*Picks up from the last chapter*
*You may need tissue*
Jordan- 11
Hank quickly hung his phone up and bolted out of his office, were his kids ok? Were they alive? Many things ran through his head, he quickly took his phone out and called Erin, he hoped they were all ok as he sped down the road he had his phone on speaker.
-Hello. Erin answered.
-Erin, where are you and Jo? Hank asked frantically.
-Were at home, Jo's really upset right now. Why? What's wrong?
-There was an accident, I didn't know who it was.
-Hank you don't it could be...Justin.
The older father felt his heart drop as the thought of his oldest child in the accident, he quickly hung his phone up and raced down the streets.
Meanwhile
Justin was starting to come around the first thing he felt was pain and a lot of it, he then quickly checked the car and sighed in relief that his sister wasn't with him. If Jordan was with him and got hurt their father would have his ass.
He heard sirens and people talking. Lieutenant Matt Casey was grabbing an ax.
"Stabilize the other car". He says to someone.
He hurriedly approaches the car where the policeman tries to open the door.
"It's blocked". The cop told him.
Matt puts the ax in the door and tries to open it. Meanwhile other firefighters approach the other car that is on the roof but on the edge of the bridge.
"Has a passenger been ejected?" Hermann asked seeing two people. "You can check if there is a pulse, there are two in the car!"
Matt manages to open the door, the policeman removes the door. The driver goes out with the help of Matt.
"I'm fine, I'm fine". Justin slurs.
Matt recoils his face feeling the smell of alcohol. He pushes him towards the policeman.
"Field test this idiot". Matt says to the cop.
Matt looks in the car to see several beer cans on the passenger seat. "There are open containers everywhere".
"I'll take care of it".
Herrmann shouting in a panicked voice. "She's going to fall!"
Matt looks to see the firemen hold the car so that it doesn't fall;
Policeman to the drunk driver, "This is your vehicle?"
Hank walked over and grabbed his son's arm. "I got this".
He then left the scene taking his son with him.
Matt rushes to the other car, then rescue squad 3 arrives. Kelly gets out of the truck and rushes into it.
Kelly yells to his men, "Stabilize the vehicle".
The ambulance arrives in time and pulls up on the scene.
"Oh cow!" Otis spoke in shock.
"We need help". Matt said.
Dawson and Shay pull the stretcher, Otis goes to the truck to look for something. He returns putting a piece of wood under the car, the others put their feet on the car.
"Incerations and cutting protection".
Shay arrives and stands next to the car to see the passengers.
"Give us 10 more second boys". Kelly says to everyone.
"I got it". Herrman says.
Kelly looks to the father in the car. "Sir, try to move as little as possible and don't try to unbuckle yourself".
"How is he? My son, I don't hear it, how is he?"
Dawson stands next to Kelly and puts his fingers on his neck to take the pulse.
"Yes, he's alive sir". Gabby tells the worried father.
"My god. Thank you".
Shay on the radio. "Hello, we need one more ambulance".
"Two more, driver of the first car. And, you need two more shims in the back".
Kelly takes the clamp, he moans in pain taking it under the eyes of Shay. He puts the clamp in the door but it doesn't go in.
"Tight?" Someone asks.
"We'll go through the windshield, give me a pickaxe".
"Coming up".
The son begins to open his eyes, he looks around, panicking.
"What happened?" The son asked, his voice filled with pain and fear.
"Were coming buddy. I see you're a hockey fan?" Matt asked the boy.
"We were going to Hevanston for his tournament, are you ok Mike?" The father says quickly.
"Yes, I think so What happened?"
Kelly takes the pickaxe that Hadley passes him. Kelly picks up the windshield at the same time as Capp passes a saw through the windshield. They remove the windshield, Matt turns around, he just sees the policeman alone, he looks around for not seeing the driver.
"Vehicle stabilized".
"I'll be right back". Matt said.
"You're coming out first sir alright". Kelly tells the father.
"Ok".
Matt approaches the policeman looking at him in anger.
"Where's the driver?" Matt asked.
"Some officers took him to the hospital". The officer replied.
Matt taking off his helmet. "You're kidding me"
"Nah, he was complaining of a sore leg and you were all so busy".
"You had to put on a cervical collar and transported properly".
"My bad".
Matt looks in the car and the beer cans have disappeared.
"You bag the beer cans?"
"Do you see Detective Voight behind me? The guy with the jacket". Matt looks to see the Detective talking to the other officers. "His son was driving this car".
The policeman leaves, Matt looks at Dawson and Shay takes the father in the ambulance. He looks at Voight again, this one sees him and they look at each other.
