Hello guys. As promised I've got another fic for you. This fic is a continuation of the story 'Happy ever after?'.
This story takes place a couple of months after Gina and Daveys wedding. I'm not going to give too much away about what happens in this fic, you'll just have to read it. Lol.
Gina held Molly's hand as she walked her home from school one Thursday afternoon. Molly chatted happily all about her day. It wasn't far from Ginas' house to Mollys' school, so she quite often walked round to see her Granddaughter and to collect her.
Cara was in secondary school so she got out at a different time. Gina loved looking after her Grandchildren and appreciated every chance she got.
Davey was now getting used to having five Grandchildren and a six year old daughter to look after. Nicola was Daveys' youngest daughter from his previous marriage. The custody agreement Davey had with his ex-wife meant he got to spend every weekend with her. Gina enjoyed having Nicola round, but felt guilty because Molly felt so jealous of this new little girl in her Grannys' life. It was taking Molly a while to come round to the idea, but she was beginning to understand that Gina still loved her.
"Is Mummy home yet?" Molly asked as she looked up at Gina.
"Do you know what darlin'? I have no idea." Gina replied.
Gina opened her front door and let them both in out of the cool wintry breeze.
"Hi Mum." Alex shouted through to her Mum from the kitchen.
She had let herself in with her key.
"Oh hello, Molly was just asking if you were home." Gina said as she took off her layers of scarves, woolly gloves, and thick warm coat. She then helped Molly do the same. "I'm going to start on the tea soon if you want to stay."
"Sure I would love to. What you having?" Alex replied.
"Psgwettie blogonase." Molly said, much to the amusement of her Mum and Granny.
"It's spaghetti bolognaise" Alex corrected.
Molly looked up at her thoughtfully, contemplating whether to attempt to say it again only to change her mind and watch the tweenies instead.
Alex helped Gina in the kitchen, cutting and chopping the vegetables and then passing them to her.
"Where's Dad anyway?" Alex asked.
"He's gone to pick Nicola up. She's coming here for tea tonight because her Mum had to work late." Gina explained.
"Oh right, that will be nice. I haven't had much of a chance to see Nicola since I first met her." Alex replied.
At that moment the front door opened and Davey walked in with his daughter. Nicola ran straight into the kitchen and threw her arms round Gina and then Alex.
"Hello darlin'." Alex said as she hugged Nicola tightly and then tickled her ribs.
Nicola giggled and squirmed in response.
"Did you have a good day at school?" Gina asked once Nicola had stopped laughing.
Nicola nodded her head silently.
"Yeah you can tell she's had a very good day…" Davey shouted from the hall before walking through to them. "She's made you both a lovely card." He said showing them the small card held in his hand, and also the amount of glitter that was on him.
Gina and Alex both smirked at the sight of him as he tried to brush the shiny material off his clothes.
"Oi, not on my floor, go outside and do that." Gina reprimanded him with a smile.
Molly walked towards Nicola and asked if she would like to go outside to play. Nicola looked at Gina for permission.
"Both of you put on your coats because it's very cold outside and you go no further than the back garden." She said as she helped them both to put their coats on.
They ran off happily through the back door and ran towards the play house that was at the bottom of the garden.
Later on in the evening Alex and Gina sat in the relative warmth of the living room chatting. Each woman had one of the twins settled in their arms. Molly and Nicola were sat watching a DVD whilst Cara sat at the coffee table doing her homework. Baby Gina was laid in her play pen quite happily playing with one of her toys. Davey had gone to work at the pub for a few hours until closing time.
"So how's married life treating you then?" Alex asked mischievously.
Gina gave her a mock glare before answering.
"Married life is fine thank you very much." She replied.
"Well as long as you are happy together then I'm happy." Alex said.
"We are happy, very happy. Hopefully we'll stay that way and nothing will happen to spoil it." Gina replied happily. She glanced at her watch and noted the time. Right come on you two, it's time for bed." She said to Molly and Nicola.
"Is Nikki staying here tonight?" Molly asked.
Gina wasn't sure whether she was excited about the prospect or put out about it.
"Yes she is staying with us tonight because her Mummy has to work." She explained.
"Ok." Molly replied as she stood up.
