Rick and everyone left fairly early in the morning for their flight and of course it wasn't all easy with Riley cranky as normal and Rick also needed to make sure Lesley was alright with her usual struggle. After about 3 hours on the flight, Lesley and the kids waited for Rick to get the rental before they headed for the mountain side and later they were gonna find a place for a bite to eat.
" Hard to believe that the girls are gonna be 12 years old. Sometimes it seems like just yesterday we brought them home for the first time."
" I don't think I can believe it either, sometimes Les. They're starting to grow up." Rick wrapped his arm around her waist.
" Sometimes I still feel like Lyle and Lorelei are waiting to see the world…. Rick, I miss our twins so much." Lesley clung and hugged Rick.
" I know you do, Sweetheart. I miss them too but I also know that I am happier than I ever could be. Lesley you are a wonderful mother… that will never change." Rick kissed Lesley.
Settling into the cabin on the mountainside, Rick made sure Lesley's medical stuff was set incase of anything and later helped her set up Riley's dinosaur tent and truck bed that they got him for Christmas and later for his first birthday.
" Look at you big guy… you got your own tent and everything…." Rick sat down beside Lesley on the couch.
" Hard to believe he'll be 3. We really have come a long way haven't we?" Lesley commented while scooting into Rick more.
" Yes we have… You have more than all of us. And I am very proud that I have you by my side Lesley. Without having you here, I honestly think I would be lost."
" I think that makes 2 of us..." Lesley looked up to kiss Rick and later she was asleep on the couch
Rick carried Lesley up to bed after everyone else was asleep and he later went to sleep himself. Before he went to sleep, he thought to himself " For once I don't have to worry about her" Rick gave Lesley a kiss and went to sleep for the night.
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Early the next morning Rick got up to make breakfast as well as he attended and made sure Riley had his morning breakfast before Lesley had gotten up
" Here bud…." Rick set Riley's little teddy bear plate while he sat down next to him at the table with a cup of coffee and a couple of eggs and sausage.
Getting up alittle while later Lesley made sure to take her medication before she went to join Rick in the kitchen so she was able to get something to eat while the girls were still asleep
" Well this is my favorite thing to see in the morning..." Lesley gave Rick a kiss and did the same with Riley.
" Morning Sweetheart, how'd you sleep?" Rick asked.
" I slept okay… Especially because I have you with me."
" Unless I were to lose you or you were to lose me that will never change." Rick kissed Lesley.
" Hard to believe that 12 years ago I was home trying to relax after you were called for an emergency surgery and later at night the girls were showing their determined and stubborn side as they decided they wanted to join into the world alittle earlier than scheduled."
" I thank God that you made it through that night." Rick pointed out
" I would have anyway Rick because I had you by my side.. if you hadn't gotten home Genesis and I would have died."
" And that proves the point that I always think about when their birthday comes along. I should have taken you with me to the hospital where you would've been fine incase Dana had to take the twins by section. If I had you wouldn't have almost died in my arms from almost bleeding out."
" I want you to stop thinking that way… I made you choose to cut me. I told you to put Genesis first…. I knew the dangers and the big risk you were gonna have to take and I made you anyway because that is what a mother would do… Rick, you didn't do anything wrong. You saved your daughter's life and I am fine."
Lesley and Rick talked for another few minutes before getting the girls up to spend the day doing everything they were looking to do. Taking it easy, Lesley hung back with Riley while Rick took the girls skiing and her and Riley watched them.
" I know you're grumpy because you're tired… here." Lesley gave Riley his blanket and his nap time bottle hoping he would settle down before Rick and then girls were finished
A couple hours after everyone finished with everything Rick and Lesley took the kids back to the cabin for the rest of the day as it was starting to become dusk and become night time.
" Come on girls, it's gonna start to get late soon and your brother is already asleep. We can do that tomorrow." Rick called out
" Does tomorrow really have to be the last day? Why can't we stay longer?" Genesis asked.
" Because you have school and me and your mother have work…. It will be your mother's first time back officially so Sunday morning we are going home." Rick answered.
" I wish we lived out here… it would be fun" Jesslyn commented.
" Come on girls… we will eventually come back again but not if you don't do what your Dad says. So let's get going inside while your brother is asleep."
Over the next couple of weeks Rick was up in surgery with a patient while Lesley was stuck in the clinic with wall to wall of patients when an unexpected emergency came in that turned out to be too much for Lesley to handle by herself.