Hank went back to his car where he had his son at, Justin was slowly starting to sober up.
"You have gone to damn far Justin. What if you're sister was in the car with you?!" Hank snapped.
"I'm not in the mood for this". Justin slurred.
"Well that's too damn bad, you caused an accident tonight. When I got that call I thought I lost one of you if not all of you. Do you know how serious this is? You could have killed someone. You could have gotten killed! When will you open your eyes about this? Son, I told you before I don't pick favorites between you and Jo. Never have never will I love you both equality when I got that call...I thought I lost both of you. I was scared as hell the whole time, I didn't know if you were hurt, alive or dead. When you become a parent stuff like this will scare the hell out of you. You didn't have to do any of this to get my attention you didn't, I don't know where this all came from but it needs to stop, I almost lost you tonight you really wanted me to explain to Jordan how you died? If you had died do you know the conversation I'd be having with your sister? It's bad enough that she has to go through life without Anna you want her to go through the rest of life without you? This petty jealousy you have needs to stop and it stops now".
Justin was letting what his father said sink into his head, what if he had died? Jordan would be crushed and devastated. He couldn't believe that he did everything he did because he let jealousy and a stupid sibling rivalry blind him. More importantly what if his sister had been in the car with him? She would have been scared and traumatized or worse she could have died.
"I'm sorry Pop for everything, I never meant for things to get this far. The first thing when I woke up in the car was, Jo. I looked around for her and thankfully she wasn't with me. I was just tired of Jordan getting all of your attention you forgot about me".
"Justin I could never forget you, you're my son. Just like I tell you're sister I could never forget one of you".
"So why were you spending all that time with Jo? Those few weeks?"
"You don't know?"
"No".
"Son it was Anna's birthday then Mother's day, Jordan was upset the whole time. That's why I was with her. You remember what them days are like".
Justin now felt like a complete ass for how he acted and treated his sister, he had completely forgot that it was Anna's birthday and Mother's day. The only thing he was more concerned about was getting his father's attention and while he was doing that he didn't know his sister was emotionally hurt. He knows what them days are like, on his mother's birthday and mother's day. Those two days made him really depressed it was a constant reminder how his mother wasn't there anymore, he was older when his mother passed away whereas Jordan was only a baby.
She doesn't remember her mother at all so it wouldn't be a surprise if she needed her father during that time. He remembered on his mother's birthdays and mother's days he'd be crying on his father's shoulder the whole time.
"I'm so sorry Pop".
"You should tell that to Jo".
"So what am I gonna do about what happened?"
"I'll handle that. Just leave it to me".
"I hope Jo can forgive me".
"I'm sure she will".
The father and son went home that night. Erin was on the couch Jordan fast asleep with her head in her sister's lap, Erin ran her fingers through her sister's hair. She really hoped her surrogate brother was alright. Hank opened the door to his house and Justin walked in first.
She looked to see Justin slightly injured as carefully as she could she laid the young girl down on the couch and ran over to the father and son.
"Are you alright?" Erin asked her surrogate brother.
"I'm fine". Justin replied, his voice was emotionless.
A few minutes later Jordan woke up to hearing voice, she sat up on the couch wiping the sleep from her eyes. Hank saw his youngest waking up, he then went over to her.
"Hey sweetheart". Hank says gently, brushing some of her hair back.
"Dad? I thought you were at work". Jordan said, her voice filled with sleep and confusion.
"I was, I had to go get your brother".
The young girl then saw her brother and saw that he was injured, Jordan shot up from her seat and ran over to her brother crashing into him. Justin let his sister crash into him ignoring all the pain through his body. He then picked her up and held her, he cradled her closely and kissed her head.
That accident had set him straight, it opened his eyes. Holding his sister at that moment meant everything to him, all he could think was what if he didn't make it? What if Jordan had been with him? Justin then realized the conversation his father would have with his sister and it killed him on the inside.
Ignoring his sister, ditching her for his friends, everything he's done leading up to the accident had started to hit him. Reality had hit him and hit him hard. He couldn't believe he let jealousy and a stupid riverly blind him. Tears started to leak from his eyes as he held on tighter to his sister and buried her face into her hair as he sobbed.
Hank and Erin stepped back letting Justin have a moment with his sister, Jordan held tightly to her brother she then heard him crying and it was very very rare she heard that she pulled away from the hug and looked in her brother's eyes. Justin's eyes held tears that kept going down his face, they also held sadness, pain, regret in them, she wiped away his tears like he did for her.
"Why are you crying?" Jordan asked, her voice sounded innocent.
