Madness (Completed)

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~*12 Days Until The Wedding*~

I wake up to the sound of my hospital door opening and someone walking inside.
"Good morning Violet." Shane says as he sits in a chair that Mark had sat in only yesterday before I told him to leave. I blink a few times to get used to being awake and yawn lightly.
"I didn't expect to see you here..." I admit sleepily.
"Why? I'm your fiancé, it would be suspicious if I didn't come. I also just wanted to check to see how you are and I'm not too busy at the moment." He explains with a kind smile on his face that I think shows who he really is away from the business and everyone else.
"Thanks I guess..." I mumble back to him as I am still tired. Shane chuckles at my comment and grabs my hand, kissing it for only a moment before he let's it go back on the bed.
"Well, I still have work to do, so I'll see you around later." Shane says calmly as he stands and how's back to his business self.
"Bye, have fun working." I chuckle and he smiles lightly at my comment. Shane exits the room and for some reason doesn't close it right away. Instead the door is opened once more and Jack enters with his head hanging down.
"What are you doing here then?" I question, crossing my arms over my chest to show my muscles. Jack sighs and sits on the opposite side that Shane had and crosses his arms as his eyes go to meet mine.
"I'm sorry. I didn't mean anything I said and I want to have a clean slate with you." Jack explains, his fingers playing with the edges of his shirt in a nervous way.
"Just explain why you did it, why you were so fast to break the promise with me. Why you just left me without an explanation. Why you let whatever I said about Shane mean anything between us... I just need to know..." I trail off, letting my boiling anger do the same. Jack sighs heavily once more and brings his hand to rest of the edge of my bed.
"Listen, I don't try to be jealous, but I am. Ever since you rejected my proposal and told me that you were getting married to him... I've been insanely jealous of him because, as you know, it was my dream to get married to you. It was for a long time, but it just didn't work out I guess. Heh, I really am pathetic now, huh?" Jack chuckles as tears start to stream down his eyes at a slow pace, but he wipes them away quickly.
"You're not pathetic. I'm just hurt that you left me there because I care about you so much... And then you didn't care all of a sudden and left me alone. I still don't get how you could do that, if it was your dream to be with me, then don't leave me like you did back there." I state, my voice cracking as tears start to come from my eyes like they do with Jack.
"I was stupid and jealous and I didn't mean it... Like I said, you don't have to forgive me, just know that I'm sorry." Jack states as he turns to look at me and locks his bright blue eyes with mine.
"I'm sorry too, because I don't forgive you right now and I changed my mind on something..." I say, deciding whether or not to explain myself.
"Changed your mind on what?" Jack questions for clarification. I guess I'll tell him now.
"I was going to ask Shane to make you his best man in the wedding so that I could look at you when I said 'I do'... But I'm not going to do that anymore, and I shouldn't anyways. I was going to take Shane's opportunity of inviting his own friend away and, looking at it now... I can't do that. Now thinking about it, I'm not sure if I should invite you to this wedding if you feel that way you seem to. Considering that you don't support my marriage, I probably shouldn't invite you to see it. There are a lot of people who actually want to see the wedding, and I'm not going to let you take that opportunity from them." I state sternly, realization hitting me like a rock.
"Violet... I do want to be there to see you get married even if it isn't to me. However, I'll still leave the choice to you, just know that I want to be there either way." Jack explains, staring at me intensely.
"Okay." Is all I answer him with, I guess I have nothing else to say.
"Rude Violet, some things never change..." Kate mumbles in the back of my mind, but the comment still annoys me.
"Shut up Kate! No one asked you what you think, so just leave me alone!" I shout at hrmer, which makes a very concerned and frightened face go onto Jack. Kate just starts laughing at me and it just makes me even more mad.
"You must really look crazy..." Kate says once her laughter has died down.
"I'm not crazy and we both know that! So just do what I said and shut up!" I shout at her again, covering my ears with my hands and closing my eyes as if she was a real person and that would effect her.
"Fine, but I'm not even the one yelling." Kate chuckles before her voice vanishes once more. I take in a few deep breathes and slowly lower my arms and open my eyes. Jack sits staring at me shocked with a type of horror in his eyes that makes me take in a deep breath.
"I'm fine... She just gets on my nerves sometimes." I mumble an explanation as I turn my eyes to stare down at my hands that lie on my stomach.
"Does this happen often? The voice, Kate, speaking to you..." Jack says, and I can feel his eyes on me as he watches in case I really am crazy. What a joke, the main character of this story being crazy.
"No... But the day you left I asked her to come talk to me, I mean, I had no one else left to talk to... So I went to her and Lily, and they were there." I state, avoiding Jack's eyes.
"Ah, I've heard that before... The voices coming because you feel alone in your life..." Jack says, trailing off and I force my eyes to look at him once more. "But you're not alone, you never have been and you never will be, I promise you that. If Mark isn't there, I will be, or Shane will be, or Maddie will be... Someone will be there for you always, just know that... You don't need to talk to the voices as company because there are so many real world people here for you. Understand?" Jack questions me sweetly, in a tone that he used to always use with me.
"I understand, but Jack... Can they hear what you say and I say all the time? Because I heard you once say that it wasn't healthy for me to talk to them, and then they left." I explain as I adjust my wrist so it fits around my baby bump better.
"They know only what you know. I know you're smart and that you probably already know this, but the voices you hear aren't real. They are simply figments of your imagination and your own mind creates them." Jack explains to me with a logical, smart sounding voice.
"Makes sense... Thanks Jack." I say, finally letting my eyes meet with his.
"Not a problem, anyways, I have to go now. I need a tux for a wedding I'll be going to soon..." Jack says with a playful smirk as he gets up from his seat and stretches slightly.
"You should prepare for that, it sounds important." I respond with a small chuckle. Jack giggles childishly and waves before he walks out of the room, gently closing the door behind him.