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Season One : Episode Three, Next Of Kin

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There's nothing better than coming home after a long shift, after dealing with many calls one including a floating bouncy house, landing on the side of a cliff she couldn't wait to head home.

As she was driving in her car, her phone began to ring. Becca quickly glanced down at the screen and the caller read Violet. She wanted to answer, but waited till she parked her car, she drove another block down to her favorite cafe in L.A.

"Please be good parking, please be good parking..Ah and there is." Becca Said, smiling.

Becca parked her car and shut the engine off, picking up her phone as she exited the vehicle.

"Hola, Violet." Becca Said, as she walked down the street.

Violet the one person who knows Becca the best, they go back all the way circa 1998 when Violet was new to the school after being homeschooled till she was seven 'cause her parents worked a lot, so her grandmother moved from India to care for her and her brothers.

But she convinced her parents that she's ready go experience school, they gave her the okay. And on her first day Becca saw she sat alone at a lunch table, and offered to join her which Violet happily agreed to. And since then, they've been best friends ever since.

"Hola, thank god you answered I need someone to talk too." Violet replied, sighing.

"What's up?" Becca asked

"Okay, so you know that Bryce's birthday is on the 26th which is Friday aka in three days.." Violet mentioned

"Yeah, and?" Becca said, begging her to get to the point.

"Beck's I'm having a hard time trying to figure out what he wants I mean, it's so hard shopping for dudes." Violet Said

Becca walked inside the cafe awaiting on the long line, as her best friend went on her boyfriend.

"Okay look, Bryce is turning what 30 tomorrow?" Becca Asked

"Yeah." Violet Said

"Okay Uh..he's really into those beer crafting things, I remember him going on and on about it the last time I saw you guys. Why don't you buy him a custom beer making set." Becca suggested

"Your right, he is obsessed with those..god why didn't I think of that, Heh my best friend knows what my boyfriend likes more than I do," She chuckles, "Thank's Becca." Violet Said

"No problem," The sound of a siren is heard, "Is that-" Becca Said

"Yup, another call..it's only hour five gotta go duty calls, I'll call you soon." Violet Said

"Yeah sure, love you bye." Becca Said

"Love you bye." Violet replied, than hung up.

Becca put her phone inside her pocket, and walked up ahead as the line had gotten shorter now. She approached the woman behind the counter.

"Good morning." The woman greeted

"Good morning, can I get a medium iced espresso with brown sugar with oat milk." Becca Said

"Sure, anything else?" She Asked

"Oh and uh, one breakfast sandwich." Becca replied, as the woman nodded.

"Okay, your total is $11.32." Becca takes out her credit card from her wallet, and swipes it, "Thank you." She Said, handing her the receipt.

Becca puts her card back inside her wallet as she awaits for her order, she couldn't help but over hear a conversation from a man sitting at nearby table.

"I know but come on Dan, the kids only been on the job for two weeks of course there's going to be some mistakes," He sighed, rubbing his forehead, "Okay, I understand.."

The blonde haired man hung up his phone and shook his head, he looked out the corner of his eye and looked over at Becca who was clearly listening in on his conversation, but looked back down at her
phone trying to play it off cool. He chuckled, then picked up his blueberry muffin which and took a
bite out of it.

"And here you go Ms." She Said

"Oh, thank you." Becca Said

As she went to go pick up her coffee, the sound of coughing is heard. Becca looked over her shoulder and saw the man she was eavesdropping on choking, and struggling to breathe. The other customers in the cafe, all looked over in a panic.

"Oh my god he's choking!"

"Someone help him!"

Becca made her way through the crowd of people swarming over the man, who fell down to his knees.

"Excuse me, I'm going to need you all to back up now." Becca ordered

"Are you doctor?" A woman asked

"No, I'm a firefighter, sir I've got you okay." Becca Said

Becca got in position and got behind the man, as she performed the Heimlich on him. She continued to thrust her hands into his abdomen, until he spat out the food he was choking on.

"There we go." Becca Said, with a sigh of relief.

A swarm of applause are heard from everyone in the cafe, Becca helps the man take a seat at the table he was sitting at.

"Sir, are you okay?" Becca Asked, concerned.

