No, it wasn't your
fault, you didn't know". He hugged Sophie who was sobbing
miserably into him, while clutching a sleeping Sonny. Claire looked
at Dave
"There has to be a way of escaping".
"Nope,
there is a lock on the other side of the door; I saw it when I came
in".
"We could wait until they take us off the boat,
and then we can make a fast escape" Richard suggested. Sophie
didn't join in on this conversation, she was too busy running her
fingers through Sonny's red hair, the boast suddenly stopped, and
after a few minutes, two new men entered the room,
"Get the
baby". One ordered. Sophie hugged Sonny close. As he approached,
Richard stood up,
"Touch my baby, feel my fist". He
threatened.
"If you know what's good for you, you will keep
your mouth shut". The man replied. The two men tied Richard and
Dave up to a pole in the middle of the room, they then turned to
Sophie and Claire,
"Any mischief and we will throw you
overboard, your all on camera, we are watching you". Then they
left. When Sonny awoke, Sophie was incredibly happy
"Sonny!"
she yelled, bursting into fresh floods of tears, Sonny snuggled back
down, and allowed himself to be hugged. The men came back in with
some cups of tea, and untied Dave and Richard, so they could get a
drink, then locked the room, and left. The last thing Sophie saw were
four figures entering the room.
When she awoke, she sat bolt
upright, and looked around, they were still on the ship, everyone was
sleeping, but Sonny was missing, her blood ran cold, she stood up,
and went to the door, she was shocked to find it open. She went out
into the corridor, and heard Sonny's cry, she ran towards, the room,
Sonny was sitting in the dark, crying, as she entered the room, and
picked Sonny up, the door slammed shut, "And what are you
doing?" A voice asked. Sophie froze, a light snapped on and she
turned around, the man pulled a gun out, and aimed it at her, there
was a sudden yell and Richard jumped on the man, Dave grabbed his
gun, and put it into his pocket, Claire pulled Sophie out of the
room, and they watched Richard and Dave wrestle with the gunman,
before running upstairs into another room, and locking the door,
Sophie had just told her, what had happened, when the door rattled,
"Soph! Let us in!" Sophie stood up, and went to answer the
door, she opened it, but it wasn't Richard or Dave, she shrieked,
and stepped back, the men entered the room, Two grabbed Sophie and
dragged her out, and the rest stayed with Claire, and Sonny, One
walked in front of Sophie, while the other was behind her, holding
her arms, she struggled and he tightened his grip
"Let…Go...of...me"
She ordered. He slammed her against the wall,
"Just quit
struggling, and do as we say, or we will kill you". He
threatened "Got It?" Sophie nodded, and walked down the
corridor, head bent, crying. When, they reached the room, Dave was
sitting in a corner watching Richard fight with the gunman, Claire
came down with the other two men, who took her and Dave to top deck,
Richard noticed, Sophie, and stopped, the gunman grabbed him, he
didn't struggle, he just held Sophie's hand, they were taken up to
top deck, and Sophie noticed Sonny, she ran too him and picked him
up, then she was grabbed again, She and Richard were put into a
separate boat to Claire and Dave, they were put into the bottom
cabin, and locked in. Sonny fell asleep again, Sophie lay him down,
and looked at Richard, and he came over and hugged her.
"Richard,
what is going on, I'm terrified" she sobbed. He wiped her eyes,
"Don't worry" He reassured her.
"But what
about Sonny?" she asked.
"I'll keep him safe, I
promise". When he had just calmed Sophie down, one of the men
entered the room, with a gun, Sophie went to Sonny.
"No,
stay where you are, we won't hurt the kid" the man ordered.
Richard pulled Sophie back,
"Who are you, and what do you
want with us" Richard asked? "My name, is non of your
business, we have you here, until a handsome of one billion pounds is
paid, if we don't get the money within two weeks, we will kill you,
your friends however, are to be set free, to give out the message".
Then he left. Sophie was trying not to cry again, one billion? No one
was willing to pay that much, she suddenly felt very tired, and
curled up next to Richard, and fell asleep. Richard woke her up in
the morning, "Sophie, wake up, the boats stopped" Sophie
sat up, just as three men entered the room, one picked up Sonny, and
the other grabbed Sophie and Richard, they were taken off the boat,
and down underground, then they were left Sonny started crying "I
don't like the dark". Richard hugged him,
"It's okay
mummy and daddy are here" A few hours later, there was a knock
on the trapdoor,
"Soph? Richard? You in there?" Sophie
stood up.