" Lesley, why don't you take the rest of the night off and take time for yourself?." Alan asked, hoping Lesley would take his offer.
" Alan, I have to do this…. This is my work… it's who I am and can't just ignore my patients." Lesley insisted
Alan looked over Lesley's blood pressure. " Lesley you have to take care of you. I will fill in for you… I am insisting you go home. I don't want you to end up collapsing. Rick would have a field day with me if you did on my watch."
" If what was to happen on your watch?" Rick asked when walking up to check on Lesley before going on final rounds.
" It's nothing really Rick… l'm just running alittle more behind than usual and i've been having alittle more trouble today than I thought I was gonna have. But I am fine." Lesley insisted when she looked between Alan and Rick.
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Hoping not to deal with the other girls again in gym Genesis and Jesslyn were looking to get through the rest of the day and later made it to the girls locker room to get changed for class but their luck of not seeing the other girls who were always messing and tormenting them had shown up
" So it looks like you didn't care to listen to us the last time we dealt with you here." Amanda snickered while with her friends
" When are you low lives gonna give up and just leave me and my sister alone. We have enough to worry about then to care about looking at things like you." Genesis spoke up
" Listen loser you need to mind your own business, those that don't, they don't last long around here. I told you that you needed to end it and not come back here. I guess I will have to show you how things get done around here." Amanda and her friends walked off for the time being for class.
" Jesslyn, they're not gonna touch us. Not when I'm about to handle and end this all… I will sooner fight and end up in jail before I let someone like that hurt you…" Genesis stayed behind with Jesslyn but pulled out her phone to call the hospital operator to get ahold of their father.
" Dr. Rick Webber please and if he's with someone then i'd like to reach Dr. Lesley Webber." Genesis requested.
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" This is Dr. Webber." Rick answered.
" Dad it's me…. We need you to come and get us.. I just had to get Jess out of class." Genesis started to explain.
Hearing how Genesis sounded Rick knew it wasn't good " Genesis what happened?" Rick asked directly
" It was those other kids again. This time they were proving that they were gonna plan to do something.. I don't know what but I'm more worried they're gonna try to hurt Jesslyn."
" Genesis, where are you and Jesslyn right now.?"
" We're in the locker room." Genesis answered.
" Leave there now and go directly to the main office and wait for your mother and I. We will be there to get you both and if there's an opportunity to get to the principal then you take it." Rick stated and hung up to page Lesley to his office.
Hearing the page Lesley thought that it might be Rick paging her to try to get her to go home and was alittle uptight about it when she finally was able to get away. " Rick what is it… I have 5 patients waiting for me upstairs and one of them I'm waiting for Monica on a consultation"
" Have Alan take the rest of your patients and tell him to get back to you about things we have to leave and go to the school to get the girls." Rick went right to the point
" Rick what do you mean they still have at least another 2 hours before they're finished with school for the day. Why do they need to be picked up?" Lesley asked when she saw the look in Rick's eyes " Rick what happened?!"
" Genesis called me.. Jesslyn was threatened again and this time Genesis is afraid they're gonna act on their threat this time."
" Why are we just standing here…. We need to get over there and end this problem."
" Hey we're gonna end this situation this time. Nobody's gonna lay a hand on our girls. I promise you that. And Jesslyn is gonna be fine. I told Genesis to get her out of there and if they had the opportunity to get to the principal to go right away."
" Ever since she tried to kill herself and she had taken my medication to try to do it…. I'm scared Rick. l'm scared that she's gonna try again and if then it scares me that we won't be able to save her life that next time." Lesley went into Rick's arms hoping to stop thinking of the worst that could happen.
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6 weeks after pulling the girls from school and switching their school, Rick and Lesley were able to settle better especially now that they weren't gonna have to worry about Jesslyn and rather or not someone was gonna try to bully her to the point of where she would try again to commit suicide.
" We're going Dad, we'll see you and Mom later…." Genesis called out
" You girls have a good day and we'll see you this afternoon." Lesley hugged her girls and went up to check on Riley.
Riley was standing up in his crib waiting like usual as he always does later in the morning after the girls leave for school. Luckily Rick and Lesley both had the whole day and the following day off from the hospital so they were able to spend the whole 2 days home with Riley.
" Come on pal let's go jump on your Daddy…. Tell him to get up." Lesley held Riley's hand and later lifted Riley onto the bed after she sat down on her side.
