Chapter 7 – 'Plan a Day Out'
Abby was woken the next morning by Connor coming in to tell her that Cutter had called. Abby immediately sat upright in bed with an alarmed look on her face.
"There's an anomaly?" she asked.
"No, no. Nothing like that," Connor assured her. Abby visibly relaxed so Connor continued, "He just called to ask if we wanted to meet up with them and go out somewhere. They want to take Mia and Maddie out for the day and wondered if we wanted to come."
"Out where?" Abby asked Connor.
"No idea. Forgot to ask. Sorry," Connor realised that this may have been useful information, "I'll ring Cutter back and ask him."
"Tell him we'll go," Abby called after Connor as he left her room to find his phone.
"Alright," Connor replied before he picked up his phone and called Cutter.
"That's great, we'll meet you there," Nick pressed the 'end call' button on his phone and turned to face Jenny, "Abby and Connor are going to meet us there, but Sarah's gone to see her family so she's not coming."
"You still haven't told me where we're going yet," Jenny said to him. "You gonna tell me?"
"Nope," Nick smiled at Jenny making her blush.
He had arrived at her house that morning with plans for the whole team to go for a day out, on ARC expenses as well. Jenny had been hoping for some time alone with Nick but then she realised she would never have gotten that anyway with the two girls around so she was kind of glad that Abby and Connor were coming.
"Are the girls ready yet?" Nick asked her, shaking her out of her thoughts.
"I'm not sure. I'll go check," Jenny ran up the stairs and headed for the spare room where the two girls were staying. She knocked on the door, before sticking her head round and asking, "Mia, Maddie. You two ready?"
Jenny found both girls sat on the bed with Mia just finishing Maddie's hair. Jenny had given the girls some clothes that had belonged to her niece, who she hadn't seen since she had joined the ARC.
"Almost, just give us a minute," Mia tied the last bobble on Maddie's plaits and climbed off the bed. "There, all done. Now we're ready." Mia turned to Jenny who had now come into the bedroom. "Where are we going?"
"No idea, ask Nick." Jenny answered as she picked Maddie up off the bed. "Come on, Princess. Let's go see where Nick has planned to take us today."
"Cool," Maddie said as Jenny carried her down the stairs.