"Dave!" she cried "Get us out!" The
door flew open and Claire pulled Sophie out, Richard followed with
Sonny,
"Now what?" asked Richard,
"We find a
phone box" Sophie decided, when they eventually found one, they
rang the police, who traced the call, and told them to stay where
they were. after one hour, the four men appeared, all armed, Claire
picked Sonny up,
"Soph, Claire, get out of here"
Richard instructed, then he and Dave faced the armed gunmen, Dave
remembered he still had the gun, and gave it to Richard, the gunmen
were fast approaching, Richard took aim, and fired, he hit one of the
men, who fell, the others crowded round, one of the men faced him,
and shot Richard, it hit him in the chest, Sophie had turned around
and saw it happen, she shrieked, and ran over to him, Dave spotted
her,
"Sophie stay back" he warned, Sophie ignored him, and
dragged Richard back to Claire, Dave picked up the gun and shot
repeatedly and hit two of them, there was only one left, he was
gutted to find he had no bullets, and ran up to Claire and Sophie.
Suddenly a siren was heard, and a police car appeared, then another,
eight officers got out, six ran after the gunmen, and the other two
put Richard and Dave into the car, and put Sophie and Claire into the
other.
When
they got back home, Sophie sat on a chair, worrying about Richard,
who was in hospital, Dave had gone home, but Claire was still with
her.
"What if he dies?" Sophie sobbed, Claire looked at
her,
"He won't die Sophie, the hospital said he had a 1
chance of dying!" Sophie bit her lip,
"But there's
still a chance!" She shouted dramatically. Then the phone rang,
Sophie leapt at it
"Hello?" She listened, then breathed
a sigh of relief, and put the phone down. "Richard will be back
tomorrow" She told Claire.
"There, you see!"
Claire smiled "He's fine!"
The next day, Claire went to
collect Richard, and wouldn't let Sophie come, telling her to look
after Sonny. Sophie paced around for a whole hour, then Claire
returned, Sophie turned around.
"RICHARD!" She yelled,
hugging him, Richard hugged her back, while Claire went to make
drinks. When she came back, Sophie was crying into Richard. "What's
wrong with her?" Claire asked him.
"She's happy"
Richard grinned. Sonny came through,
"DADDY!" He
shouted, climbing onto Richards knee, he looked at Sophie,
"Mummy,
why are you 'rying?" he asked.
Sophie looked up "I'm not
crying" she lied.
Then Claire went home.
While they
were eating, there was a knock at the door, Sophie went to answer,
Richard continued eating until he heard Sophie yelling
"Go
away! No it's none of your business! TURN THAT CAMERA OFF!" Then
the door slammed shut. "Paparazzi" she told him.
"I
heard" Richard grinned.
"No doubt they will be hanging
around my concert tomorrow!" She huffed. Richard watched Sonny,
pick up his mashed potatoe with his hands, and stuff it into his
mouth.
Sophie
was very excited, she was doing a concert in the Netherlands that
night, and she couldn't wait to see her fans once again. She was
sitting in the terminal waiting for her plane to arrive, she put her
magazine down, and watched the people milling around her, checking
they hadn't forgotten anything, lugging around suitcases, and
shouting at their children, a loudspeaker suddenly announced that her
plane was ready, she had checked in her luggage hours ago, so that
was one less thing to do. She boarded the plane, into the first class
area, and took out her gameboy. When the plane took off, she was
handed a cup of tea, Sophie looked up at the thin hostess, standing
next to the food and drinks cart, she didn't look very friendly,
since she had a huge frown stretched across her forehead.
Sophie
smiled,
"Thank you". The hostess glared at her, before
walking on.
When Sophie arrived in Den Dolder, her taxi was
waiting for her, the chauffeur, put her luggage in the boot and held
open the door, Sophie climbed in, and they drove to the hotel, she
tipped him well, and walked up to the front desk.
"Ellis-Bextor"
She told the clerk
He checked his list
"Yup, your in
suite 28 one the second floor". He handed her the key card, and
she went up to her suite. It was a beautiful room, with soft carpet
flooring, leather furnishings and a balcony overlooking the hills.
Just as she was admiring the view, her mobile rang.
"Hello?"
She answered.
"Hey Sophie" Claire said flatly
"Claire!
Whats wrong?" Sophie asked
"Well...Sonny's gone missing"
Claire sniffed.
"Missing?" Sophie asked again,
"How?"
"Me and Sonny were playing in the garden,
and I went to get some drinks, when I came back, he was gone"
Sophie
bit her lip "I'll get the next flight back".
"No!"
Claire told her, "Have a good time at your concert, he can't be
far"
Sophie agreed, and put the phone down. Sonny,
missing?
She grabbed her bag, and headed out of the hotel to the
Egelantier.
Anouk was already standing near the stage, waiting
for the concert to begin, when she was suddenly tapped on the back,
and when she turned around, she saw Abi and Alan, they squealed and
jumped up and down,
"Abi! Alan! Your here!" Anouk
yelled.
