Okay, I've been waiting for some free time to write this so it's here! Hah, take that, diagnostic test! (Muahahahaha!) Em… okay…on with the story.

Warning: Readers may (or will) lose the romantic feelings BBM has inflicted upon its viewers because this isn't a romantic fic.

Ennis thoughts are like this. Everything else is normal.

Starts a few seconds before Ennis died in the first chap. A take on what if Ennis didn't die in the accident.

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Ennis' truck swerved off the road, twirled and crashed into the darkness, taking Ennis with it.

The truck lay on its side; luckily it did not explode, only a few awful dents here and there and Ennis was trying to crawl out of the pile of mess.

"Fuck… fuckin' shit!" Ennis cursed as he staggered to stand. Ennis huffed and puffed, his feelings mixed with relief, anger, surprise and worry. He sighed as he rested his hands on his knees. Then he straightened up and looked at his (once) truck.

"What the hell just happened…?" Ennis mumbled to himself. Seems like the lorry's driver did not care about what happened to him even though the guy must have seen his truck swerved off the road.

"Fuck, Ennis, yeh drive like a blind 80-yer-ol' woman!"

Ennis froze and cold overwhelmed him. It was not the cold from the rain…

He turned around slowly and saw the familiar handsome figure stood before him, his body shining like the moonlight in the dark and the rain. His voice sent a chill down Ennis' spine but all that ghostly appearance did not hinder Ennis from doing what he would usually do when Jack does something totally unbelievable.

"JACK FUCKING TWIST!"

"What?"

"What the fuck…!"

"Yeah?"

"Fuck…"

"Fuck?"

"Fuckin'…"

"Cowboy, if ya wanna fuck with me right 'ere, that's fine but it's raining," Jack said with a gesture of showing that it was raining as if Ennis had not acknowledged that earlier.

"No…" Ennis stepped closer to Jack. Jack wore a tired expression but happy nonetheless.

"En, it's been long…" Jack took a step forward. He reached a hand out towards Ennis when a cheap lightning effect struck between them causing Ennis to retreat away from his dead lover.

"Hey! What shit!" Jack cursed at the smoke emitting from the ground where the lightning once struck.

"JACK!" a deep voice boomed out from the smoke.

Ennis could do nothing but stare at the scene before him.

"YOU TOOK YOUR TIME NOW YOU'RE GOING TO…ACK!"

Jack punched into the smoke which caused a black figure to stumble out of the smoke and landed on the rough ground. The figure held a bony hand over his fully hooded face to soothe the spot where Jack had punched with his ghostly yet still strong fist.

"We made promise, ya LIL' PIECE A' SHIT!"

"But you were too long!" moaned the black hooded figure.

"A promise 's a promise!"

"That wasn't promise! That was bribery!"

Ennis stood at his place, his eyes wide with disbelief. Here he stood, watching two non-human beings quarrelling with each other. Ennis knew who the hooded man is. He's Grimm.

"Then why did ya accept them, huh?" Jack shouted in anger.

"Cos you're the only one with cigars,"

"Yeh lil… BASTARD!" Jack tried to reach for the bony neck of the Grimm but he evaded with the agility an old guy would not have (Ennis suppose he was old because the guy has bony hands).

The Grimm jogged away to flee but Jack stomped on the tail of his long robes. "Gotcha, ya sissy-wearin', cigar-hogging, bribe-takin' piece of rubbish!"

"Hey, hold it! That's my new robe! And it ain't SISSY!" the Grimm screeched and whipped out his scythe out of nowhere.

"Argh, hey, hey!" Jack backed away, fearing the power of the long blade.

Ennis watched as the Grimm chased Jack around with his scythe. Ennis, who could not stand watching Jack being treated like a wet dog, did what a sensible human would do.

"WAIT A FUCKING, SHITTING MINUTE! WHAT THE HELL'S GOIN' ON!" he shouted over the little confusing commotion.

The Grimm answered "Your little fishing buddy here bribed me to let him stay in this world longer!" and swung his scythe.

Jack ducked and replied back "Who told ya ta take the fucking cig!"

"Cos there ain't any cigarettes in my place!" the Grimm swung again and missed Jack's head by inches.

