Chapter 24 - Welcome home.

"Mommy Kris!"

Kris turned her head to the door as she heard the little girl's voice and her face brightened up into a wide, crystal white smile, newly brushed teeth. They had all been flown to California and all of them except Sabrina had been taken to the hospital for complete check overs. Kris had been thrilled to finally get a shower and be able to brush her teeth. Now she was resting in a hospital bed, waiting for the x-rays to come back and letting the last of the IV drip out.

Turning towards the door she smiled as Ella ran inside, followed by Bosley who happily lifted up the five year old into the bed, and Ella immediately crawled up and hugged Kris tightly before sitting next to her, cuddling towards her chest. Kris winced slightly, her ribs were still hurting from rolling with the truck the first day out on the field, and she was waiting on x-rays from those too, but at the moment she didn't care about a little discomfort. She was able to hold the girl she cared most about in the world and she had missed her so much.

Bosley put a hand on Kris' shoulder and leaned down to kiss her forehead, he was so happy to have his angels back, he had been so worried about them, and Charlie calling him a few days ago telling him that the angels were save, he had just felt a huge wave of relief wash over him. Straightening his back he squeezed her shoulder gently and their eyes met.

"How are you feeling angel?"

"Exhausted, sore, but so much better since we came back here. It's so good to be back in the right part of the world Bosley, you have no idea."

"We've missed you a lot, and I've been so worried about you. Charlie too, of course."

"Kris, we're mommy Kelly?" Ella asked, looking up at Kris with the big green eyes sparkling in excitement, and Kris smiled as she lifted a hand and brushed it over her hair.

"The doctor is looking her over but I'm sure she'll be back very soon honey."

"Is mommy okay?"

"Yes, mommy is okay, don't worry about it. She is going to be so happy to see you." Kris smiled, leaning down she placed a kiss on top of Ella's head, just breathing in the scent of fresh and healthy human beings again. She then took a breath and looked up at Bosley. "Did you hear anything about Jill?"

"I know they were waiting for x-ray plates, but they said her hands don't look too good. I don't know yet if they will have to do surgery or not, I'll pass the word on when I have it."

"What about the branding?"

"I met Sabrina outside the room and she told me they have been cleaning it kinda roughly, making sure it's completely clean."

Kris winced as Bosley spoke and he nodded, a sad looking covering his face as he thought of one of his beloved angels in pain. He did not like that thought even the slightest bit.

"Sabrina told me that they tried cleaning it with just giving her painkillers at first but they sedated her after a while, she was just in too much pain. What they said about that was that they will clean it thoroughly and cover it, and then keep cleaning and changing compresses for a while until it's healed and then later she can think of having plastic surgery to remove it."

Kris nodded, it was about the information she had gotten too, and as she was thinking about her sister, the door opened and Kelly in a wheelchair was rolled inside. She was talking to the nurse who was pushing the chair and didn't realize at first that they had guests in the room. But at the sound of her daughter's voice, she immediately whipped her head around and pressed her feet into the ground, forcing the wheelchair to stop. She rose and walked straight over to Kris' bed, sitting down into it as she at first just stared at Ella who was looking at her with a smile.

Ella crawled over and cuddled down into Kelly's lap, pulling her small arms around her stomach, as Kelly leaned her head down and let her cheek rest towards Ella's head, as the tears of relief started pouring out of her. Kelly could not stop the tears that begun rolling down her cheeks, and Kris moved around carefully, crawling over too and putting her arms around Kelly and Ella. The three of them held each other for a long time, just breathing in the others' existence and the fact that they were all together again and safe.

A few days later, everyone was home in their own houses, their own beds. Millions of emotions were going through them, but being able to come home had helped out so much. Jill was staying with Kris, with broken fingers and a broken wrist she couldn't do much by herself, and during the few nights in safety, Kelly had realized Kris was tormented by nightmares. At the hospital, Kelly hadn't slept well herself and she had been able to get over to Kris' side in an instant to hold her as Kris broke down in tears. They had just gone through so much and they all knew they would have a long road of accepting and moving on ahead of themselves.

