A Family Life
Chapter 23
(In Virgil's point a view)
Now that Robyn has been settled in the sickbay, I decided to take Jo down to the beach for a walk. We walked through to the kitchen so that Grandma could give us some wine to take down with us, once we had made our way down, I took Jo to the same spot where I had asked her to marry me. We sat down and just stared out at the sea, I could tell that Jo had something on her mind. "Jo are you okay you look as if you have a lot on your mind?"
"I don't know what to think Virgil, I am just worried about Robyn and Rebecca. I know that it will be a few weeks before Robyn can do her swimming and you know how important it is to her. What if she starts to play up because of that?" I have noticed that she likes routine every day and this is going to knock her off badly.
"Then we will try our best to keep her routines going, maybe Gordon could still take her down to the pool but let her dangle her feet in the water. Kids bones do heal quickly and she will be back to herself in no time." I explained while pouring the wine into our glasses.
"Ever since we had the babies Robyn hasn't been herself lately and it's scaring me a bit, I know that through time she will get used to the idea. It's just so hard seeing her like that. Plus, her home schooling is going to be delayed starting now because she has broken her arm."
"Jo we will work away round that so don't worry over it, evening if we start Robyn on her reading and see how she goes from there. We are due to go back over to the mainland in a couple of months so we can get Rebecca checked out then. If she is deaf then she can be fitted with hearing aids to help her. I know that we are finding it tough now but the babies will get older and sleep better." I said to my wife as we both got up for a walk, we walked hand in hand and it was lovely just to have this time with each other. We headed back up to the lounge again to see that both Scott and Lisa had brought the babies in while Robyn was still in the sickbay recovering from what happened 24 hours ago.
"So did the two of you enjoy your walk along the beach dears?" asked Grandma
"We did thanks and just talked about a lot of things, it was just good to spend some alone time with each other and thanks Scott and Lisa for looking after the babies for us. How were they?" asked Jo with a smile.
"Oh, they were good Jo but I think that you are right about Rebecca, she didn't seem to react to any noise that we made. Once you are back over on the mainland then I would get her checked out. Scotty and Joshua are fine they did nothing but sleep and I have a good feeling that they could wake up for their next feeds." Said Lisa, no sooner had she said this both of our babies woke up and again we had to wake Rebecca. After we had fed them, we had our family meal and I still couldn't believe that we had been married a year. Dad had to us that he has ordered us up a family car for when we go back to the mainland.
We had got back up to the round house apartment Lisa had wanted to talk to us about the triplet's feeding. We got told by Lisa once all the babies where home then she would review the feedings with us. Once the babies were put back down Lisa came in to see us.
"Hey how are you finding having all three babies now?"
"Honestly it's only been a couple of days and I am really tired; I know that we will get used to it."
"How is the breast feeding going?"
"Finding it really hard to keep up to be honest, it would be a lot easier if we could bottle feed them. That way Virgil could help out more with the feedings. How did you manage to keep up when Scotty was transferred to Chicago Med? Because I know that my breast milk would have ran out by then? Asked Jo while she picked Rebecca up for her feed.
"Jo you managed to compress enough to last Scotty and the other two babies while you were in hospital. The babies are getting bottle fed with your milk still. Do you want to move them on from that because it will be a lot harder to make up bottles?"
"If I am honest here Lisa, I am torn for what to do, I know that my babies still need my milk and all but I just think it would be easier to try and feed them by bottles."
"Why don't we continue with your milk Jo and just transfer it into bottles now? That way the babies are still getting your goodness."
"But what if I run out of breast milk?"
"I don't think that you will Jo, if you take things easy and try not to get stressed then everything will be fine. You seem to be compressing four or five times a day so far which is really good, I know that this isn't easy on the both of you. Continue with the breast feeding and transfer it into bottles if it's easier for you both. Once the babies hit six months old then we can rethink about it. But just enjoy your time with them, while Lisa was still talking to us Gordon calls me up to say that Robyn didn't want to stay in the sickbay tonight. So, I made my way down to the sickbay to get Robyn then we made are way to the lounge where Gordon was.
Once Robyn is let out of the sickbay, she asks me If she can go and see what Gordon is up to. She can't really do very much because of her arm and she is getting a bit bored now. So, Robyn makes her way into the lounge with me, who spots Gordon with a couple of water balloons. Robyn walks over to Gordon with a big smile on her face.
