Alex POV

I sat down next to Jack. I was well aware of the fact that I looked horrible but I didn’t really care. My heart was warmed by this little muffin and I wanted to share it with Jack. I carefully made two halves and gave one, the slightly bigger one, to Jack. He happily took it and we started eating.

I looked over to the dresser, I didn’t even know why but I did. I saw the picture of me, Lisa and Elaine. It hurt so much and all the sadness was back all of a sudden.

Jack noticed that something was wrong and when he had finished his muffin, he hesitated only for a bit before holding his arms out for me. I crawled in them, still holding back my tears and he wrapped me tightly. He started to rub my back.

“It’s okay to cry if you want to,” he said soothingly. I managed to keep it up for only a bit more and then the tears made their way out. I sobbed into his shoulder while he kept rubbing my back and making ‘shh’ sounds.

I stopped crying after some time and broke the hug.

“Thank you so much,” I sniffled. He smiled at me.

“It’s okay, Alex. If you… want to talk, I’m here.”

“I… I just miss her so much,” I said, voice shaky, before I even knew what I was doing.
“Who?” Jack asked softly.

“Elaine, my little baby girl. She died,” I replied, my voice raspy and new tears filling my eyes. He didn’t reply for some time.

“I know how bad it feels to lose someone that close, trust me,” he finally said. “But I also know that even if it seems impossible, it will get better,” he added while continuing to rub circles into my back.

I looked up at him; he looked very tired and kind of sad.

“Are you sure?” I asked. I almost couldn’t believe this but it made a tiny shimmer of hope appear. I just asked myself from where he knew.

“Yes. It will never be the same as before but it will get better,” he promised. I hugged him again and he seemed to not mind it.

We hugged for a long time and as I had taken the tranquilizer, I fell asleep at some point. The last thing I remember is Jack carefully laying me down and putting the blanket over me.

Notes

I know this is short but there's a lot of things in it I think. :)
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-Laura