Chapter number 14. Giving into fate
"Why didn't you just tell me in the first place?" Jack asked after hearing what Serena had been through years before. His face had little expression, he was shocked, not giving away whether he was angry or just needed time to let it sink in.
"I was scared Jack, I didn't want to lose you".
"You wouldn't of lost me if you'd explained it wasn't your fault. None of it was your fault it's not like you asked to have your boyfriend accuse you of killing someone he killed" Jack told her, he looked cross now, wishing that he'd been told. "Did anyone else know?"
Serena began to feel scared now, a moment ago she'd thought he'd come around but now it seemed like he was slowly getting very angry, not cause she'd been sitting were he was once upon a time, but because she'd kept it from him. "Sean knew, I don't know how though, but that's why he was threatening me, cause he had something he was more than happy to tell the world if I didn't do what he said" she explained, trying to hold herself together.
"Wasn't Martha there too in that cave?"
Serena just nodded, "she knows too, she's the one who convinced me too tell you".
Jack didn't say anything, he felt betrayed. On their wedding day she'd sworn in her vows that nothing about her would be kept from him and that her life would never be a secret to him, and there she was standing in front of him telling there him that there was in fact secrets he hadn't known.
"Jack please say something" she pleaded with him.
"You want to know what I think?"
"Yeah of course I do".
"To be honest I haven't got a clue, I just need to be alone".
"Ok" she said nervously, "I'll come see you later then?"
"I'll call you went it's all sunk in" he told her blankly.
Serena got up from the chair and picked up her handbag, getting ready to leave like he'd asked, "I love you".
Jack just smiled weakly and nodded as Serena turned around to leave.
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"So I'll catch you later ok" Tash told Martha as they both walked out of the dinner.
"Yeap, and tell Rob I said hi" Martha said cheerfully back to her.
"I will, we'll all have to catch ups some time, see you".
"Yeah, bye" Martha called out before heading down the path to the beach to take a walk, she felt quite happy today, she'd thought a lot about her scare yesterday, she'd calmed herself down about it too when she came to the realization that Mr right was still waiting out there for her, it was like a teenage crush with Jack, right now she could say that no one but him was the right guy, and that she'd love him forever, but fate would figure it's self out one day, and she'd be with Mr right when he came along, who ever he was, where ever he was, she'd find him when she least expected. Well actually that's what her mum had told her last night to try and cheer her up, but some how, even though her heart didn't believe that Mr right wasn't Jack, she couldn't help but sense that today was going to be a beautiful day.
She continued walking along the beach, removing her flip flops from her feet to stop the sand dragging her as began to walk along the sand ash she came further she cm across a sad face, it was Serena, she was crying.
"Hey, what's wrong?" Martha asked sitting down next to her.
Serena turned around and looked at her, before looking back out at the ocean, "I told Jack".
"How did he take it?"
"I don't know, I really don't know" she sighed, "first he looked shocked, and then I thought he looked a little angry, but... it was like he felt nothing. And then he just said that he wanted time to be alone".
"Look I'm sure he'll come round, it's just a big shock to him" Martha told her.
"And what i he doesn't come round, what if this is the start of the end of our marriage" Serena sobbed.
"Serena, you can't start thinking like that. Look if it's worrying you that much do you want me to go and talk to him later?"
Serena shock her head, "Nah, if you go in there it'll look like I sent you".
"No it won't, I promised him that I'd go and see him to give him some photo's of Dylan at he's first mini soccer game, so I could do it this afternoon" Martha explained.
"Ok then" Serena replied giving a weak smile.
"Now come on, if you think I'm going to let you sit here and mope around feeling sorry for yourself then your about to be proved wrong" Martha demanded her standing up and reaching out a hand to help Serena up.
"Yes princess Martha" she answered back taking it as an order and letting Martha help her up.
The two girls wandered back up the beach and sat down at one of the out door tables of the surf club. "So how was settling in back home yesterday?" Martha asked, trying to make conversation.
"Good, Beth was making such a fuss, anyone would think I couldn't do a thing for myself" she laughed, and Martha laughed too.
"Well enjoy it while it lasts then, as soon as she figures out your fine she's have you back to helping with diner and all the house work" Martha warned her.
"Yeah well believe it or not, I actually miss having to do all that".
"Really? That's something I don't think I can believe. Serena Holden actually misses house work"
"Yeah and I never realized how much I missed home cooked food until last night".
"Who wouldn't miss home cooked food when they've been eating hospital food for the last year?" Martha commented.
"I didn't expect you to still be here" Tash interrupted, this time she had Robbie with her.
"Hello, don't I get a hug?" Robbie asked cheerfully.
"Of course you do" Martha told him, getting up and giving him a big bear hug.
"Now who's your friend here?" Robbie asked bringing Serena into the conversation.
