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Girls Night

A/N | This will be the last chapter for two weeks as I am away. One song is especially featured for one special Aussie 😘

Summary | It’s girls night.....

Word count | 2.5k

Warnings | 18 + Only! Fluff & a little bit of Angst.

Disclaimer | This is a @pixie88​ original story and character.

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Pairings | Ellis x Dana.

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"Remember, just ignore Melissa, she was always jealous Ellis choose you" Dom says as she pours Dana a drink, Dana sneers "I've handled her for sixteen years Dom, one more night isn't going to tip me over the edge. Plus, I married for love, she married for money.....five times before she met Jacob!" Dana smugly smirks.

"She reveals in others' misery, but ignore her!" the doorbell rings, Dom rushes to answer it, Kellie, Selina, Nancy, Annabelle and Melissa are there.

They flow through into the kitchen, Selina pulled Dana in for a hug, "hi sweetie, how are you and the boys?"

"Hey lovely, I'm alright and the boys are good thanks. What about you? How's Liam?"

She pulls Dana away from the girls, Dana quarks her brow at her, "you are my best friend, so I guessed maybe you could help me tonight?" Dana nods curiously, "this needs to stay between us, I can't drink tonight because I'm pregnant!" Dana was about to squeak, but she stopped herself. Her eyes glass over because she knew how long Liam and Selina trying and the struggles they had gone through to keep trying.

She pulled her in for a hug, "I'm so happy for you both! Congratulation!" the both of them get a bit teary, "thank you, I need your help with the girls. I don't want to tell them before twelve weeks. If I don't drink they will get suspicious..."

"I will get all your drinks tonight, don't worry!" Dana grins, "come on, let's get back to the others" Dana pulls her back towards the girls.

Keeping her promise and kept pouring Selina's drinks, "alright Dana?" Melissa takes a seat next to where Dana was "yup, you?" she vaguely answers her knowing she is only after information on Ellis "me? I'm great thanks...so how's the kids and the husband?"

"The boys are fine!" she doesn't tell her about Ellis, instead she wanders over to Selina with her drink, "what did she want?" Selina asks as she took the glass from her hand, "asking how the boys and Ellis are!" she hissed through gritted teeth.

"She's jealous of you, she always has been since Ellis asked you out and not her all those years ago"

"Ellis would never go near her, especially every stunt she's pulled over the years!" Dana smugly smirk.

A little later...

"Why don't we play a round of never have I ever?" Kellie says a little tipsy, "Yes! Let's go and take this into the living room!" Dom calls the girls through.

"I'll take care of the shots, Selina you can help me!" Dana holds Selina back, Dana fills two plates with plastic shot glasses, one plate she loads with vodka and gin shots and another with water, "take from the plate with the red flowers, Selina!"

"Won't the girl suss it out?" Selina asked, "I have a plan!" she winks at her as they take the plates of shots through, "right girls, I've loaded these two plates with three different shots, you'll get vodka, gin or just tap water. I've mixed them up, so there are different shots on each plate!" she places one on one side of the table and the water shots in front of Selina.

"I'll go first, then we will work out way round, never have I ever cheated!" Nancy looks around the group only Melissa drinks, the girls look at her, "it was in college years ago!" Melissa tells them like it isn't a big deal.

"I guess it's my turn, never have I ever slept with an ex after splitting up with them" Dom had said this so Melissa had to drink again, Dana raises her glass to her lips as well as Kellie, Annabelle, and Melissa. Dom looks at Dana in horrible, "what?! When?!"

"After the last girls night, it had been five months. I called Ellis and he was happy to oblige" Dom's jaw dropped, "how did we not know about this?" she asked her.

"I knew Shane told me, he saw Ellis the day after and Shane said he had a spring in his step and a huge smile on his face" Nancy winks at her, "sorry, I knew too, but we are best friends so!" Selina shrugs.

"Moving on, never have I ever had a Onlyfans page!" Melissa gives Kellie the side eye, knowing Kellie will have to drink, "so what?!" Dom roll her eyes at Melissa as Kellie drinks, "my body, my choice!" Kellie shrugs.