Justin chuckled as more tears fell, he kissed her head and rested his cheek against her head. "I'm so sorry Jo Jo, I never meant for you to think I could ever hate you or think I don't love you it's not true. I love you so much and that won't ever change".
"I love you too Justie".
He held her tighter as she used his nickname she had given him years ago, he carried her up to her room as she fell asleep on his shoulder her hand hanging over it. As carefully and gently as he could he laid her down on the bed she stirred a little waking up looking at him with a sleepy look as if she were a toddler again.
"Justin, stay with me? Please". Jordan's voice full of sleep.
"Of course Jo Jo". Justin replied.
Justin got next to his sister pulling her to his side, Jordan tucked herself beside her brother using his shoulder as a pillow the young girl tried to stay awake but couldn't.
The elder man looked down at his baby sister fighting to fall asleep.
"It's alright Jo Jo, go to sleep. I'm right here".
She looked up as her eyes kept growing heavier and heavier. "Don't leave me again".
He kissed her head and rested his cheek on her head. "I promise to never leave you again".
Sleep slowly took her over, Justin used his hand to brush her hair back. It was a technique they used when she was a baby. Hank was outside his daughter's room watching the scene in front of him, he knew that the accident opened his son's eyes know he had to fix what had been done. By any means necessary.
Over the next couple of weeks Jordan had noticed her father was acting different and it started since the night that he went to get Justin. Nobody had or will tell her the truth about it they didn't want to burden her with any of that. Justin knew what his father was doing, he appreciated what his father was doing he hoped that he wouldn't go to jail.
It was now Jordan's 11th birthday, Hank hadn't came home yet. Erin, Justin, and Jordan were in the living room celebrating when the front door opened, the trio looked to see Hank entering with a happy smile, Erin saw right through it and knew something was up. The older father went over and hugged his little girl.
"Happy birthday sweetheart". Hank said, kissing her cheek.
"Thanks daddy". Jordan replies happily.
Justin had a gut feeling that his father was hiding something and if he had to guess, he'd be right. Shaking all that from his mind it was his sister's day. It was about her, he wouldn't let anything distract him from it. Hank looked to his family and glanced at his son every now and then dreading the news he was gonna tell him but he wouldn't tell him, he wasn't gonna ruin his baby's birthday.
After all the gifts were open, the cake was cut, and everything was cleaned up, Hank gently took a hold of his son's arm guiding him out the house so Jordan doesn't overhear.
"Pop what's up". Justin said, fear dripping in his voice.
"I'm sorry Justin, I did everything I could". Hank started.
"I'm going to jail".
"I'm sorry".
"When do I leave?"
Hank paused for a moment taking a deep breath because he was about to break both his kids hearts and his family. "Now. I said I'd bring you in after we celebrated with Jo".
Justin's world had shattered, he was going to jail on his sister's birthday. He felt his heart break into pieces, he was speechless. How the hell were they gonna tell Jordan that her brother is going to jail on her birthday?
"How are we gonna tell Jo? She can't know the truth". Justin finally says after getting his voice back.
"We'll tell her you're going away for a while. She won't ever know about any of it".
"I guess this is my punishment. Isn't it? I ignored and ditched my sister got in the accident and now I'm going to jail. All because I was jealous".
"It's gonna be alright son".
"How the hell is it gonna be alright?! I'm going to jail on Jo's birthday! We have to go tell her that".
"Calm yourself right now. Nothing's gonna happen to you when you go inside".
"You can't predict the future dad".
"I know people who owe me favors".
Erin went out to where the father and son were and closed the door, she looked to them with curious looks.
"What's going on?" Erin asked.
"I'm going to jail". Justin answers.
"When?"
Justin looked to his father he didn't want to say it, Hank looked to his surrogate daughter with a painful expression and his silence was starting to annoy her.
"Hank? Why aren't you saying anything?"
"I have to take Justin in now. They gave him time because it's Jo's birthday".
Erin gasped in shock as tears burned in her eyes, this couldn't be happening. Not today at least.
"W-what are we gonna tell her?" Erin stammered to get out.
"We tell her that he has to go away for a while. But she doesn't know the truth about any of this, we don't speak of it around her. I don't wanna hurt her anymore than what she's about to be".
"Can't they delay it? At least till tomorrow?" Justin asked.
"If I don't bring you in now, they will send uniforms and I don't want Jo to be scared or start asking questions. Go talk to your sister". Hank said, his voice filled with pain and agony.
Justin wiped the couple of tears that ran down his face and walked in his house, Hank and Erin remained outside. The older man couldn't believe that he had to take his son to jail on his daughter's birthday. Could this day be any more stressful?
