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This chapter prompted by guest- the Roscoes visit Sandy in Canada.

Chapter 9: long time no see:

"Yeah, yeah alright then we'll see you in 3 weeks. Bye", Joe put the phone down and turned round to see Freddie looking right at him. "Who was that?", he asked trying not to sound nosy. "That was mum", Joe replied and he saw Freddie's facial expression change in an instant.

"What is she okay, has something happened is", he was cut off by Joe. "Yes she's fine, what we were actually talking about was us, all of us, going over to see her." Freddie's face was shocked he'd never really thought about going to see his mum.

"Well when are we going?", Freddie asked suddenly eager like a child. "In 3 weeks if jase can get the time off work and if ziggy can pull himself together", Joe replied. He realised that this was probably the first proper conversation he and Freddie had had in weeks, and to be honest deep down Joe kinda liked it.

"Can Lindsey come too?", Freddie asked hoping Joe would at least agree to Lindsey coming. Joe nodded as he knew he didn't really have a choice, she was JJ's mum and he was going so Lindsey would have to.

Joe walked up to the entrance of the police station hoping to find Jason, and he must of got lucky as he was just walking out. "Jase, you got a minute?", Joe asked pulling Jason over to the side. "Yeah what about?", Jason asked.

"Listen I was the phone to mum before and I was wondering could you get time off in three weeks, cos we're gonna go over and see her. All of us." Jason sighed, "look I'll see what I can do, I probably will be able to get time off but is Robbie going?" Joe looked at surprised, "yes all of us are going and anyways you two have just got to put all this stuff with holly behind ya and move on." Jason nodded and walked away, Joe watched him leave and he knew that even if Jason didn't show it now, he was desperate to see his mum.

Now that left Robbie and Ziggy and it must of been Joe's luck as he found them both at the garage. He could hear Ziggy complaining to Robbie about some girl probably leela. "Right you two clear your diaries for 3 weeks time as we're going away", Joe said walking into garage grabbing both men's attention.

"What, where we going?", Robbie asked. "Canada, to go and visit our mum", Joe replied. Ziggy sighed, "look Joe, mum can't see me like this and I don't think I can her", he said sinking back into his chair.

Joe sighed, "pull yourself together, drama queen, and make sure your both free in three weeks time", he said and walked out of the garage. Robbie looked over at Ziggy , who was slumping in his chair, and he smirked to himself and shook his head.

3 weeks later:

"Jase have you seen my passport?", Robbie asked he ran up the stairs trying to find it. "No why would I of", Jason. replied. "Well me and you aren't exactly on the best terms", Robbie pointed out and Jason replied with, "yeah but this is our chance to see mum so I'm not gonna mess it up and if you were wondering about holly, she's not coming; got some revision for upcoming exams.' Jason pushed past Robbie and carried on walking up the stairs.

"Look jase", Robbie said causing Jason to stop and turn around, "can me and you just put all of this behind us, for mum's sake can we just act like normal twins." Jason shrugged and walked away not in the mood for an argument.

Meanwhile downstairs Joe was checking everybody's luggage to make sure they'd all packed the essentials and nothing over the top. As Joe checked everything, looked like everyone had managed to only pack the essentials. Everyone except Ziggy.

"Zig, you don't need six pairs of shoes just for going to Canada for the week", Joe said sounding slightly annoyed. Ziggy looked at Joe slightly shocked, "er yes I do, I've to look me best everyday." Joe just shook his head, "look I'll do you a deal, you can three of them but loose some of the hair gel." Ziggy sighed but did as Joe said.

Freddie and Lindsey seemed to have everything under control, they'd managed to pack everything that JJ would need. "This gonna be great", Freddie said walking up to Lindsey and bringing her into a hug. She sighed, "what's wrong?", Freddie asked noticing that something was bothering her.

Lindsey pulled out of thw hug and said, "it's just what's your mum going to think of us?" Freddie knew that question was coming he just didn't want to worry Lindsey. "Look she'll be fine with it, as long as we're happy she's happy", Freddie said, this seemed to work as Lindsey smiled and the two of them, along with baby JJ made their way downstairs.

Everyone had gathered in the living room with all their suitcases and bags ready to go to the airport. They arrived, checked in and managed to board the plane without any major disasters but they didn't mean they didn't have arguments

As soon as they boarded the plane Robbie and Jason argued about sitting next to each other but that was soon resolved by a stern word from Joe and then they were off.

Hours later they arrived in Canada, jet lagged, tired and annoyed with eachother. "Jase you just kept snoring, I didn't even get a chance to sleep", Ziggy moaned as they went to collect their luggage. Jason tutted and shrugged this off while Lindsey had to deal with a crying JJ. Robbie and Freddie were joking/arguing about something and Joe was checking his phone to see where their mum had said to meet them.

The Roscoes made their way out of the airport and ended up in the car park by the entrance, they were waiting for Sandy and had no idea where she was. "Are you sure she said to meet us here?", Freddie asked he was starting to get restless and JJ was getting tired.

"Yes, she said to meet her by the entrance", Joe said starting to get annoyed. "Hold up. Who's that?", Robbie asked pointing in the direction of a blonde haired woman walking in their direction. All of the Roscoes turned to look at her and they all recognised her in an instant.

She carried on walking towards them with tears in her eyes. Sandy couldn't believe it, after months of not seeing her boys she was finally going to see them. Her mind was buzzing with questions but she was going to hold them back and just enjoy seeing her family again. She met them at the entrance, "hello", she said overcome with emotion. The Roscoes just looked at her, they couldn't believe their eyes, their mum was standing in front of them. The mum they all hadn't seen in months.

2 hours later the Roscoes were all sitting in Sandy's living room telling her everything. They all had so many questions and so did Sandy. One of the questions that was Sandy's mind was, how was Jason. The last time Sandy saw her youngest was when he was really ill and she'd heard from Joe that he had ended up in a clinic. However looking at him now, Sandy could tell that he had recovered.

They laughed and talked and as the week went by, Ziggy seemed to cheer up too, as their relationships and bonds with each other only seemed to get stronger. They went out for meals, went on trips together, JJ enjoyed himself and seeing him happy made everyone else happy but most importantly there was no arguments or fights or tears. Just them being a normal family on holiday, except on this holiday not all of them would go back to England.

The week seemed to end before it had even begun and the Roscoes found themselves saying their goodbyes to Sandy and promising to stay in touch and to never loose contact. As the Roscoes walked off Sandy stood there waving with tears rolling down her face, happy ones and sad ones.

The plane was in flight but the only sound coming from the family was the sound of JJ. The rest of the family were sitting there, reflecting on what I probably been one of the best weeks of their lives. Knowing that they would never forget it.

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Next chapter prompted by guest- Joe and Lindsey get back together.