Selina looks pissed off with Melissa, "my turn! Never have I ever slept with someone over sixty" Selina looks at Melissa, who sips her drink, Dana hides her smirk behind her glass.

"Me next, never have I ever slept with more than one guy!" Dana grins, knowing the whole group will have to drink "that's not fair! Not all of us found our soulmate at fifteen!" Nancy playfully teases her.

"So much for soul mates! They aren't even together anymore!" Melissa reminds them, "they might not be, but I don't think Ellis will get with anyone else." Selina nudges Dana.

"Never have I ever been arrested!" Kellie watches the group, Dom, Annabelle and Melissa drink. Dana looks to Annabelle, "you work for the police!"

Annabelle smirks, "I do, it wasn't an official arrest it was more an intimate one. Jacques used his work handcuffs on me role playing! Still counts?"

"Well, if it does looks like I'm taking a shot too!" Dana picks one off the table and knocks it back "what a waste of police time!" Dana grins at Annabelle and the pair start to giggle.

The game continues on.

Later in the kitchen, "why wasn't I told about Ellis scratching an itch?" Dom teases her, "no one was suppose to know...Selina only knew because she caught him leaving the house the next morning"

"You still at least fancy him, then?" she quizzes her friend, Dana doesn't answer her, but it's written all over her face, "you still love him!" she mischievously grins at her, "you do!"

"I can't just turn those feelings off can I?!" Dom wraps her arms around her friend.

The next day...

"Dana?" she felt someone stroke her cheek, for a second she forgot "Hmm...Ellis" then she heard him chuckle. Her eyes flicked open, she saw him smile down at her, "oh god! We didn't...did we?" she asks, trying to remember, he chuckles, "unfortunate not...I did knock, but there was no answer, so I used my emergency key. We did say eleven didn't we?"

She rubs her eyes "what time is it?" she stretches as she looks up at him, his eyes glide over her body, she pulls the covers up, his eyes flick back to hers. He looks down at his watch, "eleven twenty one!" she sighs, "my head hurts," he laughs, "you do look a little rough!"

She narrows her eyes, "thanks a lot!" she hissed at him, "look, why don't you stay in bed, and I'll take care of the boys?" she looks up at him, "I can't ask you to do that, it's my own fault I have a hangover!"

He gets up from the bed, "it's fine! I'll go to the shop and grab you some painkiller, a Lucazade and dinner"

"Y-you don't have to do that," she sits up and the room starts to spin, she clutches her head "Ouch!" she laid back down. "Ok, fine! Can you help the boys do their homework and reading?" he nods "boys, get your shoes on, we're going to the shops" he calls out as he leaves the bedroom.

A little later...

She stirred, she looked at her bedside table Ellis had left her a couple of paracetamol and a bottle of Lucazade. She sat up, reaching for the painkillers, her clock read fourteen minutes passed three, she could hear Ellis and the boys downstairs, she jumped into the shower and changed into fresh clothes before she made her way downstairs.

The three of them are sitting around the table doing their homework, she wandered in quietly. She listened to Ellis helping them with their maths homework, "hey" the three of them look up, "how are you feeling?" Ellis asks.

"I bit more human now, thanks," she smiled, "good, we are going to finish up here, and I'll start on dinner"

"Oh...you don't have to do that. I don't want to put you out"

"Dad is making chicken korma, Mum" Arlo tells her, "oh well if that's the case you're welcome to stay. Do you want me to do anything?"

"You could show me where everything is in the kitchen?" she nods, "ok, I'm just going to get a glass of water" she walked into the kitchen, filling a glass, "so where's the pans?" she heard him behind her.

"Oh in this cupboard" she moves passed him, his aftershave fills the air around her, reminding her of all the times he would wear that scent. She opens the cupboard, "anything else?" he reaches into the cupboard pulling out the biggest pan, "chopping board?"

She moves over to another cupboard pulling out the chopping board and placing it against the counter, "there you go," he smiles at her, "thanks, now go relax and let me cook" she rolls her eyes at him, but makes her way into the living room where the boys are.

