Chapter 28
Martha woke up slowly, her eyes focused on Jack. She smiled.
"Jack.." She exclaimed, her voice full of happiness. Even though it had only been a week since they had last seen each other, she had still missed him so much, and was really pleased to be looking up at him at that moment. She smiled as she watched him give a huge sigh of relief and smile back at Martha. But that didn't last long as thoughts of Alice and the drugs came sweeping back to her mind, and her anger returned. "..What the hell do you think you're doing?" Martha shouted, sitting up. Jack sighed.
"I was worried that you hadn't woken up. I thought that maybe, it'd happened again.." Jack's voice trailed off. "Anyway, I could ask the same question to you! Why are you asleep on my bed with my.." He looked down at the object in her hand. The picture of them. "Why do you have that? Have you been looking at it?" Martha and Tasha looked at one another. Martha felt embarrassed at Jack's discovery.
"Tasha asked where the picture was taken, so I tried to tell her, but I've forgotten. I must have fallen asleep with it in my hands." Martha lied. She knew exactly where it had been taken, every time she gazed upon the photo she remembered the fun day that they shared. Jack looked down at the photo.
"Oh, right." He was shocked that Martha could forget something like that, he'd loved that day, it was one of the happiest he'd shared with Martha. Then again, most of the days he shared with her he saw them as happy, and he wasn't going to forget them anytime soon, at least not as fast as Martha had. Jack stood up and made his way to the wardrobe, pulling out a shirt and jeans and throwing them on the bed.
"Sorry ladies, but you're going to have to leave." Jack smiled. "And Robbie." He added. Tasha looked confused.
"Why? What are you doing?" Tasha asked.
"Going to Noah's. Want to come?" Robbie asked Tasha.
"Well, me and Martha were going to go…"
"Great! We can all go together!" Robbie exclaimed, clapping his eyes. Martha and Jack both keyed into the conversation and started to make 'um' noises, as they thought of an excuse. "Unless either of you want to be mardy and unsociable because of the other?" Robbie smiled. He always had a way of wording things so they were almost impossible to refuse.
"No." They both sighed. Robbie and Tasha smiled at one another.
"Well, you may aswell get dressed here!" Tasha suggested. "Your clothes are here, and then we can get a lift in Jack's car." Tasha said. Martha put up a fake smile.
"Sure. This is going to be great!" She said sarcastically, searching through her clothes to find a nice top and jeans. Robbie and Tasha left the room.
"I guess I'll get changed in the bathroom." Jack sighed, walking past Martha, not making eye contact.
Jack put the note for his dad and Lucas on the kitchen worktop, and then went to join the others in the car. He hopped in the driving seat, next to Robbie. They drove in silence, only to be disturbed by Martha's phone.
"Hello?"
"Hey Martha, it's Callum." Callum said. Martha looked towards Jack. She didn't know why, but she felt like she'd cheated on Jack when she kissed Callum, even though they weren't together.
"Erm, now's not a good time." She mumbled, trying to make up an excuse.
"Please, Martha, where are you? I love you! Please give us a chance?" He pleaded down the phone.
"Callum-" She tried to say, placing her hand to her forehead, but his plea continued. Everyone in the car had heard the mention of Callum's name, and Tash looked towards Martha, trying to imagine what Callum was saying, as she could see Martha was clearly stressing.
"Can you just pull over Jack? Let Martha talk on the phone in privacy?" Tasha suggested. Jack sighed. 'Sure, that's what I want to give them..' he thought.
"Yea." He agreed, pulling over at the edge of the road, where Martha popped out and walked a few metres back. Tasha and Robbie both tried to keep the conversation away from Callum and Martha, but Jack wasn't paying attention, he was too busy thinking of what Callum could be saying. 'Maybe they're girlfriend and boyfriend. They must be. They're pretty close, he likes her, she obviously feels the same way. They're on the phone to one another right now!' Jack thought. He looked through his wing mirror at the reflection of Martha. She was now walking back, with a fake smile plastered on her face.
"Hey." She said, hopping into the car. Jack drove off, unable to take Callum and Martha off his mind.
