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Chapter Nine
What to do with James?
Claire turned to look at James, she had forgotten about him after the Doctor had opened the door of the TARDIS. He was still groaning but seemed to be in a lot of pain. He was looking at Jack with the eyes of lust which she always saw when he was talking to a boy that he had a crush on.
"Hello James, I see that you tried to kill a citizen", Jack smiled as he walked over to him and picked him up. With a quick kiss on the lips he let him go from the embrace and slapped him on the cheek.
"What the hell are you doing?" Claire asked him shocked that he did that to him
"Excuse me, he was going to kill you" Jack snapped astonished that she was protecting him
"It's not a real gun, that's why Kate kicked him in the groin, besides I've known him since high school he can be a right selfish bastard but I know what it was like to be alone after my parents died", Claire smiled and started to kiss James on the lips. Pay back time she thought as she pulled herself away.
Jack looked at her. He thought back to when he had those conversations with James about family. James' family had died in a car crash when he was eight years old. He came out to his grandparents when he was sixteen years old and wasn't kicked out, which was a first as he had thought they would start hating him. James had also talked about how it felt to meet another person who knew what it was like to lose their parents but also knew what it was like to be confused about your sexuality. He remembered that James told him that it was a girl who was bi-curious but didn't seem to want to tell anyone, including her friends until she was absolutely sure. She ended up telling her friends which really disappointed him. Now he knew that this girl was the person who was kissing James in front of him.
"You didn't slap him, how disappointing" Jack told her
"Ah, you must be the Doctor, I followed Jack here to see if it was really you" James said to the Doctor who had moved up next to Claire.
"Yeah, I am the Doctor; I've dealt with Torchwood before and let me tell you I will never let myself to be associated with you" The Doctor said angrily and pointed the sonic screwdriver at him.
"Doctor, I know how to get rid of him" Jack told him
"Ah, Jack, what about you tell everyone why you're here" James smiled
The Doctor looked at Jack and realised that he never asked him what he was doing here in Adelaide. He was just happy to see him as he always happy to see any old friends that popped up in the strangest of places.
"It doesn't matter, why I'm here, in my backpack is a tablet called a retcon, it will erase his memory. I can also give him a sleeping pill" Jack whispered to the Doctor and Claire.
"Do you want a drink?" Jack asked when he got the Doctor's approval