" Hey Freddy so how you settling in then ..? Asked Jill a few days later seeing Freddy cutting the grass

" Oh hi their yeah it's good I'm enjoying the work and the house is awesome yeah this is a great job really given me a good new start you know I just feel it in my bones things are picking up " Said Freddy smiling as if he'd won a billion bucks on the lottery

" Aww that's good glad to hear so had any problems from the kids then ..? Asked Jill with a laugh

" No not really of had a few kids saying oh who are you but hey kids being kids curious I guess but no they been good no trouble " Freddy said wiith a laugh

" Yeah I guess they will be like that maybe we were like that once when we were kids I know I was always asling questions getting up to mischief and causing my parents to panic and I almost died to when I was 8 or 9 maybe 10 not sure " Jill said

" Oh wow what happened then ..? Asked Freddy looking shocked

" Oh I was ice skating with my older sister in the nearby river Springwood can get real harsh winters and when it snows oh boy it snows the little girls are like ..oh the snow queens come by but as a kid I was ice skating on a frozen river with my sister who is much older than me and we hit thin ice she managed to get off I went under and had to get rescued spend a week in hospital my blood pressure dropped and I had phumonia and mild dose of frost bite but hey I'm fine now " Jill said

" wow well that's good and thanks for the warning about the winters but I can wrap up and I guess their will be no out door work for me if we get lots of snow " Freddy said

" Oh you will you will need to salt the place as some of the boys try and make slides to send us staff flying and some kids try and build snowmen. blocking the entrance for a laugh and fraid you will be required to shovel snow and you may get pelted with snowballs some of the kids ..well they can be a handful but their good kids really " Jill said with a laugh

" Yeah guess so but I could tell them the story of the Ice king that turns naughty kids into polar bears takes them away and leves them in Antartica " Freddy said with a laugh as Jill gently hit him

"Oh your terrible " Jill said with a laugh gently hitting Freddy

" Yeah I know " Freddy said with a laugh

soon the bell rang and Jill had to go inside leaving Freddy on his own sweeping the yard and he glanced back at Jill as he found himself drawn to her he found her attractive and had a lovely nature and he enjoyed being with her but he couldn't let himself fall as he already been hurt before hurt deeply and he was starting to pick up the pieces and turn his life around and he vowed he'd stay single. It get involved again and get hurt

Freddy threw himself into his work and settled into the job also he started taking to the kids too and they began to accept him as the new caretaker yet a few still miss old Tom but Freddy explained that Tom had retired he was too old now and they must have bought it as in the end they eventuly stopped asking and soon Freddy's cat smudge moved on too and the kids all loved Smudge as she had habits of sneaking out under Freddy's nose

Also as Jill had said when winter came it bit hard it snowed hard and Freddy found himself shoving cars that were skidding or digging cars out and shovelling snow and the kids he had to keep an eye on as one day as he left his house and headed to school he went flying legs in the air and behind bushes he heard childish giggles a couple of the kids had build an ice slide right out side his house Freddy chased after them and told them off but it went no futher but Freddy cursed the winter and the boys who built the slide he was their Favourite target for snowballs and one time when he had to bend down to do something 2 boys who were pre schoolers but we're trouble sneaked up on Freddy and dumped a huge pile of snow on his head causing him to yell and shiver a bit

' Quinton and Jesse you little terrors " Yelled Freddy as the two boys ran off laughing as Freddy stood up and sighed watching the boys run off laughing those two were trouble and they had been in trouble a lot of times and the school didn't seem to do anything about it as Jesses dad always beleived his son and the boy could do no wrong in his eyes and he did have a temper

Also as the staff said at Xmas time Freddy had to dress as Father Christmas so he had to wear padding and try and talk in a big deep voice which was hard for a soft spoken Freddy and though he was wearing the red suit white curly long wig and beard Freddy wasn't impressed

"You look perfect said Jill as Freddy stood in the corridor outside the hall where the kids were having their party

' I look silly they'll know it's me under all this kids are smart now ' Freddy said

" They are but they won't know it's you all you do is listen to them what they have to say if they ask questions about how you deliver all the presents on one night say it's time zones and Magic and also Rudolphs red nose is like a bright light that leads the way " Jill begin

" Oh come on surly they don't believe that ' Freddy said with a laugh

" Fred look their 5 years old they will I garentee you just relax and go with the flow okay now go break a leg " Jill said parting Freddy on the back confusing him

" Huh why would I wanna do that and be off for ages " Said Freddy looking confused

" Oh just a saying you say to actors dunno why but go on their waiting for you Santa " Jill said with a laugh

" Oh dear Lord help me they will eat me alive out their " Freddy said waiting for his que to go in

" Okay children and now we have a very special guest come to see you he is all the way from the North Pole and has taken time off to come here today to ask you what you want for Xmas " Said an older teacher as Freddy went in to the room remembering what to do and feeling nervous

" Ho Ho go merry Xmas boys and girls are you all having a good time " Freddy said in. His deepest voice as all the kids looked at him and many thought he was the real Santa

The teacher gave a little talk and soon one by one the kids went up to see Freddy standing next to him and talking to him

" And merry Xmas and have you been good now this year remember Santa knows everything " Freddy would say saying the child's name before asking them what they wanted and chatting to them and then getting a photo with them before giving them a small gift a selection box of candies but when Jessie went up he whisperd to him " i know your really Freddy under that Samta isn't real my dad says so " Jesse said Typical of Jesses dad spoiling things and that left Freddy speechless but he said nothing as he didn't want to spoil it for the other kids

Jesse was becoming a pain for Freddy and still hit him with snowballs and a couple of times to Freddy's horror Jesse dropped the F bomb and Freddy pulled him up for it

" Hey hey you come here young man what did you just say to Samantha Freddy said on hearing Jesse to tell a little girl to fuck off

" Nothing it's between her and me " Jesse said

" Don't lie young man I heard you we do not curse on school grounds where did you learn to curse like that anyway I'm shocked " Freddy said looking serious

" At home no one says anything about it bet you curse too " Jesse said

" Yes but not in school grounds when other children are nearby your lucky I'm not putting you on report young man but next time I hear you curse were going straight to the head now is that clear " Freddy said as the boy nodded and ran off leaving Freddy stunned it looked of Jesse could be trouble but next year he'd be in school away from him and Freddy would be glad to see the back of him and his trouble

Well that's that chappy done next coming soon