The next day they Sheelagh and Des woke up in each others arms. They were madly in love and were overjoyed they were together.

"So how is my pop idol." Smiled Des kissing her passionately.

"Very well, do you know why?" Sheelagh returned

"Why?" Kissing her again.

"Cause the pop idol runner up is with me"

"Is that so"

"Yes it is." They sat and cuddled for over a hour just enjoying the peacefulness of each others breathing.

"Can I use the shower?" asked Des

"Depends which one?" Sheelagh laughed chucking a towel at him.

"The one that your getting in." Laughed Des cheekily.

"Oh, it's like that is it"

"Yes it is." Des ran round to Sheelagh side of the bed where she was now stood to get but sheelagh ran over the top. Des chased her and manage to catch her just near the window. Des picked her up and flung her over his shoulder and ran giggling into the bathroom. They had shower together and some other fun in there then got out and got ready. Des went downstairs and made breakfast with the kids while sheelagh dried her head. Des was still observing the house and still wondered round a bit getting lost. Des felt at home here but the house was still full of memories of Patrick. Pictures and objects that surrounded the house made him shudder at the thought of what he did to Sheelagh.

"morning all, who fancies some bacon butties?" Asked Des

"Oh yes please" Cheered Declan

"Certainly!" Siobhan shouted walking into the kitchen

"Yes please dad." Connor shouted coming in too. Des loved being called that. These three lovely clever caring children were considering Des as their parent. How privileged he felt was beyond belief.

"Thanks Dad." Declan said

"What for?" asked Des confused

"Getting mum to leave Patrick." told Siobhan

"Well you'll doing anything for the person you love don't you." Des commented, rough fulling Declans hair. A sounded bang came form upstairs then a clattering down the stairs that sounded like a heard of elephants falling down the stairs.

"Oh my god! Sheelagh!" Panicked Des

"Mum!" Des and the kids ran to the bottom of the stairs to see a lot of furniture and clothes lying there.

"What you doing?" Asked Connor. Declan picked up a chair with no legs and surveyed it puzzled.

"Cleaning" Answered Sheelagh. Sheelagh hurdled another load of objects down the stairs.

"Does she always clean up this drastically?" Surveyed Des. The kids giggled dodging more objects. "Cause in my house cleaning is usually just a hover round and a dust"

"I fancied a clear out of well all your dads stuff." Explained Sheelagh chucking another load down.

"About time, he had no taste at all." complained Connor relieved.

"Don't lie. He certainly had a good taste for one thing!" Argued Des dodging a picture frame.

"What?" Asked Declan. Declan was amazed that someone thought Patrick had taste.

"Women." Laughed Des. Whilst eating the bacon butties, The kids were now helping grabbing picture's of the wall that contained Patrick and chucking them on the pile. They piled the good stuff into bin bags and sent them to the charity shop. Des was amazed because the stuff in these bags was worth more than his house and car together. The rest of the stuff went in the bin or on the bonfire they were getting ready that night. While no one was looking Siobhan grabbed some of Patrick's clothes and hid them in her room. The house was now Patrick clear, the kids had gone out with there mates and Des and Sheelagh were alone in the house. They were lay on the sun lounger's next to the pool kissing.

"I love you." Kissed Des

"I love you too" Returned Sheelagh

"I love you three"

"I love you four"

"I love you five"

"I love you 1 times more than you can ever say."

"That's cheating you naughty girl"

"What you gonna do about it"

"well naughty girls have to be punished"

"Oh so how you gonna punish me?" Des picked her up kissing her.

"You do know I have legs don't you"

"Yes and I am very found of them." Sheelagh giggled they kissed again then des jumped in the pool

"Arrrr, it's freezing"

"I'll just have to warm you up then." They got down to some serious business in the pool, then moved into the Jacuzzi, then the kitchen table.