Chapter 1
JT entered Colleen's hospital room. He looked at her lying helplessly in the bed, attached to a ventilator, unable to breathe on her own. He was immediately overcome with sadness at the sight of her limp body that was once so full of life.
Colleen's condition had been haunting JT ever since he saw her lifeless, barely breathing body laying weakly in front of Jack at the camp site.
Their unquestionable connection gave him the feeling that she was in danger but he had been too preoccupied to do anything about it until it was too late.
He slowly crept closer to her bed as if not to wake her from the sleep she looked like she was in.
"Hey there Sleeping Beauty" He choked on the words as he attempted to get them out, but he knew he had to stay strong for Colleen.
"Look at you, you're beautiful." He took a breath. "Even in this horrible place, you still manage to shine like the bright star that you are."
He fidgeted nervously, unable to stay still. "I keep hoping that is some nightmare and I'm going to wake up at any minute and see you smile at me, with those bright blue eyes of yours."
"But I know its not. I saved you twice before, but I failed you this time and that will be my cross to bear for the rest of my life."
He paused, trying to hold back the tears. "There's something I need to say to you. Something that has been long overdue."
JT knew this conversation was inevitable. It was bound to happen eventually. He would give anything for the circumstances to be different. He wished it wasn't already too late.