Jack was clearly annoyed that Martha was even putting up with Callum standing there, let alone the frequent smiles they shot at one another as they exchanged their thoughts mentally on how to start the conversation. Jack got annoyed and overwhelmed by the silence so he began first.
"What the hell is going on here?" He said.
"Me and Callum have talked, and we have come to the conclusion that if he is to live and work in Summer Bay, then we should all get along as friends. I've already put what happened behind me, but now we'd like it if you could do the same." Martha explained, implying to Jack that he wanted him to shake Callum's hand and get over it all; but much to Martha's annoyance, he stayed adamant and stood his ground.
"Have you forgotten what he tried to do?" said Jack raising his voice. "He tried to break us up Martha!" Callum took a step forward, including himself in the conversation.
"Which I sincerely apologize for." Callum smiled. Jack darted him an angry look.
"That's okay then." Jack said sarcastically. Martha sighed as she perched herself on the end of the bed.
"Come on Jack. It was months ago! I'm sure we can all be mature adults and get over it, Callum has apologized, and I know that he's really sorry." Martha said, trying to convince Jack to forgive and forget. Jack shook his head.
"No I won't get over it, because this guy has a screw lose!" Jack yelled, pointing at Callum, who stood offended in the corner.
"Hey! Hang on! I don't think lying to get something you want classes as madness! What about you lying about your ear? Would you say you're mad for lying to your boss, just to get your job back?" Callum said. Jack looked confused.
"How did you know about that?" He asked.
"Me and Callum were friends before you came back into the picture you know! We did talk." Martha said. Jack sighed. Callum did have a point, but that still didn't mean that he deserved acceptance from Jack.
"They were different kind of lies." Jack muttered. "Sure, both selfish, but at least I wasn't lying to a friend, someone I was supposed to care about." Jack argued. Callum began to retaliate when Martha held her hand up, signalling them both to be quiet. Her face was full of anger as she turned to Jack.
"Please Jack. I don't want to argue, I've made my decision, and I'm going to be friends with Callum." She declared. "Are you going to be mature and respect my decision? Are you going to forgive him now?" Jack lay silent, looking at the green blankets that lay on top of him. "Please?" She begged, but Jack didn't lift his gaze from the blankets that he was using to avoid her eye contact. Martha looked at him in disgust before storming out of the room, angry at Jack's stubborn nature. She roughly passed Callum, who was about to follow her when Jack called his name.
"You dare cause trouble between me and Martha-" Jack threatened, holding his finger to Callum's face.
"Or what? It's not me making the trouble Jack." He replied, leaving the room. Jack didn't have much chance to think about his situation as a red haired, pretty girl just walked in.
"Aww, no broken bones." She laughed, perching on the end of the bed.
"Thanks! Nice to know you care." Jack forced a smile and looked at his watch. "It's 11 o'clock, shouldn't you be working?" He said, gesturing to her uniform.
"Yea, well I couldn't carry on without knowing how my partner was getting on." She said, playfully pinching his leg through the blanket. "And the coffee here is great!" She smiled. Jack laughed.
"Ahh, I knew there had to be alternative motive behind this nice, friendly visit." Jack joked. The girl looked towards the door, where she could see Callum talking to a nurse.
"The man who just left the room, is he your doctor?" She asked. Jack nodded.
"Yes, that's him." He said, gritting his teeth with anger.
"He's nice!" She admired. "Think you could set us up?" This didn't help how Jack was feeling at the moment, he already knew that Callum had a great way to control Martha, and was excellent at lying. Callum had a strong friendship bond with Martha, which was already coming between Jack and Martha's relationship, but this wasn't all that was bothering Jack; he was jealous. He knew that he shouldn't be, but he couldn't help it. Callum and Martha got along great together, and whenever he saw that, he thought back to the kiss. It could so easily occur again, all Callum needed to do was manipulate Martha and gain control of her thoughts, which he had figured he'd be good at. Being a cop, Jack could detect these abilities from criminals miles off, he was used to analysing them, and researching into their techniques. He knew that Callum wasn't a criminal, but he was a threat, with his charm, good looks and manipulating skills. Mia went on to describe the doctor, trying to figure out aloud which one of his marvellous features she preferred.
"Mia!" Jack snapped; unleashing the temper that had built up inside of him as he wondered if Martha had thought he was as attractive as Mia obviously did. She looked at him, surprised with his outburst.
"Sorry, I forgot you're not into men." She joked. Jack dug the back of his head further into the pillow and closed his eyes. Martha was angry at him, and Callum knew about it and was around to comfort her. This wasn't good.
"I guess I'll go then." Mia said, looking at her watch. "Crims to catch, civvies' to save!" She sung, standing up and patting Jack on the head. "Be a good boy Jack, and get to work soon!" She said as she walked out. Jack had barely flinched when she patted him on the head, he had been too busy thinking hard about what he was going to do to even notice that she'd left the room. Martha now entered.