Author Notes: Amy and Dodger are going to get together, but I'm doing it slow so their feelings for each other deepen as they spend more time together, starting as friends. Cannot believe I'm on Chapter Nine and I haven't even got out of their first day. :)
Chapter Nine
It has been a long six hours, with them meeting new people. The first day has sure been an interesting one to say the least. As Amy returned home with Sarah, Mike was seen talking to Warren Fox who was on the other side of the fence. They were talking about the power which was connected to both of the houses.
While Louise was talking to Kathy about her previous wedding to Warren, while their husband's talked.
"So your pregnant Louise, while you be alright if it's like my daughter's; mind you though, when they were little, they were an absolute nightmare" Kathy smiled, Louise smiled slightly. As Sarah and Amy both walked up the path.
"While with Warren as a dad, it won't misbehave" Louise replied, Kathy smiled. They had to keep referring to the unborn child as 'it' because Louise doesn't know the sex of the baby just yet.
"You think that but when Sarah was born Mike let her roam free, she got away with murder when she was little and when Amy came along, then it was utter mayhem, mind you I wouldn't have wanted it any other way" Kathy replied, Louise gave a smile.
Over with Warren and Mike.
"I was just wondering Warren, why on Earth did Pauline and Terry move house?" Mike asked Warren, leaning against the picket fence.
"God knows, I think they wanted a fresh start" Warren answered him in a slightly nervous tone.
"How old are your daughters?" Warren asked then asked him, changing the subject.
"Fifteen and Sixteen at the moment" Mike answered, a bit on edge to why he asked him that.
"Teenagers eh, can't beat them" Warren made a bad joke. Except for Ste Hay, Warren spoke only in his head. Not out loud of cause.
"So how long have you lived here?" Mike asked him, glancing over at Louise and Kathy who were now laughing at something that the men would not likely understand.
Inside the home, Amy walked into the living room, she almost forgot about not having a couch. As she sighed, sitting on the now dry garden chairs; along with Sarah who was on the one opposite.
Sarah slid our of her shoes, leaning back on the wooden chair. Trying to relax, though it was hard since a heat-wave was spreading through 'jolly olde England' As she fanned herself with a piece of paper.
"I hate this weather" Sarah spoke, while groaning. Amy nodded in agreement, as she took her blazer and tie of. Also sliding out of her shoes, as she like Sarah leaned back. Restless because of the heat.
"Looking forwards for school tomorrow?" Sarah asked, with an emotionless tone of voice.
"No" Amy replied, Sarah pouted. They had met some people they can call 'new friends' but they also made some foes. They heard their mother coming back through the door, with Mike their father.
"Girls, how was your first day?" Mike asked them, as they sat on the other garden chair.
"Fine" Sarah and Amy both said in unison.
"Okay, well you haven't long left; Sarah, what are they going do about your exams?" Mike then asked her.
"I got to stay in Amy's class for one week, before they can put me in the exam" Sarah told him, Mike sighed.
"They known you were going in weeks ago, you would think the school would have done that already" Mike stood up and walked outside. Kathy followed Mike into the kitchen.
"So have you read Romeo and Juliet?" Amy asked Sarah.
"No" Sarah bit her lip. "I'm going to fail aren't I" Sarah sighed, as she looked down on her hands.
"Watch the film" Amy was cut of.
"I don't have it" Sarah reminded her.
"No but someone might have it, ask around" Amy replied.
"No, I'm not going to ask around for a DVD" Sarah insisted. Looking over her, with a '100% no look' as she shook her head several times.
"Okay then, well you're going to find it very hard then Sarah; you can't sit around and expect the answers to come to you" Amy replied, Sarah groaned as she put her blazer around her face ignoring Amy on purpose.
They heard a knock on the door, as Mike came from the kitchen. Amy and Sarah looking from the living room to see who it was. It was just Warren and Louise, as Mike asked Warren to sort out his electric meter. Of cause like usual Warren had an exterior motive, he was not helping out to be kind.
