Charlie looks in the mirror as she brushes her teeth, she then spits and looks as Stephen is behind her.

Stephen" Morning you okay?"

Charlie" I'm just nervous"*fiddles with her fingers*

Stephen*puts his arms round her* What are you nervous about, he is your dad"

Charlie" I know it's not that I'm just nervous about this virus i don't want to infect my little sister"

Stephen" You won't as long as you keep at the proper distance"

Charlie*sighs* It's just going to be hard not going to be able to hug him, hug Ali, hug Isla"

Charlie then starts crying and Stephen pulls her in for a hug and comforts her.

Charlie" IT'S JUST SO HARD, I HATE THIS!"

Stephen" I know, i know, shhh"*holds her close*

Charlie" I JUST WANT TO HUG MY DAD STEPHEN!"

Stephen" I know you do, all of us are all in the same boat"

Charlie looks at Stephen tears down her face. Stephen looks at her and wipes the tears from her eyes.

Stephen" You listen to me when this all over we are going to have a huge party and there we be so much socialising you will be sick of it"

Charlie*smiles* Thank you, i don't know what i would do without you Stephen"

Stephen*smiles* Why don't you get ready I'll be downstairs"

Charlie*smiles* Thanks Stephen"

Charlie finishes getting ready she sighs sitting on her bed. She knew that everyone was in the same boat and everyone was self isolating she just missed her dad. She made her way downstairs and Stephen handed her a lunchbox.

Charlie*looks at him weird* What's this?"

Stephen" A lunchbox, you put food in it so you can take it places"

Charlie*rolls her eyes* Haha haha, very funny, i mean I'm only aloud out for a hour"

Stephen" I know i just know you haven't had any breakfast this morning"

Charlie*looks down at the ground* I just wasn't hungry"

Stephen" It's probably just nerves, you are anxious and you have a right to be"

Charlie" I know Stephen i know"

Stephen" But you should try and eat, i don't want you passing out on me"

Charlie" I won't Stephen"

Stephen" You know I'm only looking out for you"

Charlie" I KNOW STEPHEN, JUST LEAVE IT OKAY"

Charlie starts shouting and makes Stephen jump back.

Stephen" Okay, if that's what you want"*he sighs*leaving*

Charlie now angry drops the lunchbox and storms out slamming the door on the way out. When she pulls up at the park she looks to see her dad chasing Isla, she tries not to cry as she exits her car. She makes her way towards her dad and they both sit on the bench apart from each other, Charlie starts to cry again and Dec looks at her.

Dec" Oh my baby girl, i wish I could cuddle you and kiss you but i know we can't so I'll just have to settle for this, how is life with Stephen is he getting on your nerves yet?"

Charlie" We had a bit of a fight this morning"

Dec" A fight, I never thought you too would fight, you two are so close"

Charlie" I know, i feel bad now I shouldn't have shouted at him, he is only doing what is best for me"

Dec" Look you should apologise to Stephen he will understand i know he will, you two have such a close bond even closer than i was with your aunties and uncles"

Charlie" You really think that?"

Dec" Of course I do, I've always thought that, I sometimes think that you and Stephen knew each other in a past life"

Charlie" I didn't think you believed in that dad" *looks at him smiling*

Dec" I never have but i know you do, it was something i thought about"

Charlie" Stephen has been there for me since i was born"

Dec" He has i am grateful for everyone that helped me look after you when your mother fled, look let's talk about something else i see you have been doing magic trick on Instagram with Stephen"

Charlie*smiles* Oh yeah it's been fun he really knows a lot about magic"

Dec" Anything you could show me"*he smiles*

Charlie" I've been sworn to secrecy"*smiles* How are you dad, how is Ali, Isla how is she doing?"

Dec" I'm okay, just doing things to keep my mind off things, Ali is the same and Isla well she misses you, we have to keep telling her that you have gone away somewhere she doesn't understand why she can't see you"

Charlie*sighs* Tell her i miss her a lot and that i love her"

Dec" She knows, she loves you so much"

Charlie" I wish I could cuddle you dad, Stephen said when this is all over we should have a massive party get everyone together"

Dec" That would nice, just to see everyone again, i miss my brothers and sisters and my mum"

Charlie" I miss Grandma as well, i miss her hugs, she always gives great hugs"

Dec" She does doesn't she, maybe we could go see her, we would probably have to stand in the garden though and we would have to be 2 metres apart"

Charlie" I would love to do that, just getting out of the house sometimes is nice"

Dec" I know what you mean, me and Ali sometimes just need space"

Charlie" Dad is everything okay?"

Dec*nods* Yeah it's just lockdown, we disagree on something and it turns into a big fight but we make up realise we were being silly"

Charlie*smiles* I'm happy to hear that"

Charlie smiles and then she sees paps and sighs.

Charlie" I should go before they formulate a story"

Dec" Okay, look look after yourself okay"

Charlie" I will dad, you too and tell Ali and Isla i love them"

Dec" I will"

Charlie left the park and knew the paps couldn't get close to her because of the virus. She hopped in her car and made her way back to Stephen's. She pulled up in the driveway and locked up, she looked she knew the paps had been following her, she rolled her eyes and unlocked the door.

Charlie" Stephen it's me I'm back"

She went into the living room and looked to see Stephen with this magic sets out"

Charlie" Hey I'm sorry i snapped this morning, just this lockdown is getting to me, I shouldn't have taken it out on you"

Stephen*puts his magic set down* smiles* It's okay Charlie one of us had to snap at some point, come here it's okay"

Charlie smiles as she walks over to Stephen slotting herself into his arms.

Stephen" How was your day with your dad?"

Charlie" It was good really weird that i couldn't hug him or anything"

Stephen" I bet it was"

Charlie" Hopefully we will be going to see my grandma but we will have to stand apart and outside"

Stephen*pulls her close* We will get through this i know we will, we got each other"

Charlie" Thanks Stephen"

I really hope you liked this, halfway through I thought it was dragging on a bit I'm not sure. Let me know what you think. If you could vote that would be amazing.

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