First of all, sorry for the delay. So in this chapter, the sort of crossover continues, Dr Tom Kent from Casualty appears once again.
A/N: I know Jac may a bit OOC in this because of all the emotional bits, so to make it real enough, think of her crying, emotional scenes in her big Series 12 episode 'What Goes Around' and imagine her crying in this as somewhere on those lines.
Jac walked into the office followed by Michael, closing the door behind him. Jac stood still, "There's nothing to talk about!" she said slowly, folding her arms.
"Yes there is…" Michael added, facing her, "I messed up I know! But we can't keep living like this!"
"It's the best for all of us…" Jac replied, slowly, and sat down on the sofa in his office.
"You don't mean that!" he told her convincingly as he sat down beside her, "I deserve another chance…"
"No, alright? I meant what I said last time… it's over…" she said, again slowly.
"Jac please…" he told her, trying to place his left arm on her shoulder.
"Get your hands off me!" shaking her upper body, implying she didn't want any physical contact with him. "Our son is in hospital… we don't know what's wrong with him and you think, that now, is the right time to talk about, us?!" she almost yelled, and then burst into tears.
"That's what I'm saying… we need to stick together, to be there for him… together…" Michael said slowly in order not to scare her away.
"There is no us Michael… there never has been…" she talked from the heart, with tears rolling down her face.
"You don't know what you're talking about right now…" Michael tried to reassure himself that Jac was talking nonsense.
"yes I do…" the tears haven't stopped. She had too much on her mind already, "Michael we are in this mess all because of Florida…"
"Jac… this is not a mess… Florida made us realise that we could have something together…" Michael tried his best shot at trying to hold her hand in his, but she instantly pulled it away.
"No that's not true…" she turned facing him now, and wiping the tears off her cheeks, "okay let's put it this way, if we hadn't gone to Florida, would you have slept with me anyway?" Jac asked him looking in his eyes.
Michael paused for a moment, he was lost for words, he didn't know how to reply. Jac wasn't talking completely false. If they hadn't gone to Florida together, he didn't know if they would've had a chance together. He looked away.
"Look Jac, I can't say what might've happened… but I do know, is that you're a big part of my life now, don't forget, we have a son together, and I'm not willing to let you go…" he explained slowly. This time he grabbed her hand and she let him.
Jac looked down. She knew he was right, their son will always tie them together. But it was the only bond that will keep them alive.
"I know we have a son, and we can't change that now, but us.. it's never going to work out Michael, we have to face facts…" she said, now looking at him again, still her hand in his, "we are only together because of Mason, nothing else," Jac said in tears, as she stood up to leave.
"No wait, " as he got up behind her and got hold of her arm, Michael was also in tears now, "I already lost one family, and it was all my fault, I can't go through that again, I want to make it better this time…please…" Michael pleaded in tears.
Jac with her eyes red, crying about Mason and now this, she had her mind blown with all these thoughts. She stood still looking at him, in tears, still with Michael holding her by her arm, until she finally opened her mouth to speak, "…I'm sorry" she said slowly, as she turned away.
"Jac please…" he told her, pulling her arm forcing her to turn around again and pulling her body closer to his, "I love you!" he blurted out.
They were standing only a few inches apart. Jac was stunned to hear Michael say such a thing, "what?!" she said slowly, almost whispering, barely opening her mouth.
"I… I love you… I really do…" he told her slowly and seeing that she was completely speechless, he slowly leaned in, towards her lips.
Jac on the other hand as she felt his nose touch hers, and felt his breathing on her face, her heart started beating hard and stronger than ever, he still turned her on, that was no lie. She angled her face in a way to respond to his touch.
But just as their lips were about to touch, they heard a quick knock on the door and Tom appeared poking his head around the door. Jac came to her senses again and realised why she was really here at the hospital. Both Jac and Michael pulled away from each other to give Tom the impression that nothing was going on.
"Uh sorry to interrupt…" began Tom, who had an idea of what might have been going on. He held a small paper up in the air, between his fingers, "Mason's results are back"
"Uh come in.." Michael asked him politely, as Tom entered and closed the door behind him. Jac and Michael stood next to each other to hear what Tom had to say. They were both too nervous to sit down.
"I'm sorry, are you the father?" Tom asked Michael politely. He couldn't have known.
"Uh, yeah… yeah I am…" Michael replied, giving a look to Jac.
"Right… I don't want this to sound too alarming, but our suspicions have been confirmed… it is meningitis.." Tom said slowly, not to panic them. Jac in a gasp, placed her hand on her mouth, with her eyes getting all teary again.
"But it's viral not bacterial, he will need plenty of rest, lots of fluids... Looks like he's going to be here for quite a number of days, I'm so sorry" Tom added, slowly.
"But he's going to be okay, right?" Jac asked him worried. Michael took the opportunity and put his arm around her on her shoulder.
"Ms Naylor we'll do everything we can, we're moving him to the intensive care unit on paeds…" Tom said slowly.
Jac couldn't hold it in any longer, she burst into tears and Michael as the gentleman he was, he let her fall crying into his arms and cuddled her tightly.
"I should get back" he turned to give them some space alone.
"Hey, hey, shhhh" he said quietly, stroking the back of her hair as she sobbed heavily on his chest, "the doctors are doing everything they can, everything's going to be just fine…" he added as he didn't let go of her. He was willing to do everything he could to get her and his son back.
What do you want to happen next? Should they get together again? Shouldn't they?
All ideas and reviews are appreciated. Thank you for all your support so far x