"I know! Our parents are going back home tonight, oh
and happy birthday!" Abi grinned, pointing to their parents, who
were engaged in deep conversation.
They headed right to the front
of the stage, then the lights dimmed, and Sophie walked on, her voice
was drowned out by a crowd of screaming fans,
"I'm going to
start with Today the Sun's on us" She shouted. The crowd
screamed louder, and the music started, Anouk, Alan and Abi, were
jumping around and singing as loud as possible.
After 3
wonderful hours, the concert ended, and all three of them, walked to
the exit, a tall skinny woman approached them, and handed Abi a
letter,
"Give this to Sophie" and disappeared. Abi
looked at Anouk and Alan,
"How are we going to get this to
Sophie?" Anouk climbed onto the stage
"The dressing
rooms" she suggested, Abi and Alan followed. A security guard
noticed them "Oi! You three! OUT!"
"RUN" Alan
yelled. They ran backstage, and up a flight of stairs, tripping over
in the process. They ended up in a huge corridor, with lots of
different rooms, Abi found Sophie's name, and pulled them in. Sophie
wasn't around, Anouk suddenly spotted Sophie's suitcase and rifled
through it,
"SOPHIE'S GAMEBOY!" She shrieked, running
around in circles "I'M HOLDING SOPHIE'S GAMEBOY!"
"ANOUK!"
Abi and Alan shouted, "We are here to find..." The door
suddenly opened and Sophie came in, amazed to find, one girl running
around with her game boy, and a boy and a girl standing still in the
middle of the room. Anouk noticed Sophie, and put the game boy back,
Abi handed her the letter,
"Someone told us to give you
this". Sophie opened the letter, and read it, when she had
finished, she fell to her knees, and burst into tears, Alan picked up
the letter, and read it to Abi and Anouk.
Sophie, we have
your little boy.
Bring £5,000 to the alleyway near The
Kruidvat
At 12:00 tomorrow night
If you want to see him
again...
"Dear god" Anouk shook, "Poor
Sonny!".
They all looked at Sophie, who was still in tears,
Abi hunted around for a tissue, and handed one to Sophie.
"Thanks"
Sophie smiled, standing back up, "I'm just going to get changed,
make yourselves comfortable" She added, walking out of the room.
Abi and Anouk, looked through Sophie's suitcase, while Alan sat down,
in deep thought. Anouk pulled out a dress,
"Wow!" Abi
said "I wouldn't get stuff like that at home!". Anouk looked at
the size "Damn! I'm too small" She huffed, they quickly
crammed everything back in before Sophie reappeared, and joined Alan,
talking about the letter. Sophie came back in, wearing trousers, and
a jumper, she put on a coat, a grabbed her bag
"You three
coming?" she asked. Abi, Alan and Anouk, jumped up and followed
her out of the building. Sophie turned around and looked at them
"Where are your parents?" she asked.
"Our
parents are in Newcastle, me and Alan are staying at Anouk's house"
Abi answered. Sophie nodded,
"And where do you live?"
Anouk pointed to a house, opposite the hotel, Sophie nodded and they
walked to Anouk's house, but before they went through the gate,
Sophie stopped them,
"Meet me outside the hotel at 11:30
tomorrow night, if you want to help with Sonny". They all said
goodbye, and Anouk, Alan and Abi went inside, and up to Anouk's room,
and started screaming,
"WE MET SOPHIE!!!" Anouk's mom
came in and asked them to be a little quieter and go to bed, because
it was very late.
Back at the hotel, Sophie rang Richard, and
told him what was happening.
"Could you get to Den Dolder, by
10:00 tomorrow? She asked him
"Yeah, I'll bring Dave, and
some more money"
"What about Claire?"
"I'll
see if she wants to come, she is still a bit upset"
"Okay,
see you, bye!" Sophie put the phone down, she put her pajamas on
and sat down, opened her purse, took out a picture of Sonny, and just
hoped that he was okay, she would pay 10,000 just to have him
back.
She was shook awake the next morning, and when she
opened her eyes, she saw Richard, Dave and Claire, Richard pulled her
to her feet, and hugged her tight,
"You left your door open"
He told her.
"Which plane did you catch?" she asked
them.
"The first one we could" Dave answered. They left
the hotel, and went to a restaurant, to get some lunch, then spent
the rest of the day looking for a sign of Sonny. Richard had his arm
around Sophie, and felt her start to shake.
"You cold?"
he asked her. Sophie shook her head, and sniffed. Richard noticed
what was up
"Please don't cry again!" he whined. Sophie
sniffed again, and shut her eyes tight "Okay".
