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GIFTED OK. New chapter. Let me know what you think.Chapter 2 – Balloons.
"Alright boys that's enough." Jeff said sternly but with good humor.
How could he not laugh when there were blown up balloons all over the floor, Gordon laughing in an unnaturally high voice thanks to the Helium filled balloon in his hand and Lady Penelope doing her best to give him a serious telling off when Scott and Virgil were standing right behind her rubbing balloons against their t-shirts and holding them over her head trying to make her hair stand up.
"Come on that's enough, Alan and Fermat will be home soon." He repeated more seriously this time and Scott and Virgil relinquished their static hold on Penelope's hair leaving her to walk off in search of her straighteners.
Virgil watched her leave with a raised eyebrow.
"Wow! Do you think it was something we did?" He whispered as he and Scott went back to pinning the balloons to the ceiling like they were supposed to be doing before they were distracted.
Scott just had time to smile at Virgil's statement before he was hit in the back of the head by what he turned around to discover was a stray red balloon.
Looking up he spotted the perpetrator immediately as his hands were now empty.
Scott glared at his little brother in mock annoyance while Gordon just grinned smugly before darting out of the lounge and down the nearest hallway, Scott hot on his heels and swearing vengeance.
Virgil smiled shaking his head and turned back to the ceiling while his father sighed heavily, picked up the nearest balloon and climbed the stepladder next to him.
'If you want something done right, do it yourself.' Virgil thought and his smile widened.
With no more distractions Jeff and Virgil pinned the last of the balloons into place.
"Perfect." Jeff uttered quietly though Virgil still heard it.
Virgil knew how important this party was to his father.
Being stuck on Thunderbird 5 while that madman was loose on the island they had all been worried about those they'd left behind, the kids in particular.
Yet it had been those same supposedly helpless teenagers that had saved the day as well as all their lives and no-one was more proud of those kids that day than Jeff Tracy.
Still smiling Virgil started clearing away the remaining balloons and the Helium tank while Jeff made his way over to the kitchen.
"How are the gardens looking?" he asked Kyrano who had just come in from outside.
"Everything is perfect Mr Tracy, I even had time to put up the lanterns around the pool." Kyrano replied smiling at his wife who was putting the finishing touches to the dining table.
"I hope nobody complains about being hungry later on." She said in mock irritation as she managed to fit the final plate onto the table with some difficulty. Taking a step back she admired her work briefly before attacking the drinks table with the same level of determination and within no time at all the side table was packed with bottles of juice and soda, bowls of punch and an array of multi-coloured plastic cups and glasses.
Kyrano just rolled his eyes at his wife and went to get himself cleaned up.
Jeff smiled fondly at the pair. It was at times like this that he missed his own wife though he knew she would probably be worse than Kyrano's wife when it came to this party. Remembering the numerous birthday parties they'd held for their sons before the accident she had gotten organizing parties down to a fine art. Well, when you have five birthdays to celebrate, not including your own in a year you tend to get very efficient at surprise parties.
"Mr Tracy? Are you alright?" asked Kyrano's wife as she noticed the faraway look on his face.
Shaking himself from the memories Jeff turned to her and smiled.
"Sorry about that. I was just remembering something, guess I got a little caught up."
She seemed satisfied with that answer and returned the smile.
"Well don't get too caught up. Like you said Alan and Fermat will be home soon so you had better go get ready." She ordered with a touch of humour and a warm smile.
Jeff laughed. "Yes mother." He replied jokingly and walked off in the same direction that Kyrano had gone.
Virgil who had finished packing away all the unused balloons was now in the process of picking up the odd streamers that had fallen on the floor.
"I'll do that. You go and get ready." Kyrano's wife said firmly.
"Are you sure?" Virgil asked looking up at her from his position on the floor where he was trying to reach part of a streamer that had made its way under one of the sofas.
"Yes, yes now go on, off with you and if you see those brothers of yours be sure you tell them to get ready as well." She commanded while shooing Virgil towards the door.
Virgil put is hands up in mock surrender. "Ok, ok I'm going." He conceded walking out of the lounge.
Just then Gordon came running into the room from a different corridor. Scott had just given up chasing him but he wasn't going to stop until he'd put some distance between him and his older brother and now he was back in the lounge where he started. Gasping for breath he glanced around the room.
"Where'd everybody go?" he asked in exasperation.
Kyrano's wife just cast her eyes heavenward and sighed. Although she loved them all very much she couldn't help but wonder whether the Tracy family were sometimes a little nuts.
TBCThere you have it another chapter. Sorry if it seems like a bit of a time waster but I'm trying to think of how to approach the next few chapters. At least it has humour.