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Assistant: Title: Fire On Fire
        Author: Fanficcrazy93 Fanficcrazy93 
        Chapter: 20/30 
        Summary: He doesn’t recognize the number and he’s tempted to ignore it, but something tells him to answer it. So he does, and with that one phone call his life changes forever.What happens when one choice you make takes your life on a whole different track.
        Contents: Chapter 20
    

    


      
        
          Hey guys, here's the next chapter. I don't really have much to say other than to enjoy!
            
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    MONDAY JANUARY 22, 2018
  

  
    4:30 PM
  
“Do you think maybe this has gone a little too far now? Like, maybe we’re starting to get attached?” Buck asks, and Eddie’s glad that Buck’s the one who says it first, because it’s all he’s been thinking about. He knew there was a possibility of this happening when they’d first visited baby girl, knew there was a strange connection between both Buck and the baby when she was first placed in his hands at the scene. Eddie figured he’d be the one to slowly wane his husband away from the baby bit by bit. What he didn’t expect was to find himself drawn to the little girl as well. How exactly was he supposed to keep his husband from getting attached when he was right there along with him.“Yeah, we’re attached.” Eddie says blankly, staring at the little chest moving up and down with the help of the ventilator, there’s no point in denying it. It’s barely been a week since baby girl was admitted into the hospital and they’ve already been to see her three times. They know things about her condition that they probably shouldn’t and they’re only getting away with it because of Corey. Sometimes it helps having people on the inside.Buck sighs and Eddie looks over to him. “You know, she texts me sometimes.”“Who?” Eddie asks, turning to face his husband.“Marika. I gave her my number that day we visited her, in case she needed anything. Sometimes she texts me.” Buck says from where he’s sitting in a chair and staring through the glass incubator at the little girl. He had no idea that the two of them were in contact.“I didn’t realize you two spoke.”Buck shrugs. “It’s nothing big, mostly she asks about baby girl. I get the feeling that we visit her more than Marika does.”Eddie’s not surprised by that. It tracks with the way she seemed to have been distancing herself from the baby when they’d first visited her.“She said she’s considering adoption, that she can’t be a mother. Which, yeah, I get that. She’s so young. She told me that the father doesn’t want anything to do with either one of them, they weren’t even a couple, were barely even friends. Kid’s. The both of them are just kids.” Buck sighs.“What about the parents? Her dad?” Eddie asks.Buck shakes his head. “No, not interested. It’s why she’s leaning towards adoption. But that has its own downsides.”Eddie nods his head. “Right. Parents usually go for the strong and healthy babies, not the sick and weak ones.” He knows. Baby girl was born super early at seven months. Her organs not even fully developed. She’s still on a ventilator to help her breathe because her lungs aren’t yet fully developed. The doctors are on the lookout for all sorts of problems. SIDS being one of their main concerns, sudden infant death syndrome.“Hey, you two.” Corey’s voice fills the room when he walks in through the door.“Corey, hi. Thanks again for getting us in here. I know we’re probably pushing our luck.” Eddie shoots the man a wan smile.Corey smiles back. “It’s no problem at all. How’s it going in here?”Buck shrugs. “It’s going. How’s she doing today? Is her heart doing any better or is it more likely that she’s going to need surgery to fix it as well?”Corey grabs the chart from the side and leafs through the pages. “The heart defect does seem to be closing on its own, and she’s even gained a bit of weight since she’s been here, so that’s some good news.”“But...” Buck says.“But, she’s still struggling to breathe. It’s why we have her on the ventilator until her lungs are more developed. Are you two familiar with the name apnea?” Eddie nods his head, while Buck shakes his in the negative. “Apnea, it’s when there is a prolonged pause in breathing. That’s something that’s been happening with baby girl. It happens in some preterm babies, but we’re keeping a close eye on it. Her lungs, as I’ve said, aren’t yet fully developed and with that comes a lot of complications as well. This, is one of them.”Buck nods his head. “Right. Okay, what else?”