"That's
my girl" Richard smiled, then he kissed the top of her head.
Claire pointed out the time, and they headed back to the hotel.
Abi,
Alan and Anouk were already there, Claire and Dave took one look at
them, and burst out laughing.
"What?" Anouk asked.
"Your...Clothes!" Claire spluttered. They did indeed
look funny in their get-up, of black hat, black trousers, and black
jackets.
"You can't go on a mission in bright orange!"
Abi pointed out.
"Can we get going?" Richard asked.
Everyone made their way to the alley.
"Stay close, Richard
told them". Four figures appeared and circled them. Dave and
Claire held Abi, Alan and Anouk, and watched Richard hand the money
over. Then they were grabbed, and thrown down some stairs, into a
building.
"Stay there" the four figures ordered. As
soon as they were gone, Alan, Abi and Anouk stood up, followed by
Sophie
"Were going to take a look around" They
announced.
"We were told to stay here!" Dave told them.
Sophie looked at him,
"I don't care! I want my baby back!"
and followed the kids. Richard, Dave and Claire were left. The men
reappeared.
"Where are the others?" They asked Richard.
"Don't know" He replied. The men got very angry and
stormed up the stairs. Sophie had just found Sonny, when she was
grabbed from behind.
"HELP ME!" She screamed. Abi, Alan
Anouk looked at each other
"SOPHIE!" They tore down the
corridor, Abi held the mans legs, as Anouk jumped on his back, while
Alan hit him repeatedly. The man let go of Sophie and fell to the
floor,
"Thanks for that!" Sophie grinned, as she ran
into the room, and retrieved a sleeping Sonny. There was a sudden
bang, and a water pipe burst
"Flood!" Claire shrieked.
Dave ran to the door,
"It's locked!" He yelled. Richard
and Claire went to help, after a few minutes, the water was up to
their waists, Sophie, Abi and Anouk, raced down the stairs, with an
axe they had found. Richard took it off them, and hit the hinges
repeatedly.
"Hurry!" Claire yelled, as the water level
raised. Just as the water reached their shoulders, Dave managed to
tear the door off, the smashed hinges. The water drained out, taking
them with it, they ended up outside, and stood up soaking wet. Sonny
was awake by then, getting hugged to death, by a happy Sophie, who
was just glad to have him back. The four men came out after them,
Richard and Dave got into a huge fist fight, before knocking them
clean out. Claire phoned the police, Sophie, Abi, and Anouk fussed
over Sonny, and when the police finally arrived, and bundled the four
men into the car, Sophie, Dave, Claire, Abi, Alan and Anouk, walked
back to Anouk's house, and went inside, and Everyone else went to
the airport.
When they arrived at Sophie's house, Dave and
Claire went home, and Sophie fell onto the sofa, Richard put Sonny to
bed, and sat down next to her, then he stood back up and went into
the kitchen, he returned with a bottle of wine, "You forgot the
glasses" Sophie reminded him. Richard grinned and went to go and
get them, Sophie was swigging from the bottle when he
reappeared.
"that's expensive you know!" He told her,
she shrugged and continued to drain the bottle.
"Gimme
that!" he yelled, snatching the bottle, Sophie was in a fit of
giggles by then, and the doorbell rang
"Go and put your
pajamas on while I answer the door" Sophie disappeared, and
Richard opened the door. It was Dave
"Hey Richard, any
chance I could kip over? I seem to have misplaced my..." His
voice trailed off, and his mouth fell open "Did I miss
something?" he asked, Richard turned around
"Soph! I
said pajamas, not underwear, please remove your drunken self from the
room, now scoot!" He let Dave in, and sent Sophie upstairs. When
she came back down, in pink pajamas, Richard and Dave had a glass of
wine each, she sat down next to Richard.
"My life, my
dreams, my everything is all yours babe..." she sang, Dave
looked at her,
"Once upon a time I liked that song" he
grinned, Sophie reached for the bottle "You had your fill"
Dave told her "Leave it alone",
"Just let her, she
will fall asleep soon" Richard said, handing Sophie the bottle,
they watched as she drained it. "Of course, she will have a
terrible hangover in the morning" he added. Sophie stood up,
"I
go and get some more" she told them, and walked straight into
the door, next minute, she had knocked herself out.
"Oh
yeah, she's gone" Dave laughed. "Told you so" Richard
grinned, "Just help me get her upstairs".
Richard was
the first to wake up, he looked at Sophie, she was sleeping like a
baby, a nice big bruise on her head where she had hit the door, he
sat up and turned on the television. After watching the news for 30
minutes Sophie awoke.
"Hello sleepy!" Richard
grinned.
Sophie sat up next to him
"Owww, my head"
"You
drank nearly a whole bottle of wine last night"
"Did
I?" Sophie asked, shocked.
