Chapter Fourteen

Such Stupid Assumptions

Divine Angel

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He watched Jim slowly pull the key out of the car as they pulled into the drive. Blue eyes looking down quietly, sitting still before looking at him. Just looking at his scarred face and dark eyes as if something new was there, some answer, some direction, some mistake that would show him before he shook his head no.

Dark eyes watching before the car Jim opened the car door and got out Ignoring the sounds of the outlaw exiting the car behind him as well before starting towards the door. Gene patiently leaning next to it as he unlocked it. Dark eyes watching the blonde look down as it slowly unlocked the cheap handle before shoving the door in with just enough pressure to send it gliding back wide open. Blue eyes glancing around, as he spotted Melfina immediately. Watching her raven eyes do a fast blink as her mouth opened slowly as if to say something before stopping. Watching the blonde hair head in and go right past her, as if not even seeing her. Blue eyes looking down at the kitchen table as they came in, knowing Danny wouldn't be far from Mel. Blinking slightly at the soft thin red hair asleep in her chair, exhausted from crying hysterical and thinking hysterical before falling weak to sleep.

He smiled, ever so lightly as he stepped towards the thin figure. Small white stretch tank top and small jean shirt resting her top half on the table, still frowning upset as she slept. She was his. All of her...his. She never would have said yes. His face smiled more as he crouched down looking up at her…she never would have. Her closed sleeping green eyes moving slightly as he ran his fingers onto her bare leg. Gently tickling his fingertips with her skin as he hardly touched her, but felt her just the same. "HmAh." Her thin face choked a small sob suddenly. Blue eyes snapping up at the sound, watching her mouth only close as she continued to sleep. His touch waking her up just enough to remember she was crying, before letting her slip back to darkness. He looked back down at her soft leg, running his hand onto it completely. Feeling her softer skin collide with his hard strong hand, a smile running over his face before he froze. Thin sweet hand gently touching the strands of his hair before running over his ear, onto his cheek, under his chin. Light finger playing with his lips as her green eyes watched him look up slowly. Blue eyes just looking at her, no trace of any real hard set emotion. "Jim." She whispered his name lightly, because that's what he was. Her Jim. "I love you." She smiled warmly, her sweet breath hardly forming words she spoke so soft, but he could read her lips. His warm look watching her sit up to the familiar light hands running onto her hips from where he was crouched below her. Warm green eyes guiding his head into her lap and stomach, hugging it lightly as she felt his breathing. Feeling his hands move slightly, around her back and hips, before running lower. Over the sides of her butt and onto her legs more, confirming in everyway she was really sitting there.

Her green eyes blinking quickly, alarmed as he pulled back fast. Blonde hair standing up firm as he frowned at her, snapping at her wrist and yanking her up. "You." She heard his slurred mumble as she staggered up. "You don't." Her thin figure falling into his chest as he yanked her forward into him. Strong arms pulling the air out of her as they squeezed around her. Light face and blonde hair nuzzling into her neck. "You don't." He spit his order firmly at her, feeling her nod as she hugged back.

"I was so scared Jim. I was so scaaaared." She sobbed her words lightly, green eyes closing as she focused on how she was scared so she wouldn't lie to him. Scared of what she had learned, about his family, about his mother. Scared of what the brown hair might do to him while he was unconscious, or what he would do in general. How strong he would be if she fought, how much damage he would cause if he told her secret. Her most *precious* secret. "I would do anythiinnnggg for yoooou." He felt her sudden sob , green eyes crying into his shoulder as he squeezed tighter. Trying hard to feel all of her hugging him back. "Do you understand thaaat?" She felt him nod unsteadily as she sobbed her questions to him. The cabinets blurring into view as she opened her eyes and blinked out the tears. Slowly taking a step back, feeling him shuffle with her as he didn't move from her. Her thin chest beating up and down hard as she took him with her to the doorway of the kitchen and leaning into the wall exhausted. Blue eyes pulling back to look at her, strong light hands hanging on tighter as he leaned back. Looking at the blinking green eyes that were so beautiful now, so different from the annoying whining girl he once thought she was.

"I didn't kill him." She glanced up as she heard his first raspy mumble to her. "I ditched him in a field, sixty miles West, alive." He grinned suddenly, as if it were funny. Blue eyes watching her calm slightly, respecting and loving that he didn't kill the brown hair. He had kept his cool and kept this head where most guys would have lost it. "But *if* he EVER comes near you again.." He growled at her suddenly, watching her cringe as he squeezed her. "....I might." He frowned hard waiting for her reaction as he confessed he might pull the blaster out of his pants and blow that kids brains all over the cement.

She smiled warmly at him as she looked up. Her thin face cast down from where she thought about his statement before choosing her answer. "It's ok." She paused letting that seep in. "He won't. Never again, I didn't want him Jim. I don't ever want to see him again." She watched his face brighten as she spoke. Washing away all his fears as she confirmed that no she had never drug no one to their bathroom floor for sex, presenting or no presenting. "I only want you, I love you." She ran her hands into his hair as he looked down. Strong hands running under her ass shifting her up onto his hips as he pulled her off the wall. Feeling her arms rap around his neck as her legs rapped around his waist hugging him as he squeezed her. Things were going to be ok, everything were going to be ok because....despite everything that just happened....they won, won for good, won forever.

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"Aaa Blast it!" He growled hard, feeling the cold wire fence rip against his shoulders as he fell back. Long black trench coat and bright silver outfit bolting from him. Running from the growling blue eyes and blonde hair that had tripped into the fence as they jumped off the fire escape. Blue eyes watching the trench coat whirl around the heavy running as the figure ran towards the street. "Gene he's coming at you!" He screamed, hearing a light swear from the other side of the intercom in his ear. He had probably just taken the outlaw's ear out. "Left. Going left."

"Yeah come here." He grinned under his unruly hair, watching the trench coat fly in his direction as Jim spit instructions. His sly dark eyes watching the sliver clothes bolt into the dead end alley to his right. Unaware of the yellow cape and black get-up of the outlaw fallowing, ripping out a blaster.

"Stop where you are." The yellow eyes spun around to him suddenly. Watching the reckless outlaw stop in it's tracks as the weird weapon immerged from the trench coat. "One step and I fire, blow your head away." The silvery hand made a small explotion motion, watching the dark eyes squint at the threat. Silently keeping a calm face and steady eye contact with the figure aiming at him. His dark eyes ignoring the blonde hair of his partner creeping down the fire escape above them. Pulling out a gun.

"Hey buddy?" He grinned, watching the yellow eyes squint fierce and wild from where they were cornered. "I have a riddle for you…What thinks to much, has sex to much, and is coming down above us?" He grinned watching the blue eyes shoot him a dirty look from the corner of his eyes.

"What?" The yellow eyes flickered confused. What kind of riddle was that? "A possum?"

His dark eyes grinned opening his mouth to answer it was his partner before blinking. "Hey what the hell is a possum?" The unruly hair shot an annoyed expression watching the silver gun open it's mouth to answer before the blast.

"Got him." The blonde hair grinned, dropping into the alley as the black trench coat staggered forward and fell over.

"Hey blast it!" The blue eyes looked up at his annoyed tone from where they were putting away the gun. "And I suppose you can tell me what a possum is?" The dark eyes cocked an eyebrow at him.

"You know Gene I don't say anything about you and Mel intimately why don't you just lay off huh?" The blue eyes shot him an annoyed expression as the light hand ripped an ID off the bleeding figure from where it was crouched down.

"Oh and you word it so nicely." Gene grinned at him, watching him growl.

"Stop." The blonde hair spit it's command, chucking the ID at him. Watching Gene catch it, dark eyes looking down.

"Now just what the hell kinda name is that?" The scarred face made a baffled expression.

"One that says I am going home to eat." The blue eyes grinned as they shoved him playfulyl, strolling back towards the street. "Mission completed."

His dark eyes grinned at the firm baggy jeans and dark orange shirt starting for the street. That was a job well done, a fast bounty considering it only took all mourning to track, then chase, then shoot the guy. "I am wasted." The blue eyes grinned at him as it sank into the car. His unruly red hair slouching into the backseat. Grinning as the blue eyes turning around from where they were relaxing in the passengers side, frowning at him.

"Lazy." His dark eyes grinned at the small mutter as Jim shifted over into the drivers seat and starting the car.

"Yeah right. Wake me when we get there." The blonde hair chuckled from the front. Blue eyes squinting humored as they pulled out, the traffic was pretty light here. Most people were too poor to own cars, that's why...they drove Gene's. If anything was stolen off this...it won't have any effect on the Ehefrau.

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"MOVE YOUR TRUCK!" His dark eyes opened, frowning at the loud yell from the front seat. His scarred form sitting up and frowning. Jim leaning out of the car slightly, growling at the truck to their right. "How hard is it to shift a gear!? Ya Moron!"

"Jim where the heck are we?" he made a face watching the blue eyes turn to look at him.

"I-one-eighty." The light voice growled, listening to the annoyed -I -one-eighty!- come back to it. "Yeah that's right. Gene! We've been stuck in traffic for two hours! I am gonna kill this blasted truck!" He cocked an eyebrow as he watched Jim lean back out to yell the last sentence *at* the truck.

"For.." He trailed lightly, now why was two hours ringing a bell? "What!?" He snapped at the light shoulder, watching the blue eyes look at him. "Two hours?! Move over."

"Hey be my guest." The blonde hair shrugged, opening the door and walking out into the congested road that wasn't doing anything but honking. Watching Gene hop into the drivers seat as he walked around the car. "You've been asleep for three hours Gene, just how do you think your going to-"

"-Buckle up." He stopped talking with the small mumble. Why buckle? They hardly ever buckled? Dark eyes glancing at him as he got in. "We're going right over that rail and we're going over these cars." the dark eyes grinned at him watching him sigh.

