Here's the third from last chapter, I think that's how many should be left. Be prepared for a lot of emotion.
Enjoy!
Jack's POV
I never knew so much could happen in ten minutes. At the start of those ten minutes I was watching Julie walk down the hall, feeling my heart shatter at the broken look in the eyes of the girl I was in love with-yes LOVE! Jack Cox was in love! The next minute, nurses and doctors were running down the stairs, yelling that the prison patient was out and someone had been stabbed. I had gone with them, feeling like I could help. When I got down there, J.D, dad and Drew had a guy forced onto the ground while everyone else was crowded into one small group.
"She's unresponsive!" I heard a nurse shout. She? Feeling something twist in my stomach, I walked over, the trip feeling like it was taking years. When I saw the victim everyone was yelling about, I felt the feeling leave my knees and I buckled to the floor next to her. I managed to get myself to sit up, crawling over to Julie while Dr. Turk checked her pupils.
"Julie?" I croaked. Her eyes fluttered and Dr. Turk jumped up.
"She's alive people but I don't know how long she'll last! We need to get her into surgery now or she'll bleed out! Lets move!" he ordered before turning to me. "She responds to you Jack, carry her until we can find a gurney." he said softly. I nodded, blinking back my tears as I lifted her as gently as I could into my arms. I walked steadily and quickly down the stairs, the elevator taking to long. Just as I reached the floor holding the O.R, Julie shifted then opened her eyes. Her blue eyes were so weak, and her skin was so pale she looked like she was already dead. (Touch wood.)
"Jack? What h-happened?" she said hoarsely. I tried to smile, tried to look reassuring.
"Nothing Julie, you just got a little cut. Turk's going to fix you up ok?"
"Am I goanna be ok?" she asked meekly.
"Of course. I'd never let anything happen to you." I said soothingly but she had already passed out again before I finished speaking. I'm sort of glad she did, so she wouldn't hear me lie. I had already failed her so many times these past couple days. Finally a gurney was pushed in front of me and Julie was taken from my arms. It was only when, as I followed the gurney, did I realise my shirt was soaked with her blood. When we reached the doors of the O.R one of the nurses turned and stopped me from going in.
"I'm sorry Jack but this is as far as you can go." she apologised.
"Please, I have to know if she's ok." I pleaded. She shook her head. I turned, punching the wall and yelling as I collapsed into a chair by the door. I couldn't even register the pain in my hand, to worried about Julie.
It was then that I broke down. Julie was hurt and it was all because of something she wasn't even a part of. My best friends life was on the line and all my dad cared about was his pride. An hour later and Julie still hadn't come out. I had gone from sitting to pacing in front of the doors. Just when I thought the waiting couldn't get any worse, a nurse rushed out.
"We need some more help here!" she shouted and another nurse ran into the O.R.
"What's going on?" I demanded. When no one answered me I stopped one of the passing nurses.
"My father is the chief of medicine, now tell me what's happening!" I demanded in my most serious voice. The nurse wouldn't look at me and it was then that I realised I had grabbed Carla. "Tell me Carla!" I shouted.
"She's coding!" she said back, tears in her eyes. I let go of her and ran for the doors, only to feel her arms around my waist hold me back. "No you can't go in there." she said as she struggled to stop my struggling.
"No! She needs me! I have to help her!" I yelled, the tears streaking down my cheeks.
"Carla, let him go!" said a voice and I turned to see my dad. I paused, wondering what he was up to. "Well?" he said and I dashed into the O.R.
I stopped when I saw Dr. Turk try vainly to keep Julie going, shouting orders and things I didn't understand. I was panting heavily, begging any and every god there was that Julie would pull through. And then I heard the worst sound in the world. A flat line. Dr. Turk stopped what he was doing, staring down at Julie.