“Well, she still can’t control her temperature on her own. So, we’ll keep her in this incubator to keep her nice and warm. It’ll help maintain her body temp until she can do it herself.” Corey explains.Eddie heaves out a sigh. This is reminiscent of all the struggles that Shannon went through with Chris while he was in Afghanistan. She’d told him it was lot, and he knew that it was, got his fair share of experience with it when she’d left and Chris had needed another surgery. Being back in a hospital for another kid, one so much smaller than even Chris was, it has him stressed. What’s worse is that unlike Chris, baby girl doesn’t have any parents around rooting for her recovery.“I know, it’s a lot. Has her mother said anything to the two of you about when she plans on coming back to visit? She hasn’t been by in a couple of days.”Eddie turns to Buck and he shakes his head. “No, she hasn’t. She’s asked us to keep her updated though, since she knows that we’ve been checking up on her. I don’t think Marika’s going to keep her though. She’s hinted at wanting to put her up for adoption.” Buck admits.Corey nods, “Yeah, that’s not surprising. Unfortunately, baby girl has quite a bit of time left in this hospital before we can even think about crossing that bridge.” His pager beeps, stealing his attention for a second before he’s looking back over to them. The expression on his face just a tad more serious than before. Corey opens his mouth but Buck beats him to the punch.“It’s fine. Go, I don’t want to distract you from your work. We’re probably going to be heading out pretty soon anyways.” Buck waves him away and Corey sends the both of them a strained smile before rushing out the door.Eddie looks over at Buck. “You ready to go?”He nods. “Yeah. It’s almost time to pick Asia up from practice, and Chris up from his science club. Plus, I still need to help Chris come up with ideas for his science fair project.” They get up, both of them saying their goodbye’s to baby girl before walking out the door. They don’t expect to run into Bobby down the hall in hushed conversation with another doctor. Buck stiffens beside him, both of them freezing at the sight. They don’t exactly have a reason for being there, and telling their Captain that they’re visiting the baby from one of their rescues, doesn’t seem too smart. Bobby’s eyes connect with theirs a second later, confusion filling the blue orbs before he opens his mouth to ask the question their both dreading.“Eddie, Buck? What are the two of you doing here?”Buck begins to speak, stumbling over words that make no sense what so ever, when Danny comes to save the day. Thank god.“Hey you two, I was just about to call and tell you to cancel those lunch plans, something’s come up and I won’t be able to make it after all.” The lie slipping from his lips perfectly. He must have seen them running into the Captain, though Eddie’s not sure how Danny even knows who their Captain is to know to cover for them.“Uh, yeah. That’s, that’s fine. The life of a surgeon right?” Buck smiles warily. Suddenly, there’s two more people headed in their direction, followed quickly by Corey.“Eddie, Buck?” Athena says, though she sounds more suspicious then confused. Eddie’s certain she’s still not completely over the whole thing with baby girl, Marika, and Buck. “What are you doing here?”“Oh, they were here to see me.” Corey starts.“Us.” Danny quickly jumps in at Bobby’s raised brows. Eddie inwardly sighs, this was turning into an even bigger mess than it needed to be.“And you know both doctors how?” She asks with a perfectly raised arched brow that leaves Eddie feeling like he’s squirming under the stare.“Oh, Buck’s my brother. Eddie’s, my brother in law.” Danny says with a smile before turning to Buck. “You remember I was telling you about the Sergeant who helped us find you, right? Sergeant Grant?” Eddie sees Buck’s eyes widen in surprise, right along with the rest of the group. Athena’s even surprised at the news, her brows furrowing in confusion. She opens her mouth to speak, but nothing comes out.“And that would make you?” The doctor standing with Bobby asks Corey.“I’m...” Corey trails off, looking over at the both of them with questioning eyes. Eddie looks over to Buck, who sighs and nods his head for Corey to go ahead.“I’ve never really been asked this question before. At least not in this sense.” Corey furrows his brows.“Well, I mean,” Danny scratches his head, thinking about the answer as well. “You’re kind of like their dad in a way, no?” He asks, looking at the three of them. Buck opens his mouth only to close it again and shrugs.“I mean...pretty much, yeah. In every way that counts at least. I guess it’s kind of the only title that makes since after everything we’ve gone through. After all you’ve done for us, even before we were close.” Buck agrees, receiving a smile from Corey.