Sissy Room

Thank you @LilRugrat for the hugs! Though I win!

Loona and Moxx on a better foot it seems. Vasago continues to be a good birb.

Chapter 25.docx Sorry for no post last Sunday, wasn't well all week.   Chapter 25.   A new start for everyone.   Pete was still fretting about being outed about our little nappy session last night, so he was totally non communicative on our minibus ride. It had been about an hour’s ride so far and we were heading along the M40 corridor and the road signs were pointing toward Oxford.   “Sonia” called Frank.   “Yes” she replied.   “Where are we heading” He asked.   It’s a small town outside Oxford called Abingdon, It’s a really nice part of the country. We’re heading to a newish estate where we’ve found you some nice properties that are affordable, all the families will be fairly close together but not on each other’s doorsteps so to speak.   After seeing your prospective new homes we’ll head off to the local schools to have a look around”   “Won’t they be closed?” Linda asked.   “Normally yes, but the head teachers will be on site to give us tours of the facilities”   “Will all the kids be going to the same school then?” Paul asked.   “No, your families have kids that are different age groups, some are secondary some are junior schools and I understand that we have a very bright young lady that will be attending a specialist maths college”   “Who Penny?” I asked.   “Yes, some of the tests we got her to take at her old school were shown to the college principle and despite here age they have accepted her into their gifted child Programme, she’ll get the normal school curriculum for her age group but extra advanced applied mathematics classes and she won’t be the only one in her age group as the college is geared up for young high achievers like Penny. Once we’ve seen the houses I’ll give you each a detailed breakdown about the houses and the surrounding area”   After about another 15-minute drive we drove into Abingdon itself. There were shops and pubs and restaurants in the main high street and as we passed through, I spotted some familiar well known shop names. After the high street finished then came a small industrial area on both sides of the road which appeared to be mainly manufacturing and distribution type businesses with a small industrial shopping area next door with the likes of Halford’s toys-R-us and many more similar brands.   A few hundred yards further on we turned off the main road into a road lined with trees, bushes and flowers, a few hundred yards further on we came to a newly built housing plot with semi-detached homes each with a garage and a path leading up from the pavement over a grassed area to the front door.   We pulled up outside number 8 and the driver turned off the engine of the minibus.   “This is one of the homes we have arranged for you all, there are twenty-four in total on this estate, and one has been allocated for each or your families. There all the same, they have the same fixtures and fittings, and each has three bedrooms. Shall we go in and take a look” Offered Sonia.   As we got out if the minibus, I looked at Pete and he looked at me, this was like something out of a dream. We all made our way up the path towards the door.   I whispered to Pete. “there’s no way we can afford this” he nodded and raised his eyes.   “I know, no way” He replied.   Sonia produced a key and proceeded to open the front door and invited us all in. The place was huge. A staircase led upstirs on the right of a large hallway and the whole downstairs was open plan front to back with a kitchen on the right-hand side. Between the rear of the staircase and next to the kitchen there was even a downstairs loo with a sink and shower. At the rear were sliding doors which led to a lovely garden laid to lawn and a small patio area.   I’d never been in such a home apart from my posh sisters, and only really seen them on the telly. It was all freshly painted and had a brand new larger than life kitchen with new appliances. The garage even had an area set out as a laundry room with a washing machine and tumble dryer, but still big enough to fit in a car.   “We can’t afford this” said Paul & Helen. And the rest of us agreed with their statement.   “Not to panic” said Sonia. “Everything has been arranged at an affordable rent, Council taxes, Gas, Electric and Water are down to you, but the rental has been arranged at a greatly reduced rate and after you’ve been here 5 years you can if you wish take up a right to buy scheme and purchase the property with a no deposit small mortgage”   “We’d still need executive jobs to afford this though” said Suzie, in a slightly worried voice.   “I’ll go through the costings in more detail later after we’ve been to see everything, is that ok?”   We all nodded.   “Go take a look upstairs if you like”   Pete and I led the way up and found three bedrooms and a large family bathroom with separate bath and shower and two toilets.   “At least the kids would get their own rooms, what’s with the two toilets” said Pete.   I wasn’t sure so I couldn’t answer, the second toilet looked different though.   The master bedroom was positioned over the garage and kitchen area, it was huge and had its own en-suite bathroom. All of the rooms had built in wardrobes as well.   I looked at Pete again in disbelief. “This is all my dreams come true at once” I said and he again nodded.   We all made our way downstairs again, after of course testing all the taps and flushing the toilets to make sure they worked.   “Sonia” What’s with the two toilets? I don’t fancy holding hands with Pete here when I’m on the loo”   Everyone laughed.   “The second toilet is actually a bidet, you’ll find it will be really useful when you kids come home and have morning terry nappy changes, you can flush any poop down the toilet and wash off the nappy in the bidet. They are also useful for your child to wash off poo residue instead of taking a full shower.   I’d never heard of or seen a bidet before, even my sister didn’t have on.   As I said all the homes are set out to exactly the same plan, we will give everyone a £5000 voucher to spend in a local furniture store which has national outlets, on anything you feel you may need, you can arrange your items to be delivered to your new home from your local store. we will also arrange for a removals company to help pack and move any belongings you have at home that you may wish to bring”   Trevor walked up to Sonia. “Pinch me please” He asked.   “Sorry”   “Pinch me, I want to make sure this isn’t just a dream”   He rolled up his sleeve, and she pinched his arm very gently.   “Harder” He said with a smile “I just want to make sure”   She pinched him again. “Ouch. Thanks now I know I’m awake” She smiled and we all laughed.   “Shall we move on” Sonia led the way out and closed and locked the door behind us. We got back in the minibus, and all started talking at once.   “Right let’s go Sonia said to the driver. And with that he started the minibus and we pulled away.   Sonia handed out a folder to each family. “Inside you’ll find details of your individual properties and a breakdown of all the costs that go with it.   The rent was just slightly more than we were paying for the dump we currently lived in and the rates were slightly less, so it balanced out about the same, utilities were about the same as we were already paying. Overall, a win win situation for us.   “How’s it look love” Pete asked.   “Doable” I smiled.   “Still want to live in London?” I asked him. I got the stare back.   “Right were off to the college first”   Five minutes up the road we turned off the main road into the Abingdon Park Campus.   “As we drive into the campus you will see that it is split into 3 main areas with each area containing a different school” said Sonia. The minibus pulled up outside the Abingdon Sport & Sciences facility which was the first building on the left.   “You’re all welcome to join us if you wish” said Sonia.   So everyone piled out of the minibus and headed to the main entrance.   We were greeted by a tall well-built man in his middle to late 50’s with that professor look, a Dr Adams. He greeted us all one by one with a handshake.   “Which of you are Penny’s parents?”   Pete and I stepped forward.   “I would like to congratulate you both on having an exceptionally gifted daughter” he said. “We are really looking forward to having such an exceptional talent join us here at the facility, if that’s ultimately what you want for her”   “Were here to find out” I replied.   He smiled “Shall we begin”   He took us all on a tour of the college from the classrooms to the sports facilities then showed us the indoor pool and the huge diving platform and the school cafeteria overlooking the pool area.   “The pool and sports facilities are shared by the three schools on campus, the pool is Olympic size as is the diving platform. We also have some exceptional swimming talent along with many other sports.   We cater for very many talents here in the college from the sciences to a broad range of sports such as gymnastics, swimming, track and field, all of the children are exceptionally talented in their field and come from all over the country to study here, we are the first true sports science school in the country” He explained.   “Penny will be one of our younger students, but she will be taught with other gifted children near her own age. Her test papers came back to us with stunning results for a child of her age and we would be extremely pleased if she joined us”   “From what I’ve seen I think she would be happy here and I know she’d love the pool”   “We do like to encourage our non-sports students to use the facilities after normal lessons as we find it helps them wind down after a hard day of study.   We made our way back to the reception area and Dr Adams thanked us all for viewing his facility he handed me a glossy folder with a picture of the college on the front.   “If you and your daughter decide that were right for you then we look forward to seeing you in mid-September. If Penny would like to have a look around for herself then were here from the first week of September so just phone and speak to my secretary to arrange it. Inside the folder you will find the full curriculum and timetable we have set for her along with full details of the college. As I said we’d be really happy to see Penny join us in September”   He shook everyone’s hand and I thanked him for the tour and opening up for us.   Back in the minibus Pete had a tear in his eye.   “What’s up love”   “I never dreamt that one of our kids would end up in a place like this, she could go on to do anything she wants if she does well, and it sure as hell beats working in a deadbeat job which is what most kids in our area end up doing “   I smiled at him and nodded. I knew that she was never going to end up in a Deadbeat, go nowhere job, she was already too clever for that.   