Chapter 11
Life moved on much faster after that, Jack felt much more relaxed, they'd broken a barrier, passed a milestone, they were a different kind of close. It was new to both of them in different ways.
With this new level of trust, Jack began probing more closely into Jenny's knowledge of her birth or… creation, and her father. He was tall, she said, he had a couple of female friends, but whenever Jack began to think about the details more closely, his brain would shut down, and he'd find himself staring into space, totally lost, like there was an enormous cloud of fog filling his head.
He tried to explain it to Jenny one evening, but she couldn't understand what he meant, Jack wasn't surprised, he couldn't understand what he meant either. Her reaction was a common one, leading him by the hand, and taking his mind off things. Now that Jenny could swim (if poorly), there was much more scope for the sort of games they could get up to in the pool. They raced (Jack usually let Jenny win, and she knew this, but didn't mind), they played catch with an inflatable ball they'd found, they turned somersaults, ducked each other, played tig, and wrestled when they felt like it, but that often descended into less fighting and more kissing. Such was the sequence of events this time.
After a short race, during some rather splashy diving, Jenny grabbed Jack by the leg and heaved him under water. She then jumped on him, and he wrestled her onto his shoulders, as he pushed towards the shallower end until he could stand up. Jenny proceeded to lean forward over his head and fall head first into the water, creating an almighty splash and dragging his shoulders down with her as she went. They both turned a full somersault underwater, and wound up standing, chest to chest, and mouth to mouth. Jack came up for breath, and spat out some water, but while he was distracted Jenny jumped on him again, and their 'fight' continued.
They finally ended their frolicks, leaning against the side, about half way down the pool. Jack hugged Jenny close, no longer wary of the bulge in his shorts. Jenny wriggled her hips against him teasingly, and he span her round as fast as he could in the water, and sat her up on the side. He jumped out beside her, and began nibbling at her earlobe. She slapped him away playfully, and Jack grinned. "Remind me how old you are?" Jack smiled teasingly
"Tenish last I checked" she giggled
"Well as your elder you better respect me" his mouth was back at her ear again.
AN: hope this answers some questions about why Jack's being so dim about who Jenny's dad is. I realise he's being slow, but I want certain stuff to happen first and this takes time, but I should be posting fairly regularly now, I have chapters 13&14 written, but I need to write 12 first. I realise not much happens story wise here either, but I want to show their relationship changing, because otherwise future chapters feel rather sudden to me. Still, I hope you enjoy, please review, feedback is the best thing you can do for a story, and well, I think this may need help.