“I’m sorry.” Another guy interjects, he looks over at them all confused. “You’ve lost me. Like, completely.” He’s not one of the doctor’s, at least Eddie doesn’t think so. He’s dressed in regular clothing. No coat.“Their daughter, she’s my granddaughter.” Corey says, not that it seems to make anymore sense to the bewildered group.“Buck’s the biological father of his granddaughter.” Eddie adds on.“Yes. Elizabeth and Buck had a daughter together.” Corey explains further, and that at least seems to give the small group some insight.“And you two are married?” The doctor they don’t recognize is the one to pose the question.“Yes.” Buck confirms. “We have two kids together. Christopher and Asia.”The first stranger, the one not in a doctor’s coat, snaps his finger. “Oh, you must be the ones I helped with the house for.” Eddie looks at him in surprise. All the pieces seeming to be coming together now. This must be Michael. “It’s nice to finally meet you both.” He continues.“The feeling is mutual. Thank you, for everything you did to help us get that house, it’s a perfect fit.” Eddie says, holding out his hand in thanks.“It was no problem. Corey’s a good friend, and when David mentioned him needing some help with some family moving to LA, I was happy to help.” Michael smiles. And now they were getting names for the faces. Michael is Athena’s ex and her kids biological dad, who’s now dating David. Yeah, it still sounds crazy even after years of knowing about it.“I can’t believe I didn’t put this all together.” Buck says, shaking his head in disbelief.“I know right.” Eddie adds. “But wait, what are you doing here, Cap?”“Oh.” Bobby turns to Athena and Michael, seeming to defer to them on whether or not to loop them in, so this must have more to do with Athena and Michael than anyone else.Eddie doesn’t wait for their response before he’s shaking his head. “Sorry, this isn’t any of our business.” Buck nods in agreement.“Danny, Corey, we’ll see you both at the science fair next week?” Buck asks, looking towards the two men.“Yeah, wouldn’t miss it.” Danny grins, patting Buck on the back.Eddie smiles, knowing Chris is going to be so excited to have the majority of his family in antecedence. “It was nice meeting you all, and I hope everything goes okay.” Eddie says, saying the last part for Captain Nash, Sergeant Grant and the rest of their group. They receive a strained smile from the family before taking their leave. “That was a close one.” Buck sighs. “I wonder what’s up. I mean it looked pretty serious right?” Eddie nods.“Yeah, it looked really serious.” Eddie sets his keys on the table, watching as Asia rushes into the house and straight for her room to put her things away, Chris isn’t far behind her. “It could be anything though, we don’t really know anything about their family.”“Well, we know a little. Now that the connections have been made we do know a little more, or at least one more thing. Like, they have kids, a son and daughter. Michael and Athena’s from when they were married. Doing the whole co-parenting thing.” Buck says.Eddie leads the way to their room, the both of them taking a seat on their beds. “Yeah, I keep forgetting that we actually know of them from before we got to LA.”“And now they know way more about us than I ever wanted them to. I didn’t exactly plan on telling them about our kids this soon. I mean, I know that logically we wouldn’t have been able to keep them a secret for too long, but... ” Buck sighs. “Athena still hates me, why would I want her to know anything about me? Anything about our family?”“She doesn’t hate you.” Eddie says.“Oh, she hates me. Or at the very least, dislikes me.” Buck shrugs. “It is what it is though. Honestly it’s just weird to think that she’s the same person who helped Danny and Maddie find me.” Buck takes off his jacket and hangs it on the hook.Eddie rolls his eyes, looking over at Buck and sighing. He was clearly not going to listen to reason, not that Eddie can blame him. Athena wasn’t exactly giving off the most subtle of vibes of how she felt. Her displeasure at their presence was well received. Well, that is until the introductions were made, after that she was mostly just quiet.“Well, maybe she’ll change her mind about us now that she knows who we are.” Eddie shrugs.“I think you mean change her mind about me, but yeah, maybe. Come on, we should figure out what we’re having for dinner. Oh, we can have a taco night.” Buck beams, effectively changing the subject. Eddie lets it happen.“Yeah, that sounds good. The kids will love that.” 
  
