Christmas time and Broken Bones
"So you're actually getting a puppy" Sylvie asked.
"Yes" Pete replied.
"So what kind are you getting" Sylvie asked.
"She wants a chocolate lab" Pete replied.
"Did you get one" Sylvie asked.
"We have to pick him up this afternoon" Pete replied.
"Ahh so Shay can get him from you when she comes to the fire house to get some of her gifts in the morning" Sylvie replied.
"Exactly, she's home with my mom tonight and Santa's leaving gifts there and this one will be here from me" Pete replied.
"What else is she getting" Sylvie asked.
"A new snowboard helmet and goggles bike, clothes and some new toys and an iPod" Pete replied.
"Very nice" Sylvie said.
"I cannot believe I got her a dog" Pete mumbled.
"What shay wants Shay gets" Sylvie replied.
"That is how it works in my house" Pete replied.
That afternoon
"Hi I'm here to pick up a puppy" Pete replied.
"Right and you want a chocolate one right" the women asked.
"Yes I'm Pete by the way" Pete said.
"I'm Angela, I have 2 Chocolate ones left, and I'll take you back to see them" Angela said
Pete nodded, "perfect I have a little girl who's going to be so excited" Pete said
20 minutes later Pete and Sylvie were headed back to the fire house with the new puppy.
"So what's his name" Ottis asked.
"I don't know we'll find it in the morning" Pete replied.
"I wonder what she'll pick" Kelly commented.
"My guess would be Buddy" Pete said.
"that suits him" Kelly said petting the puppy.
"Mills, you didn't get us another fire house dog did you" Herman asked coming out of his office, he had gotten his promotion to lieutenant and later took over battalion 25 when Chief retired.
"No this is Shay's puppy he's going home tomorrow" Pete replied.
"good" Hermann said with a smile.
Christmas morning
"Merry Christmas Uncle Joe" Shay said hugging him.
Joe yawned, "Merry Christmas Monkey, your dad said he'd be back soon they got called out, wheres Grandma"
Shay scrunched her nose, "she dropped me and went to Aunt Elise"
Joe nodded in understanding, "Aunt Sylvie is making Cinnamon rolls for breakfast"
Shay's face lit up, "is everyone going after shift"
"Yep" Joe replied.
"sweet" Shay said as the ambo pulled in.
"Merry Christmas Monkey" Pete called running over to his daughter.
"Merry Christmas Daddy" Shay said flying into his arms.
"one of your gifts is here" Pete said carrying her into the common room.
"it is" Shay asked.
"Yeah in the Chiefs office" Pete said as he knocked on the door.
"come in" Herman said from the other side of the door.
"Daddy said one of my gifts is in here" Shay said as Herman set a box on his desk and Pete set Shay down.
"He asked me to keep track of it while he was outgo ahead and open it" Herman replied,
Shay pulled the top off the box and revealed the puppy who was sleeping in tissue paper, "it's a puppy"
"it's a chocolate lab puppy Shay, just what you wanted" Pete said as Shay picked him.
"what's his name" Shay asked.
"what do you want to name him" Pete asked.
"hmm how about Prince" Shay suggested.
"I like it, he certainly is a prince" Pete said as he clipped a leash on the puppy.
"are you heading to Sylvie's after shift "Herman asked.
"that's our plan, you and Cindy have kids in town right" Pete asked.
"all of them are home, and the grand babies to" Herman commented.
"very nice so you're going home for breakfast then" Pete asked.
"Yea, but you and Shay are invited to Dinner tonight or are you going to your sisters" Herman asked.
"what time" Pete asked.
"how about 6:30"Herman offered.
"we'll be there, we don't have another place to go, Shay go show Uncle Ottis your new puppy and tell him his name" Pete said.
"now that the kids gone, spill Mills" Herman replied.
"Haven't spoken to my sister in a month, not since my mom got to town, she's annoyed that my mom decided to stay with us and not her" Pete replied.
"well that's silly" Herman replied.
"you telling me, she invited my mom for dinner and not us, told my mom she'd send Shays gifts with her" Pete replied.
"that's ridiculas, you and Shay are more than Welcome to dinner at our place tonight and bring Prince the Grand babies will love it" Herman said.
Mills smiled, "will do man"
At breakfast
"So what are we doing for Dinner" Shay asked.
"going to Chiefs" Pete replied.
"so Aunt Elise still hasn't called" Shay asked as she curled up next to Pete on the couch.
"Nope ,she's mad at me because of Grandma "Pete commented.
"that sucks, I wanted to see Grace" Shay grumbled.
"I know you did but hopefully she'll come around eventually" Pete said.
"did you run out of Cinnamon rolls" Brittany asked as she walked in the door.
"Please Please tell me you made some even though I told you I'd be fine if you didn't Sylvie asked.
"Yeah of course what happened" Brittany asked.
"well we both worked, neither one of us switched off and I totally forgot to make them at work and bring them home to bake them" Sylvie said.
"oh dear, I have more at home let me call Leslie and have her bring them she was still trying to wake up when I left" Brittany said.
"Thanks, I don't even have the ones in a tube, I am totally un prepared" Sylvie commented.
"It's allrightnik have a batch to" Gabby said
"oh my you guys know me to well" Sylvie said with a smile as gabby walked toward the kitchen.