"Yeah..I'm okay thanks to you, how did you-"

"Oh that, I leaned that all the way back in 9th grade.
And I'm a firefighter, down at the 118 so saving people is completely normal for me." Becca Said, as he smiled.

"Nice, thank you seriously, I don't know how I can repay you." He Said

"No, no it's okay really." Becca Said

"No please, I could pay for your coffee." He suggested

"No need I already paid for it," She walks to the counter and picks up her order, "And next time, please take smaller bites okay." Becca Said

"Sure thing." He Said

"Now you have a good day now." Becca Said, as the man smirked at her as she left the cafe.

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The next day at work a few minutes into their shift, after putting on her uniform she made her way upstairs. Where everyone was surrounding the table.

"Morning, Becca." Bobby greeted

"Morning, what's going on?" Becca questioned, as she walked towards the table.

"Oh you know someone delivered a nice gift to the firehouse." Hen replied, taking a bite out of a muffin.

"Muffins.." Becca Said, looking down at the basket of muffins on the table.

"Not just any muffins, it's blueberry muffins." Buck Said

"Sent by who?" Becca Asked

"Some guy named Vince, here's the card that he left for you." Hen Said, lending out a small card.

"Me?," She takes the card and reads it, "On the behalf of me, I just wanted to thank firefighter Martinez for saving me yesterday, enjoy the muffins, signed by...Vince Samson." Becca Said

"Who's Vince?" Buck Asked, intrigued.

"Just some guy I saved from nearly chocking to death..by eating blueberry muffins, no biggie." Becca simply said

"No biggie, the guy sent you a basket." Buck Said

"No he sent the 118 a basket." Becca corrected

"Well whoever this Vince guy is, he sure knows how to pick some good muffins." She picks one up, and gives it to her, "Try it you'll love it." Hen Said, as she walked towards the couch.

Becca looked at the muffin and back at the note, and a smirk came across her face.

"Blueberry muffins, clever I'll give that to him." Becca Said, then took a bite out from her muffin.

A few minutes later Becca sat on the couch as she watched, Hen and Buck play a video game on the Tv.

"Right here, right here, right her-turn left!" Hen Shouted

"I'm trying!" Buck Said, pressing various buttons on the controller.

"So you're fleeing the scene? You do realize that you lose points for murder people on the way to a fire." Hen Said

"It should be fine, It's a flesh wound Obamacare." Buck shrugged off

"What?" Hen Said, then tried to rip the controller out his hands.

"Hen! Please...Someone call HR! No... Hen!" Buck Said, wrestling for the controller in his hands but Hen gets it.

"Man, you suck at this game, my turn move over Evan." Becca Said, sitting down on the cushion.

"Hopefully you'll do bette than me." Buck Said

"Here you go." Hen Said, hanging Becca over the controller.

"Thanks," She noticed Chim arrived, as he walks up the stairs, "Hey Chim." Becca Said

"Chimney! Here. You're up." Hen Said, lending out the controller but he just walk past them not saying anything.

The three of them looked at him, noticing something was definitely off. They got up and walked towards the kitchen area, where Bobby was busy cooking.

"Hey. What's up?" Hen Said

"Chim what's wrong? You okay?" Becca Asked, concerned.

"Look, Chim, if there's something you want to talk about..." Buck Said

"I'm a goodlooking guy, right?" He looked up at them, "I mean, like, you can do a lot worse than me?" Chimney Asked

"Chimney, I've done a whole lot worse than you." Hen Said

"Buck." Bobby Said, handing him the plates to go set up the table.

"You guys think I'd be a good father?" Chim questioned

"Yes." Becca Said

"Of course, Chim, what is this about?" Hen Asked, as Becca gasped.

"Is Tatiana pregnant?" Hen's eyes widen, "Oh god she is?" Becca questioned

"No, no, no she's not pregnant," He sighed, "I asked Tatiana to marry me." Chimney Said

"What?" Buck and Hen in unison

"Seriously?" Becca Said, in disbelief.

"Um..well, what happened?" Hen Asked, shocked.

"First, she said she cheated on a fiancé that I didn't
even know about, and that now we need to break up, then she said she didn't know. I..." Chimney trailed on

"Did you offer her the option of an open marriage?" He blurted out, everyone gave him a look, "It's super modern." Buck Said

"Buck, just go...and set up the table." Becca Said, raising a brow as he nodded his head and went to go do so.