"Hey Uncle Gordon what are you planning to do with these?"
"I am fillings these with water and I am going to drop them over the balcony. Whoever is below they will get soaked with water. Want to join me?"
"Sure, why not and Uncle Gordon as soon as the water balloons hit whoever it is, we duck down." Said Robyn with a smile. I could tell that she had cheered up and is looking forward to this. So, I decide to go and sit by the piano because I have a song that I want Jo to hear tonight before we go to bed. I had to smile when Gordon says to Robyn on Three.
"Daddy come here quick and see who we got."
"So, I made my way over and I looked down to see that Alan and Brains had the water balloons landing on them. both Gordon and Robyn ducked and left me standing there."
"VIRGIL PLEASE TELL ME THAT WASN'T YOU?" Shouted Alan up at the balcony.
"Sorry Alan and Brains these balloons came out of nowhere and I was sitting at the piano. It is still my anniversary after all and I am working on a song for Jo." I said as Alan came running into the lounge and saw both Robyn and Gordon there.
"Thanks guys I already had a shower about an hour ago and I didn't need another one."
"Sorry Uncle Alan I needed cheering up and thanks for earlier today you looked out for me and kept me calm." Said Robyn with a smile.
"Alan why don't you take Robyn for half an hour and do some reading with her? I know that you said that you wanted to spend some more time with Robyn and this is your chance. We were thinking about her home schooling and think that her reading should be the first on the list."
"Hey Virg doesn't John have some kids books that Robyn could have? Yes, I would be happy to read to her and teach her to read."
"I think so Alan I will call him later to check, Alan could you go and get Jo for me? I have one last surprise for her. I need to do this now before it goes out of my head. You may as well get everyone else in Alan too."
"Okay Virgil." Said Alan who disappeared to get my wife and everyone else, this song is perfect for the two of us and the words are so true. It's hard to believe that we have been married a whole year. We have been in love since we were teenagers plus my own family have been there for Jo in the past. We parted ways on good terms only for me to discover a few years later that Jo had Robyn and she was mine. As I was thinking Dad and Grandma walked into the lounge with Rebecca and Joshua in their arms.
"Is anything wrong Virgil?"
"Not really Dad I have just been planning a song to sing to Jo to finish our day off, I told Alan to go and get everyone. I take it Jo is on her way down with Scotty if you two have Joshua and Rebecca?" I asked
"Yes, son Jo is on her way down with Scotty and everyone is on their way in. Do you want me to call John up too?"
"Please Dad, Robyn do you want to come and sit at the piano with me? I am going to surprise Mummy again with a song."
"Yes, please Daddy." Said Robyn who moved over beside me. At that moment Jo walked into the lounge with Scotty. Lisa and Scott decided to walk in at the same time. It didn't Scott long to notice that I was up to something and he stepped forward to bring Jo over to the piano. Scott also took Scotty for me.
"Jo there is another wee surprise for you before we end our day. This song says it all and I want to play and sing it for you. You and our family are my world now Jo and I don't want to let you go now. There were times when I thought that you would have left but you didn't and I am very grateful for that. This is for you
"Took my hand,
Touched my heart,
Held me close.
You were always there
By my side.
Night and day,
Through it all.
Baby, come what may.
Swept away on a wave of emotion,
Oh, we're caught in the eye of the storm.
And whenever you smile,
I can hardly believe that you're mine,
Believe that you're mine.
This love is unbreakable.
It's unmistakable.
And each time I look in your eyes,
I know why.
This love is untouchable.
A feeling my heart just can't deny.
Each time I look in your eyes,
Oh, baby, I know why
This love is unbreakable.
This love is unbreakable.
Through fire and flame.
When all this is over,
Our love still remains.
This love is unbreakable.
It's unmistakable.
And each time I look in your eyes,
I know why.
This love is untouchable.
A feeling my heart just can't deny.
Each time you whisper my name,
Oh, baby, I know why.
'Cause each time I look in your eyes,
Oh, baby, I know why."
After I had stopped playing and singing, I could now see that Jo had tears in her eyes. She pulled me up from the piano and into a deep kiss and everyone started clapping. During the evening our family came up to our apartment to give us a few presents. But all in all, we had a good day and I know that it won't be forgotten.
A/N: This song doesn't belong to me, it belongs to Westlife who released this song in 2002.