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Sorry for the wait everyone but as promised, here is chapter 4 of the story. Chapter 5 is already written on paper and will be put up tomorrow if anyone wishes me to continue. Sorry again about the really really long wait and the bad cliffhanger but I'm back again I promise! Thanks for reading and please review if you like it!
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"Jack!"
Ennis screamed out as the shock of watching him fall wore off and he kicked his horse to a gallop, jumping off before he even came to a stop.
"Jack? Jack, answer me baby... Jack!"
He exclaimed as he knelt by him and slipped his fingers behind his neck to check for anything unusual. After making sure the crucial area wasn't broken, he quickly checked his pulse and breathing to make sure niether were distorted or, god forbid, non-existant. Once convinced that moving him wouldn't further injure his mate, he clicked his tongue to call the two horses over and, after grabbing their reigns, lifted Jack tenderly off the ground and started walking back towards home as the clouds grew darker overhead. The smell of rain soon became evident as thunder rumbled in the distance and the sky began to light up with bolts of lightning. Just as Ennis got into the house after putting the horses in the stable, a huge clap of thunder sounded, followed by a pouring torrent of rain. He sighed in relief at not being caught in the storm then went to the master bedroom where he laid Jack down as gently as if he were made of porcelin. Immediatly following, he ran to the bathroom and got a cool rag to lay across Jack's eyes before sitting down by him to wait for him to wake up. He glanced over him again, knowing he should call a doctor but didn't want to make the poor man travel so far without desperate need. He would call him, he told himself, if Jack didn't wake up soon or started showing signs of needing professional medical attention. That decided, he laid back against the headboard and stared at the wall opposite him as the minutes slowly ticked on by.
----- 2 Hours Later -----
Ennis was still sitting with Jack when the latter awoke and immediatly groaned in pain.
"Shit tha's a massive headache..."
He muttered and shifted slightly to get comfortable, which jerked Ennis from the doze he'd fallen into.
"Jack... Baby you're 'wake?"
Jack mumbled slightly in response as Ennis sat up more and felt the back of his love's neck again to make sure he hadn't missed anything before.
"Ya seem ta be a'right love, save probably a concussion bu' I think you'll be a'right soon. Jus' stay in bed an' I'll take care of ya, less ya think ya need a doctor."
Jack smiled slightly through the pounding in his head at the rare show of care and concern Ennis was portraying.
"S'nice ta see ya care so much cowboy and no, I don' think I'll need a doctor... Got one righ' here..."
He said quietly as Enis continued to check him for any broken bones and bruises.
"Yeah well... Ya gave me quite the scare there when I saw ya fallin'..." He stopped his examination and stared down at Jack's body. "Don' know wha' I'd do if I'da lost ya..."
Jack tilted his head slightly, not sure if he'd heard the last whispered sentence correctly. "Ennis...?"
Ennis finally turned his gaze to meet his love's eyes and Jack gasped slightly at the sight of tears in the others eyes.
"Ennis..." He started but was quickly interrupted.
"I thought for a minute I'd lost ya... I... I don' know wha' I woulda done if you'd..." He turned away again as tears began to fall from his eyes and Jack sat up slowly to comfort him but Ennis felt the movement and turned back to him, trying to make him lay back down.
"Jack ya need your rest... Stay down on the bed..."
"Bu' ya need comfortin' cowboy... I don' wanna se ya upset like this..."
"I'm a'right... You lay yourself back down..."
"Then lay wi'me..."
Ennis glanced at his eyes as Jack took his hand gently and laid back down, pulling Ennis on top of him. Ennis obliged and laid on him gently, his tears leaving dark circles where his head rested on the others chest.
"S'a'right cowboy... I'm here..."
Jack whispered softly as he caressed Ennis' back and immediatly felt as well as heard the others breath hitch before he began to sob, clinging to Jack as if to assure himself he was still there.
"Shhh... I's a'right love... i's a'right..."
Jack muttered quietly and continued to hold him till the sobs decreased and the two fell asleep with Ennis still held tightly in his lovers arms as the storm outside tempered off into morning.
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Chapter 5 to be put up tomorrow if I get good reviews:D
