INT. JACK'S BEDROOM - NIGHT (FLASHBACK)
Jack and Rebecca in bed. Naked. Rebecca’s left hand clutches Jack’s right hand to her chest, her wedding ring glints in the low light.
REBECCA
Do you know what my favorite part of the night was?
JACK
What?
REBECCA
Looking across the room at you. Seeing you look at me. Knowing that later on we'd be alone...that you would be inside of me.
JACK
I was afraid to look at you.
REBECCA
Afraid?
JACK
Afraid that if I looked at you, everyone there would know how crazy I am for you.
Rebecca kisses him and throws a leg over his.
JACK
Are we nuts?
REBECCA
Completely insane.
INT. MOBILE ARMY EMERGENCY ROOM - AFTERNOON
Jack wakes up to a team of doctors and nurses buzzing around him.
A NURSE applies a neck brace and locks it.
ANOTHER NURSE closes a cut on Jack's forehead, then cleans the blood off his face where two black eyes are forming.
A THIRD NURSE and an ORDERLY cut his clothes and boots off.
The SOLDIERS who brought Jack in are shooed away from the bed and the curtain is drawn.
Jack has trouble focusing and can barely make out what the doctor in front of him is saying.
DOCTOR #1
Sergeant! Can you hear me? You're going into surgery now. You've sustained a lot of damage but you're going to be just fine. Relax. We'll take care of you.
INT. JACK'S KITCHEN - MORNING (FLASHBACK)
Rebecca in just a t-shirt and panties, preparing Thanksgiving dinner.
Jack comes up behind her, snakes his arms around her slim waist, and kisses her on the neck.
JACK
Can I help?
She leans into the kiss then playfully shrugs him off.
REBECCA
Sit down. Let me take care of you.
JACK
You didn't have to do all of this.
REBECCA
You can't spend Thanksgiving alone.
Jack watches her scoop stuffing into a serving dish.
Her legs. The ring on her middle toe. She is the sexiest woman on earth.
JACK
Wine?
REBECCA
Red.
He grabs a bottle from the cheap wine rack on his counter and uncorks it. She's finished with the stuffing and steals a kiss while he pours the wine.
REBECCA
Dinner is served.
Jack takes the two wine glasses, places them on the table and sits down. Taking in the moment, he grabs her left hand and kisses it.
JACK
You went through all of this trouble. I want to do something for you.
REBECCA
You can.
Rebecca pulls her hand away and sits down.
REBECCA
Later.
INT. RECOVERY WARD - EVENING
Jack lies on his back in the recovery ward, asleep. IVs attached to each arm. Apparatus surround him. A row of stitches on his forehead keep various other scrapes and cuts company, and his eyes are almost fully blackened now.
A urine bag is affixed to the side of the bed, with a line running under his blanket about waist high.
A LIEUTENANT COLONEL, mid-40s with greying hair, and a SERGEANT MAJOR, looking much older, kneel next to his bed, praying.
Jack stirs and notices the pair.
LTC
You're going to be alright, son.
SGM
You're a hero. Thank you for all that you've done.
Through his drug induced haze, Jack manages a sentence.
JACK
All I did was get lucky.
LTC
Today you might have been lucky. Everything up until today makes you a hero.
The LTC reaches into his pocket and pulls out a coin. He places it into Jack's hand and he and the SGM get up to leave.
A NURSE shows them out then sidles up beside Jack. She produces a cell phone from her pocket and hands it to him.
NURSE
Is there anyone you'd like to call? Your wife, mom, dad? To let them know you're ok?
Jack nods. The nurse smiles and leaves him alone.
He opens the phone once she's gone and dials a number.