It was a very excited Chloe who interrupted her uncle's first cup of coffee as she came into the lounge of the palatial penthouse suite.

"Why the hurry angel?" He asked as caught the early morning hurricane that was masquerading as Chloe.

"Mummy says me see sissys" she stated proudly "but how? Sissys inside mummy, sissys come out?" she looked very confused, how could she see her sisters if they were still inside her mum?

"No Chloe, it's still too early for your sisters to come" Becky's statement absolved Scott of answering Chloe's questions so he left it to Becky and finished his cup of coffee.

"How see if sissys not coming?"

"The doctors have a special machine that will let you see them. It's how the doctors check that they're growing properly." Becky answered the question whilst thinking about her own, secret, scan arranged for tomorrow.

Scott, coffee now finished, decided that breakfast was the next order of business.

"What does my angel want for breakfast?" he asked Chloe.

"Unc-cot not lowed cook"

Becky burst out laughing at that, even Chloe was wary of Scott's cooking, as Scott could easily burn water Chloe's reticence for her uncle's cooking was understandable.

"When did my daughter become your angel?" Virgil asked as he came into the lounge.

"When Chloe decided that only daddy was allowed to call her princess" Becky answered with a grin.

"If Chloe's Scott's angel, what does that make you" Maddie asked Becky.

"That's easy, Becky's always the queen of my heart" Scott answered before Chloe spoke.

"Done"

The four adults looked at each other in confusion before turning their attention to Chloe who, with an expression of pure innocence, put the hotel's tablet down with a smile.

"What's done angel?" Scott was the first to find his voice.

"My bekfast" stated Chloe, proudly "me hungwy"

Maddie just shook her head in wonder at her daughter's ingenuity.

"What have you ordered?" Maddie was almost afraid of whatever Chloe's answer would be.

"dunk eggs" Chloe's answer was so matter of fact that Becky just laughed out loud.

"With soldiers?"

"corse Aunt-bec, need them"

Virgil and Scott were both a little confused until room service arrived with, Chloe's, breakfast. Six soft-boiled eggs with a small mountain of toast which had been cut into narrow strips, Chloe's favourite breakfast which not many people could get just right for her.

Maddie looked at a contented Chloe who was, determinedly, dunking the first piece of toast into the yolk of her egg and just sighed.

"I suppose that I'd better order our breakfasts then" she said with a smile.

"Remember no coffee for you" Becky admonished as Maddie picked up the tablet and started to order the veritable breakfast banquet that was the standard fayre when any Tracy man was around.

Scott and Virgil just looked at Chloe, then each other before shaking their heads and simultaneously coming to the same conclusion

"John"

"He wouldn't, would he?" Becky asked

"Make sure that the hotel restaurant knows exactly how Chloe likes her breakfast eggs" Virgil commented

"Yes he would" Scott said, with a knowing smile "Knowing John he's probably created a menu entry labelled 'Chloe's breakfast' with detailed instructions for the chef"

"You definitely know you brother" Maddie grinned as she passed the menu tablet to Scott with the item 'Chloe's breakfast' clearly visible.

Becky came back into the lounge, from the suite's small kitchen, carrying the tray with four cups. She passed the two coffee cups to Virgil and Scott and, despite the glare she received, handed Maddie one of the two cups of tea whilst keeping the final cup for herself.

They'd barely started their drinks before the, enormous, breakfast was delivered.

For the next hour everyone's attention was entirely focused on the consumption on the food, with the occasional distractions for Virgil and Scott whenever Chloe finished one egg and passed it over to Becky or Maddie who neatly removed the egg white from the shell.

"What's wrong with the rest of the egg?" Scott asked.

"Yucky bit" Chloe's mumbled answer as she worked on her next egg just added to Scott's confusion.

"She only likes the yolk" Becky's response still left Scott confused

"But she's leaving more of the egg than she's eating" Scott insisted

"You find a way to make a soft boiled egg that's 90% yolk and you'll make a lot of kids happy" Becky retorted as she piled the remaining egg white onto her toast.

"And a lot of parents would loose the remaining egg for their toast" Maddie commented as Becky just shrugged her shoulders and continued to eat her egg white and toast.

Scott just shook his head, he'd never understand Chloe's and Becky's taste in eggs, and focused on finishing his own breakfast.

Once breakfast had been consumed everyone got ready for the two appointments of the day.

"Don't forget to get a picture"

Scott's comment to Chloe left her a little confused

"Wat picture?" she asked "going to see sissys"

"We can get a picture of the scan" Maddie commented, almost absently, as she reached for her jacket.

"picture of sissys?" Chloe asked excitedly.

"Yes a picture of your sisters" Becky answered as she helped Chloe with her coat and shoes.

"For me keep?" Chloe's voice was quiet with amazement at the thought of having a picture of her sisters before they were born.

"Of course we'll get a picture for you to keep" Virgil reassured his daughter as he picked her up so that he could carry her to the door.

"See you guys later" Maddie's comment was accompanied by a little wave as she followed her husband and daughter out of the suite.

Note : Dunky eggs or dippy eggs (whatever you want to call them) have been a breakfast staple for my daughters for years and just like Chloe they'd refuse to eat the white.

I still can't get them right though