Viva La Gabby…Part Deux by jerseygirlinoxford (sue)
Okay…I know I said that this was a one-shot, and it really was supposed to be, and I know I said that Gabby was taking a short vacation but…..I just found out that real life was kicking Xylia's butt around the moon. She really needs some happy right now. So how could I NOT add to this story? Besides, the idea will fit perfectly with this story AND Kathy's very first challenge on RW.
This part takes place after Uncle Lester's Princess. I have to explain the background a little bit. Although this is a Gabby story, it's an addition to Justice for Kathy which was exclusively posted on BB. It was written for Kathy for being such a great sport about being Mrs. Morelli and what she went thru in Uncle Lester's Princess. I will post Justice for Kathy at the end of this. Oh…I guess I should add a bit of a Cupcake warning. Although Ranger and Lester got beat up in the last 2 Gabby stories….Joe gets a little beat up in this one.
Stephanie was trying to get ready for her and Ranger's overnight trip to the Rangeman office in Boston. She hurried to get the bulk of the packing done while Gabby was taking a nap. She would be up any minute, and Stephanie wanted to spend as much time as possible with her. She had the TV on but hadn't been paying attention until she heard the news anchor mention Joe Morelli. "…was rushed to St Francis after apparently being attacked by his wife, Kathy. In a remarkable resemblance of the Lorena and John Bobbitt story, it was reported that Kathy cut off her husband's penis with one of the Ginsu knives from the set he bought her for Valentine's Day…."
"Holy Shit!" she exclaimed.
"Mommy! You said a bad word," Gabby scolded her as she rubbed the sleep out of her eyes. She turned and picked her up.
"Sorry Sweet Pea," she told her as she gave her a kiss and a hug. "I think Mommy's going to be saying a lot of bad words today." Gabby giggled. "Did you have a good nap?" Gabby smiled and nodded.
"Can I have a cookie?" Steph sat her in her booster seat at the breakfast bar.
"You can have a cookie and some chocolate milk…how is that?"
"Yea! Chocolate milk!" Gabby cheered. After Steph set out Gabby's snack, the house phone rang. Steph answered it on speaker phone.
"Stephanie! Oh my God! You have to get me out of here!" Kathy Morelli cried.
"Kathy…slow down. What happened? Is Joe alright?"
"I don't know what came over me. I was just going to throw him out…I swear. I found out that bastard gave me the clap! And when I confronted him, he tried to deny it. Next thing I knew I was like John Belushi as that Samurai deli guy swinging one of those damn Ginsu knives…" They heard Kathy take a deep breath and blow it out. "Then…there was all this blood and a woman screaming. I realized it was Joe screaming. I don't know….I just panicked and took off. Steph…can you bail me out?" Kathy began to cry. "I knew I had to turn myself in. So when I was driving back to the police station, I realized I had his stupid…clap-dick still in my hand. Lying…cheating…no-good bastard! I threw it out the window. They've got all these people out looking for it."
"Kathy, I'll be down there as soon as I can. I'll call Vinnie. We'll get you out of there." She disconnected the call.
"Aunt Kathy's gonna clap? Yea!" Gabby cheered as she applauded. Steph bit back a smile as she dialed the Control Room.
"Not that kind of clap, Gabby," Steph told her. "Oh…hi Bobby…yeah, Kathy just called me. Can you watch Gabby for a little while? I have to go bail her out….Great! I'll gather up some snacks and things to keep her busy. I won't be long." Stephanie grabbed Gabby's crayons, paper, coloring books, and some Pepperidge Farm Goldfish and threw it into her Snoopy tote bag. "Gabby, I have to go help Aunt Kathy, but I won't be too long. Uncle Bobby is going to watch you for a little while."
"Okay, Mommy. Then can we go to McDonalds?" Stephanie smiled to herself. Ranger hated McDonalds. But he was such a wuss when it came to their daughter.
"Of course we can go to McDonalds. You can feed Daddy some Chicken McNuggets," Steph offered. "You know how much he likes that."
