A family life

Chapter 18

(In Virgil's point a view)

Now that Scotty had went down to the pod for his operation, I knew that it would take a few hours. Dad had told Gordon to stay with the pod at all times. While we were waiting, I took Jo to see everyone at Firehouse 51, if I am honest, we just wanted to thank the medics for taking care of Scotty for us before we arrived. We arrived at Fire House 51 to see that the ambulance had just gone out on a call. I didn't really know anyone apart from Severide who had brought Scott into us at the time.

"Hey can I help you at all?"

"Yeah we are looking for the two medics that helped with taking care of our baby son, we just wanted to pop by and say thank you in person."

"Why don't you both come in and wait on them. I don't think that they will be very long plus we are about to have dinner. My name is Stella Kidd by the way."

We had followed this girl into the kitchen where everyone was getting ready for dinner. As we walked in Severide came over to us.

"Hello there, so how is Scott doing?"

"Oh he is fine, came back a bit bruised but he is good. How did you know that I was related to Scott?"

"I don't know what it was but I had a feeling that you were brothers. Don't worry your secret will be safe with me. How come you didn't go home after all that happened at Med?"

"We are just waiting on our baby boy having an operation to get a whole fixed in his heart. He is part of a triplet birth."

"Sounds like you have a lot going on then, I take it that you are here to pass the time then?"

"Yes we are, our other two babies are being looked after along with our oldest daughter who will be 7 tomorrow. Oh Virgil are we going to miss Robyn's birthday tomorrow?" Asked Jo who didn't sound to happy about that.

"Jo we can call home after we have some dinner, Robyn won't mind because she has her whole family around her. We will see what time Scotty's operation finishes and go from there." I said to my wife as we set down.

"Okay Severide who are these people?" Asked Matt Casey with a smile.

"This is Virgil and his wife Jo, they helped us out a great deal when Med went up. They are just here to say thank you to Brett and Foster for looking after their baby before they arrived."

"Well it's nice to have you both here, feel free to stay and get to know us."

"Virgil can I talk to you a sec?" Asked Severide .

"Sure what is on your mind?"

"Our driver has called in sick and we need someone to drive squad 3 truck for us, would you be okay to cover for us?"

"Sure no problem if you let Jo ride in 61, while we are out she could help out with Brett and Foster."

"I don't see a problem with that"

Just then Foster and Brett walked in after coming back from their call out, as they walked into the kitchen, they had seen Jo and I sitting there eating with the rest of the Firehouse.

"Oh, my goodness, what are you two doing here?" Asked Brett with a smile

"We just thought that we would pop by to say thank you for taking care of our little boy"

"How is he doing now?" Asked Foster

"He is just having an operation to fix a whole in his heart, it could take a few hours to do. So we called by while we were waiting." I explained to them both

Just as we were starting to have something to eat, the alarm goes off saying that there is a female adult with a child trapped in a car. As soon as we got there, I knew the car and I couldn't believe my eyes. The car had tripped over the edge of the river about to fall in.

"Okay we need to get this car hooked up and pulled back from over the edge, Virgil I want you to stay in the truck once we have it hooked up then I will give you the word to move it." Shouted Severide.

I could see that Jo was on standby with Ambulance 61 ready for our two victims that we were going to pull out. So, I waited in the truck until I got the go ahead to pull the car back. Foster and Brett had removed the female from the car but I never seen any sign of the child. "Hey Severide, was there not meant to be a child in there also?" I asked as I jumped out of the truck.

"Yes there is but he won't come out for us, could you give it a shot to see if he comes out for you?"

"Sure what is his name?"

"His name is Samuel and he is three years old, his Mum is safe in 61."

"Okay let me get in there." So I made my way over to the side of the car where I could see that he was hiding. I knew this wee boy because it's my brothers. "Hey buddy my name is Virgil and I am here to help you."

"Where's my Mummy?"

"Right over in that Ambulance over there, why don't you come with me and you can see her? She is alive and safe I promise."

"Pinkie promise?"

"Of course, a pinkie promise let's get you out of here." I said to Samuel as he took my pinkie finger in his small hand. Samuel held is arms out for me to lift him out. So, I made my way over to 61 where Foster had token him off get him checked out. Jo was sitting with Holly while all this was going on.

"Hey Holly what happened?"

"Dad had called to ask if we could fly over to the island for Robyn's birthday, so he wanted us over for the weekend. We were on our way to the airport when this happened, I am so sorry Virgil."

"It's okay don't worry about the car, so long as you and Samuel are okay, I don't care." I said while putting a hand on her shoulder.

"What are you doing here Virgil?"

"Our youngest triplet has to go through an operation to fix a whole in his heart. While we were waiting around, we decided to call and see everybody at Firehouse 51. So, we are helping them out today."

"What did you both have?"

"Two boys and a girl, one of the little boys who is having the operation has Down syndrome. And a hole in the heart is very common with these babies." Said Jo.

"Virgil, how is Samuel doing?"

"He seems fine but is getting checked over by the medics there, when did Samuel start calling you Mum?"

"Just after he had turned two, I spoke to John about it when it did happen, and he doesn't mind so long as Samuel is happy, he was happy." Said Holly as Brett brought Samuel back and place him in Hollys arms.

"So how is he?"

"Samuel is fine a bit scared but not a mark on him. How are you feeling now Holly?"

"Not too bad apart from a headache but Virgil can take care of that can't you Virg?"

"Wait a minute you two know Holly?" Asked Foster.

"Well Holly is my twin sister." I said with a smile, we had decided to head back to the Firehouse while we still waited on Scotty coming out of his operation. We had got back and I decided that I needed to call home to let them know what was happening. We asked Severide if we could use his office to make the calls.

Once we knew that we were on our own, I started making the call to Tracy Island. "Virgil Tracy calling Jeff Tracy come in Dad."

"Hey Virgil any news yet?"

"Everything is fine Dad; we are just waiting on a phone call from Dr Manning to let us know that Scotty came through the operation. So, we ended up in Firehouse 51 helping them out today, Dad did you invite Holly over to the island for Robyn's birthday this weekend?"

"Yeah, I did how, did you know?"

"Well Holly has been in a car crash, she and Samuel are okay just shook up about it. Should we bring them back to the island with us?"

"That's a good idea Virgil, should I just send Scott over with two now? As it has been a few hours and John is due down from five in a couple of hours. So, I will keep this as a surprise for him coming home."

"Okay Dad we will let you know about Scotty one we find out anything. Go ahead and send Scott back over and we will speak to you soon."

"No problem son, speak to you both soon. By the way Alan and TinTin have got Robyn and the babies for you and they are all fine,"

"Wow Alan and TinTin are going have their hands full with our two Babies plus little Danny, are you sure that they can manage okay?" Asked Jo with a smile.

"They seem to be managing at the moment plus I have sent them both to your apartment in the round house. Just so that they aren't moving around much."

"Thank you for that Dad Virgil Tracy out." As I came off with Dad I seen that Jo was on her phone and smiling I knew that this had to be about Scotty. Once she came off the phone she smiled over at me.

"That was Dr Manning on the phone, she says that Scotty came through his operation but wants us to get some sleep before we go to see him."