"Leslie's going to bring over another pan in about 20 minutes she's in the shower now" Brittany said as set the oven.
"was she still sleeping "Kelly asked.
"Sounded like she was totally out of It when I called but she promised to get right in the shower and get over here" Brittany replied
Kelly shook his head, "She is definitely my kid"
Brittany rolled her eyes, "there is no denying that Kel,she's your kid right down to her beautiful green eyes"
"and Noah's got your beautiful blue ones"
"would you two stop being mushy it's gross" Noah dead panned from his spot on a bar stool.
"we are not mushy" Kelly defended.
"let's take a vote" Andy countered.
"alright enough, Caleb got a new game from Santa why don't you guys go check it outjie suggested.
"sweet what'd he get" Andy asked.
"The newest Madden" Joe replied.
"Sweet, Caleb do you want to play your new game" Noah asked walking into the living room
"But I'm watching my new movie" Savannah groaned.
"Boys you can use the Xbox upstairs" Sylvie called out and they all took off upstairs sounding like a herd of elephants.
Gabby shook her head, "the power of video games"
"dad do you think we can go snowboarding tomorrow" Shay asked
"we can do that" Pete said.
"sweet Santa got me a new helmet and goggles still have gifts at home to open from you though" Shay replied.
"and you will get to open them when we get home" Pete said.
After breakfast they exchanged gifts and then Pete and Shay headed home to do their own Christmas gifts together.
"thanks Dad" Shay said as she took her new toys to the playroom.
"of course Monkey and thank you for my gifts" Pete replied.
"Uncle Mouch helped me, did mom send anything" Shay asked.
"she didn't kiddo,I'm sorry" Pete said.
"it's okay, but I guess it's just strange that she didn't" Shay replied.
As Shay spoke Pete felt his heart breaking into pieces, he wished every day that his daughter had a mother who was more involved her life and who hadn't moved away.
"Shay you know that even though your mom isn't around anymore she loves you right" Pete asked.
Shay looked up at her dad, "well that's hard to believe"
Pete closed his eyes and took a breath, leave it to his daughter to have his attitude about life, "I was hoping you would believe that"
"well I don't can I go play with my new toys" Shay asked.
"yeah of course"Pete said.
The next day
Pete and Shay got up early and drove up to the mountains with Kelly, Brittany and the kids to go snowboarding. Shay was excited to get use her new helmet and goggles. However 4 runs into their day she took a massive spill and stuck her arm out help break her fall, but the impact broke her wrist.
"Shay are you alright" Pete asked stopping next to where she had just fallen.
Shay used her good arm to pull her goggles up on top of her helmet, "no my wrist hurts"
"Did you land on it" Pete asked.
"I put it out to stop myself" Shay said now sobbing.
Pete nodded in understanding, "Alright Monkey, lets snowboard down and go get you some ice"
"what about everyone else" Shay asked.
"we will meet them all down at the bottom" Pete said.
"okay" Shay said.
"Take it slow hunny and try not to fall" Pete said.
A few minutes later they made it down to the bottom and met up with everyone else.
"alright guys we're done for the day, I'm pretty sure Shay broke her wrist but I want to look at and go get some x-rays" Pete said.
"Oh no, I'm losing my lift buddy" Leslie said sadly.
"when I get better I'll be your buddy again" Shay sniffed as Pete helped her unhook from her board.
"I'll go with you "Kelly said.
"you sure" Pete replied.
"Absoloutly,Britt I'll call you from home" Kelly said.
Once inside Pete helped Shay take her gloves and coat off and took a look at her wrist, then he took her over to the first aid building to get Ice and Sling so her arm would be supported on the car ride to the hospital.
"I'm glad you were able to make it down on your own" the girl at first aid said handing Shay the ice.
"my arm really hurts" Shay mumbled.
"let's put it in a sling torso you don't have to hold it up" the girl said.
"daddy will you do it please" Shay asked.
"of course"Pete sad taking the sling from the girl
"do you want me to drive" Kelly asked.
"if you want to" Pete said handing him his keys.
At the hospital
"so snowboarding" the doctor asked.
"uh-huh I love it" Shay said.
"well I took a look at the x-rays and it's broken in 2 places but you're lucky it's not displaced so we can put it in a cast for aoudad if you look there is one fracture right below the joint and then another one a little further up, what color cast do you want" the doctor asked.
"hmm you pick daddy" Shay said with a smile.
"hmm how orange" Pete said.
Shay scrunched her nose, "what kind of Yellow do you have"
"I have bright Yellow and then golden yellow" the doctor said.
"the golden yellow" Shay said.
"Shay that's packer yellow" Pete winced.
"it's pretty and I like it" Shay defended.
"it's fine kiddo" Pete said.
2 hours later they were home and Shay was sleeping comfortably in her fathers bed.
"I told you snowboarding was bad" Ingrid said.
"She's fine, broken but fine" Pete replied.
"your baby is broken and you're okay with it" Ingrid asked.
"she's a kid, it was bound to happen, she spent half the summer on crutches and in a cast from playing kickball in gym class, accidents are accidents" Pete retorted.
"she did" Ingrid asked.
Pete rolled his eyes, "Yes she did and she's fine, she was fine then she'll bounce back"
"I'm going to meet friends for lunch I'll see you later" Ingrid said heading out the door.
