Author's note: I think there will only be about two or three more chapters in this story because I am anxious to begin by next Kat/Tommy story. I already know how I want this one to end I'm just trying to put together the chapters leading up to it. Oh and to those of you who are reading the Tanya/Adam story, feel free to make suggestions on what you would like to see happen with them.
PrettyDiva: All I can say is that age hasn't changed Tommy's desire for his wife at all. I'm glad you liked that last chapter. It's getting harder and harder for me to come up with ideas for these last chapters.
Purple Strobe: Thanks, I thought the last chapter was sweet as well. It was hard for me to decide what to do with this next chapter because of that. Oh and there will be mention of Susan's new child so read carefully to see what the gender turned out to be.
HarryPassionFan: Yeah, I wanted to do something where the whole family was together again.
GinaStar: Here's hoping you enjoy this chapter as well.
Katherine and Tom were just finishing up a quiet dinner at home when the phone rang.
"I'll get it," Tom said as his wife began to clear away the dishes.
"Hello, yes this is Dr. Oliver," Tommy said and Katherine got a bad feeling as her husband turned his back to her.
"Tom, who's on the phone?" she asked but he didn't answer as he continued talking to the person on the other line.
"Yes, thank you very much for calling us, we'll be there as soon as we can," Tom said as he hung up the phone and prepared to face his wife.
"Something's happened hasn't it?" she questioned.
"It's about Josh," he told her.
"Oh please no," she said as she grabbed onto the back of a chair for support.
"There was an accident during his race, another car collided with his and sent his car into the wall, he's at the hospital now but they don't how bad it is yet," Tom said as he came over and embraced her.
"We need to leave right away, I want to be there when he wakes up," Kat said as she wiped the tears away from her eyes.
"I'll call the airport now and see how fast we can get a flight out to Los Angeles," Tom replied.
"Excuse me, I understand that my brother was just brought here," Susan said as she raced into the Emergency room.
"Your brother's name please," the nurse asked her.
"Joshua Oliver, he was in a racing accident," Susan informed her.
"He's in with the doctor, have a seat and I'll let him know that there are family members waiting," the nurse replied.
"Mommy, is Uncle Josh going to be ok?" Seven year old Nate asked his Mom as she led her children over to the waiting area.
"I don't know but the doctors are going to take good care of him," she told him.
"Ms. Oliver?" the doctor asked as he walked out.
"It's Mrs. Stone actually, how's my brother?" she asked.
"Perhaps we should talk over here," he said not wanting to talk in front of the children.
"Nate, please watch your younger siblings for me and stay right there," Susie ordered as she and the doctor stepped away where she could still talk to him in private but still keep an eye on the kids.
Hours later, Nathan Stone waited in the airport for his in-laws.
"Mom, Dad, it's good to see you," Nathan said once they de-boarded the plane.
"I wish it were under better circumstances," Tom said as he shook Nathan's hand.
"How is he?" Kat asked as Nathan gave her a hug.
"He's still unconscious," Nathan told her.
"Grandma!" screamed Kate who was now four as she ran up to Katherine.
"Hi my angel," Kat said as she scooped Kate up into her arms and gave her a tight squeeze.
"I'm so glad you guys were able to make it," Susie, who was now twenty-eight said as she greeted her parents followed by her other two children.
"I swear Annie you get prettier every time I see you," Tom said as he picked up his other granddaughter Ann who was two.
"Hi grandma, grandpa," Nate said as he too received hugs.
"Where's the doctor, I want to see Josh," Kat said after they settled the kids into the waiting area with their father.
"I'll go get him, he wanted to be alerted as soon as you got here," Susie replied.
"Mr. and Mrs. Oliver, I'm Dr. Jones, I've been treating your son since he arrived," Dr. Jones said.
"Dr. Jones, what's going on with our son?" Tom asked.
"Your son sustained a head injury from the crash and we're now monitoring him to make sure there's no swelling on his brain," Dr. Jones informed him.
"And what if there is swelling?" Kat asked.
"Then we'll have to get him to surgery immediately," he replied.
