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History class was almost over, Katie had not been concentrating for the whole class, instead she was worried about her Father, Rachel hadn't been any better. She let the class pack up early, just as her phone vibrated in her pocket, she realised it was Mel, calling. She flipped the phone open and put it to her ear "Mel" she said, as she left the class room.

Katie heard it was her sister on the phone, and got up from her desk "Where are you going?" Valarie asked her.

"Just outside for a minute the bells about to go anyway" she quickly replied and left the class room.

In the meantime Rachel was talking to Mel on the phone.

"Rach, its not good, Dad, he thought I was Mum, he, didn't even know who Katie was"

"God, poor Katie, why didn't she tell us" Rachel said, not noticing her sister behind her.

"I was scared to Rachel, I didn't want to worry you"

The bell rang loudly, and the other kids in the class started to file out quickly, to head to their next classes.

"You coming to class?" Valarie asked her quickly

"No, I need to stay here, ask Miss Mason something about the homework"

Rachel finished her conversation with Mel. Mel told her she was taking their Dad to visit the Doctors.

Rachel hung the phone up and turned to her sister. "OK, lets go to my office, we can talk there".

Both of the sisters went to Rachel's office, where Katie sat on one of the sofas, Rachel sat next to her and put her arm around her, pulling her into a tight hug.

"Mel has taken Dad to the Doctors, then you and Dad can come and stay with me tonight, you don't have to deal with this on your own anymore honey"

Katie breathed in deeply, slightly more relieved than she had been earlier, she was glad her sisters knew now what she had been through the past few months.

Mel took James to the Doctors, they asked him a few simple questions, which he got wrong, the Doctor said he thought he probably had dementia. Mel took him home and helped him to pack a few things to stay at Rachels, before taking him to her house.

After school, Rachel took Katie home, and they quickly packed some of her things, before heading back to Rachels house, the entire family was there including Philip, who was as upset about the whole thing as his Mother and Aunts were.

"Amanda, did you have a good day at school?" James asked "Is that your boyfriend over there" he added pointing to Phil.

"I told you Dad, Philip is your Grandson" Mel replied back.

"I don't have a Grandson; my Children are younger than he is".

Rachel showed Katie up to her room for the time being, once there Katie put her bags down and sat on the bed.

"Rachel, its never going to be the same again is it, Dad, he's just going to get worse isn't he" Rachel sat next to her on the bed and placed her arm over her shoulders.

"I don't know, the Doctor thinks its dementia, if it is, then he won't get any better, but it might be something else though"

"What will happen to me if he doesn't get better?"

"Well, Dad made a Will years ago, he asked me to be there for you if he couldn't if that's what you want"

"Yeah, I was worried in case I had to go with Mum, I don't even know her"

"Lets just see what's wrong with Dad, we might be worrying about nothing"

"OK Rach, I have homework due in for tomorrow"

"All right, I'll leave you alone; Dinner will be ready in about an hour"

Rachel went back downstairs, James was sitting watching a show about World War 2. Mel was in the kitchen chopping veg, and Philip was sitting next to his Granddad playing a game with his mobile phone.

"Are you OK, Dad" Rachel asked.

"I'm fine Rachel, nice of you to ask us round for dinner" he said

Rachel was confused; he had spent the entire day forgetting who he was

"Look at this Philip, its about how the Germans felt about the Treaty of Versailles"

Philip groaned and looked back at his phone.

"Philip, you might want to watch it with Granddad, it covers the next section in GCSE History."

Rachel stood and walked to the kitchen. "He seems better Mel, knows me and Phil"

"That's good, Dinners in the Oven, should be ready in 40 minutes, and I stopped my the off sales got us a bottle of wine for tonight"

"Thanks Mel, I think we both deserve a drink tonight"

"Phil and I can stay here tonight if you want"

"Thanks, we can have a talk with Katie, I told her about Dads will, she seems to be happy with that, lets just hope it doesn't come to that, at least for a couple more years"

Dinner was soon ready, and the entire family were around the table, they had a nice meal, then Rachel and Mel decided to talk to their father, they wanted to find out about his wishes.

"Dad," Rachel said

"Yes Rachel, what is it"

"Are you coping OK, with Katie, I mean?"

"Its hard, she does so much for me, I know she's the one looking after me now"

"Dad, you don't have to do it on your own, you both have us now, and if you need help, you need to ask us"

Mel took over from her sister "Dad, we are only a few streets away from us, you should have told us you weren't coping"

"I know I'm a burden on you all, it's just at times, I can't remember things"

"OK, Dad, you can both stay here for a while, and we'll see what the Doctor says about your memory".

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