    THURSDAY JANUARY 25, 2018
  

  
    8:00 PM
  
“Hey, Sophia. Hi, Ivy.” Buck smiles through the video screen. “How’s everything going?” Sophia grins toothily, her blonde haired, green eyed wife pressed to her side. They’re almost as conjoined at the hips as he and Eddie are.“Great!” She says. “Though these pregnancy hormones are kicking my b@tt.” She rolls her eyes.When Sophia had made her big announcement Christmas day, they had no idea that this was the route she and Ivy had decided to take. They’d talked about adopting and honestly, that’s what the majority of the family thought they would end up doing, because as much as Sophia wanted to have a baby of her own, to experience the joys of pregnancy, it was near impossible for her to conceive. This was their last round of IVF treatments, and by some miracle, it took.“Yeah, and I’ve been at her beck and call with all of her crazy cravings.” Ivy says. Rolling her eyes, though Buck can see the smile still firmly fixed on her face.“I can’t help it, our little peanut wants what they want.” Sophia shrugs with a laugh.Buck loves seeing her so happy. She’s like a little sister to him, even though she’s always telling him that she’s a whole year older. “It’s about time that you can tell the s@x right? You’re four months now.” They’d told the family the news in December, but the couple had found out they were pregnant back in September. They’d kept it to themselves until they passed the first trimester.“Yes, we actually have that appointment scheduled for this Friday.” Ivy grins. “I can’t wait to find out what the little nugget is.”“I’m putting my money on you guys having a boy.” Buck says confidently.“I remember. Has Eddie made a guess yet?” Ivy asks.Buck shakes his head. “No, he hasn’t. He says he can’t make a decision like that in just a months time.” Buck rolls his eyes.“Figures.” Sophia laughs.“Hey, you two.” Eddie says, coming into the room after his shower, his hair is still wet as he makes his way over to the bed, toweling it dry. “How’s everything going?”“Eddie, hi!” The two women greet him. “It’s a lot, but I love being pregnant.” Sophia smiles, looking down at her slightly rounded belly.“What kind of pregnancy cravings have you had?” Buck asks curiously.“I hope it’s not anything crazy like rubbing onions on toast, or dipping pickles in your ice cream.” Eddie gags. They all crack up with laughter, trust Eddie to still find a way to add his phobia of pickles to something.“No, nothing crazy like that. I have regular cravings, both salty and sweet. I’m definitely in love with all the types of ice cream and chocolate out there. And while I would never dip pickles into ice cream, and I apologize in advance for this, pickles and peanut butter are at the top of my cravings list.” She shrugs rather unapologetically.Eddie gags. “Ugh, I’m pretty sure I just threw up in my mouth.” He shudders.“Oh come on.” Sophia rolls her eyes.“It’s not that bad, really. There’s worse things to crave.” Ivy insists.“I doubt it.” Eddie scoffs.Buck nods his head. “No, they’re right. Some people crave things like soap and chalk. It’s actually a condition called, pica.” They all blink at him, their surprise noticeable. He blushes, “I read it in an article.”“Well, I’m glad I’m not craving anything like that.” Sophia shudders. 
  