"Chim...I'm sorry. That may not have been the
response you that you hoped for but.." Hen Said

"But it's not no, that's something." Becca reassured

"Well It might as well be." Chimney sighed

"Probably for the best." Bobby murmured, as Chim looked over at him.

"What was that?" Chimney Said

Bobby shook his head, "Nothing. I'm sorry." he continued stirring in his pot, "I...I didn't mean anything by that, you doing okay?

"Of course you meant something by it. "Probably for the best"? There's a lot of meaning behind that.
What, you don't...you don't like her?" Chimney Said

"I never said I don't like her, I don't like her for you." Bobby reassured

Becca, Hen and Buck stopped placing down the plates on the table as they listened in on their tense conversation.

"And what does that even mean?" He questioned, Bobby shook his head, "No. Come on. Come on with it, wise man, just say what you want to say, 'cause I'm getting real tired of you standing there, just silently judging me with that...yeah, right there, with
that smirk on your face." Chimney Said

"Chim." Bobby sighed

"You know, you're always so quick to comment on everybody's life, but you completely shut down
whenever we ask you about yours. Why is that?
I mean, how long have we worked together, Bobby?
I know nothing about you, I've never even met
your wife and your kids. You know why? 'Cause all
you do is you sit there, brooding, staring in
that little book of yours." Chimney Said

"You know what? You're upset, let's drop it." Bobby Said

"My God, Bobby. Come on, just say it! what is it?

"Would just drop it." Bobby Said

"Say it!" Chimney shouted

"All right, you're living a lie, man! you let her manipulate you. You pretend to be somebody
you're not when you're around her. Making up stories to satisfy some hero fetish of hers
what is that?" Bobby Said

"You know what? maybe I wouldn't have to make up stories if every once in a while, you let me take point on something. I have to operate the winch, right?
and The Maneuver? I can do the Maneuver." Chimney argued

"I know you can. That's not the point here."He reassured, "Chimney, this relationship that
you're in is fueled by lies," He pointed out, as Chimney rolled his eyes, "Come on, you asked
me to make you two dinner so you could pass
it off as your own." Bobby Said

"Should we say something?" Becca whispered, to Hen and Buck as they shook their heads no.

"She's not in love with you, she's in love with this
fantasy version of you." Bobby Said

"You know what? I feel real bad for your wife, I really do. Must be tough living with someone
who thinks he's right all the time." Chimney Said, as he walked off.

"Chim." Hen Said

"No, I'm getting some air." Chimney Said, as he walked downstairs the stairs leaving the room.

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A few hours have passed it's now night and so far no call in, while Bobby was downstairs in the truck cleaning some gear. Upstairs Becca, Hen and Buck were busy playing a card game.

"Ha! I win!" Becca Said, smiling.

"Cheater." Hen sighed, annoyed.

"This is second time, come on." Buck Said

"Hey it's not my fault you guys chupa el culo at this." Becca Said

"What does that mean?" Buck questioned, as Becca chuckled.

"You suck, so you guys wanna play again?" Becca Asked

"No." Buck and Hen said, as Becca smirked at them.

"All right, everybody, let's gear up! let's go, let's go!" Bobby Shouted

Everyone in the fire house stood to their feet, looking at their captain confused.

"For what? I didn't hear a bell." Buck Said

"Bobby what's going on?" Hen Asked

"It's Chimney, come on. Hustle up. Hustle
up, everybody, let's go!" Bobby Said

Just hearing his name caused Becca, Hen and Buck to rush downstairs quickly so they could gear up into their gear. Soon they left the station and drove downtown to a wreckage due to a car accident.

Becca couldn't help but have this sense of nervousness run through out her body, she hoped that nothing severe happened to him, maybe a broken leg, bruised rib you know nothing too serious.

Buck parked the ladder truck and met up with Bobby, Hen and Becca as they exited to go and meet with the captain Serrano of the 122.

"Captain Nash." Captain Serrano greeted, as he shook Bobby's hand.

"Yeah, thanks for calling." Bobby Said

"Your guy's this way, he wouldn't let anyone else touch him. You, you might want to prepare yourself, sir." Captain Serrano Said

"Hang back, guys." Bobby Said, to Hen, Becca and Buck.

