> # A Very Wet Saturday - final part

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> Posted by Chris on November 10, 2015 at 19:56:51

> Just as we had finished our coffees, Dad appeared and sat down.

> "Hi, you must be Peter - pleased to meet you" he said leaning across to shake Peter's hand "We met your dad at the store and he said it would be you doing the installation. Are you all done ?"

> "Not completely. The TV and audi hi-fi are in place and connected, just the connection to the main hub for Wi-fi and Bluetooth and installation of all the speakers and the wall-mouted control units in each room. Once that is all done, I can set up any computers, tablets or mobiles that you want to use. That should all take a couple of hours max, barring any problems. I'll be out of your way by lunch-time."

> "Great - stay for lunch if you like - it'll just be a snack, bread and cheese - right, dear ?" Dad said.

> "That's kind of you - let's see how the time goes - I feel I've caused enough problems so far today."

> Dad looked over at Jamie and looked him up and down as he lounged back in the chair opposite him, noticing his wet, clinging jeans, straggly hair and the puddle of water around his bare feet and under the chair itself.

> "Couldn't resist another dip, eh Jamie ? I thought I heard some splashing around as I came through the house." he asked looking stern and disapproving.

> "It wasn't quite like that." Jamie said indignantly, looking around for support from everyone else as he sat up a bit straighter.

> "Jamie jumped in to rescue my son, George." Peter said "He's been teaching him some tricks all morning."

> "I'm only joking, Jamie, I saw you both from my study window a while ago. I did wonder who the boy was, though." dad said, grinning.

> We all chipped in telling dad about what had happened.

> "George is actually a good swimmer." I said "but even so Jamie did the right thing whichever way you look at it."

> "How old is George, 12 or 13 ?" dad asked "I was a good swimmer at his age, I could beat any of my mates across the local river or a length of the pool ......."

> "Bet you couldn't now !" I snorted "I can beat you hollow any time ..........."

> "OK, Mr Fitness, want to take bet on that ?" dad asked quietly.

> "Yeah, why not ?" I replied, feeling confident "What are the terms of the bet to be ?"

> Dad thought for a moment and then said "Fifty pounds cash says I can beat you to the far end of the pool, from where we are sitting - and, look, you are nearer the pool than I am right now - from the moment mum say "GO". Here's my fifty quid on the table - if you beat me, its your's; if I win; I get to keep it and gain bragging rights that I can still beat you. Mum acts as referee in case of dispute. Agreed ?"

> "You're on, easy money." I said quickly looking around at everyone, Jamie was grinning from ear to ear, Peter looked surprised, not sure whether to laugh or not.

> "I'll take that money and wait at the end of the pool. Wait for my call to start." Mum said.

> Dad ostentatiously emptied his pockets of wallet and keys and put them on the table, I did the same with my 'mobile.

> "Are we taking shoes and trainers off ?" I asked.

> "Your choice - I'll stay as I am." dad replied.

> I slipped off my trainers, guessing that I'd be faster through the water without them, and dad would be hindered by his canvas slip-ons.

> "What about shirts ?" I asked.

> "You can go stark naked if you like, but I think I'll keep my clothes on as we have guests ........" Dad replied calmly, as Jamie stiffled a giggle.

> "Go on, Chris ........ go naked, give us all a laugh ........ you know you want to !" Jamie advised.

> "OK guys, are you both ready ?" Mum called "I'll do the usual countdown and you both stay in your chairs until I get to the end."

> "Can we get George out of the water so he doesn't get in the way." Peter asked and Jamie went over and helped him climb out. They stood on the side and watched.

> "Ready ....... Steady ...... GO !" mum shouted.

> I jumped up and ran as fast as I could to the pool edge and dived in, hit the water and swam staying under for as long as I could, before surfacing and striking out with a front crawl, not caring how much I splashed, I just wanted to beat the old man ............. I touched the end wall and wiped the water from my eyes to see dad standing on the side next to mum, grinning like a Cheshire cat - WTF .... he was bone dry. I hauled myself out and stood in front of them as the water poured out of my clothes. I suddenly realised why I had lost.

> "You crafty old devil !" I said trying to catch my breath "I just realised ........... you didn't say we should swim ........... you just said you could get to the far end of the pool before me - so you ran here ............ actually you probably walked it, quite literally. What a dimwit I am...... how was I so easily taken in ?"

