Chapter 13

The next morning Kennedy woke up to her nurse messing with her IV. She smiled at him before turning over to see Jack, who wasn't there. "Jack?" she asked looking around. The nurse just shrugged his shoulders. Just then the door opened and she looked with hope in her eyes that it was Jack, but she was wrong. In walked her father, "Hey sweetheart. It's good to see you awake."

"Where's Jack?"

"He went to get some things. That's good. It gives us time to talk about what happened."

"You know what happened. There's nothing to talk about."

"I really think we should. I never meant for you to be in the hospital right now."

"You didn't care that I was in the hospital last time." She retorted "But I guess when I am about to die you might care just a little bit."

Scott just glared at her. "You are my daughter. It's my job to care for you."

"You act like you get paid to be my father or something. It's not a job dad, it's a responsibility, that you obviously suck at." She replied. "The only person who I know cares isn't here with me right now. You probably had something to do with that."

"Jack? You don't even know this boy. He doesn't care about you."

"He cares more than you will ever know. He has been with me through everything that you have caused. All the pain and nightmares, Jack was there. Not you."

Scott nodded his head, but Kennedy kept on.

Jack went down to the gift shop to find some thing to cheer Kennedy up. He walked around seeing all these baby things "Congrats, it's a boy!" he repeated before throwing the bear down. "What happened to get well soon or something?" he asked himself.

"Can I help you?" the cashier asked

"Yeah, my girlfriend is here and I wanted to get her something to cheer her up. She's not really sick. Well she fell and hurt herself pretty badly. What should I get her?"

"Well there are some beautiful roses over here in the cooler. She would probably like those."

"Yeah, I think she would. Thanks, ill take that one." Jack pointed out the flowers he wanted and quickly paid the man. He wanted to get back to Kennedy before she woke up. He took off to the elevator and hurried to her room. Just as he was about to open the door, he heard talking inside. He stood there and waited.

"So does Jack know that you jumped off the balcony or does he think I pushed you?" Scott asked

"I didn't mean to jump." She whispered "I never meant for any of this to happen. I didn't want to talk and you didn't take no for an answer. You scared me more than anything this time."

"You ran away from me and pulled a gun on me. I wasn't going to look like a fool Kennedy. You were coming home whether you liked it or not."

"Why couldn't you just left me alone."

"We needed to talk."

"Were you drinking?"

"Does it matter if I was drinking or not? I am over 21 years of age. I can drink if I want to."

"Yes it does matter, especially if you come after me with a golf club. Daddy you scared me to death. I honestly thought you were going to hit me with that thing. The only thing that I thought about was getting out of there. The balcony was the only solution. You tried to rape me again. I wasn't going to let that happen. So I let go. I would rather die than have you put your hands on me again. So I let go and fell on my own. I never told anyone that you pushed me. I wasn't going to go through that horror again. My life is screwed up enough to keep going through that. It's my fault, I understand that." She began to cry

"Your right is it your fault. All of it is your fault. It's your fault that your mother is dead…" Kennedy looked at him before turning away so he couldn't see her cry. "It's your fault that all the beatings began and it's your fault that you are in the hospital now."

"My mother's death was an accident." She replied still not looking at him.

"We were rushing home because you got sick and the babysitter didn't know what to do. You were bleeding from the mouth and throwing up blood. Your mother was so worried, she wanted to get to you as soon as we could. You are the reason she isn't here with us right now."

"And you blamed me everyday for that. You made me pay everyday." She shot her head towards him as the tears flowed down her cheeks. "All I wanted was for you to love me and be the father that you were before she died. That's never going to happen is it?"

Scott just looked at her "You need to rest." He replied before getting up and walking to the door. Jack heard him coming and ran around the corner. He pretended that he was coming back and saw Scott coming out of the room. He nodded his head before going into Kennedy's room. He saw her crying. "Baby?"

"Jack, where did you go?" she asked wiping her face.

"I got you these." He replied showing the flowers

She smiled at him "They are beautiful. Thank you."

"Ken, are you alright?"

"Yeah, I was just talking to my dad."

"Oh, did he say something to you?"

"He's just being my father." She replied with a soft smile. She turned away from him

"Um… I heard everything actually." Jack replied, sighing. "I was outside the door."

Kennedy looked at him "I didn't mean for it to happen." She cried "I didn't mean to fall and be in here right now. It just did you know. I was so scared and you weren't there with me this time. I didn't know what to else to do."

"You don't have to explain yourself."

"He just had this evil look in his eyes. He was so drunk and I didn't know what to do. After I fell, I saw Bobby. He was coming towards me and I knew that I did something wrong."

"You jumped?"

"I wasn't going to let him do it to me again Jack. So yeah I jumped. Part of me prayed that it would kill me, but the only thing that I thought about was you. You were the last person on my mind."

Jack got up from the chair he was sitting in. "That's it!" he yelled "You aren't going back. Ill kill him before you go anywhere near him. You are going to the court and you are going to come live with me." He began pacing back and forth rubbing his hands through his hair

She began crying "Don't hate me." She replied. Jack stopped in his tracks and just stared at her.

"Oh baby, I could never hate you. I just wish that there was another way for you get out. I don't like seeing you like this." He rushed over to her and grabbed her hands. He kissed them softly. "You have to do something about this before he does end up killing you."

"I know, it's just hard. He's still my father, even though he doesn't act like it anymore."

"You're going to be alright ok. You are going to be ok." Jack reassured her. He bent down and embraced her in his arms.

"Where is everyone else?" Kennedy finally asked "Where's your mom and brothers?"

"They were here. I don't know if they went home or not. Jenna was here yesterday. She was so worried about you."