"Yea! Chicken Nuggets! Daddy always makes that silly face when he eats all those nuggets I give him!" That was caused by his temple rejecting the grease. Oh yeah…Ranger was so going to punish her later for that one. Steph was so looking forward to that! Gabby ran to her room to get her new Reeboks. Lester bought her a pair that the heels light up with each step. He was out shopping for an engagement ring for Kym and saw them in the window of Lady Footlocker. Gabby went crazy over her new 'Beebops'. She had to show everyone how her 'feets' gots lights in them and forced them to watch her run around. Stephanie and Ella got such a kick out of Gabby having all of Rangeman wrapped around her little finger. Having Ranger's power of persuasion and Steph's determination, Gabby certainly was a force of nature…with huge brown eyes and cute little pig tails. Steph put on her sneakers. "Mommy! Look!" She ran around the couch to show Steph the lights.
"Those are some hot Beebops, Gabby," Steph agreed with a snort. Stephanie had never really been interested in having children. Gabby was an accident, but now she couldn't imagine her life without her. She grabbed her bag, the Snoopy tote, and Gabby's hand.
"Gabby on deck!" Ram yelled to everyone as they exited the elevator on the 5th floor. The Merry Men implemented this plan to help prevent expanding Gabby's ever-growing vocabulary. And to help protect themselves from the Wrath of Ranger if he ever found out who taught her a new word. Bobby was sitting with Hal and Ram who were watching the monitors. Gabby ran over to them.
"Hey…look at my feets!" She ran around their chairs as they watched her sneakers light up.
"What's wrong with your feets?" Ram teased. Gabby stopped in front on him and put her hands on her hips.
"They gots lights on my new Beebops that Uncle Lester gots for me, dumb ass!" Hal and Bobby turned their heads so she couldn't see them laughing. Stephanie sighed.
"Gabby…didn't we tell you that's a bad word?"
"Daddy said ass was a bad word….not dumb ass," she insisted in her defense.
"She's got you there, Steph," Bobby joked. Stephanie rolled her eyes. She handed Bobby the bag.
"I won't be that long. I'll have my cell if you need me. Ranger won't be home till dinner time," Steph explained.
"We'll be fine, Steph. It's only for a little while…how hard can it be?" Bobby assured her. Yeah….Steph thought….famous last words. "What happened? It's all over the news. They have a whole task force out looking for Morelli's dick." Gabby gasped. Bobby winced.
"Uncle Bobby! You said a bad word! You're aposta say penis!" She told him as she shook her little finger at him. "Right, Mommy?" Stephanie smiled and nodded. She guessed the visit with Grandma Mazur was more educational than she thought.
"I'll tell you later….outside the presence of little ears," she replied. She knelt down and gave Gabby and hug and kiss. "I'll be back later. You be a good girl for Uncle Bobby…okay?" Gabby's head bobbed up and down.
"I will Mommy. I love you."
"Love you too, Sweet Pea." Steph headed for the garage. Her cell phone rang. It was Ranger. She told him all about what Kathy did to Joe. "I'm on my way to bail her out. Bobby's watching Gabby. Oh…be prepared to eat McNuggets tonight." There was a brief pause then an exaggerated sigh.
"Babe," he finally replied. "You are in big trouble." Stephanie giggled.
"Oh sure. Make up for being a bully by plying me with your body!" Yea! This day was getting better and better by the minute. She angled into her Escape and headed to the police station.
Bobby opened the Goldfish box for Gabby. His cell phone rang. "Yo!"
"Bobby…it's Xylia. I'm at the ER at St. Francis. I think I broke my leg." Xylia was Bobby's girlfriend. He jumped up.
"What happened?"
"I was running to Barnes & Noble to get the new JR Ward book and tripped on this damn lava rock. Can you come down here? I don't want to be alone," she cried. "You know what happens to me when I take any strong pain meds."
"I'll be right down. I'm watching Gabby, but I'll just bring her with me. Hang on, Baby. I'm on my way," Bobby told her. He looked down at Gabby who was sitting in the chair between Hal and Ram. She was sharing her Goldfish with them. She was putting out one fish for each of them at a time. "Hey Gabby…Xylia fell and got hurt. We have to go to the ER and see her…okay?" Her eyes got wide.
