The Wedding
Chapter 21: A Walk along the beach to talk
Now that Jo and Virgil had taken care of Scott, Jeff sent them both to have some time to themselves. Since the rescue had come in they hadn't gotten a chance to have the alone time that they had planned. Down on the beach Virgil and Jo were walking hand in hand.
"Virg?"
"Yeah Jo?"
"I think that I may want to move over here with you a wee bit earlier than expected." said Jo with a smile.
"Is this because of Scott getting hurt Jo?" In all honesty he had expected a reaction but not this one.
"No but I did see what it is like for you guys to get hurt and I want to make a difference for you all. I just can't bear to let you go now." said Jo as she sat down on the sand to watch the sea, Virgil sat down beside her.
"You know Jo you and me make a great team, even Dad has seen that in the sickbay and how we handled Scott in there." Virgil couldn't help but smile at the memory of his older brother.
"Yeah we do don't we." said Jo with a smile at the thought of working with Virgil in the sickbay.
"Well put it this way you would be perfect for the sickbay plus you would make a great member to our team here too."
"I know Virg, it's just going to be really hard when I have to say goodbye to the people I work with and all my friends. It just scares me a bit and Robyn is meant to be starting school soon as well, what do we do about that?"
"We could go and visit your work and explain everything to them plus we could think about getting Robyn home schooled here from the island." These sorts of things had been on Virgil's mind as well lately.
"Yeah we could."
"Jo?"
"Yeah?"
"Can you tell me about when you had Robyn?" Asked Virgil, he still felt bad about not being there for Robyn's birth.
"Are you sure you want to know this Virg, I don't want to make you feel bad about it again." She knew he felt terrible about it but it wasn't entirely his fault.
"No Jo I really want to know what you went through."
"Ok if you are really sure about this Virg." said Jo as they both got comfy on the sand.
"Well the day I went into labour Parker had to bring me into the hospital because Penny had a meeting to attend that day. So Parker took me into A&E we had told someone what was happening and a nice girl called Lisa took us up in the lift; she thought that Parker was my Dad. Well as soon as we got into the lift it stops working half way between floors."
"God Jo you much have been really scared then." said Virgil as he took Jo's hand in his
"To make matters worse my waters broke, while we were in the lift. There was no time for any pain relief or anything and Robyn arrived as the lift started working again." It really had been an ordeal.
"It still doesn't help that I wasn't there for you Jo when you needed me." said Virgil with a sad look on his face.
"It's ok Virg, you know Penny had to help me with bringing up Robyn a lot at the time and I don't know what I would have done without her. And now that I have you…"
"Like I said before Jo. I am going to be there for both you and Robyn now and if we decide to have any more children than nothing is going to stop me from being there for you the second time around." Said Virgil as he pulled Jo into a kiss. Missing Robyn's birth was hard to accept but he couldn't change that, all he could do was be here for her now.
"I know Virg, it's just so .hard to believe I am with you and that Robyn has her Dad now too."
"Jo I have been thinking"
"Yeah?"
"Well I am thinking about packing the wedding rings for when we go to the mainland tomorrow just in case we see something we like then we can maybe get married that day."
"But what about Robyn and John, we will not be able to get married without them and Penny" said Jo as she thought about the idea.
"Well if we tell Dad that we need Alan to swap with John a week early then we can call John, 24 hours before hand so he can fly himself and Robyn over to us."
"That sounds ok to me, how did the rescue go by the way?"
"It went really well and we saved all the kids but rescuing Scott was the hardest one yet and Dad still has to do a mission debrief on both of the rescues."
"How is Gordon feeling now that you sent him to bed to rest?"
"I think he is doing ok now Jo, he feels better enough to take Robyn for her swimming lesson later on, Gordon seems to love Robyn to bits and so do the others." He was amazed at how quickly his family had taken Robyn in.
"Yeah I can tell that she is going to be spoiled by her uncles and Granddad." She said with a giggle.
"Oh Jo just had another thought!" His eyes opened wide at the idea. "We have to get Grandma to come with John, she has backed us from the very start and has been there when we needed her."
"I agree with you there Virg, I don't think your Grandma would be happy if she didn't get to come to it."
"Jo I am sorry that I didn't tell you what a pain Scott can be when he is ill or in the sickbay." said Virgil, Scott really was a stubborn old mule when it came to being injured.
"Oh don't worry about it Virg, I am sure that I can handle Scott and the others when they get hurt, Does it happen very often?" Asked Jo with a smile.
"Not all that often now Jo, but even if we do get hurt there is always a reason for it." said Virgil.
"I really can't wait to marry you." as her and Virgil stood up and began to walk back up the house again. While they walked up to the house Jeff called Virgil.
"Hey Dad is anything wrong?" asked Virgil, scared that Scott had got out of the sickbay without them knowing about it.
"Just called to find out if you and Jo are on your way back to the house because Robyn is missing you both and is getting tired here too."
"Yeah we are on the way up to the house now Dad."
"Ok Virgil. I will keep her in with me until you two come to get her." said Jeff
"Thanks Dad, I think it would be best if you let Robyn fall asleep in there with you Dad. She has had a busy day."
"Ok son, talk to you both when you come back up."
"Thanks again Dad, Virgil out." With that he signed off.
Virgil and Jo arrived back at the house and went down to Jeff's office to pick Robyn up. Both couldn't helping smiling as they spotted Robyn asleep in her grandfathers arms.
"Sorry you two she curled up on my lap and fell asleep, I didn't have the heart to move her." Jeff said he really was a big softy at heart.
"It's ok Dad don't worry about it." said Virgil as he took Robyn into his arms and left the office with Jo beside him.
"Oh and Jeff?"
"Yes Jo?" said Jeff with a smile
"Thanks for looking after Robyn for us." Just as Jo said this Gordon wandered into the office looking for Robyn. When he saw that she was asleep in her dads arms he turned to Jeff.
"Why didn't you tell me that Robyn was asleep?" said Gordon, slightly annoyed at his father.
"Sorry son that was my fault Robyn climbed up on my lap and she got tired and fell asleep on me and I didn't have the heart to wake her."
"Ok Dad we are going to go and put Robyn to bed. Hopefully she won't wake up now until morning."
"Yeah she has had a busy day and wouldn't go for her nap because Virgil was away." said Jo with a smile as she was pleased that Robyn loves her Dad so much. She had always been worried about how Robyn would react to Virgil.
Both Virgil and Jo left the office to put Robyn to bed and to have a little more alone time before Jeff called Virgil in for the debrief.