Chapter 22
Author: Ok, so I am done with making you guys sad for a while. Haha! YAY! But yeah there's going to be a lot of drama in the next couple of chapters with Kennedy so yeah ENJOY!
Later that night Kennedy laid in Jack's bed staring at the ceiling with tears streaming down her face. She couldn't go to sleep. She looked beside her and saw that Jack was just staring at her with his arm wrapped around her waist. She looked down at him.
"Cant sleep?" Jack whispered. She just shook her head. "Me either." He tightened his grip on her waist and she began to cry again. Jack closed his eyes and just laid his head back. "I love you." He whispered. She closed her eyes and finally they drifted off to sleep around 6:30 that morning.
That morning Bobby was already up sitting at the table in the kitchen. He hadn't been able to sleep all night. He knew no one else slept either. He heard footsteps coming towards him. "Jack?" he asked. Jacks' head appeared in the doorway "Hey baby brother."
"What are you doing up?" Jack asked sitting down
"Couldn't sleep."
"Yeah me either."
"How's Kennedy?"
"Not good. She won't talk to me. All she does is cry."
"She's really taking this hard isn't she?"
"Yeah, and I don't know what to do anymore."
"Is Jenna still asleep?"
"Yeah, I think. Where's Angel?"
"He's at the hospital with ma. They had to take Laiken down to the mortuary today and figure the arrangements for the funeral."
"How's Christian?"
"Ma said he was doing fine. They haven't told him about Laiken yet. Cindy blames him."
Jack shook his head. "Jack, go back to bed. You look like shit."
"I can't sleep man."
"No one can."
"I guess I am just going to lay with Kennedy for a while. At least until she decides to get up."
"Yeah that might be a good idea. I am just going to stay down here and wait for ma and Angel."
"Have you talked to Jerry?"
"Yeah, he had a tree fall down at his house so the power's out. They will be by later on."
Jack nodded. He got up from the table and walked back upstairs. He found Kennedy still asleep in the bed. He closed the door behind him and leaned his head back against it. Kennedy opened her eyes and saw how stressed Jack was. "Jack." She whispered. He opened his eyes
"You ok?" he asked
She nodded her head "You ok?"
"Just tired."
"Me too." Jack walked over to her and laid down beside her. She kissed him on the cheek and laid her head on his chest. He ran his fingers through her hair. "You want to talk about it?" Jack asked. Kennedy just laid there.
"What's there to talk about?"
"Tell me what you are thinking about."
"Laiken."
"You know Kennedy, it sucks real bad about what happened, but I don't want to lose you over this."
"What are you talking about Jack? You aren't going to lose me."
"I feel like I am little by little."
Kennedy leaned up and looked down at him. "I love you so much and I am so happy that you are in my life right now. I wouldn't have it any other way."
Jack smiled down at her. "You just seem so sad all the time."
"I'm not sad because I am with you. I am sad because of my life."
"I know you miss your mom. I am sorry about what happened to her. I just want you to be able to move on with life."
"I really pissed Bobby off didn't I?"
"Yeah well, he cares a lot about you."
"I care a lot about him too. It was so sweet when he came running in the hospital last night. He ran straight to you and just wrapped his arms around you."
"He's my big brother, I don't know what I would do without him." Kennedy looked at him and gently rubbed the side of his face. She leaned down and kissed him. He kissed her back and rolled over on top of her. She smiled up at him as he began rubbing the top of her head. She leaned up and began kissing him again. So many thoughts were going through her head, and she just wanted to think about one thing and that was Jack. She deepened the kiss and began lifting his shirt over his head. "Whoa whoa." He replied grabbing her hand "Are you sure?"
Kennedy looked at him and gently smiled. He leaned down and kissed her. She reached up under his shirt and threw it on the ground. Jack looked at her once more before kissing her neck. Kennedy could fill her eyes filling with tears again as she let her mind wonder. She grabbed his head and brought it back up to hers. She kissed him as she rolled on top of him. She felt his hands on her waist. She leaned up for a minute to let him take her shirt off. She threw it on the floor and went back down to him. She began kissing his neck and shoulders as he rubbed his hands through her hair. She heard him a moan a little, which made her smile. She leaned up to look at him and saw him smiling at her. She rubbed her hands along his body making their way to his boxers. Before she could get her hands in, he rolled over on top of her. He laughed at her as she looked at him confused. He leaned down and kissed her quickly before pulling away. "What are you doing?" she asked
"Helping." He leaned up and removed his boxers on his own. She gave a soft laugh before grabbing his necklace and pulling him down. He smiled at her before kissing her again. Through the course of things, he pulled her shorts off. He started planting kisses along her body. He made his way back up to her mouth. He gently kissed her before looking into her eyes for approval. She smiled at him before he pulled the covers up over them.
