Here is my second chapter! I hope you enjoyed the first and that you'll enjoy the second! Thanks to MissCallaLilly, Emtheunicorn, LillithBlackFlower and JungleGirl2149 for your reviews. It makes me want to write more and more! I'm waiting for your next reviews!

They reached one of Lucas's shelters just before dark. Alexandra was exhausted. Lucas was so used to walking fast, she had thought she had lost him a few times. Lucas didn't talk to her the whole way to the hidden place. She didn't dare to talk first. After all, he asked her not to and she wasn't sure he was the kind of guy who was very patient. Lucas stopped when they arrived in a clearing. He approached a tree and brought a ladder out of nowhere. Alexandra looked up to discover a hut hidden in the tree.

"We'll stay here for the night," he said.

Alexandra was surprised when she entered. It was spacious enough for a bed, a sort of kitchen and a fire place. Lucas brought some logs and lit a fire. He was watching it, lost in his minds when he felt something behind his back. He turned his head and glanced at her, she was staring at him.

"What?" he spat, annoyed at her.

"Thank you," she answered simply.

That startled him. He didn't know what to say, people had never thanked him before and he was not used to say you're welcome for anything.

"Don't bother."

"No really. I mean it, I have to say it. You saved my life, you are sharing your bed and your home with me whereas I'm a total stranger to you. So really, thank you, you're a good man."

"People would disagree with you, I'm more evil than good," he chuckled.

She came closer to him, her gaze meeting his "People who'd say that would be wrong, they would not know you," she stated.

He was startled again. Lucas didn't know if he liked it. Words were always going through her lips as if it was obvious. It confused him.

"Go to bed now, we've got a long day tomorrow," he answered simply.

Alexandra did what he told her to do, too exhausted to argue with him.

Lucas waited for her to be totally asleep. He stood up and walked slowly to her. He stared at her. She clearly had something different from the girls he had known. Different from Skye. Skye… He had thought that sharing the same trouble past, their similar losses, she would have understood him better than anyone. Instead, she had betrayed him. He had felt passion for her. He remembered that night when she had asked him to spare the Shannon boy. "I will do whatever you want" she had said. He could have made her his slave, but he hadn't. He didn't want to be with her that way, he wanted her to love him. He had spared the Shannon boy for her, to show her how he wanted to be nice to her. She clearly didn't deserve it. She was like his father, selfish, always a disappointment; he would never be perfect enough for them.

The arrival of Alexandra was another problem to solve. His equations were suddenly wrong. If she had travelled from 2012, somebody must have found how to create a portal back there. But why it had appeared in her house, why in France and why now? Lucas didn't sleep that night, thinking of all of the implications that Alexandra's presence had created. He didn't believe in fate. If a new time fracture had appeared, it could have very bad consequences on Terra Nova, but also on the future. It must be controlled, otherwise it could destroy the world.

"So, how do you think I arrived here? Why me?" asked Alexandra as they were back walking. It was nearly noon and they haven't eaten since they had met. Alexandra was starving and she had to talk to think about something else.

Her questions were getting on Lucas's nerves. She had asked questions since she woke up. Couldn't she just stop the chit chat?

"Are all the French people this talkative or is it just you who's this annoying?" he mocked. She frowned. Lucas smiled to himself, happy she understood his undertone. She scowled at him once he had turned his back.

It was mid afternoon now, they have walked for hours. Alexandra didn't like it to be quiet. She had so many questions in mind; she had to share them, to expose her theories. She was someone really rational; she still had a problem, to think she had travelled into the past. It looked like this movie she had watched when she was younger. The story of a guy who could travel in the past and the future with a funny car. She tried hard to remember the name of the movie. This question remained in her head an hour or so.

"Back to the future!" she suddenly shouted, excited.

"What?"

"Back to the future! The movie where there's this guy who could travel into the past and the future. You know."

"There she is again, talking," he sighed.

"Oh come on, I stopped talking hours ago. Isn't it enough now?" she said as she ran in front of him, forcing him to stop. "It's 3 already, we missed breakfast and lunch, aren't you starving?"

Alexandra was glad she had her watch with her, she didn't know how she would have done without it. It kept her from losing her mind. Obviously Lucas knew just by a look to the sun what time it was.

Lucas was hungry too but he was used to it. When his father had banished him, he had to survive, he had eaten when he could and he never had to think about someone else other than himself.

"Ok, I know a place not far, next to a river. We can go and eat there."

Alexandra gratefully smiled at him. Her smile faded when Lucas told her she had to catch her lunch if she wanted to eat.

"How am I going to do that? I've never hunted before!" she sulked.

"Well, there is first time for everything," he mocked.

Lucas had fun watching her trying to catch a fish. She had struggled to reach one, and when she had had the chance to be close enough to one of them, she had always lost it. After 15 minutes watching her struggling in the water, he came to her, waited peacefully next to her. In a minute, a fish came close to him, he waited for him to come closer and caught him. Alexandra watched him, startled.

"You must be kidding me! Did you have fun watching me there, fighting for survival whereas you could just come here and do... that!"

"Survival? Come on! You're not going to starve," he teased.

"You could have at least show me how to do it instead of taking the piss out of me."

"Wow, taking the piss out of you? You have quite a bad language haven't you. I'm sure you didn't learn that at school."

