A/N Thankyou for your reviews they do mean a lot! If you hate Liv already im sorry its not going to get much better for a while! :p Rosie xx

Chapter 2

A cold winters January 4th had arrived which meant one thing. Christmas was over the new term was beginning. Rachel stirred as the alarm rang through her ears. 'Here we go again' she thought to herself. She rolled over and began to kiss Eddie who grumbled and moaned.

"Morning" Rachel said in his ear as she nibbled it.

"It can't be that time already" he said turning to face her.

"It is and it's back to school day"

Eddie kissed her and then sat up removing the duvet. "Nope too cold I'm staying in bed" he said putting the covers back.

Rachel chuckled "nope, you should of put the heating on"

"I did" Eddie sighed as he sat up again and got out running for his dressing gown and then going downstairs to check the thermostat. He came back ten minutes later armed with two coffees. "So I put it on for 5pm not am" Eddie said passing her a coffee.

Rachel chuckled "thankyou for this" she said taking a gulp inhaling the caffeine and swallowing the hot liquid taking the time to just breathe.

As if on cue just as Rachel put her mug down on the bedside cabinet, her youngest came running in "mummy I need a wee"

Rachel rolled her eyes at Eddie "and the day begins" she smiled getting out of bed "come on sweety" she said taking her hand and going to the toilet with her.

Rachel came back to bed with Charlotte in tow and placed her on the bed. Using the Christmas holiday to get her potty trained was the best idea she ever had. She was very advanced for her age, with her older sibling she learnt words faster, and also the naughty words from the older two.

"Michael was out last night" Eddie smiled looking through his phone.

"He only went back yesterday" Rachel smiled "good to see he had fun"

"Mikey?" Charlotte asked grabbing eddies phone.

"we don't snatch thankyou" Rachel warned.

"Mikey and girl" Charlotte said looking at the photo.

"Yes darling, that's his girlfriend Abbie" Eddie said

"Oh" she said not understanding

"Right go and play with your toys while mummy and daddy get changed, we have to go to work today" Rachel said

Charlotte nodded moving herself off the bed.

"Your too soft" Rachel chuckled getting up with Eddie and getting changed.

"She's so cute, she's a mini you"

"Yeah Liv was until she went all teenager and dyed her hair, I still won't forgive her for that, it will never be the strawberry blonde it once was"

"I think she got that when you took her to the hairdresser and got it stripped and let her have highlights instead"

"It wasn't the same" Rachel said as she finished getting changed. "Right next" she smiled heading towards the girls rooms. "Liv time to get up"

"No" liv instantly replied "too cold, do I need to work on the streets to pay the bills jeez" she said sitting up.

Rachel chuckled "your dad set it wrong…come on uniform on and downstairs in ten please"

"Ugh" Liv huffed. Rachel turned on her heel and went to Lizzies room knocking and going in.

"You alright darling?" She smiled seeing her reading her book as she sat in bed.

"Yeah, time to get up?"

"It is I'm afraid, uniform on downstairs in 10?"

"No problem" Lizzie smiled as she put the bookmark in her book.

Rachel left the room not realising how two girls so close in age could be so different. She then went over to bens room walking in seeing him play with his trains.

"Today's the day little one" she smiled bending down stroking his rich brown hair the same as eddies minus the grey streaks.

"School?!" He got excited

"Yes your starting reception full time today, I know you went last time but it's long days now"

"Yay" he smiled getting excited.

Rachel smiled and helped him into his school uniform and after helped Charlotte to get changed. Eddie was downstairs eating, after prepping the breakfast buffet of cereals, toasts and fruit.

"I go to work for a rest" Rachel said 20 minutes later closing the lid on six lunch boxes in the kitchen.

"Can I go to a party tonight?" Liv asked her mouth full of cereals.

"Liv we're running late, don't talk with your mouth full, if you behave I might let you but it's a school night and you know my thoughts" Rachel said as she got a bit of a piece of toast at the end.

"It's so unfair"

"Yes I'm the big angry monster" Rachel said packing her bag whilst eating when she could.

"You said it" Liv huffed.

"Liv get your shoes on we need to go" Rachel said looking at her barely ready.

Eddie was getting the two youngest into the car. Lizzie had also got in and as usual Liv was the last one out.

"every morning it's a battle, this term it's not going to be" Rachel warned to Liv and got in the car after she shut the door and locked the house up.

Liv got into the car and kept silent.

"Right, lets go" Rachel said.