7
"Left!" Walt yelled, Fen standing back to watch with his hands firmly full of Penny who was home from school with a sniffle complete with hat, scarf and gloves. His eyes were bugging out as Jack tried to manoeuvre the trailer he was pulling, looking back with his face screwed up while trying to listen to his son's commands, John's added yelling ignored as it was mostly arm motions that Jack could not see.
"The OTHER left!" Walt roared, sounding just like his Tad and Jack snorted as he swung the wheel the other way then a yodelling started that was horrible to hear, Jack slamming on the brakes with shock only to see Muncher running across the far field with the bloody goat chasing him.
"Fuck! I thought I had run him over then" Jack flopped back on the seat and everyone had a nervous laugh.
"Fuck!" Penny agreed and Walt rolled his eyes as they all agreed not to tell Tad that one had slipped out, Walt's glare enough to censure the child who grinned.
"Dad?"
"In a minute" Walt yelled as he walked back to the spot the wanted it, then started to roar again.
"Daddy!"
"WHAT!"
"It's slipping off the back bit!"
Jack turned with horror as John ran to the back of the trailer, his yelling now wild as he tried to push it "MOVE FORWARD!"
Jack obliged, slamming his foot on the accelerator and shooting forward, the trailer following and to everyone's horror …. Apart from Penny who was enjoying every second …. The entire archway remained suspended in the air for a moment then fell the four feet to the ground.
The noise was immense, as was the roar from Jack as he hit the far fence and struggled to stop his wild ride.
"Well. That's broken" John groaned.
"I know, Ianto will kill me if we can't fix it before he gets back" Jack said as he got off the mower and walked around the structure, checking to see that some nails and paint might hide the worst of the cracking. Anything else might be hidden with a few pots of colour from the patio glassed area. Right?
"Let's get the tools and someone grab the blue pots of colour, they will look best" Jack said, swinging to look at everyone.
Penny stood with his hands clasped together waiting for the next big thing.
Fen stood with his hands still over his ears.
Walter was face palming.
John was on the ground clutching at his ankle.
"Johnny?"
"Told you" John groaned as he rolled, clutching at his leg "Broken!"
Penny looked over at the man rolling around with the broken foot and said the word they needed for the moment.
"Fuck!"
