Blackmail

James Lies

Jais pov:
Luke hadn't stopped crying all day. I finally got him to go up to bed and now I'm just sitting in the living room feeling completely empty. The house is so silent. James and Daniel are at the hospital with Sam and Carter. I should probably be there right now too, to comfort my friends and not be alone with my thoughts.
Just as I'm about to get up and go, I hear screaming from upstairs. I quickly sprint to Luke's room. I burst through the door and Luke's thrashing around in his bed, screaming and crying. "Luke!" I yell. He can't here me over his own screams. He just keeps yelling "no".
I run over to him and grab his flailing arms. "Luke, calm down. Come on Luke. Just stop crying." "He's gone Jai!! He's just dead! And he's never coming back!! HE'S DEAD!!" Luke screams at me. His words hit my like a ton of bricks. I just sit on his bed, staring at the wall while Luke calms down and cries quietly.
"He's dead." Luke whispers again. "I know." I whisper back. I pull him into a hug and we just sit, hugging each other, for a while.

Carter's pov:
Let me just say, having a gash cut across your stomach hurts like a bitch. James was sat next to my hospital bed just staring blankly at the wall. "What's wrong James?" I ask. I was getting really worried because he hadn't talked in a while. "I was just think about B... nothing, nothing. Never mind." "James what were you going to say?" "I... I'm gonna go get some coffee. You want some?" "Ya can I have one with some sugar in it?" "Ya sure. I'll be back in a little bit." "Okay thanks." He then walks out, still with a dazed look on his face.
I turned on the tv and watched it for a few minutes until Daniel came in. "Hey Skip!" "Oh hey Carter. I'm so glad your alive." " Thanks Daniel that means a lot." I say with a laugh. "Wow, you're happy?" "Yeah? Who wouldn't I be?" I ask, really confused. "Well James just talked to me and he said he told you about what happened with Beau." he said with a really sad expression. "What happened to Beau?" I ask getting suspicious. "He didn't tell you?" "Tell me what Daniel?!" "But he said..." "Daniel what happened to Beau?!?" I yell at him.
"He got shot Carter... Beau died."