LOVE CONQUERS ALL
ABC owns all characters. Thanx for letting us write these fanfics. I know there have been other fanfics written about this same subject but this is my story. If I am stepping on any toes, that is not my intention at all. I have wanted to write and have not been able to since the finale and I had a brainstorm today so thought I would write it. Please leave me comments and if it is well received I will continue it. Thanks to all of you.
Eddie had been in the hospital for what seemed like weeks, when in fact it had only been 2 days. He kept going over in his head what Janet had told him over and over again. He still could not believe what she had told him. What bothered him more was what he had said to her. He could not believe that he had told her to go find a place and rot and that the captain of the football team was rejecting her. He was just so hurt, he could not believe that his Janet had done something like that. He knew that she had to have been in a bad place for her to do that. He knew that he was not faultless in the whole matter, but how was he going to admit it and tell her that? He had to figure out what he was going to do. He loved Janet more than life itself and he knew that he wanted her to be in his life. He just did not know how to forgive and forget. He knew that he had his work cut out for him. He had to think of a way to get Janet to come see him at the hospital. He wanted to talk to her and try to get to the bottom of things. He would not blame her one iota if she did not come to see him. Hell, he would not go see himself if he was in her shoes. But he had to try. It was a matter of life or death for him. He knew that she would be working, so he called her house phone and left her a message to call him at the hospital as soon as she could. He needed to talk to her.
Across town at Sully's, Janet could not stop thinking about Eddie and the things he had said to her. She knew that he would be upset, but to hear those words from his mouth still sent shivers down her spine.
She still loved him more than anything, but she knew it would be awhile before Eddie would even want to talk to her let alone see her. So imagine her surprise when she got home at 2 am and seen the light blinking on the machine. She wondered who would have left her a message. She thought to herself there is only one way to find out and she hit the play button.
What she heard totally threw her for a loop. It was Eddie's voice saying "Janet, I really need to speak with you, can you please make time and come to the hospital?" Janet thought to herself "oh goody, now the fun begins." She wondered what he could possibly have to say to her after what she had done. Yea, she knew he was not any better, but she had slept with Rooster. She thought that for sure he would hate her and never want to speak to her again. I mean after all he had told her to find a place and rot hadn't he? So what did he want? She had no choice but to go and see him. She figured that it was way early so she would call him first thing in the morning. Janet's alarm went off at 8 am and she got up, showered, and called Eddie at the hospital. When he answered his room phone, he said " Hello?" Janet was so nervous that she did not say anything at first. Eddie again said "hello?" Janet finally found the courage to answer him. She said, "hi Eddie, I am returning your call. Sorry it took me so long to call, but it was really late when I got in last night." He said, "I figured that you had the late shift." Janet said "what did you want to talk to me about?" Eddie told her "I think that we need to talk about what happened?" Janet agreed and asked him what would be a good time for her to come there. Eddie answered, "now is as good as time any." Janet said, "I will be there by 9 am, is that ok with you?" Eddie told her that would be fine.
All the way to the hospital Janet wondered what he was going to say to her. She thought about the last time she had seen him and how mad he was and the things he had said to her. Some part of her understood why, but then the other part of her was just heartbroken that he would say those things at all. Eddie was thinking to himself man I need to figure out how to apologize to her and let her know that
even though he did not agree with what she had done, he still wanted her in his life. She had broken his heart. He thought that they were thicker than that. She had to know that he loved her, right? He had never come right out and said the words, but didn't his actions say that? He knew that he had done her wrong in the past, but he thought they were past that.
Janet pulled into the parking lot, found a space and parked her jeep. As she was getting out, she felt so nervous and scared. She kept thinking what is he going to say to me? She went in the doors and up the elevator to the 4th floor. After she got off the elevator she went to the nurses station and asked for Eddie Latekka's room. The nurse told her it was 408, down the hall and to the right. She was giving herself a pep talk as she was walking down to the room. At the door she hesitated. Eddie at that moment happened to look up and see her. He smiled at her, hoping that would ease her nerves a little bit. She smiled at him and entered the room. He motioned for her to have a seat in the chair next to his bed. She sat down and waited for him to say something.
Eddie started off by saying "thanks for coming." Janet replied with "no problem it was the least I could do after the stunt I pulled." Eddie told her "I was at fault too." Janet just looked at him. She knew that he had kissed Rory, but she had slept with another man. She knew that would be hard for any man to forgive. She was having a hard time forgiving herself, even though he had kissed Rory.
