"Really?" Dec squealed in a voice that came out much higher than he intended.He quickly cleared his throat "really?" He repeated "you think we could get to number one with this?"

"Don't see why not?" Steve stated "isn't that everyones aim when they make a record?to get as high in the charts as possible and every artist wants a number one hit don't they?"

"That would be brilliant" Ant smiled,just imagining PJ and Duncan at number one in the pop charts,it couldn't get much better than that.

"Ok boys" Steve smiled "thanks for today.Enjoy the rest of your stay in London,but there's one more thing"

"What's that?" Ant asked curiously.

"The powers that be at Telstar want to have another meeting with you before you head back to Newcastle,or rather they want their representatives to.Just a quick one this time,so they're happy to do it over the phone or send someone over to your hotel,maybe have a cuppa in the restaurant there,when are you leaving?"

"Thursday" Dec smiled "train leaves kings cross at 1pm"

"Ok great" Steve replied "that still gives us a couple of days,someone will be in touch to arrange an exact time,but I think Thursday morning would probably work well"

Ant and Dec bid their goodbyes and thanked Steve and the other people at the recording studio that they had spent the day with.It was now early evening,so they decided to get Ken to drop them back at the hotel,imagining that Anne and Fonsey would probably be back from their shopping trip by now and more than likely be completely exhausted.

It turned out that Anne and Fonsey were arriving back at exactly the same time the boys were being dropped off.

"Mam,Dad" Dec called out to catch their attention as they entered the hotel lobby.

"Oh hi boys" Anne smiled as Ant and Dec caught up to them as they were about to enter the lift.

"How was your day?" She asked as she gave Dec a quick kiss on the cheek.

"Good,thanks Anne" Ant replied "took a few goes to get the song just right,but we got there in the end.How was Oxford Street,buy anything nice?"

"It was fine,but so busy there" Anne informed him "I'm exhausted"

"Yeah we both are" Fonsey confirmed.

"Ooh what did you get?" Dec enquired,looking down at the shopping bags in Anne's hands as they entered the lift "buy me anything?"

"Might have" Anne teased "got a few souvenirs for people and some T shirts for the Grandkids" she paused for a moment "and there may be a little something for you"

As Fonsey unlocked the door to his and Annes room,Dec immediately followed them inside.

"You want something Dec?" Fonsey laughed "aren't you in the wrong room?"

"Just waiting to see what Mam got me?" Dec grinned.

"Yeah,thought as much" Fonsey laughed "you might as well come in too then Ant" he smiled over at Ant who was leaning against the door frame.

"This is for you Decky" Anne smiled while passing Dec a plastic carrier bag that she had pulled out of her much larger shopping bag.

Ant and Dec sat on the comfortable king size bed and Ant watched intently as Dec pulled out and unfolded the item.

"Oh wow,thanks Mam" Dec smiled delighted as he held up the iconic T shirt with the famous Hard Rock Cafe logo emblazoned on it.

"You're welcome Decky" Anne smiled "well we didn't look at their merchandise when we had dinner there,so we had a stroll back today once we were done with Oxford Street and popped into their little shop.We thought you might like one"

"It's great" Dec replied while quickly removing the plain,light blue T shirt he was wearing and replacing it with his gift "fits perfectly"

"And this is for you" Anne smiled as she took another bag out and passed it to Ant.

"What?for me?" Ant announced,completely surprised.

"Yes for you" Anne replied.

Ant opened the bag,taking out an identical,but slightly larger T shirt than the one Dec was now wearing "Hard Rock Cafe London" he read out loud.

"You shouldn't have" Ant sighed "why are you wasting your money on me?"

"Now excuse me young man" Fonsey snapped "we will spend our money on what we like and how can buying something for the boy who has become like another son to us be wasting our money?"

Ant looked down at the floor shyly "sorry" he mumbled.

"Hey" Fonsey placed a reassuring hand on Ants shoulder "you have nothing to be sorry for ok?we just thought you might like it,that's all,it's not a big deal.it's just a little keepsake from your time here ok?"

"Ok" Ant smiled "and thank you"

"They probably charged it to Telstar anyway" Dec winked.

"We certainly did not" Anne insisted.

"Im just kidding Mam.Put it on Ant" Dec suggested.

"Ok Dec" Ant whispered "I'll put it on when we get back to our room"

"What are we doing for dinner?" Dec asked.

"We're knackered" Anne sighed "so how about dinner in the hotel?then maybe an early night?"

"Yeah I'd imagine walking the length of Oxford Street is pretty tiring" Ant replied sympathetically.