"Right so the meter box is underneath the stairs, I don't know what's wrong with it, thanks for coming Warren" Mike lead him towards the stairs. While Kathy and Louise started talking again, as they entered the kitchen.
"I got to admit I liked your wedding dress yesterday" Kathy lied, though Louise never noticed she was lying.
"Thanks" Louise spoke, with no emotion.
In the living room, Sarah was still fanning herself with the piece of paper. Amy sighed as she stood up and walked up the stairs, she needed some alone time. Has been in constant company for six hours.
As she attempted to open the window of her bedroom, it was jammed in slightly.
"You got to be kidding me" Amy spoke under her breath.
As she tried again, it moved half an inch possibly less. As she stood up the bed, she gasped when she fell down. The bed broken in two, it been creaking all night. Amy shook her head, as she fell right in the middle.
She attempted to get up but kept falling down, she felt like an old woman. As she held onto the side of the mattress, gripping onto it she finally pulled herself free as she landed on the floor with a bump.
"Ow" Amy spoke simply, as she felt her sides.
Getting up again, this time she pulled out the window. She was just so hot, though this time she did more damage than good as the window fell down on the grass. She stepped back and gasped.
Putting her hand over her mouth, as she stood wordlessly. Looking over at the now windowless space. Though it wasn't her fault, right? The house is falling apart anyway, Amy was trying to make up excuses for herself.
She then had an ideal, a silly ideal but it might word for a couple of hours. As Amy rushed down the stairs, with Warren looking over as Mike just left him alone for a second as Mike went to the loo. Warren was knelt down on the floor, trying to sort out the meter box.
Warren then turned back towards the meter box, Amy breathed as she stood up and picked up the broken window. She groaned, kicking the window frame. Of cause the glass is broken, she might have guessed.
She heard Sarah coming from the living room, as she stood in the doorway. Warren looked over again, looking at sixteen year old Sarah. She was legal, so he thought that meant he could look despite his wife who is holding is child is just behind the door in the kitchen.
"Amy, are you mad? Why did you break the window?" Sarah asked, as she looked at her in a shocked expression.
"I didn't mean to, look I was trying to open it when it just snapped out of nowhere" Amy was cut of.
"What snapped?" Mike asked her, coming downstairs. Amy slammed the door quickly, putting her back against the door frame a smile.
"Oh nothing snapped dad, I was just telling Sarah that some boy in my class snapped something in the classroom" Amy spoke, with a big fake smile. Sarah then nodded, laughing nervously as she went along with it.
"Okay" Mike was not entirely convinced but he had guests so he had to get back to them. As he went back under the stairs.
"Amy come on" Sarah spoke, as they both walked up the stairs and into Amy's bedroom. Sarah shutting the door behind themselves, as she walked towards the window.
"And you broke the bed" Sarah turned between Amy and the bed.
"I didn't mean to, all I wanted was to open the window" Amy protested. As she stood next to Sarah who poked her head out of the empty hole, looking down at the broken window frame on the ground below
"You're going to be in some deep shit when mum finds out" Sarah poked her head back out, as Amy looked down too.
"She can't afford a new window, she can't even afford new clothes; what am I suppose to do?" Amy asked with panic in her voice.
"I know, mum is getting a job, well-looking for one; dad is still working but he has to spend all his money on the bus trip there and back; we still don't know who burned down our old house" Sarah replied, also with a little panic in her voice.
"I know Sarah, I never done this on purpose" Amy replied to her with arms crossed. Sarah had to drag the curtains over the hole.
"This might hide it so mum can't see; seriously this house is falling down; Amy I know this isn't your fault, it was crumbling down when dad brought it, were going to have to keep the hole hidden and hope mum or dad don't find it" Sarah told Amy, who eyes widened but she just nodded. Not knowing any better ideals.