"We're going to get a ticket." Jim frowned watching the Gene shift the car back into drive. Aiming at the rail so he could use an air pocket to bounce the car up and drive like that. "But it's your car Gene." he grinned slightly, he wasn't the sucker here.

"Don't start blast it. I promised Mel I wouldn't be late for this one." He frowned slightly hitting the gas. Jerking slightly with the sharp motions of the car before snapping into the back of his seat as he hit the gas and took off. Dark eyes grinning as Jim threw his back license plate into the middle of the seat.

"I had a feeling your were going to do something like this." The blue eyes grinned at him, watching him chuckle as he just added more fuel. He promised Mel he'd be there this time. Last time he couldn't, but that was work. This time he was going to make it. How this new formula Judith was mixing with his sperm was supposed to help, ahhh his brain growled just thinking about it. His car picking up slightly, as he added more gas, whatever it was, it was supposed to help, then they inserted it into her and hopefully, that was supposed to be it.

He sighed heavily, watching the cars wiz away below them before glancing over at Jim. Blue eyes lazily lounging in the seat enjoying the wind. "How come you always take the roof?" He grinned watching the blue eyes look at him, relaxed.

"What Gene?"

"During the chase. You always track by using the roof tops." He grinned, glancing back at the blonde. When ever they were tracking a bounty Jim somehow ended up on the roof blasting down.

"I like em." The blue eyes grinned, how retarded was this? "I think they're lucky."

He grinned. "The roofs?" He cocked an eyebrow at the blonde hair watching it shrug.

"We haven't missed yet. I think clear up there so they're lucky." The blue eyes shot him his answer in a harder -just try saying they're not- tone, demanding this was so.

"Alright." He shrugged before laughing. Hearing the Jim sigh heavily at his laugh before leaning forward and pressing the small intercom button in the car. His scarred face grinning to the -------Gilliam...what's a possum?-

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"I thought you said fast-fast, quick-quick you guys?" His dark eyes frowned at Daniella who started whining the minute she caught sight of them. Thin hands snapping at the small rips in Jim's orange shirt as he stood next to her reading the small pamplet she had. Ignoring her as he read how all of this was supposed to work before making a small sss noise as one of her fingers found one of the cuts she was searching him for.

"Yeah so we're late." He sighed heavily, watching Daniella drop the orange shirt and cuts she was looking at as she started at him.

"Put this one Gene, she's in there." The thin face smiled at him, handing him some sort of paper gown that covered the front of him before watching him grin as she pointed towards the strong brown door to their right. Green eyes watching him knock lightly before squeezing in fast, anxious to make up for lost time. "Well?" she smiled, turning around to the blonde hair busy reading.

"I shot him." He grinned watching her smile as she walked over, looking at the small pamphlet. "Did you read this?" He made a face watching her nod. Blue eyes giving her a look, but he wasn't going to tell her how gross that all just sounded.

"Poor Gene." She sighed lightly taking the three paged pamphlet from him as he simply leaned into her. "And poor Mel." She felt him smile, humored by her cute statements. "Don't laugh." She frowned feeling him grin harder with a silent chuckle. Green eyes looking back at him as he let out a small laugh. "How'd you get cut?" She watched him sight.

"A fence...scrapped me." He shrugged lightly watching her nod. Her thin red hair humming lightly as he held her. Strong light arm rapped around her shoulders as she stood in front of him, leaning into his chest. "How long, how much did we miss?"

"About…forty minutes." She sighed heavily, hearing him make a small disappointed groan. But they needed the money this mourning. This was expensive, but it was indisputable. A perfectly necessary use of money, even if it was *all* their money and money they didn't have in advance. "Don't think." She felt him move at her small whisper, green eyes aware of how hard he was thinking by the way other parts of his body stopped. Motion, language, reception.

"Daniella."

"Hmm?" She smiled warmly, shutting her eyes to his soft question as she leaned into him, completely relaxed.

"I want you to move in." He felt her move softly. Her green eyes still peacefully closed as he looked down at them before they did a small fast frown. Green eyes opening fast to look at him as she stood up and turned around. "I want you to move in"

She blinked as he repeated himself. Blue eyes looking at her in all seriousness, waiting for her reaction. "Move in." He nodded "With you." He nodded "To Starwind and Hawking Enterprises." She smiled watching him continue to nod before grinning as she kept going. "How? Where? I mean you don't have the room." She frowned slightly watching him do a small yes/no shrug.

"Well...see if Gene and Mel move in together, which they already have. You can move in with me." He grinned watching her do a sly smile at his - in with me- grin.

"Oh suuuure I can." She giggled with her sly nod. Blue eyes raising their eyebrows, waiting for an answer. "….Oh my god your serious?" She made a face watching him laugh. "Dead serious?" She smiled watching him.

"No I want you to turn around in three circles and say you'll marry me." He grinned hard, repeating her tease from years ago. Blue eyes blinking lightly as she did an small exaggerated twirl before stopping.

"Yes I will." She smiled brightly, watching him just look at her, before doing a fast blink. Wow, he just proposed. "Unless your a black hearted bastard who just said that for kicks." she giggled hard, unsure of whether or not it was a tease. If it was or wasn't it didn't really matter, her twirling stood.

"Wait." He grinned at her watching her giggle. "You just...spun around?" He watched her nod laughing. "In three circles? And said...yes?" He chuckled hard watching her giggle before laughing harder. Thin red hair leaning back into his chest as she broke down at his strong grin, before feeling him laugh. Blue eyes closing hard, feeling her hug him as he hung on to her strong laughter.

"Jim?" Her worn green eyes snuck out of the small medical room. Blinking at the thin red hair and blue eyes laughing hard as they leaned into the wall. Her mind frowned slightly confused, were they drunk?"

"You said...you just said.." he chuckled hard, speaking down to the giggling green eyes before calming fast. Catching sight of Judith watching them silently as she shut the door.

"HahaJim?" She giggled looking up as he stopped laughing. Her green eyes fallowing his serious gaze fast before straightening up as she caught sight of the very friendly doctor.

"It's good to see so much laughter in a place like this." Her worn green eyes smiled brightly at them as she came over. Watching Jim smile at her. "Jim, Daniella." She smiled warmly. "They'll be finished in about fifteen minutes but I would just like to have a small word.." She trailed lightly laying a hand on the strong light arm as she glanced at the thin red hair. "Just a small word with him, if I can tear you two apart for a moment." She smiled warmly as the green eyes nodded, stepping off the dark orange shirt that fallowed the gentle touch tugging his arm. Blue eyes stepping away from Daniella who sat down behind him as he started fallowing Judith, watching her cautiously. What could she possibly want with him? "Right here Jim." she smiled warmly at him as she opened a small door, watching him go in before turning around to her. Standing in a small examining room one door down from the one Gene and Mel were in and from the looks of it. A connecting room because there was an inside door to his left.

"What's up Judith?" He gave her a confused look. "Is Mel ok?" He watched her nod quickly, her worn green eyes seeing his immediate concern.

"Jim I asked to speak to you alone because I have been doing some thinking on my free time and what I have to say to you is of a personal nature." She watched him frown. Blue eyes studying her intently but she wasn't giving off whether this was good or bad yet. "I know this is the third time we have tried to artificially inseminate Melfina but I can honestly tell you I don't think it's going to work." She watched him make a -no?- expression.

"Come on Judith." He made a small hand movement from where he had crossed his arms over his chest. "You don't know that. You said yourself you have to wait a...a month before you know." He gave her a look, if that was true. How could she know already?" He watched her look down as she slowly nodded.

"Yes that's true Jim but..." She trailed looking back up at his concerned expression. "It's not going to work. Usually if it doesn't work by the second time...it's dead in the water." She spoke her phrase gently, watching his face fall. This was important. Important to Mel, she wanted kids, important to Gene who was trying hard to make that possible for her. It was important to him, for them, important to Daniella because she cared to. "I am afraid the radiation has left me with little mobility to try and make conceiving any more efficient." He watched her do a small shrug.

"There isn't anything else you can do?" He spoke flatly, disappointed and sympathetic to what this was going to mean to the people in the next room. His partner, Melfina. "You want me to tell them? Is that why you asked me in here?" He suddenly frowned at her, slowly becoming irritated she expected him to deliver such bad news. When they would spit questions he couldn't answer at *him* when he told them.

"No that's not why Jim I would never ask you to do something like that." She frowned back, watching him just shift his weight. Listening intently from where he stood in front of her, arms crossed over his chest. "The problem is not getting Mel to conceive because on her own Gene is successful. The problem is...it's like he's bringing empty luggage, working without protection but it's next to the same." She watched him frown as he looked down. Slightly uncomfortable. "I sorry." He looked up at her apology, a warm smile coming at him as she tried to make him relax more. "Jim this is hard for me to ask you. So please...hear me out." She gave him a firm understanding look. "Say that please? So you won't kill me half way?" She smiled warmly at him, watching him glance at the door. Why couldn't Dnany have come? "Just say you'll hear me out." He felt her lightly grab his arm as she saw him glance at the door and shift his weight towards it.

"Why can't Danny come in?" He frowned confused watching her look up with a strong -aaa- sighed moan. "Ok I'll hear you out Judith." He let out a small chuckle, taking a step back and leaning into the examining table in the middle of the room.

"Thank you." She smiled a warm sigh. "Jim I think I could easily make this work if I had a...sample of healthy seamen that I could maybe fix to be like Gene's." She watched him give her a baffled frown. "Gene's not dead he's sterile that means he's carrying everything he needs. All the chromosomes that would determine the infants eye color, or hair color, height etc. All the things that will combined with the chromosomes in the egg and make the infant do you fallow me?" She raised her eyebrows at him. Watching him listen hard and try and convert everything she was saying to -happening to someone else- info.

"So what you want to do is take his chromosomes or whatever and move them to another...." He trailed lightly watching her smile.

"Yes. Yes that's exactly what I want to do." She smiled warmly, clasping her hands together without sound. Thank goodness he caught on so quick.