Twenty minutes later she wanders into the kitchen where he is cooking, she pulls a bottle of wine out of the fridge "wanna glass?" she nudges him as he is stirring his curry, "just one, I need to drive home"

"Lightweight!" she teases him, handing him the glass, "said the woman that got drunk on Bucks fizz Christmas morning," he nudges her, "hey! That was because I couldn't drink for months being pregnant," he chuckles "do you remember when you were craving black olives at eleven o'clock at night?"

She laughs, "yep and you drove around for three hours in search for them!" she laughs at the memory, "in the end, I went to a Domino's ordered a pizza and got them to put loads of black olive on it. You got your olives and I had a pizza!"

She pours herself a glass, "hair of the dog?" he teases her, "just one, you can take the bottle home if you want?"

"How was girls' night anyway?" he looks at her and he starts dishing up, "well, I came home drunk, so it must be a good night," he chuckles, "right dinner is ready" he hands her a plate.

After dinner...

"See I told you that your Mum could dance!" he nudges the boys as they watch her play Just Dance, "Rah, rah-ah-ah-ah. Roma, roma-ma. Gaga, ooh-la-la. Want your bad romance" the song plays as she hits every move, her hips sway to the music.

At the corner of her eye, she saw his were fixed on her, she hits the last few moves, "eighty nine percent! YES" she jumps up and down, "right, duo!" Ellis jumps up from the sofa, picking the song Girls just want to have fun by Cyndi Lauper. She laughs at him wiggling his hips to the beat, that was one thing about him, he knew how to dance every time they got on the dance floor, he'd give her a look that made her feel like the only girl in the world.

The pair are laughing as they hit the steps, "you still know how to move!" she teases him, "I thought you knew the answer to that already!" he winks at her.

She rolls her eyes at him, "smug git!" she thought, missing her moves, when the song finally came to an end, Ellis won making him cheer, the boys gave him a high five.

"Right, bedtime you two!" Dana told their boys, "b-b-but Mum!" Arlo protested, "you have school in the morning!" she reminded him, "fine, but did you ask Dad about Tuesday?" he looked at her, "no, but I will. Now go to bed!"

Arlo sighed, looking to his Dad, "I thought after what you said last night, you'd have more time now? So you can come right?"

"Come? Come to what buddy?" Ellis crouched down to his smaller son, "sports day, I asked Mum to ask you. I'm sure Grandad won't mind?!" Ellis nods, "I'll be there, but only if you do as your Mum told you and go to bed!"

Arlo is beaming, "ok! Night Mum! Night Dad!" Arlo rushes off, Myles gets up from the sofa, "I'll make sure he brushes his teeth! Night" Myles follows his brother upstairs. "Night! I love you!" Dana calls after them, "Night boys!" Ellis shouts up at them.

Dana turns to him, "I'm sorry about Arlo, but what did he mean when he said you have more time?" she quirks a brow at him, he lets out a long sigh, "I was going to tell you this morning, but you were hung over, so I thought it was best to wait till you were feeling better...."

She looks at him waiting, "...I-I..er...I quit!" she narrows here eyes at him not quite believing his words, "you quit?" she repeated his words, "yeah, two months ago actually. I wanted to find my feet before I told you and the boys, but now I have I thought you all deserved to know!"

She let out a light chuckle, "what's funny?" he looks at her, "heard it all before!" she walks away towards the kitchen, he follows her, "it's true!" he pulls out his phone looking through his emails.

"It was true the last time..." she pours herself another glass of wine, "look!" he slides his phone over the kitchen island to her "read that and look at the date!" her stubbornness kicks in, glancing at the phone she saw the Sussex Police header, she skimmed through the resignation email that was dated three months earlier.

"You said you quit two months ago, this is dated back three months?" he looks at her, "I had to give a months notice" her eyes meet his, "so what are you doing now?"

His hands run down his face, "I...er...I'm working with my Dad!" she knew that was the last thing he'd want to do, "you always said you didn't want to work in the family business. Why would you do a job that makes you so unhappy?" she looks at him over the top of her glass.

His eyes bore into hers never breaking contact, "because doing what I love means I can't be with the woman I love!"

