Ok, I said I was going to try and do regular updates, and I have a kind of a second wind on this now so hopefully it should keep coming for a few days at least!

Thank you so much for the reviews, there are a few thankyou's at the end, just so you know how much I really do appreciate the reviews and I hope they'll keep coming.

I'm still trying to keep people (well Abby) in character and I hope it's working, so as ever have at it and let me know what you think…

Cheers Kayxx

The slide had been a hit, it had in fact worked, somewhat surprisingly; and as a result Jasper and Nick had been sent away to make some lunch to stop them from gloating too much.

Lauren was sitting across Amelia's stomach talking to Imogen who was sitting cross-legged with her back resting against Abby's side as Abby and Amelia continued to their now somewhat hampered sunbathing, chatting idly.

"Mommy." Lauren said turning away from Imogen to get Amelia's attention.

"Are you at all worried about what their idea of lunch is? They've been in their for like an hour." Amelia frowned, speaking quietly as she attempted to carry on her conversation with Abby while Lauren began to tap her stomach, and rock slightly trying to get her attention.

"Well at least you know that there'll be enough to eat." Abby said with a slight laugh as she felt Imogen's warm little body shuffle further back beside her.

"Mommy." Lauren called again as Amelia laid her hands on Lauren's thighs stopping her rocking quite so much and trying to pacify her at the same time.

"It's not the quantity I'm worried about, it's all the other stuff they could have come up with in an hour." Amelia said with a rising eyebrow.

"And you told me I was getting suspicious." Abby laughed slightly.

"Mommy." Lauren said again slightly more aggressively as she tried one final time to get Amelia's attention.

"I'm having a conversation Lo." Amelia said frowning slightly at her as she looked up at her frowning daughter sitting on top of her.

"I know, but Mommy we need to see if your me scar is working cause it stopped 'member?" Lauren said seriously as though it was obvious what she had wanted. Abby watched as Amelia sighed and looked from Lauren to Imogen and then back.

"It's working and it says that you're being naughty." Amelia said with a raised eyebrow as she looked from one little girl to the other.

"I'm not being naughty." Imogen smiled a little bit over at Amelia shaking her head as her eyes sparkled with intriguing laughter.

"Well if you're not being naughty then that means your friend here is being extra naughty." Amelia said looking from Imogen back to Lauren, pulling a comedic suspicious face at her little girl who giggled slightly as she laid her hands on Amelia's stomach, leaning forwards towards her mother.

"I'm not." Lauren protested her innocence shaking her damp curls as she grinned at Amelia.

"What's this?" Abby asked frowning slightly, she was slowly learning all the little idiosyncrasies that Amelia had going with Lauren and Imogen, and that Nick had going with the pair, and Jasper even, she'd picked up a couple of her own too, entirely unintentionally, but she had.

"Melia's Lo scar can tell when we're being bad and when we're being good but it stopped working." Imogen informed her wisely, leaving her a little baffled.

"If it's red Mommy then it's still gone wrong." Lauren said her eyes wide with genuine worry as to whether or not the device was still in full working order.

"What's your Lo scar?" Abby asked sitting up as Imogen shuffled against her again and she relented, allowing Imogen to move and sit down on her lap.

"It's her scar from me and it says when me and Immo are being good." Lauren informed her giving an explanation that was about as clear as mud.

Amelia laughed and rolled her eyes as she realized that she was going to have to prove something to the children.

"Ok, well if you want me to check then you're going to have to get off me." She said smiling slightly at Lauren, then wincing slightly as Lauren used Amelia's chest to push herself up and clamber off her mother.

"You can check now." Lauren said wisely as she stood up and Imogen pushed herself up as well to inspect.

"Sorry." Amelia mumbled laughingly at Abby as she too stood up and pulled at the top button of her skirt, pulling it down slightly to reveal a small white scar stretching across her lower abdomen, just above her bikini bottoms below her navel and Lauren and Imogen both moved forward to inspect it.

"It's working again." Imogen informed Lauren excitedly.

"It's only working if you guys really aren't doing anything naughty." Amelia smiled down at them, playing with their imaginations willingly as she buttoned the top of her skirt again.

"We're really not." Imogen said smiling up at her.

"Then why don't you go and do something really good and see what your Dad's are up to." Amelia said smiling at the faith they had in the little things in life.

"Ok." They said in unison nodding at her.

"Ok." She nodded back at them, sending them scampering away. "Sorry." Amelia apologized again as she took a seat on her towel, laughing slightly, glancing back over her shoulder at them as they headed for the house.

