"Delbert dear were late. I don't know how I could have let this happen" Amelia said whilst rolling her eyes, "Delbert, get up!" Already half dressed and trying to find a blouse that she wouldn't mind getting dirty in too much Amelia was walking around the room.

"Delbert wake up" she insisted and leant over him repeating it louder this time. Suddenly the alarm clock that had been set an hour late went off in Delbert's ear.

"Wahh" he said in a sleepy voice as his eyes opened and became accustomed to the light that was now pouring in from the curtains that Amelia had opened in her waking attempt . "Oh, hello dear" he said to her as she was still leant over him. He leant up and kissed her before pulling the bedclothes back up to his shoulders and thinking of continuing sleeping.

"Oh no you don't" came a playful reply to that as Amelia jumped of the bed and with one hard tug pulled the covers completely of him.

"Hey!"

"Look were late, we should be at the Benbow in half an hour and as you know darling, im never late, oh and by the way, how many of those boxers do you have?" She laughed and waited for a reply, she got none. Delbert slowly got out of bed and searched for his glasses on the bedside table.

His searching came to a disappointing conclusion and then he realised that he awoke on the other side of the bed to what he normally does. Sure enough he leant over and there they were, placed neatly in front of the lamp. He placed them on and they immediately slid down his nose but weren't corrected.

Amelia watched him then slowly walked out of the room to organise some breakfast. Whilst Delbert did his best to find some boxers without red hearts on, he noticed his journal on the dresser.

*I wonder how it got there, I certainly didn't put it –did I* His thoughts ceased as he opened the wardrobe to choose the days attire. His eyes flicked over many suits of similar style and colour, maybe only a ruffle or two distinguishing them from one another. Spending time producing reasons for not wearing that particular one but then choosing one at random he laid it on his bed.

"Hmm, I wonder that shoes to wear?" he murmured to himself

"It doesn't really matter," said Amelia as she walked through the door holding a tray "were only helping over at the Benbow today" Delbert, quite surprised to get an answer to a question he said so quietly he could hardly hear it himself, looked up and saw Amelia carrying a tray. She lowered it and placed it on the end of the bed so he could see what it was carrying, as he was on his knees searching under the bed for shoes.

"Why, Amelia, that's simply beautiful" He forgot about the shoes and stood up taking her hands in his. Delbert tried to lean over to steal a little kiss but was interrupted by

"Nice boxers Doc!"

"Nice boxers, Nice boxers" chirped Morph as he imitated Delbert on Jims shoulder.

"Mr. Hawkins, do you ever knock?" Amelia said trying to sound serious but failing due to 'the blob's' accurate impression of Delbert standing in his novelty boxers.

Jim stepped outside, closed the door and knocked it

"Oh for heavens sake, come in" Jim did so looked at Amelia's bemused face, realising that he had caught the pair in a 'intimate' moment he kept his talk short. Delbert on the other hand had made a dash for the bed and pulled the bedclothes off the floor and over him in a desperate attempt to recover any dignity he had left left.

"Sorry" he gave quick smile then carried on "mum and me are leaving now for the Benbow, see you too later perhaps?"

Delbert gave a short cough to get Jims attention and replied

"Yes Jim, we wont be long, we've just got a few things to sort out here, haven't we Amelia?" He turned his head to look back at his fiancée but was then interrupted, again.

"Oh and a newspaper has arrived, I left it on the table in the hall, see ya round then" With that Jim left the room closing the door with morph following eagerly.

"That's funny, I don't remember ordering a paper, and you didn't by any chance order a paper…." He stopped as he saw her eyebrows lift as if to say 'what do you think'.

Delbert stood up, the bedclothes staying on the bed, and once again took his position in front of his fiancée. "Well, where were we?" he said softly as he took her hands in his

"Well, you were going to kiss me" At that, Delbert leant over to continue with what he was so rudely interrupted with but was halted as a finger came between their lips

"And then I was going to tell you to that we are late and you haven't had any breakfast" Amelia looked at the tray on the bed. The thin silver vase containing a single candarian red rose accompanied the silverware perfectly. Delbert picked up the rose and put it to Amelia's nose, she amused him by sniffing it although she couldn't help doing it all the way up the stairs. Delbert placed he rose back in the vase after taking a light sniff himself.

"Delbert"

"Yes?"

"No matter how beautiful those boxers are I doubt whether they are quite suitable for what we are just about to undertake." She said sarcastically

"Oh. Ah, I agree with you on that one, hehe" now realising that he was still standing in his boxers he moved the breakfast tray off his clothes and sat on the end of the bed and started putting his socks on.

Amelia laughed and walked out the room. Delbert continued getting dressed whilst taking bites of toast and thought about what the day would entail.

Nothing really happened in that chapter I know, that's why its so short. Still before I get complaints of wasting peoples time, it was and is a vital chapter in this story.

Keep Smiling ~ Robbie.