Kate woke early the following morning; she was still on a ships timetable which was always annoying especially on the weekend when she just wanted to have a lie in and catch up on missed sleep from being on patrol. Rolling over she could see Mike was still asleep. Carefully she moved his hand from her waist making her way along the landing. All the children were thankfully still asleep. Creeping downstairs she flicked the switch on the kettle pulling 2 mugs from the cupboard.
Looking down she could see Midnight rubbing her self around her legs. Bending down she scooped the little kitten in to her arm
"hey trouble" Kate whispered kissing the top of her head.
Placing Midnight back on the ground she pulled a little pouch of food from the cupboard squeezing it in to the little bowl. "there you go that's what you want" Kate grinned stroking her hand down the cats back as the she dived in to the bowl.
Walking back over to the counter she lifted the kettle pouring it in to the coffee pot. Staring out of the window she smiled the sun had just started to show its self and the sky was a glorious orange colour.
"you coming back up to bed" Mike whispered wrapping his arms around her waist kissing her neck
Leaning back in to him she smiled "let me finish these coffees" she said pouring the coffee from the pot in to the cups.
A crash from upstairs alerted them to the fact the Kids were up.
"there goes that lie in" Kate sighed as Grace thundered in to the living room
"mummy the tooth fairy didn't leave any money. She just left this letter why would she do that" Grace said running up to Kate
"oh no" Kate said give the side eye to Mike sipping her drink "what did she say" Kate said
"she said because it was my first tooth to fall out then she needed to test it. Why I brush my teeth every day" Grace said sadly
"i know but you never know, it is a very special tooth and maybe she wanted to make sure she was just right with it"
"or maybe she ran out of money and didn't have any gold coins left" Mike said grinning
"not helping" Kate hissed. "i am sure she will come back to night and leave you the golden penny. If your asleep and don't try and film her" Kate folded her arms
"i didn't" Grace protested
"Gracie I saw the camera before I came up to bed" Kate folded her arms
"ah I just wanted to see what the tooth fairy looked like" Grace folded her arms
"i know sweet but you cant film the tooth fairy." Kate said handing the letter back to Grace. "now what would you like for breakfast?" Kate said
"Pancakes?" Nicole piped up from the door.
"yeah pancakes" Grace cheered "with lots of chocolate sauce and sprinkles"
"okay easy on the sugar you don't want any more teeth to fall out just yet" Kate grinned "looks like daddy's doing breakfast then" she smiled walking in to the living room flopping down on the sofa
Grace sat on the floor looking at the letter again, cocking her head to one side.
"everything okay Grace?" Kate asked sipping her coffee
"Mummy why does the tooth fairy's hand writing look like daddy's?" she asked
Coughing Kate almost choked on her coffee. "um what do you mean sweet?" she asked
"the letter, the tooth fairy has the same handwriting as daddy. Look" grace shuffled over handing the letter back up to her mother
Taking the letter from her daughter she wondered how they were going to get out of this one. At 6 she was too young for the magic to end, if the tooth fairy ended then Santa wouldn't be far behind and then the easter bunny and it stung when Nicole had gone through this stage but for Grace to go through the process of not believing would really sting.
"i don't know what you mean" she shot a glance over at Mike who was mixing up the pancake mix. "it looks nothing like daddy's handwriting" Kate said hoping it sounded convincing
"it does look at the T its how daddy does his t's" Grace folded her arms in defiance
"pancakes are done" Mike called placing a plate for Grace on the table
Kate smiled walking over hoping that would be the end of the matter. It was nice Grace was observant and smart but sometimes she was too smart for her own good.
Later that evening Kate dug in her pocket pulling out a $2 coin. It was the smallest she had managed to get from change as most places were still not accepting cash. It was only because she brought ice creams when they went to the beach that she managed to get some change. Creeping in to Graces Room before she went to bed, she double checked she was asleep. Opening the little trinket pot, she carefully placed the coin in to the pot leaving the lid open slightly so Grace would know the tooth fairy had come back and fulfilled her promise. Creeping back out she dodged the toys that Grace had laid strategically on the floor, it was obviously designed as another tooth-fairy trap.
Shaking her head as she walked in to their room Mike smiled looking up from the bed.
"all sorted?" he asked as she slid in next to him
"yeah although she had set out another trap trying to catch the tooth fairy" Kate smiled "this one was all over her bedroom floor. She obviously forgot that the tooth fairy can fly" she laughed softly.
"she really is a card isn't she" Mike laughed
"yeah" Kate paused "I think she has spent far too much time with 2-dads" Kate frowned.
Closing her eyes Kate smiled as Mike wrapped his arm around her pulling her in close. She just hoped that they had managed to convince Grace the letter was from the tooth fairy and not written by mike as a excuse for them both not having any change.
so hope you enjoy. next chapter will skip the weekend and will be set the following week :D
