Thanks for your reviews, there is a lot more to come, but I can't update too quickly as I work full time as well as being a Mum. I wanted this to be a bit longer but got distracted with the Rugby,

The girls had fallen asleep in the back of Rachels car, she too was getting tired it had been a long day and she couldn't wait to get home, they had been driving for almost 2 hours and she really needed a coffee. She got her car to call Eddies mobile, his car was just in front of hers as they made the journey home.

"How are the girls?" Eddie said after pressing the button on his steering wheel to answer the phone

"Asleep" she replied "Which is what I'm almost doing, would you mind pulling in at Gretna for a coffee and a bathroom stop and we haven't eaten in ages.

"Sure, I'll park next to you, you can run to the bathroom and I'll wake the kids"

They arrived a couple of minutes later and as promised Eddie pulled into a space where Rachel could pull in next to her. She got out to run to the bathroom whilst Eddie gently woke his daughters.

"Are we home yet?" Zara asked as she rubbed her eyes and Katie rubbed her neck

"not yet, but we are in Scotland, still got a while to go, we are going to pop in for a bit of food"

The girls climbed out of their car as Eddie opened the door of his "Come on Michael, let's get some food"

"I'm not hungry, Ill just wait here"

"Don't be daft you haven't eaten in hours"

"I don't want to" he insisted

"Dad, just leave him he is such a grump" Katie said

"Fine, but when we get home it's straight to bed" he sighed knowing he had his work cut out for him this summer

The girls met their Mum inside as Rachel put her arms around them both and held them close for a second, "What would you like, KFC or Burger king?" She asked

After they had finally got their food, they had decided on KFC, had eaten and a last minuite bathroom trip the left the food court. "Girls why don't you pop into the shop and get yourselves and Michael a wee pillow for the drive home, they are selling 3 for £10" Rachel said handing Katie the money.

"So, how had he been in the car?"

"Silent, I tried to talk to him, but he just put his headphones on, I don't really want to get into this in the car, it will be close to midnight when we get home so I told him he has to go straight to bed"

"OK, we will talk to him in the morning" Rachel said placing her arms around his waist as he pulled her into a hug and kissed her head.

Michael had been sitting in the car, he couldn't believe he was on the way to his Dads already, he was meant to be spending summer here, but he usually came down after school finished in July and went home when the Scottish schools came back in August and Allison would take the last couple of weeks off work at the end of August, start of September and go on holiday. But this year he was going to be in Scotland a lot longer, which in his opinion sucked. He used to love spending time with his Dad, but not this year, he just wanted to get home to his friends.

He looked at his phone and seen a couple of text from his mates asking if he was coming back out, they were meant to be going to a party, they had planned on drinking and smoking weed. He took it out and text that he couldn't make it, when he quickly got a response from his friend saying they would come and get him, and to just leave his house. Michael sighed and gave a quick call to his Friend

"I'm in Scotland" he said as his friend answered the phone

"What are you doing there?"

"My Mum is sending me to my Dads"

"That sucks, want me to get Gareth to drive up and get you?"

Gareth was his friend Carig's brother, he was older and could drive, he was usually stealing cars to take for joyrides or was racing others in the street. Michael thought about it for a moment, he knew his Dad and Rachel would be angry as would his Mother

"No, they will just send me back and you don't know my Dad and Step-mum they are really strict, the best way for me to get back is to try and behave, tell them I've changed"

"OK, I'll text you then"

"I'm pretty sure they will take my phone of me, so if you don't get a reply don't worry"

"Man that's worse then jail, Gareth still had a phone when he was locked up" he said. The 2 chatted a bit more until he saw his Dad, Rachel and his sister coming back.

"This is for you" Katie said to Michael as she threw a pillow at him before going back to her Mum's car. Michael grabbed the pillow and placed it under his head as he closed his eyes and put his headphones back in when he realised His battery was dead, and he knew he had a choice of either asking his Dad for a loan of his, or to sit bored for the next 2 hours, he decided to ask for the charger.

"Dad, my phone is almost dead, can you charge it?" he asked hopefully

"Sure, plug it in, he said opening the centre console and unplugging his Dad's Iphone and plugging his own in.

Eddie used this as a chance to try and talk to Michael knowing he no longer had headphones in.

"So, is there anything you want to do during the summer, since you have an extended summer holiday?"

Michael shrugged "I thought I would be grounded"

"Rachel and I will discuss that, but you're not going to be grounded for 6 weeks, unless you start the same nonsense you were doing with your Mother"

"No, I won't I promise"

"Good, so the summer, is there anything you want to do?"

"Play X box" he replied

"You can't play X box for 6 weeks, we could go hiking, we always said we would bag some Munros"

"Sounds good Dad" Michael smiled, maybe coming to Scotland wouldn't be so bad.

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