Jack woke to the sound of machines beeping; he slowly opened his eyes and looked around the room to see he was in a hospital room, and that Hammond and Jacob were asleep in chairs next to his bed. He slowly remembered what he had done, Hammond stirred and looked at Jack, blinking a few times.
Jack looked at him and croaked out; "You weren't supposed to find me till morning."
"And what, miss all the fun of sitting at your bedside for three days?" Jacob had woken up and stared at Jack. "You selfish son of a bitch, do you have any idea what this would do to Sam?" he asked, "Do you?"
"Probably the same thing as watching her walk down that aisle did to me." Jack replied.
Neither General was expecting Jack to say that.
They sat in stunned silence until Janet walked in. "Colonel you're awake."
"Ya don't say." He said, sarcastically.
"Watch it Colonel." Hammond said sternly.
Janet checked on Jack's vitals, he requested to be alone, which they granted. Janet walked to her office with Hammond and Jacob.
"This isn't good," Janet said as they sat down, "he's throwing himself into depression."
Both men nodded, "and now we know it was definitely the wedding that made him do it." Hammond said.
"What about Sam? When she finds out she'll blame herself." Jacob spoke.
"There's no way to cover this time up is there?" Janet asked herself out loud.
"What do you mean this time?" Both Generals asked at the same time.
Janet placed her hand over her mouth, "Never mind." She went to stand.
"Doctor!" Hammond spoke, determined to find out.
She sat back down, took a deep breath and answered "This isn't the first time one of them has made themselves sick. When either one was M.I.A the other refused to eat or sleep - but neither has ever gone this far." Janet took another deep breath before speaking again, "Sir, I think we should tell Sam."
"What are you nuts? She's on her honeymoon!" Jacob answered.
"Actually I'm inclined to agree with the doctor." Hammond said slowly.
At Jacob's incredulous look he continued; "Sam is the reason he did this, he needs to face her. You know as well as I do Jake that the only reason Sam married Shanahan was because she couldn't have Jack and you also know that he's just gonna try this again."
George looked at his friend, "We'll wait a few days, but if he doesn't do this on his own… you're calling Sam."