Extreme Takeover: Holby Edition

by CassidyTVNut

Their parents ran the hospital during their life, and now that they’re older, it’s their turn.

9. Family Gathering Part 2

Extreme Takeover, Holby Edition

Their parents ran the hospital during their life, and now that they're older, it's their turn.

Pairings are Jac/Joseph, Maddy/Linden, Connie/Sam, Diane/Ric and Chrissie/Olly.

The Family Gathering...Part 2

As Ric finished his sentence, the doorbell rang.

'That'll be the kids,' said Connie. 'Don't tell them about this conversation.'

She stood up and went to the door, where Adelaide, Harry and Isla stood before her.

'Adi,' exclaimed Connie, hugging her tightly. 'God it's been long. Seems like only yesterday that your bump was barely showing.'

'Well Kai's growing, fast,' said Adi grumpily.

'The midwife thinks 10-12 pounds easily,' said Harry with a hint of pride as they all walked in.

'Double what Isla was when she was born,' said Adi with a huff.

'Yeah but Mum,' said Isla. 'I was like 3 weeks early.'

'Fair point,' replied Adi.

'Come and sit down,' said Sam, helping Adi into the chair he was previously sitting in.

'Dad, I'm pregnant, not terminal,' said Adi with an annoyed tone.

Turning away from her, Sam raised his eyebrows at Isla and Harry.

'She's been like that for the past few days,' said Isla. 'Niceness is annoying her at the moment.'

'Everyone's treating me like a china doll!' exclaimed Adi.

'Honey,' said Harry. 'We're not treating you like a china doll, we're treating you like a pregnant Adi.'

'Same thing,' she replied.

Sensing that their daughter in law really was in an awful mood, Jac and Joseph decided to save the talk for later.

The doorbell went again, and Isla got up to answer it.

'Hey uncle Mason and uncle Max,' she said, hugging them both and leading them inside. 'The Chuckle Bachelors are here!'

The others giggled at Isla's nickname for them that she'd used for Max and Mason collectively since she was old enough to understand what a bachelor was.

'Why don't you go out into the garden Isla?' said Connie. 'Rose, Liam, Scott, Scarlett and Megan are out there.'

'Cool,' said Isla, leaving the room.

'At least she's not calling me a man whore,' said Mason.

'No that's my job,' said Olivia from the open doorway.

'She's got a point,' said Max.

'Ahh my charming sister in law,' said Mason.

'Hey hey hey,' said Sam. 'There are parents feeling neglected here. Come and say hello!'

Coming further into the house, Mason, Olivia and Max greeted their parents, aunts and uncles with a hug.

Sitting down, Chrissie said, 'So, Max, when are you going to find a steady girlfriend, settle down and have children?'

'When Mason does,' replied Max.

'He has a son,' said Chrissie.

'From a one night stand at 19,' reminded Max. 'Hardly counts, he hasn't settled down yet.'

'If either one of us settled down, the other would be lost,' said Mason melodramatically.

'It's very true,' agreed Max.

'I want grandchildren!' exclaimed Chrissie in a strop.

'I'm sure that Callie could help with that,' said Max.

'Why?' asked Olly. 'What do you know that we don't?'

'That she has her eye on a certain Taylor Griffin, and intends to pull a Diane,' said Harry from a distance. 'Me and Cassie wind him up about it.'

'Pull a Diane?' asked Diane in shock. 'And what would 'pulling a Diane' consist of?'

'You married Ric and managed to change his constant divorces...The two of you settled down, had children etc etc. Callie thinks that she can be like you and change Taylor as you did Ric,' said Harry.

'Wow,' said Max. 'She's my twin and you know more than I do.'

After another knock at the door, Diane stood up to answer it, opening the door to her daughter Cassie, her husband Finlay and her grandchildren, Matilda and Leo.

'It's been so long,' said Diane, pulling all of them into a group hug.

'Mum, baby needs oxygen,' said Cassie from the middle.

'Wait wait wait,' said Ric. 'My hearing's a little dodgy, but did Cassie just say that baby needs oxygen?'

'Oh my God! You're pregnant!' exclaimed Diane, hugging her closer. 'That's amazing news!'

'Nan,' said Matilda. 'Is Megan, Rose and Scarlett here?'

'They're out in the garden with Isla, Scott and Liam,' she said, making both Leo and Matilda run outside.

Walking with Cassie and Fin inside, Diane said, 'So how do you feel?'

'Crap,' admitted Cassie, sitting down on the sofa next to Adi.

'Welcome to pregnant 2 seated sofa,' said Adi sarcastically. 'It's nickname is Crapville.'

'Ahhh,' replied Cassie.

Getting up, the men came and shook Finlay's hand and hugged Cassie, while the women hugged both of them.

'So how far along are you?' asked Maddy.

'12 weeks,' said Fin proudly.

'So in 6 months, I'm going to be a grandmother again?' asked Maddy as Fin nodded.

Getting up, Maddy hugged him again and said, 'Thank god for you being the sensible one out of my children. Where is the younger version of party animal me anyway?'

'No idea,' admitted Fin. 'But her and Jay hit a rocky patch.'

'His travelling?' asked Ric.

Fin nodded.

'It was a mistake to name him after Abra and Kumi, he acts too much like them,' said Ric.

'I think that she's tired of months on end without any contact,' said Fin.

'I don't blame her,' said Diane, interrupted by the doorbell.

'I'll get it,' said Olivia, getting up and opening the door. Before her stood her twin Juliet, Juliet's husband Ray and their 4 children, Tristan, Cameron, Charlotte and Liliana.