She clamped her eyes shut and let out a breath before she caught his gaze, "not this again! I can't do this!" she set her glass down on the counter. "You've always said action speak louder than words, these are my action to keep you happy!" he looks at her the way he used to when he wanted to make up.

"But it's not just about where you work, I want you to love your job! But it's not just about that and you know that!" he huffs.

This wasn't the reaction he wanted or was hoping for, "are you going to Arlo's sports day?" he asked, wanting to change the subject, she nods, "he wants us both there"

"Specking of..are you going to Priya and Jason's wedding?" he cautiously asks "I don't think that's a good idea. I think you should just take the boys"

He bows his head, "I was kinda hoping you would come?" he looks up at her, "I don't think that's a good idea, plus I got Cherry to do the photos, so I didn't have to go!"

"It's just a wedding, you've known Jason for years, and you get on well with Priya...I don't see the problem?" he quirks a brow at her, "I don't want to confuse the boys!"

"Confuse them? How would going to a wedding together confuse them?" he looks at her, "because us, doing things together is confusing! Even for me!"

"But you are their Mum and a part of the family. To be honest with you, I was hoping you'd come to keep my Mum off my back," she chuckles knowing she could handle his Mum just like he could handle hers.

"Fine...if we are going together, it's just as friends that's it!" he nods, hoping this was a step forward...

~~~~~

Two and a half years earlier...

She pressed the brakes in vain, "MUM!" Arlo cried out before the world faded to black!

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Chapter 3 - Sport Day

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[pixie88]

Sports Day

Chapter 3 - Enough.

A/N | It has been a while sorry, please don't hate me for the ending 😘

Summary | It’s sports and it’s hard to tell who the grown ups are...

Word count | 1.9k

Warnings | 18 + Only! Fluff & a little bit of Angst.

Disclaimer | This is a @pixie88 original story and character.

The series Master list can be found here, which includes previous chapters, face claims, characters back stories and the Enough playlist.

Pairings | Ellis x Dana.

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"Come on, Arlo!!" she cheers her son on as she looks at the time, "late again!" she hisses under her breath, she claps as he comes second in the sack race. She could see Arlo searching too, she couldn't believe he had let him down again, she pulls out her phone calling him, it rings and rings.

Finally, he answers, she moves away from the group of parents, "where are you?!" she hissed, "what do you mean?" he asks, confused "you're late! Sports day started forty three minutes ago!" she groaned, "w-what do you mean it started forty three minutes ago? You told me eleven o'clock?!"

"What? No, I didn't! It was ten!" she hissed down the phone at him, "no, you text me eleven!" she pulled the phone away from her ear and looked at the text, she did text him eleven. "Oh, I-I..er, I'm sorry, it's my mistake!" he chuckles, "it's fine, I'm on my way!"

"Ok, I'll see you when you get here!" she hung up, she wandered over to Arlo, he looked down at his feet, "Arlo?" he looked up, she stooped down to his level, "Mummy, where's Dad?" he looks at her with pleading eyes, "Arlo, it's my fault I sent him the wrong time, but he's on his way!" Arlo's face lights up, "you promise?"

She kisses the top of his head, "I pinky l promise!" she holds out her little finger.

Ten minutes later...

"Hey!" he says as meets Dana on the school field, "hiya, he's over there!" she points over to where Arlo is, Arlo waves smiling as Ellis waves over. "Sorry, I must have hit one instead of zero!" she begrudgingly admits, "it's ok! Don't worry!" she sighed, "he has another counselling session tomorrow, he doesn't want to go. I don't suppose you could talk to him?" he nods silently.

"Thank you, he should be up again soon!" Ellis looks round at the other parents, "great, how comes you aren't standing with Amelia and Grace?" he questions her, Dana rolls her eyes, "have you girls fallen out?"