"Hey! Is everyone still in bed?" Jerry asked walking into the house seeing Bobby still in the kitchen
"Yeah, I guess. Jack was up but I think he went back to sleep." Bobby replied
"How long have you been up?"
"Since 2."
"What happened?"
"Before or after Kennedy freaked out on me?"
"Both."
"Laiken and Christian, Laikens boyfriend from new York, left early yesterday morning to go out and spend time together. Well that storm came and Jack and Kennedy were the only ones in the house because Jenna went out too. Kennedy was getting really scared that something might have happened to them. So she begged Jack to call them. They called Jenna first and everything was ok with them. Then she called Laiken. We thought everything was good until the line went dead. That was the first time I saw Kennedy sort of freak out. They went looking for them and found Christian's SVU flipped upside down in the ditch. Christian was still in the car, but Laiken was thrown out. Kennedy stayed by her side the whole time, until the moment she died in her arms. We all got to the hospital, I thought I was going to kill Jack. The doctors brought Laiken back to life, but told us that she wouldn't be alive much longer."
"Wow."
"Yeah, well Kennedy was being a little distant with everyone so ma went to talk to her. She was talking about God and everything and then Kennedy just basically said fuck God. She tried to leave but I stopped her. She was so mad. She kept talking about her mom dying the same way. She was welling on my chest and just trying to beat the shit out of me. I took her into Laikens room and left her there."
"Where's ma?"
"She stayed at the hospital with Cindy. She wasn't taking the news to well that her daughter just died."
"How's Jack doing?"
"He was handling it better than I thought he would. You know I think Laiken and him had a connection that day she moved in. More of a connection than he had with Kennedy. When they came out of her room Jack looked like someone stabbed him in the heart. He just rushed over to ma and hugged her."
"Is he up in his room?"
"Yeah, but I think he went back to sleep. I don't think anyone got a wink of sleep in this house. By the way Jen is up in your room. So don't scare her if you go up there."
Jerry took a seat at the table. "So do you think Kennedy's going to be ok?"
"Fuck no."
Jerry just looked at his brother "She isn't taking this too well."
"Maybe Jack can talk to her."
"Or maybe something else."
Jerry just looked at him "I'm going to see them." He jumped up from his seat and headed for the stairs.
"I might as well go with you." Bobby replied. They went up the stairs and saw Jenna coming out of Jerry's room.
"Hey what's going on?" she asked
"Nothing just going to see Jack and Kennedy. Did you sleep good?" Jerry asked
"For the most part. How are they doing?"
"I don't know. We were just going to check." Jerry replied
"How's ma doing?"
"She's still with Cindy at the hospital. Angel went to see her. They should be back later on tonight." Bobby replied.
"Listen I am going to go lay back down. I don't feel too good."
"Jen, you ok?" Jerry asked
"Yeah I will be. I just want to lie down for a few minutes. I guess it just hasn't settled in just yet." Jerry gave a soft smile before wrapping his arms around. He kissed the top of her head before letting her go. She squeezed Bobby's hand before going back to bed. Jerry walked over to Jack's door and softly knocked on it. No one answered. He opened the door and saw them fast asleep in his bed. Jack had his arm wrapped Kennedy's body. He saw that the covers were up around them baring some of Kennedy's shoulder that wasn't covered. Jerry sighed before shutting the door behind them.
Later that day Jack and Kennedy made their way downstairs. Bobby was sitting on the couch was the TV. He looked up when he saw them walk in. "Finally decided to get up?" he replied
"Yeah I guess." Jack replied. "Where's' Jenna?"
"She's upstairs in Jerry's room. She was awake but I think she went back to bed." Bobby looked over at Kennedy. "How are you holding up?"
"I'm ok." She replied with a soft smile. "I am going to see Jenna for a moment." She kissed Jack on the cheek before going back upstairs.
"Did you guys finally go to sleep?" Bobby asked
"Yeah finally." Jack smiled before sitting down. Jerry came walking in from the kitchen "Jer, man when did you get here?" Jack asked getting up. He embraced his brother in a hug.
"Hey baby brother. How are you?"
"I'm ok."
"Did you sleep good?"
"Not really, but me and Kennedy fell asleep upstairs a few hours ago."
"Yeah we saw."
Jack looked at him. "I wanted to see if you were ok. So I went upstairs and I knocked but no one answered so I opened the door. You guys looked knocked out."
