H wakes up the next morning to the sound of someone's voice.
H: Claire?
Nurse: Afraid not, that's the second time you've fallen asleep here.
H: Oh yeah, Where's my friends?
Nurse: They went home a while ago.
How's Claire? asks H hopefully. He is hoping that she improved over night. He is upset when that's not the answer he gets.
Nurse: I'm afraid she's got worse, we can't keep her going on this machine for ever.
H: I know
Nurse: Its not fair on her, maybe its best if you have it turned off later today or tomorrow, all your friends could be here with her.
H: I don't believe in taking peoples life's away.
Nurse: You wouldn't be taking Claire's life away. Her life has already been snatched from her.
H: DON'T SAY THAT.
Nurse: That's the truth. Claire wont have a life after this. Its the end of the line for her and your the only one holding her back from that. Let her go its what she wants. Let her be happy.
H: She'll be happy with me.
Nurse: If she was to come out of this, she would probably have serious brain damage. She wouldn't even remember you.
H: Claire would never forget me.
Nurse: No she would. She wouldn't even know who she was let alone anybody else.
H: I don't want to put her through that.
Nurse: Set her free H , let her go. It's going to be hard but it will be better for her this way. She wont feel any pain.
H: I cant, I just can't. There's a chance that she could be ok and i'm willing to take that chance.
Nurse: Fair enough its your decision.
The nurse leaves and H looks at Claire.
H: I'm not going to let you go on your own, I'll make sure Faye, Lee and Lisa are here. The nurse doesn't think you have long and I guess this time your not going to be able to find the strength to carry on. H leans against Claire and starts to cry again, his tears drop gently onto Claire's arm.
Faye is sitting at home waiting for Jasper to return. She didn't know how she was going to tell him it was over. But he had the right to know why? "This is going to be so hard, I just know it" thought Faye. Just then she hears the front door slam and Jasper walks in.
Faye: Jasper I've got something to tell you, why don't you come and sit down.
Jasper: Are you pregnant?
Faye: What, no way.
Jasper: Oh ok what is it then?
Faye: I don't know how to tell you this.
Jasper: Tell me what?
Faye: Ok I can't marry you.
Jasper: HAVE YOU MET SOMEONE NEW.
Faye: No Jasper I haven't met someone new.
Jasper: Why then.
Faye: I had an affair with a friend and although its over now, it made me realise its not fair to marry you.
Jasper: Who was he?
Faye: You don't know him.
Jasper: tell me now
Faye: NO
Jasper: I WONT ASK YOU AGAIN.
Faye: And I wont tell you again.
Jasper grabs hold of Faye and hits her, she falls to the ground.
Jasper: You should of listened to me Faye.
Jasper kicks Faye then walks out. Faye stays lying on the floor and cries. About an hour later Luna walks in and finds Faye.
Luna: Oh my god Faye what happened?
Faye: He....
Jasper: He what Faye?
Jasper: Come on tell the whole world.
Jasper starts to kick Faye again.
Faye: Jasper s..stop it .....please.
Jasper ignores her.
Faye: Awwww
Luna: Dad stop it.
Jasper: Shut up .
Faye: Luna go to your room please.
Luna: But Faye.
Faye: Now
Luna goes up to her room and cries. She can hear her dad shouting and Faye's cries of pain, She eventually cries herself to sleep.
H: Claire?
Nurse: Afraid not, that's the second time you've fallen asleep here.
H: Oh yeah, Where's my friends?
Nurse: They went home a while ago.
How's Claire? asks H hopefully. He is hoping that she improved over night. He is upset when that's not the answer he gets.
Nurse: I'm afraid she's got worse, we can't keep her going on this machine for ever.
H: I know
Nurse: Its not fair on her, maybe its best if you have it turned off later today or tomorrow, all your friends could be here with her.
H: I don't believe in taking peoples life's away.
Nurse: You wouldn't be taking Claire's life away. Her life has already been snatched from her.
H: DON'T SAY THAT.
Nurse: That's the truth. Claire wont have a life after this. Its the end of the line for her and your the only one holding her back from that. Let her go its what she wants. Let her be happy.
H: She'll be happy with me.
Nurse: If she was to come out of this, she would probably have serious brain damage. She wouldn't even remember you.
H: Claire would never forget me.
Nurse: No she would. She wouldn't even know who she was let alone anybody else.
H: I don't want to put her through that.
Nurse: Set her free H , let her go. It's going to be hard but it will be better for her this way. She wont feel any pain.
H: I cant, I just can't. There's a chance that she could be ok and i'm willing to take that chance.
Nurse: Fair enough its your decision.
The nurse leaves and H looks at Claire.
H: I'm not going to let you go on your own, I'll make sure Faye, Lee and Lisa are here. The nurse doesn't think you have long and I guess this time your not going to be able to find the strength to carry on. H leans against Claire and starts to cry again, his tears drop gently onto Claire's arm.
Faye is sitting at home waiting for Jasper to return. She didn't know how she was going to tell him it was over. But he had the right to know why? "This is going to be so hard, I just know it" thought Faye. Just then she hears the front door slam and Jasper walks in.
Faye: Jasper I've got something to tell you, why don't you come and sit down.
Jasper: Are you pregnant?
Faye: What, no way.
Jasper: Oh ok what is it then?
Faye: I don't know how to tell you this.
Jasper: Tell me what?
Faye: Ok I can't marry you.
Jasper: HAVE YOU MET SOMEONE NEW.
Faye: No Jasper I haven't met someone new.
Jasper: Why then.
Faye: I had an affair with a friend and although its over now, it made me realise its not fair to marry you.
Jasper: Who was he?
Faye: You don't know him.
Jasper: tell me now
Faye: NO
Jasper: I WONT ASK YOU AGAIN.
Faye: And I wont tell you again.
Jasper grabs hold of Faye and hits her, she falls to the ground.
Jasper: You should of listened to me Faye.
Jasper kicks Faye then walks out. Faye stays lying on the floor and cries. About an hour later Luna walks in and finds Faye.
Luna: Oh my god Faye what happened?
Faye: He....
Jasper: He what Faye?
Jasper: Come on tell the whole world.
Jasper starts to kick Faye again.
Faye: Jasper s..stop it .....please.
Jasper ignores her.
Faye: Awwww
Luna: Dad stop it.
Jasper: Shut up .
Faye: Luna go to your room please.
Luna: But Faye.
Faye: Now
Luna goes up to her room and cries. She can hear her dad shouting and Faye's cries of pain, She eventually cries herself to sleep.