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Chapter 11.

Karen's bedroom

Grace entered the familiar bedroom where she had been so many times. She put down the suitcase just inside the door. The room was dark, only a very dim light left silhouettes visible. She managed to spot a massform on the bed, she realized that it must be Karen. She walked up to the bed and sat down on the edge of it. She just sat there in silenece, waiting for Karen to make the first move. She didn't and that left them in silence. Grace sat on the edge of the bed for almost half an hour before she heard some kind of sound come from the form on the bed. Karen had curled up into a fetal position and was now crying. She tried to do it soft and unheard but she couldn't hide from Grace.
"Oh Karen" Grace sighed and walked around the bed to sit down on the bed next to Karen's curled up body.
She put her hand on Karen's arm, causing Karen to flinch first and then sit up and throw herself around Grace's neck. Grace was startled first but soon enough softened and wrapped her arms hard around Karen's shaking body. She rubbed her back soothingly, letting Karen cry as much as she wanted and had to. She was still amazed that Karen was showing emotions. Several years ago Karen had said that she never showed emotions, but then again the last few years had been really tough and hard on her.
Ten minutes passed and Karen was still crying with her arms wrapped around Grace's neck. Grace was still rubbing her back soothingly and had also started to cry herself. She couldn't stand that Karen was in this much pain, but she couldn't do anything else than just to be there for her. It tore her heart apart.
Finally Karen started to calm down slightly. Her grip around Grace's neck loosened and she leaned into Grace's embrace instead. Grace was rocking her body back and forth in a comforting way, at the same time as she rubbed her back and arms soothingly. Karen calmed down and stopped crying. She was sleepy, but she didn't want to sleep. It felt good to be in someone's embrace like this.
Grace noticed that she was getting more and more tired.
"Karen, why don't you try to go to sleep?"
"I don't want to go to sleep."
"Why not?"
"If I fall I asleep that means that I have to wake up and if I wake up, that means ... " her bottomlip was trembling, threatening to throw her into crying again. "That means that I have to live the rest of my life without him."

"Oh Karen" Grace said again. "Come on, you need sleep. It's one of the best medicines you know? Sleep and love, those are the best medicines."

She made Karen lay down again and placed herself behind her, wrapping her arms around Karen's small, petite frame. She felt Karen's body shake from withhold cries. Grace just laid there, letting Karen cry as much as she wanted to and she just laid there as a comfort.

Half an hour later

Half an hour later, Karen was still sobbing. Grace was silent, holding her close to her for comfort. Suddenly they heard a small sound and Grace looked towards the doorway. There she saw Jack and Will. The two men stood and just watched the two women in bed for a few minutes, before climbing into bed with Grace and Karen. Will placed himself on the other side of Karen, wrapping his arms around her as well as he could, as Jack positioned himself behind Grace, reaching over her body and placed a hand on Karen's shoulder. Their comfort was to much for Karen as she began to cry even harder.

"Oh Karen" Will sighed and hugged her closer to him.

Grace released her grip a little, allowing Will to pull her closer to him. Jack lost his grip of Karen's shoulder when Will pulled her to him, and instead Jack wrapped his arms around Grace's body. She grabbed his arms with her hands and held them to her. Together they laid there crying for Karen's and Will's pain and suffering.

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A/N I dunno .. what do you guys think? R&R please ..