Marissa was in Miranda's room helping her pack her case for the wedding.

"I wonder how sunny it will be?" Miranda asked.

"Oh very hot and sunny I'm sure." said Marissa as she folded one of Miranda's dresses into her case. "Do you think you should bring your red dress too?"

"I'll get it." said Miranda skipping off to her closet.

Suddenly there was a loud holler from the hallway.

"Mom, where's my sun hat?"

"AJ, try under your bed." Marissa called back.

"I have!"

"Then try the den."

"Okay."

She heard the thunder of her son's footsteps as he headed for the stairs.

Marissa tucked a pair of shorts in beside the dress when she heard AJ's distant voice exclaim,

"Hi, Binks."

Marissa stopped what she was doing and hurried out onto the landing. She was met by the sight of her girlfriend carefully climbing the stairs.

"What on earth do you think you are doing?!" Marissa exclaimed.

"Reggie needed to borrow a larger suitcase." said Bianca.

Marissa faltered when she noticed Reggie following her girlfriend up the stairs.

Reggie grinned guiltily when realised he had inadvertently cause ructions.

"I can come back." he said holding his hands up in surrender.

"No, of course not." said Marissa leading him to her and Bianca's room. It was where they were currently storing the contents of the Mud Room. "Help yourself."

Marissa gave Bianca a scolding look behind his back and pulled her out onto the landing.

"You're not supposed to be climbing stairs yet." she muttered.

"I was getting lonely downstairs." said Bianca. "I wanted to help."

"Have the builder's gone then?"

"Yeah." said Bianca. "I gave them the keys and they are going start work installing the elevator tomorrow."

Marissa was still giving Bianca a worried look. She really wasn't meant to be exerting herself so much until her right knee was completely healed.

Bianca knew she had done wrong. She realised it about half-way up the staircase, if she was honest, when her knee started to protest; but she couldn't admit that to Marissa.

"I'm sorry." said Bianca eventually. "But I'm here now. What can I do to help?"

"I'm just packing the last of Miranda's things." said Marissa nodding her head in direction their oldest girl's room. Miranda was peering around the door frame watching her mommy with a small smile.

"And Gabby?"

"She's all packed." said Marissa. "She's in AJ's bathroom making sure all her bath toys are happily settled into their new home."

Bianca smiled and nodded. The girl's bathroom was going to be where the elevator would end up.

Marissa was trying to think if there was anything that Bianca could do.

"AJ is packing his travel bag." she said after a moment. "I haven't sorted out Gabby's yet. You know how much trouble she has deciding her travel toy. At the moment it is a short list of Bunny, Strawberry bear and Mr Monkey."

"I will go and collect Gabby and sort that out then." said Bianca with a purposeful nod.

Marissa nodded slowly in return and rewarded her with a brief kiss.

"You are very naughty coming up here." she whispered.

"I know." said Bianca. "I'm sorry."

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