"Wasn't just Oxford Street lad" Fonsey replied "the wife here had me traipsing all over the west end"

"That's right" Anne laughed "we've been to Covent Garden,Leicester square,St James Park..."

"There's only one St James Park" Dec cut in.

"Well there wasn't any football being played in this one Dec" Fonsey laughed "unless you count little kids kicking a ball around on the grass"

"It was a lovely park though wasn't it love?" Anne smiled.

"Yeah it was" Fonsey agreed "saw Buckingham Palace too"

"Oh wow" Dec exclaimed with a hint of jealousy "did you see the queen?"

"No Dec" Fonsey laughed "we didn't see the queen"

"Wish we'd come with you" Dec sighed "sounds like you had a great day while we were stuck in a stuffy recording studio"

"Don't worry Decky" Anne assured him "we've still got two days left and we'll leave it entirely up to you and Ant how we spend those days,that is assuming you want to spend them with us?"

"Absolutely we do" Ant replied quickly before Dec had a chance to say anything different.

"Er yeah Mam" Dec mumbled "of course we do"

"Good" Anne smiled "why don't you go and have some chill out time and we'll meet you in the restaurant for dinner at seven ok?"

Ant and Dec headed to the restaurant a couple of hours later where Anne and Fonsey were already seated at a round table.

"You look like twins" Fonsey grinned as he observed their identical T shirts.

"Shut up Dad" Dec laughed as he sat down next to his Father "what's on the menu?"

"Have a look for yourself" Fonsey replied as he handed Ant and Dec a menu each.

They were soon tucking into their meals and telling each other about their days.

"Telstar want to have another meeting with us before we go home" Dec informed his parents.

"Really?" Fonsey enquired "when and what about?"

"Don't know and don't know" Dec grinned "but it's probably going to be Thursday morning before we leave"

"It's only going to be a quick meeting" Ant announced helpfully "it might still just be over the phone and we don't know what its about yet"

"So we're just waiting to hear from them" Dec smiled.

"Ah ok" Fonsey replied "sounds interesting,I wonder what's on their minds?"

Dec just shrugged his shoulders and changed the subject as he wanted to hear more about his parents day out in the West end.

After polishing off their dessert,the waiter asked if they would like any coffees.

"Ooh can I have a hot chocolate please?" Dec asked "I've heard it's good"

"It is indeed Sir" the waiter smiled "and for everybody else?"

"I'll have a hot chocolate too please" Ant smiled.

"Me too" Anne said.

"Well they do sound good,so may as well make it a full house" Fonsey laughed "four hot chocolates please"

As they all sipped the soothing drinks,they all laughed at each others creamy moustaches.

"Ken was right" Dec grinned "this is the best hot chocolate ever"

"Yeah" Fonsey agreed "although a wee nip of whiskey would complete it"

Dec laughed loudly "to be honest,I thought that's what Ken meant when he said it was good after a night out.You know,to complete the night out with a final tipple"

"Ha,you twerp" Ant laughed "you thought it was boozy hot chocolate?obviously he didn't mean that,trust you to get the wrong end of the stick"

Dec shrugged and just laughed at his own misunderstanding.

The next morning Ant and Dec had decided they wanted to go to madame tussauds!So after much moaning about the size of the queue,they were finally wandering around amongst the wax work figures.

"Ooh Mam,take a picture of us with Elvis" Dec grinned as he and Ant sidled up to the life like American singer and actor.

"One day Ant...." Dec whispered as he gazed from one famous person to another.

"Don't tell me Dec" Ant cut in "one day,me and you will be in here,made of wax"

"We will" Dec replied "why shouldn't we be?"

"So we'll have our names in lights at piccadilly circus?our wax works at madame tussauds?anything else?" Ant laughed.

"I'll let you know" Dec grinned "but I'm sure there will be"

"You will be here Dec,that's for sure" Fonsey laughed "you'll probably be taking the money on the door,but you'll definitely be here"

Dec rolled his eyes as Ant creased up at Fonseys joke once again.

After leaving the wax works museum,the group decided to do a tour of London on an open topped double decker bus.

They all loved seeing the sights from up high,the weather was nice so they all got a slight tan as well,or in Decs case a bit of a red tinge.They marvelled at all the sights,Ant especially as the tour guide informed everyone of the history of every place they passed.

After stopping for a quick dinner in Macdonalds,they decided they would spend their final day in London taking a boat trip along the River Thames to the Tower of London,Tower Bridge and St Catherines Dock.

