Leanne woke to loud screaming, Leanne groaned turning over "Make them stop" She groaned to Neal who just groaned.
Leanne nudged him in the ribs "Neal" Neal just turned over in his sleep.
"Neal!" Leanne said louder.
"Hmmm" was the reply she good back from a sleeping Lump next to her.
"ugh" She groaned chucking the bed covers back with force so, they were now on top of Neal who was oblivious.
She stretched yawned and opened her bedroom door wiping the sleep out of her eyes as, she walked along the corridor towards the sound of the screaming children.
"Jackson , I was watching that" She heard Lolly moan as she walked down the corridor.
Leanne turned the corner "I said give it back Jackson or I'll tell mom and dad " Lolly yelled at her brother who had a smirk on his lips.
"Make me" he said rather cocky like and Lolly rushed after her brother.
"Jackson..." Lolly screamed running over to her brother.
"HAHA you can't ge it"
"What on earth is going on here?" Leanne said with sleep still clearly audible in her voice."Me and your father were trying to sleep" Leanne said softly
"sorry mom ...but, Jackson wont give me back the remote" Lolly said stamping her foot with her arms neatly folded across her chest.
"Jackson, let Lolly watch her show and then it's your turn" Jackson went to argue " but...she watches baby shows" Leanne gave Jackson one of her stern Doctor glances and Jackson sighed "but..fine.. here" He chucked the remote which hit his sister in the chest.
"Ouch" Lolly said holding back the tears.
"Jackson , apologise to your sister now!" Leanne pointed her finger at Jackson who rolled his eyes "Sorry" He said sarcastically.
"Are you alright sweetheart?" Leanne bent down to Lolly's level to look at her daughter who nodded.
"right, sit and I don't want to hear a peep out of you both" She demanded.
Lolly jumped onto the sofa with a bright smile on her face with the remote clutched tightly in her little hand whilst Jackson stomped over to the sofa and sulked.
Leanne shook her head and walked into the large open plan kitchen and started making herself a coffee and breakfast for the kids.
Jackson looked over at his sister then at his mother who had her back turned and He stretched out his legs kicking Lolly.
"Hey" Lolly moaned quickly turning to look at her mother who was busy in the kitchen. Lolly kicked Jackson back.
they both continued to kick each other behind Leanne's back untill she turned round to see them both fighting again.
"Will you too pack it in" Leanne yelled.
" what's going on here" Neal said walking into the lounge/kitchen.
"dad Jackson is kicking me" Lolly moaned.
"Jackson leave your sister alone" Neal said walkig over to Leanne kissing her on the cheek.
"Don't just tell me off dad, tell her off too" Jackson said pointing to Lolly who stick her tongue out.
"How about both of you stop that right now" Leanne said sternly to them both.
~Later on that day~
Leanne and Neal were at the hospital when they both looked up at the time realising what time it was Leanne jumped into the car and headed to the school not having anytime to change out of her work uniform. Pulling up into an empty space, locked the car then walked over to the school, and stood with the other moms. Lolly was the first to come out, Lolly saw her mother "Mommy" she ran over to her mother and wrapped her arms round her tight Leanne returned the hug while picking up Lolly "Hey sweetie, how was school today?" Leanne put Lolly back down and took her school bag "it was good I drew you a painting so you can put it up at work" Lolly said with a excitement in her eyes with a toothy smile upon her face as she looked at her mother
Leanne smiled "can I see it?"
"Nope" Lolly giggled, "you have to wait till after dinner because I drew one for daddy too do you think he will like it?" Lolly's face went from giggling to unsure
"Lolly sweetie he won't like it, he will love it" Leanne smiled as she took her daughter's hand in her own
Minutes Later Jackson came out saw his mother waiting with Lolly. Jackson walked slowly down the pathway and over to Wanda dumping his school bag at his mother's feet "where's dad, he normally picks us up" Jackson asked looking round for him.
"well it's nice to see you to" Leanne placed a loose strand of hair behind her ear and bent down to pick Jacksons school bags up off the floor "we both had to work so he asked me to pick you up instead if that's okay with you mister? What's with the attitude?"
"Why now, I mean you never bothered before?" Jackson spat at his mother in an annoyed tone as he walked towards the car. Lolly stayed by her mother's side whilst Jackson walked out in front on his own. They got into the car and headed home . The drive on the way home was silent as both children looked out of the window.
Leanne looked at both kids in her rear view mirror "how was school today Jackson?" Leanne looked at Her son who looked at his mother and just shrugged "It was alright" Jackson went back to looking out the window.
"Jackson is still upset about this morning" Lolly said smirking
Jackson glared at his sister "shut up, no I'm not" then back out the window
"Hey don't speak like that to your sister," Leanne said looking at Jackson in her rear view mirror.
"pftt.. whatever" Jackson said rolling his eyes.
"I mean it Jackson, drop the attitude right now!" Leanne said turning into their road.
"Fine" Jackson yelled then got out of the car as Leanne pulled into the drive way.
"Jackson-" Leanne yelled only to hear the door slam.
"Come on let's go" Leanne said taking her key out of the ignition opened her door and waited for Lolly to reach her and then locked the car and walked towards the front door holding Lolly's hand.
Later on that afternoon Leanne spent as much time as she could with the kids knowing that she never did spend as much time with them both as she would like. Later on that evening, Leanne stood in the kitchen next to the stove stirring with one hand and a glass of wine in the other while Lolly sat at the end of the bench drawing, and Jackson in his room. When Neal got home he dropped his work bag at the front door as Jackson ran into him wrapping his arms around him "what took you so long to get home?" before he could answer lolly came running
"Daddy daddy daddy"
"Hey baby girl been drawing?"
Lolly's eyes widened "how did you know?"
Leanne stood leaning on the wall watching, smiling "dinners ready" she said in a small voice looking away "go wash up girls" Lolly ran up the stairs to the bathroom followed by Jackson.
"How was work?" Leanne asked looking up at A rather exhausted Neal.
"It was fine my love , how was your day" Neal said kissing her lightly on the lips.
" oh hold that thought I need to check the dinner" Leanne said rushing over to the stove, Neal walked up behind Leanne and hugged her from behind, placing a kiss on her neck.
Both kids came rushing back down interrupting " I want you to do your homework, after dinner " Leanne said gesturing to her son and Jackson nodded grabbing his homework before taking his seat at the dining table.