“D-d-don’t be s-s-sorry…” Jack stammers, “I-it’s… y-you’ve done s-so much for me w-w-with your love a-already…” he grabs at her shoulder, pulling her to him, and kisses her face despite how wet and tear stained his own is. “I j-just love you so-so much…”
“I-I love you too..” she whispered, tears staining her own face, having lost the battle within herself to stay strong. “I..I will always be here for you..for as long as you want me..o-okay..?”
She wasn’t even thinking about her own selfish fears; they had gone out the window. All she could think about was Jack and his pain. Bringing a hand up, she tried to wipe his tears away, kissed them away, being gentle and loving.
Would confessing this heal him? Would he ever be able to look back on his sister with love instead of tears? She had never suffered a loss such as this and didn’t know what it was like to lose someone you cared so much about. She didn’t know.
“I want you a-always here. I k-k-know that’s, that’s asking s-so much but I j-just… c-can’t imagine w-without… y-you…” he whimpers, the tears still there, but at least they were subsiding slightly. Jack shook his head before reaching his arms around her, pulling her into him, and buried his face into the curve of where shoulder met neck. “I-I’m not g-going to le-leave you i-if you are p-pregnant, Katelynn… I-I’m going t-to look a-after you… a-and a baby i-if there is o-one…”
Jack Maple 