    MONDAY JANUARY 29, 2018
  

  
    7:00 PM
  
They need grocery’s. Badly. They’re down to only the essentials, and even that is running low. Half a gallon of milk, one pack of cheese and four slices of bread. They planned on going to the store Friday after work, but they’d been so exhausted after a shift of non stop calls, and then Buck was helping Chris figure out what he planned on presenting for his science fair, and then Eddie was taking Asia to a friend’s birthday party. Suffice it to say, this trip is mandatory, you know, if they wanted to the kid’s fed in the morning with actual home cooked meals.Buck places Asia in the buggy, because he knows how she is in a store filled with her favorite snacks. “Hey Chris, inside the buggy or outside?” The boy takes a second to think about his answer before pointing to the inside of the cart. It’s late and the kids got out of school a few hours ago, so Chris is no doubt tired. “Alright, up you go buddy.” He says, sitting him on the inside of the carriage. Asia starts singing the words to one of the songs from Frozen, the tune something Buck knows will never leave his head now that the little girl has become obsessed with the old movie, the replicated Elsa doll moving along to the beat in her hands.“We might need another cart, Eds.” Buck says. Usually it would be fine, because when they’re on top of their shopping, they don’t have much they need. But, that’s not the case tonight. Eddie’s already pulling out a second one before he even finishes his sentence though.“Yup, got it. Alright guys, so where to first?” Eddie asks, rolling the cart beside Buck’s.“Ice cream! Cookies!” Both Asia and Chris call out simultaneously.Eddie chuckles. “How about we start with the non-perishables first.”“What does non-peri...” Asia pauses when she can’t figure the rest of the word out.“Perishables. Sound it out, honey.” Eddie encourages.“Peri-sha-bles?” She says, slowly sounding it out and looking to Eddie to see if it’s correct. Eddie nods his head.“What does it mean?” Chris tilts his head, looking over to Eddie as well.They turn the corner into the pasta isle. “Well, it means all the things that don’t need to be kept in the refrigerator. Things that we can fill up our containers at home with. Like dry noodles and rice and beans. Stuff like that.” They go through every isle, Eddie’s cart slowly filling up before they make it to the other side of the store. It’s on their way to the frozen and refrigerated section that they run into Captain Nash, for the second time in a week.“Captain Nash?” Buck says, surprised. The man is still holding the door open, a pack of sausages in one hand. They really need to stop running into each other everywhere they go.“Buck, Eddie. Fancy running into you both again so soon.” Athena’s voice says from somewhere behind him. Buck silently curses, slowly turning around and smiling warily at the Sergeant. She doesn’t seem annoyed, but she’s police after all, she can just be really good at covering it up.“Hey Captain Nash, Sergeant Grant, nice seeing you again.” He hopes his words sound sincere. It’s not that he doesn’t mean them, but...Athena nods her head, her face telling him that he isn’t very successful at disguising his words. “And these must be your kids.” She says, turning what looks like a real smile over at the kids.“Yup. Asia and Chris. Guys, this is Captain Nash and his wife Sergeant Grant. Captain Nash is our Captain at work and Sergeant Grant is a police officer.” Eddie says. The kids wave a hello before getting distracted by two younger faces.“Mom, can we please go now.” The teenager complains as soon as she gets in the isle. The little boy trailing behind her, carrying a handful of games that Buck recognizes as part of a Nintendo Switch, it has Asia and Chris perking up at the sight.Athena rolls her eyes. “Harry, we are not buying you all those games. I said choose one, not three. And little miss, do you or do you not want to be fed?” Athena says, turning her patented raised eyebrow at the girl, her daughter more than likely. The girl crosses her arms before finally noticing that she has an audience. Her eyes widen slightly at both him and Eddie before she blushes. Buck sends her a warm smile that only makes her cheeks color even more and Eddie elbows him. He turns to his husband with a questioning look that only results in a head shake from Eddie and a chuckle from Bobby. He’s still pretty confused as to what the problem is.“These are our kids. May and Harry.” Bobby says in introduction. “May, Harry, this is Buck and Eddie, they work with me now at the 118. These are their kids, Chris and Asia.”Chris and Asia smile brightly, waving excitedly at both kids before Asia settles her sights on May. Harry, needing no further introduction, makes his way over to Chris, who begins to stand up, Buck helping him out of the cart before doing the same with Asia when she raises her hands. He can hear Chris and Harry start up a conversation about the games as he watches May bend down to interact with Asia, who seems to have claimed May as her new friend, showing her the frozen doll she brought with her for the trip.The adults smile at the sight before turning back to each other. “Your kids are quite adorable.” Athena says, smiling for what Buck thinks is the first time at them.“Uh, thank you.” Eddie answers. “You have some sweet ones yourself.” He continues, watching as Chris laughs at something Harry’s describing.