Accidents Happen For A Reason

Chapter 3

"She's in a coma?" Jax said, confused, "Why?" The nurse looked at Jax.

"I know this is upsetting, but there is nothing more I can say; the doctor will be in to see her first thing in the morning."

"You should get some rest, and come by and see her tomorrow."

"I'm not leaving her side; I'm staying here with her. What happens if she
wakes up and there is nobody here?"

"You must really care about her, Mr. Jacks."

"I do," he whispered to himself, as he touched her face. The nurse looked at
Jax, and then left the room, leaving him on his own. Jax looked at Courtney as she was sleeping peacefully; he leaned over and touched her face.

"You have to wake up; there are so many people that need you."

"I just started to get to know you; I want to find out more about you,
Courtney. I know that you want to find out more about me too," Jax said,
laughing, but at the same time tears streamed down his face.

A hour later,

The nurse returned, and saw that Jax had fall asleep next to Courtney,
holding her hand. She got him a blanket and pulled it over him, and
turned the lights out.

The next morning,

Jax woke up and saw that he was still in Courtney's hospital room. He looked
at her and saw that she was the same as she was last night.

"Morning, Courtney, it's time for you to wake up now. Please," he said, as he grabbed her
hand. He looked at her, she looked so pale. Why did this have to happen to you, he thought to himself. He then looked up and saw that the doctor was standing in front of them.

"Is she going to wake up soon?" was the very first question that Jax ask the
doctor. The doctor looked at Jax.

"I need to check my patient out and then I can answer any questions that you have. You can go and wait in the waiting area." Jax grabbed her hand.

"I'll be back very soon," he said, as he walked out of the room. As Jax walked out of the room, the nurse that called him the day before walked over to him.

"Did you stay here all night?" she asked. Jax nodded.

"She must be really important to you for you to do that. Why don't you go and get
something to eat." Jax shook his head.

"I want to be here when the doctor is finished with her." The nurse nodded.

"We called Courtney's dad; we found his name in her address book. He just got here an hour ago." Jax nodded and walked towards the waiting area where Mike was sitting, Mike
stood up when he saw Jax.

"Jax, what are you doing here?" he asked, surprised.

"The hospital called me yesterday and I came as soon as I heard," Jax replied.

"Have they told you anything about Courtney?" Mike asked. Jax looked at Mike, and realized that he didn't know anything about Courtney's condition.

"Why don't we sit down," Jax replied.

"Is it that bad? Is Courtney dying?" Mike asked.

"Courtney is not dying, but she is in a coma." Mike looked at Jax.

"A coma? What are you talking about? How did she get into a car accident?"

"I know as much as you do. They found my business card in her purse and
thought that I was her boyfriend, I came as soon as I heard."

"You mean that you have been here all night?" Mike questioned. Jax nodded.
"Yes I have, but she hasn't woken up from her coma yet, the doctor is in
with her right now."

"And you came all the way from Port Charles; you must care about my
daughter," Mike replied.

Jax nodded.

"I do." Suddenly the doctor came out of the room, and both Jax
and Mike walked over to the doctor.

"So how's my daughter doing?" Mike asked.

"Your daughter is still in a coma, and we don't know when or if she is going
to come out of the coma?"

"What do you mean if; she is going to wake up, isn't she?" Jax asked.

"We aren't for sure yet," the doctor replied.

"She is a healthy woman, I don't understand why she won't wake up," Jax
replied.

"Courtney has been through a big ordeal. Just talk to her, she maybe
able to hear you. I wish there was more I could tell you both, but it is up
to her now, if she wants to wake up or not." Suddenly the doctor's pager went off.

"If you have any more questions, feel free to page me."

"Thank you, "Jax replied, as the doctor walked away from him.

"So have you told Carly or Sonny about Courtney's accident?" Jax asked Mike.

"I came as soon as I could, on the plane I called Sonny, but he doesn't want
anything to do with Courtney. I guess you heard something about why she left
town?" Mike replied.

"The only thing that Courtney told me is that she wants nothing to do with
her family, expect you that is." ax replied.

"But I don't want to talk about Sonny and Carly right now, all I care about
is Courtney, why don't you go and see her, I'll come and see her in a
while."

Mike nodded, and walked into Courtney's room.

As Jax was walking towards the waiting area a nurse come up to him. " I
thought you would like a cup of coffee."

