Rifiuto: Non Miriena
"We're having a baby."
She nodded against his chest.
"We're having a... a baby..."
"I know." He pulled away from her, propping himself up on his elbow to look at her. She lay among the pillows and blankets, the thin sheet the only thing hiding her changing body. After a moment, he reached out and gently rubbed her still- flat belly. After a moment, he leaned over and captured her lips in a kiss. "Now do you believe that Jea's psychic?" She asked when they broke apart.
He thought a moment. "I'm not saying she is, and I'm saying she isn't."
"So a maybe." Jo clarified.
"A very... very tenative maybe."
She smiled at him before leaning over and kissing him.
They struggled down the halway, one refusing to move and the other forcing her.
"I don't need to see a psychiatrist, Zane, I'm fine!"
He stopped and turned to her. "You aren't fine, Allison! You need help! There's something seriously wrong with you!" He cried, shaking her roughly by the shoulders. A door opened and a woman poked her head out.
"Mr. Donovan?" The couple turned, Zane sighing in relief; Allison struggled to break away from him. "And you must be Dr. Blake." Allison sneered at the woman. "Why don't you come on in and we'll get started-" Seeing her chance, Allison broke away from Zane and gave the doctor a good kick, throwing her face-first onto the floor. Then, as Zane helped the doctor up, she rushed from the facility, intent on finding Jack and Jo.
The wedding had been the talk of the town, and as the day got closer and closer, Allison had become worse and worse in her line of thinking. Zane, being his normally cocky self, had set the attitude aside to keep an eye on Allison, even though she insisted that she didn't need to be looked at like a child. According to Zane and everyone else, something was wrong with her. According to Allison, however, something was wrong with them.
"I've loved you... for as long as I can remember, even though I didn't know it yet. I... would dream about a man with your eyes and smile, and... know that he was the one. I just... I never thought it could be you. I love you, Jack. And I... I look forward to every day hereafter, as your wife. I love you, and that's never going to change."
Allison looked up. She stood in the town square, unaware of how she'd gotten there. Slowly, she turned towards the voices, and saw the park filled with chairs and guests. They faced away from her. And in their line of sight, stood Jo and Jack, in wedding finery. They looked beautiful together; Jo in her dress and Jack in his suit.
"When I first came to Eureka, I didn't want anything to do with the town or the people. And then we met and... and after several days of arguing and angry looks, we got to be good friends. And, when the Astreaus went missing, and we lost the two people we cared about most, we found solace together, and that friendship- that sibling type love- blossomed into something true. I'd loved you, and... despite other people and situations, I've always loved you. And I always will. Now, forever, until the day we die, I love you. And I always will."
Taking a deep breath, Allison moved towards the park, only seeing Jo and Jack, exchanging rings, and leaning in for the kiss...
"No!" Her scream caused every head to turn and stare in shock. "You can't do this! This isn't right! I should be marrying you! Not Jo! Me! I love you, Jack! I always have! You can't do this to me, to us!" But before she could speak again, Zane grabbed her from behind, just as Jo moved to march up the aisle towards them. Jack grabbed her arm, stopping her.
"I'm sorry, Allison, but we have no choice." Zane told her; she struggled against him, trying desperately to break free. And then he looked up, into Jo's horrified eyes. And suddenly, he remembered what was happening here. Two orderlies from the hospital took Allison from Zane, carrying her to a car and shoving her into it. "I...I'm sorry..." He didn't finish, instead turning to join Allison.
"Why didn't you go after her?" Allison cried when he'd climbed into the back of the with her. Zane looked at her.
"Because there's no point, Allison. They've exchanged rings, they've said their vows, it's done. All they have to do is kiss. They're officially husband and wife, we can't do anything about it now."
She shook her head, refusing to believe it, and turned to look out the back window, in time to see Jack pull Jo into his arms and kiss her.
Zane sat outside the psychiatrist's office, waiting for Allison's evaluation to finish. Two hours passed, two more hours than any usual evaluation. When the doctor did come out, she sighed, pinching the bridge of her nose. Zane rose to his feet.
"Well?"
"Mr. Donovan, I think you'd better get ahold of everyone who cares or works with Allison. Mr. Fargo, Ms. Martin, Mr. and Mrs. Deacon, and Mr. Carter and Ms. Lupo. This is something you all need to hear."