"So do it. Sounds great. Tell Gene." He grinned at her, motioning toward the connecting door, watching her smile.

"Alright then." She smiled warmly at him. "Volunteer." She watched him do a fast blink and small gap as his mouth stopped forming what he was going to say.

"What?" He blinked hard, sending her a baffled -you better not be talking about what I think your talking about- face.

"Jim in this day and age artificial insemination costs 2,000 Wong each time it's done. Not because it's complicated but because it required the time of a medical personnel.

"Judith." He frowned at her, snapping her name out hard.

"That means you owe this clinic 6, 000 Wong.

"Judith." She watched him snap another hard frown.

"I know you don't have that kind of money, and you know you don't have that kind of money." She watched him frown hard as he looked at her. "That's why I am doing this under the table, listed at something else as a *200* Wong fee. 600 is a big difference from 6,000 Jim." She watched him glare at her, he knew what she was hitting at. "The only way this clinic and other doctors will *ever* find out is if I remove sampling from our bio lab. Because to get in I have to enter in a specialized code as well as my personal license number that only I know." She watched him glare at her, slowly shaking his head no. "That means I don't know anyone else's number and even if I did I would never jeopardize another's career in that way." She shot him a frown. "So what I am saying-"

"-What your saying is you want me!" He watched her silence at his yell. "That you want my...." He shook his head at her. "No way. No way Judith, I can't do that." He gave her a baffled -you know that!- frown. "That's Melfina!…Melfina! I've known her since I was eleven she's like my...that's crazy!"

"Jim hear me out." She took a deep breath as he pushed off the table yelling at her confused and over taken by what she was purposing. Light hands making fast irritated movements to this.

"Did you even think about how weird that would be!" He gave her a look. "I can't. No. That's my answer." He watched her look at him calmly, was she hearing this? "That's my answer Judith. No."

"Jim they wouldn't be yours they'd be Gene's." She shook her head softly at him, watching him just shake no. "Your exterior his interior."

"Ah NO! No way!" He grimaced, making another exaggerated motion to her statement as he glanced away. "Don't *say* that! Do something else...try...no wait...find someone else's!" He gave her a look. Why did it have to be him? It could be someone else. "Why me? I mean...Why me Judith? Why not someone else?" She watched him sigh now as he spoke. Leaning back into the table thinking hard.

"Ok." She nodded slowly at him, keeping things calm. "Who do you know? Who can you trust Jim? You know someone clean? No drugs? No excessive drinking? Would you want something to happen to her baby?" She raised her eyebrows at him. Watching him blink as he thought about her questions. That was next to impossible. Mike was the closest one and he was...No way for Fred so... "You think you can hire someone for this? Think you can ask someone off the street for this?" She watched him look up at her upset. "I know you know you can't. That's why I am asking. Jim understand. If there was any other way *any* *other* way I would have tried." She watched him breath upset as she took a step towards him. Gently laying her hand on his shoulder. "I would have tired." She spoke soft, looking up at the upset blue eyes that ran into a dead end with everyway he thought about dong this with someone else. But how could he just sit here, and know how to fix this mess in a second, in a 200 Wong visit and just do nothing?

"I can't." She blinked concerned at his small mumble. "Judith, I don't think....I can't do that to Gene, what if I...' What if there was something wrong with him too? There was enough wrong already. For all he knew he was sterile or something too and doing this would just be hard. Just be a big to do that would push this all in Gene's face by using *him* and he wasn't even good enough. Never mind Melfina, who knew what she would say.

She smiled warmly watching him slowly shake his head no as he trailed from his -what if I…- "It's alright. Just....just think about this for me Jim." She watching him lick his lips lightly as she did a small nod. "And go ahead and talk to Daniella, she might be able to make you feel better about this." She watching him do a small blink to her tone. As if Danny knew something already he didn't. "Shh, just relax, you have a month to think about it." She smiled warmly at him. Watching him step towards the door as she gently guided his shoulder that way. Opening the strong wood and gently patting his back as he looked back at her hand shoving him out.

Blue eyes turning into the hall, looking around. Landing on Melfina, Gene and..."Daniella" He watched her soft green eyes turn towards the small mumble of his voice down the hall some ten feet, but she still heard him. Thin face smiling immediately before sinking to a more serious expression as she caught the stress running off him.

"Jim what's wrong? What is it?" She frowned moving towards him immediately. Feeling his strong muscles run under her hands as she moved them onto his chest, looking into the blue eyes that looked away from her. "Jim? What? What *is* it?" She frowned concerned, stepping forwards as he just hugged her. Blue eyes squeezing her warmly before glancing up. Shoving her off quickly as he caught sight of Gene studying him slightly confused and concerned.

"I just don't feel good." He flashed her a small smile, watching her nod at his lie. The statement she *knew* was a lie as she simply took his hand. Watching him flash a grin to the scarred hand that sent a punch into his shoulder as they walked back over. Aware something was wrong, just not sure what.

"Well." He sighed heavily under his unruly red hair. "Lets get out of here." He grinned warmly at the silent raven hair that seemed timid to everything after the awkward event. His dark eyes grinning as he laid a hand on the thin blue dress. Watching the mocha eyes look up at his sly reassuring face. Grinning strong to the sound of the car keys being pulled out of Jim's pocket behind him.

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"No. Red bag Jim. Red bag red bag." He grinned, chuckling hard as her thin hand snapped at the t-shirt he held. Taking it from him as he stuffed it into the blue bag and moving it to the red one. "Jim." She giggled hard, green eyes flicking up at his blonde hair from inside her bedroom. "Only stay if your going to help. I have to move all this stuff if you want me living with you." She smiled warmly at him, watching him lean onto the bed

"Well maybe I don't." He sighed heavily, watching her giggling face glance at his tease. "maybe I'll just have you for a while, like decoration...then...toss you into the front yard or...trash." He grinned to her hard giggling as she pulled clothes out of her closet. Walking back to the side of him and putting it into bags. "Garbage disposal or something."

"Shut up!" He laughed as she shoved him giggling. Taking her shirts and dresses off her hangers and folding them up. "We can take my dresser and...my bed." She glanced at him lightly, he was just watching her. "Jim....that's about all the furniture to my name, except...for a chair somewhere downstairs but I don't even care to have it." She shrugged lightly, smiling as she watched him do a shrug back to her. Teasing her as he imitated. "ok I see." She giggled zipping up her duffle bag. "Go take this to the car and don't come back for ten minutes."

"What?" He gave her a look as he took it.

"Yeah that's right." She giggled watching him sling it onto his shoulder. "Your not helping, I can't think with you goofing off, Just wait and then come back cause I'll have more for you to carry then." She smiled warmly watching him just do a fast chuckle to her directions. "And take the back stairs, my mom is still peeved." She watched his smile fade more. He had heard her arguing with her mother about moving downtown with some lowlife. Of course it was still her decision and she had decided to go, despite what any upper class anything had to say about it.

"K" He grinned at her, starting for the doorway. Green eyes smiling warmly at him as she watched him go before watching the seat of his pants and smiling to herself. His blue eyes grinning to the -I looove you Jim.- spit as a giggle slur before the -Remember! Back stairs!-

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"I can't just tip it upside down and dump everything out?" He glanced at her thin red hair with his question as they stood in his room. Green eyes looking over at his blonde hair as she pulled her clothes our of her blue bag. Watching him tease her to just dump the red one out, but she didn't look humored.

"No." He watched her mutter her answer back to him, hearing him sigh behind her as he just lightly dropped the bag onto the bed. Blue eyes watching her move clothes and think. Contemplating everything he had just told her, everything Judith had proposed. "Jim?" She glanced over at him, he was just looking at her, but he was a horrible liar. "Maybe you could just lie to Gene, do this, but not let him ever know it was from you." She watched him glance down lightly as he thought about it. That could work, Gene wouldn't really know how hard it was for Judith to steal things from the bio lab. Then again he might pick something up, and if he did he'd go berserk until he found out why.

"He'd know." She watched him give her a look as he glanced up. He'd give it away somehow and Gene would find out. "He'd be furious if he found out later Dan." He watched her nod as she dropped some of her clothes and came over. Thin red hair flopping onto the bed next to where he sat.

"Then...what do you want to do?" He looked down at her. "It's really your decision isn't it?" She smiled watching him just look away thinking. "Jim, if you don't want to you don't have to do-"

"-Don't and just don't." He gave her a frown as he stood up fast. "Don't tell me I don't have to do anything I don't want to do." He made an overloaded expression. "Am I just supposed to sit back and watch Mel never have kids?" He gave her a look, watching her turn away. Her thin face quiet to his response.

"Yes." She shot him a frown, watching him do a small blink. "Do you want to do this?" She watched him just continue to look at her, frowning slightly. "Because the way I see it you have two choices Jim. You can tell Gene what you know and see if he wants to take you up on your offer, or....you don't have to do any of it." She stood up slowly as she spoke, walking over to him. Watching the blue color of his eyes look down at her. "But you already knew that...didn't you?" She smiled warmly as she whispered, watching him just inhale deeply. Yeah, yeah he knew that, he knew he had two options.

"The problem is I don't like either one of them." He frowned slightly. "I don't really *feel* like doing this and I don't want to not do it because it's unfair to Mel." He silenced for a second, no he couldn't do that. Not to Mel. Mel who was always nice to him, who made his favorite foods and sewed up the holes he put in his clothes. Gave Gene frowns when he kept teasing and was softly encouraging. "If Gene wasn't so..." He frowned hard, idiot Gene, this was his fault. He couldn't remember getting any scan. He probably wasn't that scared Gene just never should have intervened.

She smiled warmly watching him think. Her soft green eyes running her hand onto his shoulder, hugging him as she looked around their room now littered with stuff they had to find places to put. "Don't worry." She smiled lightly "I know you'll make the right decision Jim." She watched him turn to look at her now, his face slightly tense with worry.

