Disclaimer: Nah, not now either.
Chapter 21.
The session went well and her and Will went out to a small café for lunch.
"Karen, I'm so proud of you" Will said when they were sitting by a table, eating their sandwiches and drinking their coffee.
"Thank you Will" Karen smiled.
"Karen, there is something that I want to talk about."
She looked at him, wondering what it was.
"You know, Jack has had his opening night to his play and well, I'd love to see him in this. Grace says he's phenomenal in the part."
She didn't say anything, she knew that he wanted to see Jack act and she did too, but she wasn't ready to go out yet.
"Grace said that she could come over and keep you company while I see the play if you're not up for going" Will said and looked at her.
She took another hesitant bite of her sandwich and put it down. She swallowed and said:
"Will, I know that you want to see him act. I do too, but I can't just yet. You can go if you want, but I won't yet. I think I can manage a few hours without you, Grace doesn't have to come."
"She wants to, she misses you at work."
"I miss her too. But I don't know if I can have her at the mansion by myself" Karen said hesitantly.
"Why don't you give it a go? Her and Jack are coming over tomorrow night, just for a couple of hours so you can see if you can manage with other company than me. It's about time sweetie, you know that. You can't drag it behind you anymore."
She looked at him, amazed that he said that Grace and Jack were coming over the next day. He had planned this.
"Grace and Jack are coming over tomorrow night?" she said questionly.
Will nodded and looked at her while she ate her sandwich and drank her coffee.
"Are you OK with that Kare?" he asked.
She didn't answer first but then she said:
"Of course I am. I'm feeling a lot better and I actually miss both of them too."
"You sure?"
"Yes, Will, I'm sure" she said and gave him a smile.
He continued eating his own sandwich.
Karen was sitting and thinking while she ate her sandwich. She actually was OK with them coming over. She felt amazingly well now, something she never thought she'd be able to do ever again. She also knew that Will longed after seeing both of them, and of course he should. It's been a while since he saw them now. He had been with her every second since the abortion. She loved him more and more for that. She even found herself longing for tomorrow night. 'Amazing' she thought, 'I'm longing for Grace and Jack to come over.' She smiled to herself, Will saw her smile and smiled within. That smile told him that she was telling the truth. She really missed both Jack and Grace.
Next night
Grace and Jack entered Karen's mansion hand in hand, both a bit unsure about how Karen would react to both of them being there.
Up in Karen's bedroom they knocked on the door and entered when Will's voice was heard, allowing whoever it was to enter.
Inside they found Will in a chair next to the bed, where Karen was lying.
"Hey guys" Will greeted.
Karen and him had been watching TV and now she turned it off.
"Hey Grace, hey poodle" she greeted giving them an unsure smile.
"Hey Karen" Grace greeted and sat down on the arm of the chair where Will was sitting.
"Hey Karebear" Jack greeted and sat down on a chair next to the bed.
"How are you feeling?" Grace asked.
"It's getting better by the day at the moment" she smiled at her redhaired employer.
"That's great news" Grace smiled back.
"Yeah, it's really good news" Jack smiled.
"Yeah, it is" Will said with a sound of pride in his voice. "Karen's been responding well to therapy" he continued.
Karen looked at Will and smiled, blushing slightly.
"Will, I couldn't have done it if you weren't there" she smiled and continued: "I take it that you both know that I had an abortion about a week ago" she said softly, almost like a whisper and she looked down into her lap and bit her lip, trying not to cry again.
"Karen, we do know" Grace said and took her hand. "I'm so sorry, I know how much you wanted a child. I don't know what I would've done in your shoes, but I must say that I'm proud of you Karen. You made the best decision for you."
Karen looked up at Grace with tears in her eyes smiling.
"Thank you honey" she said with a shiver in her voice.
"Karen, I'm so proud of you. I love you, Karebear" Jack said and switched his seat from the chair to the bed, next to Karen, taking her hand.
"Thank you poodle" she said and looked at him.
Will was sitting in his chair and took in the sight of his friends in this state. It was good to know that Karen could manage with both of them.
"Karen, can I give you a hug?" Jack asked and looked down.
"Sure poodle" she said.
Jack let go of her hand and gave her a light hug, that tightened once he felt that she responded the way it was meant to. He released her after a minute and looked her in the eyes. They were glistening with tears and something that resembled love.
-------------------------
A/N I know this chapter is no good, but I couldn't get the dialogue the way I wanted it to be. R&R please.