"Amelia's boy Freddy teased Arlo about us splitting up, I guess kids pick things up from their parents. I overheard her slagging me off to the other parents saying she never understood what a guy like you saw in a uptight bitch like me!" he clenches his jaw, which she notices, "she realizes she's no oil painting in looks and her personality, right?" Dana lets out a snort. 

"So how's working for your Dad going?" she asks, he lets out a low sigh, "not great actually, but I may have something else lined up"

"Really? Like what?"

"This time, it's for real. I'm working for Shane in sales and the head of the finance department." she narrowed her eyes at him not quite believing him, "I know that look, but this time I'm telling the truth, I'm trying to be better!"

"I just hope you can stick to it, oh and congratulations on the new job!" she grins, "thanks!" he returns the smile, "Arlo's up!" she nods over to the track, "COME ON ARLO!!" Ellis cups his mouth to yell, Arlo is beaming as he stands next to Freddy, Dana sends him a knowing wink.

Their teacher, Mrs Wright blows the whistle signalling the race starts, Arlo starts sprinting ahead of his five other classmate, "Go Arlo!!" Dana squeaks as Ellis claps for his son. Soon Arlo crosses the Finish Line in first place with Leo in second and Noah in fourth place, Dana jumps up and down proudly, while Ellis gives him a thumbs up.

He leans over to her, "am I a bad parent for thinking that win was even sweeter because both Amelia's or Grace's boys came last?" she laughs, "well if you are I am too!" the pair laugh.

An hour later...

After all the races were over the kids got to have a picnic with their parents on the field, Arlo picks a spot near the edge of the field, Dana had packed a few extra bits just in case Ellis did show up, "hey do you mind if we sit with you guys?" Tommy's Mum Emily asked, "yeah, sure!" Dana smiles.

"Thanks, how great did these two do! Both got first place!" Emily smiles at the boys, "they did do brilliantly!" Dana replied, "oh, sorry Emily this is Arlo's Dad, Ellis. Ellis this is Tommy and Emily," she introduces them, "nice to meet you both! Is this Tommy the kid that shot me on Fortnite at the weekend?" Ellis asks with a smile, Tommy goes shy, "I'm messing, but I want a rematch!" Ellis teases, Tommy nods.

Emily looks over her shoulder, "hey, I know it's not a competition and it's all about the taking part, but anyone else cheered on the inside when Amelia lost in the Mum's race?" Emily winked at Dana, who came second, "I think you've been hanging around with this one for too long!" Ellis says to Emily as her nods at Dana, "hey, I resent that! She was that evil before we started hanging out!" Dana throws an apple at him "ouch!" he groans as it hits him in the stomach.

"Mum, they have the ice lollies out! Can I go get one?" Tommy asks making the three adults look over, "I'll get em!" Ellis gets up, "you girls want anything?" he looks down at them, both shook their heads "you boys coming?" Tommy and Arlo get up and follow Ellis across the field to Bill the caretaker selling ice lollies.

Amelia smiles as Ellis and the boys approaches, "Ellis how are you?" she flutters her eyelashes at him, "Amelia! I'm alright, actually there was something I wanted to speak to you about. Boys go and pick an ice lollies you want" the boys rush off, Amelia looks at him with a smile, "I appreciate it if you would keep you vile and nasty little comments about my wife to yourself! You know I think your little minion is right you do look like a bulldog chewing on a wasp" Amelia's face drops.

"Anyway, nice to see you again!" he throws her a bright smile before catching up with the boys.

Later...

After the picnic the kids needed to go back to class, "why don't we go out for dinner tonight to celebrate your win?" Ellis asks Arlo, Arlo looks to his Mum, "can I go? Please?" he looks at her pleading, "actually kiddo, I was thinking we could all go?" Ellis looks up at her.

"I-I er...ok, I don't see why not!" she nods awkwardly, "we'll see you later!" she kisses Arlo on the cheek, "ok, bye Mum! Bye Dad!" he says before running off, "I hope you don't mind?" Ellis clears his throat. "No, it's fine! So, I'll see you after school," she starts to walk off out the school gate, "do you want to grab a coffee?" he asks her with a shy smile.

