"Oh, but I dated the girl that The Mortician's Daughter is about." Samuel says as I sit on the arm of the chair he is on. Damian and Lindsay stare at him in horror.

"WHAT?" Damian says and I laugh.

"Yeah, I'm the one she cheated on Andy. She's the girl that broke my heart." They nod.

Samuel pulls me on to his knee and Lindsay leans forward in her seat.

"My mom tried to get in contact once. When I was 12. But I didn't want to meet her. I feel bad for it." We look at her and I bite my lip.

"Do you want to meet her?" I ask and she shakes her head.

"I love my adoptive parents and my brother. I don't want anyone interfering with that." We nod.

"Maybe it's for the best?" Samuel asks her and she nods.

"Yeah." She smiles and Damian looks forward.

"I'm scared of seeing Jenna. I don't want to bring all the stuff up that I left here." We nod.

"We're all here for each other." I say and they nod.

"Always will be." Sam says to me and I nod.

"Oh, I have to ring Skip." I say and he nods. I get up and walk away.

I hug my mum and dad and all my cousins for the tenth time. I smile and say goodbye. We get in the car and I start the engine.

"Time to hit Derry." I say and start driving. Sam turns up the radio and sings along. After thirty minutes of driving we get out to a similar crowd that had welcomed me home- but bigger. After we get to his house he brings us upstairs but looks at us.

"There is two spare bedrooms." We nod.

"Simple, Me and Nicola, and Samuel can have his own room." Lindsay says and we nod along.

"Thanks." Samuel says and puts his stuff in the room. We unpack and I walk downstairs to Mr and Mrs McGinty.

"Hello again." I say with a smile and I see the dog in the back garden.

"Aww, how cute!" I say and they smile.

"You can go out and play with her if you want." I nod and walk outside to the alsatian.

I lift a toy from the ground and throw it around. She comes over to me and I pet her.

"Who is a good dog?" I ask and laugh. Sam comes out and starts petting her. She jumps up on him and he falls over. He falls into a puddle of mud and I turn round to help him up and feel a thud- the stupid dog has thrown me on top of him. I look into his eyes and he does that deep, squinty thing before laughing and I roll off. I get up and help him up- both of us covered in dirt.

"It's in your hair." I say and point to his dreads.

"No." I look at him.

"What?" I ask and he sighs.

"I have to clean them with vinegar." I recoil and look at him.

"Vinegar?" He nods.

"Yeah, it's the only thing that can clean them properly." I nod and we walk inside.

"How much vinegar do you have?" I ask and they pass out two full bottles.

"This is going to be horrible." Damian says and his parents look at us.

"I think we'll leave you to it for a few hours." We nod.

"Ok." Damian says and they grab their coats before walking out.

Damian passes out bowls from the cupboard and I open up one of the bottle of vinegar.

"How much do you need?" I ask and he looks at it.

"The entire bottle." I nod and pour it in, the smell quickly filling the room. Lindsay holds her nose and looks at Damian.

"Well I think we'll watch tv." Damian says and they walk out. I take a cloth and hand it to him. While he fills the rest of the bowl with water. He sets it on the die and dips the cloth in it.

He starts rubbing at it and the smell is disgusting. After 20minutes he looks at me.

"Can you get the back?" I nod and take the cloth rom him.

"How often do you have to do this?" I ask and he shakes his head.

"Rarely." I nod and dip the cloth in again. I get the last bit out and go find a towel.

I come back in and start drying his hair off. It starts getting dark and when I finish I put the bowl in the sink.

"Thanks." He says and I wash up.

"It's ok." I say and turn around to him when I'm finished.

"Just be more careful next time." I say and he nods.

"Yeah, because it's my fault." I laugh and lift out the bottle of air freshner. I start spraying it everywhere and he laughs.

"You actually stink." I say and he laughs.

"Yeah, and it'll be like this until tomorrow." I nod.

"Early night for you then." I say with a smile and he nods.

"Yeah, i'm going to go and get changed." I nod and walk into the sitting room while he walks upstairs.