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"Can we go in the swimming pool?" Oliver beamed to his grandma with puppy dog eyes.
Rosa glanced over at Nick and Zoe to check their approval, "Yes I suppose so but only the indoor one as it's too cold to go outside in this weather" She said turning all motherly on them.
"There's an indoor pool?" Maisie gasped in surprise, her mouth dropping wide open. They had never seen a house so big and impressive in their lives.
"Come on then" Rosa said standing up and leading them all down to the swimming pool.
"Oh daddy, I can't go swimming can I" Phoebe looked up at Nick with her big eyes as she realised that her cast was going to restrict her from having fun.
"I'm afraid not" Nick told her, he hated disappointing her and he could see how upset she was that she couldn't join her brother and sister in the pool, "You can sit on the side though sweetie" Nick tried to compromise with her.
"Mum" Maisie called her to the side as the others began to walk off into the pool room, "I'm on my period" She whispered in a hushed voice so that nobody could hear her as she was quite embarrassed about it.
"Oh sweetheart" Zoe said, sympathizing with her as she knew how much she would love to go and play in the big empty pool, "it's tough being a girl isn't it" She joked trying to lighten the mood, "You can try a tampon if you like?" She suggested.
Maisie shook her head "Eww" She exclaimed, laughing at the same time, "I don't think I'm ready for that just yet mum" She said.
Zoe laughed "OK" She agreed.
They went and caught up with the others in the pool room and Oliver had already taken his clothes off and jumped in, way too excited to wait. He was loving splashing around in the big empty pool on his own, it was like a dream come true. "Are you coming in?" He asked his sisters.
"Phoebe can't because of her cast" Nick said, "You'll go in though won't you Mais"
Maisie shook her head "No I don't feel like it today" She said with disappointment in her voice.
Nick looked at her confused, "But you love swimming?"
"Dad just leave it" She snapped, getting annoyed because she couldn't go in when deep down she really wanted too.
"Nick don't" Zoe interrupted as she could see that Nick was about to tell her off for snapping.
Phoebe decided that she would take her socks off and roll up her trousers so that she could sit on the poolside and splash her feet in the water, Maisie then also decided to join her realising that it was the next best think she could do.
"Are you sleeping over tonight?" Rosa asked Nick and Zoe.
"No we'll get back to the apartment" Nick hesitated, as much as he would love to stay over for old times sake, he wasn't sure if Zoe would prefer their own privacy.
"Oh I'd love you all to stay over" Rosa said with a hint of desperation in her voice, "You're more than welcome too"
"We can stay over if you like Nick" Zoe said as she noticed the look on his face "it'll be nice for a change"
"OK" Nick agreed, smiling at Zoe for her approval, "thanks mum" He said.
"Look at me" Oliver shouted from the pool as he began to do a hand stand in the shallow end, splashing his unimpressed sisters in the process.
"Dad get him to stop" Maisie whined as the water splashed her hair.
Nick chuckled and began to take off his shoes socks and t shirt.
"Nick what are you doing?" Zoe laughed, turning to give him a funny look as he began to get undressed.
Nick didn't say a word but instead ran and dived into the pool, completely drowning Maisie and Phoebe on the poolside as the water washed over them.
"Oh my god" Maisie exclaimed "That is so embarrassing"
"Not changed one bit" Rosa chuckled.
Zoe laughed "No he's still a child at heart" She smiled as she watched him play with Oliver in the pool.