The wedding
Chapter 12: Talking Jo into Going to the mainland
As TB3 landed Virgil was still worried about Jo so he took her down to the sickbay to be checked out.
"Virg I'll be ok, honestly I feel fine now." Jo urged to no avail.
"I know Jo but I'd rather you get checked out by Tin-tin or Brains." said Virgil as he took her into the sickbay.
"Hey Virgil, is everything ok with Jo?" asked Tin-Tin as she helped Virgil move Jo onto a bed, as she just had passed out on Virgil again.
"Not really Tin-Tin she was almost sick going up to 5 then she became worse when we were on the way down." explained Virgil with worry in his voice.
"Did John give her any sickness pills at all before she left 5?" Asked Tin-Tin.
"Yeah he did but I don't think the pills were doing their job, she didn't seem to have any reaction to them."
"Ok look why don't you go and get some dinner and I will keep Jo here to rest." Tin-Tin suggested.
"I really want to stay here with Jo Tin-Tin; I don't really feel all that hungry to be honest, I am more worried about Jo now." He said, stroking her hair.
"Ok I will go ahead upstairs and let everyone know that you are down here with Jo and will bring your dinners down to you." offered Tin-Tin.
"Thanks for that, could you also bring Robyn down after she's had her dinner?" Asked Virgil with a smile, grateful for the young girls help.
"Ok Virgil." she said as she left the sickbay and went up stairs to leave both Virgil and Jo alone to talk.
"Jo can you hear me?" said Virgil as he gave her a kiss on the forehead.
"Virg what happened?" She asked as her eyes flickered open.
"You kinda of passed out on the way in here, Tin-Tin helped me get you into a bed... Jo I have been really worried about you." he said as he put a hand onto hers.
"I am so sorry."
"You don't have to be Jo you know that...you know we are going to have to plan a day for us to go over to the mainland to get this wedding licence?" He hated bringing it up again but she had to realise she couldn't hide out for ever.
"I know we have to but I don't think that I could face it at the moment, you know that Penny brought me and Robyn here for our protection until this mess with the kidnapping gets sorted out, you heard Penny i can't go back there just yet!" She felt herself growing angry with her fiancé.
"Jo I really want you to face this fear of yours because if you don't it means we can't get married and I want to marry as soon as I can plus I don't want to hold anything back."
"I know Virg but it's just going to be really hard for me you know." They were getting nowhere.
"And I can understand how hard it was for you but you don't have to face this on your own, you have me, Penny, and even my family to get you through this."
"Virgil can we please talk about this later I just don't want to talk about it now!" Jo said as she turned on her side in the bed.
"All I am saying is you can't avoid the mainland forever Jo!"
"I am just really scared Virg, what if I never get over it at all?" She felt tears coming to her eyes.
"Ok here is what I am going to do, I am going to go and get Penny and have a word with her because if I can't get through to you she will Jo." said Virgil as he walked out of the sickbay with anger evident on his face, leaving Jo to cry herself to sleep
Virgil came out of the sickbay and went up to the dining room where everyone was having dinner.
"Daddy, where is mummy?" Asked Robyn as she spotted her father walking into the room.
"She is just resting Angel, Penny could I have a word with you a sec?" Penny looked concerned.
"Sure Virgil dear, what's on your mind?" Asked Penny as she followed Virgil out of the dining room and into the hall way.
"Its Jo...we really need to go to the mainland to get this wedding sorted but Jo doesn't want to go over to the mainland...she's scared that the kidnapping is going to happen again and I don't know how to convince her that it'll be okay." He was exasperated and just didn't know what to do.
"Where is she now my dear boy?" asked Lady Penelope who by now was getting really worried about her little sister, she thought that she had gotten over that by now.
"She is lying in the sickbay resting and i am really worried about her Penny." He sighed.
"Ok let me go and deal with that little sister of mine, you go and spend some time with your daughter." She gave him a smile that she hoped would hide her worries.
"Ok Penny thanks, I just feel really helpless at the moment about it." Virgil wandered over to Robyn.