Dave had just awoke in the
spare bedroom,
he fell out of bed, and was unfortunate enough
to
walk in on Sophie and Richard. who currently had their tongues down
each other's throats.
Sophie saw Dave and freaked
"How did
he get in here?" she shouted.
Richard and Dave grinned at
each other
"He lost his house keys, and asked to stay over,
you were out of your head at the time" Richard explained.
"Yes,
I saw your wonderful white underwear too!" Dave told her, Sophie
hid under the quilt.
"Richard, tell me he is lying!"
"'Fraid
not Soph, he did"
Dave went to get dressed, and Sophie
resurfaced, she got up, and pulled on a skirt and top and went
downstairs. Dave was already sitting at the kitchen table, she sat
down and he passed her a cup of tea.
"Thanks" she
said
Richard appeared and sat with them.
There was a yell and
an excitable child ran into the room, followed by Claire
"Claire
is here!" Sonny announced.
"Hello!" Claire smiled,
joining them. Sonny climbed onto Claire's knee, and demanded
biscuits, Sophie gave him a packet and he crunched them happily.
After 10 minutes, Dave looked at Claire, who had been staring at him.
"What?" he asked. Claire snapped out of her daydream,
and shook her head "Nothing".
"I'll take Sonny
to the park" Richard announced
"I think I'll come with
you" Dave told him, who had been getting freaked out, noticing
Claire looking at him for the third time that morning. When they left
Sophie looked at Claire "What's the matter with you, you have
been watching him all morning!" Claire went red, and looked into
her cup
"Umm...nothing".
"Oh, I know...You
fancy Dave don't you?" Claire looked up
"Maybe..."
"How about a double date?!" She suggested.
"Yes,
that's perfect! You could go with Richard, and I could go with
Dave!" Claire shouted. Richard and Dave returned with Sonny.
Sonny ran off to play, and Dave and Richard sat down, Dave trying to
ignore the eyes that were fixed on him.
"I had the most
fantastic idea!" Sophie announced. Richard and Dave looked at
her "What?"
"A DOUBLE DATE!" Sophie yelled.
"I'm going with Dave!" Claire decided.
"If I'm
going with you, your going to have to stop staring at me" Dave
told her. Claire nodded.
"And I'm with Sophie?" Richard
asked.
"Yup!" Sophie grinned "Little man's staying
at Janets".
Dave and Claire headed back home, and Sophie went
into the living room, followed by Richard, to find Sonny mashing
biscuits into the carpet.
"Don't do that Sonny!" Sophie
told him.
"But It's fun!" Sonny protested. Sophie
folded her arms
"I don't care if it's fun, mummy will have
to clean it up, and speaking of clean, you need a bath". Picking
Sonny up, she carried him upstairs.
Sophie locked the bathroom
door, before running the water. Sonny relised in horror what she was
doing
"No!" He shouted. trying to open the door. Sophie
managed to undress the screaming child, but couldn't get him into the
bath, opening the door, she let Richard in.
"What's wrong?"
He asked.
"No bath! No bath!" Sonny yelled. Richard
looked at him,
"Will, you be a good boy, and go in the bath
for daddy?" he asked, Sonny jumped into the water, and Sophie
stormed out in a huff.
Later, after putting Sonny into bed,
Richard, went downstairs, and found Sophie in the living room,
watching 24. He sat next to her, and she moved away from him. Richard
put his sad face on
"Sophie...". Sophie looked at him,
and couldn't resist laughing, she shuffled back along and leaned
against him, they watched the rest of 24, and went to bed.
When
Sophie woke up, she could hear a scratching sound coming from
downstairs, she got up, and put on her dressing gown and slippers,
and went downstairs, she opened the front door, and found a little
kitten, she picked the white ball of fluff up, and took it upstairs.
"Richard...look!" Richard opened his eyes,
"What
the..." He saw the cat "Where is that from?" he asked.
"Outside!" Sophie grinned.
"WHAT?"
Richard yelled,
"Well, I couldn't just leave her"
Sophie insisted, stroking the kitten, she climbed into bed, and let
the kitten find somewhere comfortable to sleep.
"Why can't
she sleep on the floor?" Richard complained. The kitten settled
down between Sophie and Richard.
There was a sudden squeal
from downstairs
"KITTY!" Sonny shouted. Sophie sat up
"WHISKERS!" (As Sophie had decided to call her) She
yelled, the kitten shot upstairs, and jumped onto the bed. Sonny came
in. Sonny climbed onto the bed, and stroked Whiskers. Richard awoke
and looked at her
"Have you named that thing?" He
asked
Sophie nodded
"We are going to give her back..."