"What's that about?" Abby asked frowning slightly at her, laughing a little.

"My caesarean scar is supposed to turn red when they're being naughty and white when they're being good." Amelia said with a raised eyebrow, laughing slightly as Abby looked at her as if she'd lost her mind. "It's a story I came up with when Lo asked me what it was and it seems to have stuck." Amelia shrugged resignedly, she actually really quite liked all the little things she did with Lauren, and she liked now that Imogen had someone to do all the silly, but really quite good things with too.

"That's your caesarean scar?" Abby frowned slightly, "God, it's tiny." She said, her forehead tensed slightly as Amelia nodded and exposed it as Abby inspected it.

"Yeah, well she was pretty tiny." Amelia said pensively as she covered it again, patting her skirt back over it.

A few minutes later Imogen and Lauren headed back towards them a walkie-talkie hanging from a cord around Imogen's neck as they both stood grinning in front of Abby and Amelia.

"You two look like you're up to something." Abby said surveying them her eyes narrowed, a smile on her face.

"No." Lauren said shaking her head still grinning broadly as she put her hands behind her back and swung her whole body as she stood in front of them.

"They definitely look like naughty faces to me." Amelia said as she too narrowed her eyes and scanned the pair as her cheeks dimpled with a smile.

"They're not naughty faces." Imogen assured her grinning wickedly as she and Lauren both put their hands over their mouths in an effort to hide their giggles and Abby and Amelia watched as they began to whisper conspiratorially.

"Can you put our wings back on?" Imogen asked as she pulled away from Lauren and they both turned to Abby.

"You can't go back in the water until Daddy gets back out here." Abby told them with a raised eyebrow.

"But we can be bufferflys with them on." Lauren informed her as she picked up one of Imogen's green water wings and one of her own orange ones, holding them out to Amelia as she spoke to Abby. Amelia took them obligingly as Imogen handed the other odd pair to Abby and flopped herself into Abby's lap, holding out her arm for Abby to put the first one on as Lauren continued to stand facing them as she spoke to Abby and Amelia tugged the wings onto her arms.

"Lo, turn around please." Amelia instructed, putting the things on with Lauren's back to her was somewhat challenging.

"When we go swimming at school we don't have to wear wings." Imogen said as she tipped her head to look up at Abby who was pulling the second wing onto her arm.

"At school we get to go without them 'cause we're really good." Lauren added for good measure, turning back to face Imogen and Abby as Amelia gave up on her distracted daughter.

"Some of the other kids in our class still have to wear them but we don't." Imogen said with a shake of her head.

"Does that mean that you guys are the best swimmers?" Abby asked smiling a little as she looked at Lauren.

"Immo's the best in the whole class, I'm tenth best." Lauren informed her seriously.

"But we get to be on the same team now." Imogen added seriously.

They were interrupted as the walkie-talkie around Imogen's neck crackled and Nick's voice came through.

"Daddy one to team trouble; over." Nick's smiling, possibly laughing voice crackled. Imogen grabbed the radio that was hanging by her belly and talked back.

"Daddy one it's me." She said excitedly as Lauren jumped and went to hold the radio as well, crouching down beside Imogen leaning on Abby's leg as she did.

"Daddy one to team trouble, Immo you need to press the button." Nick laughed over the radio as Imogen struggled with it and was hampered further by Lauren's attempted assistance.

"Team trouble, ask Abby to help with the button." Jasper's voice crackled through laughter in his voice as well.

"Here." Abby said reaching for the radio amongst an array of five year old arms and legs and garish luminous water wings that all seemed now to be commandeering her lap. Imogen and Lauren both turned to her for help and Amelia sat looking amused, shaking her head, her eyes twinkling as she watched. Abby laughed lightly as Lauren grasped her wrist and Imogen helped her press the button, she's never pictured herself in this kind of a position, playing along willingly with kids games, enjoying their excitement, it was different, it was nice.

"Daddy it's me." Imogen said excitedly.

"And me." Lauren added helpfully.

"Team trouble, you ready for what we talked about?" Nick asked his voice still smiling.

"Yeah." They both yelled enthusiastically, concentrating hard on the radio.

"Team, Daddy two wants to know what kind of juice you want." Nick added, his laughter fading slightly.

"Apple." Imogen said instantly.

"Grape." Lauren requested.

"Cool this is team Daddy over and out." Nick said chuckling again as his voice disappeared.

"Bye Daddy." Imogen called as she released Abby's hand.

