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Summary:

Prequel to 'Tracy sister'. After Lucy's death, Jeff retreats into his work, leaving his children to look after each other. What happens when Evelyn starts to separate herself from her brothers? What is she hiding? Will they help her in time? Or will it be too late?

Chapter 1

"Ok Lucy. One more push." The doctor said to Lucy Tracy as she gave birth to her 3rd child.

"Jeff you are never touching me again!" She yelled at her husband, the billionaire ex-astronaut, Jeff Tracy.

"That's what you said when you had Scott and John." He replied, earning the scariest look his wife had ever given him. "I'll shut up."

"Baby's clear." The doctor said, giving the baby to the nurse to be cleaned and weighed. "Congratulations. It's a boy."

"So, are you sticking to your astronaut naming system?" Lucy asked, slightly breathless.

"Of course. Virgil Grissom. What do you think?" He said with a smile, kissing his wife on her head.

"I love it." She said, smiling.

"Alright. The other one will be along in a minute." The doctor said, making Jeff and Lucy freeze and look at him with wide eyes.

"The other one?" Jeff asked.

"Yes. You're having twins. You did know that, didn't you?" He asked, looking at the couple in confusion.

Lucy felt a pain in her stomach and gasped. "I do now!" She snapped. She gave birth to their 4th child quickly, shouting profanities at Jeff, who had never feared for his man hood as much as he did in that moment.

"Congratulations. It's a girl." The doctor said, handing the baby to the nurse to be cleaned before handing both babies to their parents.

"What shall we call her?" Jeff asked, looking down at the little girl in his arms before looking at the boy in his wife's arms.

"Evelyn. Evelyn Jane Tracy." Lucy replied, smiling at her husband.

"After your grandmother?" Jeff asked, smiling at his daughter.

"Yes. You name the boys after astronauts, I name the girl after someone I actually knew." She replied, making Jeff laugh.

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"Mum! I want to go outside!" Evelyn said in their holiday home on a ski resort. Her, Virgil and Lucy were the only ones there since Jeff had taken the other boys to get food and medicine for the ill girl. She had been suffering from a head cold and even though she was better, they were taking no chances. The only reason that Virgil was still there was because he refused to leave his twin.

"No Evelyn. You are still ill and we aren't going to take any chances." Lucy said, kissing her 8 year old daughter on her head. "Why don't you watch a film while Virgil and I finish making the soup?" She suggested. She put Beauty and the Beast, Evelyn's favourite film, on and went back into the kitchen with her son.

Evelyn watched 5 minutes of the film before looking out of the window at the falling snow. She thought that it wouldn't hurt to go out for a bit, so she ran to the door, her shoes already on, and out into the snow when the ground started to shake. Her mum and Virgil ran to the open door and Lucy ran out to her daughter, seeing the avalanche behind her. She grabbed the girl and started to run back to the house. She knew that she would never make it back to the house, so when she was close enough, she threw Evelyn to her brother, who tried to catch her, but she landed on her foot funny before falling on her wrist. They turned around in time to see their mum being swept away by the snow.

"MUM!" They screamed. Virgil saw the snow heading towards the house and shut the door, just before the snow hit it. "NO!" Evelyn yelled, banging the door. Virgil wrapped his arms around his twin and she cried into his shoulder. "What do we do Virge?" She asked. He grabbed the phone and sat on the floor, his back against the wall with Evelyn next to him. He dialled his father's number and wrapped his arm around Evelyn's shoulder.

"Hello?" Scott answered the phone. Virgil put it on loud speaker so that Evelyn could hear.

"Scooter?" He asked, his voice thick. "Where's Dad?"

"He's driving. What's wrong?" The 11 year old asked, hearing the sadness in his brother's voice.

"Put him on please." Evelyn said in a sad voice.

"Virgil? Evelyn? What's wrong?" Jeff's voice rang out, full of worry.

"Dad." Evelyn cried, making Virgil tighten his grip on her.

"Evelyn? What is it?" Jeff asked. They heard the car's engine cut out and assumed he pulled over.

"Mum's gone." Virgil whispered.

"Gone? What do you mean gone?" Jeff asked. They could hear the sadness and disbelief in his voice.

"The ground shook and mum got taken by the snow." He said to his father.

"No." Jeff breathed. "Where are you two now?"