"Daniella." He glanced down, bracing himself for this. "That one time we were in the kitchen when no one was home and-"

"-Aaa Jim I told you I am *never* doing that again." She shot him a sly smile. "I can't *believe* your bringing that up now?" She made a face before her giggles.

"No." He grinned. "No that's not what I was saying." He chuckled lightly before letting his face become more serious as he thought about what he was actually going to tell her. "Well I got so...distracted." He shot her a sly grin watching her giggle. "That I...well I never used anything."

"Jim your such a moron how could you....what?" Her giggling stopped fast, to a hard -what- as her face slammed to a wide eyed stare. "What did you just say?" He watched her tense up, frowning at him.

"I can't believe I did it, I am sorry ok? I told Judith about a month ago and I never mentioned it because stuff came up and I forgot." He gave her a -don't be mad- shrug as she just continued to stare at him as though he had five heads.

"You forgot?" He frowned at her small gasp, watching her hand make an exaggerated motion. "About that! You *forgot*!?" He watched her just stare at him, gapping lightly as she thought. "I can't...Jim! I am gonna kill you!"

"OK!" he blocked her quick hits. Raising his arm up to the thin hands smacking him through the small -Aaa I can't believe this!-

"Aaa I can't believe this! I can't! Can't believe you! You said you would take care of it!"

"I know." He frowned watching her just back up and sink into the bed. Thin hands holding her head as she sat, thinking hard.

"Don't." She snapped at him, yanking her arm away as he touched it. Her green eyes staring off to the floor as she thought keeping her arm pulled from him. Waiting those few seconds until he sighed hard and stomped out.

Blonde hair growling into the hall, man he was a screw up. His blue eyes snapping down the banister searching widely for Gene before growling. How was it he could never find him when he wanted him?

"Gene!" He frowned hard, yanking the garage door open. Watching the dark eyes look up at him from where they were leaning into the access vent to the large generator that was dropped off that mourning.

"What?" he frowned at the loud yell the blonde hair had sent him. Jim didn't look like he was being attacked. "What's your problem Jim?" He growled looking back down at the greasy fan he was taking apart.

"Gene we've got to talk...get in the car." His dark eyes cocked an eyebrow at the blonde hair that walked by him quickly. Light hands pulling keys out of their pocket and getting in, glaring at him.

"Whaaat?" He shot the blue eyes a look. "Can you, or can you not see I am busy." He frowned at the over active blue jeans and dark orange shirt glaring at him from behind the steering wheel.

"No. no." the blonde hair shook no leaning into the passenger side of the car and unlatching the door before using its foot to kick it open. "Get in now." the light hands gripped the steering wheel again as they straightened up. Looking at the dark eyes just cocking an eyebrow at him. Gene's face shooting him a look as he cocked one back as a tease. "Please?" He growled watching the scarred black get up just sigh heavily annoyed as it stood up wiping grease off it's arms and started at him. Slumping into the passengers side and slamming the door.

"What?" He shot a quick frown at how fast the blonde hair activated the car and floored out. "Hey you want a ticket!?" He snapped a hard look at the blonde hair glaring ahead as it drove. "And just what is so important you drag me out now? I thought you would be upstairs knocking Danny up." He threw the blue eyes a grin watching them make a face.

"Will you stop!?" The blue eyes gave him a look. "I don't want her to hear you say that stuff Gene cut it out!" He gave the dark eyes a frown.

"Well she's not here is she?" The dark eyes cocked an eyebrow at him, watching him growl. "Now what's the problem already I have to fix that blasted piece of crap before four."

His dark eyes watched Jim just sigh hard, gripping the steering wheel tight as it got ready to answer. "Mel?" He shot the scarred face a broken phrase, watching the dark eyes raise their eyebrows more intrigued. "It's not going to work Gene. She's not going to conceive *this* time. Not this time, not next time, the whole thing isn't...it isn't going to work." He felt himself grip the wheel tighter waiting for any kind of response. ":HEY!" He snapped hard, as the heavy boot of the outlaw slammed onto the breaks. Scarred hands snapping at the wheel helping him swerve the car back into their side of the road.

Light hands griping the steering wheel hard as he struggled with the air flow under the car, bouncing them around as he swung to the side of the road. Loud honking and swearing quickly wizzing past them as he sighed heavily. Wide blue eyes snapping at the outlaw that could have killed them, watching the dark eyes and scarred face just glare at him.

"Gene." He muttered watching the scarred hand just move off the steering wheel and slam onto his shoulder roughly, dark eyes glaring at him. "The only reason I know is because Judith told me last time we were there. Look I...she thinks she knows a way to fix this but it's..." He trailed again. "Aaa it's so messed up." He groaned, running a hand onto his face, this was it. The worst Gene could do was kicking the living shit out of him so, what was there to really loose?

"And just how does she think she can do this?" The dark eyes growled hard at him. Furious someone had told Jim this before him. This was *his* business wasn't it! His woman! His baby! Why the hell did everyone always tell his partner!?

"She thinks if she takes the...interior of you and put it inside a different exterior that is...active, Mel will conceive." He watched the dark eyes do a fast blink. Lightening immediately as the Gene sat up. What was so bad about that?

Gene grinned hard, that sounded great. "Nice." He grinned at the blue eyes studying him. "Tell her to go for it." He shrugged lightly, slouching back into his seat again, hands behind his head. His blue eyes just watching, yeah, he knew that was the part that would go over well. Now came the tough part.

"….She wants to put you in my exterior."

He swallowed hard, waiting for Gene's reaction to this. Blue eyes watching the dark eyes slowly close before the sudden frustrated, baffled, mad -YOU!?- outrage look that snapped at him.

"Don't look at me like that! Do you know how weird that would be! For me! HUH GENE!" He growled suddenly. He was mad about this too, for some, reason.

"For you?" The crazed dark eyes growled hard at him, sitting back up slowly as they grinned. "How weird that is for you?" He growled hard watching the light face growl at him.

"Yeah! That's right! For me!" He growled hard at the dark eyes that only squint shaking it's head no.

"Jim I have done some weird stuff for you, you have no idea." He growled slouching back into his chair. Killing Jim wouldn't solve anything, and it wasn't Jim's fault.

"Shut up!" His dark eyes snapped at the yell and shove. "Don't act like your the only one. You think you never came home drunk and didn't try to take a swing at me?! You don't know the stuff you said." The blue eyes frowned shaking no at him, watching the dark eyes just look back. "Now I don't *want* to do this Gene. It's probably the last thing I can *possibly* think of, I would *ever* Want to do!" The light hands slammed the steering wheel mad. "But if you want...if you want..." the blue eyes trailed lightly, breathing hard as they calmed down. Watching the dark eyes patiently wait. It probably *was* one of the last things Jim would ever want to do. Even he didn't want to do that, who would? But now, even after all the blonde hair had gone through it was still willing to try for him.

"Don't." The blue eyes did a fast blink at his monotone answer. "Jim I am not going to ask you to do this." He made a face at the blonde hair. "Geez what the hell do you take me for?" he growled lightly, leaning into the car door.

"Gene"

"You make up your mind. You know what you want damnt, and if you don't go home and ask Dan, but don't try and pin this on me Jim." The dark eyes frowned at him, watching the blue color just look back. "…All I ever wanted to do was give her want she wanted." The scarred face shot a grin suddenly. "Who would have thought what she wanted would have been something I couldn't give. Not because I couldn't buy it...but because I couldn't do it." The dark eyes sunk to a dull stare, gazing off to the side before looking away. Loose blue jeans and dark orange shirt completely silent behind him.

"I'll do it Gene, but....What are you gonna tell Mel?" His dark eyes frowned feeling the light hand run onto his shoulder lightly, trying to grasp more of his attention with reassurance.

"I don't know." The dark eyes looked at him, watching him just blink back. What should they tell her? "That might be to much for her to understand."

"We'll just not tell her anything then." The light hand squeezed his shoulder gently, before running back to the wheel. "She'll never know, she'll think it worked, just worked as a fluke." The scarred face grinned at him, shaking his head no humored.

"Where are we going?" The dark eyes chuckled suddenly, watching Jim start the car.

"I was planning to drive all the way to Judith so she could explain." The blue eyes threw him a smile. "Guess that didn't work out so hot." The blue eyes grinned at him watching Gene chuckle before leaning back into it's seat. That had gone better then he thought, Gene wasn't that pissed, now if this part didn't kill them. They'd be scott-free.

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"Jim I..." She stopped watching Mel look up at her small capris and t-shirt from where she sat at the kitchen table, as she strolled into the kitchen

"He left with Gene."

"Left?" She frowned slightly, they hadn't said anything, and wasn't Gene nagging something this morning about a Generator needing to be fixed by four?

"Yes, I don't know where. He said he had a generator he had to fix this mourning but I guess there was a change of plans." Mel smiled at her, diligently pulling the ends off string beans as she just sunk into the kitchen chair picking up some beans as well.

"Yeah I heard that too." She frowned slightly, pulling some ends off and tossing the beans into a pot.

"I am so glad your going to be staying with us Daniella." Mel smiled warmly at her as she looked up.

"Thanks Mel, I just wish Jim had told me where..." She trailed--unless he decided he wasn't going to think everything over for a month. "I got to go Mel." She dropped the green beans into the pot. Watching the smooth hand of the bioandroid snap in after the ones that still had ends before looking up at her.

"Where?" she frowned slightly watching the green eyes gap.

"I just remembered, I told me mom I would....go home and get a chair I left." She threw a smile at the confused raven hair as she rushed out the door listening to the soft. -ok bye- from behind her before she scowled. Jim took his car and some guy had borrowed Gene's this mourning. Damnt. That was a twenty minute walk! Her green eyes frowned as she look out into the nice weather of the congested streets, it wouldn't be a twenty minute run though.