"Bollocks to you," she replied "That is also something I didn't learn at school."

Lucas couldn't suppress a laugh. "You are bloody awful!"

"Thank you," she smiled "I intend to be me in English as I would be in French."

He shook his head, sighing. "Let me show you how to catch your food." He came behind her, wrapped his arms around hers. "You have to be patient, very patient."

"How long?"

"Shh just wait."

A fish came next to her. She stiffened. "Wait," Lucas whispered in her ear. She suppressed a shiver. The warmth of his breath on her neck went down to her spine, waking up strange urges in her body.

"Now!" he said, putting her hands in the water to reach the fish.

"I got it! I got it!" Alexandra screamed, overexcited. The fish was struggling to get out of her hands. "What do I do now?"

"Take the head off."

"What?" she asked disgust evident in her voice.

"Give it to me." He took the fish and cut his head off with his knife.

"Wow, that was a cut…" she stared at the beheaded fish.

"I thought you were starving?" he smirked.

Lucas lit a fire to cook the fishes they had caught. They ate in had not realized he was so hungry. Alexandra quickly devoured her piece. When her stomach was finally full, she lay against a rock, digesting in the sun. Lucas imitated her shortly thereafter.

"Alex?" he finally said few minutes after;

"Lucas." She stated, faking to be serious.

"Why did you walk into the portal?" he asked, glancing at her furtively. Just enough to see her winced.

"So you want me to talk now?" she teased.

"I'm sure I don't have to persuade you for that," he mocked.

"Well, there is nothing glorious or brave in there," she started. "It was just after New Year's Eve and let's just say I was a mess…" she stopped. "Why do you want to know?"

"It could be important," he simply replied. "Carry on". She stared at him. He didn't see it as his eyes were shut again.

"I had spent my New Year's Eve with some friends. I actually was not really thrilled about it because I was not in a good mood. I had spent Christmas on my own, alone. My grandmother died 6 months ago and she was my only family left. I just didn't want to have fun that night. I had too many drinks and let just say that when I'm drunk I'm a little bit too honest."

"More than you already are, is it possible?" he chuckled.

She glared at him. "I can be much more honest that I've been with you, ok? Do you really want to know or not?"

"Sorry, I shut up," he smiled. "Please, do continue."

"I told a girlfriend that everybody thought she was a whore and I told a boyfriend that his girlfriend was having an affair with his best friend," she winced. "Not a really good evening actually. When I went home, I drank more. I probably fell asleep on the sofa. When the portal appeared from nowhere, I just thought I was dreaming. I've been stupidly curious. See, no bravery at all, just a drunk girl having a silly idea."

Alexandra glanced at Lucas. He seemed to think about what she had just said.

"Funny," he just murmured.

"What?" she couldn't help asking, curious.

"I'm disappointed," he started. "I didn't see you like that."

"Like what?" She sat up, looking forward to him.

"Like a silly girl," he said seriously.

It annoyed Alexandra. She didn't want him to think she was stupid. But she didn't want to tell him why she had really done it. She felt confused.

"Is there something you're not telling me?" he asked, looking at her now. He had seen she looked thoughtful. She glanced at him and saw him staring at her. His intense gaze startled her. She deliberated what she could tell him.

"Maybe I look smarter than I am then," she just said.

"Do you know that you are definitely not a good liar?" he asked. She looked down. She knew she was not a good liar. It was her weakness but at the same time she had always thought it was an advantage. She was proud to be honest. She knew who she was.

"Why would I lie to you?" She looked straight in the eyes.

"I don't know. You tell me." He simply said.

She pursed her lips and took a deep breath. "I have nothing else to tell you."

She ended their conversation by standing up. She walked to the river, looking away, lost in her minds. Lucas watched her as she walked. He was sure she was not telling him the truth, or at least, not the entire truth. He was sure she had a deeper reason to walk into the portal. She was cleverer than she wanted him to know. He was sure he would know the truth soon enough. She couldn't lie to him. She probably couldn't lie to anyone.

Alexandra had decided not to tell him why she had decided to take such a risk by going to the portal. She believed in destiny. She had always thought things used to happen because they had to. The night the portal appeared, she had known she had to get into it. She had hoped it was the solution to her sadness. She had wanted it to solve her problems. Even with what happened to her, she still thought she had made a good decision. She was sure of it. But to say it out loud was still too disturbing, especially in front of Lucas. He looked like a smart guy. But she was sure he would not understand her point of view.

Lucas came next to her, looking away, imitating her.

"Why were you alone in the jungle?" She suddenly asked him. "Are you the kind of psycho who's living in the jungle, killing people before he eats them?" She lightly laughed.

The silence that followed made here uncomfortable. "Oh my god, that was a stupid question" she cursed herself. She didn't notice she was staring at him, eyes wide open.

"No, I'm not," he smirked. "I do not eat people." Her eyes shone, relieved, when she realized he was joking.

"You know what a joke is?" she teased. 'I am really proud of you. You've made a big improvement since we first met."

"I hope you've made a big improvement in silence and walk because we have to go now. The next place where we are headed is 2 hours away," he said ironically.

She didn't reply, wincing. He always had the last word anyway.

Lucas turned and walked back to the jungle, a smile on his face. It was so easy to make fun of her.