"morning baby" Karen said as she woke at 10am on Thursday morning, letting out a large yawn as she rolled over to face Chris who was still lightly sleeping."morning sweetheart" he said tiredly opening one eye. "what do you say to a cup of tea bought up to you with scrambled egg on toast" karen said temptingly."sounds lovely" Chris replied gratefully putting a good morning kiss on Karen's lips before she got up out of bed, wrapped her silky blue dressing gown around her and made her way downstairs to sort breakfast. "thank you what a nice treat this is" Chris said as he sat up rearranging the pillows as Karen entered the room with two trays in her hands."you're welcome baby" she said putting a kiss on his cheek, then climbing back into bed with the tray on her lap."what are we going to do today then" Chris asked through a mouthful of egg."I was thinking we go back to ours and collect all your stuff, I don't think I can bare another week of you wearing the same three outfits" Karen said laughing "and you're going to need all your other stuff if you're going to live here" she said kissing him."you want me to move in then" "of course I do I love you like I've never loved anyone" Karen replied kissing him again."well then that sounds like a good plan... That's if there's anything left in the house of course" "what do you mean" "well I only have an average amount of clothes, and shoes... And I don't really own much other than that, my computer is already here... There's a couple of game consoles and that's about it" "well we still need to get it all over here don't we" "and then we can get that house sorted and up for sale" "sounds good baby... We'll go when we are both ready then yeah? I'll let you take as long as you like today how's that" Chris said just finishing his tea. "I'll get myself showered first then" Karen said taking their trays downstairs and then getting in the shower and proceeding to get ready. A couple of hours later they were both all sorted, Karen was wearing her favourite pair of light wash skinny jeans and a dark blue top with a white cardigan, and her brown heeled boots . Chris wore his light wash jeans too, with a stripy polo top and read hoodie, they were both ready to go by 1pm. "we'll go in my car today" Karen said grabbing the car keys from the top of the one of many shoe cupboards in the hallway."if you want baby" Chris said following her out he got to the house within 15 minutes, it was a house on its own in a private estate and looked pretty empty and deserted as Jill had had the furniture transported to their new house mostly."it looks horrid" Chris said as soon as he walked in glancing around him with Karen following. "we'll get everything you need quickly and go I think" Karen said shivering in the cold house."good idea" They packed up the contents of chris's wardrobe as quickly as they could, and went around picking up all sorts of bits Jill had left, personably for Chris. She'd even been so thoughtful as to leave him a box of photos, mainly of the kids which he took, but quickly flicking past wedding and engagement parties and anything that had him and Jill together in them. By 3 30pm they were all finished and Karens car was full."we'll have to ring the solicitors about selling the house and everything in it" Karen said as they drove back. "yes we'll come back next week and clean eveything up and chuck out all the rubbish, then we should be able to get the house valued" Chris said"if the girls are free then I'm sure they will be glad to help us sort the place out" Karen offered."that'd be great the more people we have the quicker we can get it all done, I'm sure Jayne will help too because phil will be back by then to look after the kids"
The week of training flew by and before long it was time for another dress rehearsal, another live show containing sparkles and sequins and moaning judges, and of course it was time to loose another couple. And then the same again week after week. "Jayne would you mind coming with us to chris's in a while to clean it up and sort things out.. The more people we have the quicker we can get it done and up for sale" Karen explained over the phone on the morning of their next day off."of course I will, anything to help the both of you! Not sure why you rang me at this early hour though" Jayne joked rubbing her eyes."sorry... I didn't really look at the time, Chris is still asleep""yes I bet he is! What time you going to pick me up then?""hows half 11? Has phil got the kids okay?""sounds good, gives me another hour in bed before I get ready... An yep I think hes taking them out to the cinema, they do miss him while hes been away" "ok I'll leave you to catch up on your beauty sleep then... See you in a bit" Karen then went back upstairs to get back into bed next to Chris, she'd went down to the kitchen to phone Jayne so she didn't wake him from his still deep sleep."Jaynes coming to help us later" she whispered softly into his ear as he stirred lightly but she wasn't sure he could even hear her. "Karen what time is it" Chris said through yawning as he opened one eye and realised it was still dark outside."7""And why have you woken me up at this time for""sorry - you know that's exactly what Jayne said to me" "I think any sane person would say that at this time, especially when it's their day off... What were you speaking to Jayne for at this time""to ask her to help us with the house, she agreed by the way" "oh that's great what time are we going" "11 30" At 5pm they were still at the house which over the course of the day had been tipped upside down almost literally and cleaned from top to toe. There wasn't much left in the house, a small childs bed which no one needed and a couple of sets of draws and some tables in the living room, which were all matching, under Jill's insistence."right the only thing left to do now is ring the solicitor and value and sell up..." Karen said as they all stood back and admired their hard days work. "I'll ring tonight and we can sort everything out next week""I've never in my life seen you so efficient Karen barber" Jayne said laughing to herself as they made their way back to the car, Karen just laughed back. "I can be efficient when I want to"