ian paused briefly and looked at his watch.three , two , one , go beep beep beep came the noise from upstairs , quickly followed by the sound of rolling thunder as louisa turned over and thwacked the cancel button before throwing the clock across the room where it sailed into the corner and rested in the laundry basket snuggled between ians england boxers and louisas nurses uniform which she had flung there at four a.m.. ill get you later for that carragher she shouted down the stairs before turning over again and going back to sleep , the hint of a smirk on her face i hope so was ians riposte as he closed the door and got into his blue ford mondeo .