This Love Was Accidental
Chapter 36
P.O.V Alex
I woke up in my own bed for once, with Jack curled up behind me spooning me. I nestled in closer to his chest and happily reminisced about the events of yesterday. I was so glad that my mum liked Jack. At first I had my doubts when she didn’t seem instantly happy about us being engaged. I mean I didn’t want to pick between my mum and Jack but if it had come down to it, I would have picked Jack. It will always be Jack. Thankfully I didn’t need to choose, my mum was happy for us and she seems to have taken quite a liking to Jack, not that I blame her he is hard not to like. I could hear my mum rattling about downstairs so I decided to go down and talk to her without Jack there. I wanted her opinion on some wedding stuff before I spoke to Jack about it. Slowly and carefully, I wriggled out of Jacks arms being extra careful not to wake him. I pulled on yesterday’s clothes and quietly padded to the door before slipping out and heading downstairs.
My mum was dancing about the kitchen, making breakfast and humming to herself as she went. I couldn’t help but burst into noisy laughter that I soon got under control in case it woke Jack up.
‘Mum, what the hell are you doing?’ I laughed
‘Just making you and Jack breakfast and dancing’, she replied.
‘Oh so that’s what that is called’, I joked diving out the way as she flung a bit of bacon at me.
‘That’s a waste of bacon!’ I cried, watching as she just laughed at my reaction. ‘Anyway Jack is still asleep so you’ll need to put his breakfast aside till he gets up.’ She just nodded and continued to make my breakfast of bacon, sausage and egg. I watched quietly waiting for her to finish before taking my food and sitting down at the table with her. There was a comfortable silence between us, me eating and her reading a newspaper.
‘Alex, what are the plans for the wedding?’ she asked breaking the silence.
‘We actually haven’t really spoken about it’, I answered. ‘I was hoping you could help.’
‘What do you need my help with?’ she asked curiously.
‘I don’t know, just like ideas and stuff, I want it to be perfect and I thought you could help make it that way, will you?’ I asked, worried she would say no.
‘Of course I’ll help! I would love to!’ she exclaimed bouncing around happily in her seat. ‘Go wake Jack up and we can get to work!’ I just laughed at her excitement and took my plate to the sink to wash up.
‘You know Jack will be so grumpy if I wake him up?’ I joked.
‘I don’t care, I’ve got a wedding to plan!’ was all she replied with. A loud crash from upstairs interrupted our conversation. I instantly ran to the stairs, knowing that something must be up with Jack because he was the only person upstairs.
‘Jack, are you okay?!’ I yelled as I ran up the stairs. I got no reply, just the sound of a sob from my bedroom. I ran into my room to find Jack curled up into a ball on the floor holding clutching his phone and sobbing. He was shaking madly and was only in boxers.
‘Jack what happened?’ I asked as I grabbed the blanket from my bed and wrapped it round his body before pulling him into a tight embrace, gently stroking his hair. He was still sobbing and shaking in my arms and now I was really worried about what could do this to him.
‘Baby, it’s okay. Tell me what happened please?’ I whispered into his hair.
P.O.V Jack
*5 minutes before Alex finds Jack*
I woke up to an empty bed and the irritating sound of my ringtone; I grabbed my phone and struggled to see who was calling. The screen was all fuzzy as I had no contacts in or glasses on. Eventually I managed to read it, it was my dad who was calling.
‘Hey dad, what’s up?’ I croaked into the phone still not fully awake.
‘Jack you need to come to Lebanon!’ my dad’s frantic voice shouted down the phone.
‘Wait, why?’ I asked confused as hell.
‘It’s your mum’, His voice broke, he was crying. ‘She has cancer and it can’t be treated’ I didn’t answer, I couldn’t. I couldn’t even think straight. My mum was dying. She couldn’t be! They must have made a mistake of some kind.
‘Jack, I need to go. I’ll talk to you soon’, my dad sobbed before hanging up. I couldn’t process this information, I needed to go a walk and think straight. I tried to get out of bed but my legs just collapsed, I landed on the floor with a huge bang. I could hear Alex running up the stairs and shouting but I couldn’t answer. I just curled up into a ball and sobbed, my body shaking violently.
‘Jack what happened?’ Alex asked his voice full of concern as he grabbed a blanket and wrapped it around my shaking body, pulling me close. I couldn’t answer, I was still sobbing and shaking violently in his arms.
‘Baby, it’s okay. Tell me what happened please?’ He asked even more concerned now.
‘It-s my mu-m she’s dy-ing.’
