Little Miss Bump- That it does. XD I'm glad you liked it. Yep, it is very Virge. Nope, he didn't. Yeah, it is very painful. I just got a second degree burn on my legs this summer when I went to the beach for the first time in years. I had a hard time moving for about a week. But it's not third degree so he is lucky. Yep, Alan is going to be uncomfortable for a while. Of course he will, last thing he wants to do is cause his brother even more pain. Yep, he's got plenty of people to fuss over him. Yep, she lost track of the number. I think a lot of people do for various things like that. Yep, just another sprain for her to add to the number of those she has had in the past. XD Thank you, I'm glad you are enjoying this story. Aw, you make me blush!

ash-rox- I'm glad you liked it. Yep, I just got the last bunch of overdue updates last night. At least it wasn't just me. I thought my computer was on the fritz again. : P I'll see what I can do about that request.

lissysue85- Yep, no broken bones. Yeah, that burn is going to smart for a while. Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed it. Yep, yawning is contagious. XD Dang! I just yawned now! : P

foxee-chik- I'm glad you enjoyed it.

ShikaKibaShinoGal- Yes, it most defiantly is. –yawns-

Gilian 101-That they do. Yes he will be keeping an eye on all three of them. More of them will defiantly be coming up with lots more fluff. XD The emotional aspects of the events will begin to catch up to them in this chapter and the next two. Yep, they have their family there to reassure them. I'm glad you enjoyed it. As always, I will update as soon as I can. XD

Aussie Imp- Whoops. Just a little boo-boo one my part. Think one thing, type another. Thanks for pointing it out to me. Thank you, I'm glad you like it.

Chapter Thirty Six- Confessions
March 15th, 2020

Evelyn groaned as she stared up at the ceiling of her bedroom. After Virgil had wrapped up Alan's ribs and had given her a crutch so she would be able to get around the house on her own, the family had headed to their own rooms for the night. Evelyn had managed to sleep for a few hours before waking up for no apparent reason. Now she had been tossing and turning for the last hour or so.

She winched as she used her hands to throw off her covers and pushed herself into a sitting position on the edge of her bed. She reached over and grabbed the crutch that was leaning against her nightstand and used it to pull herself up before heading towards he door. She pulled open the door before stepping into the hallway. In the distance, she could make out the sound of Virgil playing the piano downstairs.

Down the hall, she saw the light on in John's room and the door opened a crack, from inside the room she heard him and Scott talking quietly. Using the crutch, she moved slowly down the hall towards the stairs. A she walked past Gordon's room, she could hear her twin's snoring from behind the closed door and then moved past the open door of Alan's room towards the staircase.

After taking a shower and going to bed like the rest of his family had done, Jeff found that no matter how tired he was from the events of the past twenty four hours, that he just couldn't fall asleep. After several hours of tossing and turning, the Tracy patriarch finally decided that he wasn't going to fall asleep anytime soon. So he pushed off the covers and got up out of the bed. After pulling on a baggy shirt, he walked to the door and pulled it open.

As Jeff entered the hallway, he could distantly hear Virgil playing the piano downstairs. Walking down the hallway where the bedrooms for his six children were located, Jeff found the door to John's room opened a crack and her could hear John and Scott talking softly inside the room. He then passed Gordon's room and heard his second youngest son's snoring through the door. He looked towards Evelyn's door a few feet down and saw it open, and just beyond the door to Virgil's room, Alan's was also wide open.

As he began to wonder where his youngest son and daughter had gone, he heard the sound of someone using a crutch going down the stairs. When he reached the top of the staircase a few moments later, he saw that Evelyn had reached the bottom of the stairs to the second floor and moved to go down the ones to the first floor of their home. Once her dark red hair was out of sight, Jeff made his way down the flight of stairs to the second floor.

Once Evelyn reached the ground floor of the house, she began to head towards the kitchen in the hopes that maybe getting something in her stomach would help her fall asleep. Halfway there, she noticed a head of blond hair sitting down at the edge of the upper deck. Turning away from the kitchen, she headed out to the deck. Her youngest brother sat in his pajama bottoms and a grey t-shirt, looking out towards the ocean in the distance. As she approached, Alan looked back over his shoulder at her. "Couldn't sleep?"