"We gots to hurry, Uncle Bobby. I gots to give her a kiss and a hug and make her feel better!" she exclaimed. She reached for him, and he picked her up. He couldn't help but smile at her. He kissed her forehead.
"I know you'll make her feel better, Gabby. Let's go." He wrestled the Goldfish box away from Hal and shoved it in the Snoopy tote bag.
The ER at St. Francis was divided up into sections. They had a Fast Track area for minor injuries, a Pediatric area, a few Trauma rooms, and a huge area that was sectioned off with curtains. Bobby was informed at the reception desk that she was in the curtained area in Bed 12. The ER was quite full. There was a large TV on one wall and several patients had their curtains open to watch the news to pass the time. The top story of the day was Joe Morelli. There was live news coverage of the search for his missing part. As they passed Bed 11, they heard a small groan. "Uncle Joe!" Gabby exclaimed. Bobby turned to see Joe lying in the stretcher. He looked like shit. But then again, what the hell did you expect someone who just had his dick cut off to look like?" Gabby swung her arms towards Joe in an effort to reach out and hug him. He opened his eyes and tried to smile.
"Hi Gabby," he replied. Bobby raised his eyebrows as if to ask Joe if this was okay. Joe nodded. Bobby put Gabby in Joe's arms, and she gave him a hug and kiss.
"Are you okay you lying, cheeking, good bastard?" she asked. Bobby bit back a snort. "Aunt Kathy called Mommy. She gots your clap dick. I love you, Uncle Joe."
"Swell," Joe muttered in defeat. "I love you too, Little Cupcake." He really did love Gabby. But she was a little too much for him to handle right now. He gave Bobby a look of desperation. A nurse and an aide had come up behind them.
"Bobby? Is that you?" Xylia's voice came from behind the next curtain. Gabby's eyes opened wide and she gasped.
"Xylia! It's me….Gabby! I gots Goldfish for you!" She quickly kissed Joe again. "I gots to go see Xylia, Uncle Joe." She jumped up and ran across Joe's waist to the other side of the stretcher. Joe watched in horror as the heel of Gabby's sneaker lit up as it made contact with his damaged groin area. As Gabby climbed down the side, he rose up and uttered a cross between profanity and speaking in a foreign tongue.
"OHMYGODDAMNFUCKSHITI'LLBEPISSINGTHROUGHASTRAWFORLIFE!" Joe growled in a tone similar to Linda Blair in the Exorcist. Bobby reflexively grabbed his crotch.
"You're so silly, Uncle Joe," Gabby told him as she ducked under to curtain to see Xylia. Joe began to convulse.
"Um…should we call a priest or something?" the nurse's aide asked. The RN shook her head no.
"Nah….I've got a syringe full of Holy Water that will exercise that demon," she replied as she injected Joe's IV with some Morphine. Bobby excused himself and went next door. Gabby was sitting in the stretcher with Xylia. It looked like Xylia had been given a little of that Holy Water, too. Her eyes were glazed over.
"Hi, Bobby!" she slurred. Bobby gave her a hug and kiss.
"How are you feeling? Is it broken?" he immediately asked. She shrugged.
"I feel lots better," she told him and giggled. Gabby covered her mouth and giggled too. "I just had the x-ray done so I don't know yet."
"We came to make you feel better," Gabby explained. "I just made Uncle Joe feel better 'cause I gave him hugs and kisses." Bobby snorted. Oh yeah…she made Joe feel just great. She hugged and kissed Xylia again. "Do you feel better now?" Xylia smiled.
"Yes, Gabby. You made me feel all better." Gabby gave them her heart-melting smile. Bobby did just that…melted. No wonder Ranger's tough guy image goes to shit around his daughter!
"What happened?" he asked he as he took a seat.
"I had to get Lover Avenged….you know that JR Ward series that I read? I wasn't paying attention, and I stepped on this huge boulder. I heard and felt some crunching. Oh my God did that hurt."
"Don't worry. I'll have someone get that book for you," he said as he began to pull out his phone. Xylia waved him off.
"Oh…I got the book. I made the paramedics roll me into Barnes & Noble so I could buy it. It's in my bag. No way in hell I was going through all that and not get my book." Bobby knew there was a reason he loved her so much.
TBC…….