Kris bullet wound had been checked over and luckily to Sabrina's skilled hands, the bullet wound looked as good as it could. There was a major crack in the shoulder blade and she had some cracked and bruised ribs from the truck flipping, but she was okay. Kelly too had hairline fractures in one of her shoulder blades, much smaller than Kris' though, from jumping from the building. One of her ribs had been badly shattered from the bullet and they had performed a surgery to remove bits of bone and stabilize it as much as possible, but aside from that, all of them had mostly smaller injuries that would heal by themselves with time. Jill's branding was healing fine, but removing it would be done with plastic surgery when she was healed completely.

Finally being able to come home, Bosley was driving his angels home, first dropping the Munroes off at the beach house, then driving Kelly home and picking up Ella from school in the same time. Ella was thrilled about seeing her mother in the car and happily jumped inside, Bosley helping her getting the seatbelt on before they went to Kelly's yellow house. Ella was usually a girl who ran inside to make sure she didn't miss the kids' show at TV, but today she was walking next to her mother, holding onto Kelly's hand and letting her mother take her time into the house. Bosley stayed and cooked dinner for them as Kelly rested in her bed.

As Bosley was in the kitchen, he heard the patter of the young girl's feet as she walked inside. He turned around and saw the five year old standing not too far behind him, holding LillyBeth in her arms. She usually had her doll Holly but when Kelly went away, Ella took LillyBeth instead. She smelled like mama and the scent had calmed her down.

"Hey Ella." Bosley smiled as Ella went up next to him, just looking up at him with big eyes.

"Hey Boffley." She whispered.

"What is it?"

"Do you think mommy is okay if I go to her?" Ella asked, and Bosley nodded, brushing her hair with his fingers and smiling at her.

"You go into her and see. I think she's fine and would love your company."

Ella smiled before turning around and hurrying into her mother's room, carefully pulling up the door and looking inside she saw Kelly lying on her side in the bed. Her eyes opened and looked towards the door as she heard it open and she smiled tiredly as she saw Ella.

"Come here sweetie." Kelly whispered and Ella carefully climbed up into the bed and laid down onto her side next to Kelly, facing her. Kelly took her small hand in hers and smiled gently towards her.

"Have you bee doing okay while I was gone?" Kelly asked, and Ella nodded a little, then stopped halfway and shook her head.

"I missed you really a lot." Ella said, and Kelly could see her girl tearing up. "I didn't know if you would return."

Kelly swallowed hard, her daughter's voice cracking towards the end of the sentence, and Kelly moved closer and draped her arm around Ella.

"I told you I would return and I did right? It took a little longer than planned but I will not leave you sweetie. I would never let anyone part us. I love you too much for that."

Ella smiled as she crawled as close to Kelly as she could, cuddling towards her chest and just enjoying having her mother close. She was finally home and safe.

"No, Kelly, I don't want it."

"Come on Jill, it's good for you."

"No, get away, I really don't want it. I might eat anything but that is one thing I will not put into my mouth no matter how hard you beg me. It won't happen, under any circomstances. I am not like you guys think, I am not a pig that would eat anything."

All the others looked around at each other before they broke out in loud laughter, both Kris and Kelly groaning as they did due to the pain in the ribs it cost them. But a little pain was absolutely okay when it was due to laughter, cause loud laughter must be one of the best medicines there are. Puppies being another.

"Jill, you do eat anything, you are a pig. Now eat. It's healthy." Kelly giggled as she wiped her tears, still holding onto the fork with broccoli in her hand, holding it in Jill's direction. They were having a feast at the beach house, Bosley, the angels, Sabrina's father, and Ella. Bosley had called in a catering business and they had dropped off loads of food. Since Jill's arms were so bad and she had casts on both arms she was not able to hold onto her fork, so the others had taken turns feeding her, which seemed to be a never ending job. As the catering food was all out, they had gone through the Munroe's freezer with all the groceries Bosley had bought for them. He had been a sweetheart and cleaned out rotten food and replaced it with new when he heard they were coming home, he had taken care of their mail and he had watered their plants, basically taking care of their places.

