Title: Dreaming of a white wedding-Part 4
Author: Manda
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters in this fic except for Luke, Gary (I'm not sure if he's gonna be in this one though) and anyone else I make up.
Rating: I'll say PG just to be safe
Summary: Now that PJ knows the truth, he feels really bad and wants to meet his son. Dedication: Bree, Rhi, Elle, Katie and all the other ppl I talk 2 on msn. You guys rock!
Part 4
"Can you please pass the salt?" Jo asked across the table the next morning.
Bev looked up at her from her eggs and slid the shaker across without saying a word.
"Thank you," Jo said, salting her eggs. Bev still said nothing.
"Oh for goodness sake!" exclaimed Jeff, "Would you two please sort this argument out or something? It's driving me crazy!"
Neither of them moved.
"Argh!" Jeff grunted. He stood up and lifted Luke from his chair. "How about we go play outside while Mummy and Grandma have a talk?" He said to his Grandson.
"Agrlle!" gurgled Luke happily.
Jeff carried Luke outside leaving Jo and Bev alone at the table.
They sat in silence for a few minutes. They both wanted to end the fight, or argument, or whatever you could call it, but neither knew how. Finally the silence was broken by the sound of gunshots in the street.
Later Ben was talking to the doctor as PJ walked passed him. Dr Habibi was telling Ben some piece of information about something, but PJ wasn't really interested. All he was interested in was getting to the room ahead of him. He reached the room and stopped at the door. Room 608. This was it. This was the room Jeff Parrish was in.
He opened the door and walked in. Jo looked up at him from her seat next to the bed. She had a baby in her arms. A baby that undoubtedly was their son.
"How is he?" PJ asked.
"Doctor says he'll be ok." Jo shifted the baby around in her arms.
"Is that..." he said.
Jo nodded and stood up. "This is Luke, your son."
PJ walked over to them and looked at his son. "He's beautiful," he said.
"Of course he's beautiful, PJ. All babies are beautiful." Jo said.
"Not as much as this one." PJ said.
Jo smiled. "Do you want to hold him?"
PJ looked at her hopefully. "Can I?" he asked.
"He's your son PJ, of course you can hold him." Jo handed Luke to PJ and he took him in his arms.
"My son," PJ whispered, taking Luke into his arms, "my son."
Luke looked up at PJ with curiosity. Then his face broke into a huge grin. "Lug!" he said happily. Jo laughed.
PJ looked confused as Luke continued to chant "lug" while gazing up at PJ. "What does that mean?" PJ asked Jo.
"He thinks you're a slug." Jo said, laughing.
"Oh," PJ smiled.
"Happy families huh?"
Jo spun round at the sound of her father's voice. "Dad!" she said, rushing over to his bed.
"Hey princess," he croaked weakly.
"Hey," Jo said, holding his hand, "how are you?"
"Bit sore," Jeff said, "but nothing I can't handle."
Jo rolled her eyes and smiled.
"Aga!" Luke said, reaching towards the bed and his grandpa.
PJ handed Luke to Jeff and stood there awkwardly.
"Hey little guy," Jeff said to Luke.
Jo looked over at PJ and noticed he looked a bit disappointed that he didn't have Luke anymore.
"I better get back to work," PJ said, and turned to leave.
"Yeah see ya," Jo said.
"I'll be at the Imperial later," PJ said, turning back to look at Jo, "if you wanna meet up."
"I'd like that," Jo nodded.
PJ smiled and then left the room.
The Imperial
When Jo arrived at the Imperial later that night PJ was waiting for her at the bar.
"Hey," he greeted, smiling at her.
"Hey," Jo replied, sitting down next to him.
"So how's your dad?" PJ asked, sipping his beer.
"He's getting better. Doc says he could be discharged in a few days."
"That's good," PJ said.
There was an awkward silence in which Jo was watching Susie and Jonesy playing pool. They obviously had no idea she was in town.
"You haven't seen them for ages have you?" PJ asked her.
"No," Jo agreed, "not since before..." she trailed off. There was another awkward silence. "Umm, do you wanna go talk to them?" PJ asked.
"I...I thought I was here to see you?" Jo said.
"Yeah but that doesn't mean you can't talk to them. I mean they're your friends and you haven't seen them for a while."