I didn’t read the College prospectus because I already knew that Happy Summers had already saved my family from the scrap heap and even if I ended up working in the local McDonalds we’d be ok. I don’t think Pete saw it that way just yet, but he seemed to be coming around.   “Were off to The John Matthews academy next. Helen, this will be Timmy’s School”   The journey took only 1 minute as the next school was really within walking distance of the college, and we may have just as well walked. At the entrance we were greeted by the deputy headmistress, a Miss Robertson. She apologised that the Head wasn’t there to meet us, but she was away at a conference which she couldn’t avoid.   We were shown the school which was much like any other primary that you’d find up and down the country.   Helen was doing as she should have been doing, asking many questions about the school, the area and the pupils.   “Were fully aware of the circumstances surrounding you and your son Helen” Said Miss Robinson.   “He will be joining year 6 if you accept our offer of a placement. We have in the past had one or two children that have arrived through our doors from Happy Summers. One of them although a little older now still lives in the housing plot that I understand your going to be living in and attends Abingdon High.   Please do trust me when I say you can be happy in the knowledge that we have the expertise needed to nurture young Timmy here. We even have a facility to cope with nappies if there is still a need once he arrives”   Miss Robertson led us back to the front reception area, she handed Helen a folder similar to the one I had received, and we said our farewells.   The minibus made its way a little further up the road, again within easy walking distance, and we again pulled into a school entrance gate.   The school was called Abingdon High.   A newly built structure that although large wasn’t a place that appeared that it would have had thousands of kids rammed into too few classrooms.   “This is the facility we prefer for Stephen, Simon and Samantha” said Sonia.   We were greeted again at the school reception once we'd piled out of the minibus, by the headmaster a gentleman by the name of Mr Saunders who introduced himself enthusiastically. He looked only a little older than me and Pete.   “Welcome to you all and welcome to our little part of the world. I glad you could make it and I’m looking forward to showing you round our facility today. I understand that we have A Simon, Samantha and Stephen looking to join us next month it that right” We all nodded. “Can they all sing?” He asked.   We all shrugged our shoulders in the usual way when greeted by an unanswerable question.   “If they could we might be able to make up a quartet and call them the 3S’s a play on the three Tenors so to speak”   He got no reaction from anyone.   “Oops no opera fans in the house then” He smiled. “Moving quickly on then”   Helen laughed and the rest of us smiled.   “Sorry folks, I have been told many times that my sense of humour is a little dry for most people, it’s just my way of trying to break the ice”   Helen laughed again, we smiled again.   “Looks like Helen’s pulled” I whispered to Pete.   He looked at me and rolled his eyes. “Not funny luv”   Mr Saunders started our tour and showed us the main points of the school.   “We cater for three hundred pupils over five year groups here each, class group consists of eighteen children, and we pride ourselves on having the best modern facilities in the Oxford area. We are lucky that we also get to use the sports and pool facilities up the road at the college.   We only opened this school five years ago and have just had our first set of GCSE results which has resulted in a 99% pass rate over all subjects A to C. All of the children I’m happy to say have opted to move on to a 6th form college in the Oxford area, which in turn could lead to a place at Oxford university”   “Do you have any former Happy Summers attendees here” Asked Frank.   “Yes three” He answered.   “One young man who came to us two years ago as a year 7 from The John Matthews Academy. And two, one boy and one girl who came directly from Happy summers last September. I am pleased to tell you that all these children have been working hard and have managed to catch up with the syllabus for their age groups.   We provide a lot of one-to-one teaching here which really benefits the children who are behind the rest academically. Your three as they are in the correct date range will all be joining year 8 in September should you wish them to start here”   I was impressed that they had managed to bring the kids back up to speed so quickly.   “I think Pete and I would be happy to Send Simon along, wouldn’t we Pete?”   “Yes I think I’d be very happy seeing what I’ve seen and heard”   I looked at him in disbelief, he smiled.   “In fact, I cannot wait for both of my children to start their new schools up here”   Everyone else agreed and it was smiles all round.   “Are you really happy luv?” I asked him.   “You know what luv, I couldn’t be happier, from now on the kids come first, sod those wankers in London, let’s make a fresh start up here” he kissed me on the lips, and we both hugged a long and tender embrace.   Now we just need some jobs.   Next time were back with Daniel in:  Chapter 26. How’s Sam getting on?  

Hugs for Eddie for the win 

Nah, if I need a change I'll just text my Daddy and He'll grab he diaper bag and come change me.