“Yeah, only some of the times though.” Athena jokes, before turning serious. “Look, I just want to say that I hold no anger towards you.” She begins, looking at him and then turning to Eddie. “Either of you.”Buck’s eyes widen in surprise. “Oh, uh...”“Yes, I was annoyed with you before. I didn’t agree with how you handled things, and I still don’t think what you did was right, but I can understand your reasoning. Especially now.” She says, looking over at Asia and Chris. “I may not know exactly what provoked you that day, but kid’s have a habit of bringing out that side in parents.”“I apologized. To Marika.” Buck blurts out. At Sergeant Grant and Captain Nash’s confused expression Buck explains further. “Marika, the mom of that baby. I apologized for how I reacted. You’re right in saying that I behaved unprofessionally." He doesn't think he needs to reiterate his opinion about the whole thing though, she knows how he feels on the matter. Apologizing for being brash and unprofessional, doesn't mean he's sorry for saying how he felt. "So, I visited her at the hospital and apologized.” Buck explains. “Me and her are good now.”They seem shocked at the news. “Oh, well, okay.”“And sorry again, Sergeant Grant, for being disrespectful to you as well.” Buck adds, because why the hell not.Athena nods her head and Bobby gives him an approving nod. “I appreciate that, and I’m glad to know that you’re doing well.”Buck tilts his head to the side and furrows his brows. “Huh?”“Way back when your brother and sister had me looking for you. They were worried that something was wrong, so I’m glad to see that you’re all okay.” She explains.Buck smiles. “Same here.” He doesn’t mention the hospital trip a week before, that neither he or Eddie know the reasoning behind. Athena looks over at her daughter, eyes turning wary and Bobby winces, before fixing his face in a neutral expression.“Everything is alright, yeah?” Eddie asks, worriedly, obviously seeing the same thing he’s seeing.“Yes.” Bobby answers, a little too quick to be true. “Everything is fine.” He rubs Athena’s shoulder comfortingly. Buck doesn’t believe the man for a second, but that’s okay. It’s not necessary that they know what’s going on in the first place, nor is it any of their business.  “Mom, can Chris come to my birthday party?” Harry asks, walking back over to his parents. Buck and Eddie both shocked at the quickness of the friendship.Athena smiles over at the kids before turning to Buck and Eddie. “I don’t know, you’d have to ask his parents if that’s okay.”Harry and Chris both turn their pleading gazes over to them. Buck’s mouth opening and closing, unsure of what to say. Does Sergeant Grant really not have a problem with this? Or is she expecting Buck to just know that he’s supposed to come up with some excuse as to why Chris can’t go. He knows he’s overthinking this, it’s a kid’s birthday party for crying out loud, not some life or death decision. But still...“Please, daddy, papa? Can I go?” Chris begs.“Of course you can buddy.” Eddie answers, stepping in and helping Buck out of his own head. He lets out a breath of air and smiles over at the kids.“Yeah, bud sure you can. If, if you’re okay with this that is.” Buck says to Sergeant Grant and Bobby both.“I don’t see why not. The kids seem to already be becoming friends, and the more the merrier. You and Asia should come on over as well, Hen and her wife Karen will be there with their son Denny. He’s the same age as the boys, so they should get along just fine. You can keep Bobby from going crazy in a house filled with women and kids only.” Athena quips, smirking over at her husband.Bobby laughs and rolls his eyes. “She jokes, but it really will be just the women there. Chimney already said he wouldn’t be able to make it, he has a date with his girlfriend. You’d be doing me a big service here, and we can even throw some burgers and dogs on the grill.”Buck looks over to Eddie for his opinion and his husband just shrugs. “Yeah, alright then. I guess it’ll be kind of nice getting to know everyone away from work.” Buck agrees.Bobby grins. “Alright, we have ourselves a mini barbecue then.” Buck smiles along with Eddie.“I do think it’s about time we all got on our way then, considering it’s a school night.” Athena says, the voice of reason. They’ve been talking in the middle of the freezer isle for a while now, having to step away from certain sections when other customers needed to grab something.“Right, I’ll see you boys at work.” Their Captain says, smiling. “Oh, and you can call me Bobby.”“Yeah, and Athena is fine with me. There’s no need for all the formalities, especially not when we’re out of uniform.” Athena adds, seeming sincere.Buck and Eddie nod their heads. “Yeah, okay.” Eddie smiles, before the group is splitting up, the both of them laughing as Asia stares longingly after May, pouting while waving a small hand at the teenager. They continue their shopping, filling up on what they need from the frozen section before grabbing a few different pints of ice cream, one for each of them. Their next stop is the deli section before they round off their trip back to the front of the store where they stock pile a heaping load of fruits and vegetables.By the time they’re heading back home, Asia and Chris are dead asleep in the backseat. 
  
