Melinda followed Jack in his chase for Desmond and listened to their conversation and glared at Desmond when he looked at her causing Jack to notice her out of the corner of his eye.

She would have made herself known sooner but their conversation made her stop still especially when she found out that Jack had been married once before but now wasn't.

"Type the numbers if they get it fixed." Turing to Jack he continued "See you in another life, yeah?"

Then Desmond was gone. Jack looked at her once then left for the hatch with her following silently behind him.

Melinda looked at the counter when it reset but when John said he was doing the first shift Jack turned to her and dragged her out of the hatch away from everyone then questioned "How long was you there?"

"A few minutes after you entered the hatch, Jack look I'm sorry I heard what Desmond said to you and what you said to him, I didn't want to intrude into your past without you wanting me to know."

"Well it's too late for that."

Melinda looked down and noticed Jack was still holding her arm so she shook it off and stepped away from him "This world is older than you know Jack, and contrary to popular mythology, it did not begin as a paradise. For untold eons, demons walked the Earth, made it their home, their Hell. In time, they lost their purchase on this reality, and the way was made for mortal animals. For Man. What remains of the Old Ones are vestiges: certain magic's, certain creatures…

The books tell that the last demon to leave this reality to leave this reality fed off a human, mixed their blood. He was human form possessed—Infected—by the demon's soul. He bit another and another… and so they walk the Earth, feeding. Killing some, mixing their blood with others to make more of their kind. Waiting for the animals to die out and the Old Ones to return."

Jack looked at Melinda then said "Why are you telling me this now and why didn't you tell it me this way before."

"You never asked, actually if I remember correctly you ignored me and moved away from me. Also I want you to realize more about the world you were kept from." Melinda looked at him "Look I know I shouldn't have expected you to be alright with it straight away but I did."

"How exactly did you think I would react?"

"I don't know."

What Jack said next made her snap "You should never have told me."

Turing to him in anger she never noticed that she vamped out and Jack looked on in shock at her Black eyes and her fangs when she realised what happened she said "What Jack? Go ahead and say it because I already know what you are going to say."

Jack stepped forward when his hand lightly touched her face she froze "Is this what vampires look like?"

"No they get a weird forehead, fangs and yellow eyes. I get these more than likely because I'm the Hybrid which I'm bloody thankful for." Looking him in the eyes she whispered "Jack why don't you hate me?"

Without realising it Jack said something that she would keep with her forever and she could you use to remind herself about some things later in life when things would get much worse "You are not a demon, you are a protector and someone who has a good heart."

Melinda couldn't help the next words that came out of her mouth "Jack please hate me, its easier when people hate me. It's so confusing having you not hate me, please hate me please." By this time she had fallen to her knees but Jack had caught her and was holding her to him.

"Why do you want me to hate you?"

Melinda leaned backwards and looked him in the eyes "I want you to hate me now so later I won't feel more pain than I would now because Jack you hating me would cause me so much pain, pain I never want to feel again."

"Why would it cause you pain?"

"Jack I already know its painful thinking you hate me because when you reacted the way you did to me telling you about demons I thought you hated me and it felt like my soul was being ripped from me."

Jack just ended up looking at her not expecting her answers to be anything like what she was saying "Why?"

Her eyes and teeth began to return to normal and the amount of emotions swimming in her eyes made Jack want to take the question back "You're one of the first people I have trusted in a very long time Jack and I like to think of you as a close friend. I feel like I have to protect you no matter what happens to me but more so than it is with other people I want to protect you because I have feelings for you that I can't explain.

I've never felt this way about someone before, they make me feel so happy at times but at others it feels like I have a hole in my heart." Without thinking she went forward and kissed him.

What happened next she couldn't even comprehend as she never thought it would happen he kissed her back, the kiss stopped eventually so Jack could breathe but before she knew it he was kissing her again but this time his tongue asked for entrance into her mouth and she opened her mouth giving him the free reign of her mouth.

STOP

Instantly Melinda pulled away and looked anywhere but at Jack "Jack I'm sorry I kissed you it was never supposed to happen."

She looked at his hands on her arms when he grabbed her "What do you mean it was never supposed to happen?" When Melinda didn't answer Jack grabbed her arms "Melinda what do you mean it wasn't supposed to happen?"

Tell him.

I don't want to hurt him anymore than I have to

TELL HIM