In my opinion all good stories have to come with a cliffhanger. Warning this is a tear jerker and a cliffhanger. Something unexpected happens to one of my characters. Don't want to give to much away, read on for more details...

The time before the wedding passed quickly. I was already the middle of October. Jack and Janet were busy trying to get all the little details ready. It would be a small wedding. Only close family and friends. Terri was Janet's matron of honor. Janet's sister was her other attendant. The wedding dress was a simple off white dress. It was simple yet elegant. They were being married in the back yard of Janet's house. It was big enough for the event. The flowers were being done by Janet's flower shop of course. A friend of Jack's was catering the food. Everything was all put together by the end of October. Janet was nervous. Everything was going to well, something was bound to go wrong. Of course Jack thought she was just being paranoid. Janet just had a bad feeling in the back of her mind that something was going to happen.

Then about a month before the wedding it happened. Janet was driving to meet Jack at the restaurant when out of nowhere came a car. She tried to swerve out of the way, but it was going too fast. The car hit Janet in the passenger door. Even though Janet was wearing her seat belt she was critically injured. Jack heard the sirens and thought that it was off in the distance. He looked at the clock on the wall and noticed that Janet was late. Thinking that it was because of the accident he didn't think about it until 2 police officers walked in the restaurant. Jack took one look at them and knew that it wasn't going to be good news. He just couldn't have imagined how bad the news was.

"Mr. Tripper, I am afraid we have some bad news for you. Your fiancé has been taken to the hospital."

"Is she going to be ok?"

"That is something the doctors will have to answer Mr. Tripper. We will escort you to the hospital, if you will follow us please."

Jack felt as if the air had been knocked out of him. They were so close to their dream of being together. Why did this have to happen now? Jack walked into the hospital. It was the same hospital that Terri now worked at. She happened to be on duty when Janet was brought in and told the officers where they could find Jack. She was standing in the waiting room. When Jack walked in he looked so pale. She walked over to him and they hugged.

"How is she doing Terri? They didn't tell me much"

"All they know right now is that she is in extremely critical condition. She was hit by a drunk driver. He walked away with only a few bruises. They are still evaluating her now. They will know more in a few hours. I can only say that they are doing everything they can right now. She is in good hands Jack."

"I know Terri. It is just so hard not being able to do anything for her. If she doesn't make it Terri I…" Jack stopped not able to form the thought that popped into his head.

"Jack she is strong. She has a good team working on her. We have to think positively about this." Even as Terri said this she knew that nothing was certain, but she had to give Jack some words of comfort. Janet would be ok, she had to be ok. A lot of people were pulling for her and she was a fighter.

Jack heard the words that Terri spoke, but his heart was so full of worry for Janet, that he wasn't comprehending what she had said. It was like watching a movie in slow motion. Have you ever felt like a giant hole had opened up and was threatening to swallow you? That was exactly how Jack felt at that moment. One push either way could change everyone's life forever.