"We're in the house. The door is blocked by snow." Virgil said.

"We're coming back now. I'll send people to get you out and look after you." Jeff said. They could hear the tears in his voice as he put Scott back on the phone.

"Virgil? Evie?" He asked. They could hear Gordon and John in the background, asking what was happening.

"Hi scooter." Evie whispered, her tears stopped for now.

"Are you two ok?" He asked.

"I'm scared. But I don't know about Evie." Virgil replied. "Wait a second." He looked at his sister in worry. "Evie? Are you hurt?"

"My arm and leg hurt." She said in a small voice.

Virgil, who had watched many hospital shows, touched Evie's arm, earning a hiss. "I think she broke something Scooter." He said.

"Ok Virge. Dad's sending some people to help you." He replied. "Got watch some TV. They'll be 10 minutes."

15 minutes later, Jeff stopped the car behind the ambulance and rushed towards it, telling his 4 son's to stay put.

"Evelyn! Virgil!" He yelled as he saw his twins in the ambulance. Virgil ran to him and hugged him while the paramedic had to hold Evelyn to the bed. "Are they ok?"

"Virgil is a little shaken, but otherwise fine. Evelyn had a sprained ankle and a broken arm. We need to take her to the hospital to get an x-ray and put a cast on it." The paramedic said, pushing some stray red hair behind her ear. "Someone will have to go in the ambulance with her."

"What about my wife? Did you find her?" Jeff asked, holding Virgil close to him.

"We found the body of a female woman down the hill. I am sorry sir." She said. Jeff let a few tears out and bent down, burying his face in his son's hair.

"What about my son's? There is no one to look after them." He said, looking up again.

"An officer can take them to the hospital and look after them until Evelyn is discharged." She said. Jeff nodded before walking over to his car and getting his son's out. He handed the sleeping Alan in his car seat to the officer, who got him secured in his police car.

"Boys, this police man is going to take you to the hospital. OK? I'll meet you there once your sister has been checked out." He said, looking at them with sad eyes.

"Where's mummy?" Gordon asked, looking sad and worried.

"Mummy's gone to live with the angels." He said, hugging his son before letting the officer get them in the car.

"DAD!" Virgil screamed. Jeff looked around to see the paramedic trying to drag Virgil away from Evelyn, while another held her to the bed.

"HEY!" He yelled, running over and taking Virgil from the paramedic's hold on him and he immediately ran to his sister, grabbing her uninjured hand. "What are you doing?"

"He can't go in the ambulance. He is fine and needs to go with the others." She said, sounding extremely annoyed.

"There is no way that he is going anywhere his twin sister isn't, especially when she is hurt!" Jeff snapped, getting into the ambulance and pulling Evelyn onto his lap and holding Virgil to his side. They stayed like that until they got to the hospital, where they realised that the only way they could get a cast on Evelyn's arm was if she was sat on Jeff's lap and held Virgil's hand with her uninjured one.

Jeff booked them into a hotel for the night and rang his parent's, and Lucy's family, to let them know what happened. He left Scott and John in the room with their siblings while he made the calls so that they couldn't see how vulnerable he was. He had to stay strong for them and not let them see how much this had destroyed him inside. Once he had put a brave face on, he made sure that Scott, John and Gordon were in a room together and settled down, before going into the adjoining room that he was sharing with Virgil, Evelyn and Alan. He put Alan into the crib the hotel had provided and made sure the twins were asleep, before getting into his own bed and finally letting the tears fall. He was silently grieving for his wife, the love of his life, when he heard a shout from the other side of the room.

"MUMMY! NO!" Evelyn shouted, making him shoot across the room in a way only a father could. He saw that she was still asleep, just having a nightmare, so he quickly woke her so she didn't disturb her sleeping twin on the other side of the double bed.

"Evelyn, sweetie." He soothed, shaking her awake. She buried her face in his chest and cried into him. He carried her across the room to his bed and lay down with her in his embrace. "It's ok sweetie. It's ok." He whispered, running his hand through her hair.

"I'm sorry Daddy. It's my fault." She whispered as she started to fall back to sleep.

"It's not your fault darling. It's not your fault." He whispered, kissing her hair.

Here is the first chapter guys. This is the prequel to 'Tracy sister' and will explain some extra details for the sequel I am planning to write.

Please let me know what you think.

Emma