She turns, "I don't think that's a good idea!"

"Why not?! Come on, it's just coffee!"

"But it's what the coffee means!" she sighed, "what? Don't you trust yourself?" she laughs, "fine! Let's go, I wouldn't want to boost your ego thinking I can't handle a coffee with you!" he chuckles, "come on my car is over here!" he leads her to the car park.

In the car park they see Amelia arguing with Grace, "I wonder what that is about?!" she looks to Ellis, who's smiles smugly, "I may have told her Grace said she looked like a bulldog chewing a wasp!" Dana looks at him, "you didn't?" he nodded, "we may not be together, but no one insults the mother of my children!"

She didn't admit it to him, but she was a little touched by his actions.

Twenty eight minutes later...

"When do you start at Dawson's properties?" she asks sipping her caramel latte, "next Monday and I can't wait!" he sits back in his seat, "Dad's place not doing it for ya?!" she knew he hated working for his Dad.

"It pays the bill's which is great, but I hate working with him. Plus never been one for architects" he sighed, "Saturday I was thinking of getting a room at the hotel where the wedding reception is, so I don't have to drive back. I thought if we get a room with two single beds and a double, maybe you and Arlo could take the double and Myles and I could take the two singles?"

She didn't think about getting home and it would be easier for the boys just to head up, "sounds like a good plan actually!" he smiles softly, "great, I'll get it booked! Thank you for agreeing to come, it means my Mum will be off my back now," she laughs, "I was always her favourite even above you" she teases him, he laughs, "I would argue if it wasn't true" she smirks.

"I'll speak to Arlo about counselling, maybe I could take him tomorrow?" she thought his idea over, "would you mind?"

"No, of course not!" she felt relieved.

Later after dinner...

Ellis pulls onto the drive way, they get out and head inside, "Mum can Dad read me a book?" Arlo asks "if that's ok with him and if you brush your teeth" Arlo looks to his Dad, "like your Mum said brush your teeth!" Arlo runs upstairs with Ellis following after him.

Twenty minutes later...

She's making a coffee as Ellis wanders downstairs, "he's asleep two books later"

"He saw you coming!" she teases him, "do you want a coffee?"

"Yeah, I'll have a latte macchiato" she rolls her eyes at him, he knows she can't work the coffee machine, he grins, "I'll do it!" he nudges her out of the way. She jumps up to sit on the counter, shaking her head at him, "you could never work this thing"

"It was you who ordered the damn thing, all I wanted was machine that made black coffee, but you had to get some fancy thing!" she rolled her eyes, "if I remember rightly you love a caffe latte?" he quirks his brow at her, she narrows her eyes at him over the top of her mug, "I did, when you did them now, I have no idea how to work the bloody thing!"

He laughs at her, "come here, I'll show you!" she jumps down, still keeping her distance, he points at the button on the machine, "you press this one, use the arrows, go down to caffe latte and press ok! See it's not rocket science" he teases her, "whatever!" she says playfully.

"Thanks for dinner, I can't remember the last time I laughed so much!" he nods with an easy smile, "it was good night," he leans against the counter next to her, "what time is Arlo's appointment tomorrow?"

"Four thirty, you know the place," he nods, she sighs he could see the worry on her face that made him feel even more guilty, "he will get through it you know!" she presses her lips into a thin line, "I know!" she looks down at her coffee, letting out a long breath, he hooks his finger under her chin, bring her eyes to meet his, "it's going to take time but he will get through it, especially if he's anything like his mother!"

Her lips upturn into a smile, he looks between her eyes and leans in, for a second she's tempted to lean into, but she pulls away, "Ellis, I can't!" he frowns, "sorry..I should go" he places his mug on the counter and walks out leaving her confused....