Penny swiftly made her way down to the sickbay to talk with her sister.
"Jo?"
"Hi Penny." Jo gave her sister a watery smile.
"What happened there with you and Virgil? I thought that you and him were getting on more." Penny was concerned.
"We are its just...he said something about going over to the mainland to sort this wedding out and I told him that I was nowhere near ready for it...but I thought I had gotten over it Penny!"
"I thought you had too my darling." said Lady Penelope as she pulled her little sister into a hug.
"How am I ever going to get over this Penny? I really do want to marry Virgil and like he says we can't get married unless we go to the mainland...God Penny I am so in love with Virgil and I don't ever want to lose him."
"Well then here is an idea, why don't you and Virgil come back over home with me and Parker? We can make sure you get what you need for this wedding plus you can decide if you want to move here with Virgil full time." In all honesty Penny had been thinking about it for a while. Jo thought for a moment before replying.
"Yeah I think that is a great idea but I feel really awful about what I said to Virg, I didn't mean it sis." Jo said, almost close to tears now.
"Why don't I go and get him back in here to talk to you? I am sure he knows how hard this is for you to do."
"Yeah I think he does."
"Well apart from that entire ordeal, how are you feeling now?" Penny said stroking her sisters hair.
"Not too bad but I don't think I will be going back up to space anytime soon." Jo said to her sister with a laugh trying to cheer herself up a bit.
Just then Virgil came walking into the sickbay with Robyn in his arms.
"Hey, I think that someone wants to see her mummy." said Virgil.
"Mummy are you ok? Because Daddy said you were sick!" Asked Robyn as she climbed onto the bed beside her mother.
"Yeah I am fine sweetie but you know what?"
"What mummy?" asked Robyn?
"I could really do with a big hug from you and daddy to make me feel better, how about it?" asked Jo as she opened her arms for both Robyn and Virgil to join her, just as Virgil and Robyn move into give Jo a hug Virgil says
"Jo I am so sorry, I didn't mean to upset you." He whispered to her.
"Its ok Virg, I honestly thought that I had got over all that." said Jo as she pulled apart from Virgil and Robyn so she could get up out of the bed.
"Jo you feeling better if you want to get up then?" Asked Virgil, still slightly worried.
"Yeah I am feeling lots better and I am in serious need of some food right now." she said as Virgil give her a hand up out of the bed and all four of them left the sickbay to go to the dining room. As they were walking, Robyn said:
"Mummy, Daddy are you coming to see mine and Uncle Gordy's prank on Uncle Scott? Tin-Tin is going to give me a hand too!" She said with a cheeky look on her face.
"When have you got this planned Angel?" Asked Virgil with a smile at his daughter.
"Hopefully by the pool tomorrow when Uncle Scott is taking his nap." Robyn explained with a laugh.
"We wouldn't miss it for the world, would we Virg?" said Jo as she smiled at her husband to be as they entered the dining room.
"What took you two so long getting in here for dinner?" asked Scott with a curious look.
"Mummy was ill Uncle Scott, so Daddy was making sure that she was ok!" Robyn jumped in and said before Scott could say anything else.
"You ok now Jo?" asked Jeff.
"Yeah I am thanks, just needed a bit of a lay down that's all." Jo replied, relieved that her stomach had settled.
"Grandma?"
"Yes Dear?"
"You didn't have to go to all this trouble for us, just a nice small dinner would have been fine." said Virgil as he, Jo and Robyn set down at the dinner table
"No I wanted to my dears; it's not every day that one of my Grandsons is getting married after all"
"You have a point there Mother." said Jeff with a smile as Alan came walking in with Gordon.
"Alan?"
"Yeah Virg?" He said, still laughing at something Gordon had said.
"Would you like to join us down on the beach later so that you could meet Robyn properly and get to know her?" Virgil suggested.
"That I would love to do Virg hey is that Robyn there?" said Alan as he looked over at the young girl who was trying to hide in close to her mother.