They stayed back as such and awaited for their captain to come back, Becca's hands started to nervously shake as Hen and Buck noticed.

"Just breathe, Becca we don't know how severe his injuries are." Hen Said

"I know that's what's making me nervous." Becca sighed

"Come on whatever it is, I'm sure Chim will get through it he's strong." Buck reassured, looking down at Becca.

"I'm just hoping it's not too bad." Becca Said

"Oh it's bad." Bobby Said, as he arrived back.

"Oh god." Becca Said

"Just how bad is it?" Hen Asked, worried.

"He's got a piece of rebar pierced through his skull," Their eyes widen at him, "I know my reaction exactly, come on we gotta stay calm for his sake, Let's move." Bobby Said

The rest of the team gathered their equipment and tools to help out the other civilian's who was involved in the crash, as Bobby, Hen, Becca and Buck went over to check on Chim.

"So how is he?" Becca Asked, as she helped Hen with her medical bag.

"He's alert and talking, doesn't appear to be in any pain." Bobby replied

"He's got a piece of rebar through his skull. How is that even possible?" Buck questioned

"It's possible. Brain tissue has no nociceptors, it can't feel pain." Hen answered

"Okay, what about the rest of his head?" Buck Said

"Well, he's in shock." Becca Said

"Now, listen guys, this hasn't registered yet. He knows he's pinned, but that's it, so we got to be cool." Bobby Said

"So if this thing's right between his eyes, can he see it?" Buck Asked

I don't know what he can see." Bobby Said

They arrived at Chimney's car, Becca almost let out a gasp at the shocking sight. But remained calm, and didn't want to freak him out. Hen got in on the passenger side, took out stethoscope to check his breathing.

"Airways sound good." Hen Said

"What's your pain level?" Bobby Asked

"Not much pain, I don't think there's any spinal damage. I can feel my legs, but when I try and move my head..." Chimney Said

"Don't." They all said

"Just be still." Bobby ordered

"Wh-What's going on? why aren't you guys, like, cutting me out of here?" Chimney questioned, looking at them all confused.

"Well it's complicated." Becca Said

"Why?" Chimney Asked

"You've been injured, Chim." Bobby assured

"How bad is it?" Chimney Asked, worried.

"It's not good." Buck Said, as Becca slapped his arm.

"Well, I want to see it." Chimney Said

"No, you don't." Bobby shook his head

"Yeah, I do. Bobby, show me." Chimney demanded

"All right." He sighed, then took out his phone recording a quick video of Chim, "Are you ready?" Bobby Said

"Show it to me." Chimney Said

"All right." Bobby Said, he turned the phone around showing chim the video of the rebar stuck in his head.

"Holy crap, how come I'm not dead?" Chimney questioned

"Because you are the luckiest and the unluckiest son of a bitch on the face of the earth all at the same time." Bobby replied

"Hey, you guys, I- I can't even feel this." Chimney Said, as he started breathing frantically.

"I know." Bobby Said

"All right, well, please get me out of here before I start to..." Chimney trailed on

"All right, we're working on it. Normally, I'd be consulting with my smartest EMT, but right now he's got a rebar stuck in his head." Bobby Said

"We're going to get you out of here Chim, we will." Becca Said, looking over at Bobby who nodded.

The four of them stepped out and away from the car, moments later Buck got into the backseat of the car as Bobby got in on the passenger side to help secure the neck brace.

"Nice and tight, right? All right." Bobby Said

"Is that Good?" Buck Asked

"Yeah." Chimney Said, weakly.

"All right, can you move?" Bobby Asked

"Not a bit." Chimney replied

"Good." Bobby Said

Soon a tow came so they could pull the car onto the back, Bobby stayed inside with Chim while the others waited outside.

"Hey, Buck how's the car, man? Is it a total loss?" Chimney Asked

"Nah, man, you...probably buff most of that out." Buck Said, as he tried to keep a brave face.

"Good, Good." Chimney Said

A couple minutes later the tow truck, ambulance and fire engine arrived at the hospital, they got chimney out using a saw then carefully got him onto a gurney as the nurses and doctor came out.

