Colder than ice

'Kick start my heart when you shine it in my eyes'

Wednesday June 15th, 2044

Joe and Dianne both had the day off today, and both Theo and Matilda were home. This was a rare situation these days. Maddie was living in London now, she had got a job straight out of sixth form and she had a really good job in TV. She lived there now, coming home once a month.

Theo also lived in London, he's about to go into his final year at medical school. He seemed to enjoy it, and he was doing well. It had been hard, letting him go. If they were honest, letting him go was the hardest. Much, much harder than either of the girls. The first two years were the hardest, when his sister came to join him, it suddenly seemed a lot easier. They had one another. Not that they spent every waking moment together, but they both knew that they saw one another once a week.

'Theo Joseph Sugg, what did you just say?' Dianne's voice echoes through the house, as she grabs the car keys, chucking them to Joe. She wasn't sure what she just heard her son say.

'Oh, only that Gemma caught herpes.' He laughs, smiling as he watches his mums face change shape.

'One, why did you tell us that? Two, how did you know?' He laughs, he knew his mum was going to ask him that. There was nothing going on with Gemma, Gemma was his best friend, also being a pre-med student. They didn't keep secrets, even the stuff that was super embarrassing. 'Please don't say you have them to?'

'She's my best friend, she made me go to the clinic with her.' Joe laughs, grabbing a light coat. 'Matilda Briella Sugg, we are going now. Get your arse down here.' They are met with some thumping, and the brunette slides into the living room, all three sets of eyes are on her.

'If I've said this once, I've said it one million times.' Her mother warns her, it doesn't matter that she is an adult and has her own life, she still moans at her for this. 'Please don't do that, you are going to hurt yourself.' Sometimes she wondered if her daughter ever listened to her, she had encouraged her younger sibling into some bad habits, e.g. sliding across the wooded floor in just socks. This had ended up in a and e with a sprained wrist, something that Joe and Dianne weren't impressed with.

They all end up in the car, they are all going to the same place, it made sense to go together. 'Does Luca know we are here?' Theo asks his dad, who shakes his head.

'No. It will be a nice surprise, having your big brother and sister picking you up.' He smiles, something he can't relate too, but Joe assured him that the youngest Sugg child would love it. They park up and walk the path up to the infant school playground.

'It's changed so much.' Maddie exclaims, 'but it still seems familiar.' The young adult says, linking her hand in with her mums.

'Have you not been back since Luca started school?' She shakes her head, as it occurs to her mum that she probably hasn't been here since she left primary school herself. It wasn't somewhere they ever thought they would come back; another baby was never really on the cards. They opted to send their youngest child to the same school as all their other children.

They make it just in time for the reception class to be let out, all four of them scouring the mass of children coming out of the classrooms. 'Boo.' A little voice says, making Joe jump, having been looking the other way, expecting Luca to come out of the other door. 'Hello daddy.' The child grins, as he picks her up, kissing her cheek.

'How was your day angel?' She smiles, handing her mother a piece of paper.

'Fun. We did glitter.' He smirks, he can see the glitter over her face and part of her summer dress. She leans over to her mum, when she spies her siblings. She wasn't expecting them, and they can see the shock forming on her face.