"She's gone." he mumbled quietly. No that wasn't good enough. I ran forwards. Pushing past him and the nurses to get to Julie. Her shirt was ripped open but nothing was revealed. All I could see was a neatly sutured wound running up her side. Thinking on my feet, I did the only thing I was trained to do; placing my hands on her chest, I pressed down hard five times.
"Come on Julie! Please!" I begged as I continued the actions. I felt a hand on my shoulder but I wrenched my body away. "Don't touch me! We can still save her!" I shouted.
"Jack, she's gone." I heard Turk say. I ignored him, tilting Julie's head back and giving her two slow breaths. "Why are you trying so hard when you already know she's gone!" Turk yelled over my frantic breathing. That did it. I whirled round and yelled in a voice that left the whole O.R silent.
"BECAUSE I LOVE HER!" no one moved or said a word, all their eyes on me. Each gaze held different emotions in their eyes. Pity, shock, confusion. But one gaze through the window behind Turk's head caught my eye. Shame, and I couldn't give a fucking crap.
Then, a noise broke through the silence.
Beep. Beep. Beep. Over and over again.
"We have a pulse!" a nurse shouted. Instantly I was facing Julie again, who eyes were fluttering open. I was beside her in a second, coaxing her gently while gently stroking her cheek.
"Jack?" she said, so weakly I barely heard her.
"I'm here Julie. I'm here." I choked out, letting my tears escape for the second time today. A nurse gently tugged at my arm and I knew I would definitely have to leave while they finished up.
"Jack!" Julie called, a little more strongly but still very weak. I looked at the nurse but she just shook her head.
"I'll be there as soon as you wake up." I called through the doors before they swung shut. I turned around to see my dad and Carla standing there. I took a few steps towards them but Carla knew, she had a mothers instinct. She came forwards and wrapped her arms around my shoulders while I cried into her shoulder. My dad just stood behind her, arms folded while he glared at me.
"I will call her father when she wakes up. You will have a few minutes to say your goodbyes after that before he arrives." he said darkly. That was when I properly snapped and did something someone should never do to Percival Cox.
I walked up to him and punched him in the stomach as hard as a Hockey player/ex-footballer could then kneed him right in his man area. He crumpled to the floor while I walked away.
Tick. Tock. Tick. Tock. I sat in silence as the clock struck midnight, just staring at Julie as she slept in her bed. The moon shone through the window, giving her a beautiful silver glow. To me Julie would always be beautiful, even if she had just come back from the dead and out of surgery only an hour before. My eyes didn't even feel heavy as they stayed steadily on her rising and falling chest, needing to make sure she was alive. A part of me wished she wouldn't wake up, at least that way I would never have to say I could never talk to her again. Then I could just stay in here and watch her dream.
I heard footsteps and turned to see my dad in the doorway, staring at Julie with a sorry look in his eyes. I glared at him, not feeling the least bit sorry for my actions.
"Hey, Jack, I need to talk to you." he said in a cracked voice.
"What?" I answered curtly, not taking my eyes off Julie.
"I don't think Julie should come back to the hospital anymore, unless she needs to." he said. I turned around.
"Her not being close to me is how this happened." I said, barely keeping myself from yelling. Dad just stared at me with sad eyes.
"Yes and what do you think's going to happen if she stays in a germ riddled hospital full of more unstable people where all she'll be after next week is in the way. The only person who thinks it's best if she stays is you Jack and that's just going to make it harder for you to accept that the longer she stays, the more likely it is that she's going to get worse." he said. I couldn't respond, knowing he was right. I looked back at Julie, knowing that if she went through anymore it would kill her, and me.
Another set of footsteps ran into the room.
"What happened to my daughter?" Mr. Roca snapped loudly. I glared at him and he quietened down, the furry never leaving his eyes. My dad stayed by the door, glaring into the room with hate in his eyes.
"She was hurt on the job but she's fine now." I said, turning back to her. Dad walked into the room and stood in front of Mr. Roca.
"Yes so now if you'll just let me talk to my son, then you can leave all the faster and let me do my job." he said grimly. Mr. Roca glared at him.