"Ok, team trouble, what are you up to?" Amelia asked a smile in her voice as she watched them both giggling as they whispered to each other on Abby's lap.

"Nothing." Lauren grinned as she moved and jumped onto Amelia.

"I don't think this is nothing, d'you think this is nothing?" Amelia asked laughing slightly at Lauren as she looked over to Abby and held onto her overexcited child.

"I think this is definitely something." Abby agreed as she tickled Imogen who began squirming instantly.

"No, no." Imogen squealed laughing as she wiggled off Abby's lap and stood up.

"Ok, right team trouble this is team in charge and, team in charge want to know what team Daddy is doing." Amelia said as she caught Imogen who was about to run away.

"Nothing." Lauren said excitedly as she headed off in the other direction and Abby caught her and swung her back around to face Amelia.

"We can't tell you." Imogen said sternly as Amelia held on to her.

"Well in that case…." Amelia said smiling as she began to tickle Imogen again who began to squeal once more as Amelia wrestled playfully with her.

"Daddy's coming." Lauren yelled as she bounced up and pointed at Jasper and Nick emerged from the yard and Imogen, Amelia and Abby all turned.

Jasper and Nick saw them turn and instantly exchanged a glance, both simultaneously drew super-soakers from behind their back and started gaining speed as they headed for them, quickly hitting a sprint as they gained ground and Amelia and Abby stood up automatically as Imogen and Lauren ran towards their fathers squealing excitedly.

"You come anywhere near me with that thing." Amelia warned holding her hands out indicating that he should stop as Jasper slowed and continued to approach a huge grin on his face, Imogen hanging sideways from under one of his arms giggling hysterically.

"What are you gonna do?" Jasper said still grinning as he moved slowly towards her and she began to back away cautiously.

"I don't know but it's not going to be good." Amelia said biting back a smile.

"Get her Daddy." Lauren yelled, giggling from under Nick's arm as he headed for Abby who was standing laughing into his eyes.

"Your daughter has spoken." Jasper said as he placed Imogen on her feet and unleashed a torrent of water in Amelia's direction, instantly she turned on her heel and bolted, closely followed by Jasper who chased her down the beach squirting her, Imogen gave chase and Lauren squirmed out from Nick's grip and followed hot on Imogen's heels.

Abby and Nick watched as the four tore around the beach, they saw Jasper catch up with Amelia and drop the water gun as he tackled her, picking her up, throwing her over his shoulder as he did and running with her into the lake, Imogen and Lauren splashed in behind him as he hurled Amelia away from him as she attempted to cling on, and failing she splashed unceremoniously into the water, much to the delight of Lauren and Imogen who cheered and Jasper instantly turned towards them and moved to chase after them. They both squealed and ran out of the water and up the beach just out of Jasper's reach, and he turned back around to see Amelia soaking but smiling face emerge from the water.

"So Dr Lockhart." Nick started with a smile on his face, super soaker in his hand.

"So Mr Johnson." She retorted as she placed her hands on her hips and turned back to face him, trying to figure out how she was going to get out of this one.

"You look horribly dry there." He said smiling at her as he ran his eyes over her body.

"Y'know I'm actually feeling a little hot." She nodded with a slight pout.

"Oh, well I'm sure I can help you out with that." He replied grinning as he raised the gun.

"I'm sure you can." She nodded back her eyes twinkling slightly as she made a move towards him, holding his eyes with hers; it was going to have to be the seduction ploy she figured. "You know, I've never seen you wearing a bandanna before." She smiled.

"It's not going to work." He shook his head smiling as he watched her move slowly towards him knowing exactly what she was doing.

"No, I was just thinking I quite like this whole Rambo act you've got going on here." She smiled wickedly.

"You're not going to get out of it." He shook his head.

"I'm not trying to get out of anything." She smiled as she met him and reached her lips up to his quickly as she grabbed the super soaker successfully out of his hands and turned it on him instantly pulling the trigger, laughing as she did.

Nick stood still and took the water like a man as he hung his shaking head. Abby chuckled to herself as she stopped and let the now empty water pistol drop from her hand.

"Out flanked by a rookie hunh?" She said as Nick brought his eyes up to hers and pulled a sorrowful face as he shook his head, she smiled at him again and was caught off guard as he moved quickly and pulled her into a hug, succeeding in getting her just as wet as he was anyway. Abby struggled playfully to get away but gave up as she felt him pull her around to face him.

"Out flanked by a rookie." He tutted shaking his head mocking her statement as he bent to give her a light kiss. Abby jolted and turned as she felt the sting of freezing water on the base of her back. The jet shifted instantly to Nick as Abby turned, Jasper was standing a couple of feet away with a broad grin on his face laughing to himself.

