Shine a light| Fletchers fanfiction

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Eden's POV
My night at Tom and Gi's house was surprisingly uneventful, I slept really well which was something I didn't really expect and I only woke up once in the night and that was only because Buddy was crying only a few rooms near to where I was sleeping. The heat and bright light of the sun beamed through the window and I could hear Toms voice coming from what seemed to be Buzz's room.
I slowly made my way out of bed and grabbed my crutches that were put on the floor and then slid slightly under my bed. I steadied myself on my walking aids then made my way to Buzz's room where Buzz was running riot whilst Tom was attempting to calm him with a small, blue iPad. As soon as Tom saw me coming into the room he smiled.
"Morning Eden, sorry if we woke you, Buzz decided that it would be a good idea to wake up early this morning and run around his room." Tom laughed, buzz just smiled widely as he continued to charge around the room. "I've been in here since 6 trying to keep him quiet, he's gotten board though and my entertainment techniques are obviously terrible. Anyway, how did you sleep?"
"I woke up once to Buddy crying I think but I just went back to sleep. " I answered, now sitting down on bean bag which Gi has bright into Buzz's room last night so I could read to
him.
"Yeah, he does do that a little." Tom laughed again. "I'm on Buzz duty whilst Gi sorts out Buddy so I was sent to calm the rampaging toddler whilst she dealt with the baby. But now your up why don't we go downstairs and have some breakfast?" Tom said, getting up and grabbing Buzz who has now grabbed the iPad off Tom and had began shaking it in attempts to get out all of his morning energy. I don't have this amount of energy anytime of the day and Buzz can have this amount at 7:30 in the morning, I don't even know.

"I think we should have a celebratory breakfast today!" Tom grinned as he plonked Buzz down in his high chair which was in the kitchen, I took a seat at the table next to him. "How does pancakes sound?"
"Sure! But what's the celebration for?" I smiled, Buzz began waving his arms in the air showing his opinion at the suggestion before going back to his little iPad. Tom started getting all the ingredients for pancakes before bringing it all over to the kitchen table.
"It's your first night here with us! Before you know it you will be here with us ALL the time." Tom smiled, he seemed like a giddy child in a sweet shop. "You can help if we make them over here!" He continued pointing to the pancake ingredients, he handed me an egg and instructed me to crack it on the side of the large bowl that we were mixing the batter in, Tom then cracked the other egg then began adding the flour to the mix as I stirred the bowl, Tom then allowed Buzz to mix before adding the milk and stirring the mixture into a smooth liquid. He then went over to the oven and began cooking them, adding a little butter into the hot pan before adding the batter. The room began to fill with the scent of frying pancakes, Gi then came down the stairs carrying Buddy who was wide awake in her arms.
"Pancakes hey?" Gi said, Buzz began giggling and I nodded.
"It's a celebratory breakfast Gi, Eden's first night here!" Tom smiled, placing a now fully cooked pancake onto a stack which he was creating on a plate next to the hob. Gi laughed.
"Eden, can you grab your little brother so I can set the table." Gi smiled, she seemed to realise that she had referred to Buddy as my little brother and I could sense that she was about to correct herself but I grabbed the baby and smiled at Gi, rocking baby Buddy back and forth slowly. Tom turned around and smiled at me before bringing the large stack of pancakes to the table. About ten minutes later the stack was demolished and Buzz's face was covered with Nutella from his pancakes. Tom quickly whisked him away to the sink and washed his face and Gi, who was now holding onto Buddy again asked me a question.
"Can I do your hair for today Eden?" She asked, she had the glitter in her eyes that my mum used to have, it made me feel safe but it reminded me a little too much about my biological mum who only died only a few months ago.  
"Sure!" I smiled, Giovanna passed me Buddy for the second time today before walking into her office room, she returned with a massive smile on her face and a hair brush and hair bobbles in her hand.
"What would you like doing?" Gi asked, she seemed so excited then it hit me, she has two little boys, shes probably never been able to do this before.
"I don't know." I said as I began to pull faces at Buddy who was laughing back in response.
"I know!" Gi said as she began brushing my hair out. "I'll do two French plaits!"
Half an hour later Gi had finished my hair and it looked perfect. I had managed to hobble up the stairs and put on the outfit which Clair had brought me yesterday, it went amazing with my hair and on the way back downstairs I could see a new face who was stood hugging Gi, Tom, Buzz and Buddy.
"Eden, this is my brother Mario," Gi smiled. "Mario, this is Eden."
"Hey Eden!" Mario held his fist out for a fist bump, I held my own fist out, and hit his whilst struggling to balance on my one good foot. "How are you?"
"I'm good thanks, you?" I replied, I tried to act confident but it's hard and my head ended up hanging down and facing the floor. I raised my head up slightly to see a tall, tanned man with short stubble smiling at me. He was wearing ripped blue jeans, a white t-shirt, a red shirt and a simple black and red snap-back.
"I'm great thanks!" He smiled back in his Essex accent. He sounded somewhat similar to someone I've heard on the TV before, it was late night TV and I could hear the Tv from up in my room in the care home. The tall man seemed to be wet slightly too and after looking outside I realised why, it was raining a little.
After a while of talking to Mario I discovered that he used to be on the only way is Essex as well as big brother, that will explain his familiar voice. He also seems to be one of the most caring people I have met, he's a lot like Giovanna basically. We spent the day drawing and then eventually Clair arrived to take me back to the care home.
Stepping back into the care home was weird. All these kids are so loud and Tom and Gi's is so quiet, it's strange to be going to bed hearing the little kids screaming and crying, it may have only been one day but I can say that I've gotten used to living with Tom and Gi, I can't wait to move in on a more permanent basis.