"come on guys" Kate called up the stairs "dinners ready" she said turning to walk back in the Kitchen. She opened one of the pizzas boxes to check which one it was which. The first one was the Cheese and tomato one for the kids as that's all they liked. Putting a slice on each plate she added some of the potato wedges on to the plate she added some of the salad they had in the fridge.

"yay Pizza" Grace said jumping on to the dining chair.

"Gracie have you washed your hands?" Kate asked

"yes mummy" Grace said as Kate placed one of the plates in front of her.

Opening the box which contained their pizza Kate sighed grinning slightly. They had a chicken and veggie pizza but Mike had ordered extra onion , jalapeno peppers and garlic sauce on half for himself. Picking one of the jalapeno slices off her half she smiled

"how can you eat those" she grinned plating up her slices of pizza

"it makes it better" he smiled taking a bite from one of the slices before he had even plated up

"well I aint kissing you later" she smiled walking over to the table sitting down next to Grace and Nicole.

"Can I have some more pizza mummy" Grace asked

"um you haven't finished your first slice. Eat that first" Kate said picking up some of her salad with the fork she had laid out earlier

She watched as Grace took overly big bites out of the crust of her pizza.

"slow down grace you look like you have never seen food before" Mike said from the opposite side of the table.

"ow" grace wailed her hand moving to her mouth

"what's wrong" Kate asked putting her fork down

"My tooth" Grace said "it's come out" she was looking down at her plate at the little white tooth which thankfully had fallen on to the table

"let's see" Kate said carefully pulling her daughters lip down. Reaching for some kitchen roll she pulled a sheet off. "bite down on this for a sec" she said moving from the table filling a glass with some water. "okay wash your mouth out with this" Kate said sitting down picking up the tooth and taking the paper towel off her.

"can I see it" Grace asked trying to look at the tooth as Kate had picked it up so it didn't get lost whilst they were eating dinner.

"finish your dinner first okay" Kate said lifting her own pizza up taking a bite of it.

Later that evening Kate was tucking grace in.

"Mummy how will the tooth fairy know my tooth is not under my pillow"

"because she is magic. She will be able to sense where you have put it" Kate smiled pulling the covers round her. "now she won't come if you don't go to sleep. So close your eyes and sleep" Kate smiled kissing the top of her head

"night mummy" Grace yawned pulling her teddy under her chin.

Heading downstairs Kate curled up on the sofa as Mike walked over carrying a glass of wine.

"here you go" he smiled sitting next to her

"thanks" she smiled

"so fancy watching a film?" Mike asked

"what's on?" she asked as Mike scrolled through the listings on the TV.

Looking through there wasn't much good on and as it was almost Halloween all the top listings were either kids cartoons with talking slime or full on horror films that. None of which sounded appealing. She hated horror films.

"ooh me before you" she pipped up seeing it in the list as being available to watch. "the book was amazing and Nav said the film was really good"

"sure" Mike smiled loading it up. Holding his arm out Kate nestled in to his chest watching as the film began...

Resting her head against his shoulder Kate yawned as the credits rolled on the film.

"come on you what say we turn in" he smiled pulling her to her feet.

"yeah" she smiled following him.

Walking up the stairs Kate looked up at Mike "shit!" she swore "Gracie's tooth. Do you have any change?" she said softly

Digging in his pocket he pulled out what he had.

"err I have a toffee, 20c made up of 5c coins, a tissue, a pink crayon and a safety pin"

"so that's a no" she folded her arms

"what about you?" Mike asked

"Mike, I have been at sea for the last 14 days so no I don't" she folded her arms. "we can't not leave anything" she said

"we could always take a coin out of her piggy bank?" Mike suggested

"no, we can't" Kate giggled softly "you will have to write a IOU." she said

"why me" he folded his arms

"because you knew her tooth was wobbly so should have made sure you had a dollar" she grinned. "just make sure you use teeny writing"

"fine what do I say." Mike said picking up a pen

"just say Dear Grace as this is your first tooth which makes it a very special tooth , I need to test it back in fairy-land IOU one gold coin"

Repeating what Kate had just said Mike wrote out the letter.

"here we go this okay" He asked holding it up.

Taking it from him she read it. "perfect. I just hope she isn't too sad" Kate said walking from the room.

Quietly she opened the door of Grace's room. Walking over to the bed she smiled softly seeing graces eyes fluttering as she dreamed. She was at least asleep. Walking over to the dressing table she could see her tooth fairy pot. And in her usual cunning manor she had set up her camera next to it in the obvious hopes of catching the tooth fairy in action. Shaking her head, she turned the camera off before opening the little trinket pot. Removing the little tooth, she replaced it with the IOU they had just come up with. She just hoped the handwriting was unrecognisable and she would accept the tooth fairy's excuse for no money.

so hope you like this, i am not exactly sure what the going rate for a tooth is these days, i used to get a £1 (a golden penny) sometimes it would only be 50p but hey my mum also used to write little notes from the fairy. anyway hope you enjoy and let me know what you think. and thanks to SarBear98 who told me how some people in australia hide their teeth for the tooth fairy