Far from Pine Valley two young families were having the time of their lives. After meeting up with Reggie, Camilla and Ayesha at breakfast, they headed out into the park for a full day of adventure.

AJ excitedly led them all to Discoveryland and 'Autopia' for another go on the car ride. From there they explored further into the park, finding a magic carpet ride, and another Cars themed ride which was little more than a carousel, but AJ had to have a go on that too. They also watched a stage show of Beauty and the Beast. Thanks to Bianca's wheelchair they had been the first people in the auditorium and had really good seats right at the front. The best discovery of the day however was the Buzz Lightyear Laser Blast. A thrilling ride and 'shoot 'em up' computer game all rolled into one; they literally had a blast! Bianca was surprised to get the highest score their first time on it. They all had so much fun they got right back in the queue. By their fourth time, AJ and Miranda were becoming experts.

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They were now sat in the Blockbuster Café munching their way through 'croque-monsiers', the closest they could find to French cuisine in the park. AJ and Miranda had been keen to try out Walt's American Restaurant because they thought it might be funny having French 'American food' but what they didn't know was that tonight Bianca had booked tickets for the Wild West show compete with barbecue supper. This was in order to make up for the fact that their tutor started tomorrow. If they wanted a French American experience that was guaranteed to really blow their minds.

AJ and Miranda were now scouring the brochure looking at where to go next. AJ was pointing excitedly to a stunt show that would be starting soon just a short distance away, but Camilla didn't think Ayesha or Gabby would be able to sit through the 45 minute length of the show. Marissa had to agree, the little girls had been getting bored in the 20 minute theatre production; they were also getting a little irritable. Gabby kept saying that her legs were tired even though she had spent most of the day riding on her mother's lap and Marissa couldn't help but notice Ayesha's little head dropping every so often as she fought sleep. It had been a long, eventful morning and Marissa was beginning to think it might be a good idea to take the little ones back to the hotel for a short nap and they could then come back out into the park later on.

"But mom… it's so cool!" AJ protested.

Marissa put her arm around her son, dragging him into her side,

"We are here all week." she reminded him, "We don't have to do everything right now!"

"But mom, look how cool it is!" he begged thrusting the brochure in her direction. "There are cars and explosions!"

"It will be just as cool tomorrow." she replied.

AJ pulled a sulky face.

"Or we could spend all of tomorrow on the 'Small World' ride…" she added, a hint of warning in her voice.

AJ clamped his mouth shut, especially when Gabby clapped her hands excitedly at the idea!

"I thought not." said Marissa with a laugh, kissing the top of his head.

"We don't all have to go together." said Reggie, peering over Miranda's shoulder. "I mean I'd quite like to see the show, I could take the older kids and maybe meet you by… I don't know… the Toy Story lot.

"Mom…" said AJ looking up at his mom with big blue eyes. "Can we go please…please…please?"

"It's not just my decision." said Marissa, she looked to Bianca for support, but then had to bite back a laugh. Her girlfriend was fast asleep in her wheelchair, her chin resting on her chest; quite a feat in a busy, nosy restaurant. If she thought the little ones where tired, then Bianca was clearly exhausted.

Marissa reached out to gently shake her awake. She felt awful for her, because she knew that Bianca would be annoyed at herself for flaking out so easily.

Bianca lifted her head suddenly, and stared at Marissa.

"What?"

Marissa gave her a guilty smile.

"Reggie wants to take Miranda and AJ to the stunt show. I was thinking it might be a good idea to take Gabby and Ayesha back to the hotel for a bit of a rest. Maybe you too?"

"I'm fine." said Bianca a little too quickly.

"That does actually sound like a good idea." said Camilla, lifting Ayesha from her high chair before her sleepy head could drop onto her toasted sandwich.

"We can meet back up at the hotel then." Marissa said, looking to Reggie. "If you are alright with these two crazy kids?"

"It'll be good practice for my new job!" said Reggie.

"So we have a plan."

"We can see the stunt show?" AJ asked.

"You can see the stunt show."

"Whoo-hoo!" he whooped, cheering with Miranda.

Marissa reached out and squeezed Bianca's hand.

"And the rest of us can get some rest."

"Mommy, is it really okay?" Miranda asked, looking questioningly towards Bianca.

Marissa looked to Bianca, although she wasn't saying anything, she could sense that her girlfriend was annoyed at this new show of weakness. But Bianca still managed to give Miranda an encouraging smile.

"You'll have to tell us all about it when you get back, because it sounds amazing!" she said, before glancing sideways at AJ, "And very cool!"

Finally she raised her eyebrow at Marissa as if to say 'See, I wasn't really asleep!'.

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