Chapter number 4. Why are you here?

Martha's face was still in shock at the sight of Jack sanding in her hospital room.

"Um, u, Martha do you think we could talk" Jack said "Alone" he continued putting an emphasis on the word alone and giving Scott a glare as if to say, what the hell are you doing with my girl.

"Can it wait?" Martha asked, still partly in shock.

"Don't worry I'll leave" Scott said getting up to go to the door.

"You shore?" Martha asked him.

"Yeah I'm shore, I'll see you later" Scott answered giving her a wink before he closed the door behind him.

"So what did you want to ask me?" Martha said turning around to look at Jack, not sounding so happy.

"Look um, Martha I've been an idiot" he sighed as he sat in the chair beside her bed "I loved you right from the moment I met you, and I still love you now".

"Jack-" Martha started but Jack cut her off.

"Martha I know I've asked you this before, but can you give me another chance?"

'Another chance?' Martha questioned herself. It had only been about fifteen minutes since she had woken up and already two men had told her that they loved her. Half of her wanted to be with Jack but the other half of her wanted to be with Scott. Martha sighed, she didn't know what to say or do. Why did life have to be so confusing? It was only a few minutes ago when she thought things were all coming into place the way they were supposed to be, but now it had all come crashing down around her. "U, um, Jack I, u," she paused for a moment. What was she supposed to say? "Jack I only woke up fifteen minutes ago, I really just need some space to think".

"Ok" Jack answered sounding sadly disappointed. "Can I talk to you latter?"

"Jack, I'll let you know when I'm ready to talk to you" She answered.

"Ok, I hope you get better then" Jack said leaving the room.

A soon as the door closed Martha burst into tears. She could remember the first time Jack had asked her to take him back, she had told him that it was too late and that she was in love with Corrie, she had regretted that a few weeks later, would she regret it this time if she rejected him? "Why did this have to happen to me?" She sobbed, crying herself to sleep.

The next day Irene was working in the dinner. She heard some footsteps coming towards the counter and looked up, "Hayley" Irene squealed in excitement.

"Hey Irene" Hayley greeted her lifting her hands off the handle of Noah's pram to give her a hug.

"When did you get back, why didn't you call?" Irene asked.

"I'll have to tell you all that later, but right now I want you to meet Noah's dad Steve". Hayley told her pointing to a man approaching Noah's pram.

"Hey" Irene said looking over to Steve holding Noah. She studied him carefully he looked like a fairly nice person, he had spiky brown hair and was wearing a casual tea shirt with jeans.

"Hi, you must be Irene" Steve replied, his phone began to ring. He looked to see who it was. "Babe, I better get this one," he said handing Noah back to Hayley.

"Hi, dad" Steve said as he got out side of the dinner making his way to where no one would here him.

"Hey son. Just wanting to know if you and Hayley are still coming to see me next week". Steve's dad Ryan said on the other end of the phone.

"Yeah of course, oh and make shore that everyone knows that Hayley thinks we both went to school together in primary school".

"Ok" Ryan answered "Anything else I should know.

"Yeah make shore no one at any time mentions anything about Eve, not even if they think Hayley's not listening".

"Ok, make shore you keep Noah safe, If that kid ends up in hospital and the nurse sees his DNA and notices that your not really his dad this whole plan will go down the drain" Ryan orded him.

"Yeah, we don't want to have to lose anymore money trying to stop nurses from telling Hayley".

Next time:
Who will Martha choose? Jack or Scott?
How is Steve connected to Eve/Zoe?
What are Steve and Ryan planning?