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"Now I know I said you had a month." Her worn green eyes shot the two partners a skeptical look, watching the blue eyes grin slightly. Her old skin and gray hair nodding matter o' factly at them. "Couldn't wait and spilled the beans hmm Jim?" She smiled warmly at the blonde hair that looked down slightly from where it stood next to the unruly hair arms crossed over it's chest. "Alright." She sighed lightly, suppressing her urge to laugh at them before nodding towards the back hall. "Fallow me you two."

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"Aaa" She moaned exhausted, slumping into a small tree as she tried to catch her breath. Thin red hair sliding into her face as she bent over. She must have been running forever. Gene was full of crap, twenty minute walk, yeah right. Her green eyes glancing up at the silver convertible pulling over in front of her. Her thin face choking a fast laugh at the grinning black skin chuckling at her.

"Is it our custom now a days to make beautiful woman walk?" Mike's tight white wife beater and loose black jeans laughed as she slumped off the tree towards the car door he was opening for her. "It's a good think I's found you before you ran yourself to death. Just what is a beautiful sorceress like you be running around town for?" The black eyes grinned at her as they pulled back into the traffic. Watching her giggle and catch her breath as she slumped against the cool seats of the car.

"Aaa Mike I need to get to the clinic a few blocks down." she smiled at him when she found words watching him frown slightly.

"And what does a beautiful carrot top like yourself need down there?' He threw her a concerned expression.

"I am investigating a hunch." She giggled lightly as he did a strong chuckle.

"Yous on duty?" She shook her head no.

"No I am off because I am moving so I got the week." She smiled warmly at him, watching him do a -nice- nod.

"Where's you moving too Daniella? Don't tell me you moving to far from Mr. Wizard, that go and break his heart." He chuckled at her, watching her smile warmly.

"Actually I am moving in with Jim." She giggled watching him raise his eyebrows.

"Well now, spose I am gonna have ta have a word with Jimmy if he ain't foretelling the future like always. I spects I would have been the first ta know and I ain't heard one word about such joyous news." He grinned as she laughed. Thin red hair leaning into the door exhausted but determined as he rounded the corner to the run down clinic.

"Thanks so much Mike." She smiled at him as he pulled over for her.

"You want I should stay, I have plenty of time to waste on a good cuase." He grinned at her, but she shook her head no. No she'd be fine.

"No, thanks so much." She threw him and started up the small steps and into the air conditioned building, thank goodness.

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The worn gray hair smiled at her as she moved next to a strong wood closed door. Aged knuckles gently knocking on it, smiling to the -what?!- spit at her from the inside. "Jim, Daniella is here." Her worn green eyes glanced at the thin red hair that looked down smiling. Green eyes glancing up as the door opened slightly. Blue eyes and blonde hair looking out at her before opening it more and letting her squeeze in.

She walked in. "Ohh very stylish." Green eyes looking around at the white room they had him in. Complete with a tv, some tape he wasn't watching and a leather chair. "Creepy." She scrunched her nose at him as she turned around. "Judith says you've been in here for half an hour." She giggled lightly at him watching him make a face. So what he didn't feel like watching the porn they offered him. He never wanted to be that way. "How come?" She frowned slightly, there was nothing wrong with him.

She watching his dark orange t-shirt and boxers walk over to the tv and show her the video cover.

She made a face as she looked down at it, it came with four different sections, but she stopped reading after she reached women with women. "Oh very sleezy."

"Is Gene out yet?" She glanced back at him as he slouched into the leather chair looking at her. Frowning annoyed as she nodded.

"You want me to tell you how long ago?" He made a face but kept looking at her, that was an indirect yes. "Twenty six minutes ago." She smiled sweetly, watching him groan as he looked away. Ignoring her as she walked over, running a hand into his hair. "Mel's making that string bean thing for dinner tonight." She smiled watching him look up at her, his mind wandering off the pressure he had been working under. "She's just sitting there pulling the ends off the string beans." He smiled lightly, moving as she leaned into the chair from where she stood in-between his legs. "I put away all the stuff I brought. I moved some of the extra storage stuff that was in the closet in our room to the downstairs closet and the attic, but a.." She trailed lightly, straddling his waist as she slid into the chair. "What do you want me to do you with my dresser?" She smiled warmly, he was relaxed with her there. Light hands just playing with the back strains of he hair as she sat on him. Tracing small designs into his chest with her finger before trailing it down to his shorts. Feeling him harden slightly with his fast blink. "You know what you can tell Gene when he says something about how long you were in here?" She watched him just continue to look at her, blue eyes getting happier as she continued playing with him. But Gene would say something, he just wouldn't be able to resist the tease. Just tell him..." She trailed lightly, gently grabbing the small cup that was provided for his sample and discretely moving it over to her, so she'd be albe to reach it easy. "...tell him that....I was in here with you." She breathed her words down to his nose as she pressed her forehead into his. Slightly taller then him because she was sitting on him. Her mouth silencing from where she was going to add -the entire time- as he kissed her. Leaning forward fast into her mouth, this would be easier with her here.

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He growled lightly, looking down at the doorknob from under his blonde hair. Anxious to get out of the hall because he was only in a t-shirt and boxers but going in wasn't going to be that much fun either. "JIm?" He felt Daniella's small whisper shove him slightly from where he held her hand. His blue eyes frowning as he opened the door and went in fast.

Gene looking up at him immediately from where it was leaning against he back counter of the small examining room tight black shirt and boxers. Waiting for Judith to finish playing with the microscope she was fiddling with. "Hey. What took you so..." The scarred face stopped dead, watching Daniella walk in behind him. Dark eyes giving the blonde hair frowning at him a small grunt before looking back at Judith "Fancy meeting you here." He shot a sly gin to the green eyes hanging onto Jim's arm with affection.

Her green eyes sending a sly look back at him. "Mel's making that string bean thing for dinner." She slyly scrunched her nose, watching the dark eyes approve of her confident nature.

"Not for long. She's on her way down here." He grinned at her fast blink. How there was no car? Nobody knew that better then her now.

"Gene your crazy!" She shot him a loud giggle, watching him just shrug. There was no time like the present.

"So.." The blue eyes frowned "Mels coming down here right now Gene?" He made a face. "You couldn't have waited for tomorrow?" He shot Gene a half grin half frown, what a nut Gene was. Blue eyes watching his older partner just grin widely at him before looking back at Judith.

"Alright" Her gray hair sighed heavily, watching Jim look down with a small grimace as Daniella handed his cup over. Ahh this was so uncomfortable. "Melfina could have easily made an appointment tomorrow Gene." Her worn gray hair threw a sly smile at the unruly hair that was too anxious to listen to any of them.

"Can we go?" Daniella spoke up with a smile, while tugging on his arm that was looped to hers. Judith still writing something done before shaking no. Turning back to the microscope she had and fiddling with things. Daniella watching before glancing up at Jim who was trying to avoid everything. Glancing at her lightly as she moved in front of him and leaned into his chest. Smiling as he rapped his arms around her shoulders. "Tonight will be the first night we live under the same roof." her green eyes looked up at him happy. Watching him smile, yeah that was a plus.

"Alright Jim I don't need you any more." Judith smiled into the microscope with the hard -finally- sighed at her to the sounds of the door opening. Daniella off to find his pants so he didn't have to walk around in the halls like that.

Dark eyes studying Jim who simply leaned into the wall as Daniella disappeared. "You remember when I made you watch that tape when you were eight?" The dark eyes grinned at him, watching him look up with a dull expression. "You remember that?" He chuckled lightly watching the blonde hair groan running a hand to it's eyes and massaging as it nodded. "That's the face you just made." He chuckled hard watching the light features he could see frown. "That's what it looked like then."

"Gene" He snapped at the outlaw that just grinned and chuckled at him. "I am gonna.." He stopped as the door opened, bumping him slightly. His loose dark orange shirt moving over quickly as a thin nurse instructed Melfina this was the room she wanted.

"Gene." The mocha eyes smiled immediately, heading to Gene the moment she came in. Dark eyes smiling warmly at her as he hugged her. He watched this before glancing back at the door as Daniella came back in. Opening her mouth as she handed him his pants before spotting the raven hair and changing her words.

"Mel!" she smiled warmly, watching the mocha eyes turn around, blinking at how both Daniella and Jim suddenly appeared behind them.

"Jim, Danny..." She smiled happy to see them before frowning slightly, confused with their presence. "When did you get here? What happened to your pants Jim?" She frowned lightly as she smiled. Watching the blonde hair take his pants and hop into them.

"I was hot." The dull blue eyes shot her an irritated answer and Gene started laughing. Confused mocha eyes turning back to him, happy he was there.

"Come on lets go." Daniella started tugging his arm again, ignoring the fact he was doing up his pants as she tugged and he smiled. Ready to go, this place held weird memories. He did remember Gene making him watch that video, cause it was also about the same time he found out about that god damn plant.

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His dark eyes frowned as he looked up at the greasy bolt he was tightening. "Jim!" He growled, waiting a few seconds until the familiar foot steps started coming his way before the blonde hair appeared. Seven year old blue eyes smiling at him as they looked under the car. "Did you use all of the 6B washers yesterday?"

Jim nodded. "All except the dented one."

"Aaa" He groaned looking back up at the dark metal parts of the car. "How soon can you get some?" He threw a grin at the blue eye watching them think.

"How bout after lunch Gene. Iris is making pie." Jim grinned, but he gave the happy ready-to-eat-pie expression a dull look.

"How about now, or you and me buddy..." He grinned nodding the wrench he held at the blonde color looking in at him. "..we're out of a car." He chuckled as the small tight wife beater and baggy jean shorts stood up with a heavy sigh.