    FRIDAY FEBRUARY 2, 2018
  

  
    8:00 AM
  
Chris’ science fair is being held on a Friday morning, and they have the day off, thank god. Buck and Chris have worked really hard at it too. Buck helping him with all the research, taking him along on their trips to the store to purchase the supplies they’ll need, and helping Chris to perfect their little project. And little is honestly putting it mildly. Chris vetoes the volcano idea, and Eddie’s glad he does considering the amount of mess involved in that project, saying that a couple of the kids in his class are doing the same thing. He wants something that no one else is thinking of. So, the solar system is vetoed as well. Buck, the genius that he is, suggests a lego themed project, since Chris is super obsessed with them.They look up all sorts of things related to legos and science and finally come up with an idea. A solar powered dinosaur. They get the kit online and Buck watches Chris put it together, helping him out every now and then when he needs it, but otherwise letting him do his thing. After that they get their giant board ready to design with cool facts and pictures on how the whole process works, before they’re finally finishing it up with a heaping ton of decorations to add to the award winning board they’ve created. When they’re done they leave it out on the kitchen counter the night before to dry off.They wake up bright and early the day of to get ready to go. Buck making the kids a quick meal of milk and cereal, which he and Eddie join in on as well, before they’re heading out the door. There’s a few people already in the building when they reach the school, and some really cool looking projects on display as well. As the time gets closer for the presentations to begin, their family starts to slowly trickle in. First Danny and Annie, then Corey and Donna. The only four that can make it.Chris is right, while the volcano's look pretty freaking cool, there’s at least four of them in the room. There’s only one solar system though. There’s a battery powered lemon and another project focused on dissolving peeps in different liquids. It’s all so unique and interesting and Buck’s honestly enjoying himself just as much as the kid’s are. When it’s all over, Chris wins second place, getting beat out by, funnily enough, one of the volcano’s. Some elaborately designed volcano that when it erupts, rainbow colored slime drizzles out.“Second place is pretty great, Chris!” Eddie says, ruffling their kid’s hair. The rest of the family congratulating him on a job well done. Chris beams over at them, not the least bit upset about not getting in first.“I want to try some of the peep’s!” Chris says excitedly, Asia nodding her head too. Eddie shoos them off and the kids make a beeline for the peeps project.“Well, I kind of thought he’d be upset over not winning first place.” Eddie says, head tilted as he watches the kids devour the head off of a peeps.“Me too.” Buck says, the rest of the group nodding their heads in agreement. “Especially being that one of the volcanoes won. He was very adamant about not doing a volcano.” Buck explains to the family gathered around the table.“Well, maybe he had the right idea. Only one of the volcanoes won a prize, and he got second place for his project.” Donna reasons.“Yeah, I guess your right.” Buck says with a shrug.“I usually am.” She smiles, patting Buck on the back and causing the rest of them to break out into laughter. 
  
