"Brian? Are you ready?" Esther called up the stairs as Sandra and Gerry arrived at the door.
"Yes love, I'm just bringing the case down."
"Well hurry up about it, Sandra and Gerry are here."
It wasn't too long before Brian had joined everyone downstairs. Brian regarded Sandra with a wary look.
"Brian its okay, I know why you did it and I'm not angry." Sandra told him.
"Are you sure?"
"Yes. Now let's get going before I change my mind."
They all walked out to Sandra's car and threw the remaining bag into the cramped boot.
"What times the ferry Brian?" Gerry asked as Sandra put the keys in the ignition and positioned her sunglasses back over her eyes.
"3" Brian replied.
"Plenty of time. It'll only take us 40 minutes, if that, to get down to Dover." Sandra butted in.
The first bit of the journey was in an awkward silence, until 15 minutes in after just listening to the radio, Brian spoke.
"Are you two together?"
"Brian!" Esther warned, but she too was interested in what the answer was. Gerry and Sandra shared a brief look before Sandra spoke.
"Yes, I suppose we are." she smiled at Gerry as she said it and he smiled back.
"It's about time!" Brian replied.
It was silent for a little while after that, conversation was a bit limited. They'd already spoke about Sandra and Gerry, work and Jack was a no go, leaving little else to talk about. Gerry soon sorted this out though.
"So Esther how's Mark?"
"Oh he's great, he's getting married in the summer and his wife to be is expecting."
"Oh that's great." Sandra butted in, "excited to be grandparents?" she added as she looked in the mirror to see their reactions.
"Yes, we really are." Esther answered her.
"How's your daughters Gerry?" Esther asked.
"Brilliant, Caitlin is studying journalism, Paula's up for promotion at the hospital, Emily's just been promoted and Amelia is doing great. Her boyfriend's just proposed, they've been together since they were 12."
"That's great, what about little Gerry?"
"He's top of his class, little genius we have there. He's also been made captain of his football team."
"Sounds like he's doing great!" Esther commented.
"He sure is!" Gerry replied.
"Sorry to interrupt this cosy little family conversation but we're at Dover now, who has the passports?" Sandra asked.
"Here you go." Gerry said as he tried to pass the passports to her.
"Gerry, I'm driving, I can't take them as well. Just keep hold of them until we're at passport control." Sandra told him with her angry tone.
Soon enough they'd passed through all the security checks and were standing around the car in their lane waiting for the ferry, which was delayed.
Hope this is okay, I'm away for the weekend so sorry for slow updates but I got a bit bored. Normal updates will resume tomorrow! Reviews welcome.
Beth xx