Archie and Lexie went inside the house, as they sat down on the sofa Archie turned to Lexie. "It's times like these, that we realise how much privacy we have here," he said cuddled up. "Yeah I suppose your right" Lexie agreed tired.
"It's so quiet with out the girls" she mentioned as they peacefully listened to silence that ran through out the house, and all they could hear was the occasional car that drove past.
"Lex…do you still Miss Glenbogle?" Archie asked out of interest. Lexie laid her head on Archie's chest and looked up at him.
"Hmm…not as much, now I've got used to this way of life, it's just so different," she exclaimed fiddling with the top of his T-shirt.
"But it's ok?" Archie laughed softly just making sure.
"Yes it's fine, just what we needed in fact" Lexie laughed
"Good" Archie smiled.
The next day…Lexie opened the door of the house and gently lifted each of the twins out of the twin buggy and placed them inside the door, checking to watch where they were going. She stowed the buggy at the side of the house, and looked towards the neighbouring house. The estate agent was standing watching the work of the 'Sold' sign go up.
"Sold already?" Lexie called over to him.
"Yes indeed, lady was in desperate need for it, she applied for an offer straight away, although she did haggle over the asking price, not an easy one to agree with" He called back and smiled "But don't worry she seems lovely" he added just to reassure Lexie. "Oh that's good news" Lexie smiled back as she gave a little wave and went inside the house.
So it was a female moving in, no mention of a man so Lexie assumed she was by herself. "Right come here you too" Lexie giggled as she chased them down the narrow hall to the kitchen. They giggled excited at this new game Lexie had previously introduced since they had started to walk.
"Lex" a voice called from outside.
"Come away in" Lexie called back.
"Hey trouble" Lexie said as Thomas trotted up the hall.
"Hey Lex so you ok then?" Justine asked sitting down as she watched the twins and Thomas greet each other.
The two women laughed as their children played. "Yeah I'm ok thanks you?" Lexie replied making them a cup of tea. "Yeah I'm ok, just dropped Shell off at playgroup" Justine said sighing and sitting back in the chair. "Was she ok?" Lexie asked handing Justine her cup of tea. "Bit clinging at first, but she was fine after that" Justine informed taking a sip of tea. "Funniest thing though on the way over here, I could of sworn I saw a woman who looked just like Katrina!" Justine laughed.
"Well I should hope there's not two of them" Lexie laughed.
"Oh course, I haven't seen her in years, but I doubt it was her, I don't think she lives in this part of London" Justine explained
"Oh right, I don't know" Lexie answered bending down as Ellie stood at her feet. "Did you see the house next door has been sold" Lexie asked bringing up a new conversation. "Yeah, bit disappointed…Lenny and I were looking to maybe buy it" Justine sighed.
"Oh…I didn't know, oh that's a shame would be handy if you just lived next door" Lexie confessed, getting up. "Just got to change her nappy, you coming up?" Lexie asked picking up Ellie and then Kyla. "Sure, come here Tommy" Justine replied as Tom ran into her arms. "So is Archie at work today?" Justine asked when they were upstairs. "Yeah, he is all day" Lexie answered changing Ellie's nappy on the changing mat. "Do you want to take the kids to the park or something?" Justine questioned. "Yeah sure, just give me a minute and we can go" Lexie replied finishing Ellie and starting on Kyla.
At the park…"It's such a nice day today" Justine commented sitting back on the blanket they had bought with them. "Yeah it's lovely" Lexie agreed watching as the twins and Thomas played in front of them on the grass. "The kids get on so well don't you think?" Justine added laughing. "Yeah Tom has his hands full with two girls" Lexie laughed.
"Aww look at that little boy over there" Lexie said pointing him out to Justine.
"He's all by himself," Justine added shocked.
"No, no he isn't look" Lexie explained pointing to the woman behind him.
"Oh that's ok then, hey look Lex Ellie's going over" Justine pointed out as both women watched Ellie approach him.
"Oh I hope it's alright, I know some people don't like other children going near there kids" Lexie worried, on the ready to go retrieve her daughter if worst came to worst. Ellie went over and sat in front of the little three-year old and then laughed.
"Bless her" Justine said laughing.
Lexie noticed the woman behind the child, was smiling at the two children communicating. "Hey do you want to join us?" Lexie called over.
The woman, who didn't look very old herself, looked round behind her then pointed at herself. "Me?" she questioned not really believing it.
"Aye you" Lexie laughed, ushering her over.
The woman smiled happily and got up walking over to Lexie and Justine. The two kids followed her over and the three women sat happily chatting. "Hey I'm Lexie and this is Justine" Lexie said greeting her when she came over.
"Hi, I'm Emma" the woman introduced herself, "And this is little Brandon" Emma added picking Brandon up and bringing him over.
"These are my wee girls, Ellie and Kyla" Lexie remarked cuddling the twins as they giggled. "This is my boy Tom" Justine said also taking Tom by the hand and leading him round to be with the others.
"There all really cute" Emma laughed. "Hey are you Scottish?" she then asked Lexie, after hearing her speak a bit. Lexie laughed "Aye I am" she replied
"Cool" Emma said smiling.
"Hello sweetheart" Archie called coming in the door, he walked through to the living room. "Hi" Lexie greeted leaning up as he bent down to kiss her.
"Have a good day?" Archie asked her sitting down beside her.
"Yeah actually, Justine and I took the kids to the park, and we met this girl Emma, she's quite young but she has a little boy too" Lexie answered smiling as she slumped down on Archie's chest. "Sounds good" Archie laughed. "I see the house next door is sold," he added changing the subject.
"Yeah… quite fast don't you think, it's a woman moving in" Lexie explained turning to face him. "Oh not another woman" Archie joked. "Next there will be coffee mornings and you all discussing this mornings 'Trisha'" he laughed.
"Ya Bampot, it doesn't work like that," Lexie said playfully hitting him. "There's the kids too," she added.
"Ok, ok fair enough" Archie laughed.