"We'll take him from here." A male nurse said, as they wheeled inside.

"Wha...no, we're not leaving his side." Buck Said

"Are you family?" He Asked

"Buck, our job ends here at these doors like always." Bobby Said, as he stopped Buck who sighed.

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After they dropped Chimney off at the hospital, they arrived back at the station. The anticipation was making her head spin, so Becca went ahead and got some sleep in. Hours later, she awoken to the sound of her phone ringing, she rose up as she answered.

"Hello." Becca Said, with a yawn.

"Ms. Martinez."

"Stacy oh hey, good morning to you." Becca Said

"Good morning, Ms.Martinez I was calling to tell you that I dropped the kids off at school and last night Dylan wasn't feeling to good, so I gave him some of the medicine if that's okay?" Stacy Said

"No, no that's okay thank you for doing that. Was he okay this morning?" Becca Asked

"Yeah, he said he was feeling okay this morning." Stacy mentioned

"Okay, that's good." Becca Said

"Oh and another thing, I won't be able to pick up the kids this afternoon. My class was changed to this afternoon and it doesn't end until about seven." Stacy Said

"Oh damn it, my shift doesn't end for another couple more hours." Becca Sighed

"I could cancel-"

"No Stacy you aren't missing a class you're going, I'll just have to find a way to go and get them," She looked at her watch on her wrist, " It's only 12, they get out in about three hours..I'll find a way to get them." Becca Said

"Are you sure Ms.Martinez?" Stacy Asked

"Yes Stacy, I'm sure you go on and get ready for school..I'll be fine." Becca reassured

"Okay, bye."

Becca hung up the phone and rose to her feet, and left the sleeping quarters and made her way upstairs where Hen was sitting at the table, and Buck was pacing back and forth.

"Morning." Becca Said

"Morning, how'd you sleep?" Hen Asked

"Okay I guess, kind got me a ease..speaking of any news on Chim?" Hen shook her head no, "Oh." Becca Said

"It's been, like, 14 hours how long's it take to pull a
rod out of a guy's skull, anyway?" Buck

"You ever heard of that saying, "It ain't brain surgery"? Well, this is." What's three across for
when doubled in?" Hen Said

Bobby approached them, "Just got off the phone with the surgeon."

"Is he alive?" Buck Asked

"He's alive." Bobby Said, as the three of them took a sigh of relief.

"Does he still have both his eyes?" Hen Asked

"Yeah." Bobby Said

"So did they say anything about any brain damage?" Becca Asked, worriedly.

"There were some complications when they took the rebar out, he started hemorrhaging." Bobby admitted

"Oh, god." Becca Said

"But they got the bleeding under control, and had to put him in a medically induced coma. They'll let us know if his condition changes." Bobby Said

"You mean if he wakes up." Buck Said

"Or if he doesn't." Hen spoke up

"Yeah." Bobby Sighed

Soon the bell rings breaking the tense silence, disbatch called in about various people stuck inside the back of a locked truck. Minutes later they all arrived, then all piled out of the engine.

"Buck, Becca, get the tools." Bobby Said, as he slammed the door shut.

"Yo, Hen, Becca is it wrong I was stoked there was an emergency? I was climbing the walls back at the house." Buck simply said

"We all were, and, yeah, it's wrong. We're not here to blow off steam we're here to help." Hen stated

One of the officers walked over to Bobby to explain the situation more in depth.

"Truck is registered out of Texas, we're still looking for the driver." The officer said

"It's got to be over 100 degrees in there, Buck, Becca!" Bobby Said

"Got it!" Buck and Becca said in unison

The two of them made their way past their captain and Officer, and used the saw's to cut open the lock.
Hen moves towards the front of the truck, she climbs up and peeks through the drivers side window and notices that the driver left his ID in the truck.

The lock falls off and Becca and Buck opens the doors, and they saw all the immigrants who were either dehydrated or close to fainting. Bobby orders everyone to assist to them, a father holding his child rush to Becca speaking in Spanish.

"All right, get these people some water." Bobby ordered

"Por favor, ayúdame, por favor." He spoke out

"Sí, señor, le ayudaré, ¿puedo echarle un vistazo al chico?" Becca Asked

"Sí, por favor, es mi hijo Javi." He said, handing his son over to Becca who carefully carried him.

