Tom quickly cut the ignition of his car once he had arrived outside of Jac's apartment. Maybe this wasn't a good idea after all. Him and Jac went back a long way, and he knew that this visit would re open wounds for the both of them.
But it was him that had made that call. It was him whose voice had cracked when he rang her. It was him that suggested he come and see her. So why on earth was he backing out now?
He looked around out of his car window and he saw that nothing had changed. He could see Jac's bike parked in the garage way. He remembered all the silly arguments they used to have about him calling the thing a death trap waiting to happen and the way Jac would always ride it to annoy him. Thinking of those brought a smile to his face. Oh it had been a while since he had been here.
Eventually he gathered himself together and got out of his car. Locking it as he did so before he made the short walk into her drive way. His feet soon found him outside the front door. He knocked once and he heard Jac shout that it was unlocked.
Tom smiled. So that hadn't changed. So he let himself and closed the door behind him walking into the hallway looking around. The apartment looked exactly the same. It hadn't changed since he was last here and he liked that.
He heard Jac's footsteps coming from the kitchen so Tom made himself comfortable on the sofa. When Jac appeared carrying two bottles of beer. She handed him one which Tom took gratefully and Jac sat herself down beside him. She watched as Tom took a huge gulp of his beer before he placed it down on the table before Jac started the conversation.
"I was surprised to get your call, you know it's been a while since we last spoke. So how are things with you and…" Jac couldn't bring herself to say Sam's name. Sure she was happy for Tom. But she was also that slightly bit jealous. That Sam had got in there before her.
"Sam, her name's Sam" Tom commented with a bitter tone of voice.
"Right" Jac commented
"There was a fire at work, I'm guessing you've probably heard since most of the patients have been transferred to Darwin and Saint James" Tom commented taking another slip of his drink. Jac had heard about the fire. How could she not it was all over the news. She'd flinched when she heard that someone had been trapped in the fire.
"Sam was caught in the fire, and she was carrying my child" Tom scoffed tears filling his eyes.
"Oh Tom I don't know what to say." Jac replied as she watched him.
"She planned to abort the baby, of course being a doctor she would know what to take. But she might as well not of bothered since she miscarried anyway" Tom's voice broke on the last word.
"Tom. I really don't know what to say" Jac muttered.
"I shouldn't have told you this, I shouldn't have come here. I know this isn't easy for you. But I just needed somebody" Tom replied his tears spilling from his eyes.
"Hey it's what friends are for right?" Jac half heartily smiled at him.
"Yeah" Tom replied.
"Another Beer?" Jac asked suddenly noticing Tom had finished his first.
"Please" he responded.
"You know getting hammered isn't going to do you any favours, it may numb the pain for a while but it's going to feel ten times worse later on" Jac exclaimed.
"Yeah because you would know" Tom commented before he looked at Jac and saw the hurt expression on her face.
"Crap sorry, I didn't think" Tom replied.
"It's fine" Jac muttered
Jac's drinking was one of the reasons hers and Tom's relationship had failed. She'd always denied she had a problem until one time she was violent and had hit him. That's when she had sleeked help and it was the end of they're relationship.
Jac always hated the way it ended. It had ended on a bitter term. And it had been a few months before ether one of them made contact and they had rebuilt they're friendship up from scratch.
Jac soon returned from the kitchen and sat herself back on the couch. A silence soon began to form between them Tom's attention was focused on the T.V meanwhile Jac found herself looking at him, she always admired his good looks. His charm. He'd put up with all her crap and he hadn't walked until that one unfaithful night when she had attacked him.
"Jac what are you looking at?" Tom asked pulling his attention away from the T.V.
"Huh, sorry" Jac muttered embarrassed that she had been caught staring at him. Only to find his gaze on her. She looked at him once more Tom looked into her hazel eyes. Jac felt her breath tighten and her pulse quicken before Tom broke away the eye contact.
"What was I thinking coming here, this was a mistake" Tom commented getting to his feet. But Jac reached out for his hand and held onto it tightly.
"Stay, Please?" She mouthed getting to her feet. This time she looked into his eyes. He did the same and once again she felt her breath tighten. Her pulse thumping hold. She still held his hand that she hadn't let go
"Stay" she asked again. And Tom nodded, with his free hand. He stroked her chin and cheek before they're heads moved closer together. He could feel her warm breath on him as they're heads got closer and eventually they're lips met.
They're heads moved in perfect syndic with each other. Until Tom came to his senses and realised what was happening and he pulled away.
"Jac... I'm Sorry" He mouthed as he grabbed his coat and left…