"Look" Ant pointed out as they were nearing their destination on the boat the next day "that's the HMS Belfast,that's the ship I got lost on when I was a kid"

"Ah yes,so it is" Fonsey smiled "such a fine ship,seen some action in its day that has"

"It's massive" Dec noted.

"Yeah especially when you're nine and don't know where you are" Ant sighed.

After their final,full day in London,the worn out group were back at their hotel packing their belongings up, ready for their journey home the next day.

Steve had called the previous evening and confirmed the meeting would definitely be taking place at the hotel restaurant at 10am on Thursday morning,rather than just over the phone and it would be him and one other Telstar employee Alex who would be attending.

So the next morning Ant,Dec,Anne and Fonsey timed their breakfast to coincide with the meeting,going downstairs at 9 o'clock,so they wouldn't still be eating once the pair arrived.Anne and Fonsey thought that would be dreadfully rude,especially if Steve and Alex had already eaten breakfast,but they would be sat there stuffing their faces,so they made sure they would only be having drinks with the record company representatives.

"Hi everyone" Steve smiled as he walked into the restaurant "this is Alex"

"Hi" Ant and Dec replied.

"This is me Mam and Dad" Dec announced.

"Alphonsus Donnelly" Fonsey stood up to shake the mens hands "but everyone calls me Fonsey,and this is my wife Anne"

After exchanging pleasantries,Steve and Alex got straight to the point of the meeting.

"So boys" Alex smiled "Telstar has a plan for you"

"Oh yeah?" Dec asked curiously.

"Yeah" Alex continued "they want you to start recording an album almost immediately and then a tour"

Everyone was silent for a few moments,absolutely stunned at this news,before Dec eventually broke the silence.

"What?an album?a tour?how?when?what the hell?"

He ignored the disapproving sideways glance he was getting from Anne.

"The single hasn't even been released yet" Ant pointed out "we only recorded it yesterday,we don't even know how it's gonna do yet"

"Doesn't matter" Steve smiled "that's how confident we are in you.We're positive the single will shoot to the top of the charts,PJ and Duncan have a huge following so why wouldn't it?we have faith in you lads"

"So an album?" Ant still couldn't quite believe what he was hearing.

"And a tour" Dec pointed out "wow,I wasn't expecting this"

"So what do you think then?" Alex enquired "you up for it?"

"Yeah of course" Ant smiled while looking at Dec "we're up for anything,aren't we Dec?"

"Absolutely" Dec agreed "not sure how we'll fair as live performers though?"

"We can work on that" Alex smiled "singing lessons,dancing lessons,eating healthily and plenty of exercise to keep you fit,you need stamina for a live concert every night"

Anne laughed as her son screwed his nose up at the thought "no more burgers and chips for you then Decky"

Steve and Alex both laughed "don't worry boys" Steve smiled "none of that is mandatory,it's up to you if you take us up on the offer,but of course there's one other thing"

"What's that?" Fonsey asked.

"We want to get started on the album as soon as possible" Steve said thoughtfully,turning towards Fonsey "and obviously it will take alot longer than just cutting a single,so they'll need to come down again,but for longer this time,probably for a few weeks"

Fonsey looked worried "I don't think I'll be able to get anymore time off work,it was tricky enough getting these few days"

Ant and Dec both looked like they had been punched in the gut which Anne quickly noticed.

"Don't worry boys" she smiled "we'll sort something out,I'll be able to come for some of the time and hopefully your brothers and sisters might be able to help out too"

"Hope so" Dec mumbled sadly "can't wait to be eighteen"

"Don't worry Decky" Anne replied "you're not that far off it now"

"It's so stupid" Dec moaned "I'm old enough to get married,but not old enough to come to London on my own,how does that make sense?"

"Yeah it's daft" Alex agreed "but that's just the way it is,I'm sure you're old enough to come down to London by yourself,it's just how Telstar does things I'm afraid"

"Never mind lad" Fonsey smiled "your eighteenth will soon come around and in the meantime we need to get your brothers and sisters on board with the next trip down ok?"

"Ok Dad" Dec smiled.

Soon the group said goodbye to each other,all shaking hands politely,with Steve promising to be in touch soon with details about when the single would be released,as well as information on when they could start recording again.

As they waited for Ken in the hotel lobby a while later,Ant nudged Dec gently.

"Dec?" He whispered.

"What?" Dec replied quietly.

"An album" Ant grinned.

Dec couldn't help breaking into a huge grin himself.

"That's right Ant.Me and you making an album and don't forget,a tour as well"

"Who'd have thought it?" Ant laughed.

"PJ and Duncan on tour!"