~~~~~

Two and a half years earlier...

He slams his phone against his desk, his breath quickened, everything around him started to spin, he couldn't hold his angry in any longer.

He threw his phone across the office until it shattered into pieces, grabbing the attention of his fellow DC's.

Jacques rushes over "Ellis, what is it?!"

"He got Dana and Arlo!" the tears roll down his face.

~~~~~

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[pixie88]

Eight months later...

Chapter 1 - Enough.

A/N | I’m a little nervous about releasing this series, it was never suppose to see the light of day because it was just a fic I wrote for myself when I got bored or stuck on writing for my published fics. But now it’s out there, I hope you like it. I will be doing weekly chapters just, so there is no pressure on me or you guys to keep up. I am still adding/editing this fic.

Summary | It’s Dana’s parents anniversary dinner...

Word count | 1.5k

Warnings | 18 + Only!

Disclaimer | This is a @pixie88​ original story and character.

The series Master list can be found here which includes the face claims, characters back stories and the Enough playlist.

Pairings | Ellis x Dana.

Reblogs make us happy!

Let me know if you would like to be tagged!

"Boys have you packed your overnight bag?" Dana shouts up from the bottom of the stairs, she heard them both grumble, "nearly!" Myles calls down to his Mum. She shook her head at them, looking up at the time. He will be here in fourteen minutes, if he is on time, she thought, then her phoned rang out.

"This better not be you cancelling again!" she muttered under her breath making her way to the kitchen where her phone was against the counter, the screen is lit up, thankfully Domenica's name flashed up on her screen.

"Hey Dom, you alright?"

"Hiya, I'm going to cut to the chase because I'm in the toilets at work. Ian is on my back about making personal calls at work, but listen girls' night at mine tomorrow six pm!"

"Dom, I can't! I've got the boys tomorrow night."

"Get Ellis to have them another night! Please!"

She knew if she asked him, he would probably say yes, "fine, I'll ask him!" Domenica squealed on the other end of the phone "right, I gotta go! See you tomorrow, bye!"

"Bye!" she hung up placing her phone on the counter as she saw him pull into the driveway through the kitchen window, "Boys your Dad is here!" she calls up. Soon she heard the rumble of them racing down the stairs, they open the door before he gets to it, "Dad!" Arlo excitably calls out as he rushes his Dad wrapping his arms around him.

"Hey kiddo!" Ellis smiles, pulling his shades off and placing them on top of his head, Myles is standing in the doorway waiting shyly.

"Hey, you! Not going to give ya old man a hug?" Ellis looks over at Myles, who slowly moves forward. Dana is still standing in the kitchen staring out at them, it was always awkward when he would collect or drop off the boys, they had gone from greeting each other with a kiss when he came home to just a wave from a distance as he picked up the boys.

She took a deep breath and wander into the hallway, he looked up at her "Hi, you look nice," he looks over her outfit, she lets out a little laugh "thanks, I'm heading over to my parents for their anniversary. They are having some people over"

"Oh, did you not want to take the boys? I can always have them tomorrow night instead?" he smiles softly at her, "no, it's fine, I doubt the boys want to sit round a table with a load of boring adults, but if you want to have the boys for an extra night I wouldn't say no to you having them an extra night...Dom is having a girls night...I was hoping to go"

"Yes, of course. You didn't even have to ask, an extra night with these monkeys. I'm up for that!" Arlo cheers finding out he is spending another night with their Dad, "you two better go upstairs and grab your bags!" she tells them, they run past her and up the stairs.

Ellis wandered over to his car, opening the passenger side before grabbing something and making his way back to the house, "Here's a card for your parents," he hands her an envelope "Oh, you remembered?!" she seemed surprised, he nods with a smile, "yup, I put in a restaurant voucher in there for them"

"Thanks they will really appreciate that," she felt warmed by the gesture, the boys come thundering down the stairs "did you pack extra for tomorrow night?" she nags the boys, "Yep!" Arlo begins to put his shoes on, Myles wanders out the house to the car.

"Hey buddy! We brought you are with better manners than that! Come back and say bye to your mother!" Ellis orders him back over, Myles sulks walking back to the house, he hugs his Mum and kisses her cheek, "have fun and behave for your Dad, ok?!" Myles nods as Arlo wraps his arms around her hip, she hugs them both tightly, "I'll see you both Sunday! I love you!"