"This 's unbelievable…" Ennis mumbled to himself. Jack came running towards him and ran through Ennis, causing Ennis to shiver from the ghostly effect.

"Ah, shii-it… wait…WAIT! WAIT!" Ennis shouted his lungs out as he saw the shining sharp blade neared his face.

"Ah, oops…" Grimm stopped and rested his scythe by his side. "Rule one; don't kill living things that are not yet expired…" Ennis sighed and felt his heart rate dropped slowly to normal.

Jack looked at the both of them while standing a few feet behind Ennis. Ennis turned around to confront Jack.

"Jack, tell me what the hell's goin' on an' yeh better be 'onest about it."

"I died, En. I can't go without taking a piece of something with me,"

"Yeh want the shirt?"

"No, I want ya…"

A stony silence fell between them. Ennis could feel bile coming up his throat but he forced it down. "Yeh…wanna…take me with ya?"

Jack's eyes blackened with desire yet he hid them away. "No…I want those…words…"

"Words?"

"Yeah, words…"

"Word…" the Grimm said from behind like a cool teenager conversing with another friend.

Jack glared at Grimm but looked back at Ennis.

"Grimm, how long is our promise?" he said without looking away from Ennis.

"Umm…one cig means one month…You only gave me two so…" Grimm counted silently.

"You have approximately 7 minutes left to settle your business here before I drag you away." Grimm said holding up his bony index finger.

"Yeh been here for more than a month?" Ennis said with surprise.

"Yeah… I… wanted yeh…I wanted ta hear those words…"

"What words, Jack?"

"Fuck it, En! Those… Those WORDS! Those WORDS! That's why I had been hidin' in the shadows!"

"Shadows…? So yer the one who made those bunny ears on mah shadow's head when I was showerin'!"

"Sure was funny…" Jack whispered to himself but loud enough to be audible for others.

"3 minutes…" Grimm said playfully.

"Ah, fuck!" Jack said in frustration. Even in the darkness Ennis could see the tears that were starting to well up in Jack's eyes. Jack was pleading.

"En, please, En! Just this once, say it! What's stoppin' yeh!"

He didn't answer. Ennis could feel his heart fighting with his brain. What's stopping ya? C'mon, say it… But he's guy, what to do… Ya love him, don'cha? Ya love the man, admit it and this is yer second chance. Yeh blew him off once, don't break his heart twice, Ennis Del Mar! Say 'em. Say those three simple words. No one's stoppin' ya. No one's there ta kill ya… Say em… No one's there ta kill Jack…

Ennis looked at Jack who had his head down, looking at the ground

"1 minute…"

"Jack, I…"

"57 seconds…"

Ennis bit his lower lip.

"Jack I lo… lov…"

Jack lifted his head and looked deep into Ennis' eyes. Ennis felt like crumbling under those eyes.

"J…Jack, I…"

Tears welled up in Ennis' eyes, blurring Jack from his vision

Oh, no…shit…yer losin' him again. No, fuckin' shit… No…

Ennis mumbled a silent word. Drops of cold rain dripped on his face.

"What…Ennis… What are ya…" the next word was drowned by the thunder in the air. Lights came from behind Jack who turned around and knew what was coming next.

He was about to leave Ennis forever… again… and there was nothing he could do.

Ennis' jaw fell. He was about to lose Jack again… and this time he gave Jack a second heart break… No shit…

"Time's up," Grimm said under the hood, his voice penetrated through Ennis' silent head.

Time's up… time's up… Ennis watched as Jack walked into the unknown light, his body low and sulky, Jack's tears mixed with the pouring rain. He turned around for the last time and looked at Ennis. His eyes were as dead as Ennis' little ray of light inside him but Jack smiled. Jack smiled a sad smile and waved at Ennis. "Thanks fer everythin' ya gave me, En…"

Ennis stood in the rain and watched Grimm gently patting Jack on the back as a sign it was time to go.

Ennis could not stand it.

"WAIT, JACK! I LOVE YA! I LOVE YA, JACK FUCKIN' TWIST!"

-to be continued-

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Hope you enjoyed it and thanks for reading my fic and also thank you for the reviews on the previous chap. Forgive me for any factual or grammatical mistakes.

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