Science and faith

~Chapter 186~

Amy's pov:

As soon as we arrived at Dan's mum the kids ran off inside to greet their granny while Dan and I took all the luggage inside. As soon as I placed the last bag on the floor Dan's mum wrapped me in a hug telling me how nice it was to see me before wrapping her son in a bone crushing hug.

I eventually settled next to Dan on the sofa each with a cup of tea. He immediately wrapped his arm around my waist and pulled me closer while we sat chatting with his mum.

After a while the kids decided they wanted to watch Home Alone so a few minutes later we all sat around the TV watching home alone while Ailish opened a bottle of red wine and made some popcorn for Ava, Liz and Jamie.

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I woke up the next day with Dan's arms wrapped around me. I could tell from the rhythm of his breathing that he was already awake so I turned around in his arms to me met by his handsome face.

"Good morning." He said smiling and brushed a strand of hair from my face.

"Morning." I said yawning and placed my hand on his hand while my hand drew patterns on his stomach. 

"What time is it?" I asked when I suddenly realized it was really quiet in the house.

"10. My mum and sister took the kids to go ice skating." He said while playing with my hair.

"Wow.." I said, not realizing it was already that late.

"I decided to let you sleep." He said and kissed the top of my head.

We lay in bed for a little longer until we decided to get up and make breakfast. I quickly got dressed into a T-shirt and put some fluffy socks on my feet to keep me warm before I followed Dan downstairs. When I walked into the kitchen Dan was already making toast so I filled the kettle to make us some tea.

A few minutes later we were sitting opposite each other eating our breakfast. 

I drank the last of my tea when Dan said,

"Want to go back to bed?" Raising his eyebrow.

"Are you still tired?" I asked raising both my eyebrows as well.

"No. But I would happily help myself to some of that..." He said cheekily, his eyes fixed on the low V-neck of the T-shirt I was wearing.

"In your dreams Mr." I said rolling my eyes and took our plates back to the kitchen.

"Oh definitely in my dreams." He said smirking.

"You're a disgusting old man, eyeing up young women." I said teasing him as I walked over to him.

"Old?!" He said, pretending to be offended as he tugged me down to sit on his lap.

"You're older than me." I said smirking.

"So I guess that makes you the young woman then?" He asked, raising one eyebrow.

"I guess so too..." I said shrugging.

He shook his head laughing before kissing my lips. Just as we pulled away Dan's phone buzzed on the table, letting us know someone was texting him.

"Andi's asking if we're coming too." He told me as he read the text.

"Sure, let's go." I said and stood up from his lap to go upstairs and get dressed.

Half an hour later we were walking hand in hand to the ice rink in town where Andi was already waiting for us.

We cautiously stepped onto the ice but it only took me a few minutes to get used to it. So soon enough I went skating off with Ava while Dan was still holding onto the railing with a scared look on his face while his sisters made fun of him.

After an hour Ava announced that she also wanted to skate with her Dad so she took Dan's hand and pulled him away from the railing and skated off with him, ignoring his complaints about going too fast. I watched them both with a smile on my face until I eventually saw how Dan lost his balance which ended in both of them falling.

I quickly made my way over to them and helped Ava up.

"Are you OK?" I asked worried as I looked her up and down, looking for any visible injuries.

"I'm fine Mum, don't worry." She said before skating off once again.

"Were you going to help me as well?" Dan asked looking up at me as he was still sitting on the ice.

"Of course." I said chuckling and grabbed his hand before dragging him to his feet.

"Are you OK?" I repeated my question from before when I noticed Dan wincing in pain once he was back on his feet.

"My right ankle hurts." He said and I helped him over to the side where he could sit down.

After Dan's accident he no longer wanted to ice skate so we sat watching everybody else for a little while longer until we all decided to go back. As we walked back I had my arm wrapped around Dan's waist for support while he complained about his ankle hurting.

"Oh man up." One of his sisters said laughing and slapped his arm playfully.

Once we arrived back at Ailish's house I sat Dan down on the sofa and retrieved an ice pack from the freezer. I wrapped it in a tea towel before I went back to Dan. I rolled the leg of his jeans up and placed the ice pack on his slightly swollen ankle.

"Better now?" I asked chuckling and pressed a soft kiss against his lips.

"Stop making fun of me. It really hurts." He said pouting.

"I'm sure it does." I said and kissed his lips again.

I spent the rest of the day preparing dinner with Ailish for tomorrow while Dan sat on the sofa watching Christmas movies with the kids.

-

It was 23.30 when Dan and I decided to go to bed. I watched as he dragged himself up the stairs, holding onto the railing and couldn't help but laugh at my drama queen. He turned around and glared at me before he continued to drag himself up the stairs.

A few minutes later I got into bed and cuddled close to Dan. He wrapped his arms around me and pulled me closer before kissing me. His lips moved against mine but I pulled away when he placed his hand on my bum, giving it a gentle squeeze.

"Your body is not up for any from of physical activity, seeing as you're so badly injured." I said teasing him a little more. He couldn't help but chuckle as well before pecking my lips.

"Well good night then." He said chuckling.

"Good night my wounded soldier." I said giggling before settling down in his arms.