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    After taking a very long hot shower Carrie made her way upstairs for breakfast. Taking a white bowl out of a high cupboard, she poured herself a large bowl of cereal, before grabbing the milk from the fridge, pouring some in a glass as well as over the contents of the bowl. No one else in the house was awake yet and in a way she was glad to be able to have 5 minutes to eat in peace.
    It didn’t take long for Jason to appear in the kitchen, looking as if he had just walked through a hedge backwards. Dressed in old man style checked pyjamas, with his hair pointing out at all angles and a light layer of stubble over his face. He said a quick morning to Carrie which if she hadn’t been listening properly would have sounded more like a grunt, before flicking the switch on the kettle and leaning back against the kitchen side, running his hands over his face and yawning at the same time.
    “You look awful” Carrie stated, picking up her milk and taking a small sip, before taking a final mouthful of her cereal.
    “You really know how to make a guy feel good still I see sis” He replied in a sarcastic tone, whilst turning and putting coffee and sugar into a mug and pouring the boiling water from the kettle into it.
    “Just stating the obvious” Carrie said, standing up from the take and taking her bowl to the sink before returning to the table and her glass of milk.
    “We’re going to go into town today and go to find some fudge and clotted cream shops, Mums idea; like we used to do as kids. I take it you will be coming?” Jason asked, eying Carrie wearily as he couldn’t gauge whether she would or would make an excuse and blow it out.
    “That sounds like fun” she replied “I will be leaving in the morning so best I spend as much time as I can with mum or there really was no reason for me being here” Smiling up at Jason she finished off the last of her milk, walked to the sink and washed up her bowl and glass.
    “It been good to have you here sis” Jason murmured in almost a whisper “I’ve missed you”
    Carrie stiffened. She had missed him too, but they had to realise her reasoning’s for staying away and really she did not want to get into this conversation right now or well if she was truly honest – NEVER!
     
     
                  Once they were all ready they climbed into Jason’s old heap of a car. Carrie could feel her pulse quicken and started to take deep breaths. She used to drive herself but couldn’t face it again after the accident and cars now made her nervous. It suddenly occurred to her that she had been ok in the cab on the way over and realised she must have been so wound up about the prospect of seeing Jason and her mother, that she never thought about it.
                  The drive into town seemed to take forever, and Carrie was beginning to get a sick feeling in her stomach. She was never a good passenger on long journeys and had suffered terribly with travel sickness as a child. Jason parked the car in a large car park at the top of the hill and the trio made a slow walk down into the cobbled streets of the town.
    The first stop was in an old style sweet shop, filled with all sorts of old fashioned sweets and a large homemade fudge counter. Carrie could not resist buying some clotted cream fudge and some rum and raisin as well as grabbing a bit extra to take back for Leah and the kids.
                  Next on the agenda was lunch at the fish and chip shop! Tucking in to a big plate of battered cod and chips, smothered with salt and vinegar, with Jason and her mother bought back so many memories; doing the same thing when they were kids, with Jason and Carrie bickering over silly things, such as Jason stealing one of Carries chips.
    Carrie watched her mother and a warm feeling crept over her. Her mother seemed so happy and had a glow to her cheeks as she watched her children back spending time together.