Sorry, its another really short update, I'm still not keeping great and sleeping a lot, but hope this keeps you going for a little while.

"Are you ready" Elizabeth called out from the bottom of the stairs to the kids. Jason came down stairs looking exactly as he did when he went up.

"You could have at least changed your shirt" Henry said as he patted his sons back.

"Why to go to Pizza Hut, it's the only place Lucy likes"

"Yeah because looking at the amount you eat at the buffet you must hate it" Alison replied as she ran down with her new boots still in her hand, she had curled her hair so the dark curls bounced below her shoulder and her makeup was completed with dark eyeshadow and pink lip gloss.

Elizabeth laughed at her daughter's comment "You are looking lovely noodle"

Alison smiled at her mother's comment "Mum, Lucy sounded like she was crying"

"Why she just got what she wanted, she is so weird" Jason replied

"Look guys this is a big thing for Lucy, she is bound to be emotional and need both of you to be sensitive to her" Henry said.

"You 3 go off to pizza hut, and get started, Lucy and I will catch up" Elizabeth said walking up stairs to the young girl's room.

Elizabeth knocked on the door, when she didn't hear anything she opened it slowly and put her head round.

"Hi Darling, is everything OK"

"Yes" Lucy replied, Elizabeth sat down on the bed and placed an arm around her daughter.

"It's OK if you're not"

"I know I should be happy, but I'm sad too"

Elizabeth gently rubbed Lucy's back to comfort her, just like she did 7 years ago when Lucy would wonder when her Dad would be back to get her.

"It's OK to be sad, this is a big change in your life"

"I don't understand why my Dad doesn't want me, I don't know what I did wrong,"

"Oh Lucy, you haven't don't anything wrong, I'm not making an excuse for your Dad, but he doesn't know how to be a Daddy"

Lucy looked up to her new Mother not quiet understanding what she meant

"You know that my Mum and Dad, your Grandparents died when we were young. I was Ali's age and your Dad was just a tiny little bit older than you"

"I know, it must have been really hard"

"Well it was for me, but it was so much worse for your Dad. See, he was in the car when the accident happened, he saw it all and even got injured himself. That's how he got the scar on his forehead"

"I didn't know he was there" Lucy said

"After it happened he suffered from something called Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, have you heard about this before"

"No," Lucy replied with a shake of the head

"Well it is something that soldiers can get if they see horrible things at war, anyone can get it after something very traumatic, your Dad suffered from that as well as hitting his head meant that he forgot a lot about his life before"

"Like amnesia?" Lucy asked.

"Not quiet, he could still remember who he was and where he was, but he couldn't remember all the details of it, he forgot about all the good times we had as a family. He forgot about our parents giving us baths, or Friday night movie nights"

"That's so sad"

"I know it is Sweetheart, but this is why your Dad struggles at being a Dad, its not that he doesn't love you, or doesn't want you, but that he doesn't know how to, and is scared. But it's really important that you know that I love you so so much baby girl" Elizabeth placed a gentle kiss on Lucy head and held her tighter. "And so does Uncle Henry, and Stevie, Ali and Jace"

"Thank you, I love you too and I am really grateful that you all look after me"

"You are so welcome, we better get to Pizza hut before Jason eats the entire buffet" Elizabeth joked as she let Lucy go and stood up from the bed.