Chapter 12

"Martha?"

Martha sat upright, and looked towards the door. A nurse was stood in the doorway, a wheelchair in front of her. "Jack's been moved to his own room. He appeared to have no problems overnight, although he's still having trouble communicating, but the doctors are satisfied that he should be alright. I thought you might like to see him" she said, wheeling the wheelchair next to Martha's bed. Martha gave her a smile and slowly climbed out of bed and into the wheelchair. She gave a deep breath as she exited the hospital room.

It was long journey to Jack's room. She had to go down the corridor and then go up in the lift. It seemed like forever she was waiting to see him. As they arrived at his room the Nurse stopped outside. She looked down at Martha. "Are you sure you want to go in?" Martha nodded, as she was wheeled in. The sight of Jack lay there made her feel weak. Her chest felt tight and she felt sick. "Jack!" she cried. The Nurse wheeled her over to next to his bed and placed the breaks on. "I'll leave you to it" she said as she exited the room. Martha reached out her hand and clasped Jack's into hers. She felt tears trickle down her cheek at the sight of him. Wired up to so many machines. Machines that she didn't even know existed. She kissed Jack's hand. "Please wake up!" she whispered. She prayed for the feel of his hand squeezing hers. Nothing. She placed her head gently next to his and kissed his cheek. She could still smell his aftershave on him. She kissed him again and placed her arm onto his. "How did we end up here?" she laughed. "We should be back at home now. Together" She gave a weak smile. "Any excuse to get out of watching slushy movies with me hey? Don't worry when you're better we'll watch all the slushy movies in the world. We'll go to Paris, just like we always wanted to. We'll visit the Eiffel Tower. We'll have romantic walks along the beach. We'll watch the sun rise together. And then we'll get married and have children. We'll take them to Disney Land and we'll curse our daughter when she turns into a teenage rebel who wants to go out all night partying with her friends. And then she'll bring her first boyfriend home. And then we'll renew our wedding vows in 50 years time. We'll do it on the cliff. You remember, the one I was going to jump off to make it up to you. Where we had our first kiss" she looked at Jack, hoping for some response, yet she got nothing. She placed her head back next to his.

"Oh well" she whispered. "We'll talk about it when you wake up Jack. Because you will you know, you will wake up. You have too. There's so much I need to tell you. There's something that I've kept to myself for so long. But I'll tell you, babe. I promise, you just need to wake up first" she kissed his lips and placed her head onto his shoulder. "I love you Jack"