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Chapter 18

Hey guys, just a little fluffy one because, let's face it they've been through a lot recently! Enjoy...

Andy and Robert soldiered on through the following week juggling work, school, sick baby Enzo and finding time to both visit Luke. Molly had agreed to stay at the house and help with the kids for the weekend and Luke was getting discharged on Monday. After their shifts on the Sunday, Andy and Robert went over to Lucas' house to get it ready for welcoming him home. Andy was a little nervous about it because Vic and Robert hadn't really spent any time together outside of work since Vic found out about them and she was really hoping it would go well. They'd barely spoken about the whole situation because they'd both been so busy so there was still a little tension at the station. They had, however, set up a day next week after school for Savannah and the boys to meet Vic so Andy wanted to get the awkwardness out of the way first with the adults.

*At Lucas' House*

"Vic, Hey! We're here" Andy yelled as she opened the door to Lucas' house.

"In the kitchen!" She replied as they walked towards her. "Hey Ands, hey....Chief" she replied quietly, not quite sure what to call her battalion chief when he was stood in her fiancé's house.

"Hughes, you don't have to call me chief all the time, you can call me Sully or Robert if you want." Robert said, slightly embarrassed but wanting to move forward for his wife.

"Ok, Robert, well then you have to call me Vic too." She eagerly replied. "Wait, how's baby Enzo?"

"Deal. He's so much better, home with our nanny right now and she's said he's been back to his normal self today so it's all looking good."

"Oh good, I'm glad to hear it!"

"Now what's the plan here? How can I help?" Robert asked.

"Babe you can just chill out until we need someone tall to hang things up for us." Andy said with a flirtatious wink and kick of her heel.

"I'm sure I can manage that... you ladies have fun." He gave Andy a quick peck on the cheek and went to sit down on the back decking, grabbing a root-beer from the fridge before leaving.

Andy and Vic grabbed some Gatorade from the fridge and leant on the kitchen island to discuss what they were going to do. The team thought the whole idea was Robert's seeing as no one else knew about Vic and Lucas, and this way it could be made in to an entire department event. Andy had bought banners and balloons as well as pictures from the kids. Andy and Robert decided that they didn't want the children to see him in the hospital so they got them to draw him a get well soon picture instead, the boys obviously just contributed with unrecognisable scribbles. They couldn't go to the party because the rest of the team would be there, but the pictures wouldn't cause any suspicion as everyone knew the chief was an uncle. He'd often speak about his niece and nephews around the station. Vic had bought the rest of the party supplies including the food, drinks, plates and cups and would be collecting the cake before the party tomorrow.

"Let's put the big welcome home banner on the porch outside and then the get well soon ones around the living room, kitchen and back decking." Vic suggested.

"Oh good idea, shall we pull the table outside and just have like a buffet? Would be nice to make the most of this warm weather before fall rolls in?"

"Yes absolutely, it's not due to rain or anything tonight so we can sort that today as well."

"Fab, I'll get Robert to hang the banners and we'll sort the table and food and stuff?"

"Yeah, sounds great! But first, Ands, can we talk properly about this whole you, me, us, them...thing. So much has happened since you told me and I feel like we haven't had the chance to discuss it. I don't wanna do it when the team is around."