I woke up in my own bed for once, with Jack curled up behind me spooning me. I nestled in closer to his chest and happily reminisced about the events of yesterday. I was so glad that my mum liked Jack. At first I had my doubts when she didn’t seem instantly happy about us being engaged. I mean I didn’t want to pick between my mum and Jack but if it had come down to it, I would have picked Jack. It will always be Jack. Thankfully I didn’t need to choose, my mum was happy for us and she seems to have taken quite a liking to Jack, not that I blame her he is hard not to like. I could hear my mum rattling about downstairs so I decided to go down and talk to her without Jack there. I wanted her opinion on some wedding stuff before I spoke to Jack about it. Slowly and carefully, I wriggled out of Jacks arms being extra careful not to wake him. I pulled on yesterday’s clothes and quietly padded to the door before slipping out and heading downstairs.
My mum was dancing about the kitchen, making breakfast and humming to herself as she went. I couldn’t help but burst into noisy laughter that I soon got under control in case it woke Jack up.
‘Mum, what the hell are you doing?’ I laughed
‘Just making you and Jack breakfast and dancing’, she replied.
‘Oh so that’s what that is called’, I joked diving out the way as she flung a bit of bacon at me.
‘That’s a waste of bacon!’ I cried, watching as she just laughed at my reaction. ‘Anyway Jack is still asleep so you’ll need to put his breakfast aside till he gets up.’ She just nodded and continued to make my breakfast of bacon, sausage and egg. I watched quietly waiting for her to finish before taking my food and sitting down at the table with her. There was a comfortable silence between us, me eating and her reading a newspaper.
‘Alex, what are the plans for the wedding?’ she asked breaking the silence.
‘We actually haven’t really spoken about it’, I answered. ‘I was hoping you could help.’
‘What do you need my help with?’ she asked curiously.
‘I don’t know, just like ideas and stuff, I want it to be perfect and I thought you could help make it that way, will you?’ I asked, worried she would say no.
‘Of course I’ll help! I would love to!’ she exclaimed bouncing around happily in her seat. ‘Go wake Jack up and we can get to work!’ I just laughed at her excitement and took my plate to the sink to wash up.
‘You know Jack will be so grumpy if I wake him up?’ I joked.
‘I don’t care, I’ve got a wedding to plan!’ was all she replied with. A loud crash from upstairs interrupted our conversation. I instantly ran to the stairs, knowing that something must be up with Jack because he was the only person upstairs.
‘Jack, are you okay?!’ I yelled as I ran up the stairs. I got no reply, just the sound of a sob from my bedroom. I ran into my room to find Jack curled up into a ball on the floor holding clutching his phone and sobbing. He was shaking madly and was only in boxers.
‘Jack what happened?’ I asked as I grabbed the blanket from my bed and wrapped it round his body before pulling him into a tight embrace, gently stroking his hair. He was still sobbing and shaking in my arms and now I was really worried about what could do this to him.
‘Baby, it’s okay. Tell me what happened please?’ I whispered into his hair.
P.O.V Jack
*5 minutes before Alex finds Jack*
I woke up to an empty bed and the irritating sound of my ringtone; I grabbed my phone and struggled to see who was calling. The screen was all fuzzy as I had no contacts in or glasses on. Eventually I managed to read it, it was my dad who was calling.
‘Hey dad, what’s up?’ I croaked into the phone still not fully awake.
‘Jack you need to come to Lebanon!’ my dad’s frantic voice shouted down the phone.
‘Wait, why?’ I asked confused as hell.
‘It’s your mum’, His voice broke, he was crying. ‘She has cancer and it can’t be treated’ I didn’t answer, I couldn’t. I couldn’t even think straight. My mum was dying. She couldn’t be! They must have made a mistake of some kind.
‘Jack, I need to go. I’ll talk to you soon’, my dad sobbed before hanging up. I couldn’t process this information, I needed to go a walk and think straight. I tried to get out of bed but my legs just collapsed, I landed on the floor with a huge bang. I could hear Alex running up the stairs and shouting but I couldn’t answer. I just curled up into a ball and sobbed, my body shaking violently.
‘Jack what happened?’ Alex asked his voice full of concern as he grabbed a blanket and wrapped it around my shaking body, pulling me close. I couldn’t answer, I was still sobbing and shaking violently in his arms.
‘Baby, it’s okay. Tell me what happened please?’ He asked even more concerned now.
‘It-s my mu-m she’s dy-ing.’
Notes
Sorry for making Jacks mum sick! I just needed some drama cause it was getting boring!xxox
10/31/13