"Yeah, well I guess that's what you get when you don't sleep all night." Jack looked away from his brothers.
"What are you thinking Jack?" Jerry asked
"What are you talking about?" Jack asked
"You know what I am talking about Jack."
"Don't you think its too soon for that?" Bobby asked
"What I do in my own room is my business." Jack defended himself
"Don't go get all defensive and shit, we are just saying to take things slow. She is hurting right now." Bobby replied
"We all are hurting Bobby. Not just her." Jack replied "She wanted it ok. It wasn't like I forced her to do anything."
"You didn't have to force her Jack. She is vulnerable to anything right now. I'm sure she wanted something to take her mind off everything." Jerry replied.
"Why are you lecturing me over this? Bobby, you have girls over all the time and never speak to them again. Jerry, Camille is having your kids right now. Kennedy's my girlfriend and I love her." Jack replied
"Just watch what you are doing Jack. That's all I am saying." Jerry replied
"We are only trying to look after you." Bobby replied
"I would appreciate if you would look after me when I need looking after. This is something that I can control ok. I don't need your protection over this."
"Ok fine. Do whatever you want." Bobby replied getting off the couch.
"Jack what's wrong with you?" Jerry asked
"I don't know man. You guys just jump down my throat. We had sex, ok. Leave it alone."
"Jack, we are just saying that maybe you should take things slow. You guys just lost your friend ok. I know you will do anything to make the pain go away."
"Fine whatever. We will take it slow." Jack spat. He threw his hands up in the air before going back upstairs. He threw himself on his bed and closed his eyes.
Kennedy knocked on Jenna's door before opening it. She peaked her head in and saw Jenna lying on the bed with her eyes closed. "Jen, you asleep?"
"No, just laying here." Jenna replied "You ok?"
"Yeah, I was just checking on you."
"You sleep any?"
"Nope, well actually me and Jack slept a little a while ago. But as of the night, no we didn't sleep at all. What about you?"
"Nope, every time I close my eyes my mind starts thinking things."
"Yeah me too." Kennedy sat down on the bed. "To change the subject, how was your date with Cooper?"
"It was good."
"Why didn't he bring you to the hospital?"
Jenna just looked at her for a moment "He doesn't take hospitals to well. His grandpa died in one and he just doesn't feel right going there."
"Oh…"
"Yeah so he just dropped me off at the house and then Bobby and Angel brought me."
"Oh ok."
"How's Jack holding up?" she asked changing the subject.
"He's doing ok. Better than me"
"I'm sure it will just take time. For all of us."
"Yeah I know. I just hate waiting."
"What was up with Jerry and Bobby today? They were headed towards Jack's room looking like they were on a mission. Is something up?"
"I don't know. We were just sleeping." Kennedy lied
"Hmm…I was just wondering. They were just probably worried about Jack."
"Yeah. Is ma back?"
"No, she's still at the hospital with Cindy. Angel went to go see her. Bobby said that Christian was doing well. They haven't told him yet."
"I wouldn't want to know."
"Yeah I didn't want to know last night."
"Me either. I just wish it hadn't happened period. I miss her Jen." Kennedy could feel her eyes filling with tears. "We become best friends and we were just all hanging out all the time. I thought I finally can have a happy life, and then she had to die. I don't know why but I feel like it's all my fault. If we could have gotten to her sooner or something then maybe she would still be here."
"Ken, she didn't have her seatbelt on. She was thrown from the car. She wouldn't have made it even if you did get to her sooner. She lived longer to be able to say goodbye because of you. You helped her."
Kennedy shook her head. "It just hurts."
"I know and that pain is going to go away. It's just going to take time and you have me and Jack to help you go through the pain. Jack loves you . Everyone knows that and you should be lucky to have him by your side. You have me. I am just about the best person in the world too." Kennedy smiled before wiping the tears that escaped off her face. Jack stood at the door listening to their conversation. He tapped softly on the door before walking in.
"She's right you know." He replied wit ha smile
"Whats that?" Kennedy asked
"She is just about the best the person in the world. Just about."
Kennedy laughed "Who's the best person in the world then?" Kennedy asked
"Um….I don't know." He smiled at her "It could be you."
"Really?" she smiled at him
"Naw, I think it's Bobby."
Kennedy playfully hit him on the shoulder. He grabbed her arm and hugged.
"Do you guys think things will get better?" Jenna asked looking at them.
Jack looked over at her with sympathy in his eyes. "Yeah, it will. Not any time soon, but it will."
"How can we go on with life, knowing that one of our best friends is dead?"