Now they were at the table, halfway through the groceries, and Kelly was trying to feed Jill with broccoli.

"Okay, here I'll spear it with chicken too." Kelly smiled, putting up some chicken onto the fork, bringing it back up towards Jill's face. She kept her mouth closed hard and shaking her head, and Kelly couldn't help but to laugh again. She looked like Ella when she didn't want something.

"Kelly that broccoli has been in our freezer since we met. No, I wont eat it, you can't make me and I won't be fooled, you cant mask that with chicken, I'm just not that stupid."

Kelly smiled before she dipped the broccoli and chicken into some dipped cheese, making sure it got covered completely, before bringing it up to Jill's face again. This time Jill didn't even hesitate, instead she opened her mouth and sucked in the entire fork, Kelly had to hold onto it and pull it out herself. Jill swallowed and smiled happily at the good taste in her mouth, wanting more.

They were having a great day, eating, talking and just enjoying being back home, everyone still together and well and that they got their happily ever after on this story. They sure had thought they would die several times, but they had made it through it, and a big celebration had definitely been in order. Now their pants were unbuttoned and there were dishes in the entire house, but they were all as happy as could be.

"Oh my Goooood!" Jill grunted as she once again jerked up into sitting position, clutching her tummy with one hand and squeezing Peggy's hand with the other, closing here eyes and trying to fight through the pain. Jill's doctor and a nurse was also in the room and they were looking her over as she was fighting with the contractions that were coming in a constant motion.

As it faded out, Jill once again fell back into the bed, her chest heaving up and down in rapid pace as she tried to calm down.

"Well, Jill, you are fully open so we're going to move you over to another room and another bed and let you get this baby out of you, okay?"

"Finally!" Jill panted, wanting to push so bad, but was being told not to do that yet, and it freaked her out.

"Soon you will have your baby out of you, don't worry, everything is looking fine." The doctor smiled as he looked through Jill's chart, taking notes.

"I can… have someone… with me inside… right?" Jill panted as she looked up at the doctor, and he nodded.

"Absolutely, we let in two people."

Jill looked around at everyone, Kris was a safe card but who would the second person be?

Damien was sitting on the floor all freaked out about the situation and he was so worried and tipsy, so nervous, and Jill just shook her head. He was not allowed to go inside, Jill knew that he would freak her out with his nervous behavior, and she did not want nor did she need that inside the delivery room. Peggy on her other side fainted at the sight of blood. She was out of the question.

As Jill was thinking, the nurse and the doctor was releasing her bed and beginning to pull her out of the room, and Kelly patted Jill's shoulder and smiled at her as everyone begun clearing out the room. Jill grabbed onto Kelly's hand and squeezed it hard, looking up at Kelly with big puppy eyes.

"Let me go now, Jill. You'll be fine."

"No, you're not leaving me!" Jill said, rapidly shaking her head and holding onto Kelly's arm with her other hand too, pulling Kelly down. "I need you there! Damien will freak me out and Peggy will faint! I need you in there with me and Kris! Please Kelly I can't deliver my boy without you!"

Kelly rolled her eyes, she did not really want to be in there, because she knew exactly what Jill was like. She would squeeze the living life out of her hand and scream at her and make her want to kill herself, and Kelly was not really looking forward to it.

"Doctor, tell her I have to leave." Kelly pleaded as she looked up at the doctor who smiled back at her.

"Oh, up to two people are allowed in. You can stay."

Kelly rolled her eyes again, looking down at Jill who was on the verge of crying due to Kelly not wanting to be there with her, and she was in so much pain, so scared and so worried and at the moment, she just wanted one of her favorite persons with her. Kelly, not being able to say no to a Jill with those big puppy eyes, and then crying just to top that, sighed and nodded.

"Okay, I will be there."

Guys, it is baby time! Let's get Andrew out! :D