Rachel was thrilled to be moving up to Scotland, she had been offered the job at Waterloo Road almost immediately after her interview. There was a lot she had to do, a house to buy, or rent to begin with if she couldn't find one, a doctors to register with etc. She had been looking at Greenock or Gourock.

Mel had found a house in Livingston, her new job was in Edinburgh, which being at the other end of the M8 from Eddie and her sister was far away enough not to bump into them at the supermarket, but still close enough that she would have her family by her if she needed.

Eddie had found a house in Gourock, this was the town to the West of Greenock, it was slightly more well to do, and a lovely wee town on the coast.

Philip was going back to university for a year to do his PGCE to become a teacher, this wasn't the job he wanted to do when he left school, but now after 4 years of leaving school he realised that like his aunt this was his passion.

Skye and Michael had come up to Scotland, they both loved his house, and the fact it was so close to the coast, it had been an unusually hot summer, and they had spent their days at the outdoor pool on the esplanade. Skye, however, did not want to go home, she begged her dad to let her move in.

"Skye, sweetheart, you know I would love for you to move here, but would you not miss your Mum?" Eddie asked

"No, Dad, please, I want to be with you" she begged

"Let's talk about it with your Mum when we get you back to Manchester"

The 4 hour drive was unbearable, Skye refused to talk, Michael slept for most of it, and Eddie felt guilty. He had 4 children, one had died, 2 were going to be 4 hour away, and the other he had with the love of his lives sister. This wasn't how he had imagined being a father would be, but he loved all his children, and would love nothing more than having all of them living with him full time.

They soon pulled up outside Allison's house. Skye ran upstairs to her room slamming the door. Jenny and Paul her step brother and sister were still there, of course they were being spoilt rotten, and Jenny had messed up the bedroom they shared when they were there. But, there was no use in complaining, she knew they would take her side, they always did.

"Allison, Skye isn't happy, she has been begging me to let her live with me" Eddie said as he sat with a cup of tea.

Michael had run off to play with his younger brother Paul

"No way Eddie, she is staying here" Allison said

"I told her I would discuss it with you, but she seems unhappy"

"Eddie, you can't come in and tell me she is unhappy, your not here every day, you don't see the moods and tantrums that she has"

"OK, look, its fine, I'll pick them up in a fortnight" Eddie said before saying goodbye to the kids and leaving.

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