Okay, so two weeks have passed and Jack's been in the coma. I should have written filler and stuff for it, but this is my first time writing a coma type scenario and I wasn't quite sure how to approach it.. Plus, I wanted to get to the good parts. Now Jack is awake.. But will Jack and Chloe get together? How will her words from the day he was shot affect them now that he's awake?
This is gonna branch out into beyond the movie.. It's going to be mostly Jack x OC, but mostly happy stuff.. So this is kind of what Jack's doing while the brothers are getting revenge for their mother's death. :)
She let them all go in for the first two visitations with Jack.. She just couldn't have handled it, seeing him lying there, hooked to the machines, torn between life and death. She'd sobbed until she was dry heaving the day before and the day before that. Jack had been in this coma of his for almost 2 weeks but the doctors were certain he was showing small signs of improvement.. They still worried though, that the longer he stayed in the coma, the less likely it was that he'd come back or that he'd come back without adverse affect to his body and his brain. When she'd heard that, she'd just sort of shut down, went numb.. So this was it.. She finally told him how she'd always felt and now she was most likely going to lose him.
She'd gotten Sofi and Angel to take her home when Bobby finally pulled her to the side and told her that she needed to get some sleep. That he knew she'd been working night shifts all week and then spending all day that she should have been sleeping sitting there with them. She'd tried to argue but then Bobby pulled rank and told her that if she didn't go on her own, he and Jeremiah were going to carry her out and Angel was going to sit there and make sure she slept. "Alright, fine." Chloe grumbled as she took a few deep breaths. Sofi walked over and Bobby said quietly, "If there's any change, Chloe, we'll call ya. I promise."
"Even if I'm sleeping?"
"Even if you're sleeping." Angel answered, giving the girl they all considered a kid sister growing up a hug as he said quietly, "He's gonna wake up."
"I know, I mean.. I hope he does.. The doctors saying all that earlier.." Chloe muttered as Bobby fluffed her hair, earning him a glare as she fixed her eyes on him and in a firm tone said "Sleep.. All three of you. If you go upstairs and ask Norma, she'll find you guys blankets and pillows, maybe even one of those family rooms to take a nap in."
"You sleep too, kid." Jeremiah called out as Chloe and Sofi walked down the hallway. As soon as she was on the elevator, Bobby spoke up and said quietly, "Always knew she had it bad for Jacky, wondered why they never got together.."
"Same." Angel remarked as he looked at the clock and spoke up seconds later to point out, "She ain't the only one nervous as hell though.. The doctors telling us all that earlier, if he's gonna pull out of this he's gotta wake up sooner rather than later.." as Jeremiah added, "I know. And one of the doctors admitted that he should be healin up right now.. Not laying there in a coma. Said the surgery went off without a hitch."
"Sometimes the human body just needs a break, Jeremiah." Bobby explained, thinking about the few things Jack had told him about how downhill his life had been going before their mother died and he came home.
"Sometimes, yeah, but he needs to hurry up and wake his ass up. I can't handle losin a brother and our moms." Angel spoke up quietly, standing and pointing out, "Visitation just started." as they all stood and started towards the Trauma ward, silent and solemn faced. "When we get done visitin Jack, we need to go check out that lead we got."
"Bobby, man, we need to give it a rest for right now." Jeremiah argued, causing Bobby and Angel to share a look as Bobby asked, "There somethin you're not tellin us, Jerry? Because it's kinda funny, all that shit about Mom's insurance.."
"Yeah." Angel echoed, stepping closer to his brother as Jeremiah started to pour everything out, essentially telling them most everything they needed to know to tie up loose ends and finish this, get their revenge against their mothers killer. "But I swear on my life.. Nothin I did was why Moms got shot." Jeremiah insisted as he finished, both of his brothers glaring at him angrily.
They made their way into the hallway Jack's room was on only to hear loud swearing and see a bedpan fly out into the hallway, from Jack's room. The doctor came to get them and then explained that he'd woken up, he wanted a cigarette and to get up and when they tried to stop him from doing that very thing, he'd gotten angry.
From behind them, Jack spoke up and said calmly, "Because I feel fine, damn it." as he gave the doctor a supremely annoyed look, his eyes scanning his brothers and searching. Angel smirked and teased his brother, "Lookin for somebody, Jacky?"
"Chloe.. I just.." Jack went silent.
"She'll be back.. I had to force her to go home, go her ass to sleep, Jacky boy. She's been here every single day and night and when she ain't here with us, she's here on the clock but sittin with ya every free minute she gets."
"She workin tonight?"
"Actually, she is." Angel answered, remembering that she'd mentioned having to work nights yet again tonight. Bobby nodded and Jack said quietly, "Don't tell her I'm awake.. I wanna surprise her."
"She's gon be pissed."
"So? I wanna do this, okay?" Jack grumbled, glaring at his brothers.. Apparently, they were now going to give him hell about his feelings for Chloe. To his surprise, they agreed and went along with it. And finally, the doctor got Jack back into his room, Bobby making him get right back into bed as the doctor began telling them when Jack would be clear to go home.
A week and a half.
"Fucking seriously? I'm fine, okay?"
"You just woke up from a two week coma, sir, you need to be observed.. To make sure there are no adverse side effects." the doctor explained as patiently as possible. Bobby gave his brother a firm glare and then said calmly, "He'll be a good boy." fluffing Jack's hair as Jack grumbled about not having freedom or his guitar or his cigarettes for a week and a half.
After talking to Jack for the rest of the visiting hour, Bobby and his brothers went back out into the waiting room and after a few minutes, Jeremiah spoke up and said quietly, "If we're gonna make a move, we better start planning."
"Oh so you're gonna help us?"
"She was my mother too, Angel."
"Yeah, well, look what the hell you were tryin to do." Angel grumbled as Bobby cleared his throat and said calmly, "Let's finish this.. At least if Jack is in here recovering, we're not worried about him.. He shouldn't have been in on it with us anyway, he's the youngest. We never shoulda let him talk us into letting him help."
"Moms would have beaten our asses." Jeremiah admitted quietly as the brothers stood and made their way out of the hospital.. And back across town, Chloe took a long hot shower and she went to lie down, drifting off to sleep…