Richard told her
"Aww" Sophie huffed "I like
Whiskers".
"So do I!" Sonny chipped in.
There
was a knock at the door, and Richard got up, and went to answer it.
When he came back, Claire was with him.
"Aww, you have a
cat!" She smiled, picking up Whiskers.
"Yup! Her name's
Whiskers" Sophie announced.
Sophie got up, and went
downstairs, she, Richard and Claire, had a drink, talked about
Whiskers, and that nights double date.
"What should we wear?"
Sophie asked
"DRESSES!" Claire grinned
"Or,
anything that makes you look nice..." Richard added.
"But
I look nice in everything!" Claire protested
Richard went to
get the post, and Sonny came down, Sophie made him some breakfast,
and Richard came back.
"There's a superhero fancy dress at
Ghetto next Saturday!" Richard announced.
"We can dress
Sonny up as buzz!" Sophie laughed.
"TO INFINITY AND
BEYOND!" Sonny shouted
"And Sophie can wear a cat suit!"
shouted a voice, Dave appeared.
"Uhum, do we not knock
anymore?" Richard asked
"The door was open!" Dave
answered
"Am I going to grandmas?" Sonny asked, spilling
milk down himself.
"Yes!" Sophie answered.
"Oooh,
lets take him now!" Claire suggested
A few minutes later,
Sophie, Claire and Sonny were walking to Janet's, Sonny was running
in front with his Buzz Light-year toy. There was a "meow"
from behind, Sophie turned around.
"Hey, Whiskers!".
She grinned, picking her up.
"Shame you have to give her
back..." Claire reminded her. Sonny suddenly stopped, and
pointed at a street lamp.
"It's Whiskers".
Sophie
and Claire looked, sure enough, was a poster of Whiskers, declared
missing.
"Aww, she's called KC" Claire grinned
"That's
a few houses down from us" Sophie announced.
After they
had dropped Sonny off, they walked up the path to KC's house, and
knocked on the door. A young woman, about 30 or so, opened it.
"You
brought KC back.." She stopped, and stared at them.
"Your
Sophie Ellis-Bextor!" she grinned, she invited them in for a cup
of tea, and shouted up the stairs.
"ALAN!" A young boy,
aged 13-14 appeared, and stared at Sophie, before running back
upstairs.
"He's a big fan." His mother explained,
stroking KC. Sophie nodded, and then Alan reappeared, this time with
CDS. Sophie signed them for him, and she and Claire finished their
drinks, and said goodbye.
After a busy morning, everyone began
to get ready for that evening, Dave and Richard were ready much
earlier than Sophie and Claire, and when they finally appeared, they
looked stunning. Claire thought Dave in a suit, looked absolutely
hilarious, and couldn't stop laughing. A taxi drove up outside, and
they ran out. At the restaurant, everyone ordered spaghetti, and
garlic bread. For pudding, it was ice cream, and even though it was
dark, they decided to take a walk along the beach, which was just
across the road, a sudden flash went off, and blinded them.
"What
was that?" Claire asked.
Richard frowned "I have no
idea".
They waited for another, or for a gang of paparazzi to
appear, but nothing happened. They were all half asleep when they got
back, but they decided to get a movie, and some popcorn. Sophie made
the popcorn, and everyone fought over a movie, although, no one was
awake by the time it had finished.
In the morning, Sophie was
the first to awake, she was lying on the sofa, covered in popcorn,
looking over at Claire and Dave, she noticed they had been a little
smarter, and kept their popcorn on the floor. A sudden yawn startled
her, Richard was awake.
"Morning". Sophie said
Richard
yawned again "Morning" he sat up, and watched Sophie brush
the popcorn onto the floor.
"Charming, more mess to clean up"
He grinned.
By this time, Claire and Dave were awake, and a few
hours later, they were gathered around the kitchen table.
"Lets
go to ghetto nightclub!" Claire suggested.
Richard and Dave
looked at her "No!"
"Yes!" Sophie agreed
"And
I repeat, No!" Richard said.
"Then me and Claire go
together!" Sophie announced.
"No, means no!"
Richard said, for the third time.
"Why not?" Claire
huffed.
"Because, you girls need a man to protect you!"
Dave grinned.
"Plus, you need your sleep tonight"
Richard added.
Sophie and Claire, spent most of the day
talking to Martha on the phone.
"I don't know what they are
up to, but I don't like it" Richard whispered, trying to listen
to the phone conversation, on the other side of the locked bedroom
door.
"I know, it's creepy" Dave admitted "We will
have to keep an eye on them".
Claire opened the door.
"What?"
She asked.
"Umm, what are you doing?" Richard
asked.
"None of your business" Claire yelled, slamming
the door.