"Thanks. Do you think that Courtney is going to wake up?"

"I'm sorry, but there is nothing I can say,"

"Why does anybody said that, I want to know if Courtney is going to wake up
or not, please don't lie to me," he shouted. The nurse could tell that Jax
really care about this woman.

"I've seen cases where the person wakes up after a few weeks, but then I'm
seen cases where they never do."

"But you are saying that there is a chance that she could wake up, right?"
Jax said.

"I don't want to get your hopes up, Mr. Jacks,"

Jax nodded. "I understand,"

A while later,

Jax walked into Courtney's room, and Mike looked at him. "I'll leave you
alone with her, I'm going to go and check into a hotel, so if you wake up,
can you call me right away?"

"Of course I will," Jax said, as Mike left the room.

Jax sat down next to Courtney, and grabbed a hold of her hand. "Hey
Courtney, it's time for you to wake up.

"Please wake up for me."

Courtney was sitting in a garden when she heard someone's voice.

"Courtney, you have to wake up.

"No, I don't want to; I want to stay in this nice place"

Suddenly the person handed out their hand.

"Come back."

"Come back to me. Your father is here as well, he wants you to get well, you
just need to open your eyes and wake up," Jax replied. Jax then put his hand on his face; he didn't know what else to do.

"Just talk to her like you normally do," the nurse said. Jax turned around.

"Hi."

"I have a lot of family members here, that has someone they love in a coma,
and they don't know exactly how to talk to them, you just need to talk to
her, it doesn't matter what it is, you just have to,"

Jax nodded. "I know, thank you, it is just so hard to see her lying there
like that."

"I know, Mr. Jacks. I need to check her vitals, so could you sit outside,"

Jax walked outside, and run into someone. "Sorry," he said.

"Jasper Jacks,"

Jax looked up and saw a woman standing in front of him. "You are Courtney's
assistant; I meet you once when I came over here to help Courtney with our
business."

"Yes, my name is Kristin Brown," she said, as she shakes hands with Jax. "So
how's Courtney doing?"

"She is still in a coma"

" A coma, I didn't know she was that bad, your assistant phoned to see how
Courtney was doing and that is how I found out that she was in accident, I
thought she was just not coming into work today,"

"How long have you been here?" Kristin asked.

"I've been here since yesterday; I just wish that there was something that I
could do to make her wake up,"

Kristin nodded. "You know you just being here is exactly what you needs,"

"She used to talk about you and she told me about the little bet that you
had going on before she left town, she did say to me that she would have won
the bet if she had stay in Port Charles.

"I'm sure that she would have," Jax said. Or at least tried, he smiled to
himself.

A nurse came up to Jax. "I think that you should go and get some sleep,
there has be any change in her condition, you aren't going to do her any
good if you are exhausted,"

Jax hesitated for a moment, but then agree with the nurse. "Call me on my
cell if there has been any change,"

"We will," the nurse said. Jax turned around. "Goodbye Kristin," he said, as
he walked out of the hospital.

2 weeks later,

In Jax's hotel room,

"I'm sorry that I can't be there, Katie. I know that I said I would be home
by now, but Courtney is in a coma, I can't leave her now."

"But Jax this is the most important offer, you wanted to buy this company for so long."

"I know, Katie, but I need to be here for Courtney, please rescheduled the meeting for the end of the month, I'm sure I will be able to get then." Suddenly there was a knock at the door.

"There's someone at my door. I have to get that, bye," Jax said, as he hung up the phone and answered the door.

"Mike, has there been any change in Courtney's condition?" was the first thing that Jax asked.

"No, she is still the same as she was before."

"Why don't you come in," Jax suggested as Mike walked into Jax's hotel room. Before they even sat down, Mike looked at Jax.

"Why are you still in San Francisco, you could have left when I show up."

"I care about your daughter, not just as business partner, but as a friend. I just wanted to make sure that she is okay. She has been through a lot in Port Charles; I just want to see that she comes out of this okay." Mike nodded.

"Courtney does need some happiness in her life and maybe that is you?" Jax shake his head.

"We are just friends." Mike smiled.

"You wouldn't stay here for two weeks if you didn't have some feelings towards my daughter, even if you don't know it yet, you will," Suddenly the phone ring, Jax picked it up.

"Hello." A few minutes later, Jax turned around and faced Mike.

"That was the hospital; they want us to come right now."

To be continued!!!