When the couple woke up, they enjoyed each other's company for a minute and then got dressed. The kids were curled up on the couch with April, watching old home movies of Bam, picked carefully so Missy wasn't in them.
"Look mama! Daddy was fun too!" Rebecca smiled when she saw Silke.
"Yes sweetie he was." Silke tried to smile, but was really sad to see the old Bam.
Ville pulled his wife down on the couch, wrapping his arms around her, watching the kids enjoy the video's.
Both their hearts and April's broke seeing Bam being his happy, crazy cheerful self. His blue eyes sparkling, his smile big, not the pale ghost he was now.
"Dad should see this!" Rebecca said after a while. "Can he come?"
The adults sighed, April looked at Ville and Silke to see what they were going to do.
"I'm sorry he can't kulta, he's getting better remember?" Ville said softly, trying his best not to upset his little girl.
"Can we take it to him then? I feel better now!" the little girl was getting worked up again.
"How about we make him a package? Put the video in there, all his favourite things, a few drawings and pictures and mail it to him?" April pitched in.
"Yes! Draw!" Timo yelled.
"Why don't you take Timo to get your crayons Rebecca?" Silke replied, happy to get the kids distracted again. "and I'll get some paper."
"Ok mama." Rebecca smiled, happy with the idea.
"We are taking them to Finland April, they need to get away from here, be distracted with new things." Silke said as soon as the kids were out of the room.
"You just want them as far away from Bam as possible." April sighed "and I can't blame you."
"I'm sorry April, I just don't trust him." Silke sat down next to April. "I really hope he gets better, and then we can start working on his relationship with the kids and us, but for now."
"For now you need to focus on your little family. Keep them safe and happy. I understand sweetie."
"Thank you April, we will keep in touch, you can always come visit, and we will come visit too, we don't want to keep you and Phil away from them."
"I would appreciate that." April smiled before pulling Silke in a big hug.
April and Silke went to draw with the kids, Ville went to take care of their move to Finland, now it was only a matter of telling the kids, Timo wouldn't be such a problem, but Rebecca might be.
A few days later the Valo family was on the plane to Finland, they booked an evening flight to frankfurt so the kids would sleep most of the flight and were awake for their connecting flight to Helsinki.
Rebecca and Timo had taken the news of the move to Finland well, Rebecca insisted on making the care package for Bam a bit bigger now she wouldn't be around to make them every week.
Both were looking forward to getting a new room, Kari and Anita couldn't wait to see their grandkids.
When they transferred in Frankfurt the kids were wide awake, not used to airports like their parents were, they had to see everything and wanted something in every shop. They both got a stuffed animal, Rebecca a fluffy sheep with a pink flower in it's hair, Timo a big rat of the movie ratatouille. Next they had breakfast in starbucks, Ville never liked plane food let alone the coffee they served on there.
The energy the kids had in Frankfurt, changed into whining when they landed in Helsinki. They wanted to play, they wanted to eat, they wanted to sleep, anything but wait for their luggage.
"Maybe you should go outside with them and I'll wait for the luggage?" Ville suggested to Silke as she had threatened to put them on the luggage transport band that would take them away to a very dark place which of course made Timo cry and Rebecca was now comforting her little brother.
"You can't take all our luggage alone, and they are distracted for a minute." Silke sighed, feeling bad about what she said, so she walked over to her son.
"Timo, mama is sorry, I'm tired too." Silke said carefully.
"Going home?" Timo asked with a small voice.
"To our other home!" Rebecca answered happily, looking forward to a new room.
"Other home?" Timo asked puzzled.
"Yes Timo we are going home." Silke smiled relieved when she saw one of their bags turn the corner.
They gathered all their luggage, and walked out, looking for Ville's parents who were supposed to pick them up.
Silke's surprise was big when the first person she recognized was her own mother.
"Mama! What are you doing here?" Silke yelled.
"Anita let me know you guys were coming, and invited me over, she knew it had been a while since I all saw you." Vanessa smiled as her daughter hugged her.
"Thanks Anita!" Silke hugged Anita too.
"No thanks needed kulta."
Silke hugged Kari and then wondered why Ville and the kids weren't saying hello, so she turned around and found the kids hiding behind Ville, clinging to him, preventing him from moving at all.
So Silke walked to her husband and kids and crouched down "Hei there, what seems to be the problem here?"
"No problem, love Isa." Timo said.
"Who are those people?" Rebecca asked silently, peaking next to Ville and Silke towards Kari, Anita and Vanessa who were standing patiently, knowing the kids didn't know them that well.
"Well that is Kari, he is ïsa's ïsa, Anita is ïsa's aïta, and Vanessa is my mama."
"Memaw and pepaw?" Timo peaked around Ville too.
Ville smiled down at his kids and wife. "Yes just like memaw and pepaw." he took Rebecca's hand and Timo's hand, waited till Silke got up and out of the way and then walked over to his parents and mother-in-law.
"Say hello to my little brats." he smiled.
"I'm not a brat!" Rebecca pulled away and stuck out her hand to Anita "I'm Rebecca."
Anita smiled "She's a little character." she said in Finnish to Ville before she reached down and said hello to Rebecca.
"Mama?" Timo reached for Silke. The Finnish had startled him, Rebecca was just wondering what the babbling was.
Silke picked up Timo and said hi to everyone like that, while apologizing too.
"Don't be sorry, he hasn't seen us all that much, it's normal he's shy especially after such a long flight. We'll get you home so you can settle in." Anita smiled as she caressed Timo's cheek, which he surprisingly allowed and even seemed to like.
They all got into the big rental car Kari had rented for the occasion and drove home, not the tower, but the family home Ville had gotten after Timo was born. It was closer to his parents and more practical than the tower, but Ville loved his tower too much to get rid of it.
Timo had fallen asleep in the car so Ville picked him up and they walked in quietly, "I'll go put him in his bed and then help with the suitcases."
"Where is my room???" Rebecca asked enthusiastically, Silke tried to quiet her down but Timo startled awake.
"Shhh enkeli we are home, sleep some more." Ville whispered, Timo curled up against his father.
"Why don't you curl up into bed with him? You look exhausted too." Silke said lovingly.
"And leave you with all the unpacking? No I'll tuck him in and come back down."
"Rebecca, are you tired? Feel like taking a nap in the big bed with all of us?" Silke asked the little girl.
"All together?" Rebecca asked suspiciously.
"Yes all together I'm tired and so are ïsa and Timo."
"I am too, a bit."
By this time Ville's parents and Silke's mum walked up with the suitcases. "Do you all mind if you just drop those and we go take a nap? We'll come over later but we are just exhausted." Ville asked, liking his wife's idea.
"Of Course not, your fridge is stocked with food if you get hungry, just let us know when you are back to feeling human." Anita smiled.
"Thanks aïta." Ville smiled, giving her and everyone else a kiss, Silke did the same and Rebecca stunned everyone by following her parents example.
The foursome walked up to the master bedroom, Ville put Timo down, got his shoes off then took his own shoes off and curled up into bed.
Silke first took off Rebecca's shoes, then her own, she helped the little girl into bed and then curled up next to her.
The foursome fell asleep in a record time, all exhausted from their long flight.