"Charming" Dave sulked.
Dave and Claire
stayed over that night, Claire, for no reason, and Dave, to keep an
eye on them, with Richard.
At midnight, Sophie and Claire, snuck
out of the house, and met Martha. Sophie and Claire, had sparkly
dresses on underneath their coats, and Martha, likewise.
They had
a great night, danced their hearts out and then Martha saw the
time.
"It's 2:00 in the morning!". She warned them. They
left the club and, Sophie and Claire darted off back home, to find
Richard, and Dave sitting on the sofa, glaring at them. Richard stood
up and grabbed Sophie.
"What were you thinking?" he
yelled.
"We wanted to go out!" She yelled back.
"You
two still disobeyed us!" Dave shouted.
"You keep out of
this!" Claire snapped.
Richard and Dave, stormed out,
obviously to calm down. Sophie and Claire went to sleep on the
sofa.
When Dave and Richard came back, the house was
quiet.
"Ssssh" Richard whispered, "We don't want to
wake them".
Dave nodded, and followed him into the spare room
"I feel bad now" he admitted.
"I know, I shouldn't
have yelled at Soph". Richard agreed.
They didn't say much
after that, just went to sleep.
The next morning, Claire and
Dave went home, and Sophie went in the shower.
Richard was making
breakfast, and Sonny was drinking some juice, while watching TV, when
there was a shriek from upstairs.
"RICHARD!" Sophie
yelled.
Richard ran up the stairs, Sophie was standing in the
bathroom, with a towl on, wearing a mask of complete and utter
shock.
"What?" He asked.
"There's someone taking
pictures of me!" she shouted, pointing out of the
window.
Richard looked, sure enough, if you managed to climp up
the tree in the garden, you could see into all the upstairs windows,
but he couldn't see anyone. Sophie went to get dressed, and Richard
went back downstairs.
The same thing happened that night.
Sonny started screaming, and Richard went to see why, he found Sonny,
hiding under his blanket.
"What's wrong?" Richard asked
him.
"F-f-face!" Sonny sobbed.
Richard frowned,
"Where?"
Sonny pointed out of the window, Richard still
couldn't see anything, so he picked Sonny up, and carried him into
Sophie's room.
Sonny was soon tucked into his parents bed, and
heading back off to sleep. Richard went over to Sophie who was
staring out of the window, he closed the curtains.
"Don't, it
will only make things worse". He told her as he pulled her away.
Richard wanted to go back downstairs, but Sophie didn't want to leave
Sonny alone.
"He'll be fine" Richard assured her. He and
Sophie went downstairs, and sat in front of the television. Sophie
couldn't concentrate and kept fidgeting and asking endless stupid
questions about what was happening. This must have been rather
annoying for her husband.
"Still!" he ordered.
"I
need to make sure Sonny is okay" she gabbled, getting up, and
running out of the room. Richard sighed, turned the TV off, and went
upstairs after her. When he went into the bedroom, Sophie was lying
down curled up with Sonny. Richard crept in beside them, and went to
sleep.
Sophie shivered and opened her eyes, she was absolutely
freezing, and a few seconds later, she relised why. Sonny and Richard
had stolen the blanket, grabbing it back, she settled back down and
went back to sleep. At about 7:00 in the morning, Sophie awoke again,
this time to Sonny's voice, demanding for a hug.
"Mummy..."
he whined.
Sophie sat up, and pulled Sonny onto her knee. Then she
switched cbeebies on, and Sonny watched the four teletubbie's
characters, dance around the screen. Richard stirred, opened his
eyes, and yawned.
"Morning" he said.
"Daddy!"
Sonny shouted, hugging his dad.
"Hello, sleepy" Sophie
grinned, watching Sonny strangle Richard. Sonny let go, and fixed his
eyes back on the television screen. Richard sat up next to
Sophie.
"So, what shall we to today?" He asked.
"I
think, you me and Sonny time" Sophie answered.
"Can we
go to the park?" Sonny asked.
"Of course!" Sophie
grinned.
"Everybody up!" Richard shouted, jumping out of
bed, he opened the curtains, and then went for a shower. Sophie began
to get dressed, when a flash went off.
"RICHARD!" she
yelled.
Richard came running through.
"What? What?"
He asked, tugging a towel around himself.
"Another flash!"
Sophie shouted dramatically, pointing out of the window.
"Right,
that's it!" Richard said, pulling on a dressing gown, and
running out of the house. When he came back in, Sophie was fully
dressed.
"Anything?" she asked.
Richard frowned, "No,
nothing".
Sophie bit her lip "What is going..."
Dave
burst in, waving a magazine above his head.
"You have got to
see this!" he shouted.
"What?" Sophie asked.