" Mhm… Alright daddy's up.." Rick started to smile when he started to wake up to Lesley and Riley
" Good morning Sleepy…. You were up late last night. Is there anything wrong?" Lesley asked.
" I did sleep but I also spent alittle of the night just holding you and was just watchin' you sleep. I promise though I wasn't spending my night worrying about you I just had usual trouble with going to sleep."
" I know what you mean, before the girls started their new school I wasn't really sleeping much. I was more worried about if they were both gonna be okay or if one of us was gonna find Jesslyn again like you did before…" Lesley admitted
" Hey it's alright we were both worried about the girls but they're okay now and they're gonna be alot happier and safer at this school." Rick got up to go take a shower and later was just gonna plan to spend the rest of the day with Lesley while he had a chance.
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As time started to go by where the year was starting to creep up to the end and Christmas was just around the corner again Rick started to focus on how to surprise Lesley this year while he had a few ideas still waiting to be explored.
" Rick, remember later Steve is expecting both of us to be at the board meeting today. And later after the girls get out of school, I told them that we'd get our tree while we still have a chance."
" Don't forget that we have your monthly appointment with Jerry today." Rick replied
" Yes Rick I know…. I was trying not to think about that part of my crazy day today."
" I know it's not an easy or always a good thing for you to remember sweetheart but you're going to do just fine like you have been… and even if there were something to be found just remember this one thing for me." Rick wrapped around Lesley's waist. " What's that Rick?" Lesley turned around and wrapped her arms around Rick's neck when she looked at him.
" I am never gonna leave your side. I will stand by you through everything even if you were to tell me to leave. I'd still refuse to leave your side." Rick stated straightforward.
" Do you have any idea what you mean to me?..." Lesley looked at Rick with a serious look. " I am being serious Rick.. without you I don't think I would survive." Lesley barked.
Rick and Lesley headed out to go to the hospital so they could get to work on time and to make the meeting before Lesley had her 3 month check up with Dr. Richards. Rick had no doubt that Lesley was gonna be okay because for the first time in what seemed to be like forever, Lesley was thriving and doing well and she was able to go back to a normal setting of her life in spite that she had to watch out incase she was to have an issue with her heart again but as Rick thought before everything was fine as she wasn't having any issues for a long while and she wasn't having to many issues with attending to Riley like she once did after she last had a major problem and was in the hospital.
" I hate the waiting… it makes me nervous like something is gonna show up Rick and I don't know if I can do it all again if something was to show up.."
" Hey…. I want you to calm down.. you're gonna be fine." Rick pulled Lesley back to him
" I hope you're right…" Lesley hugged him.
Finally getting the labs and blood work back, Dr Richards headed to get the results to the pet scan before going to talk to both Rick and Lesley about everything.
Lesley grabbed for Rick's hand the moment that Steve and Dr Richards had walked into the room to discuss her pet scans and blood work along with her labs
" Lesley, how are you feeling since your last appointment.?"
" I've been feeling just fine since then and Rick has been a tremendous help for me when I need him and I've been doing okay since I've been able to come back to work."
" Well your blood work and labs are normal and your pet scans are clean. I see no reason as Steve and I discussed, we see no reason why you can't return to a full work schedule instead of half time."
" I can really go back to my regular schedule?"
" providing that Monica's evaluation gives the all clear I don't see why not. But even with her all clear I want you to take it easy. Don't try to overdo yourself." Steve answered
" I promise that I will be careful."
" On another note. Because your scans and that are good, I am not gonna schedule your next appointment for 3 months, instead I want to see you back in 6 months to see how you are."
" Thank you Jerry…. For everything." Lesley said while walking out with Rick.
Rick hugged Lesley in the hallway before they shortly had to get back to work. " I told you that you were gonna be okay… all of that worrying for nothing."
" Easy for you to say Rick you have been in 100% health all your life and through now up until after the girls were born I've had trouble on and off not to discount that just a year almost 2 I was a cancer patient."
" I know you were and hey I was just as scared as you were… if I were to lose you right now I don't know what I would do… how about after we both finish rounds, we go get the kids and maybe go to Dino's for dinner out for a change."
" That sounds perfect to me…" Lesley kissed Rick before heading for the elevator to get up to the clinic.
Later in the evening, Rick took Lesley and the kids out to eat at Dino's and later they went home where the kids were all asleep, Lesley included where Rick as usual couldn't resist the routine to carry Lesley upstairs to bed so they could get some sleep for the night.
" Goodnight little bug." Rick kissed Lesley before going to bed himself.
