"No no. Fletch don't go. I love you. Please, please"
Jac was thrashing round on the bed so much that Roxanna and Gaskell had to gently restrain her to prevent damage to the wound and implant.
"She needs light sedation" Gaskell stated "Dr Cowdry, sedation for Ms Naylor 1mg Midazolam. Quickly" he shouted.
Meena administered the drug and Jac was still again as she relaxed. Peacefully asleep
"I think I should go and get Fletch" Roxanna said
"Yes but just Mr Fletcher, no one else just yet"
Roxanna knocked on his office door. She saw the panic in his face as he leapt to his feet
"It's ok, she's fine. You want to visit?"
"Probably shouldn't. Time to move on"
"Yes you're probably right I mean you weren't nearly scared to death when I came in. She hasn't been calling out for you or anything "
"She's been calling out for me?" He said quietly
"She said No no. Fletch don't go. I love you. Please, please. We had to sedate her again when she came round because she was thrashing around so wildly"
Fletch allowed himself a smile as he thought of feisty,obstinate Jac.
"She won't remember when she properly wakes up" said Fletch sadly
"Maybe But the fact remains that you are in Jac Naylor's subconscious"
Fletch thought of Abigail and then thought of Jac
"I'll be up in a minute" Fletch said
He went straight to Abigail's office
"Hi" he said entering
"Hello" she smiled
"Jac's awake. I know I said it was time to move on but I need to go to see her"
"I know Fletch. You should absolutely go"
He smiled and turned to leave her office heading up to Jac's room.
"She's still sleeping" Roxanna said kindly "why don't you sit with her a while if you've got time"
"Ok" I will always have time for Jac Naylor he thought
Fletch sat next to her bed. It seemed to him that he had been in this position so many times before when she was recovering after the shooting. He was tired of just being the support team, he wanted more.
Instinctively Fletch took Jac's much smaller hand in his own. Gently stroking the knuckles he tried to find the words he wanted to say
"Hey Naylor, heard you were putting up a bit of a fight so they had to sedate you again" he swallowed anxiously "Roxanna said you called out for me... so I came. Just like I always do"
Jac was struggling to make out a voice that was saying they always come to her. I think it's Fletch. Aware of someone stroking her knuckles she was briefly back in the church, back in her wedding dress and standing opposite Fletch who was saying "so I came. Just like I always do" he was stroking her knuckles
"Fletch" she whispered still asleep but less deeply
"I'm here Jac, I'm here"
