Chapter 26

Dwayne is woken up by the light streaming through the room window; he grabs a pillow and puts it over his head trying to block out some of the light.

"Mommm, we're trying to sleep here," Stephanie whines from beside him.

"Come on you two, it's 10.30 you should be up by now" Linda says pulling the second curtain back "Stop making such a fuss, it's not like you were up all night" She says heading for the door "Breakfast will be ready soon" Linda leaves the room and goes downstairs.

"If only she knew," Dwayne mumbles from under the pillow, Steph takes the pillow away from his face "I can't see, I think I'm blind forever!" Dwayne pulls the duvet up over his head.

"God knows how your mom coped with getting you up as a kid" Steph says, she pulls the duvet up and goes under it too, Dwayne wraps his arms around her.

"Come on you two, breakfast is ready!" Linda says poking her head round the door again. Steph climbs out of bed pulling on her dressing gown and going into the bathroom.

"I want the bathroom first Steph, you take ages!" Dwayne shouts jumping out of bed and pulling on a pair of shorts, he runs into the bathroom after her.

"I'll just take a shower and then you can do what you want," Stephanie says pushing him backwards out the door and closing it. Dwayne goes back and lies down on the bed waiting for her to finish. A while later she comes out of the bathroom and walks over to her bag to get her things.

"That was not just a shower," Dwayne laughs heading for the bathroom. Stephanie gets dressed and goes downstairs to the kitchen.

"Good morning, did you sleep ok?" Linda asks handing her a cup of tea and going to sit down at the table.

"Yeah fine, Dwayne will be down in a minute," Stephanie says taking a sip from the tea and joining Linda at the table.

"Ok, oh that reminds me" Linda says getting up and going over to the cupboard "I bought him some donuts, I know how much he likes them" Linda says bringing the bag back over to the table.

"You shouldn't have, it'll only make his addiction worse!" Steph laughs as Dwayne walks through the door now dressed in a pair of shorts and a short- sleeved shirt.

"Did someone say donuts?!" Dwayne walks over to Steph and kisses her on the cheek before sitting down.

"Mom bought you some, don't go eating them all you'll be ill" Steph says as she hands him the bag.

"Aww thanks Linda, I'll save them.. Or maybe I'll just have a couple now" Dwayne says grinning opening the bag and taking out some of the donuts and tucking into them. Stephanie shakes her head and drinks some more of her tea.

"Ah leave him alone, if he likes them let him eat them, they aren't doing him any harm" Linda says smiling; Dwayne nods his head in agreement and pokes his tongue out at Steph.