"Really?" Jo asked hopefully.
"Yeah sure," PJ answered. "Oi! Jonesy, Susie. There's someone here who wants to see you!"
Jonesy and Susie looked over at PJ, then put down their pool sticks and walked over to where he and Jo were sitting.
"Oh my gosh! Jo!" Susie screamed.
"Hey," Jo said, smiling. She hugged Susie and then Jonesy.
"What are you doing here?" Jonesy asked her.
"Just visiting." Jo answered.
"So where have you been this past year and a bit?" Susie asked.
"I've been living in Frankston," Jo said.
"We'd better get back to our game before someone takes the table." Jonesy said.
"Yeah. See you later, Jo," said Susie, following Jonesy back to the pool table.
"Are they..." Jo asked, watching the two laughing and playing pool.
"Not officially but we all suspect something." PJ replied.
Jo nodded understandingly. "And who do you mean by 'we all'?" She asked.
"Oh you know, me Ben and," PJ cleared his throat and said quietly, "Katherine."
"Oh. Is Katherine my replacement?" Jo asked.
"Well not really. She's temporarily filling the huge hole that you left at the station."
"So in other words she's my replacement." Jo said.
"Yeah," PJ said.
Jo laughed.
"What's so funny?" PJ asked, bewildered.
"You," she replied.
"What's so funny about me?" PJ asked again.
"I dunno, you just are," Jo said.
"Oh," PJ said, and there was yet another awkward silence.
"I bet you hate me after what I did," he said.
"I probably should hate you," Jo began, "but one of the problems with love is that no matter how much you hurt me, I'll never love you any less. There's no excusing what you did PJ, but I know you love me, and I love you too, and as long as that stays the same we can get through anything together."
PJ looked down at the table and thought for a while, then looked up at Jo. "You're right Jo, I do still love you, and I always will. I'm so sorry for what I did, and I regret it every single day." "You don't have to say that PJ, I don't care. I'll still love you no matter what." Jo looked into PJ's eyes and sighed.
"Do...do you think we could still be together? I mean not the same as we were before, just take things slow."
"I think that's really likely, PJ" Jo said, then she leaned across the bar and kissed him.
Author: Manda
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters in this fic except for Luke, Gary (I'm not sure if he's gonna be in this one though) and anyone else I make up.
Rating: I'll say PG just to be safe
Summary: Now that PJ knows the truth, he feels really bad and wants to meet his son. Dedication: Bree, Rhi, Elle, Katie and all the other ppl I talk 2 on msn. You guys rock!
Part 4
"Can you please pass the salt?" Jo asked across the table the next morning.
Bev looked up at her from her eggs and slid the shaker across without saying a word.
"Thank you," Jo said, salting her eggs. Bev still said nothing.
"Oh for goodness sake!" exclaimed Jeff, "Would you two please sort this argument out or something? It's driving me crazy!"
Neither of them moved.
"Argh!" Jeff grunted. He stood up and lifted Luke from his chair. "How about we go play outside while Mummy and Grandma have a talk?" He said to his Grandson.
"Agrlle!" gurgled Luke happily.
Jeff carried Luke outside leaving Jo and Bev alone at the table.
They sat in silence for a few minutes. They both wanted to end the fight, or argument, or whatever you could call it, but neither knew how. Finally the silence was broken by the sound of gunshots in the street.
Later Ben was talking to the doctor as PJ walked passed him. Dr Habibi was telling Ben some piece of information about something, but PJ wasn't really interested. All he was interested in was getting to the room ahead of him. He reached the room and stopped at the door. Room 608. This was it. This was the room Jeff Parrish was in.
He opened the door and walked in. Jo looked up at him from her seat next to the bed. She had a baby in her arms. A baby that undoubtedly was their son.
"How is he?" PJ asked.
"Doctor says he'll be ok." Jo shifted the baby around in her arms.
"Is that..." he said.
Jo nodded and stood up. "This is Luke, your son."
PJ walked over to them and looked at his son. "He's beautiful," he said.
"Of course he's beautiful, PJ. All babies are beautiful." Jo said.
"Not as much as this one." PJ said.
Jo smiled. "Do you want to hold him?"
PJ looked at her hopefully. "Can I?" he asked.
