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Rachel woke up the next morning, Michael had woken early and started to jump on their bed. Rachel suddenly realised that under the covers both she and Eddie were stark naked. "Good Morning Michael" "Morning Mummy" Michael replied. "It's still early, why don't you go back to your bed for a little while?" Rachel asked. "But, I'm not tired, I want to watch TV" he answered, "Michael, do as your told!" she scolded in a gentler way than she would a child at school. He jumped off the bed and went back into his room, "good boy" she praised when he done what he was told.
When Michael had left the room, Rachel got up and went for a quick shower and was very quickly dressed in dark jeans and a dark purple top, Eddie was still fast asleep.
She checked on the kids, first on Phil who was still fast asleep, then Aimee who was she was sitting on her bed already full dressed "Hi honey, did you have a good sleep" Aimee nodded to her mother. "Do you want to go out for Breakfast, Michaels awake too". Aimee nodded. Rachel got Michael ready, and the 3 of them headed out to get some breakfast.
They drove in Eddies car and went into a local café. Rachel was surprised to see Marley working there. They sat at one of the tables at the back of the café. " I didn't know Marley worked here?" Rachel said "Yeah, Sam told me, she said he owes money to Flicks Dad or something". Rachel nodded, she noticed how tired he looked as he walked towards their table. "Hi Miss, are you ready to order?" Marley asked. "Yeah, I think so, can I have 2 all day breakfasts and a kids all day breakfast, a coffee and 2 orange juices" Marley noted down the order "I'll get that ready for you" he said trying to convince everyone that he was OK and happy. Michael had taken a toy car with him, he was rolling it back and forward on the table. "Are you OK?" Rachel asked Aimee "Yeah, I'm fine" she replied unconvincingly. Marley returned with their drinks, placing them on the table in their correct positions. "Thanks Marley" Rachel politely replied, just as he was about to leave, Aimee spoke up. "Marley, is Sam in loads of trouble" Marley looked at Aimee, he didn't have a clue what she was on about, he had worked in the café all night and hadn't been home yet. "No, well I don't know, I didn't see her last night" Rachel soon realised that Marley hadn't been at the dance the night before which she thought was odd, she soon came to the conclusion that he had been working all night, it seem reasonable, his grades had fallen recently and he had been tired for a while. "Marley, were you here all night?" Rachel asked inquisitively. "No, I stayed at Flicks" he quickly replied. Rachel knew this was a lie, there was no way Ralph would allow him to stay the night with Flick. Marley quickly got back to work to avoid further questions.
"Mummy, can we got to the toyshop after here , Santas there?" Michael asked excitedly, he had noticed the sign in the toy shop window across the road. Rachel smiled at him, "I'll make a deal with you, if you eat all your breakfast, including the mushroom and tomatoes then you we can go. It wasn't long until they all had their food in front of them, everyone started to eat their breakfast. Soon they were all finished, and Michael had eaten everything as promised. Rachel paid and left a tip for Marley, they were about to go across to the toyshop, but before they did, Rachel took a hanky out her bag and wiped the tomato sauce from Michaels face. "Right, lets go see Santa" she said as the 3 of them walked over the Road.
Even though it was early the shop was buzzing, Michael was excited, like Phil it was his first Christmas without his Mum, Rachel and Eddie were going to try and make this as happy a time as possible for all concerned. They were waiting in the long line for Santa, Michael was getting restless, as was Aimee "Mum, can't we come back another time?" Aimee asked impatiently "No Mummy, I did like you said and ate everything, please can I see Santa today?" Michael whined. "Aimee, we'll stay here, besides don't think I have forgotten about last night, that still has to be dealt with" Michael tuned to Aimee and stuck his tongue out with a cheeky grin on his face. They waited and waited until eventually it was his turn. Whilst he was getting ready to go in, Rachel was asked to fill out a short from with his name, and who his brothers and sister were. She gave it to the assistant, who informed Santa.
Michael excitedly pulled the curtain back and seen Santa, he walked over to him "Hi Santa" he said nervously "Michael, why don't you come over, have you sent me a letter yet" Michael shook his head "Daddy is going to help me tonight". Michael sat on Santas knee "Well, have you been a good boy this year" he nodded "And what would you like for Christmas" "I'd like some toy dinosaurs, and a bike". "Well Michael, I'll try my best to get you them, and why don't you say hello to Philip and Aimee for me" Michael smiled, how did Santa know. A woman dressed as an elf came in, Rachel and Aimee were both surprised to see it was Janeece. "All right Santa, lets take a nice photo", Michael smiled and Janeece clicked the photo.
Michael was getting his present from Santa, "Miss Mason, I didn't know you had a son" Rachel smiled "Michael is Mr Lawsons son, I'm his step mum" she explained. "I love Kids, and I liked the photography we did last year, remember on your first day, so I got this job, its great". Rachel smiled, she knew Janeece had gotten so much out of last year. "That's great Janeece" "Well I'll just go get your photos" she left and quickly walked away. Michael had came back with his present and Janeece with the photo. "Did you say Thank you to santa and his helpers?" Rachel asked. Michael shyly turned to Janeece "Thank you" he said. Rachel touched her arm and quietly said " have a nice Christmas, see you after the holidays"
"So what did Santa give you" Aimee asked her brother as they climbed into the car "It's a colouring in book, and pens" he said. Michael climbed into his car seat and Rachel fumbled with the belt to tighten it securely. Soon they were driving home, Michael was singing along to Disney songs. "Mum, I'm sorry about last night, I promise it won't happen again, we don't really need to talk about it" "Nice try Aimee, do you think that's going to get you out of a lecture" Aimee sighed and leaned back on her chair. Eddie and Phil were bound to be up and out of bed by now.
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