Thomas Jack Gibson-Severide

Telling Jay

Kelly pov
I stepped out to call Jay
Jay: Halstead
Kelly: Jay it's kelly. Thomas wants to talk. He's ready
Jay: okay I'll be there in 5. Someone from DCFS is gonna be there aswell
The call ended

I walked back in
Kelly: he'll be here in 5
Thomas: okay
Thomas was just zoned out when Kiara crashed into him. I saw the pained expression
Thomas: hiya kee
Kelly: Kiara you have to be careful munchkin
Kiara: sorry Tommy
Thomas: hey it's okay I'm fine
Jay: hiya bud
Thomas: hi Jay.
Jay: how you feeling?
No answer
I looked up from Kiara and noticed he was having an absent seizure.
Kelly: this is his first one in a while
Jay: it was bound to happen due to the stress.
Kelly: yeah I guess
He started blinking again
Thomas: J-Jay?
Jay: yeah
Thomas: I'm ready to talk
Jay: the lady here is from DCFS. She just wants to make sure your safe and that this never happens again
??: hi Thomas. My name is Vanessa. I just want to hear what has happened
Jay: okay. Do you want Kelly to stay?
Thomas: yeah
Jay: okay.
Vanessa: Can you tell us what it's like at home?
Thomas: so erm well they were drunk and high nearly everyday and would sometimes try get high off my Ritalin so that's why most times I hadn't taken it
Jay: what was it like?
Thomas: i had to be careful all the time. Everything would set them off. A phone call from school. Closing the door too loud. Anything. They just seemed pissed all the time.
Jay: your doing good. Can you tell us what happened the other day?
Thomas: er I went to make me and kee breakfast and I think I like blacked out or something. I got dizzy and the next thing I remember was me knocking over their vodka bottle.
The bottle smashed on the floor and mom was so angry. She started saying horrible things.
Jay: you don't have to tell me exactly what she said if you don't want to
Thomas: No it's fine. She said that she should've killed me when she had the chance
Jay: what happened after?
Thomas: mom pushed me and I fell and banged my head on the table. I ended up knocking over their drugs aswell. I was on the floor and kee ran to us begging mom to stop saying she was hurting me. I didn't want her to get hurt so I told her to play outside.

I could see that Thomas was getting upset. He was getting a bit overwhelmed. He was fidgeting a lot more. I had to try calm him down. He's feeling all these different emotions at the same time and doesn't know how to deal with them. If he keeps getting overwhelmed then he'd have a meltdown
Vanessa: do you want a break?
Thomas nodded. He had tears flowing down his face. We were approaching the edge of a meltdown.
Kelly: can you get Will or Connor for me?
Jay: yeah sure
Kiara: Tommy sad
Kelly: it's okay
Jay came back in with Connor and Will
Connor: what can I do for you?
Kelly: is he allowed to walk around?
Connor: we were about to come check in. We just need to check his vitals, incision and bruises and you'll be free to go.
They did their check up and managed to calm him down a little.
Will: your free to go trouble. The incision needs to be kept clean. No sports for at least 6 weeks. You'll have an appointment then and we'll see how everything's healing. Any sign of infection bring him back in.

I signed the discharge papers. We walked back into his room.
Connor: your a free man
Thomas: thanks Connor
Will: we don't wanna see you in here until your appointment
Thomas: No promises
Connor: haha see ya trouble
Will: bye kiddo
Thomas: bye
We all walked out of the hospital.
Vanessa: you still up for talking?
Thomas: yeah I guess
Jay: do you want to do it at home or the district?
Thomas: would we end up seeing mom and Michael?
Jay: No they'll be no where near you
Thomas: okay then district
We made our way to the district
Trudy: hey chuckles
Jay: hey sarge can you buzz us up?
Trudy: yeah go
We made our way to the bullpen
Erin: yay troubles back
Hank: in my office
Kelly: Kiara stay with Erin okay?
She nodded. We went to hanks office and sat down
Jay: you feel okay to talk?
Thomas: yeah. Shall I just carry in from what I already said?
Vanessa: yes please. We're up to where you told Kiara to play outside.
Thomas: oh yeah er Michael picked me up and started hitting me and mom joined in too.

Hearing how they treated him made me feel sick.
Thomas: they would call me a retard. Mom would say that the day i was born was the worst day of her life and that I was a burden. That I was an unwanted broken kid just like my dad.

He started getting a little restless and overwhelmed. He came over and sat on my lap pulling my arms around him. At this point I knew what he wanted. Pressure. I held him tightly and he fidgeted with the bracelets on my arm.
Thomas: I-I got mad and called them junkies and stuff. He-he punched me and I fell on the floor. He started strangling me. I begged mom to help but she just stood there cheering him on. I kneed him and ran out. I knew Kiara was following me but I kept running then everything went black and I woke up in the hospital.
Vanessa: your doing good. We're nearly finished. Was this the first time they hurt you?
Thomas: No it's been happening for years. They would punch me, kick me, stamp on me, push me, throw me, throw things at me. Anything to hurt me really
Vanessa: why didn't you tell anyone?
Thomas: Michael said that he'd kill Kiara and kelly while making me watch then kill me after. You see I don't care that they were hurting me as long as it wasn't kee. If they did then I would have told sooner.
Vanessa: okay that's it. You did good today. I know that couldn't have been easy. That was really brave. Can I speak to you guys alone?
Jay: Trouble why don't you go check on Kiara?
Thomas left
Vanessa: it is very clear that a case of abuse has occurred. The photos and Thomas' statement make it clear. All of this will be written in the report. The report will then be viewed by my supervisor to see the best course of action. I will need to visit the home to see the living conditions
Kelly: you'll probably see clear evidence of the abuse there aswell.
Jay: what happens in the meantime?
Kelly: can't I get guardianship of them?
Vanessa: we'll have to do an assessment to see if they would be safe living with you. Even then you may only get guardianship of Kiara as Mr Gibson would have to sign off on Thomas' guardianship
Kelly: what about till then?
Vanessa: we'll place them with an emergency foster family until the assessment is complete
Kelly: how long would it take?
Vanessa: we can't say for sure
Kelly: can we say goodbye to them?
Vanessa: of course
Vanessa left the office and we called the kids in