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Part 13

I wake up to Jack sitting next to me holing his head in his hands. He seems really stressed and he's talking to himself.
"Harper, God I'm so sorry I didn't mean to call you all of those awful things I just have really really bad anger issues" is what I manage to hear Jack say. He grabs my hand a starts to draw circles on it, I smile to myself at his small gesture.
I give his hand a squeeze, just hard enough for him to know I'm awake. I know this worked as he starts to panic and call the nurse.

"Jack I'm fine, honestly I'm ok" I reassure him.

"No Harper, I'm a horrible person I shouldn't of said those things to you! I'm truly sorry" Jack says in a sad and regretful tone. Before I can reply the nurse walks in and starts asking questions.

"Hi Harper my names Sarah and I'll be your nurse for today. I just want to get started and ask you a few questions if that's ok?" I nod and she continues "right lets get started then. Have you had any previous accidents because it seems weird that you were knocked out for a few hours from only being pushed on the floor, which may I add is an awful thing"

Hesitantly I reply with a simple "yes" hoping that she won't ask what happened because that's just like reliving the whole accident all over again.

To my luck she asks what happened. Absolutely great.

"Erm... About a little over a year ago me and my my family were in a car accident. I didn't really have any permanent injuries from the accident, but sadly me and my mother were the only ones who survived" at this point tears were streaming down my face and Jack was picking me up and pulling me onto his lap into a big, and might I state, much needed hug.

"Sshhh Harper it's ok, I'm here baby, I'm here" Jack cooed. The way he called me baby made my heart melt. He's so sweet.

"Thank you Jack, this means a lot. Really it does, you might not realise it but I'm thankful for this" I said truthfully. He just cupped my face in both of his hands and looked at my intently before pulling me into another tight hug. This moment right here is all I've been needing. All I've been wanting and all I've been craving.

"Harper I'm so sorry to hear about that, I honestly don't know what to say" Sarah replies.

"Silence speaks many words nurse, so I'm grateful for that. Thank you!" I reply adding a small smile at the end. She just nods her head and walks out with a small smile upon her face.

The only sound in this room is the machine that's keeping a check on my heart rate. Apart from that it's completely silent. Not an awkward one, but a sort of soothing one. Jacks starts shifting from underneath me, so I take that as my cue to get off him. But that clearly isn't what he wants because as soon as I get up he pulls my straight back down.

"Let me hold you Harper, let me take care of you" Jack says while nuzzling his head in my neck.

"Jack those are kind words, but I don't want to burden you. I don't want to let you take on my broken heart, I don't want you to have to deal with my mess. I'm ok with my mum. I don't need any help. I just need to look after my mum. She's the one who has lost her eldest daughter and husband of 26 years. She needs to be helped and taken care of not me, I'm not worth it anymore" I reply while looked down at my hands.

Jack grabs my face yet again and looks straight into me eyes. God what is this boy doing, does he just love holding faces?

"Harper don't you ever speak about yourself like that. You are not a burden and you are certainly worth being taken care of and holding. Sure you may have a broken heart and yes you are in pain and just like your mother you two have lost two of the most important people in your life. Please don't ever think that you shouldn't be happy. You may be a mess right now but that doesn't matter because there are people who want to help fix you, me and Matthew for example. You need to put yourself first for once, you need to let people take care of you because right now I think that's just what you need" Jack stressed to me.
Dam what is this boy doing? Can he get anymore perfect? I'm so lost right now, what he just said blew me away and the only thing I know best to do in situations like this is cry. And that's exactly what I did.

"Jack... I'm... So helpless though... Thank you... It means... A lot" I reply in between the tears.

"Baby girl, please don't say that, you're not helpless your just broken a little. You're in the middle of a storm and you are currently waiting for the rainbow to appear so you can follow it to your pot of gold. And please don't thank me, this is the least I can do. I've never lost anyone I've loved so I can't possibly imagine what you're going through right now and I'm not going to pretend. Even though you've only known me for a short period of time, I just want you to know that from this moment right here, right now I will be by your side and I will be at your rescue when you need me. Because baby girl I'm here for you and I'm willing to help you no matter what it takes. We will fix your broken heart" Jack assured me, adding that million dollar smile of him at the end.