"Sorry, just looked like you might need cooling off there, this is a family beach y'know." He said laughingly as he picked up a rubber ring and headed off down to the lake and Amelia and the girls again.

Nick and Abby lay side by side on adjacent towels both on their stomachs, propped up on their elbows facing the lake, Jasper and Amelia were both still in the water with Lauren and Imogen as Nick and Abby looked on in comfortable silence. Nick sighed and flipped himself over onto his back, causing Abby to look over at him as he looked up at the sky, closing his eyes, she leaned over him and gave him a slow soft kiss, before pulling away smiling slightly and diverting her gaze back to the lake.

Nick's eyes opened and he blinked once frowning slightly as he turned himself onto his side and looked at her placing one warm hand on the base of her back.

"What was that for?" He asked as he studied her.

"Nothing" She said swinging her shoulder into his chest gently and then away again as she looked over at him.

"I think I should start doing nothing more." He said with a slight smile, flipping himself back over onto his stomach resting on his elbows again.

"D'you remember doing stuff like this when you were a kid?" Abby asked squinting slightly as she watched Amelia haul Imogen up onto her hip in the water as they inspected something.

"What playing on the beach?" Nick asked frowning slightly as he looked over at Abby.

"Yeah, no, well yeah, I mean like this, they both look like they're having a pretty good time, you remember doing stuff like that?" She said as she tore her eyes from the water and looked over at Nick.

"I don't remember having walkie-talkies, and I don't remember any adults chasing each other with super-soakers, and I remember getting told off a lot more." Nick said smiling as he nudged her shoulder not really taking the question seriously.

"No, but you know what I mean, like…" She trailed off as Nick cut in.

"I do know what you mean, and no, I don't remember doing stuff like this, I'm sure I did but I don't remember it." He smiled slightly as she looked back over at him.

"I hope they remember days like this." She said quietly as she watched Lauren leap off Jasper's shoulders aiming for the hole in the middle of the rubber ring concentration all over her face.

Ok, that was cheesy there at the end, I know, and I apologize, but only a little bit because I quite liked it, but I don't know if this is all too un Abby-like! Anyway let me know how you feel about it either way.

Abby and Amelia are off to visit Maggie in the next part, let the road trip fun begin…..

Review responses…

Hibbs – I'm so thrilled that you were looking out for updates, it's awesome that you are still interested, so thank you! – I hope this is all up to standard, As to your question about if I'm going to carry on my other story or not I'm not sure, I have a whole load written, but I've been thinking about it and I can't decide, I was thinking about tackling it from a different angle, so it wasn't all just Abby seeing it from her daughters perspective which is what I've written so far, I might just start posting it and see how it goes, but I think it has the potential to get a bit boring that way, so we'll see anyway, you never know! I'm quite excited you remembered it tho so cheers.

Lu78 - Your reviews are awesome, I am supposed to be going out there into the big wide world as a graduate, but as yet I've failed to get any kind of worthwhile job, so we'll see how that goes! I'm so excited that you started reading this from the beginning because I keep on going back to check things in terms of timelines and stuff and I like that you started from the start and went through, I hope that you enjoyed it all, which was your favorite bit? – I'm intrigued!

Teertornado – you reviewed absolutely ages ago, after I sopped posting and I was honored that you took the time to tell me that you enjoyed reading it, that one review was a big part of the reason I decided to carry on, so I hope you find this again and continue to read and enjoy it.

Tracey – Where can any of us get one of those? I'm on the look out in a big way! If you happen to see one you don't want then point him in my direction!

Blah – Just really to say thank you for reviewing the whole way through so far, you were a big time faithful and honest reviewer and I hope you are still around and can get back into this!

Carby6 – thanks for all the reviews, I hope that you continue to enjoy this story.

Lillian – I always look forward to your reviews, they're always so nice and it's always good to hear that people are liking things, I hope you still like this!

CourtiePie – It's back, and hopefully it's still so good!!

Just to also say thanks to everyone else who hits the review button, it's always good to hear what you think and it also just confirms that people are reading which is always reassuring, I'm a massive hypocrite on this though because I read other peoples' stuff all the time and I rarely review, but I'm trying to do it more now because I know how cool it is when you check your in box and it has one or two reviews, so thank you all so much and keep them coming! Cheers, Kay xxxx (it's very hard to convey genuine thanks in writing because for all you know I could be bullshitting you, but I'm not so thank you all.)