"Okay fine" Amy replied, as she sorted out the blankets on her bed, as she attempted to straighten out the blankets, it was no use. She gave eventually, as she walked down the stairs with Sarah and right outside the door.
As they both picked up the window frame and carried it out of the garden.
"Girls, where on Earth are you going?" Kathy asked the doorway of the front door, as they went behind the fence. Hiding the window frame behind the fence.
"Down the road, we just want to have a look around" Sarah quickly, Amy nodded as she smiled. Kathy just nodded back, though she was quite confused. As she shut the door leaving it a little ajar, going back to Louise.
"Right come on" Sarah spoke, both girls carried on walking with the window frame. Sarah having to walk backwards. While Amy was luckily walking forward, as she looked down the street.
"Where are we gonna put it?" Amy asked Sarah, looking around.
"Down in that skip" Sarah commented, turning her head around slightly.
"Are we allowed to do that?" Amy asked, she didn't really like breaking the rules.
"Yep" Sarah thought, as they lifted up the window frame and chucking it so it landed right in the skip, luckily nobody from the house which the skip belonged to noticed. When they do, they won't even know who did it anyway.
As they ran back down the street, before anyone got the chance to see. Running back in their back garden, shutting the front gate.
"Thank God, now we just have to hope mum or dad don't notice your missing window" Sarah told her, Amy sighed. Sarah was right.
"Well I'm going to my room, remember what I said Amy" Sarah commented before walking up the stairs after opening the door.
Amy then walked up the stairs as she slumped on the now broken bed, with her legs falling down with the bed, she was so uncomfortable and she has to sleep in this position all night! Now that is a challenge, a challenge she has to accept.
At least a nice breeze is coming in, as she looked up at the ceiling. Cocking her head to one side, when she noticed an attic door above. Making her stand up again, as she attempted to open it up. She smiled when she finally did it, as she pulled out the connected to the attic stairs.
Walking up the stairs and lifting herself in the dark attic, as she pulled on the light. The whole attic lit up, though it was very slanted. Amy eyes widened as she seen a box which was filled to the brim with stuff.
Amy took them out one by one. Having a quick look, it didn't have anything interesting just books,kitchen equipment, one toilet roll and an empty can of beer. Amy just took the books, they were very huge books indeed, Amy took them down anyhow. Shutting the attic door again behind herself.
Slumping back down on the bed. Looking at books in more detail, they were a collection of horror, thriller and crime books. This person clearly had a favorite genre; as Amy turned the first page of one. Having a quick read.
She placed down as she got up again, she almost forgot about the missing window out of her surprise to see an attic. She didn't expect the attic in her room but it was pretty damn cool that she had one in her room.
She was grateful to have some books at least. All her stuff from the old house was burned to a crisp. With the firemen only being able to collect a few of the family's possessions like Mike's tool box, Kathy's necklaces and bracelets, Amy's rings and Sarah's ear-rings. Everything else, just gone.
Two hours and the family were eating some more kebab food, as the cooker didn't work. Once again, they had to use the cake containers. With no television this time, as they already watched the only DVD in the house and they couldn't afford free-view, sky or broadband.
So they sat in silence, just talking to each other now and again. While they ate.
"I feel like I live in the middle ages" Kathy commented, Mike laughed.
"In the middle ages we couldn't order a kebab" Mike replied, Kathy made a face. Of cause she knew that.
"That Louise next door is a nice girl" Kathy insisted.
"Pretty girl" Mike commented, Kathy gave him a dirty look.
"What? Oh come on Kathy, give me a break; I love you and I can comment on other women, it doesn't mean I'm going to jump into bed with one of them" Mike replied to her, as she looked she was sucking on a lemon now.
"Well Warren was a nice looking man" Kathy crossed her arms.
"Point taken" Mike carried on eating. As Kathy gave him a quick kiss and then leaned back on the garden chair.
"I hope it's not too hot tomorrow" Kathy commented, as she took another bite of the kebab meat.