Gina passed Alexander to his Mum, who then made herself comfortable on the settee with a twin in each arm.
"Are you all right there?" Gina asked, concerned that she was overloading Alex.
"Oh yes, just peachy." She replied, fragilely holding her babies.
Once all of the kids were in bed, Alex and Gina parted for bed themselves. Alex walked back next door to her own house. Smithy was on the late shift for a few nights, so she was left on her own for the night, with the twins keeping her company.
She settled baby Alexander and Esther in their cot, and then crawled under the warm duvet.
Early the next morning Alex stood in her kitchen and switched the kettle on. She yawned loudly as she poured the hot water into a mug.
Smithy put his key into the lock and turned it slowly. He had had a rough night in custody. He had to deal with several drunks; a rape suspect and five or six youths who had been brought in for criminal damage; all in the space of an hour at one point. Custody had been buzzing none stop for the entire shift.
"Only me." He shouted through from the hall way, not quite sure where Alex was.
"I'm in here." She shouted back.
He walked into the kitchen and Alex greeted him with a hug and a hot cup of tea.
"You're a mind reader, that's just what I need." He said as he sipped his drink.
"How was your night?" She asked.
"Hellish, but you'll find that out when you read the custody notes that are on your desk."
"Great." She said sarcastically rolling her eyes. "Well as much as I would love to sit here talking to you, I have to get to work myself." She said as she finished her drink and placed the cup in the sink.
She grabbed her coat from the coat hook in the hall and then kissed Smithy goodbye. She then left him to catch up with some much needed sleep.
As duty Sergeant she decided to go out on the streets with Diane for the day. She was fed up with looking at the same four walls all of the time. Her shift was reasonably uneventful until about three o'clock.
"All units from Sierra Oscar. Can any unit deal with an RTA at the junction on Tozer Street?" The CAD operators' voice came over the radio.
"We'll take that, we're the closest." Alex said as she turned the area car in the direction of the accident.
As the two officers arrived at the scene, they could see that the traffic was backed up for miles. There were two vehicles involved, a very badly crushed black Vauxhall and a red mondeo.
Diane and Alex put on their high visibility jackets and attempted to get the scene into some sort of order.
"Ok Diane if you could check on the victims for me and get their details, I'm going to radio for back up and check where the ambulance is." Alex said.
Diane radioed through the index plates of the cars and waited for a reply. After a few moments the voice came back over the radio,
"The black Vauxhall Astra is registered to a Mrs Patricia Phillips and the…"
Alex didn't hear the rest of the words when she recognised the name.
"That's my Dads' ex-wife." She said as she rushed over to the car.
As she did so the ambulance arrived. Alex ran up to the drivers' side of the car to find Trisha slumped over the wheel. She was unconscious and looked badly injured. Alex heard a noise in the back seat and glanced over to see Nicola. She didn't look injured but she was clearly upset and in shock.
"Hey Nikki it's ok sweetheart." Alex tried to sooth.
Once the ambulance and fire crews arrived at the scene, events happened quickly. The occupants of the red mondeo weren't badly injured. They were released from the wreckage and taken to hospital. It was a young couple in their late twenties. The paramedics said that they only really had cuts and bruises.
Nicola was released from her car and sat in an ambulance. She was dazed, confused and frightened. Alex sat next to her and tried to comfort her. The female paramedic was really good with her, but Nicola was still scared and huddled up as close to her sister as she could.
A third ambulance had been called for Trisha and was waiting on standby for when she was released. The fire crew cut her away from the wreckage and they placed her on a spinal bored. She was wheeled into the ambulance and driven straight to St Hughes.
"Diane, I'm going to go to the hospital with Nicola. You should be fine now that traffic are here to take control but give us a shout if you need me." Alex said.
Trisha was already in A and E when Alex arrived. Nicola was being attended to by a doctor so Alex decided to see how Trisha was doing. She was shocked to find them trying to resuscitate her, and it looked like they had been trying for some time. Finally one of the doctors looked at his colleagues and shook his head.
"Are we all agreed?" Alex heard him ask. "Time of death 17.42" He announced.
Oh my God. Was Alexs' first reaction. How was she going to tell her Dad and the rest of the family?