Jake looked at the time and it was almost lunch and sherry was still in the bath so he thought this was the perfect to tick one off the tasks on his mental list. He ran into the bedroom and went in his tech draw and found a CD then ran back to the living room and built a playlist for Sherry then put it on disk, he then realised he forgot the pen and ran and got it then ran back and named the disk. He checked the time and decided he had time to go to the car and place the disk on the driver's seat for Sherry to see.

Just as Jake walked back in to the bedroom sherry was sat on the bed with a tank top and shorts on so Jake assumed that they were not going out today. "Jake." Sherry said quietly.

"Yeah Sherry." He replied.

"Come and sit please I need to talk to you." She said shakily. As soon as Jake noticed her voice break as she spoke he sat on the bed next to her. Before she said anything she laid her arm on Jake's leg. "Where do you think I got these scars Jake?" when Jake didn't answer she continued. "You know when I was younger and my parents died…"

"Yeah"

"…Well when I wasn't having test done I would sit in the tiny little room that I stayed in for years…"

"Sherry, you don't have to tell me this..."

"It's okay Jake you need to know… I used to get so lonely that I wished I was dead so I could be with my parents, and that would then lead me self-harm and try and kill myself but after I had done it I realised that even if did succeed I would have just wasted the life I have not lived yet." As Sherry finished she had broken in to tears and held her ever growing stomach. When Jake noticed that she was crying he pulled her to lay on the bed with him and comforted her as much as possible.

Jake looked over at the time saw that it was nearly six thirty.

"Hey are you hungry?" Jake asked.

"Not really but if we have any chocolate croissant left I wouldn't mind one." She said blankly.

"Okay." Jake said after planting a kiss on her head then leaving her in her thoughts. After arriving in the kitchen Jake went straight to the cupboard to look for the croissants. Just as Jake was going to give up looking he opened the last cupboard and found them. "Finally." He said to himself. He put the croissants into the oven and decided to make some hot chocolate to go with the croissants. Seven minutes later Jake walked through to the bedroom and found sherry asleep so he placed the plate and the cup down, then rummaged through the wardrobe to find a blanket. Once he had one he unfolded it and then laid it over her and then took the cup and left the croissants; if she woke up she could still eat them cold, and then swiftly left the room.

Jake sat and worked on some paperwork before he decided to go to bed, before he knew it he was lost in the music he was listening to. He found some songs that he couldn't help but listen to again. He played a song called Letter to God by Hole and started to lose himself in the music.

"Dear God, I'm writing this letter to you

'Cause I don't have a clue,

Can you help me?

I'm sitting here,

Simply trying to figure out

What my life is all about

Can you tell me?
I never wanted to be the person

You see can you tell me who I am?

I always wanted to die but

You kept me alive can you tell me who I am?" Jake realised as he sung that he could relate to the lyrics. Then the next song was Cancer by My Chemical Romance, he was so tempted to turn it off; as it reminded him of his mother too much but he didn't. He just sat there and listened.

"Turn away

If you could get me a drink of water

'Cause my lips are chapped and faded
Call my Aunt Marie

Help her gather all my things

And bury me in all my favourite colours

My sisters and my brothers, still
I will not kiss you

'Cause the hardest part of this is leaving you
now turn away

'Cause I'm awful just to see

'Cause all my hair's abandoned all my body
Oh, my agony Know that I will never marry

Baby, I'm just soggy from the chemo

But counting down the days to go
it just isn't living

And I just hope you know

That if you say (If you say)

Goodbye today (Goodbye today)

I'd ask you to be true ('Cause I'd ask you to be true)
'Cause the hardest part of this

Is leaving you

'Cause the hardest part of this

Is leaving you." Jake had fallen asleep before the song had finished.

The next day Sherry woke Jake was not in bed, she sat up and saw that the croissants were on the side still; that she was still wearing what she had on yesterday and that she had a blanket on not the quilt. Sherry decided to see if Jake was in the house and walked into the lounge, only to find Jake asleep with her laptop on his knees. She decided to heat up some croissants and leave them for Jake as he would soon smell them. Then she remembered that she still needed to arrange the funeral, she then also remembered the photo at Jake's mothers that was a family photo. Sherry then decided to research into who was in the photo.

Jake woke to the smell of chocolate, he went to stretch but as he moved his leg he realised that he had something on his lap. Smelling the chocolate again he moved whatever was on his lap, then looked to the coffee table to find some freshly cooked croissants, he then looked to see if Sherry was in the room but he saw no sign of her other than the croissants. "OH well" he said to himself and started to eat them.

Meanwhile Sherry had just got off the phone to the funeral place, confirming the date. She then decided to see if the croissants woke Jake up, so she walked through to the lounge; found Jake happily eating the croissants, and sat next to Jake on the sofa. "So, Jake I just got off the phone with the funeral company and the funeral will be next Thursday. Okay?" Sherry informed him.

"Yeah." Jake replied blankly. Sherry could see that Jake didn't want to talk about it much, but she had one last question on the topic.

"Jake do you mind if my Uncle Steve and my cousin Luke come for moral support?" She asked.

"Yeah I suppose."

"Thank you." She said just before planting a kiss on the corner of his mouth, kissing away some chocolate.

I am planning to skip to the funeral in the next chapter. Please review and give ideas for future chapters. Thank you all for your support. Residentofevil96