"I think Gordon is the only one asleep. I don't know about dad," she replied as she set the crutch down on the ground before slowly sitting down on the edge of the deck next to him. "How are the ribs?"

"Sore," he answered, looking back out towards the ocean in the distance. The bright moonlight reflected off the water. "How's the ankle?"

"It was worse the first time," she replied. The two siblings sat in silence for several minutes, unaware that their father was standing in the shadows of the kitchen.

"I'm sorry," Alan said softly after a few moments. Evelyn looked over at him in confusion. "For what?"

"Scott told Tin-Tin and I how you mentioned that you thought we were dead," he replied, looking back over at Evelyn. She smiled softly over at him before scooting closer and putting an arm around him, pulling him gently to her side. "Yeah, for a time I did think that."

"When we were out on the island, I didn't know where you were. I thought that they had captured or…or k-" Alan stopped, not able to say the word. Evelyn tightened her arm around him as he swallowed before continuing. "We only found out where you were once we managed to contact Thunderbird Five and get them back into orbit. For a split moment I thought……."

"That you may be the last Tracy?" she finished for him. He glanced up at her before nodding and resting his head once more against her shoulder. "I don't think anything that has happened the past twenty four hours is going to make my doctor any happier."

"Your doctor? What does her have to do with this?" Alan asked, lifting his head from her shoulder and pulling away to look at her. Her arm fell back to her side.

"He's the reason I came home early. It wasn't choice, I was told to on doctor's orders," she replied.

"So they were right," Alan stated more to himself them Evelyn, though she heard and nodded in reply. "That they were. The doctor told me I had to take at least two weeks off of school or risk getting an ulcer or heart disease. So I came up with the idea to come home early and spend two weeks here instead of one. And in two weeks I get to go back and finish the semester."

"So after all this, after all that's happened," Alan began. "You're just going to go back to school and stress yourself out again?"

"I won't stress myself out again. After I finish this semester, I'll stop being full time and become a part time student," she replied, looking out towards the ocean. "Maybe even get into cheerleading again. It will take longer to get my degree, but I'll need it if I even want to come close to getting the job I want."

"What about becoming a Thunderbird?" he asked softly. Evelyn looked back towards him and smiled sadly. "That dream is nothing but a dream for me. Dad will never let me. Not after my accident last year and rushing after the Hood without even a second thought yesterday."

"I went after him without a second thought," Alan replied. "Even after he choked me, I still thought I could beat him even though he came close to killing me."

Evelyn shook her head as she closed her eyes, doing her best to push the image of the Hood strangling Alan out of her mind. She took a deep breath before replying, "But before that you saved the lives of those in that monorail car. I wouldn't be surprised if dad makes you three Thunderbird's in training after this. But that route is gone for me."

"But-"

"No Alan," she stated firmly, cutting him off. She looked over at him and the little irritation she had been feeling towards him for his persistence disappeared. "It's hard enough accepting that it's not going to happen for me, no matter how badly I wish it would, so can we please not talk about it."

"Okay," he replied softly. Evelyn smiled softly as she once more put her arm around him and pulled him up against her side, being careful of his ribs. Alan once more rested his head against her shoulder as they looked towards the ocean in the distance.

After sitting for a little while in comfortable silence with Alan, Evelyn found that her eyelids were beginning to droop. She looked down at where Alan was resting his head against her and found that he too was starting to have a hard time staying awake. "I think it's time we went back to bed."

Alan sat up from her shoulder and Evelyn slid her arm off from around him while he yawned. "I think your right."

Reaching over and grabbing her crutch, Evelyn slowly managed to stand up once more, only once or twice wincing in pain from her hands. Alan remained sitting and Evelyn looked back down at him. "You coming?"

"In a minute. Go ahead Evie. I'll see you later," he replied, smiling up at her. Evelyn smiled in response and used her free hand and reached over and ruffled his hair. "Love ya sprout."

"Love you too," he responded as she turned and began to head back into the house. She passed the kitchen and headed towards the stairs. As she began to climb them, Jeff moved out of the shadow's that he had been standing in during their conversation and headed down towards the deck where Alan still sat.