A Family life

Chapter 21

Virgil's point a view

I had talked this through with Jo, she didn't seem too happy about the idea but she understood where I was coming from in the end. So, I made my way to the lounge to see Dad and the others about this. I had talked to Dad a couple of hours ago to ask him to get everyone into the lounge. Since I have talked it through with my wife, we decided that she would stay in the apartment with Robyn and the babies. Once I arrived in the lounge my brothers knew that something was going on. I couldn't help but feel nervous about what I was going to tell my family.

"Virgil what is wrong?"

"Are you and Jo okay?"

"Are Robyn and the babies okay?"

"Everything is fine everyone there is something that I need to speak to you all about. It's not good."

"What do you want to speak to us about son?"

"Okay, I will come out and just say it, now that I have my own family I need to think about."

"Think about what Virgil?"

"I need to sign a DNR before any of you say anything I have talked this through with Jo this last night, she wasn't overly happy about but I managed to talk her round to the idea. I do know that if anything happens then my family will be taken care of by you all."

"Virgil you can't we won't let you do that." said Scott.

"Scott this is my decision here to make, think about it Scott if you were badly hurt on a mission and you needed to be put into a coma. What would you want us to do for you?"

"Okay Virgil I get where you are coming from but I am not happy about it." said Scott who walked out of the lounge.

"I get where Virgil is coming from."

"You do Gordon?" Asked John

"Yes after recovering from my accident I told Dad that I felt that I needed to sign a DNR for myself."

"And did you?" Asked Alan

"Yes, I did sign one and Dad was with me at the time. I didn't want to tell you all because I didn't want to put you all through that again." Explained Gordon.

"Great so if anything happens then we lose the both of you. Did you both not think about what this could do to us as a family?"

"Virgil if that is what you want to do then we won't have a problem with it. I am just glad that you came to us about this but you are right you need to put your family first son and I can see that. Once the rest of you boys have your own families then you will know where your brothers are coming from." Said Dad as he came across from his desk to pull me into a hug. I only had Scott to sort out now and Alan because they seem to be taking this really bad. So, I went after Scott who had took himself down to TB1's hanger. He didn't seem to be doing anything so I made my way over to him.

"Do you really think that this is fair on us Virgil?"

"Scott you know that I need to think about the future now, I know for a fact that if anything happened to me then Jo and my kids will be looked after. I am doing this for them Scott."

"So in other words you don't want us to do anything if you get hurt badly and just let you die on us. When I knew that we could have done something?"

"No not if I break my arm or leg because you can do something about that, but if I get a really bad head injury then there won't be any point. Scott I may want to do this but it does scare me a bit, Jo said that she would come with me to sign it and told me that she would do the same." I explained to my older brother.

"So, what about Penelope? Jo will need to talk this through with her too and that won't be easy to break. Especially now that she is her mother." Said Scott.

"Look Scott if I came home really injured, I wouldn't want you all to look after me 24/7, it wouldn't be fair on everyone especially my children. I will be planning on to write a will to go with this Scott as I think it is the best thing to do. Scott, I don't know about you but I feel this is right for me to do. Believe me you will feel the same once you get to know Lisa more, as for Jo I know that she will talk this through with Penny. We aren't walking into this blind but I need my family behind me on this Scott, for all we know nothing could happen to me and I go old with Jo and my kids."

"Are you really sure that you want to do this Virgil? I know that you are thinking about us and your family but doing something like this is huge."

"Oh, I am sure about this Scott, on a lighter note Jo and I have been married a year tomorrow and I need to plan something special for her. So, if you and Lisa don't mind babysitting for us sometime tomorrow. I still can't believe that it's been a year already. I am just thankful that Jo is still here and she loves me. We were up almost every couple of hours last night with all three babies. It's going to be hard to get used to."

"You will get there Virgil; these babies are a joy plus you seem to be doing really well with them all. Just take it one day at a time and you will both get through it." Said Scott, as he was talking to me, we made our way back up to our round house apartment to see Jo and Robyn. We walked into see that Jo was just putting Joshua down after feeding and moved onto Scotty. I picked Rebecca up while Robyn came out of her room from playing. Robyn seem to be settled now but I could tell that she had something on her mind. I had a plan to cheer her up.

"Hey Robyn can I tell you something and you have got to keep it from Mum?" I asked while I made my way over to her.

"Sure Daddy?"

"I would love you to go with someone and pick up some flowers for Mum for tomorrow, I think that she needs cheering up and flowers will do the job. Also you could give me a hand to make Mummy a card."

"What is so special about tomorrow Daddy?"

"Well tomorrow Mummy and I are a year married and I want to make a fuss of her tomorrow so do you want to help me out?"

"Okay I will help you Daddy,"

"Are you okay Robyn?"

"I'm scared Daddy."

"What is scaring you Angel?"

"Scotty is"

"Hey, you are Scotty's big sister and he is going to need you to help him with a lot of things. He may look very strange at the moment but he will grow just like you all will." Said Scott who was now holding Scotty for the first time since we brought him back with us.

"He will."

"Yeah and we will always love you so don't ever think that we don't. I can promise you that all four of you will be treated the same and that you will have lots of fun with helping us. We aren't going to stop loving you because the babies are here. Okay why don't you leave with uncle Scott to find Uncle Gordon because I know that you are due your swimming lesson?" Said Jo as Scott left, I couldn't wait till tomorrow Jo isn't going to know what hit her. It's hard to believe that we have been married a whole year and I want to celebrate that with my wife.

A/N- DNR stands for Do Not Resuscitate it is used by medical professionals when someone is at the end of their life it is a legal form signed by the family or the patient themselves.