Standing in the Kitchen later that evening Kate sighed. Both girls had been excited with the move and at first seemed happy with the rooms they had been placed in. They were pretty plain cream walls but with a lick of paint then they could make it more like home, but for now they would have to do.
The only issue now was they were both arguing over who had the bigger room. The fact that both rooms were identical it was just the furniture was in different places because of where the door and window was situated didn't matter. Aimee swore that her room was smaller and she needed the bigger room because she was the oldest.
"Girls stop arguing. The rooms are exactly the same" she called walking towards the back bedrooms
"but mum its true Sovay's room is bigger than mine" Aimee wailed
"no its not" Kate sighed looking at them both
Hearing a knock at the door "just go and sort your bed out please Aimee so you can get in it tonight please" she sighed walking towards the front door.
Pulling the door open she smiled seeing Mike stood on the step holding 2 paper bags
"Hi" she smiled
"hi." he smiled "is everything alright?"
"fine just the girls arguing about the size of their rooms. Don't suppose you have one of those long DIY tape measures do you. You know the metal ones that can take your fingers off if it springs back"
"umm not on me. I do have food though; thought you might not have got round to sorting the rest of the kitchen stuff out"
"you didn't have to" she smiled as he placed the bags on the kitchen counter "i was going to ring out for a take-away as I really can't be bothered to cook"
"i got the girls chicken balls and some chips. Hope that's okay" he said pulling the containers from the bag
"it's fine" she smiled pulling the plates from the cupboard. "Girls Dinner!" she called
Both girls came running in to the main living area
"Girls this is Mike he is a friend. He works with Auntie Nikki on the boat" Kate smiled "washed your hands"
"hello" Sovay said shyly sitting down at the table
"hello" Aimee added running up behind her sister
"this is Sovay and this is Aimee" Kate said placing her hand on their heads retrospectively. Placing the plates down in front of them
"what's this" Aimee asked pushing one of the chicken balls across her plate with the fork
"it's pot luck. it's just done a different way" Kate sighed walking back over to counter where Mike had dished up Thai Red curry and rice.
"pot luck?" he questioned
"they were badgering me with what's for tea so I just said pot luck to shut them up and ended up doing chicken and chips. Ever since chicken and chips has been pot luck"
"nice" Mike smiled as she walked away carrying his plate over to the table.
"i don't like it" Aimee said pushing her plate away
"its chicken and Chips" Kate said taking a bite of her curry
"it smells funny" Aimee moaned "and It's the wrong sort of chicken"
"how can it be the 'wrong sort of chicken' and you haven't even tried it" Kate sighed placing her fork on the side of her plate
"but I don't like it. I want pizza!" she said
"right go to your room" Kate sighed
"no mummy" Aimee cried
Standing from her seat Kate walked round to where Aimee was sat lifting her from her seat, she led her across the room in to her new bedroom. Sitting her on the bed she walked out pulling the door shut she made her way back to the table
"sorry about that" Kate smiled at Mike
"its fine." Mike smiled reaching out giving her hand a little squeeze
After 10 minuets Kate went back to Aimee's room. She was sitting on her bed making little sobbing noises but not actually crying
"are you going to eat your dinner?" Kate asked standing at the door
"yes" she sniffed
"come on then" Kate sighed.
Hearding Aimee back towards the table Kate placed the plate back in front of her. "right, what do you need to say to Mike?" she said
"sorry" she sniffed picking up her fork and nibbling on a bit of her chicken looking over at her sister who was now tucking in to chocolate ben and jerry's.
"that's okay" Mike smiled
Clearing the plates away Kate sighed scraping them In to the bin. Aimee had eaten all of her chips but was just picking at the chicken balls, more than likely to prove a point in the hope that she could move on to desert like her sister. In the end Kate just gave up and scraped the rest of the chicken in to the bin, it was a waste but she hadn't got time to wait for Aimee to stop being picky.
"right jim-jams on and then we will have our story on the sofa" Kate smiled pulling out the book from one of the boxes marked for her room that she hadn't got a chance to pack away.
Sitting on the Sofa she opened the book. "right are we ready?" she asked looking at both girls.
"yes" both girls said
"so lets begin" Kate smiled "Chapter 2. In which Tigger comes to the Forest and has breakfast. Winnie the Pooh woke up suddenly in the middle of the night and listened. Then he got out of bed and lit his candle and stumped across the room to see if anybody was trying to get into his honey-cupboard, and they weren't, so he stumped back again blew out his candle and got back in to bed. Then he heard the noise again..."
Smiling Kate closed the book after marking the page. "right off to bed." she kissed each on the top of their heads
"aww" both girls moaned
"go on please. I'll be in in a minuet" she smiled watching as both girls plodded towards their rooms. Standing she walked in to the kitchen she smiled watching as Mike dried and placed the plate in the cupboard.
"you didn't have to do all the washing up" she smiled wrapping her arms around his waist, teasing him in to a kiss.
"its fine. I could see you were busy with the girls and I thought it would be easier to do them now rather than leave them"
Sighing softly she looked up in to his eyes getting lost in the steel blue pools that always made her go weak at the knees
"mummy" Sovay wailed from her room.
"coming" she smiled pulling away.
After settling both girls down and switching their night lights on Kate pulled the doors too and headed back in to the living room.
"Drink?" Mike smiled handing her a mug. "thought we could toast the first night in your new house" he smiled
On closer inspection the mug didn't contain the tea that she first thought but instead was filled with red wine
"sorry I didn't know where your glasses were"
"its fine" she smiled taking a sip "now this takes me back" she grinned flopping down on the sofa pulling her feet up
"what?" Mike smiled sitting next to her.
"drinking really bad goon at dorm parties at ADFA and watching as the lads played goon of fortune. we would use mugs or those classic paper cups if it was a Toga party and we couldn't be arsed with washing up" she grinned
"okay and hers me thinking you were princess perfect but you have a dark side" he smiled
"that's not all on basic we were obviously not allowed booze but some not me" she paused drawing a invisible halo above her head "some not me would sneak in pure spirits in mouthwash bottles to try and get away with it" she grinned
"did it work" Mike smiled
"what do you think" Kate laughed "the funny thing is if we trained just 25 years earlier, then we would have been given a rum ration of 70 mls every day"
"true but then again its probably best we are not pissed in charge of a warship" Mike grinned
"good point" Kate laughed. In reality she never really cared that much for drinking even at the toga parties she would only have a couple of drinks before heading back to her dorm to catch up on revision.
Looking down at her watch she yawned slightly she hadn't realised how late it had got. She had intended on unpacking a few more boxes once the girls were in bed but felt so tired all she wanted to do is sit down with her feet up.
"you going to stay" she whispered indicating towards her room.
Taking her hand, he allowed her to lead the way.
"wait here" she whispered seductively
Pushing the door closed he sat on the bed watching as she headed in to the en suite. He watched as the door opened and she walked out in a jersey night-shirt that sat just on her knee and he could see she also had a pair of small shorts on underneath
"very sexy" he smiled stepping towards her teasing her in to a kiss.
Lifting her off her feet he carried her over to the bed, their mouths not parting. As she lay down, she could feel his hand run underneath her night dress toying with the waistband on her shorts. One thing was for sure she knew her pyjamas were not going to remain on her for much longer...
so hope you enjoy this chapter came to me quite easy (eaiser than the last few anyways) so that's why its a little longer. the story Kate is reading is Chapter to of 'a house a pooh corner' if anyone has seen Disney's Piglets big move then this story was the inspiration for that movie and it was one of my favourites growing up. all rights belong with AA milne for that story,
anyway let me know what you think and huge love x