"Yes, how many more patients lives have you ruined since I was last here?" he asked, no humour in his eyes. I thought he said he forgave my dad.
"I didn't ruin her life. I made one mistake and you almost ruined my whole career because of it." dad said firmly.
I wasn't watching them, to focused on Julie to acknowledge their petty argument. It was when she groaned and rolled over and they didn't even notice is when I joined in.
"Will you two please…shut your fucking mouths!" I hissed. Both their jaws dropped at my language but I was to pissed at either of them to care. "Julie's health is more important to me then a fight you two got into over ten hears ago. Mr. Roca, you said you didn't blame my dad anymore. If you really love your daughter you will let her recover in peace. And dad, if you love me then you will at least let me tell the girl that I love why you guys are separating us before I walk out of her life forever." I begged. Both men's eyebrows shot up when I said love, but me hiding it is what caused Julie's accident and I wasn't going to be the cause of anymore pain then I could control anymore.
"You'll really leave her alone if you think it will help her?" Mr. Roca asked. I nodded.
Dad nodded at me, knowing that I had realised what he was saying earlier as he walked out. Mr. Roca shared his look as he left as well.
It was when both of them had left and I had settled back into my seat, that Julie's eyes twitched before they opened.
"Hey beautiful." I said quietly, instantly feeling calm again. She tilted her head to the side in confusion and I think I fell in love with her all over again. I got up and walked over to the side of her bed, perching on the side and taking her hand in mine.
"Jack, what happened to me?" she asked, wincing when she shifted slightly. I sighed, hating what I was about to do. Before I said anything I leaned over and kissed her, taking in everything I was about to let go. When I pulled away she had a shy smile on her face.
"What was that for?" she said with a blush. I kept my face neutral.
"You were stabbed in the side by a man from the psychiatric ward who wanted the pills you were transporting to another patient. Lucy has been worrying about you. She blames herself." I said. Julie's eyes softened.
"She shouldn't, it was my-"
"It was my fault." I said sternly, cutting her off. She stared at me like I was crazy. "If I had stood up to my dad and refused to be separated from you then Lucy would have never told you to go down there to take your mind off me in the first place." I said gripping the sheet tightly in my free hand so hard that my nails cut through the skin on my palm. Julie stayed quiet, looking a little frightened. "Which is why me, your father and my dad have agreed that, once you get discharged from the hospital, you will not be coming back and we will not speak anymore." Julie's eyebrows crinkled together in confusion.
"Jack what are you talking about?" she said, clutching my hand tightly. I pulled it away, wishing I didn't have to do this.
"It's for the best Julie. Please just accept it." I said before standing up and walking towards the door.
"Can you tell me why?" she asked. I turned back around but didn't step any closer.
"A long time ago, back when you and I were just born, your mom came to the hospital with pain in her lower abdomen. It was my dad who treated her and he diagnosed her with cancer in her ovaries and that the only way to save her life was to have them removed." I said. Julie nodded at me to continue. "It was only after they were removed that my dad was told that he had gotten it wrong and it was just your mom recovering from her first, and only, pregnancy. Your dad got so mad that he tried to sue my dad for everything he owned but lost because my dad was given plausible deniability. They've hated each other ever since."
when I finished, Julie stayed quiet. I knew she wouldn't be able to have an answer to that. It was no surprise, nothing gave someone more of a reason to hate you then taking away their ability to have children. And nothing pissed off a doctor more then when their medical record was threatened, especially in such a drastic way.
"Julie I just want you to know that, even though I knew what happened between them, it never effected how I felt about you. I love you and nothing's goanna change that." I said honestly, speaking straight from my heart. I sighed when she didn't respond. I turned away from her.
"Jack." I stopped at the door. "I love you too." I felt my breath catch and my heart stop, never thinking that the most perfect phrase in the world could make me feel so horrible. I didn't look back, just kept going out the door. She would be gone soon enough.
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