Eddie proceeded to tell her that he was sorry for ignoring her that whole day and that he felt responsible for some of what had happened. Janet just sat there listening to him talk. The whole time thinking that she would go back to him in a heart beat, he just had to say the words. She loved him more than she had ever thought possible to love another human being. Eddie told her " I have to say that I am sorry for yelling at you. You did not deserve that. I was hurt and mad after what you told me. You were being honest and for that I have to tell you that it took a lot of guts to come clean. It is just that I could not believe that you of all people would do something like that. I thought that you were
perfect. At this Janet smiled and said " I wish I was." Eddie asked her "what were you thinking?" Janet took a deep breath and said, " well for starters I knew that she was in town and you were not owning up to it. Rooster and Sully made it a point to tell me that she was here and they let me know how you two had been in high school. I called you and you told me you were busy, then you came by for lunch and still did not come clean with it. When I had left you a message to call me and you never did, I got worried. I had left you a message telling you that I was making your favorite for dinner. You never called and I started to get worried that you were having second thoughts about us. I was right. I decided to drive by your house after my shift and I seen the two of you on the porch. You were kissing her. I should have stopped and confronted you right then and there, but I just could not bring myself to do it. I drove home and called Hannah, but she was not home. I called the next person I could think of. He came over and brought some homemade corn liquor and I started drinking right away. I was crying my eyes and heart out and he started saying all sorts of things and I fell for it all. I was pretty much drunk by this point, I know that is not an excuse but it is what it is. I continued to drink, he continued to say all the right things and one thing led to another. I could not stop it. After it was all over, I laid there thinking to myself what have I done? I pushed him away and told him to leave and got up to get in the shower. After he left I grabbed all the sheets and blankets off the bed and threw them in the trash, sprayed the mattress with Lysol and wondered what the hell I was going to do. The first thing that came to mind was that I had to come clean to you about it. I was going to come that night but I still could not get a hold of you. I called your phone and kept getting your voice mail. I fell asleep thinking about where you were. I kept thinking the worst. I never dreamed that you were getting the shit kicked out of you. The next morning I was at work when you called my cell, only it was not you, it was Nick telling me that you were in the hospital. I got there as soon as I could muster up the courage to see you." Eddie was thinking to himself wow what was I thinking? I was obviously thinking with the wrong head. It was starting to make sense to him now and be a little clearer as to where Janet head was during that time
frame. Janet continued "when I walked in your room that morning and saw you and you told me about the kiss and I knew that you were telling the truth, I knew that I had to tell you what had happened with Rooster. At the time I could not believe what an idiot I was and had to leave, so I ran out of the room. You thought that I was pissed, but that was not it at all. I was thinking how in the world I was going to tell you what I had done, so I left." Eddie said to her "I never in a million years would have thought that something like that would have happened. I knew you would be hurt about the kiss, but I never thought that you would do something like that. I was wrong for not telling you the truth and not calling you back. For that I am truly sorry. I have had a lot of time to think about this whole disaster. It is as much my fault as it is yours. I know that kissing someone and actually having sex with someone are two different things but I was wrong too. I do not condone what you did , but I can kind of see where you were coming from. You were thinking that I was going to sleep with her and who would have not thought the same thing. I mean after all, you had tried numerous times during the day to reach me and I kept ignoring your calls or lying when you asked me " what goes on?" Janet says "is there ever a chance that we can work this out?" Eddie tells her " it will take some time but I think we can forgive each other and move ahead. I should have told you long ago how I felt about you. My feelings for you had been getting stronger and stronger as the days passed. I was actually beginning to fall in love with you when she came back. I know that I should have told her from gate about you, but I didn't and for that I am sorry. So you see, I am not at all innocent in this either. I have some issues that I myself need to deal with. I cannot put all the blame on you, even though it would be easier to stay mad at you. "
Janet says to him " where do we go from here?" Eddie says that he is tired and would like to rest. He reaches out his hand to her and she takes his hand and her gives her a squeeze. That simple touch lets her know that things will get better but that they will take time. Eddie smiles at her and she smiles at him and says " I will come back tomorrow if that is alright with you?" Eddie tells her "that would be
great and thanks for coming today. I think we have gained a lot of insight and we can work this out." With that, they both said goodbye and Janet walked out the door.
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