This prompt was an Adam and Jessica prompt and it was wrote for by: Still An AJ Lover, and it's a continuation from prompt 38 where Adam got shoot while protecting Jessica from Linda's ex. Adam's been shot. He's days away from his 47th birthday and Jessica has planed the perfect surprise, but will she get the chance to tell him what it was? And it was prompted by: Still An AJ Lover.

I'd like to thank Tam Jaspie and waterlooroadfan2012 for reviewing this. Waterlooroadfan2012, also, for the medical info again.


The Secret Life Of Casualty

Chapter 51

Jessica, Zoe, Linda and Tess all watched as the bullet went in Adam's leg, the guy collapsed, as Jessica started CPR, she put her hands on his chest and started to pound up and down hoping he'd breath.

Jay and Zoe brought a bed over while they lifted him on to it, and Zoe started giving out the information that his colleagues needed to know to treat him.

"This is Adam Trueman, 46, BP 100/ 76, KOed for 5 minutes, GSC 12 " Zoe said.

She watched Zoe and Wayne transfer him to the bed and book scans, CT's and put him on a machine. She was faintly aware of Tess by her side. She wouldn't move after she knew he was going to be OK.

"Time of death " Zoe looked up though the glass window of resus, to see Jessica's face of hope. Hope that he'd live. "16: 05 "

She wanted to run. Run as fast as her legs would take her, she didn't care were, she just needed to get out. She soon found herself by the wall outside the ED, breathing heavily. Zoe followed her friend out and lit a cigarette.

Zoe rubbed her arm sympathetically as she blew out smoke away from her friend.

Noël had rung the police as Zoe had asked him too and they'd arrested Simon. But that didn't bring any comfort to Jessica.


Jessica walked through an empty house, and sobbed as she walked through the house, catching sight of the pictures on the wall, of her and Adam, smiling at the camera, on their first 'wedding'

The kids had seen their mum look upset but Jessica had hastily wiped away her tears, she never liked the kids to see her cry, it gave off bad vibes.

You see, her secret was: Jessica was going to ask Adam to become her husband. As she stood in the hallway, facing the stairs she had an idea. She started to climb the stairs until she could see the top floor, the floor in which her room was on.

Crossing the landing she walked in to her room and opened her wardrobe where she could see a box, which was full of jewellery. Jessica wasn't really a jewellery person, she wore studs and that was it but since Adam had passed and she looked at her watch. An hour and a half ago, something had drawn her to the ring he'd put on her finger four years ago. In America, she'd tell her 'new' colleagues that she was married to a British doctor, because they were, just not in the eyes of the law.

Searching through necklaces she very rarely wore she found it and simply held the ring - a plain gold ring in her hand. She leant over to the bedside table where she'd left his birthday present and turned the watch strap over as she read the engraving on the back.

'Happy birthday

Adam

Love Jessica'

And, that's what caused her to give in to the sobs all over again. But she pulled herself together, wiped her eyes and put the watch back in the wardrobe. He wasn't going to wear it.


What is it, with me and misery? That wasn't cheery, at all. I think I just like piling on the misery to her.

Next prompt: Cal and Connie are a couple but when Connie shouts at Ethan in Zoe's office the two find there's an attraction neither of them, can deny. Prompted by waterlooroadfan2021. I know there has been confusion with 'wrote for' I think I'll go for 'prompted by' because this isn't my work. Well, it is but the chapters are prompted by you, the readers.

I wrote the last part of this chapter when I couldn't sleep. I realised there was very little dialogue in that chapter but sometimes I think it's better to have a dialogue free chapter, which I suppose this is.