"Jen, what's wrong? You just told me that everything was going to be ok." Kennedy replied staring at her confused.
"Yeah, well I was just trying to make you feel better." Jenna replied with a little laugh.
"Death is apart of life. I mean everyone's going to die sometime." Jack replied
"There's no more me and Cooper." Jenna bluntly replied.
"What?" Kennedy asked
"I wouldn't have sex with him last night. He told me that I was useless and the only reason he wanted to go out with me because he thought he could get me in bed. I guess I ruined that plan real fast didn't I?" Jenna wiped the tears from her face
"Did he touch you?" Jack asked concerned
Jenna shrugged. "Jen, you got to tell us." Kennedy replied grabbing her hand.
"Tell us what happened Jen." Jack responded
"When you guys called we were just talking you know. Then I was telling him that you called concerned and that maybe we need to go back to make sure everything was ok. He was like yeah in a little while. He blamed it on the rain, that's why we couldn't leave. I was starting to really get worried so I got up from where we were and began walking to the car. When we got to the car he just whipped her around and just started kissing me. I kept telling him not now. It just wasn't the time you know." She wiped her face again. "He wouldn't stop and he kept grabbing my boob and just rubbing his hands all over my body."
Jack could feel his face getting hot. He let go of Kennedy and got up from the bed. He ran his hands through his hair as Jenna kept on. "I finally just gave up fighting him. He was kissing my neck and the he reached up under my shirt. That's when I kicked him in the balls and took off running. After he got up off the ground. I heard him calling my name so I stopped. I just turned around and told him to take me home. He nodded his head. I got to the car and got in the backseat far away from him. He kept telling me that guys only like me because I look like a good piece of ass."
"I'll fucking kill him." Jack replied
"He didn't do anything else to you after you got back here?" Kennedy asked staring her in the eyes. Jenna shook her head. I just took off in the house before he could even get out of the car. I ran to Bobby and just wrapped my arms around him. That's when you guys called and said to come to the hospital. It looked like I already knew about what happened."
"Why didn't you tell him? He would have done something about it." Kennedy replied
"I just didn't want anything to happen that night. I was just happy to be away from him." Jenna replied still crying
"Jen, he could do it again."
"Like hell he will do it again. He aint coming near you. Ever." Jack responded
"I just hate that all this had to have happened on the same night." Jenna whispered.
"I am so sorry that, that even happened to you period." Kennedy replied "I am just glad that nothing else happened. I would have beaten the shit out of him."
Jenna laughed "I would love to see you fight."
Kennedy laughed "Piss me off and I will learn real fast." She looked over at Jack who was still glaring with his fist balled up. "Baby, she's ok. Nothing happened, just be happy about that. We will deal with Cooper later."
Jack looked at her before nodding his head "We will deal with him later. Let's just focus on the funeral and getting through this first."
Kennedy bowed her head and closed her eyes "I forgot about the funeral." She replied
"Yeah I did too." Jenna replied.
"Everything's going to be ok." Jack replied walking over to them and wrapping his arms around both of them. He kissed the top of Kennedy's head. "At least we have each other."
Author: Sorry it took sooo long to update, but I was at the beach and then all this crap came up. So yeah, but here's another chapter. Hope everyone likes it! Review!
Iluvgarretthedlund: yeah she freaked out a little! Haha! But yeah I need to get me a man too don't worry about it! Haha! Yeah to be honest I forgot all about Christian. So I will put a little something in the next chapter, maybe they will go visit him or something! Hahaha sorry! Thanks for the review! Hope you like this chapter. It's what you've been waiting for! Haha!
Skyler Jenaiyah Mercer: awwww im sorry about your friend. Yeah I had my friend die 2 years ago in a car accident. He had a pole go through his head but he lived for a month then died. It was really sad. But thanks for the review. Im glad that I captured the emotion. I liked the convo between Laiken and them too. Hope you like this chapter and I promise its not a sad one, well maybe a little! Haha! Thanks again!
Ryo Wings: sorry I made you cry! Definitely my intentions but yeah! Hahaha! Im just kidding! Thanks for the review! I'm sorry you miss Laiken! Haha
Cheetah girl 15: Well that's good that your parents were in bed so you could cry! Haha sorry I made your shirt wet! I cried when I was writing it too so don't worry about it! I use to run my moms boyfriends off too, hahaha! It's ok to be evil every now and then! Haha but yeah Jack and Kennedy are going to be fine for now, but I might change it up a little! Hahah! Just kidding, I don't know yet! Haha! Thanks for the review!