Teddy PoV

Six months later

I was at Tesco's, doing my weekly shop, like your average everyday parent would, you know, shit that was when feels so weird to say but you know, it had to be said.

Georgie and Ro were with me, because I felt weird leaving them at home on their own, because we lived in a dogey neighbourhood in the East end because I'm a broke arse bitch.

I wasn't surprised that Georgie was the biggest kid of the three of us in the shop, though watching Georgie and Ro bickering was actually fucking hilarious, or I was very sleep deprived and found the simplest of shit funny.

"Hey Ro"

"Yeah Uncle Georgie"

"Let's convince your Da to buy some coco pops"

"But Coco pops are icky though Uncle Georgie"

"Wait!, what!, but why!?"

"Because Coco pops is a cereal and cereal is icky, duh"

"Coco pops are delicious, cereal in general is delicious, how dare you say otherwise young lady!"

"You're weird Uncle Georgie, you know that, right?"

"Says the one who dislikes cereal"

"Cereal is weird"

"Why's that Ro?"

"Because you drown wheat shapes in a bowl of milk!"

At that point I couldn't help but laugh, especially when she pulls her pouty face, but Ro was right, I gave her that much credit, even if my reactions didn't show that.

"Daddy!, it's not funny!"

"It's a little bit funny Rowan Baby"

"Don't laugh at me Daddy"

"(Laughs), I'm not laughing at you Baby girl, I'm laughing because what you said is funny"

"But how is drowning wheat shapes in milk funny?"

"That is a good question Buba, I've just never heard anyone say that about cereal before Sweetheart"

"But it's true Daddy"

"Yeah Baby, you're right, it is true"

You know, if anyone heard us that day, they would've thought that we were a bunch of fucking nutters, not that I give a shit about what people think of me.

"So Ro, why don't you like cereal?"

"Uncle Georgie, we don't talk about what happened with the cereal"

"But now that just makes me want to know even more"

"Daddy"

"Yes Baby"

"Your brother is weird, you know that, right?"

"Yeah, I know that Baby, I know"

"Hey!, that is so rude Teddy, and you know it"

"I'm so sorry for offending you Georgie boy-"

"Stop being so sarcastic Theodore"

Ro looked confused about the name Theodore, since everybody else called me Teddy, because that is the name that I prefer in most situations, but Georgie had to mock tell me off, didn't he?!.

"Wait who is Theodore?"

"That's me, my name is Theodore Sweetheart"

"But I thought that Teddy was your real name Daddy?"

"Sweetheart Teddy is a shortened version of my name"

"Oh, you don't look like a Theodore Daddy"

"(Snorts), Do I not?, do I look like a Teddy?"

"Yeah, well kinda but I won't be calling you any of those names"

"That's good to know Baby, anyway, trust me Georgie, you don't wanna know about the incident with the cereal"

"Is it that bad?"

"Obviously Georgie, otherwise we would talk about the incident with the cereal"

"Duh Uncle Georgie"

"Don't 'duh' me Missy, I'm your Uncle"

"Then don't ask about what happened with the cereal Uncle Georgie"

"Yeah Georgie"

So we moved on from bloody cereal aisle, and I went to pay for our shopping, like an everyday parent does, so then we caught the tube home, we stood since there was no seats.

"Daddy"

"Yes Baby"

"What's marriage?"

Children never ask us simple questions, do they?, no they always have to go for questions that you actually have to think about how you word it to them.

"Ah, well Sweetheart, marriage is when two people sign a piece of paper that lets the government know that they have committed to each other"

"Why does the gomerment have to know?"

"Because if one of the people is in Hospital, the Doctors have to know who to call for them"

"Oh, that makes sense, but what if the person isn't married?"

"Then the Doctors would call their next of kin"

"What's a next of kin?"

"It's a person that the Doctors call if you're hurt, and it's usually a family member"

"So you would be Uncle Georgie's and my next of kin?"

"Yes Baby, I am"

"Ok"

So we got off about 5 minutes later, since Tesco's isn't too far from where we live, so we got in, had dinner and then we were just relaxing in the living room, as you do.

"Daddy"

"Yeah Baby"

"If your name is Theodore, why do people call you Teddy?"

"Well, to be honest with you Sweetheart, I don't like my name, so when I was your age I asked everyone to call me Teddy and it's stuck since"

"Oh ok"