Teddy PoV

It was the day of Nana's funeral, and it was chucking it down with rain, it was like the weather knew that there was a fucking funeral that day, so we all had our brollies out.

I wasn't a fan of the priest, because he just droned on, and on, and on, about how fucking great God is, God wasn't somebody that I liked at the time, (or ever, so that didn't help my case), since he was the reason why my little brother couldn't marry any of his potential boyfriends at the time, (and the reason my Mum really didn't want a divorce from my Dad even though it was the best option for everyone).

Also I took issue with the fact that he didn't really talk about Nana as a person, even though she went to mass every fucking Sunday morning.

So after the service, we went to the after party at the pub, and most of the adults there got fucking pissed out of their heads, I didn't, because I wasn't going to get drunk while I was in charge of Ro and Georgie, because that would've been fucking stupid, and I wasn't my father.

I was holding Ro in my arms, subconsciously rocking her side to side while I was talking to some family members, Ro was sucking her thumb, which she hadn't done since she was 2 years old, but I didn't have the heart to tell her not to that day.

"Daddy"

"Yeah Baby"

"Can we go home yet?"

"In a little bit Sweetheart, ok"

"Ok Daddy"

"Oh my God, Teddy, is that you?"

I turned around and saw that it was my older sister Violet, who was quite visibly drunk, and she was not a happy drunk, but she was a depressed drunk, though for obvious reasons it didn't stand out to me on that day, for obvious reasons.

"Oh, hey Vi"

"Oh my God, is that Ro?"

"Yeah"

"She's gotten so big, you wanna drink?"

"No thank you Vi, you're really bloody drunk already"

"I know, I know but it's the only way I can deal with being at our grandmother's funeral, the old man going is a completely different fucking story, I would go only to prove that the fucker's dead and have the pleasure of burying him 6 feet under"

"Please don't take this the wrong way but you need go home Vi"

"I'm a grown arse fucking woman Teddy"

"And you're pissed out of your fucking head"

And then Violet fell over and passed out, probably from the amount of alcohol she had consumed that day.

"Can we go home now Daddy?"

"Yes Sweetheart, we can go home now, let me just go and find Uncle Georgie"

"He's in the corner by the window Daddy"

"Thank you Baby, (kisses cheek), Georgie!, we're going home!"

"Thank God for that!"

"Help me get Violet up will you?"

"What if she starts yelling at me Teddy?"

"She's passed out Georgie, and I'd rather us take her home than a fucking randomer who'd take advantage of her"

Georgie then carried Violet bridal style, she then woke up again, looking like she was still really out of it.

"Hey Teddy, why is a random tall ginger bloke holding me up?"

"The random tall ginger bloke is Georgie"

"Holy shit!, you got fucking big"

"Thanks, I guess"

"Who's that Daddy?"

"It's your Aunt Violet"

"Oh, is she ok?"

"Yeah Baby, she's ok"

So then we went home on the underground, since we didn't know where Violet lived exactly, so the safest option we had was to bring her home with us.

It was about 5pm, we had been home awhile, Violet had been laying down on the couch, but she started to stir from her sleep like state.

"Where am I?"

"You're in my flat Vi"

"Oh hey Teddy, how drunk was I?"

"You were so drunk that you passed out"

"Shit, thank you for not leaving me there Teddy, I know that you have other priorities"

"Yeah well Rueben wasn't there to take you home"

"Where was he then?"

"He stayed for a little bit, but then he and Dad got into an argument about Georgie getting kicked out-"

"Georgie was kicked out?!"

"Yeah"

"Where does he live now?"

"With Ro and I"

"Kid you're going to run out of steam someday"

"Why do you think that?"

"You're taking on a lot, with 2 kids and a relationship-"

"I'm single Vi"

"What happened with the Maddie girl?"

"She tried to pressure me into having a child with her, but I couldn't do it"

"You like kids though Teddy"

"I do yeah, but I don't want a child from a serious relationship because when it goes to shit, the child would be in the mess of a broken down relationship and I can't knowingly do that to anybody"

"That sounds like our parents with us"

"You hit the nail in the head"