Okay, SORRY! Big sorry! I've been super busy, Willy Wonka rehearsals, my birthday, all kinds of class nonsense. So here you go. Enjoy!
Jack raced to the Plass. Owen was already halfway gone.
"Owen!" Jack yelled.
"Leave me alone Jack!" Owen yelled over his shoulder, not stopping his panicked walk toward the bay.
"Owen Harper! Stop!" Jack had a miraculous power in his voice. Owen halted, looked at the cloudy skies, and spun on his heels to face Jack, who had jogged to meet the medic.
"Go back." Jack demanded.
"I can't"
"Why not?"
"How long has she known? How long have you known? How long has anyone known?!? Am I the last one to find out?" Jack just looked at his feet. "That's what I thought." He pivoted and tried to leave again.
"I can't let you go Owen." Owen turned back around.
"What? You want me to go back there, be the happy father and live happily ever after?"
"No, I want you to go to Gwen, be an adult, and talk to her."
"I dunno Jack…she made the conscious decision to not tell me that she was having-" Owen stopped speaking and rubbed the back of his neck.
"Say it Owen."
"She's having my baby." Owen said softly.
"Exactly. Your baby. Whether you like it or not, you have a family with her now." Jack put his hands on the young man's shoulders. "You have a responsibility. This is the end of your Casanova lifestyle."
"And you want me to give it up for what? That?" He said indicating a young father, quite worn looking struggling with a nappy bag, blankets , and pacifiers while his equally worn looking wife pushed a wailing baby in a stroller.
"No, I want you to give it up for that." Jack pointed to a father and his daughter, around 16 years old, who were laughing and pelting each other with chips. "Or that." He pointed to a father and his 10 year old son, kicking a football back and forth. "Or maybe even that." As he pointed to a mother and father swinging a small toddler by the arms, while they all laughed.
"Okay Jack, I get your point, but do you honestly think that Gwen and I could ever be that way?"
"I've seen some impossible things, anything could happen."
"Yeah…Well…I just need some time to think." He turned and started to leave again. Jack started after him, but Owen stopped him. "I'm coming back. I promise. Tell Gwen I'll be round later. I'm gonna be a dad, I need some time to…wrap my mind around things." And with that, he stalked off, hands in his pockets and shoulders hunched.
Jack wasn't worried. He trusted Owen. He got on the invisible lift and told Gwen what Owen had said. Gwen didn't smile, but nodded curtly.
"I know it's not exactly what you probably wanted, or expected for that matter, but lets face it; You and Owen are anything but normal."