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"How much longer?" Riley asked Jack over her shoulder, her main focus was on Mac.

"About 25 minutes to the airfield…" Jack answered, "How's he doing back there?"

"I'm doing fine!" Mac answered for himself, "There's no reason to baby me like this!"

"Oh, I beg to differ, kid! You just got shot! That's not nothing!" Jack called back as he sped down the old gravel road.

The Lada Niva, sorry –that was the vehicle they had managed to borrow this time, hit a sharp pothole, bounced on its wheels for a good couple of yards, before Jack regained control over it.

"SON OF A…" Mac sucked in air, and squeezed his eyes shut in an attempt to keep from emptying his stomach, or pass out.

"Sorry kid…"

"Never. Mind."

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Riley placed a hand on Mac's thigh, he looked up. "How are you doing?"

"Hurts a bit…" he admitted, before flashing one of those brilliant smiles of his, "Helps a bit to think about that thing you did…"

Riley tried to hide her smile, "What do you have in mind?"

"Oh…" he blushed, "You know, when you needed me to shut up… Good improvising…"

Riley chuckled and hid her face behind one of her hands. "Yeah, guess it was one of my better improvised moments…"

"I liked it…"

Her heart almost stopped, he sounded dead-serious and she didn't know how to respond. She had really enjoyed it, truth be told she had waited for a chance to do something like that forever.

"Hey. You okay?" he whispered, low enough that it was possible that Jack wouldn't pick up on it. "Am I making this weird?"

She nodded and let it merge into shaking her head. "Fine. I'm fine… And no, you're not making this anymore weird than it already is…"

Mac nodded.

"I liked it too…" she then admitted, looking down at her hand on Mac's thigh.

"Great…" he almost whispered and winked at her. "What do you say we go out together when we get back home…?"

"I think your arm needs to be looked at…"

"After that…" Mac dipped his head, "You, me, no one else… What do you say?"

"You serious?"

Mac nodded.

"Yes."

He smiled.

She smiled.

"How's it going back there? Everything good? You're quiet!"

Both Riley and Mac broke out laughing, and Mac ended up cussing when it jarred his arm.

"Yeah, we're good Jack…" Mac managed to choke out when he regained control, then he looked over at Riley who was still laughing, "We're great…"

"Good. Lemme know if that changes…"

"Yeah, okay…" Mac cleared his throat and nodded, "How long until we get there?"

"About 15 minutes buddy…" Jack answered, "Sorry I can't do anything about this bumpy road…"

"Don't worry 'bout it, as long as you get us there, I'm good."

"That's good kid…"

Okay, hope you liked this little added bit.