    MONDAY FEBRUARY 5, 2018
  

  
    8:30 PM
  
They’re at the scene of a plane crash. A plane that’s crashed into the water. The force of which caused it to split in two, passengers tossed out, some still trapped inside. It’s a mess. There’s bodies, dead, lifeless bodies floating in the water. But there are people that are alive as well, hanging onto broken pieces of the plane for dear life. The water’s on fire, it distracts him for a second, not really understanding how that’s possible. But then he remembers that a plane has crashed, which means there’s fuel on the water, so yeah, fire. The scene is complete and utter chaos, people screaming and calling out for help, he watches Eddie flinch when one of the survivors grabs his arm.“Hey, are you okay?” Buck asks, eyeing Eddie worriedly.Eddie nods, shakily. “Kind of reminds me of the crash back in Afghanistan.” Eddie says as they make it into the plane. Buck nods in understanding before getting back to work. There’s boats going back and forth to evacuate as many people as they can, but it’s taking time and they don’t have a lot of that. The plane is literal minutes away from going under. They leave Hen and Chimney outside to help with the evacuation, while the three of them head inside the plane to help with the rest of the survivors. There’s a kid and his mother, the later is pinned in her seat, the son refusing to leave.“No, I’m not leaving without you!” He shouts to his mother when she tries to get him to go with them. He can’t be any older than Chris’ age.“Okay, baby, listen. Look, look. The firemen are here, okay. I need you to get on their boat so they can do their job.” She explains to him. “If everyone is worried about you and your pretty face, how are they gonna do what they need to do to save me?” She smiles reassuringly, Buck can see straight through the doubt though.“Have I ever lied to you?” She asks the kid, who shakes his head no, wiping at his tears. “Then I need you to believe me, I will be with you again so soon. Mommy loves you so much. Do this for me?”“Okay.” He nods in agreement. She gives him a hug and Buck takes him out of the plane, passing him over to Hen who passes the boy over to another person. The plane lets out a groan and as the boat drives off, Buck can hear the little kid’s cries for his mom in the distance. He shakes his head of unwanted thoughts and moves on to the next victim. He and Eddie find a couple trapped in the bathroom, and they end up rigging something up to get them out.The last victim left is the mom, and by that time the plane is almost fully submerged, Bobby orders them off, but forgoes his own advice in order to stay and help the woman. Buck is torn between letting Bobby stay and helping, or finding a way to drag the Captain back onto the boat. Eddie, looks just as wary at leaving Bobby on the plane, but he pulls at Buck’s arm just the same, clearly knowing when it’s time to give up and save yourself. Thankfully though, both mom and Bobby make it out of the plane alive, making for a sweet reunion with her son.His phone rings minutes after they get on dry land and he’s quick to answer it when he sees it’s his sister. “Hey, Mads, what’s up? I’m at a scene right now, so I can’t talk for long.”“Hey Buck, yeah, yeah I know. That’s why I’m calling you though. I was wondering if you can do me a favour.”Buck scrunches his brows. “Yeah, sure, what is it?” She then explains to him the situation. He gets Eddie to help with the search for the guy, Dale Marks, and they eventually find him. Unfortunately, he didn’t make it. It’s all just so sad and depressing, and Buck’s just about ready for this call, for this shift, to be over.Later, when they’re back home and snuggled up in bed, the kid’s sleeping in between them, because after a call like that where else would they be, Buck makes a decision.“I think it’s time I set an appointment with the trauma counsellor.” He says, whispering the words to Eddie.“Yeah?” Eddie asks, brows raised.Buck nods his head. “Mmm. Better to get this all talked out now, before it really starts affecting me.”Eddie nods his head. “Yeah, maybe I should as well." Eddie mutters. "I haven’t seen one since the first few sessions I had in Texas. That scene brought up a few things I thought I'd dealt with.” Eddie admits. Buck smiles. They’ve made a lot of progress from how they were years back.“Anyone in mind?” Eddie asks.“Yeah, I think I’ll try out the one Bobby gave me the number for. Do you want me to set an appointment for you too?” Buck questions.Eddie shakes his head. “Nah, me and therapy have a shaky relationship. I think I’d prefer to look a few different ones up first, see if we’d make a good fit. Honestly, you should probably take that route as well.”Buck shrugs, “I don’t know, I think it’ll be alright. I mean, she’s the one the department uses, so she has to be good, right?” Eddie seems to think about that for a couple of seconds before nodding.“Yeah, maybe you’re right. Either way, you can just let me know how it goes and I’ll make my decision from there.” Eddie decides. Buck nods his head in agreement, before they’re shutting off the lights and snuggling under the covers.
  
  

    
      
        
        
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