'Hi Liv,' said Juliet as she walked in. 'Kids, go and say hi to everyone and then we'll see if we can find the others.'

'Okay,' they replied, going to hug everyone.

'Scarlett, Rose, Liam, Scott, Megan, Isla, Matilda and Leo are out in the garden,' said Connie. 'Although what's keeping them busy I have no idea.'

'They're probably trying to train Lexie,' said Tristan, Juliet's oldest at age 14. 'Last time they made her throw up because of all the treats they were giving her.'

'Oh dear,' said Connie.

'It's okay aunt Connie, I'll keep an eye on them,' said Tristan. 'Come on skid marks.'

'Mum!' exclaimed 8 year old Cameron. 'Tristan called us skid marks.'

'He's only playing around,' said Ray. 'Go and play.'

'Okay,' said Liliana, the next oldest after Tristan at age 12.

'Do you want us to keep Lottie here?' asked Juliet.

'I want to goooo,' whinged 4 year old Charlotte.

'We'll keep an eye on her,' said Tristan.

'Okay,' said Juliet with a smile. 'We're here if you need anything.'

'So did you hear?' said an excited Diane. 'Cassie's pregnant!'

'Oh wow, really?' asked Juliet. 'That's great!'

'I'm really jealous,' said Chrissie. 'We have the least amount of grandchildren, only 1.'

Right on cue, the doorbell rang again.

'I'll get it!' said Chrissie. 'It might be Serena, David and Asher.'

Opening the door, she said, 'Speak of the little devils. Come in guys.'

'Before my mother announces it, I am pregnant, carry on with your conversation,' said a fed up Cassie.

'Great news!' said Serena, noting Chrissie eyeing up Asher. Getting him out of his car seat, she said, 'There you go Mum, I saw you.'

'Yay,' said Chrissie, cradling Asher and cooing at him.

'I am astounded that we didn't end up with a football team of kids,' said Olly. 'Chrissie loves babies too much.'

'I do,' admitted Chrissie. 'I can't wait to get my hands on little Kai.'

'Mum, you're baby and grandchild mad,' stated Serena.

'You know me too well sweetheart,' remarked Chrissie.

There was another knock at the door, and Connie went to open it.

'Grace, Chris, Katie, Michael, it's so nice to see you again,' she said, embracing them.

'We'll go and say hi, then go and play in the garden,' said Michael.

'Who's out there?' asked Katie.

'Tristan, Cameron, Liliana, Charlotte, Liam, Rose, Scarlett, Scott, Megan, Isla, Matilda, Leo, umm that's about it, for now,' said Connie.

'Cool,' said Michael.

Juliet said, 'Katie, can you help Tristan and Isla keep everyone in line? You three are the oldest.'

'Sure,' said Katie, going with Michael to say to everyone, then leaving.

Sitting down, Grace said, 'Sorry we took so long, Katie and her boyfriend borrowed the car to go out on their date last night and this morning, the keys had vanished.'

'We found them in Katie's room,' said Chris. 'Eventually.'

'That's fine,' said the others.

'So how's the adoption process going?' said Joseph. 'I couldn't have been more positive and enthusiastic on my referral.'

'It went a long way,' said Grace. 'But still no phone call.'

'It will do in time,' said Jac hopefully. 'You two will make amazing parents.'

'Cassie's pregnant!' exclaimed Diane, interrupting.

'Mother, stop it,' replied Cassie. 'My mother is a bit overexcited at her 3rd grandchild's arrival in 6 months.'

'Congratulations,' said Chris and Grace in unison as the doorbell went, again.

'I'll get it,' said Max, opening the door to Callie and Taylor.

'Callie? Taylor? Together?' he asked in confusion.

'Callie's car broke down, I drove past and offered her a lift,' said Taylor.

'I bet,' said Max, not believing and raising his eyebrows.

Diane greeted Taylor, and then sneaked off to get his surprise.

Returning a few minutes later with Rose, Megan, Scarlett, Scott and Liam, they enthusiastically shouted, 'DAD!' and ran into his arms, him pulling them into a big group hug.

'You have no idea how much I've missed you guys,' said Taylor. Looking up to Diane, he said, 'Mum, how did you do it?'

'I reminded them that you can't keep kids from one half of their family,' said Diane.

'I'm so grateful Mum,' he replied, letting go of the kids and hugging her. 'I can finally spend some proper time with them.'

'It's good that you're prepared to,' said Diane. 'Go and congratulate your sister, she's pregnant.'

'Congratulations sis,' said Taylor, leaning down to hug Cassie. Shaking Fin's hand, he said, 'Well done Fin.'

'Where on earth are Erin and Jay?' asked Maddy.

'I have no clue,' said Linden.

They went about their usual family gathering routine, drinking, catching up and gossiping slightly.

Maddy's phone started to ring loudly.

'That's Jay's ringtone,' said Maddy. 'I wonder what's going on.'

She picked up the phone and pressed it to her ear.

'Jay! What's going on? Did you and Erin get wrapped up in makeup sex?' she asked cheekily. 'What? She what? We're leaving right this minute. Look after her for us.'

'What's going on?' asked Linden.

'Jay went back to Erin's to pick up some stuff, and found her passed out in the living room, an empty bottle of vodka beside her. He thinks she has alcohol poisoning,' she said hurriedly.

'We'll have to get down there,' said Linden. 'You coming Fin?'

'Yup,' replied Fin, turning to Cassie. 'Is it okay if I go and leave you here?'

'Of course it is sweetheart,' said Cassie, kissing his cheek. 'Go and look after Erin.'