""Está bien, los bomberos de aquí os van a ayudar, chicos, son los mejores, Hen I need some assistance." Becca Said

"Okay, lay him down for me," Hen Said, as Becca places the young boy on a red blanket.

"All right, this is truck 118 I'm gonna need as many
ambulances as we can. Bring a chopper, too. We may have to medevac a few of them." Bobby Said, as he spoke into his radio.

"It's at least four and a half hours to the Mexican border, if that's even where they started." Hen Said, as she started prepping from her medical kit.

"Hen this is Javi's father, eres su madre?" Becca Asked, looking over at the woman.

"Sí, va a estar bien?" She Asked

"Vamos a hacer todo lo que podamos, para salvarlo, lo prometo." She reassured, then leaned down and listened to the boy's breathing, "His breathing's very shallow, starting compressions." Becca Said

"Go ahead." Hen nodded

"All right, Javi come on. I know you can hear me." She stopped and leaned down to listen for his breathing, "I need you to breathe for me, okay? Come on" Becca Said, as she continued compressions.

Bobby and Buck goes back inside the truck to help more migrants from the truck, Bobby looks down at an elderly man and kneels down to him.

"Can you stand up?" The man nodded his head, "Take my hand, take my hand. Ready?" Bobby Said, as the man stood to his feet.

"All right come on." Buck Said, helping a young mother and daughter off the truck.

"All right, go, go, go. start helping 'em down, come on." Bobby Said

Becca is still doing compression and stops once Hen takes off and starts bagging him, she looked over at his parents who were crying.

"Por favor, Javi, vamos." He cried out

"Vuelve con nosotros, cariño, por favor!" She sobbed

"Hen, how we doing?" Becca asked, worried.

"Im trying okay, come on come on Javi." Hen Said

Hen stopped and took the air bag off Javi, and thankfully the young boy took a gasp of air which made both his parents and the two first responders sigh wish relief.

"Javi, Javi, buen trabajo, buen trabajo." Becca spoke up, as the young boy sat up.

"Gracias, muchas gracias a los dos." He Said, as his wife hugged their son.

"De nada." Hen and Becca Said, as she looked to hen with a smile.

"What, I know a bit of Spanish." Hen Said, as Becca nodded with a half smile.

"Impressed, hey you got this?" Becca Asked

"Yeah, go on and help the others." Hen Said

"Okay," She looked to the family, "Ella va a cuidar de ti, es la mejor." Becca Said

The three of them nodded a Becca walked off to go assist the other migrants who need dire assistance.
Soon more help came along, as well as a large crowd surrounding the area. Hen's attention was focused on someone, Becca followed her gaze confused.

"Hen, Hen what is it?" Becca Asked, as Hen pointed over to a man standing in the crowd.

"Hey! dick!" Hen Shouted

The man's eyes widen and took off in the crowd, but Hen chased him and caught up to him taking the man down.

"Where the hell do you think you're going? you sick son of a bitch!" Hen Yelled, as she locked the man's arms behind him.

"Whoa Hen, wait!" Becca Said

"Damn." Buck Said

"Whole families could have died in there, can a someone with a badge and a gun want to put this trash in custody?!" Hen Exclaimed, as an officer soon came over pulling her off the man.

"Got him, ma'am we've got him." The officer said, as he took over and put cuffs onto the man.

"How'd you know it was him?" Becca questioned

"I went to the front of his truck, and saw the bastards ID." Hen Said

"Hmm, nice." Becca complimented

"Ooh, that was badass, but I thought we weren't here to blow off steam." Buck teased

"You know what you can blow." Hen retorted, then walked off angry.

"Hen." Becca sighed

"No let her walk it off, she'll be okay." Buck Said

Becca rubbed her forehead, just as Buck's phone began to ring and his eyes lit up immediately.

"I'll be back." Buck Said

"Who's that, is it your mystery girlfriend?" Becca Asked, in a teasing manner.

"No she's not my girlfriend." Buck replied

"Well at least I know she's a she." Becca smirked

"Of course she's a-never mind." Buck Said, then rolled his eyes and walked off.

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After the crew finished the last call of the day, luckily Becca was able to make it over to the school to pick up her kids. She turned a corner and drove up to the school, Becca parked the car and got out slamming the door behind her.

