CHAPTER 21:
Days past and still, there had been no response from Fiona. Jen sat there and sat there, never leaving her side for the fear that she would miss Fiona waking up and lose the opportunity to tell her how sorry she was. Jen had also figured that Marcus would have fled the country after what he did. Jen swore to herself that if she ever saw Marcus Dane alive, again, she would personally castrate him. James tried many a time to get Jen to go back to her apartment, but she silently refused to leave.
"Jen?" James whispered. Jen had fallen asleep sitting up in her chair. "Jen?" He called out softly. Jen was still asleep. James took a step forward and gently, he reached his arms around her and carefully lifted her up. She still did not wake up. James smiled as he carefully walked past Cooper. Cooper nodded back and took a seat on the couch thing in Fiona's room. James kept walking until he found Cooper's car in the parking lot. He fiddled with the keys and finally it unlocked. He set the still sleeping Jen down in the front seat, buckled her in, and then sat himself down in the driver's side.
Twenty minutes had past and still, Jen was sound asleep, her head leaning down on the side of the door. James pulled up to the parking garage and parked in the first space he could find. He carried Jen out of the car and eventually he made his way into her apartment and he set her down on her bed, tucking her in. He laid down beside her and decided to have a nap as well.
"James? How the hell did I get here?" James opened his eyes to see Jen staring down at him.
"I brought you here. You were completely and utterly exhausted from spending all this time in the hospital and you needed to come home."
"James! She could be awake right now, and I'm not there!"
"Jen…" James reached over and grabbed her arm. "As much as I want her to wake up, things aren't looking so good. And soon enough, you may need to realise the fact that she might not wake up."
"Please, don't…." Jen wiped her eyes with her free hand.
"Anyway, I figured you could use a break from the hospital."
"Oh James. I…I really shouldn't be away from…" James suddenly pulled her arm forward, and as she semi-fell forward, he kissed her. He snaked his arms around Jen and pulled her on top of him. Jen pulled back slowly, her and James' lips hardly wanting to separate. "I'm not honestly in the so-called 'mood' for that, if that's what you're after."
"Well, I wasn't expecting you to be. I just wanted to spend time with you." James replied, staring Jen straight in the eyes.
"However…I …ah, what the hell? What could it hurt?" Jen whispered, slowly taking off her shirt, throwing it to the floor. James winked at her. Jen smiled back, gradually leaning down and kissing his lips softly. James slowly played his hands through her straight hair, feeling his hands down her bare back, his fingers catching on her bra. Jen gently held James' face in her hands as she kissed him. She slowly pulled away for a second to catch her breath. James felt his heart racing inside his chest. "James, you know meeting you was fate, becoming your friend was a choice, but falling in love with you, that was far beyond my control."