Mommy" Noah flung himself at her almost as soon as stepped out of his classroom on Friday.
"Hello sweet boy" Olivia chuckled, "you're happy today."
"Can we camp inside tonight mommy at Edgar's, can we, can we please?"
Olivia and Edgar chuckled and ruffled his hair, "of course we can." She'd half expected him to not want to wait another night and they had already been out to buy everything they'd need to have a barbeque in the garden for dinner.
"Yes" Noah cheered excitedly, "thanks Mommy, thanks 'Edgar."
"You're welcome" Egar smiled, gently ruffling Noah's hair before taking hold of his outstretched hand as they walked home.
"Go and get changed then" Olivia told Noah once they were at Edgar's, "there are some clothes on the bed in your room, I'll go and put the barbeque on."
"And make the tent?" Noah asked excitedly.
Olivia and Edgar laughed and nodded, "once the barbeque's on we will make us a tent" she nodded before sending him up to get changed
"Is there anything I can do?" Olivia asked
"Is it too early to open a bottle of wine?" Edgar laughed, "you could go and get the duvets off the beds if you like? And as many pillows as you can carry, feel free to grab the pillows and duvet off my bed too if you can manage them."
Edgar nodded
Olivia nodded
Edgar lit the barbeque as Olivia went upstairs, then Edgar came inside, beginning to move the two sofas.
and laid a large bed sheet over the two sofa's and pushed the sofas further apart, making sure there would be plenty of room for all of them, the double airbed for Olivia and himself, and a nest of pillows that Noah would sleep inside.
Noah bounded into the room, his arms full of blankets and pillows, "I helping 'Mommy."
"Are you" Edgar chuckled as he gestured for him to dump everything in a pile on the floor, "that's kind of you."
"She throwed them down the stairs so I can bring them in here."
"That's a very good idea" Edgar smiled, "you just pile everything up".
he grinned before bounding off to collect more of the blankets and pillows that Olivia had thrown down the stairs.
Edgar found the airbeds easily, a large box in the garage marked 'camping' giving him everything he needed and he took the airbeds, his sleeping bag, another sleeping bag and a foot pump from the box, taking them outside to blow them up as he checked on the barbeque.
"Is there anything I can do to help?" Olivia asked as Edgar blew up the double air bed with the foot pump.
Edgar nodded, "you could get the sausages out if you want, and put some wedges in the oven if you don't mind, I think this might be nearly ready" he gestured to the barbeque.
"Okay" Olivia nodded, "do you want a cuppa?"
"Please babe" Edgar nodded, "you read my mind, and hopefully Noah won't be too excited to sleep and we can sit out here with a bottle of something once he is asleep if you want?"
"Mmm" Olivia pressed a brief kiss to Edgar's cheek, "sounds like a plan to me."
Olivia and Edgar at the table on the decking as they ate the hot dogs and potato wedges that Edgar and Olivia had cooked. While Noah sat on the grass
"So" Edgar smiled once Noah had finished eating, and he was covered in tomato ketchup, "who want to toast some marshmallows whilst the barbeque's still hot?"
Noah nodded excitedly, racing over to Olivia and Edgar as Edgar pushed marshmallows onto the end of stick of uncooked spaghetti, "hold it over the barbeque but don't touch it, it's hot" Edgar warned as she let him hold his marshmallow over the smouldering heat.
Olivia handed him a paper plate, "don't eat the spaghetti, it won't be nice, and mind your fingers, it'll be hot" she warned him as he raced off to the blanket with his plate.
"why don't we make a start on those board games? See if we can get Noah to settle and make the most of this nice weather?"
"Okay" Edgar smiled.
"Right you mucky Pup" Olivia smiled when Noah bounded over with his empty plates, "lets get you inside, face and hands washed and jamas on, then I thought we could play a couple of games before we tuck you up in bed."
The Noah cheered excitedly, "thank you Mommy" Noah grinned.
"go and wash your face and hands sweet boy."
"And I'll bring the air bed in and make someone a nest to sleep in" Edgar smiled
"Okay" Olivia smiled "who wants to play some games?"
"Me, me, me!" Noah gasped excitedly.
Three games of guess who,and three games of frustration, "are you going to read me a story Mommy?" Noah asked as he climbed inside his sleeping bag and made himself comfortable in his nest of pillows.
"I am" Olivia nodded, "and if you're not sleepy enough to fall asleep, just this once you can watch a film".
It didn't take long, ten minutes later and Noah was fast asleep, "wine?" Olivia asked quietly.
Edgar nodded as he stood "wine."
They settled back in their chairs on the decking, as Edgar uncorked the wine and poured two generous sized glasses, "cheers" Olivia smiled as she held up her glass, taking a sip once Edgar had clinked glasses with her.
"That's nice" Edgar sighed after taking a drink from his own glass. They both just sat there together enjoying the quiet drinking the wine.
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