"He's your son PJ, of course you can hold him." Jo handed Luke to PJ and he took him in his arms.
"My son," PJ whispered, taking Luke into his arms, "my son."
Luke looked up at PJ with curiosity. Then his face broke into a huge grin. "Lug!" he said happily. Jo laughed.
PJ looked confused as Luke continued to chant "lug" while gazing up at PJ. "What does that mean?" PJ asked Jo.
"He thinks you're a slug." Jo said, laughing.
"Oh," PJ smiled.
"Happy families huh?"
Jo spun round at the sound of her father's voice. "Dad!" she said, rushing over to his bed.
"Hey princess," he croaked weakly.
"Hey," Jo said, holding his hand, "how are you?"
"Bit sore," Jeff said, "but nothing I can't handle."
Jo rolled her eyes and smiled.
"Aga!" Luke said, reaching towards the bed and his grandpa.
PJ handed Luke to Jeff and stood there awkwardly.
"Hey little guy," Jeff said to Luke.
Jo looked over at PJ and noticed he looked a bit disappointed that he didn't have Luke anymore.
"I better get back to work," PJ said, and turned to leave.
"Yeah see ya," Jo said.
"I'll be at the Imperial later," PJ said, turning back to look at Jo, "if you wanna meet up."
"I'd like that," Jo nodded.
PJ smiled and then left the room.
The Imperial
When Jo arrived at the Imperial later that night PJ was waiting for her at the bar.
"Hey," he greeted, smiling at her.
"Hey," Jo replied, sitting down next to him.
"So how's your dad?" PJ asked, sipping his beer.
"He's getting better. Doc says he could be discharged in a few days."
"That's good," PJ said.
There was an awkward silence in which Jo was watching Susie and Jonesy playing pool. They obviously had no idea she was in town.
"You haven't seen them for ages have you?" PJ asked her.
"No," Jo agreed, "not since before..." she trailed off. There was another awkward silence. "Umm, do you wanna go talk to them?" PJ asked.
"I...I thought I was here to see you?" Jo said.
"Yeah but that doesn't mean you can't talk to them. I mean they're your friends and you haven't seen them for a while."
"Really?" Jo asked hopefully.
"Yeah sure," PJ answered. "Oi! Jonesy, Susie. There's someone here who wants to see you!"
Jonesy and Susie looked over at PJ, then put down their pool sticks and walked over to where he and Jo were sitting.
"Oh my gosh! Jo!" Susie screamed.
"Hey," Jo said, smiling. She hugged Susie and then Jonesy.
"What are you doing here?" Jonesy asked her.
"Just visiting." Jo answered.
"So where have you been this past year and a bit?" Susie asked.
"I've been living in Frankston," Jo said.
"We'd better get back to our game before someone takes the table." Jonesy said.
"Yeah. See you later, Jo," said Susie, following Jonesy back to the pool table.
"Are they..." Jo asked, watching the two laughing and playing pool.
"Not officially but we all suspect something." PJ replied.
Jo nodded understandingly. "And who do you mean by 'we all'?" She asked.
"Oh you know, me Ben and," PJ cleared his throat and said quietly, "Katherine."
"Oh. Is Katherine my replacement?" Jo asked.
"Well not really. She's temporarily filling the huge hole that you left at the station."
"So in other words she's my replacement." Jo said.
"Yeah," PJ said.
Jo laughed.
"What's so funny?" PJ asked, bewildered.
"You," she replied.
"What's so funny about me?" PJ asked again.
"I dunno, you just are," Jo said.
"Oh," PJ said, and there was yet another awkward silence.
"I bet you hate me after what I did," he said.
"I probably should hate you," Jo began, "but one of the problems with love is that no matter how much you hurt me, I'll never love you any less. There's no excusing what you did PJ, but I know you love me, and I love you too, and as long as that stays the same we can get through anything together."
PJ looked down at the table and thought for a while, then looked up at Jo. "You're right Jo, I do still love you, and I always will. I'm so sorry for what I did, and I regret it every single day." "You don't have to say that PJ, I don't care. I'll still love you no matter what." Jo looked into PJ's eyes and sighed.
"Do...do you think we could still be together? I mean not the same as we were before, just take things slow."
"I think that's really likely, PJ" Jo said, then she leaned across the bar and kissed him.