"Hey Martin, I will drop her back after diner tomorrow if that's alright with you" I say to Lisa's dad who is standing in my doorway, Lisa has already ran off into the house to find Josh.
"Whenever is easiest for you, I can always come and collect her if you want" he offered
"oh no its fine I will drop her back when I get home from my lessons, you don't mind Jack watching them tomorrow do you?" He has looked after them before and they have also met because of Lisa and Josh being so close but I still like to check because I wouldn't want people to think I was irresponsible and possibly have Josh taken away from me.
"He is a sensible man so I don't have a problem with it. I better go i'm taking Ella out to dinner and she will be worrying that we are going to be late" He said backing away towards his car.
"have fun and I will see you tomorrow" I say closing the door and going to find the kids that took me a few months to get used to saying.
I realized that they are either in his room or the playroom because they know to ask before going into the pool (so I can supervise) and they never really go into any of the other rooms unless they are playing hide and seek or something.
I found them in Josh's room "what are you two munchkins doing in here" I say standing in the doorway.
"I was just making the bed he said" The first time she slept over he insisted we brought her some pink bed sheets because that was her favorite color.
"do you need help?" Josh has a double bed because at least it will last him and he likes to pretend its a desert island because compared to the size of his body it is massive. So every time Lisa stays over they each have a single duvet his is blue and hers is pink.
I don't mind the fact that they share a bed because well lets be honest the worst that will happen is they kiss and as much as I wish they would fall deeply in love and get married I don't think that is going to happen anytime soon also I'm hoping that if I trust him while he grows up that maybe he will trust me with things too. The one thing that my parents never did was trust me and that's one of the main reasons I kept so many secrets from them if they couldn't respect me no way in hell was I going to respect them.
"what would you like for dinner" I ask once we had got the bed sorted
"Lisa can choose" Josh said jumping on his bed
"Can you make your special macaroni and cheese?" she asked joining Josh.
"alright do you want to help me make it?"
"Can we make the desert again pretty please Ava" Josh asked almost squealing
"okay but what are you going to make?"
"what we made last time" they said at the same time
"come on then" I said taking one of their hands each
I got all of the ingredients I needed and then I got all of theirs as they sat on top of the island in the middle of the kitchen waiting not so patiently.
I gave them a dish and four different flavors of ice-cream, the whipped cream, flavored syrups and the sprinkles. I will regret this later but at least they are occupied for a while.
"Can we ring Jack?" Josh asked once they had finished (Picture at the top)
"No he is with his friends and you already interrupted them once today but you will see him tomorrow" I told him
"Okay well we are going to wash our hands ready for dinner" He said climbing down followed by Lisa
I put the stack of ice cream in the freezer so it didn't melt while we ate the macaroni and cheese then I set the table ready for when the meal is done.
Jacks POV
I was with Nash when my phone started ringing. I don't have Ava's name with her number in case any of the guys seen it so instead there are just several emojis that she changes around every so often.
(J-Jack, A-Ava)
J: hello?
A: Jack can you come over we need your help with something. The little boys voice came through the phone
J: Is it important?
A: Very
J: Can I bring Nash?
A: Yeah but hurry
and with that he hung up. I don't know what could is wrong but why would Josh ring me and not Ava?
"Nash we need to go somewhere" I say getting up and grabbing my keys
"where exactly might that be?"
"Ava's" I say starting the engine
"Dude sorry but I cant go to England with you to try and find some girl that you got close with four years ago" is he actually that stupid
"she lives a few blocks away and I never stopped being close with her" as the words left my mouth his face twisted with confusion
"you are messing with me right?" he said not believing me
"you can see for yourself now" I tell him as I type in the pin to open the big metal gates
"this house is massive" he says looking at it with amazement
I parked my car in its usual place and unlocked the door with the key she gave me, Nash just slowly followed behind me still confused about the whole situation.
"AVA?" I shout in hope of finding her quicker
"Jack? what are you doing here? I thought you were coming tomorrow?" she was wiping her hands on a tea towel coming from he kitchen
"Josh rang me and said you needed help with something he also said it was very important and i should come quickly" I explain but now both her and Nash look confused
"JOSH, LISA COME DOWN HERE" that's the problem with having a big house you always have to shout
"you are so grown up" Nash said looking at her still confused but also excited?
"Umm who is that?" she asked raising her eyebrows at me
"Ava before I tell you please understand that I thought something bad had happened and I wasn't really worried about him finding you i just wanted to make sure you were safe. okay Ava this is Nash, Nash this is Ava"
"her face dropped and I thought she was going to kick us out or get angry but instead she just hugged him, by now the children had found their way to us.
Ava's POV
"what have you been doing with my phone?" I asks them calmly
"well we need help eating all of that ice cream and I didn't want to waste any" my little brother replied looking up at me like nothing was wrong
"I told you Jack was busy with his friends you should have listened to me, it was very naughty of you to do that" I say picking him up and placing him on my hip.
"Sorry" he says looking down at his hands
"that's okay just don't do it again" I tell him lifting his chin up
"hey seem so you are here do you want to stay for dinner? after all we need help with the ice cream" I say laughing lightly
"Jack we are staying" Nash says before he can argue
"right well I think its almost done so come through" I say leading the was to the large open plan kitchen-dinning room.
