Sorry I've been so slow to update, we went away and I've been busy. Read and review
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Bec had been getting text messages from Edge since their dinner, two nights earlier. And she always replied. She wanted to see him. There was just the one small issue.
She couldn't see him without the kids getting suspicious. Which she wanted to do. So she resorted to her old methods. She had used it numerous times when she was a student at Solar Blue- the old climbing out the window trick. And it was going to be a whole lot easier without a roommate. Bec loved Perri to pieces, but she always woke up sitting bolt upright, thinking someone was breaking into their room. Her eyes would widen when she saw the dark shape crawling through the window, and she'd open her mouth to start screaming the second Bec fell in the window. She never did, of course, because Bec would always land with an, "Ow! Dammit!" and Perri would relax.
The escaping plans never resulted in a good night's sleep for either of them.
But there she was, throwing her thongs out of her bedroom window, and swinging herself out after them.
Garry was standing at his bedroom window, watching Bec land with a soft thump on the grass below. Smiling, he headed towards the door. "Is anyone else awake?"
Cassie came out of her bedroom, looking sleepy. "Garry, its twelve thirty!"
"It's also school holidays, so training begins later", Garry pointed out.
Bridget, yawning, came out to see what all the fuss was about. "What is going on?"
He hauled Bridget, Cassie and the three other sleepy kids towards the big window, only to see Bec creeping across the front lawn.
"We have an escapee".
Guy was suddenly wide awake. "I knew it!"
"And I don't think she's going to get pizza, either", Adam said.
"Pizza's the last thing on her mind". Cassie's once sleepy blue eyes were gleaming.
"She's going off to meet Edge! It's not even the end of the month and you owe me ten bucks!" Bridget said gleefully, holding out her hand to Loren. "Cough up, sister".
Loren sighed. "I hate you when you're right".
Bridget flashed the pearly whites her way, and then smiled innocently at Garry. Garry just shook his head, trying not to smile. The girls had him wrapped around their little fingers.
"You took bets?" Adam said in disbelief. Then he turned to Guy. "Why didn't we think of that?"
Guy shrugged.
Bridget was triumphant.
"Okay, what are we going to do?" Cassie said.
"She can't know we know she's seeing Edge", Garry said firmly. "We'll just wait by the big window- not in a stalkerish fashion- until we see her creeping across the lawn, and then we'll go and wait in her bedroom. It won't even scare her or anything- well it will, but just enough to get the truth out".
"Bye Bec", Edge whispered.
"I can't believe I have to climb out my bedroom window just to see you!" she whispered back. "I'll tell the kids, and then we can meet in the daylight, like normal people".
Edge grinned at her, his blue eyes sparkling. "Okay..."
"See ya!"
She pecked a quick kiss on his lips and hurried towards the house. The newly rekindled couple had been sitting on the beach talking for two hours. That was the longest time she had ever spent on her sneaking out missions as a student, and she wasn't about to extend it for a boy. She liked sleeping- a lot. She padded along the grass, completely unaware of the twelve eyes above, watching her every move.
Bec aimed carefully, and one by one, threw her thongs in her open bedroom window. She grabbed onto the pipe, her toes gripping the side of the house. She swung herself up and into the window, where she found Garry and the kids waiting.
She screamed so loud she almost woke the dead.
"Oh, hey Bec", Garry said casually, as if it happened on a regular basis. "So tell me- do you go out for late night strolls often? Especially ones that last until two thirty in the morning?"
"Are you TRYING to kill me?" she hissed. "I could have fallen to my death!"
"You have some explaining to do", Garry said simply.
"Why aren't they in bed?" she demanded, climbing completely into the room.
"Oh, no", Adam said. "You aren't getting rid of us that easily".
She stared at them so angrily they hurried out of the room. "Good night, Garry! Night Bec!"
"Night guys", Garry said cheerfully.
"Good night", Bec said shortly. She closed the door and turned back to Garry. "Why were you in my bedroom?"
"We saw you sneak around the side of the house. Is it a regular occurrence? You know, we're living with six teenagers. We're supposed to be role models for them. And how's that gonna work if you're climbing out your window every night? What are they gonna think?"
She shot him a Look and he almost backed down.
"I haven't snuck out my bedroom window since I was sixteen", she admitted. "I was never caught by Simmo or Deb- Perri was the only one who knew. I snuck out to see Edge, I'll admit that. And you snuck around to see Ashleigh at the beginning of the year!"
"In the daylight", Garry reminded her. "And I never climbed out my window".
"That's nice".
Garry yawned. "Well I'm going to bed- I can't wait until breakfast tomorrow!"
"Enlighten me why".
"You're going to have to explain to the kids why you were climbing in your window at two thirty in the morning!" Garry chortled. "Nighty night!"
"Oh, go away!" she pushed him out the door.