Dave
opened the magazine, Sophie looked at it, and almost fainted. Richard
stared at the pictures, one of the double date, with Claire, Sophie
and Dave, one of Sophie getting out of the shower, and a few
more.
"I'd like to tell that photographer where he can stick
his camera when I find him!" Richard raged.
Sophie took the
magazine, and closed it.
"Still, she doesn't look too bad in
those pictures..." Richard added, absent-mindedly.
Sophie hit
him over the head.
"I'd better be going now" Dave
announced.
Dave left, and Sophie reminded Richard, that he needed
a shower.
A
few hours later, Dave burst in again.
"GUESS WHAT, GUESS WHAT,
GUESS WHAT!!!" He shouted. Sophie looked at him
"What?"
Dave
took a deep breath "Well, I scanned the pictures into my computer,
and the signature was R.Williams, I searched the name, and it just
came up with Robbie. So…"
"You didn't!" Sophie said,
opened mouthed.
"Oh, yes I did" Dave grinned, taking out his
camera.
The next day, the pictures of Robbie were everywhere,
Dave had been busy.
Sonny's two friends, Roan and Alex, came
over.
"We are going to play upstairs mummy" Sonny
shouted.
"Play nice!" Sophie reminded them. The three children
ran upstairs and into Sonny's room, they played nicely at
first…
Sophie finished her cup of tea, and said goodbye to
Richard, who was off to watch the football, and went upstairs to
check on the youngsters. When she opened the door to Sonny's room,
a cloud of white smoke hit her, then she relised.
"SONNY! GET
HERE NOW!" She yelled.
Sonny came out
"Yes?" he asked,
all innocently.
"I SAID PLAY NICE!" Sophie shouted "YOU HAVE
MADE A BIG MESS ALREADY!"
Sonny burst into tears "But, It was
Roan and Alex's fault too!"
Roan and Alex came out of the
bedroom to see what all the noise was about.
"I don't want any
of you to make any more mess, you hear me?" Sophie asked.
All
three of them nodded.
Sonny went and got pens and paper, and they
all went downstairs. Sophie went to clean Sonny's room while, Sonny
and his friends played at the kitchen table. When she came back down,
she was horrified. All three of them, were drawing all over the
walls.
"RIGHT, THAT'S IT, INTO THE LIVING ROOM – ALL OF
YOU!" she shouted.
Sonny, Roan and Alex followed her, and sat
down.
"WHAT DID I TELL YOU?" She asked them.
"Not to make
a mess" Sonny answered, knowing he had done something wrong.
"Now, if I leave you with some TV on, while I make dinner, will you
be good?"
"Yes mummy" Sonny smiled.
"I will!" Roan
shouted
"Yes!" Alex grinned.
Sophie put cbeebies on, and
went into the kitchen, before she started cooking; she cleaned the
pen off the walls. Then opened a tin of spaghetti and put some bread
in the toaster. When she had made the boy's meals, she called them
through. They sat at the table, very quietly and ate as silently as
possible.
"That's better!" Sophie smiled at them "You can
talk, but don't be too loud"
"This is yummy" Alex said,
licking the butter off his toast. Sophie popped into the living room,
to turn off the TV, when she came back, the three boys were having a
food fight.
"TAKE THAT!" Roan yelled, throwing a forkful of
spaghetti off Sonny. Sonny threw a slice of toast back.
"EXCUSE
ME?" Sophie shouted. The three boys looked at their plates
sheepishly.
Sophie
went to ring Richard, and he was there in no time. He went into the
kitchen, and faced the three boys.
"Sorry, daddy" Sonny
apologized, knowing his dad was just about to explode.
"You boys
should be ashamed of yourselves". Richard started.
Sophie stood
behind him.
"Don't be too hard on them, they're only little"
She reminded him.
"This is no way for boys to behave" Richard
continued as if Sophie hadn't said anything.
"Sorry" All
three boys apologized.
"Now, I want to see you playing nicely,
making as little mess as possible, and we'll all get along fine."
Richard finished.
He and Sophie left the room. Amazingly, Sonny,
Roan and Alex played like little angels until their parents came to
pick them up.
"That
turned out well." Sophie smiled
"I'm sorry mummy and daddy"
Sonny apologized for the third time that day
"its okay son."
Richard grinned taking Sophie's hands "fancy a walk?"
"Of
course!" Sophie nodded. "I need a new magazine"
They headed
out of the door, and down the road to the shops. Sophie bought her
magazine, and Richard bought some sweets for Sonny, whether he
deserved them or not, he didn't really care. They walked back to
the house, and sat in the garden watching the sun set.
By
Abigail Forrester.
With additional ideas from members of the
forum.
Special thanks to , Anouk, and Dave
