'Where on earth do they get all of their energy from?' Mika wondered aloud to her sister as they sat sunbathing at the garden table, watching all the children running around in circles playing stuck in the mud. 'They've been at it for half an hour now and I don't think they've stopped once to take a break!'

'Well I don't know where it's from, but I could do with a bit of it myself with the piles of paperwork I need to get through for next week.' Laughed Chlo, tucking a strand of loose hair behind her ear. She squinted from the sunlight as she looked at their two empty mugs and stood up, declaring that she needed her sunglasses, and offering to make some more tea for her older sister. Her offer was quickly accepted, so she picked up the mugs and walked away, her flip-flops squeaking as she walked.

Mika stretched her legs out and leaned back, making the most of the unexpected warmth that had suddenly arrived earlier that week. It was unusual for the weather to be as good as it was in early May, and she certainly wasn't going to pass up the opportunity to get a good tan while the sun was still out. She rested her hands on her large, round stomach and felt a slight kick as the excitable bundle danced around inside of her. At 23, Mika was a beautiful and successful business woman, who was married and already the mother to a healthy two-year old boy, with another baby soon on the way. Alfie, her grinning little toddler waddled over to her, concentrating hard as he walked down the small step, being very careful not to topple over. He had curly blonde hair just like his dad, and sparkling blue eyes like his Mum, everyone always commented on what a gorgeous boy he was. He rubbed his eyes and reached his arms up, yawning as he did so. As he was younger than all of the other children at the party he was tired, and just about ready for an afternoon nap. Mika hoisted him up onto her knee and let him gently touch her stomach. Over the last eight months he had learnt to be careful around his Mummy's tummy, as his parents had made sure he knew that there was a precious little person inside.

'Ade love, could you come and take Alfie to Izzie's room please? I think he needs a rest!' Mika called across the garden to the three men stood around the barbecue, holding cans of carling and laughing together. A tall, tanned, handsome Australian turned round and put his beer down, jogging along the patio to his wife and son. Aiden was 25 years old, and had moved to England 7 years ago, to go to university, and in the end, meet and marry the love of his life. He smiled down at Mika and leaned in to kiss her, resting one hand on her stomach and the other on the back of the chair. He then looked at Alfie and pulled a silly face, lifting him up above his head whilst making ridiculous aeroplane noises.

'Hey there champ! How ya doing?' He asked in his strong accent. Mika chuckled, she loved the way Aiden was with kids, it was one of the many reasons she'd fallen in love with him. 'Right, let's get you upstairs for a nap then, don't want you falling asleep out here and getting burnt now do we?'

Little Alfie giggled quietly before snuggling his head sleepily onto his Dad's shoulder, his eyes already drooping shut. Aiden looked at Mika and flashed a cheeky smile, winking and mouthing I Love You before twirling around and making his way to the back door. Mika shook her head and watched as they walked away. From the corner of her eye she saw a picture on the fireplace of her with Chlo and Tom, she sighed quietly, wishing he were there with them. As she held this thought, Chlo made her way back across the garden, bare foot this time having obviously gotten annoyed with the irritating squeak that followed her everywhere she went. Knowing what her sister was thinking she placed the mugs down and put a hand on her shoulder.

'Missing him, right?'

'Uh-huh, more and more every day. It sucks.' She whispered, looking up into Chlo's eyes and blinking back tears.

'I know. Why do we always lose the best ones?' Chlo replied. She pulled her chair up closer to Mika's and began retelling the story of the time they were furiously attacking each other back at Waterloo Road and Tom had to come and pull them apart to stop them killing each other. Mika held her pregnant stomach and laughed hysterically at the memory, extremely entertained by how much they had argued over a boy.

'Well you did sleep with my boyfriend, Chlo. I mean, I had been sure I was going to marry Brett, you know, all through school and during my first year at uni!'

'I remember when you and him split. You refused to leave your flat for weeks, you just cried all of the time' Chlo shrieked in hysterics.

'Hey shut up!' Mika slapped her sister. 'I thought my life was over, I swore I'd never love again.'

'Yeah I know, you were just playing tears on my pillow on repeat, and Tom had to come and deliver you ice-cream, pizza and tissues.' Chlo collapsed in a heap on the floor whilst Mika started crying with laughter and gripping the edge of the table to stay balanced.

'Oh stop, the baby'll start getting stroppy in a minute.' She giggled, wiping her eyes and stroking her belly.

Once Chlo had finally composed herself and started drinking her tea, she saw Aiden reappear next to Donte and a friend of theirs. She inhaled the smell of sausages and burgers and listened to the sound of some cheesy pop music playing through the speakers and realised that despite the constant ache in her heart from the loss of Tom, she was happy, and she hoped that the calmness she had recently been feeling would last. She was proud of her sister, for finding the man she was destined to be with, and for starting her own successful business whilst also raising a family. Chlo heard her daughter giggling and squealing and saw Donte chasing her around the garden, followed by a herd of children cheering him on. She stood up and ran over to join in the chaos and round-up the kids for dinner time.

N/A Okay, so I'm really sorry about splitting up Mika and Brett, I know they were a really cute couple but I wanted to make the story more realistic. And I mean in my head they didn't even go to the same uni, and so when I was writing this I just decided that Aiden would be a more interesting character to write about. Hope this one's alright, I'll upload again once or twice during the week hopefully!