Chapter 14

Alf walked in to Martha's hospital room looking happier than he had done a few hours earlier. Martha sat up. "What's up with you?" she asked. Alf sat on her bed. "The doc's said you can go home love. They said that they can't find a problem with you. And they said keeping you in here when they're not doing anything isn't going to make you feel any better. So they said you can go home and just come backs if you have any problems. Isn't that great?" he said, excitedly. Martha felt her stomach turn. She didn't want to leave Jack. Although, she knew that it would be best if she was at home. "Yeh, It's...great" she smiled. Alf nodded. "So lets get packing and take you home"

"Er..Grandad would you mind starting the packing. I'm going to go and see Jack. Say goodbye" she said. Alf looked at her "He's unconscious love. He won't know"

"I know. But I'd feel a lot better" she said. Alf nodded. "ok" and watched as Martha left the room.

As she walked in to Jack's room, she walked over to his bed and sat beside him, taking his hand. She brushed her fingers through his hair. "I'm going home Jack. But I'll be back, later on. And when I get back, I expect you to be running around in circles, laughing and joking. ok?" she laughed. And with that she kissed his forehead and left the room. Her stomach did somersaults. Why was she finding it so difficult to tell him the truth? He was unconscious. She let tears fall down her cheek and walked back to her room.

"Home sweet Home" said Alf as they walked into the Diner flat. Martha smiled. She should have been happy to be back home, but that was impossible when she thought of Jack, alone in that hospital. All she wanted to do was kiss him and never let him go. She wanted to sit down with him and tell him the truth. She wanted all the secrets she was too afraid to tell out in the open. She wanted a happy, simple life with Jack. Yet that was going to be easier said than done...