He watched Jim's bare feet walk towards the door yelling an -I am going out Iris!- before opening it and disappearing. "Good." he grunted a smile looking back up at the annoying bolt. The sooner the washers were back, the sooner Iris could stop whining about how she -had to go home and so did Daniella- and -No she was not giving them her car.-

"Gene?" His dark eyes glanced up as Daniella crouched into the floor looking in at him. Sweet pink dress smiling as he cocked an eyebrow in response. "Iris wants to know what you want for lunch other than pie."

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Jim sighed looking down at the dull cement as he walked. It would only take some ten minutes to go get the washers. He should have asked Gene how many he needed. He fiddled with the loose change in his pocket as he made his way through the street. Loose jean shorts cut long enough they made it past his knees and small wife beater ignoring the gravel running against his bare feet as he walked. Blue eyes focused on the small store up the street. The sooner he was home, the sooner there was pie, and he was hungry.

"Hey Bastard?"

"AH!" He let out a surprised cry at the strong shove from his right. It knocked him back into the rough brick of the florist shop. Grinning brown eyes glaring at him from above the ratty black t-shirt.

"I have been watching your pad for four hours Hawking!" The brown hair grinned as it screamed at him, watching him fall back into the florist alley at its hard punch.

Blonde hair growling at him as it sat up fast. "All this time waiting for a bastard like you to show." He chuckled lightly, watching the light skin scramble to it's feet and raise it's fists. "You won't be able to stand when I am done." he grinned watching the blue eyes smile back at him.

"Maybe." The blonde hair made a fast move, slamming a fist at him that knocked him clear over. "We'll see who's standing." Grinning as it kicked his coughing ribs before tripping as his rough hand pulled its leg forward. Smirking at the hard aaaaow the blonde groaned. His brown eyes looking down at the cringing light face as he stood up, watching the blue eyes flick up mad. Dodging his kick and snapping up. Knocking him over and jumping on top. Light fist slamming him in the face repeatedly. Fighting to hold down his struggling as it punched.

It was winning. The blue eyes grinned, punching through the blood that appeared. It was winning!

"AHRR!" Thekid growled at him, grabbing fist fulls of his blonde hair and pulling him down ward but he wouldn't stop. His fist had a mind of it's own. "AhGet HIM OFF! GET HIM NOW!" His blue eyes did a fast blink at the cry. Stopping his punch in mid air confused before the strong hands suddenly appeared around his arms yanking him back.

"Ahow." He cringed as the rough brick appeared behind his back for a second. Scrapping skin slightly as he slid down the small amount he was slammed up. Strong hands suddenly pining him to the ground, blurred black hair coming into focus as it held him. The bleeding kid now standing behind sniffling and spitting blood as it leaned into a nine year old, gray t-shirted, freckled face kid scowling at him. "AH GET OFF! Your cheaters! CHEATERS!" he growled up at the over weight black haired nine year old holding him down, but it only grinned

"Hawking you bastard." He closed his eyes as the brown hair spit at him, droplets of saliva and blood running onto his face from the hateful look above him. "Not so easy to beat me. Think you can embarrass me?" It growled at him, watching him just grit his teeth mad. "I'll show you." The brown eyes glanced back as it took a twig coated with leaves from the freckled face. "When I found this I thought of you." He chuckled suddenly.

"AH STOP!" He screamed, feeling the foreign hands of the grinning freckles rip his wife beater up over his head before undoing his pants. "NO! CUT IT OOUUTT!!!" He growled kicking hard, unable to escape the strength of the over weight kid holding him down. Freckled eyes ginning down at him as they took his shorts and wife beater. Watching his chest hitch hysterical with wide eyes in his lime green boxers.

Bleeding brown eyes watching this, observing how this worked. Punching?… Nothing…Words?… Nothing…Pin him down and take his shirt and look at that. He grinned, watching the blonde hair struggle widely, grunting and straining as it fought to get free as he pulled the front of his boxers out and shoving the plant in. Watching the blue eyes as it started breathing in fast little grunts. Twitching as he moved the oiled leaves around by the stick "Ah." the blue eyes grunted hard, unable to take the weird prickled smooth feeling running around in its shorts. "Ah! GEEENE! HEELLP! STOOP IT SOMEONE HELP ME!!" He grinned at the sudden screaming. That's what he wanted. He wanted to break the kid. Beat him good. In any way he could.

Jim's hands were pinned to the ground, shaking as they tried to get something to grasp. "NO DON'T! STOP! DON'T!" The blue eyes opened, screaming widely as he nodded for the kid holding it down to get up. It did so, dragging Jim up to and hugging the blonde to hold it still. "STOOOP IT! LET ME GO! SOOoOOPAahhh! He grinned as he looped his fingers into the back of the lime green boxers. Pulling them out and shoving the plant in with a smile as Jim jumped and screamed for a moment. His hand moving the plant around and smearing it into the light back and skin he couldn't see. Beign extra careful not to get any of himself as it finally came. "Ahh! Ahhaa.' The heavy sobbing choking right into the shirt restraining it. But it wasn't enough, he wasn't satisfied yet. So he kept going, rubbed the oils over where it thought they would be the worst.

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"Aaa." he groaned, wiping grease off the bolt above his face as the doorbell rang. "Iris get the door!" He grinned, yelling to the feminine blonde hair in the kitchen from where he was under the car. Scarred hands arguing with what he could fix now until Jim got back.

"Notah! You want me to burn the food huh? Then you always complain! Gene you animal go get it yourself!" She frowned, squeaking her answer back as she squeezed the brown marinating sauce over the chicken she was going to cook. Giggling at Gene's -Daniella! Get the door!- That rang out from inside the garage as Gene tested his next option. "Don't do it sweetie make him get up." She threw Danielle a smile, but the small little girl in a pink sundress coloring at the table didn't even bother to look up. Focusing instead on the crayon it was moving back and forth as it shrugged an -ok- and smiling as she started giggling. Laughing harder as Gene came stomping from the garage muttering something about -him being the one doing real work around here.-

Dark eyes ripping open the front door and cheap knob. Cocking an eyebrow at the thin ragged kid waiting there. Freckled face and gray t-shirt grinning up as it offered him a bundle of clothes before bolting for the street. He watched the kid run before looking down at the articals of cloth he pulled apart.

He fronwed at them, kicking the door shut behind him. "Hey Iris! Did Jim come back yet?" He walked to the kitchen doorway and watched her look up at his concerned tone.

"Notah I haven't seen him. Something wrong sweetie?" She frowned with his almost tense frown as he stood there thinking.

"Someone just dropped his clothes off. I'll be back soon." He tossed the small bundle to her squeak that caught it and walked out the door.

"Gene?" She squeaked his name worried as he disappeared. Feeling Daniella's smaller hand pull the wife beater from her to look at it. Green eyes glancing up confused as they heard the outside garage door slam.

"What's wrong with Jim? Where is Gene going?" Daniella frowned watching her just frown slightly, not really sure.

"Oh I don't know. Daniella, Jim isn't back yet right?" She watched the thin red hair shake no. If anyone would know Daniella would. "Alright well, you go out front and see if you see him any where cause-" She stopped, navy eyes snapping up at the front door as it shut. Ruffed blonde hair and lime boxers stumbling in. Starting directly to the stairs with its eyes cast down, its arms hugged to its chest sniffling. Walking gingerly, legs spread apart itching terrible.

"Jim what happened?!" She called out. Shoving the rest of the clothes she held at the Daniella and starting for him immediately. "Oh Danny go get Gene! Run out fast and yell at him to come back!" Daniella shot out the door with an -ok!- as she went right for Jim. Watching the weird way the crying little body was walking as she grabbed his arm.

"Mm!" he whined at her on touch, yanking it back. She quickly moved in front of him, asking him what happened but he ignored her every question. Slowly trying to move around her without frustration as she continuously pushed into his path.

"Jim talk to me huh?!" She frowned, snapping at his shoulders and shaking him gently. "Your scaring me! I am gonna swat you." She frowned, threatening to see if he'd talk.

Instead his features just tightened, continuing to ignore her before they got tight and cracked. "Ahhaaa." The blonde hair looked down fast, sobbing hard as her grip relaxed. Navy eyes running over the scraps on his upper shoulders and the reddened color to his lower

"Ok. It's ok huh?" She frowned concerned, hanging onto the small body as she moved out of his way. Watching him slowly start walking again. "Jim your walking like a penguin." She grabbed him under the arms and pulled him up. Shuffling into the bathroom with his directions before putting him down. "Shhh." Gently crouching to his side as he covered his face with his hands crying. "Jimmy…What happened to your-"

"-IRRRIS!" She stopped talking as Gene's loud yell interrupted her. Coming in as the garage door slammed behind it and yelling up when it didn't immediately see them.

"We're up here Gene!" She frowned, squeaking out to the doorway as she ran her hand into the blonde strains. Loving the smaller face with her hand as she watched it sniffle hard, breathing like crazy as Gene rushed in.

His scarred face frowning mad from where he had just run up the stairs. Yanking the blonde hair, and little body that was his up to his shoulder fast from where it was crying. Tightening his arms around the upset little body that immediately hugged into him. Pushing its head into his neck to hide and crying just a little louder with his hug. So grateful Gene's first words weren't -stand up straight-. "Ohh he's got scratches here." He frowned watching Iris from over the small shoulders shaking like a leaf but silent in his arms. Dark eyes looking down at the rough scratches before looking down at her squeaked -and his back is all red here...looks like he's got some kinda rash Gene.- Her navy eyes frowning as it leaned a little closer to Jim's skin. Giving him a scrunched nose look. The kid sure didn't have that earlier.

"Jim." He frowned, speaking his tone firm as the light hands just clung to him. "Get down." He nodded with his order, crouching down and shoving the light weight away. Watching only the top of the blonde hair remain in view as the blue eyes looked down. Turning around as he moved it to get a good look at all this red skin Iris was talking about. "What happened to your back?" He frowned, it didn't look like it was beaten. Iris couldn't be more right when she said it looked like a rash.

