Different Faces: What if?

What The Heart Wants

In our last short, Thomas had lost both of his parents and lived with his uncle and aunt. Thomas feared he would be too much to handle for his uncle and aunt but with the turn of events Thomas became like their own son in a way and that's all Stripe and Trixie wanted was to make their nephew feel right at home. But here we get to see a new event of what if Chilli had died during childbirth of Bingo. What will Bandit do now being a single dad with a newborn and a two year old? Let's see how those events play out shall we?

What The Heart Wants

Bandit sat in the waiting room with tears in his eyes after hearing his wife had passed away from childbirth. "Mr. Heeler, is there someone we can call for you?" The nurse asked. Bandit looked up at the nurse with his eyes red. "I actually have someone to call," Bandit said, still shaken up. The nurse nodded before leaving. Bandit then picked up his phone and called the one person who told him to call if he ever needed anything. "Emily?" Bandit said on the phone.

"Hey Bandit, how's it going? How's Chilli? Did everything go smoothly during the delivery?" Emily asked while washing the vegetables. "Em... she didn't make it," Bandit said softly while crying. "The baby?" Emily asked worriedly. "Chilli," Bandit said, still crying. "Oh Bandit, I'm so sorry," Emily said, turning off the water from the sink. "What am I going to do Em? I-I can't do this on my own," Bandit said. "Um... I have some time off and I can always work remotely," Emily said, biting her lip. "And Thomas?" Bandit asked nervously. "We'll just have to work on that," Emily said. "Okay, I'll give you a call later," Bandit said, wiping his tears away. "Okay," Emily said before hanging up the phone.

Emily then went up stairs to her son's room and knocked on the door. "Honey we need to talk;" Emily said as she walked into her son's room. Thomas had his headphones on and was drawing, not noticing his mother at his door. "Son," Emily said, taking off her son's headphones. "Yeah mom?" Thomas asked with a smile, looking at his mother. "We need to talk about your dad," Emily said, crossing her arms. Thomas then lost his smile and looked down at his page that he was watching.

"Forget about it mom, I'm not calling him," Thomas said as he started to continue to draw. "Honey, your dad just lost your stepmom," Emily explained. "W-what?" Thomas asked, looking up at Emily. "She died giving birth to your sister," Emily further explained. Thomas' ears dropped down now feeling guilty for not calling his father. "What is he going to do?" Thomas asked, looking at Emily again. "We are going down to Australia to help out for a bit," Emily said, sitting down on her son's bed. Thomas then looked away for a moment and then looked back at his mom.

"Is it going to hurt? Seeing dad again?" Thomas asked. Emily then sighed before answering. "Well honey, what me and your father had it's not there anymore and I'm just helping as a friend," Emily explained. "Oh," Thomas replied. "But he's still your father and he needs you now more than ever," Emily said, placing her hand on her son's hand. Thomas nodded as he hugged his mother. Without letting her know, Thomas stated to tear up about losing Chilli. Emily could feel her son was upset about losing his step mother and could feel him crying. "It's okay honey, I'm going to miss her too," Emily said, now crying as well.

(The next day)

Emily and Thomas got off the plane and headed over to Bandit's house. "You know sweetie, this was your dad's childhood home," Emily said as she parked the car. "It was?" Thomas asked, looking at the house. "Yeah, and I stayed here when I was about sixteen years old doing a foreign exchange student program," Emily said unbuckling her seat belt. "You really did that mom?" Thomas asked as he unbuckled as well. "Yep, your old mom loved to travel much like I do now," Emily explained as she and Thømas walked up to the house. Emily then rang the door and waited for her ex husband to answer the door. Bandit answered the door and looked at his ex wife and his son. "Hey Em..." Bandit said in a low tone. Bandit's eyes were bloodshot red and puffy from crying so much. "Hey..." Emily said softly. "Hey mate!" Bandit said, trying to bring up his mood. "Hey dad," Thomas said as he walked forward and hugged his dad tightly.