Jack passed out immediately on the sofa, while Anna made it to Ellie's bed before collapsing over the whole bed. This meant me and Ellie had to take u... residence on her bedroom floor in sleeping bags. It was uncomfortable to say the least and I tossed and turned in the dark for a good 30 minutes. I turned over to face Ellie, who was having the same issue as me. We smiled at each other in the dim light of the room, unsure of what to say.Then, Ellie slowly reached out a hand to my face. I did the. I had run out of things to read. I tried to ignore the sounds — the snores of those who had gone to sleep on the benches, with their cloaks as blankets if they had them, the heavy breathing and the loud or muted sounds of pleasure or pain from those who occupied benches but slept not, the drunken laughter and the sudden curses from the tables were cards or dice were played, the occasional shouts for more beer or wine — the pub catered to both tastes — and among all those sounds, I dimly heard. ..something to tell the Grandkids.We pulled into the garage and walked through to my apartment. Paul whistled when he saw my new TV."Man - bachelors life huh. That 60 inches?" 65 glorious HD inches" I grinned."You get the room at the bottom of the stairs again - get yourself sorted. The pizza will be here in about 30 minutes."With Paul sorting himself out I took the chance to get everything fired up. The TV and games console switched on, beers no nice and cold, Friday night football show on in. Oh, the daft little bitch." You must have been good friends mum, for her to do that."I put an arm around her shoulders."Well I told you we were lovers, but bloody hell, the silly little bitch, she thinks I'm hard up." Do you think Arnold could fix a visit up this afternoon?" Oh Tommy, would you?" No I just thought I'd tease you, of course, I will mum, go and ring him, see if he can wangle a permit."She dashed upstairs to the phone and came back laughing a few minutes later."He's going there.