> "You assumed that because I had boasted about being a fast swimmer, that was what I was trying to prove." dad laughed "You talked yourself into it and the chance of getting fifty quid blinded you to reason. You should have thought it through logically."

> "Fair enough" I replied, trying not to laugh as well "Well done, you got me." and I put my hand out, he took it, and then realised his mistake as I pushed myself off sideways into the pool taking him with me.

> We spluttered to the surface, swam to the side and hauled outselves out. Everyone was laughing, George and Jamie had a fit of the giggles which they stopped by bombing back into the pool with a huge splash.

> "See what I have to put up with from my own son, Peter - would you call that being a bad loser?" dad asked, before pushing me back in.

> Peter went off to carry on with his work and I clambered out and went to get out of my wet clothes. Dad was already under a hot shower, still in his blue chinos, his shoes and sock to one side and his shirt on top. We laughed and chatted as we undressed and showered.

> "I'll give you that fifty quid if you split it with Jamie" Dad said "think of it as thanks for learning about all that equipment and for Jamie taking care of George - they seem to get on well, don't they ?"

> "Yup, he seems to have the knack of dealing with younger kids." I replied "And thanks for money, very generous ........"

> "Well I have no doubt that if we had had a swimming race, you would have beaten me fairly easily, so it seems only fair." dad conceded "And I, very generously, forgive you pulling me in afterwards, but I will get you back for that at some future date, be assured."

> "I'll remember that ....." I said as I switched off my shower then quickly leaned across and hit the cold button on his "Looks like you need a cold shower .........." I finished as I stepped away and wrapped a towel around me.

> "Oh God that is freezing ........... " dad spluttered as he turned off the shower "Whatever happened to that angelic child that I knew when you were George's age ? What did you do with him, you great hulking bully !!"

> "He grew up !" I laughed "The child is still there - that's why he likes getting wet and muddy and turning the shower to cold unexpectedly."

> "I guess that is the answer." dad said as he wrapped a towel around himself "I'm glad he's still there, makes life much more enjoyable for all of us."

> "Speaking of which, I've just thought of something that might bring out your child - he's been missing for a while, hasn't he ? - Jamie and me plan to go to the woods again tomorrow early; why don't you come with us and have a bit of wet and muddy fun before you disappear back to the world of executive jets, big business and reasearch problems ? You'll enjoy it."

> "Yes, OK. I've been a bit stressed recently - moving, new job, buying another home and doing it up all at the same time - only need to add a divorce and we'd have the full house of the most stressful life events. Can't have been easy for you and mum either, I appreciate that."

> "Don't worry about me" I said " honestly, I'm happier than I've ever been, I think - love being in England, like the school and having other family around - aunts, uncles and cousins - this house is great - the only downside is not having you around except at weekends."

> "Well that makes me very happy hearing you say that." Dad said putting a hand on my shoulder "I'm glad I resisted moving to Germany, I wouldn't have put us all through that, and in future, once things are more settled at work, I can spend two or thrree days a week working from home - I just need to show the rest of the board that I can do the job effectively first and push the research projects forward as much as is feasible."

> "Mum will be more settled once Jamie's family move in, and if Tom and his family eventually move in as well, that will be even better."

> "Yes, that will be good - it may take a while, but Tom has already said he'd like a flat created over the garages. Anyway that is all in the future. Let's get Jamie's family in first. What time do you want to go out tomorrow early ?"

> "We went at 5 o'clock today, but we could easily make that 6 or later if you like."

> "Let's make it six as it's a sunday, and see what the weather is doing. The forecast if for more rain over night and most of the day tomorrow. I have to be at the airfield at 5pm, so plenty of time for a relaxed sunday lunch."
> "OK' I said "Sounds good to me. Do you want me to drive you to the airfield ?"

> "No, thanks for the offer, but I can leave the car there and I may be coming back for a meeting on thursday so will need it for that. Can I leave you to put our clothes in the drier ? I need to get back indoors for some dry ones."

> "OK, I've got to find George's stuff anyway and put our stuff from this morning in as well, its all been in the washer and I forgot about it."