He steadied the small hip as he moved the boxer rim slightly. Geez that red color just kept going. He pulled the rim down more and Jim pulled away immediately. "AH!" Snapping a shaky yell at him as it spun around. He gave it a dull look in response to moving the back rim to the green boxers down lower then allowed. Jim just shakily glaring at him as it held onto it's shorts letting him know it definitely didn't approve of that. No matter how much right he had to know, being as he was the one who was supposed to fix this.

"Iris go get the phone." He waved Iris toward the door, watching her just frown a little more concerned than she already was. Her small protesting -But Gene what did…- silencing to his "Do it! Now Please!" he quickly snapped. He watched her go before shutting the door behind her. Nodding at Jim as he sat down on the floor next to the thin body delicately standing there. "Now what happened to your back."

Jim started to fidget now that he had cleared the room for privacy and expected to hear whatever it was straight. "I weeent to go and geet the waaashers like you said." The blue eyes cringed, sniffling hard.

"Stop it." He frowned, nudging the small chest lightly, as it started crying. Watching the blue eyes do a hard blink and make the tears go away.

"Some guys jumped me and put this plaaant in my paaants and I couldn't get-"

"-Alright." He frowned roughing the light shoulder in front of him. "It's alright. What kind of plant?" He frowned watching Jim's shake no absently.

"I dunnnoo." Jim looked more distressed with the helpless answer. Reaching forward and gripping his shirt as it took a step closer to him.

"You don't know what type of plant it was?" He frowned as Jim just shook no again. Light hand rubbing it's face to make it look calmer. "Don't have any idea?" Jim continued shaking no. "Did it look poisoness? Jim if you have poisons on you I have to get them off. *Did* it *look* poisoness?" He frowned watching the blonde hair shake no to a sobbing an -I doooon't knooow okaaayy.- "Alright." He sighed heavily but with a reassuring depth. Continuing to rough the small shoulder clinging to him upset. "He put it in your pants?" He was baffled with that. Why would someone do that? His frown getting firmer as Jim nodded and he looked at the reddened skin again. "All of them? Right inside?" He made a face as Jim continue nodding upset. "Where?"

"The alley by the florist shooppp." The blue eyes fidgeted as they calmed down. Whining but not crying.

"Well did you scream? Call for help?" He shook his head slightly. "Jim if you didn't try to get help-Wait-Did you start it?" He frowned, his tone getting mad and Jim's eyes widened shaking no furiously.

"No! No I didn't!" The blue eyes snapped at him. "I did call out! No one helped me!"

"Alright." he nodded steadily, and Jim sighed relieved. Sniffling hard as it relaxed knowing he believed it.

"It itches." The blue eyes frowned upset, whining lightly as they looked at him. Watching him for answers, lucky him he was confused as to what to do. Desperatly trying to hide that from his face, with his stern I *do* know what I am doing expression.

"ALright stand still." He took hold of the thin hip with his firm order.

"Ahhwhhhhy?" Jim shoved his hand away with a frown.

His dark eyes growling as he opened his mouth to speak before looking up as Iris popped back in with small -Gene- handing him the phone. His scarred hand taking it from her as he pulled Jim at him by the arm. Listening to the light face whine in protest before relaxing and leaning into him. A nerved by being pinned to the ground with the disturbing feeling. His fingers dialing irritated with one hand, while hanging onto Jim with the other. Barking into the phone as the other line picked up..

"…NO Judith that's not what I said." He frowned, feeling the smaller heart beat into his chest where the blonde hair leaned into him. His dark eyes looking down at the small back as she started instructing him -not to touch it, that it could be contagious.- "Yeah but he doesn't know what type of plant..." he trailed growling at her instructions -*Not* to touch it any way, and not to touch Jim to anything that can't be washed because they'd catch it.- He frowned, he didn't want that on him. "Stop." He snapped at the light hands roughing it's boxers into itself to scratch the itching. "Jim." he lowered the phone slightly, watching the blue eyes look at him. "Let me see your legs under there." Jim stepped unevenly as it watched him slid the loose leg holes of its boxers up. Its thin boney thighs appearing just as red as everything else as he frowned. "Turn around, tell me if you like that underneath." He frowned picking the phone back up, watching Jim turn around and look into it's shorts before nodding at him. "Yeah fine." he growled into the phone, snapping at Jim's hands to stop them from scratching. Jim was groaning frustrated as it quickly yanked at its hands a few times before giving up. It just itched so bad, its body was biting at it. "He looks pretty red." He frowned standing up and opening the bathroom door as he snatched Jim's hand and pulled the blonde out. "Go get in the car." he gave Jim a strong shove forward, and it stumbled out. "Don't give him any clothes Iris! We're leaving." He pushed past Jim and Iris as she came over, heading to the bathroom to grab stuff for Jim later.

Blue eyes still standing where they had stumbled with his shove. Looking up at Iris as though it'd just been put on display. Its cheeks flushed red, hiding from her soft touch immediately.

"I don't care if it's contagious Gene!" She squeaked a frown at him as he went by. Crouching down and pulling Jim into her arms quickly. It wasn't hard for her to see that the small blonde could use some comfort. Its thin arms sliding around the back of her neck and hugging back fast and hard as she started for the stairs. Slowly running her hand through the strands of hair with a gentle smile.

Blue eyes tightly closed over her shoulder. Basking in the feeling to be so purely hugged. It felt good. Safe. Staying in Iris's arms would be a dream.

"Iris." Gene frowned at her. "Will you cut that out, he knows how to walk." She gave him a squint as his hands appeared against her body. Pulling Jim off and standing the blonde up with an efficient straightening of its shoulder blades. Taking the small hand as the blue eyes continued looking down. "Stand up straight Jim." He knudged the thin back again as he opened the garage door. Feeling it lift its head slightly as it fallowed his lead tugging it out. The small duffle bag under his arm as Iris and Dainella fallowed. "Jim get in the car and don't let you back touch anything-and don't touch anything that itches- stop scratching it blast it." He frowned at the stressed blonde hair that started for the car scratching itself as he dropped the smaller hand. "Iris we need your car." He threw her a hopeful grin as she continued into the garage.

"Yeah huh. * I* need my car Gene! Get in Daniella." his dark eyes frowned at the comment.

"So everyone's coming?" He sighed getting into the drivers seat with Iris squeaking something at him picking up parts on their way home cause she had to go to work.

"What happened to you skin Jim?" His blue eyes frowned facing the back car seat as he kneeled on it. It would sting and itch if he sat down. Daniella's soft green eyes frowning as he gave her a dirty look and moved away.

"Jim sit down blast it." Gene frowned hard humming the car to life to Iris's squeaking. "Yes!" He snapped an annoyed growl at her. "On our way home we'll pick *everything* up, alright?" He frowned irritated with her nagging, glancing into the backseat to the blonde hair that still hadn't sat down like he said. His dark eyes scowling concerned as he backed out and pulled into the road fast.

Iris turning around in the passengers seat with a "Jim what's wrong with you huh? Daniella hunny don't sit so close to him." Her navy eyes frowned at the thin red hair sitting in the back seat. Daniella watching Jim concerned, the only one aware he was crying. "Jim come here." Her thin hand ran into the back seat watching the blue eyes turn around upset. Taking her hand as she pulled him into the front with her. Daniella watching the loose boxers climb over the seat to her aunt before disappearing. Lying down between Gene and her aunt as the car sped up slightly.

"Iris can I?.." She trailed as her aunt started arguing with Gene who was insisting something before Jim came back into view. Sitting up and leaning forward for the dark eyes that dropped the steering wheel with the red light the car stopped for. "Iris?" She frowned listening to the -owww, Ow! Gene stop- and quick, weak, struggling. Her soft green eyes leaning into the front seat more. "Aunt IRIS!"

Iris jumped. "Daniella! Don't yell, you want to scare the life out of me huh?" The soft navy eyes of her aunt turning to her immediately before moving to block her sight as she glanced at Jim who was now sitting on Gene's lap as the scarred hand tried to find out what was hurting the crying blue eyes. Unruly color holding the light hands to it's chest as it struggled painfully to the scarred fingers pressing into the reddened skin. "Sit back." Her aunt smiled at her, watching him sit back in her seat and sigh. "Gene you animal!" She squeaked at the unruly color, watching the dark eyes snap up fast. "I am driving! Get out of the way huh?" She squeaked pushing the scarred shoulder, watching the Jim crawl at her as Gene released it and shifted to get out and hurry around the car as the light switched green. "Jimmy you don't move, just sit." She shhed the blonde hair lightly, running a hand into the yellow strands that crouched unsteadily next to her as she sunk into the drivers side. Blue eyes moving back to Gene as he got in. Scarred face growling lightly as the -on- it -near- it boarder was crossed again. "Now everyone shut up! Iris's driving!"

His dark eyes grinned, watching Iris yell as she hit the gas. Small light hands hanging onto his shoulders as Jim kneeled around him resting on his shoulder.

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"Iris wait here." She nodded as he got out of the car with Jim. Taking the smaller book bag she handed him before starting up the steps, light hand hanging onto his. Leaving them both in the car as he started to the doors and pulled them open.

"Geeene." Jim stopped, pulling back on his hand as he walked in. Dark eyes looking down at the light pained face blushing hard at the thought of walking funny like it was into the lobby in only underwear.

"I can't give you anything. Judith said. So come on, walk." He threw a light reassuring smile as he tugged on the light skin that was jumpy and weak as a result of what had just happened combined with the itching/burning covering its lower half. "No one will even notice you." Jim looked far from convinced as he walked over to the reception counter. "Yeah, Miller." Blonde hair pressing into his loose jeans to hide from all the people looking at them. "Lets go." He tugged the small hand again, and Jim awkwardly fallowed him through the lobby to the familiar connecting hallway. "Alright get going." He gave Jim a thumbs up as the blonde turned around to his halt.

