Dis: The original piece is 'Bye Bye Mon Amour' which I have renamed 'Goodbye my love' belongs to Ludovico Einaudi and is a lovely passionate piece. Warnings of mentioned suicide but not seriously.

The next morning Lucille and Grant said their final goodbyes to the family then got into the awaiting taxi. They waved through the back window then Lucille sat back against the leather seat of the taxi, Grant turned to her and smiled.

"You nervous Lucy?"

"A little, although I'm mainly nervous about leaving my children for a week."

"They'll be fine love, my son will take good care of them, I can guarantee that," Grant rubbed her hand gently. "We'll be in Spain before you know it."

Lucille nodded. "Thanks, Grant."

Back at the house, Jeff turned to his sons with a smile.

"Who feels up to having a barbecue later?"

The boys cheered back giving a full yes confirmation to the suggestion. "Can we do everything?" Alan asked with a giggle.

"Everything Alan?" Jeff ruffled his son's hair.

"Yeah, like all the food and drinks and music."

"Slow down Allie," Jeff laughed.

"Alan has a point Dad," Gordon wrapped his arms around Alan's shoulders.

"Alright boys, you go and get the stuff organised and I'll set up the grill."

Lucille sat back in her plane seat and gazed out at the clouds below, not knowing that a dark cloud was forming, one that one shake her entire world.

"Ladies and gentlemen, we're flying into a high-altitude storm, but we should be fine," the pilot's voice came over the intercom into the cabin.

Grant took Lucille's hand, "we'll be fine Lucille, don't worry."

"I don't like the sound of that storm," Lucille answered biting her lip slightly.

The storm engulfed them and the plane jolted slightly, then the worse happened. The lights flickered and a couple of passengers screamed on the other side of the aisle, one of them yelled, "fire!" And other passengers started to panic.

"Lucille, we're going to be okay."

"I'm not sure Grant, we've dropped height already. There's something I need to do."

"What can we do?"

Lucille sniffed and she wiped her eyes, "I'm going to record a farewell message to the family."

"Wow Dad, this BBQ is great!" Scott smiled biting into his second burger.

"I wish Mum could be enjoying it too, she's missing out," Virgil said taking a sip of his coke.

"Hey Virg, do you have your guitar with you?" Gordon asked.

"It's in the house, would you like me to get it, Gordy?"

Gordon nodded. "Yeah, it's too quiet out here."

"Sure thing."

Jeff looked at his eldest, "Scott, could you keep an eye on the BBQ? Just don't let those sweetcorns burn, I need to get something from my office."

"Okay Dad," Scott jumped up and sat by the grill.

Jeff made his way to the office and switched on the TV so he'd have something to listen to as he searched for his surprise for the boys, he was half-listening to the news broadcast when he heard two words; 'Plane Crash'. He spun around and looked at the screen.

"The plane came down at 3 pm local time after reports say it got struck by lightning and two engines caught fire. The plane was on its way to Spain, rescue workers have not found any survivors. It seems everyone on board was lost in the fire before the plane crashed." The reporter handed back to the studio and Jeff fought against tears, he gathered himself together and returned to the garden where Virgil was playing to his brothers who were singing along.

"Mother, I need to talk to you," Jeff said softly and Ruth stood up.

Jeff led her back into the office where the TV was paused, and then he allowed his emotions to take over, "Dad and Lucy are dead."

Ruth sank into a chair, "no, not Grant. What happened?"

"Their plane was hit by lightning, and it lost control, no survivors."

Ruth shook her head and wiped her tears away, "how are we going to tell the boys? They're so happy out there at the moment."

Jeff walked over to the window and looked out. Gordon and Alan were dancing together to Virgil's guitar playing and Scott was laughing whilst John watched Virgil, "I have to tell them, slowly and gently."

Jeff and Ruth returned to the patio and Scott got up to give his father back his chair, Virgil stopped tapping his foot and put the guitar down.

"What's wrong father?" He asked, and his brothers returned to their chairs.

"Boys, I have tragic news. Your Grandpa and Mother, won't be coming back."

"Until when? Has the tour been extended?" Gordon asked.

"No Gordon, I mean..."

"Don't say it Dad, please don't," Scott instantly began to move over to Alan but Grandma took over.

"Yes Scott, I'm sorry. The plane crashed on its way to Spain," Jeff looked down.

John burst into tears and Virgil wrapped his arms around him, "no Dad! That can't be true."

Ruth wiped her tears away, "they got caught in a lightning storm."

"Any survivors?" Scott stammered against his own tears.

"No one survived Scott, the plane dropped like a stone," Jeff sighed.

Scott shook his head with a sob and Virgil went over to comfort him as Gordon hugged John, "what are we going to do Dad?"

Jeff looked up, "I'm going to the crash site. Mother, look after the boys."

Ruth frowned. "So soon after the crash? They won't let you near it son."

"I'll make them let me see my family, Mother."

Ruth nodded. "Alright Jeff, be safe."

Jeff stood up and it wasn't long before the boys saw their father's jet take to the skies.

Jeff flew as fast as he legally could within the air traffic fighting back against his tears. Yes, he had lost the one love of his life and his father, but his sons would never get to grow up with a mother and that was too much of a pain for his heart. If there was anything in the wreck that had survived the crash, he would bring it back to his sons as a memory.

Jeff landed and made his way over to the forensics and emergency unit staff.

"Sir, I wouldn't recommend going in there, there are still flames alight."

"My wife and Father died in that crash leaving behind five sons who are at home crying. Now, you can either let me salvage what I can or arrest me? Although I'm sure you understand how I'm feeling."

The policeman sighed and lifted the tape reluctantly, before he lowered it he gave Jeff a mask, "for the smoke, be careful sir."

Jeff smiled. "Thank you, officer, you have a kind heart."

Jeff approached the plane wreck and began to scale where his wife and father would've been sitting, he ran his gloved hand around the ground and came across something hard, it was Lucille's mirror compact. The mirror was smashed but the hologram mechanism was still intact, he stuffed it into his jacket pocket and continued to search, when he eventually finished he had gathered a few belongings and a scorched family photo that had survived most of the impact. He turned away picking up the remains of Lucille's piano music, and went back to his jet, he lightly dumped the stuff into the cargo hold and began the sad journey home, he looked back and whispered, "goodbye my love."

Back in the lounge, Virgil was sitting at the piano but Scott was moaning at him causing the pianist to cry.

"Virg, it's not the same with you playing, Mum's not here."

"But Scott, my talent lies in music," the black-haired boy cried.

"Well, can't you play in your room, without us hearing it?"

"Scott, how can you say something so selfish?" Ruth scolded appalled at Scott's behaviour. "Your brother can play whenever he wants."

Virgil shook his head, "no, he's right. It's not the same!" And with that, he slammed the piano lid down and ran to his room.

Ruth frowned at Scott, even John looked shocked, "Scott Carpenter Tracy, you go and apologise right now!"

"How could you say that Scotty?" John said quietly.

Scott narrowed his eyes slightly, "why should I apologise?"

"If your father had heard you, young man, he'd have a reason. Now, do as I say."

Scott stood up and left the room, he made his way down the corridor thinking of how to apologise, however, at the same time he didn't think he was in the wrong, he approached the door and walked in.

"Virg, I just wanted to," then he paused. "Get down from there Virg," he whispered.

Disclaimer: Well if you think that was sad, wait for the next chapter which will be called 'Lucille's letter'. Thank you for reviewing and basically still reading this :) means a lot to me.