"Can we at least see him?" Tom asked.
"Sure, follow me," he said as he led them to the I.C.U.
"Hey son, it's Mom and Dad," Tom said as he and Kat entered the room.
"I can't stand seeing him hooked up to all these machines," Kat said as she looked at her twenty-three year old son and Tom put his arm around him.
"I never thought we'd have to go through this again," Tom replied.
"Your thinking about the accident that almost took mine and Lauren's life," Kat responded.
"That was one of the scariest moments of my life," Tom revealed.
"We never should have let him start racing in the first place," Kat said.
"Now honey, this kind of accident could have happened off the track as well," Tom reminded her.
"I don't care, I still say he shouldn't have been racing in the first place, why couldn't he have picked a safer job," she replied.
"Let's not argue about what he should have done, we just have to stay positive that he's going to pull through this," Tom told her.
The next day, Kat and Tom woke up in the waiting room where they had fallen asleep in chairs. Susan and Nathan had taken their children home.
"Mom, Dad, how is he?" Thirty-two year old Patrick asked as he entered the hospital with his wife and eight year old son Tommy.
"He's not awake yet but as far as we know he's still stable," Tom said.
"Amanda honey, are you sure you should have made this trip?" Kat asked her daughter-in-law who was eight months pregnant with her second child.
"I didn't want to stay home, I would have been too worried and besides if anything goes wrong at least we're in a hospital," Amanda replied.
"Maybe we should call Susan and have her come pick up Tommy," Tom suggested.
"No grandpa, I want to stay here," Tommy told him.
"It's ok dad, we explained to him about Josh," Patrick said.
"Patrick, it was good of you to come," Susan said as she hugged her older brother.
"Of course I came," Patrick told her.
"Not exactly the way I envisioned our next family reunion though," Amanda said as she took a seat.
"Has anyone talked to Renee?" Patrick asked referring to his brother's girlfriend.
"Yeah, she was having trouble getting a flight out but I spoke to Rocky and she should be here by this afternoon," Tom informed them.
"The only person missing now is Lauren," Susan said.
"Can't she get a flight out of London?" Amanda asked.
"Not until tomorrow," Kat replied.
"Mr. and Mrs. Oliver, I have some good news, your son is awake," Dr. Jones informed them.
"Oh thank you," Kat said as everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
The next day, the entire family including Renee was crowded into Josh's room.
"You really gave us quite a scare little brother," Patrick said.
"It's a good thing I'm so hard headed," Josh joked.
"I'm really glad you're going to be ok," Lauren who had arrived from London told him.
"The girls drew this picture for you," Susie said as she held it up for him.
"You tell them that Uncle Josh said it's beautiful and that I'll see them soon," Josh replied.
"Uh oh," Amanda said suddenly.
"Is it the baby?" Patrick asked.
"Leave it to my newest niece or nephew to take the spotlight away from me," Josh teased.
"I'm going to go find a doctor," Kat said as she ran from the room.
"The whole family's going to be together for the baby birth, this is so great," Lauren said.
"Mr. and Mrs. Oliver, why don't you two come with me and we'll see what's going on," a nurse said as she helped Amanda into a wheelchair and Patrick followed them out.
Hours later, everyone but Renee had left Josh's room as they awaited the birth of the new baby.
"Alone at last," Josh said.
"I was so scared I was going to lose you," she told him.
"I'm sorry for scaring you but everything's going to be fine now," Josh assured her.
"But you're not going to quit racing are you?" Renee asked quietly.
"No I'm not, can you live with that?" he asked.
"I love you, so I guess I don't have much of a choice," Renee told him as she gave him a kiss.
"It's a boy!" Lauren shouted as she entered the room.
"So now we have three nephews and two nieces, guess it'll be up to you a J.J. to even things up," Josh told her.
"We have to get married first," Lauren told him.
"So what'd they name him?" Renee asked.
"Jackson Reed, Jackson for Grandpa Hillard and Reed because it's Amanda's maiden name," Lauren replied.
"Jack Oliver, I like it," Josh said.