Kennedy smiled. "I'm still feel bad for yelling at her. She looked so scared."

"Yeah, well she still has no idea what is going on. She tried to tell me what happened but she just didn't understand."

"Are we going to tell her?"

"If you want. It's up to you."

"What do you think I should do?"

"You should tell her. She is one of your best friends now. She won't tell or even judge you. She's a really good friend to have." Kennedy smiled again

"And to think I thought you guys were going out."

Jack laughed "Now that was funny. We tried but it didn't work out." Kennedy laid her head back and closed her eyes "You ok?"

"My side is hurting really bad."

"Do you want me to go get the nurse or doctor?"

She nodded her head as she put her hand on her side. She began crying again. Jack hurried out of the room and got her nurse for her. "Is she going to be alright?" Jack asked

"Yeah, she is going to be having trouble with her side for a while. She just needs to take it easy and not get worked up or anything. Get lots of rest and keep the stress down. Your pulse is racing, so I suggest that you stop doing what you are doing." Jack looked up at him

"I haven't done anything." Jack replied holding his hands in the air. Kennedy couldn't help but laugh. The nurse smiled before leaving

"I'll get you some medicine to calm you down and make the pain go away." The nurse replied before closing the door. There was a knock on the door

"Who is it?" Jack asked looking down at Kennedy

"Scott." Scott replied. "Can I come in?"

Jack looked at Kennedy "Sure" he replied not sounding too happy. Scott opened the door and smiled at his daughter.

"Do you need anything?" he asked. Jack rolled his eyes and moved to the other side of the bed.

"No, I'm fine. The nurse is going to get me some medicine for my pain."

"Are you hungry or anything?"

"No, I'm just tired." She lied. She was hungry but she didn't want her father to be in the room anymore. She kept looking at Jack who was messing with the tools on the tray. He grabbed the syringe with a needle sticking out, and looked over at Scott. "I think I might go to sleep when the nurse comes back."

"Well ill leave you alone to go to sleep. Jack, I think she needs her rest."

"I want him to stay." She replied. Jack looked down at her and smiled.

"I'll stay its no problem. I like being with her."

Kennedy could feel her face turn red. Scott looked at him and went to say something but the nurse walked in. "So I got you something to eat as I went to get your medicine. I think you should eat something, before I give you this. Its going to make you go to sleep and you haven't eaten too much lately."

Kennedy smiled at him "Ok." He laid the food on the tray and pulled it over to her. She picked up the fork and began eating. Jack sat down in the chair and watched her. She could feel his eyes on her and she looked up. He smiled at her. Scott left the room. "That boy needs to go, he is ruining everything." Scott thought to himself. Moments after Kennedy had eaten, her nurse came back in and put the medicine in her IVs. Jack moved over to her and held her hand. He smiled at her "You know when this is all over, I may have to steal you." He whispered.

"Steal me?" she asked yawning

"Yeah, I might have to have you all to myself. We haven't really been on a date yet. So I am going to steal you away and we are going to go out."

"That sounds good. I haven't been on a date in a while." She could feel her eyes getting heavy. "I am so tired. I think I might go to sleep now…." She closed her and fell straight to sleep. Jack laughed and pulled the covers up over her. He left the room to go call his mother and check in.

"Hey ma, it's Jack."

"Hey sweetheart. How is everything?"

"It's good. The doctors said that she broke her ribs and her arm. She is bleeding internally, but they said she is doing well. I found out what happened." He replied

"Yeah Bobby told me."

"Its crazy isn't it?"

"Yeah, well at least she is safe now."

"Yeah, she agreed to go to court. I think she knows now that its time to get out of there."

"Yes it is time."

"I just don't want her to turn into me."

"Baby, you are a great guy. She is very lucky to have you. I think you can use your past, to help her. It seems like you have already."

"Who would have known that my past would help someone. And I always thought it was a nightmare that wouldn't go away."

"But it did didn't it? It's going to take time, but if you be there for her, it will be in her past too."

"I know, I just don't want it to be the present right now. It's so hard not being able to handle things."

"Well I think you handled things very well, unlike your brothers."

"You know that's just them. Always trying to protect their younger brother."

Evelyn laughed "Yeah that's true. Well when are you coming home? You do know that you have school."

"I was hoping you forgot about that." Jack replied. Evelyn laughed again

"You are going to have to go tomorrow and the rest of the week. I know that you want to be with Kennedy, but you need to be at school as well. You can go straight to the hospital after school."

Jack groaned, but didn't argue "Yes ma'am." He replied.

"Good, now go get some rest. You better be at school in the morning or your behind is mine."

Jack laughed "I will. I promise."

"Goodnight sweetheart."

"Goodnight ma." Jack hung up the phone and walked back to Kennedy's room. "Jack!" Scott's voice was heard behind him. Jack rolled his eyes before turning around

"I think it's nice for you to keep staying with Kennedy and all but I would like to spend some time with my daughter alone. Maybe you could go home for a little while then come back and see her. She isn't going anywhere." Scott said with a little laugh. Jack gave a fake laugh before responding

"She doesn't want me to leave and until she does, im not going anywhere. I left her for one night and look where it got her. I'm not going anywhere. Now if you will excuse me, my girlfriend needs me." Jack walked past him and into Kennedy's room. He shut the door and leaned against it, before moving over to the bed. He sat down in the chair and grabbed hold of Kennedy's hand. "I love you." He replied kissing her hand. Scott looked through the door and saw Jack holding onto his daughters hand, he glared at him before closing the door.

Author: So I am back from the beach. It sucked but you know whatever! Hope everyone likes this chapter! Trust me it gets better! Thanks to everyone who reviewed! You guys rock! It mean a lot to me too:)

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