A family life

Chapter 22

(In Virgil's point a view)

The next morning I got Robyn up early so that she could give me a hand with making Jo breakfast in bed. I may not be getting much sleep lately but I did manage to do the early morning feeds. Once Robyn had finished helping me Alan came to to get her so that she could go and pick some flowers for Jo. I made my way into the bedroom with our breakfast on a tray. "Good morning Jo."

"Oh, you remembered then?" Asked Jo with a smile.

"How could I forget that I married the girl of my dreams a year ago today?" I said while handing Jo her breakfast, who pulled me down for a kiss. We broke apart and started eating our breakfast. We had heard crying as we both made our way into the nursery to see that Joshua and Scotty were awake and looking their next feed.

"Virgil I think that we need to get Rebecca checked out, she doesn't seem to cry with the other two and it seems that we have to wake her every time for her feed. I am really worried now that she could be deaf?"

"Hey Jo, we can always take her down and get Lisa to look her over for us, Rebecca was okay the first few weeks but you are right I am seeing a difference now." I said while I lifted Scotty and Jo lifted Joshua to take them into the living room with us.

"Where is Robyn?"

"She is away with Alan to pick you some flowers, Alan came and offered to take her for me. She still seems to be asking a lot of questions to do with the babies. And seems very quiet on it which isn't like her at all."

"Hopefully it's just a phase that she is going through, this can't be easy on her first she was an only child and the next she is a big sister. It's a big adjustment for her but she will get used to it."

"I hope sure Jo, I am still a little worried about Robyn, I know that she is trying her best but it feels like she is trying to close herself from us. I am kind of at lost with what we should be doing."

"All we can do is be there for Robyn Virg, she isn't going to get used to this overnight and we just have to be a little bit patient with her." Just then my phone goes off and its Dad calling me.

"Hey Son, sorry to disturb you but I just got a call from Alan to say that while they were searching for flowers, they both got caught in a sand storm. Robyn fell down a deep hole and Alan managed to pull her out and they moved into a cave to keep safe."

"What is happening now Dad?"

"Scott and Gordon are on their way to rescue them. You can go and join them if you want, I will send Grandma up to give Jo a hand."

"Okay Dad, I won't leave till Grandma comes up. Sorry about last night Dad I shouldn't have snapped at you."

"It's okay Virgil, you have a lot on your mind at the moment and that is understandable. We got two back into the hanger and refuelled so she is ready for the next call out."

"Okay Dad, I better go and get ready. Please can you let Scott and Gordon know that I will be joining them. Are Alan and Robyn hurt?"

"Alan seems to think that Robyn has broke her arm, so I will get both Lisa and TinTin to set up the sickbay. If she needs an operation to reset her arm then we will have what we need here to do it."

"No problem Dad." I said while I seen that Grandma had arrived and told me to go on, I told Jo that I would ring her with news on Robyn.

(In Alan's point a view)

We were out searching for flowers and got caught up in a sand storm, Robyn was running with me and fell down a really deep hole. I did manage to reach down to lift Robyn out. I did grab her by the arm and now I think I have pulled it out of her socket.

"Scott to Alan come in bro."

"Hey Scott, please say that you are coming to get us?"

"We are on our way to you now kiddo, are you both hurt?"

"Robyn has broken her arm I think, we were rushing to get somewhere safe and she fell into a deep hole. I managed to get her out. How long are you going to be? I am trying my best to keep Robyn awake while talking to you and she won't stop crying."

"We are not far away Alan, keep talking to Robyn and tell her that we are coming for you both. We are on our way." Said Virgil, I am amazed that Virgil is coming along here.

"Uncle Alan why is no one coming to get us?"

"Robyn your Daddy is on his way with Uncle Scott and Gordy. They will have us out in no time I promise."

"Uncle Alan can I have a hug?" Asked Robyn as I opened my arms out for her come into. Being careful with her arm I set her between my legs. She had stopped crying now but I could tell that she was still in pain. The good news is that we managed to pick some flowers before the sand storm hit. It took nearly an hour before we were reached. We could see lights coming towards us."Hey guys we are over here." I shouted over at them. They appeared and Scott and Virgil helped me out while Gordon had got Robyn.

"Alan I know you don't want to leave Robyn, but Gordon has her. Let's get you both back to the house and into the sickbay for a check up." Said Scott. We made it back up to the house and moved into the sickbay. I seen that Lisa had seen to Robyn right away. I got checked out but I didn't want to leave Robyn.

"Alan could you go and get Jo for me tell her to bring the babies down with her? I think we are going to be down here a few hours." Said Virgil.

(In Virgil's point a view)

Once we got into the sickbay Lisa had started taking care of Robyn, I could tell that Alan is blaming himself for this. So I sent him up to get Jo. I made my way over to see Robyn and she was holding her good hand out for me to take.

"Virgil we need to do an X-ray to see what damage has been done. To me it looks like a clean break but I want to be sure about that."

"Okay Lisa thanks. Robyn Lisa is going to take you to get a picture of your arm so we can see how to make you better." I said to Robyn who put her head in my chest. While Robyn went in for her X-ray Jo and Grandma came walking into meet us

"Virgil is Robyn okay?"

"She is just away in for an X-ray to check if she has a clean break, if it's just a clean break then I don't think she will need an operation. She seems to cling to me when I went over to her. I could tell that Robyn was scared but I knew how brave Robyn could be. Robyn came back in while Brains looked at her X-ray. Once Brains had seen it, he told us that it was a clean break and that Robyn would just need a cast on.

Once Robyn had settled back down, Lisa starting with putting a cast on. It didn't surprise us that she wanted a pink one. Just then Gordon came in to see Robyn, when he seen that she is getting a cast fitted. He walked over to Robyn to try and cheer her up.

"Hey Robyn I know that you won't be able to swim for a few weeks but I can always help you to plan jokes plus when your cast comes off, I could help you get your arm moving with some physio. You will be better in no time." While Gordon and I were over with Robyn Jo took Rebecca over to Lisa and told her what was happening. Lisa said that she would need to do some tests but If she isn't sure then it will be another trip over to the mainland.

We walked back over to Robyn to see that Alan came back in with some flowers. He handed them over to Robyn who just smiled.

"Mummy these flowers are for you from me and Daddy, love you." Said Robyn while Jo walked over to take them off our daughter. She pulled Robyn into a gentle hug and Grandma had just put a hand over her mouth.

"Oh my I can't believe it's been a year, Happy Anniversary to you both. We will be having a special dinner tonight to celebrate this." Said Grandma with a smile. We knew that we weren't going to get out of this one so we decided to go down to the beach an hour before dinner for some time to ourselves.