"I know I'm late, I'm sorry." Becca apologized, as she jogged over to the front entrance of the school where her kids are standing with the principal.

"It's okay, your only two minutes late." Bryan Said

"But two is better than twenty minutes." Aryana chimed in

"So, we forgive you." Dylan smiled

"Thank you Mr.Fuentes for waiting with them." Becca Said

"No problem Ms.Martinez, you three head on home now." Mr.Fuentes Said

Three of them nodded and followed behind their mother as they walked to the car.

"So mom, I was wondering instead of cooking could we order a pizza?" Bryan Asked

"Uh, sure whatever you guys want." Becca Said

"Really pizza on a Thursday, I figured it be more of a Friday thing." Aryana Said

"I don't mind pizza Thursdays, better than leftover meatloaf from Monday." Dylan Said

They all got in the car as Bryan, Aryana and Dylan all got in the backseat then Becca got in on the driver's side.

"Mom when we get home I need your help with my homework, it's pretty important." Aryana Said

"Uh sure but we're not going home actually." Becca Said

"What why?" Aryana questioned

"Uh, I need to stop at the hospital first to see someone." Becca Said

"Mom what's going on?" Bryan Asked

"It's Chimney, last night he was in a very bad car accident. Don't worry he's alive, but in bad shape." Becca assured

"He's going to be okay right?" Dylan Asked

"Chim's in a coma, there's no telling when he'll wake but we all want to check in on him." Becca Said

"Well so do we." Bryan piped up

"Oh hun, I don't know if they'll let you guys in." Becca Said

"Come on mom, it's Chim and we love him like if he was family. Can we see him just for a little bit?" Aryana Asked

"Please." Bryan and Dylan begged

"Okay, it's so hard to say no to you three. let's go see Chim." Becca Said, as she started the car and drove off.

Soon they arrived at the hospital, where Bobby, Buck and Hen were already waiting for her. They greeted the kids first with open arms, Bryan, Aryana and Dylan always loved being around Bobby whenever they did, they loved hearing his stories it's like they viewed him as a superhero.

Moments later a nurse escorted towards the ICU where Chim is currently located, they all waited outside and looked through the glass at their friend laying in a hospital bed.

"He's a tough nut, he's gonna be in this room for a few days. Intubation tube is out, obviously, but the catheter's still in." She explained

"Can he hear us?" Becca asked

"I always treat them like they can. All right, two minutes, and then I'm kicking you out." She Said, opening the door so they could enter the room.

Becca and the kids stood up, as Buck pulled up a chair to sit. Hen sat on the door of the bed, while Bobby was on the opposite side and held Chim's hand.

"So is he sleeping?" Dylan Asked, in a whisper.

"Yeah." Becca replied, as Dylan hugged his mom tightly.

"Hey, Chim we're all here for you, buddy." Bobby Said

Due to their surprise Chim started showing movement, as he gave them all a thumbs up.

"Hey, Chim it's me Aryana, my brothers and I made you something while we were waiting in the waiting room," She Said, then takes out a small paper card, with "Get Better Chimney" on it.

"We hope you like it, when you wake up and stuff." Bryan Said

"Can I?" Aryana Said

"Yeah, put it down there." Becca Said

Aryana walked over to the small night stand, and placed the card on it. Then walked back to her mom and brothers.

"Hey, I-I was thinking maybe when you come back to work, um, you know, you should do The Maneuver instead of me." He suggested, as they all looked at him, "To motivate him to get better." Buck Said

"He can't do The Maneuver." Hen shook her head

"Yeah, he can. Hey, Chim, you can do The Maneuver
right?" Buck encouraged

Bobby looked down at Chim's hand, as he held a thumbs up again, and everyone slightly chuckled at him.

"Chim. I, um...I tried to get ahold of your parents.
There's a 16 hour time difference with Seoul, you know, so maybe...maybe that has something to do with it." Hen Said

"You tried, it's okay." Becca Said, as she gave Hen a reassuring hand squeeze.

"Yeah, it's all right his family's right here." Bobby Said, as everyone smiled looking down at chimney.

"Please don't ever let him do The Maneuver." Hen begged, as they all laughed.

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