Hold me tight| Joe & Dianne oneshot series

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"Ello Zo, how you doing?"

"I'm good thank you Broseph, just calling to wish you good luck with your first day of training today!" "How are you feeling? Nervous, excited?"

"Erm, mainly nervous. I've been farting all morning!"

"Eww Joe you do that anyway even if you're not going to meet someone new and get taught to dance." Zoe laughed.

"I am just worried I will look as if i'm not trying my best and to Dianne it'll look like I don't care."

"Joe listen to me, you'll be fine. Remember all the sayings Grandma Phyllis always said to us before we did our school Nativities and plays?" she asked. Joe nodded and smiled to himself.

"Remember nerves are good" "If you don't try, you'll never know" And "Everyone has something to offer." Zoe listed. "Joe, you'll be absolutely fine."

"Thanks Zo. You really are the best sister I could ask for"

"Well,I do my best" "anyway i'm gonna love and leave you, I need eat breakfast and then take Nala on a W-A-L-K" she spelled out.

"Alright then! Speak to you soon Zo, Bye"

Joe ended the call and felt all alone again. Byron was always at Emily's place so he had been living on his own for a while. Joe ran up the stairs to grab a rucksack and filled it with the essentials. His dance shoes, lunch, a snack and picked up his flask of tea on the way out to the uber. This was it. He was about to learn how to dance.

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"Did you have a good day at school today, Munchkin?

"Yeah it was good. Mama guess what?"

"What baby?"

"I got a 6 on my maff test!"

"Wow thats amazing, Mama is so proud of you!" Dianne said knowing full well she struggles with Math.

"Andddd, I also did literacy, counting, s-s-s science I fink, and painting. And oh! We also did dancing Mama, it was a great fum!"

"Wow baby thats so cool!"

"And mama do you want to see my painting that i drawed?"

The beaming little 4 year old stood up and went to get her painting out her book bag. She returned not long after, crying. Dianne heard her shout.

"Nanny, i can't fing my painting i drawed for Mama"

"Oh no, sweetheart don't cry" Rina said comforting her granddaughter.

"Dot, i'm just going to get her i'll be back in a tick"

Hearing that familiar voice through the laptop made Dianne feel so much more comfortable, like she was back home again. Then, a blurry image of her Mum carrying her daughter, calming her, suddenly made Dianne miss home even  more.

"Don't worry Poppet! Why don't you draw me another one tomorrow?" she suggested.

"NO! I liked the one i doed today" the toddler cried/shouted.

"Beatrice Louise! Stop that shouting and whining right now!" Dianne said firmly, hoping her daughter back in Aussie could hear her tone.

Immediately Beatrice stopped crying and sat in silence with a sulky little face.

"I told you- whilst i'm here in England dancing, I need you to be good for Nanny and Gramps. Can you do that for me B?" She asked.

The small, blonde haired girl nodded her head at her Mummy and hugged closely into her Grandma. Dianne could clearly see B's baby features starting to go. Her cute chubby arms were turning into an average 4 year olds. This made Dianne start to think her decision of moving to the UK for dance wasn't worth it.