Never Let Me Go

Rating: PG
Disclaimer: Not mine..
Spoilers: "Hiatus"
Pairing: Jack/Liz
Summary: I can't give you the summary. Sorry!

Jack had been in the hospital for weeks now. The reason? Well, one night, Jack arrived late from work and Avery was at home, with an angry look on her face. She started yelling at Jack, and Jack had no choice but to fight back. Their voices kept getting louder and louder, and the baby's cries as well. 
"What the hell, you guys?!" Liz shouted, as she closed the door of Liddy's room.
Liz had been the babysitter of Liddy that night, and when she heard all this noise, she couldn't take it anymore.
"Why are you always home late? You're NEVER home, Jack!"
"You know what? You're the one who always has to travel! I'm the one having to pay all these babysitters!"
"Why am I even having this conversation with you?! If you can't handle this--"
"Oh, I, JACK DONAGHY, CAN'T handle this? I'm her parent! The one who's there for her 95% of the time! The closest she can get to a mother is Liz right here, since she's the one taking care of her!"
It was silent. Avery started yelling again, while Jack was trying to catch his breath.
"AVERY, JACK! PLEASE! LET YOUR DAUGHTER GO TO SLEEP!" Liz finally yelled.
"Lemon, take Liddy to your house tonight, please." Jack said, out of breath.
Liz got her stuff and Liddy, and turned to the door.
"JACK! ARE YOU LISTENING TO ME?!"
Jack collapsed on the floor. Liz quickly put the crying baby on the couch and went to Jack.
"Jack? Jack?! Damn it, Avery! He's having a heart attack!"
She quickly called for an ambulance. 
"Liz, what happened to my son?" Colleen asked.
"I-I-I don't know why this happened. Avery gave him a heart--I mean, a cardiac arrest."
"A heart attack?!"
Liz barely nodded and started crying.
"Liz, it's not your fault," Colleen said, as she was calming her down.
"No, it is. I should've stopped them from fighting quicker. I should've paid attention to Jack."
"Listen, missy. It's not your fault. It's that gold digger's fault. She had to fight with him! See? That's what he gets for marrying a woman like her. It's like Bianca: Part Two."

It's been four weeks, and Jack hasn't woke up. Liz visited him every day like he was a chapel.
"I'm sorry," the nurse said on the other line.
"Thank you."
Liz hung up the phone and started crying.
"I know, baby, I know. It's alright, I'm here," she said, as she was hugging Liddy.
The nurse had just called Liz to say that Jack was brain-dead. At that moment, Liz remembered something Jack said to her a few years back: "You're the only one I know who won't hesitate to pull the plug."
This was real now, and she wasn't laughing. 
She arrived at the hospital later that afternoon and signed all the papers. She left Liddy with a nurse and closed the hospital door. Alone with Jack.
"I-I can't believe I'm doing this," she started, saying things as if Jack was still alive, listening to her.
"I never even got to say how I felt. Jack, I love you. I always have. Sure, you may be a jackass sometimes, but you were the only one that would listen. Well, I'll keep my promise this time. 
Tears started rolling down her cheeks as the machines grew silent. She hugged him, and gave him a kiss on the cheek. It was almost as if he was the one comforting her in his own death.
"Goodbye, Jack."
She ran out the hospital with Liddy in her arms. She couldn't stand looking at the baby. She looked far too much like Jack. She went home and cried all night, having to hire a babysitter to take care of Liddy. It was as if she killed him on purpose. She didn't eat or talk for days. She never turned the television on. It was as if everything she did revolved around Jack.
A few weeks later, Liz was invited to his funeral. 
"Well, I don't know how to say this. Jack was my friend. He still is, even if he's not here with us anymore. He," she stopped. Tears were starting to roll down, and she wiped them by herself. Jack would say to her, "Lemon, stop crying. This is a public event," and wipe her tears away. 
"He told me that I was the only one who wouldn't hesitate to pull the plug. It had to happen sometime. But I didn't want him to die. Not like this, anyway. He...he was a perfect guy."
A few days later, she was invited to the hearing of his will. Avery was there also, probably just to hear what she could own. Liz had to adopt Liddy, since she got put in foster care a few weeks earlier, saying that Avery was "not feeding or taking care of the child."
"Thank you for being there for me when I had relationship problems, and I'm sure you thank me for helping you with all these things. I wish we could talk more, but now, there's only one thing to say to you. All these things we do have caused me to love you. So to Elizabeth Lemon, my best friend: my house, my money, and all that I possess belongs to you now."

Slowly, things got better. Every once in a while, Liz would play back the tapes Jack made for his daughter. She would cry sometimes, but she knew things happened for the best. Amazingly, she got promoted and she now had Jack's job. Toofer became head writer, and TGS eventually had to end. Every time she entered her office, she felt happy. It was as if Jack was still with her. She took the picture of Avery and threw it away. Sometimes, during the meetings, Liz always remembered when she proposed the "Button Classic" idea to the guys when Jack was still alive. She didn't get sad, however. It pushed her to do her best.
Things always got better. Whatever happens, she'll never let go of Jack.

"This is going to be our year, Lemon."

END