"Oh, of course. Robbie and Tash, this is Serena, Serena, this is Robbie and Tash" Martha introduced them all.
Just the mention of the name Serena suddenly made Tash not so inviting, this was the girl who stole her best friends man, even if her best friend didn't want to admit it.
"Hey, nice to meet you" Serena greeted them getting up and reaching her hand out for a hand shake, first to Robbie, then to Tash. But when Tash took Serena's hand she pulled on it making Serena trip, and then when she let go she but one hand on her stomach and groaned like she was in pain. Martha went to help Serena up and Robbie went to help Tash who was still pretending to be in pain, behind her face that was distraught with hurt that her stomach was 'supposedly' causing, was one huge satisfied smile. Tash then slowly pretended that it was going away, letting Robbie help her sit down.
"Sorry, that was my fault, are you ok?" Tash asked apologetically, making the whole thing look like a total accident.
"I'll live, are you ok, you sounded like you were in a hell of a lot of pain".
"I'm fine now, it's gone".
"But I think we should still go and get you checked out at the doctors" Robbie told her concerned.
"No Rob, I'm fine" Tash told him.
"No your not" Robbie explained to her, "come on lets go and get you checked out".
She couldn't argue with that face, so unwillingly, she agreed, "Ok".
"We should probably get you home too, you've had a rough day" Martha said turning to Serena who was sitting up on the ground clutching her arm that she'd fell on.
"Yeah", she managed to get out in pain.
"What's wrong?"
"My arm's killing me" she explained.
"Well maybe you took a nastier fall than we thought. Can you still move it?"
"Yeah, I think I just need to get home".
"Ok, lets try getting you to the car then" Martha instructed leaning down to help Serena up by putting Serena's arm around her shoulders and helping her walk.
"Then will you go see Jack?" Serena asked as she hobbles.
"Yeah, then I'll go see Jack" she reassured her.
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About an hour later Martha stood at the door that lead to where Jack was being held, she felt her heart skip a beat, still telling herself that Jack wasn't Mr right, but it seemed coming here and seeing him had taken any faith she had in that way of thinking, instead it made her want and miss him more. She opened the door slowly, listening to the creaking sound it made that sounded like a door in a ghost house, then she made her way through catching Jack's eye as she entered.
"Hey" was all she managed to get out while her mind was in a flutter.
"Hey" he smiled, which had been the first time he'd smiled a happy smile since Serena had dropped her bombshell this morning.
"Brought those photo's for you" she told him, returning to her usual state of mind and reaching into her bag.
"Cool, thanks" he said reaching out to Martha's hand that was holding out a pile of photo's.
"There's a few of him off the field in there too" she explained as Jack flicked through the photo's of his son.
"He's grown so much in the last year" Jack commented.
"Yeah he has, he's actually starting to look a lot like you".
"Well he's still got his mothers eyes" he smiled, his famous Jack holden smile.
"I never noticed that" she smiled back, catching his eyes with her's and finding herself clutching the bars of the cell and moving to the edge of her seat.
Jack did the same in his chair that was opposite to her, he could feel her hands entwined with his and her gaze streaming through his eyes. "Well I have... Dylan's like you in so many ways you haven't realized" he whispered in a hushed gently voice, reaching one hand through the bars to brush a stray strand of hair back behind her ear. "Your beautiful" he continued, not realizing how much of his heart he was revealing, but it was addictive and he wanted to keep talking, and looking deep into her eyes, like he was right then and now.
Martha could feel her heart racing, and the thought that Jack had a wife was wiped from her brain. A passion was running through her blood, a passion that he just wanted more and more of like it was an addiction. She could feel her face moving closer and closer to Jack's, and their bodies both rised so that they were on their feet, moving closer and closer till they could feel the bars that separated them.
He slipped both his arms through the bars, wrapping them around Martha, and her's also made their way through the bars, snaking around Jacks neck, suddenly, just as Martha was about to pull away, there lips met and they both gave in to there desires.
He pulled her closer against the bars that were in between them and gently rubbed his tongue along the roof of her mouth. Martha let out a moan of pleasure and pain, she could feel Jack's lips moving under hers his hands running vigorously up and down her back just like he did all hose years ago. Her chest was in pain from the bars that were pushing up on her skin, almost digging in like she was being stabbed, but it was an addictive pain, one she didn't want to pull away from. She was struggling for air, but she dared not breathe, she held on as long as her lungs would let her.
Their lips separated slightly, panting for air. There bodies were trembling and shaking in the shadows of the moonlight that shone through the metal grates on the opposite side of the room. Their arms stayed tightly wrapped around each other and they both continued to stair into each others eyes, looking into each others thoughts, wanting more and more of what the other had to offer. Once they began to catch up on their breath nether of them hesitated to go back for more and the only sound that could be hear was the sounds of their hearts, telling them that this was right, this was how it was all ment to be, it was fate.
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