"Love you too, Mum!" Myles makes his way to the car, "Love you Mummy!" Arlo runs off to the car, she looks towards Ellis, "I know any problems, I'll call!" he smiles sweetly, "thanks, make sure yo..." he stops her mid sentence, "remind Arlo to take his inhaler before bed. Yes, I will! Have fun tonight, say hi to your parents from me!" she nods with a smile as he walks over to the car.

He turns back to her halfway, "oh, if you get drunk enough to booty call me again, Shane's over tonight for a few beers, so no need to worry about a babysitter!" he winks making her shake her head and turns walking back into the house.

Later that evening...

"Mum, will you just stop! Ellis and I are over!" she hissed.

Every time she visited her parents since the split her Mum - Daisy would remind her what a stupid mistake she made letting Ellis go. Of course her Mum would say that Dana hadn't told her the real reason why they split, she fed them the same lie, she fed everyone else, they fell out of love which was the furthest thing from the truth. Sixteen years down the drain, he hadn't cheated, but he did lie as well as never keeping his promises which it all got on top of her.

She believed the real reason was between them and no one else.

"You won't find another man like him!" she let out a breath, rolling her eyes at her Mum, "also if you are over why aren't you filing for divorce?!" she asked her daughter, this was a question not even Dana the answer too, "I haven't got round to it!" she says as she helped her Mum prepare a salad bowl.

"Because you know once you filed for divorce that means it's really over!"

"What's really over?" Harley came in questioning them both, "your sisters relationship!"

"Well done Sherlock! It's been over for months!" Harley teases their Mum "thank you, Harley!" Dana says looking over her shoulder at him, "plus what goes on between a married couple is between them, isn't what you always tell us?" Harley reminds their mother.

"But she's not with him anymore!" Harley puts his hand up to stop her talking, "Mum, just stop. Let's enjoy the night without arguing"

"Here! Here, son!" Jonah wanders into the kitchen, "J, do you want your daughter to be alone all her life?!" Daisy hisses at her husband, Jonah huffs "if being alone makes her happy then I'm happy. She not alone, she has two boys and Ellis, he might not be in her life full time, but he's not one to just turn his back on her because they aren't together anymore."

"That reminds me, he sent you both a card," she reaches for her bag and hands the card to her Dad, "did you tell him that he was invited?" Daisy says, "no! I didn't!" Daisy lets out a long huff, "why not?"

"Because I didn't want to sit with my ex husband with people whispering about it all night!" Dana groaned at her mother with annoyance, "Aww bless him, he sent us a voucher a generous lad that one. Now come on the food is getting cold!" Jonah orders them out.

At the dinner table, they were all in couples, she was the odd one out. She heard her phone, "Dana turn that off!" Daisy calls over, "Sorry Mum, it's the boys!" she moves away from the table.

"Hi?"

"Hey the boys just wanted to say Goodnight. How's it going?"

She softly sighed, rolling her eyes.

"Eye rolling bad, huh?" he tried to sound neutral, but she could detect the hit of smugness in his tone, he knew how over baring her mother was, he was the only one that ever got her through these family gatherings. "You know how she would always sing your praises before, well, she's doubling her efforts now"

He chuckles "I can always make an excuse saying one of the boys are ill and want their Mum?" she grinned at the fact he was still willing to help her, "no, it's fine! Plus there's wine, so it makes it bearable"

"Dad, is that Mum?" she heard Arlo in the background, "Yeah, I'll pass her over. Enjoy your night, D!"

"Hey Mum! How's Nana and Gramps?"

"They're great sweetheart, what have you been up to this evening?"

"We beat Dad at Fortnite..," she laughed at him, "has he played before?"

"No!" Arlo laughs smugly, "that's not very fair!" she laughs at them winning when Ellis had no idea how to play, "all's fair in love and Fortnite! Mum, I'm going to put Myles on. Night, I love you"

"Goodnight sweetheart! I love you!"

"Hi Mum!"

"You alright pudding?" Myles groans at his nickname, "I'm great, I am just in the middle of my homework"

"Oh, ok. I'll let you get back to it then"

"Cool, see ya Sunday. Love you!"

"See you then, I love you more!" Myles hung up the phone, "how are my two favourite nephews?" Harley said, she hadn't seen him sneak up behind her. "They're fine, Mum told you to come over and get me off the phone?"

"And Ellis? No, she didn't," she rolls her eyes at him, "eh, he's ok! Come on, let's back before Mum sends the search party!" she pulls him back to the table.

She couldn't wait for tonight to be over she needed to let off some steam with the girls...

Chapter 2 - Girls Night

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