Chp 3
Over at the Schofield house the twins were playing noisily in the back garden, whilst Sara was tidying up in the house.
'Give it back. Its mine.' Josh shouted and grabbed Jamie's shirt.
'No its mine.' He pushed josh away.
Jamie screamed at the top of his voice and ran towards josh, pushing him to the floor.
'I hate you.'
Josh grabbed and pinched Jamie as they rolled on the floor fighting.
Sara came charging through the back door and at the same time Michael came running though the side gate with Leanne following close behind him.
'What's going on?' Michael shouted in a deafening tone.
The two boys stopped moving and looked round to see where their dad's voice was coming from.
'You two get up now.' Sara yelled
They didn't move they just continued shoving each other on the ground.
Michael strode over to them and grabbed the back of Jamie's shirt and pulled him away.
'Listen to your mum and do as you're told.' He yelled whilst grabbing Josh's arm with his free hand.
'It was his fault he started it.' Jamie struggled to get away from Michael.
Michael let go of his shirt but quickly grabbed his arm and dragged both of them inside behind him.
Sara and Leanne looked at each other wide eyed and went inside behind them.
'Sit there, don't move and don't make a sound.' He pointed to two chairs at opposite ends of the table.
The twins hung their heads and sat silently, Leanne had never seen Michael like this with the boys.
'Lincoln has invited us all round for a family lunch tomorrow.' Michael looked at Sara who looked at the boys and rolled her eyes.
'Well I suppose we could always leave the boys with Mrs Jones next door.' Sara said trying not to smile.
Michael looked over at them and smiled. Mrs Jones was a 60 year old woman with a hairy face who always kissed them on the cheek when she saw them.
Michael walked over to where the twins were sat and leaned on the table with his hands. He looked over his shoulder at Leanne and Sara 'Can you give us a couple of minutes?'
They both nodded and left the room.
'What's Uncle Mike going to do?' Leanne whispered
Sara shrugged her shoulders.
Michael quite often told the boys off for not listening to her and being cheeky to her.
'I expect they will come creeping to me with an apology.'
Leanne smiled
'Anyway, show me your new clothes from your shopping spree last week.' Leanne clapped her hands together getting excited and followed Sara upstairs.
After 10 minutes of riffling through Sara's wardrobe they heard Michael downstairs.
'Sara.' Michael called
'Everything ok?' Sara tilted her head to one side.
Michael smiled and nodded.
'Don't worry they won't be giving you trouble for a while.'
'What did you do?' Sara walked downstairs slowly with Leanne following her.
Michael Laughed. 'Don't worry. Just trust me.'
Sara peered round into the kitchen, they twins were still sat in the same position.
'I've got a few things to sort out in the study, I'll be while and then we'll go out and look for that new sofa you wanted?'
'What about these two?' Sara pointed
'They can stay there for a while, won't do them any harm.'
'Will it boys?' he shouted over to them
They both shook their heads looking very sorry for themselves.
'Want some lemonade.' Sara looked at Leanne.
She nodded her head.
'Let's go and sit outside.'
Sara carried a tray with jugs and glasses and what looked like homemade biscuits.
'Is this all homemade?' Leanne asked
Sara nodded triumphantly
'Must be an old people thing. My dad has started cooking and stuff, he's even cooking from scratch tomorrow.'
'Really? Hey I'm not old!' Sara smiled
'How are things with you now? Nick seemed pretty wired when he was round here last night.'
'I just can't believe he got caught with pot again. I mean way to wind my dad up!' Leanne shook her head.
'At least the situation calmed down, you did the right thing ringing Michael. Has Nathan noticed any tension?'
'Uncle Mike really helped, I'm glad Nathan wasn't there, he hasn't really picked up on anything. I just hope things can get back to normal, I can't believe dad more or less hit Nick.'
'Yeah they have both got a lot of making up to do. ' Sara sighed
'Maybe Uncle Mike could come round and give them a time-out like he did with Jamie and josh.' Leanne giggled
'Well whatever he said to them, it's defiantly working. They'd normally be running around now, if it was me that had told them off.'
'Do you think you are going to have anymore kids?'
'I really don't know at the moment, we haven't really talked about it.'
