Chapter three
It wasn't long after the ambulances arrived that both Jack and Kate were took away to get checked up on. Fortunately for Jack he had Kate to be alongside him and to hold his hand as they travelled to the hospital, because the truth was Jack was scared. He didn't understand himself how bad the situation was, he knew it was serious but he never knew if it was critical.
Upon arriving to the hospital they had to be separated to be checked up on, with Jack getting priority due to his injury being serious, the doctor that was checking up on him was an older woman of the name of Juliet Burke, she was very calm in the way she spoke and was soothing as she cleaned and stitched up his wound.
'Don't worry, in a few weeks you will be as good as new, but you will have to stay for a few days and we need to get a x-ray but it looks positive , now did you call your parents to tell them you are okay?'
'Not yet, I don't own a phone to call them'
Juliet found it a little strange that a teenage boy never had a mobile phone but she just handed him her phone
'Here use this and take as long as you need'
With the phone he dialled the only number he knew and after a few seconds the other end answered
'Who is this'
'It's me, listen I need you to put mom on the phone'
'What why, what did you do'
Jack had to laugh at his brother's quick reaction and assumption that he had done something wrong, but he quickly remembered why he was calling
'I was in an accident'
'An accident, are yo…..'
With panic in his voice, it really hit home with Jack how fortunate he was and he felt guilty for not thinking about calling earlier
'Don't worry I'm fine but I'll probably need to stay in hospital a while to recover but it's not life threatening, Sawyer can you please just put mom on'
Hearing a few mumbles Jack's, Margo his mother answered the phone
'Jack what's wrong'
Surprisingly for Jack he got a bit emotional explaining to his mother what happened, it was the first time he spoke about it out loud and talking about it reminded him about how bad the accident was, many had lost their life but trying not to upset his mother, he tried to stay calm.
'So could you please bring me a few clothes with you when you leave?'
'Of course, and Jack just remember I love you ok'
'Yeah, I love you too'
And then he hung up the phone and returned it to Juliet
'Thank you'
'Don't mention it, I need to go now and check up on other patients but I'll be back to check up on you later'
As she was walking away, Jack found the courage to ask her
'There was a girl named Kate in the accident, I came in with her. Would you be able to tell her I'm ok if you see her '
Juliet found how he said this quite endearing, so she simply replied yes and left Jack alone in the hospital room.