> Dad dashed back through the rain to the house and I sorted out our stuff. I found a pair of Jamie's shorts and a tee hanging on a peg, so borrowed those for myself.

> As I passed the pool going back to the house I called to Jamie "I borrowed these shorts and tee, hope that's OK. All our kit from this morning is in the dryer now, so you'll have some dry clothes for when you get out of there lunchtime. And George, your clothes sre dry and on the bench by the door. OK ?"

> "Cheers, Chris, thanks for that." Jamie called.

> By lunchtime it was raining quite heavily again, but Jamie and George were still messing around in the pool, thoroughly enjoying themselves. Peter and me finished off the installation, and once he had explained how to link up my tablet and mobile via the control app, he watched as I did everyone else's mobiles and tablets. He then asked me to explain to him how the wall control units worked, just to check that I had remembered it all.

> When we had finished we put all the waste packaging in his van, tidyied up the sitting room, checked everywhere to make sure he'd not left any equipment and then found dad to say we had finished.

> Peter went off to find George and I explained to dad that he would be getting warrenty, installation checklists and receipts via his email.

> "Is Peter staying for lunch, I've got everything ready for us to sit down ?" mum asked.

> "I don't know, what time is it ?" I asked.

> "1:30"

> "I'll go and ask, he's probably with George getting him showered and changed." I said.

> I sprinted across to the changing room through the heavy rain and found Jamie and George both under the showers as Peter waited just inside the door.

> "Great facilities you have here." Peter remarked "Your cousin isn't shy is he - he just stripped off in front of us and stepped into the show as if he does it everyday." he laughed.

> "Well he does - we both do - at school most days - communal showers for everyone after sports - you soon get used to it." I said.

> "We didn't have much in the way of changing rooms and showers at my school - sports was at the end of the day and we all went home in our kit to get showered. I can see you both keep yourselves fit, things have changed since my school days, even though it's only been fifteen years."

> The showering eventually stopped and Jamie grabbed a couple of clean dry towels, gave one to George and wrapped the other around himself. George went back to his dad who gave him a good vigorous drying whilst I went and got Jamie some clothes from the dryer.

> "Here you go, Jamie, clothes you wore this morning in the woods, I'll take everything else indoors. Lunch is ready by the way. Peter, are you and George going to stay for lunch, you'll be most welcome ?"

> Peter looked at his watch, "No offence, but we should be going, we're picking my wife up at the hospital at 2:30 and I need to take the van back to the shop and dispose of this cardboard beforehand, I leave my car there, and we can't get three of us in the van. We'll all stop for a burger or something at the hospital cafe with the wife, I expect. Thanks for asking, though, and thanks again to you two for helping out with George, he's had a great time, he can't wait to tell his mum, can you son ? I'll just pop back to say thanks again to your parents, Chris, George can go straight to the van, its unlocked."

> We all sprinted back to the house through the rain, but as mum and dad were waiting sheltered under the verandah, we all stopped for Peter and George to say thier fairwells and thanks before they headed off.

> "Well, you two lads have done a splendid job today, especially you Jamie - I think you've got a fan in George - what a lovely boy." mum said "Proud of you both."

> After lunch I gave the others a quick lesson in how to use the equipment that had been installed, mainly because I thought I might forget it all, and we spent the rest of the afternoon putting music, dvds and photographs onto the new harddrives at the centre of the system, by the time we had done that the system showed that we had barely used up 20% of its capacity. All of this stuff would now be available on any device via wi-fi or Bluetooth if we were at home or via the internet if we were out and about. Very cool.

> The End

> Follow Ups:

> - Re: A Very Wet Saturday - final part wetchas 08:47:10 11/11/2015 (3)
>   - Re: A Very Wet Saturday - final part Chris 11:01:32 11/11/2015 (2)
>     - Re: A Very Wet Saturday - final part wetchas 12:46:23 11/11/2015 (1)
>       - Re: A Very Wet Saturday - final part Chris 11:46:17 11/12/2015 (0)
> - Re: A Very Wet Saturday - final part WetSwiss 21:33:17 11/10/2015 (0)
> - Re: A Very Wet Saturday - final part WetSwiss 21:32:19 11/10/2015 (1)
>   - Re: A Very Wet Saturday - final part Chris 11:07:28 11/11/2015 (0)

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