'I think you should and make sure it's a girl, we are getting over run by boys.' Leanne smiled
'Anything new with you? Any boys on the scene?' Sara probed.
Leanne blushed slightly and paused, she knew she could trust Sara and decided to confide in her.
'Well there is this one guy; I've been out with him a few times now. He's a couple of years older, so you can't tell my dad or Nick. Promise me you won't' Leanne pleaded
'Don't worry I won't. How did you meet him?' Sara rolled her eyes
'He goes to my school, Nick knows him from when they were really little but doesn't really talk to him any more. I really like him but my dad would lock me in my room for ever if he knew I was seeing anyone.'
'Just be careful and make sure you don't do anything you don't want to.' Sara warned
'I know, but I think I'm ready for…. You know what?' Leanne breathed in deeply
'I'm not telling you to do it or not to do it, but just make sure you are 100 ready. Especially because he is older.' Sara was beginning to regret asking
'I know.' Leanne smiled and sighed
They sat for a while relaxing and chatting for a while until Leanne's mobile buzzed.
On the phone
'Hi dad.'
'Are you still at Michael and Sara's?'
'Yeah I'm still here.'
'We are just on our way back home; do you want us to pick you?'
Leanne thought, Michael and Sara's was only a 5 minute walk from home but it was a hot day.
'Yeah that'd be great.'
'See you in about 10-15 minutes.'
'Ok dad, bye.' She hung up the phone.
'They are coming to pick me up on their way back.'
Sara stood up.
'Ok, why don't we go and see how Jamie and Josh are doing, I'll be amazed if they are still sat there.'
They both went inside and peered round the corner.
Jamie had his arms on the table and his head rested in them and Josh was looking at the ceiling and swinging his legs.
'Do you two want a drink?' Sara asked making them jump.
'Yes please.' They said in unison.
Sara gave Leanne a quirky look.
'I'm just going to the bathroom.' Leanne rushed off
Sara placed their drinks on the table and stood back.
'So what did your dad say?'
They both remained silent and looked at each other.
'Come on tell me.' Sara was getting curious now.
Josh took a deep breath.
'He said that if he ever caught us not listening to you or being naughty then he'd take all our video games and DVD's away.'
'And he said we'd get a really hard spanking.' Jamie added.
'I see. Do you believe him when he says that?' Sara asked
They both nodded and Leanne walked back into the room.
'His voice was really scary, like Uncle Lincolns is when he tells Nathan off.'
'So you promise me you'll try and behave from now on?' Sara looked at them intently
'We'll try.' They said together.
'That's good enough for me.' She smiled
They stood up from their seats.
'Hang on, not so fast. Its ok by me, but your dad has the final word.' She pointed back to their seats.
They all heard the door to the study open and Michael came down stairs. Everyone turned to look at him when he entered the room.
'What?' he asked
The boys looked away, Sara and Leanne just laughed.
'Everything ok?' Michael asked looking in the direction of the twins.
'Yep' Sara smiled
'Why don't you two go and play in the living room?' Michael said to the boys
They both got up and raced towards the doorway where Michael was stood. He stepped in front of them and they looked up at him.
'Remember what I said earlier.' He said sternly
They both looked at the floor.
'Yes sir.' They said together.
'Go on then.' He moved out of the way.
'Do you need a ride home Leanne?' he asked
'No thanks, uncle mike, my dad will be here……' she looked at her watch
'About now actually. They are picking me up on the way back from shopping.'
Just then the doorbell rang. Sara answered it.
'Hi Lincoln, boys. Come on in.' she showed them through the door.
'Did you get my banana milk I asked for?'
'Yeah, we did, I remembered it!' Nick rolled his eyes.
'You staying for a drink?' Michael asked going to the fridge
'Better not, got loads of stuff to put away.' Lincoln sighed
'Thanks for the invite for tomorrow Lincoln, we'd love to come, do you need me to bring anything?' Sara asked.
'No just yourselves will be fine.'
'We might just come on our own, the way the twins have been going today I don't know if I want to take them out in public.' Michael laughed
'Well you can do a trial run later when you look for your new sofa.' Leanne suggested.