#elysiens

            it wasn’t supposed to be like this, they weren’t supposed to lose their mom until they were older. they were supposed to be going out to dinner as a family, not planning her funeral. all small seed of anger directed at her father settled in the pit of her stomach, but she wasn’t about to go around playing the blame game, at least not quite yet. glancing over at the younger blonde, a sigh escapes kathleen’s lips, “ c’mon, let’s go, ” she mutters quietly as she climbs off the couch, the restless feeling growing exponentially as they sat in their father’s near silent apartment. “ i texted aunt diane, come with me to go pick eli up from the airport... being cooped up here isn’t going to help anything, ” she finishes softly, offering a hand out to her baby sister. “ mo and dickie are talking to father hogan about the arrangements... dad’s off doing whatever he’s doing, ” her nose curling out of irritation.

          “ well that’s good to know, ” the brunette mumbles with a roll of her eyes as she shoves a couple bags into the back of tara’s car. For the life of her she couldn’t understand why she was helping out the younger brunette and not Jax, but it wasn’t really her place to ask she supposed. Or at least she knew it wasn’t really her place to ask, but when had that stopped her before. “ you want to tell me what’s going on and why we’re loading these bags into the back of your car? Please tell me jax hasn’t fucked up...”

          “ yes mom, ” the blonde sarcastically replies, quickly moving out of the brunette’s range in an attempt to save herself from getting smacked by her sister - in - law. allison takes a moment to look at tara, her green gaze narrowing slightly, “ you know, i’m not the only one who looks like they need some rest... you look like hell, t...”

            “ you don’t have to be afraid to come in, you know...” the mother of five hums quietly through closed eyes, a sixth sense telling her that one of her children had been hovering around the entrance to her hospital room. she turns as best as she can towards the door in her hospital bed; never had she imagined she’d be fifty years old with two broken hips, not to mention a whole cacophony of other injuries she couldn’t exactly remember right now. “ elizabeth, ” kathy coos gently, using as much strength as she can muster to wave her daughter over, “ come here sweet girl... it’s going to be okay...” her voice hoarser than she’d expected. 

        when the battalion chief had pulled him aside the moment his squad had gotten to the scene, dickie knew that something wasn’t right. seeing the paramedics crowded around a feminine form laying feet from the burning vehicle, his heart dropped as his sisters faces flashed through his mind; however, when he finally caught a glimpse of the woman’s face fear and adrenaline washed over his body. his mother being loaded onto a stretcher was something he’d hoped to never see in his lifetime. the chiefs words fell on deaf ears as he ran towards the battalion chief’s rig, immediately throwing it into drive and peeling away from the scene running code as he drove towards his twin’s place of work. if anyone was going to tell lizzie about their mom, it was going to be him, and it certainly wasn’t going to be over the phone.

       tires screech as the escape comes to an abrupt halt outside the dispatch center, door slamming behind him as he starts running up the stairs. before he even makes a move to open the door, the twenty-six year old takes a brief moment to collect his thoughts, trying to make his face as unreadable as possible, but deep down he knows that no matter how hard he tries, his twin was going to be the one to read him like an open book. after pulling her supervisor aside and explaining the situation, dickie slowly makes his way towards his sister’s desk, pinching the bridge of his nose in an attempt to keep the tears at bay. “ lizzie, ” he mutters quietly trying to get her attention as he attempts to catch her in between calls.

          “ long enough to know that aunt amanda and mom had no idea that you managed to sneak out and sneak back in again before they got back home, but not long enough to know why you snuck out in the first place,” the brunette smirked, looking over at jesse with an expectant look as she twirled in her cousin’s desk chair. “ what did you promise billie to make her not utter a single word when i asked where you were? ”

         “ hey... hey... shhh, ” the brunette quickly hushes, shaking her head as she places a strand of hair behind her niece’s ear. “ i’m not going anywhere, okay? you, kenny, and caed are stuck with me until i’m as old as the old man was, ” she cooed softly using the tone that she reserved for ellie, and ellie only. “ but if i start acting like my mother, i’m going to need one of you to put me out of my misery, ” she finished as a small smirk began to make it’s way to her lips.\

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