It was supposed to be about Jordan and celebrating her but now Justin was going to jail and they had to tell her.
"Hank there has to be something you can do". Erin said.
"I did everything I could and it wasn't enough". Hank spoke.
"Were gonna have to be there for Jo".
"I know".
Justin was now back inside his house looking at his little sister, his heart ached with pain and despair. Just looking at her smiling and laughing had brought him some kind of joy but he still knew this wouldn't be an easy conversation to have with her.
The now eleven year old looked to see her brother and noticed the painful look on his face, she knew that look her father got it when something was really wrong. Running to him she looked at her brother with a scared expression.
"Justin what's wrong?" Jordan asked.
"Come here Jo Jo, I have to talk to you about something". Justin spoke, his voice full of pain.
The siblings sat down and Jordan turned to look at her brother, more tears had fell from Justin's eyes as he struggled to come up with something to tell her.
"Jo Jo, you know I love you more than anything right". He started.
"Yeah".
"I have to go away for a little while-"
"You're leaving?" Jordan's voice cracked.
"I'm...I have to go to jail I did something really bad and I have to go away for it".
Tears now began pouring down the young girl's cheeks. "B-but you promised t-to never le-leave me".
"I'm sorry Jo Jo. It's gonna be for a little while".
"No! I don't want you to go!"
Jordan flung herself at her brother and held on tightly to him, Justin held onto his baby sister who was crying in his neck. One hand rested on the back of her head and the other on her back.
"Pl-please...don't...leave me".
Justin couldn't keep control of his emotions as he let the sobs escape from his mouth, hearing his sister cry and pleading for him to stay kept breaking his heart more and more. He kissed her head repeatedly.
"I love you so much Jo Jo".
After a few minutes Justin pulled his sister away, her face was red and wet from the crying. Her brown eyes were now red as more tears came down, he wiped away more tears that came down with his palm.
"I want you to listen to dad and Erin, do everything they tell you to do. You can stay in my room whenever you want. Most importantly be brave, strong and tough for me, can you do that for me".
"Y-yes. Please don't leave me Justie! Please!"
Hank heard his little girl's crying and that stabbed him in the heart, Erin knew that the older father couldn't bring his son to jail.
"I'll bring him so you can stay with Jo". Erin said, her voice cracking.
He didn't have anything to say after a few more minutes they reentered the house. The siblings knew that it was time, Justin hugged his sister tightly for a couple more minutes.
"Happy birthday Jo Jo, don't forget that I love you so much". Justin whispers in her ear.
"Please don't leave". Jordan cried.
Hank went over and pulled his little girl off of Justin, Jordan began fighting to get out of her father's hold.
"No! Daddy make him stay please! Don't make him leave!"
"He has to go sweetheart". Hank tells her gently.
"No! Justin you promised you wouldn't leave me! Don't leave!"
The eleven year old kept fighting to get out of her father's hold but failed, Hank turned her so she wouldn't see Justin and Erin leave. Jordan pounded her fist against her father hoping he'd let go but he wouldn't the older father held his baby girl close to him so she'd stop fighting.
Erin and Justin left the house, eventually Jordan stopped fighting her father and relaxed into his hold. Her fingers gripping his jacket as she cried and cried into his neck, Hank rubbed a soothing hand up on his little girl's back.
"It's ok sweetheart, everything's gonna be alright". Hank soothed her while trying to hide his sobs.
"N-no it won't!"
"Baby, you still have me, Erin, Alvin-" He was cut off by her sobs and crying.
"But not Justie!"
"He'll be back".
"He...promised that...he wouldn't leave me".
"I know and he will be back".
"W-when?"
"I'm not sure yet".
"W-what'd he do? Why'd he have to go to jail?"
Hank wasn't about to tell her the truth, he'd rather lie and spare her even more pain. The truth has always hurt.
"I don't know what he did whatever it was, it was bad".
"I was Justin to come home".
He held her tighter and held a hand on her head, tears slid down his cheeks. "I know sweetheart. I know".
Meanwhile
Erin was driving Justin to the District, the whole time Justin was slouched in his seat. He had broken his sister's heart on the one day it was supposed to be about her. He'd didn't think he could ever forgive himself. As Erin drove she looked at him with a painful look.
"Justin-" She was cut off by him.
"Don't. Just don't not now". Justin says a bit harshly.
They finally arrive to the District and before a word could have been said Justin got out the car slamming the door behind him. He walked into the District and he muttered something under his breath.
"Happy Birthday Jo Jo".
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A/N: I switched up the storyline just a bit and this wasn't the original idea it was a last minute idea.