THIRTY FOUR - TANTRUMS
The alarm clock went off at 6am, making Rose groaned "turn it offff!" Jack turned over and banged the alarm clock off "we need to get up" he said "5 more minutes" she groaned again "fine" he laughed and put his arm around her. They lay there for a moment "we need to get the kids up" he whispered to which she nodded and got out of bed, yawning. She wrapped her dressing gown round her and went in to Eliza's bedroom, where she was still asleep "Eliza…" she lifted her up "time to wake up sweetheart" Eliza turned her head to look at Rose "good morning" she smiled at her and kissed her head "Let's get you ready" Eliza let out a huge yawn "exactly how I feel missy" he laughed lightly as she got Eliza dressed.
Jack shook Teddy gently "Ted, buddy, it's time to wake up" but Teddy just rolled over to face the other way. "Teddy" Jack laughed "I know you can hear me… come on, we'll miss our train otherwise" "we go on vaccination today?" Teddy asked, opening one eye to which Jack nodded "OK" Teddy yawned and got up "is Liza awake?" He asked as he finished putting his clothes on. Jack nodded "Mummy is just finishing getting her ready" Teddy smiled "OK… I'm excited Daddy!" "I'm glad" Jack kissed his head "will the train be fast?" "Quite fast, yes… right, should we go find Mummy and Eliza? Grab your teddy bear so we don't forget him" Teddy ran over to his bed and picked up the bear, hugging it close. Jack smiled and held out his hand for Teddy, walking to Eliza's bedroom "Liza!!! We're going on vaccination today!" Teddy grinned at her "morning darling" Rose laughed "morning mummy… when are we going?" He asked excited "when you've had some breakfast" Teddy tugged on Jack's arm "come on Daddy, I need to eat my breakfast!" Jack and Rose laughed, taking the kids downstairs and making them breakfast.
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They left the house and headed to the train station. "WOW!" Teddy gasped as he saw the train "is that what we're going on?" Jack nodded "yes" he lifted Teddy on to the train then lifted the pram up before helping Rose up.
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The journey was entertaining for the most part, with Teddy pointing out every single thing he saw out the window, and aside from Eliza crying for half an hour, it was smooth sailing. That being said, they were happy to arrive.
"You get the pram, I'll get the bags and Ted" Jack said as he lifted the pram off the train for Rose. The station was incredibly busy and it was clear it was making Teddy nervous, he grabbed Rose's hand as Jack got all the bags off "darling, I've got Teddy" she said to Jack, he nodded in response as they left the station.
"What do we do now?" Teddy asked as he looked around "we're going to go to the hotel and leave our stuff, then we'll go and have a look around, OK?" Teddy nodded and they headed towards a nearby hotel.
"Hello" the receptionist smiled
"Hi, we were just wondering if you had a room please? There's 4 of us"
"You're in luck, we have 1 left!"
"Brilliant! Thank you!" Jack replied, Rose was relieved, thankful it didn't take a long time to find somewhere that had enough room.
"How long would you like to stay?" She asked
"7 nights please" Jack replied. The lady told them the price and Jack handed over the money.
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The receptionist helped them take the bags and children up to the room after showing them where to store the pram "I hope this is OK?" The receptionist asked "this is fantastic, thank you" Rose smiled before Teddy ran over to the single bed and started to jump on it "Teddy, don't do that please" Rose said. Teddy pulled a face and sat down on the bed "I'll have my husband bring up a cot for the youngen in a few minutes if that's OK? He's just nipped out and it's rather heavy" "it's OK, I'll come down and get it" Jack smiled "oh… thank you" the receptionist smiled back "I'll be back in a minute" Jack said to Rose and left.
"Right, let's get unpacking" she smiled at Teddy, who was clearly still annoyed that she had told him not to jump on the bed "I want to jump on the bed" he frowned "Teddy, I don't think I've ever once said no to you before now, so please just listen and do as I ask. Now, would you like your toy cars?" Teddy shook his head, still in a sulk. Rose sighed and put Eliza on the floor "see if you can cheer him up, hey?" Rose said, knowing Eliza would immediately go over to Teddy. She began to get clothes out the case as Eliza reached Teddy, trying to play with him. She was only 10 months old, but was using things to try and pull herself up now. "No Liza!" Teddy frowned and pushed her so she fell, she didn't hurt herself but she still looked sad "Teddy!" Rose looked shocked, she never thought he would behave like that towards Eliza. "Do not push your sister! Do you understand?!" She said in a firm tone, as Jack walked in. Teddy was sat on the bed with his arms folded and a face of thunder as Rose passed Eliza her rattle- she didn't want to lift her up and make a fuss seen as she was clearly OK, but she was far from impressed with Teddy.
"What's going on?" Jack said confused as he walked in with the cot "oh, he's in a strop because I told him not to jump on the bed, then he pushed Eliza over so I told him not to do that either. So he's not my friend at the moment" she stifled a laughed "Teddy, you can't push your sister over pal, and mummy said no jumping on the bed because if you break it, we have to pay for it" he said calmly. "I want to go home… I miss Benjamin" Teddy replied "I think you're just incredibly tired. You'll see Benjamin next week and we're going to have the best time here. How about we go for some tea then come back here so we can all have an early night? Then tomorrow we'll explore" Jack said whilst bent down to Teddy's level "OK" Teddy responded "good… now can you please say sorry to Mummy and Eliza" "sorry mummy… sorry Liza" he bent down and hugged Eliza before going to Rose "it's OK darling" she kissed his head "come on, let's go" she smiled and picked Eliza up, Jack took Teddy's hand and locked the hotel door. As the diner they were going to was only next door, they didn't bother getting the pram and Rose just carried Eliza there.
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After they'd finished eating, they headed back to the hotel. Teddy took a huge yawn and rubbed his eyes before climbing in to bed immediately "Teddy, you need to put your pyjamas on and brush your teeth darling" "I'm tired" he whined "I know you are, but it'll only take a few minutes" Rose said "look, I'm getting Eliza changed" Rose said, hoping it would encourage Teddy to get up, which he did, before getting back in to bed after he'd brushed his teeth and got changed with Jack's help.
"Do you want a story darling?" Rose asked but he shook his head "no thank you. I want to go to sleep" he replied "OK" Rose said, walking over to him and kissing his head "night baby, I love you" Jack did the same and turned off the main light, leaving the lamp on so he and Rose could see. Eliza was also out like a light and Jack and Rose unpacked quietly before climbing in to bed and falling asleep quickly also.
