david's college days part twenty five
A couple of weeks later after Haddam steam rally David said it time to clear the shed out and build a model railway.
When Mr. STORM gave David the house there was an old shed in the garden that had been locked for years but when they rebrought the house the shed had gained some boards that were over the door and making saw no one could entre.
The shed was old and rotten but David said it could be mended with a little bit of TLC.
David and his dad set to work on opening the shed, if there were any old tools they were David's dad's unless Mr. STORM wanted them but he didn't.
After an hour of hamming and banging the boards were off but now there was a new problem the lock.
The lock had been on there for some time as it had rusted shut but David's dad said he could open it with a bit of strength and WD40.
David and his dad tried every key in the house but none worked so in the end they decided to open the door by its hinges.
After a long time the door came off it hinges but also fell off as well and in there was a real suspire.
A lot of dead cannabises plants all had been in there for so long there had been planted and then killed off by the people who lived here when David and Sarah were in the poor house.
It was all rotten and smelled real bad like burning tyres only worse.
After a quick call to the police the shed was cleared but it was in a trebled state the sides were rotten the back was more holeyer then the pope and the front was missing a door the sides would not be able to hold it any way and as for the floor that was rotten as well going mouldy at the sides.
David decided to demolish the shed as it was too gone to be restored or patched up, it was a real shame as it was a big shed as well but even David's dad said it was bound repair.
After a quick few minutes the shed was gone, it was so rotten it only took a couple of minutes, off to the dump David's dad went with what's left of the shed, all that was left was a floor and that only took a few minutes to destroy as well seeing as the rotating plants had made the floor rotten.
David had made a good choose with getting rid of that shed now Joey had nothing to chew on, Joey had been chewing on it for some time but when he opened a hole in the shed side the smell was so bad that he left it alone.
David then rembered the other room's in the house they were only full of, well nothing except dust and odd bits and pieces from Sarah's house and David's that they did not use or need but there parent's said it yours so take it.
David opened the first door and said
"This will be my model railway room"
The room was very big and very dusty and half full of stuff but after David and Sarah attacked with dusters and hovers and washed it was as good as new, the stuff was shorted and put away in other rooms, other then the smell of old and bits of wall paper peeling from places and the floors creaked but only when you stood on the right one.
David started to build his railway by building a square top going all the way around the room it was going round the whole room but to make the tables he needed wood and after a quick trip to a wood shop he had some wood but where the door was he had to make a few adjustments, so now it looked like a big U instead of a circle.
After he had done this and layed it all out first it began to take shape, a good few weeks later and he had a top on witch to place his railway, he also had lots of spare room for sidings.
After building some of the track around the top and pleasing it around the room it was ready for the trains but alas it was now 11:00 o'clock and Sarah came in and told David that they had work in the morning so it was all ready but no fun to night.
In the morning David wanted to work on his set but had to go to work, he then rembered a toy train shop or a model shop near where he worked, so at lunch he went to go see it.
When he got there it was big and full of trains new and old and new or used he was in heaven he could now come here and buy his stuff.
After a quick look around he soon brought lots of bits of long track and sidings that where on sale but no trains or tracks seeing as he had his dad's collection as well as his little one he had brought a Haddam, his dad's sets had been stored in the loft but now had been moved in to his modal railway room seeing as David's dad was a railway man and liked to play as well.
After work David was rushing every where to get home quicker to play and set up his new bits of track and start playing but Sarah said
"No, first you must help me with washing up and then the dusting and feeding of us and Joey".
David sighed and agreed and slowed down.
After all this was done David was just about to start to play and unpack dad trains when Sarah asked him to mow the lawn.
The lawn was a bit over grown plus where the shed had been there was now a big brown area of grass Sarah asked David to dig some grass up and put it on there.
After all this there was no time to play as David was popped and somehow fell asleep in the chair, little did he know Sarah had put some sleeping tablets in his drink.
Though the night Sarah and David's dad worked on David train set to get perfect.
In the morning David woke and thought he would be able to play in his railway room, he went up stairs and opened up the door to be welcomed by.....
Surprise!!!!
David's dad and Sarah where there with David's finished plans of his lay out,
"And to cerebrate this we diced to throw a party". Said Sarah
David was shocked and happy now he knew why Sarah had asked him to do all this so he would be tried and fall asleep she also said how she put tablets in his drink.
So now every night David goes up into the train room and plays trains with Sarah as well.
You see David reads his mags and Sarah watches the trains going round and if she spots a derailment she calls David and David fixes the problem.
After a couple of weeks the train set was looking nice and good every so often David would go and buy some more track or trains but he never brought any buildings seeing as his dad had so many unbuilt ones.