"No Gene." The blue eyes threw him a desperate frown, trying not to scratch the sides of its legs. "Cooome ooon." He watched the blonde hair make an overloaded fidget as it came close to tears under the pressure. "Coome with meeee." Jim took a few steps towards him. Quickly taking his hand and yanking him forward. He firmed his expression fast, no matter how bad he wanted to know what was wrong immediately. He'd just have to wait till Judith was done, he could do it. He had to be just as strong as he was trying to make Jim…so he shook his head

"Jim." He leaned down into the distressed expression. "I am not going to have this conversa-"

"-I thought I asked about tomato red?" He stopped talking as Judith suddenly appeared with them in the hall. Leaving her examining room some five feet ahead to the sounds of their voices. Worn hands grasping Jim's shoulders and holding them still as she looked at the red lower back.

"Yeah right." He gave her a grunt. "It wasn't tomato red then." He shot her a look. It wasn't that red last time *he* looked. "Jim's scratching it." He shrugged to her small sigh and Jim took the new distraction to take his hand again. Tugging him quickly as it started fallowing Judith back to her room. He gave in and sighed, now probably wasn't such a good time to pick a fight anyway. It would have been pretty freaky to have someone shove you into an alley, take your clothes and jam something into your pants. Even if it was just a stupid plant.

"Jim if I give you a book can you show me what plant it was?" Jim smiled at the small boy standing gingerly as they came in and she shut the door. Jim nodded slightly, watchign her immediately grab a book from the counter and hand it over. It was obviously very anxious to find out just what plant this was. Looking into the book the moment Jim opened it, and he leaved over the boy's shoulder also curious to see.

There must have been about a hundred laminated pages of plants and leaves and text paragraphs. After Jim turned about three pages he scoffed. "Oh please Judith." He gave her a look. "They're all green how is he supposed to know." She just fronwed slightly, and Jim continued turning pages before stopping and looking up at them both.

"My plant was a stick with some leaves on it." They both watched the disappointed blue eyes shake no and hand the book back. It couldn't identify a little stick with leaves.

Judith nodded softly. "It's alright, Gene said the plant went...in your pants?" Jim nodded, embarrassed to admit that's exactly what happened now that it understood why the kid had planned this from the beginning, and planned it good. That kid was so dead.

He sighed heavily, looking at the book of plants Judith had sat on the counter as she started soothing Jim's whined, protesting. Corning the small boy against her examining table as it backed up to get away from her advances before gently removing its underwear so as not to aggravate its skin.

Stupid plants, he glared down at the boring laminated pages he flipped through. Ignoring the strained -owws- from behind him until Jim spit his name during a stressed groan. He turned to that instantly, glancing at the wincing blonde hair hidden slightly by Judith who was still examining. Jim locked eyes with him for a moment when it realized it had said his name, and that he had looked up. Small features contorting with a defensive grit teeth expression blaming him before wrapping a blanket around itself as Judith stood back up. Blue eyes never leaving him as she moved to the counter, and he got up and walked over. Gently running his hands into the soft yellow strands and smiling as he ruffled them.

"You know I think we have one of those poisoness plants from her book growing in our yard." His grin got stronger as Jim's expression relaxed further than it was. Fadding to a small open mouth, overly exhausted body standing in a soft white blanked. He hooked his hands under Jim's arms with Judith's soft -I need him on the table.- Hoisting Jim up quickly without a single complaint from the small mouth, and laying it back on the sea green table.

Jim just laid there looking up at him, blue eyes closing slightly. The entire small body just looked like it would drift off to sleep or willingly let the blanket go. Both impossible for Jim considering the surroundings, and fact it had no clothes. "Jim?" He frowned down, confused as he nudged the thin shoulder. "Hey you alright?" he frowned concerned. "Hey Jud-" He silenced as she appeared next to him with a small pink bottle and cloth.

"Shh I gave him something to make him relax." She smiled warmly looking down at the closing blue eyes as she spoke. "His heart was racing." She glanced at him for a moment before patting his arm and he took a step back to offer her more room. "I am going to take this blanket off him Gene…are you staying?" Perhaps one of the nicest things about Judith was the fact she always asked. Whether it was against her professional, or even personal opinon the woman still asked him. Did he want to stay? Yes, he felt a need to see how this turned out, to make sure it turned out ok…and do everything in his power to make it so. Did Jim want him to stay?…Concious…not a chance in hell. Unconcious…Definitly. It felt safer with him there, than with anyone they had ever seen or met. Yet, he knew what Jim would have said conscious, and he trusted Judith completely.

"Well if he isn't going to try and kill you I'll wait in the hall." Judith chuckled slightly as he started for the door. Watching her dab the cloth in a cool pink liquid and move the blanket away as he slipped out.

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He sighed slowly in hopes to somehow entertain himself with the sound of his own breath. God he was bored. Bored. Bored. Bored. Bored… it was a good thing that furnace job came in yesterday or else he would have been screwed as far as cash goes.

He was slouched in the small sea green waiting chair, next to Judith's examining table and Jim. Having three hours ago told Iris she could go. Not because he was personally looking forward to walking home, but because Danny's curious, confident nature drove Jim up the walls. Daniella defiantly would have wanted to know all about what happened and why, Jim would have died. He grinned, he should have asked *her* to stay, just for kicks. Jim's greatest and funniest facial expressions were like hysterical surprises for him; and the best only came when the kid was completely mortified.

"Aaa" His dark eyes looked up at the small table when Jim finally made a noise. Sleeping right through the pink crème, whatever it was Judith called it, that she applied and said would fix this. Then that hot assed nurse that came in to dress it-got her phone number. Sleeping blue eyes now moving slightly from under the blanket it had been provided with some three hours ago.

His scarred form standing up, grinning softly down to the blue color that slowly opened. Frowning ever so slightly as it looked up at him and adjusted to the light. "Gene?"

He grinned, the first words back to life, and it was his name. "Yeah it's me alright." His smile grew. "Glad you finally decided to wake up. I was beginning to think I would have to build a home right here." He chuckled softly, watching the blue eyes groggily focus in on him. Gripping his wrist from where he let his hand lean onto the table. "You ready to go? We're walking. Iris had work." He smiled his reassuring lie to the blue eyes that slowly nodded at him. Sitting up and looking down at its fully clothed self before moving the blankets and slowly climbing off the table.

Obediently fallowing him down the hall, out of the office and outside without one sound or real movement.

"Come on." He grinned down at the blonde hair as they started down the cracked sidewalk. Dark eyes watching the light skin stumble but keep up with him even though it was so drugged. His dark eyes stopping suddenly, watching Jim walk up to him and just stop. It was amazing how Jim just seemed to fallow. Like one of those barn yard animals he saw in cartoons. One of those pudgy, fluffy little chicks always fallowing the chickens. HE smiled, cause of the hair he could see Jim as a puffy yellow chicken but…than again this entire scenario posted him as the chicken so forget that. "Hey I want you to go stand in the road over with the traffic." He pointed towards the busy cars and trucks wizing past. Watching Jim's half open blue eyes look over and frown ever so slightly.

"Gene are...are you sure.." the blonde hair slurred, heavily disoriented with the drugs. "Are you..."

"Yes I am sure, you won't get hit. Go do it." He frowned, watching intently to see if Jim would trust him enough to go stand in traffic. "Hey!" He snapped at the light arm as the loose jean shorts and small t-shirt started towards the road. Blue eyes stopping, looking up at him confused and drugged.

"But you just said.."

"Never mind." he shook no, watching the disoriented face frown befuddled. Stumbling lightly as he pulled it over crouching down. Lifting the yawning figure back up with him. "I am walking for us both alright?" he threw a grin into the blonde hair, feeling the light hand just pat his shoulder from where it loosely hung off him. His dark eyes cautiously watching his hands for the sensitive, now pink skin Judith had shown him as he walked. It would only be about a twenty minute walk, or so. Then in a few days Iris would be back over, and Jim could wash all that pink lotion off.

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"You know what Jim?" Daniella smiled at him from under her thin red hair. Watching him, just a small wife beater and jean shorts coloring with her across the table. "I just got the coolest thing." She watched him sigh from where he sat, blue eyes dully looking up as she showed him her wrist and new bracelet. He eyed it for a moment, before immediately making a grab for it. "You can't have it." She frowned as he pulled it at him studying the clock and small things built in he could take apart.

"Can I borrow it?" He looked up with a smile, watching her study him skeptically. Green eyes frowning at him from over her white tank top and pink skirt that puffed out cause it had white stupid stuff underneath.

"Are you gonna take it apart?" His smile washed away.

"No."

"Yes you are!" She frowned yanking her wrist away. "I *know* you are!" She yelled at him, slamming her cryaon onto the table over her picture.

"Ok than. How about I take it apart here…then put it back and you can go home with it?" He grinned watching her skeptically glare at him. This entire plan was assuming, he *could* put it back together.

"What if you don't know how?" She frowned as he pushed his chair out and got up. Seven year old blonde hair walking over to her side slightly irritated.

"Course I know." He took her wrist. "You want to see what's inside it or not?...Come ooon Daniella." He groaned pulling her off her chair and towards the stairs. Things would be easier if she just *gave* him her stuff.

"Ok. But I really like this Jim." She frowned slightly as he nodded, pulling her up the stairs. "Are you sure you know how to put it back?"

"Aaa" He groaned turning around as he pushed in his bedroom door. "Course I do. If I know how to take it apart, I can put it back." He nodded with a smile as he dropped her hand and started over to some boxes of stuff.

"You know I am really happy you skins ok now." She watched him look up at her from where he was digging through tools. "That pink stuff smelled kinda funny." She smiled at her own comment before giggling at the -well it felt kinda funny too- he muttered back. Frowning into the mess of tools he was digging through. "What are you looking for?" She frowned slightly, walking over and looking in. Who could find anything in the jumble of grey and brown metal things she couldn't imagine, but he seemed to know things were missing.

"Aaa stupid Gene." He frowned standing up. "Come on, I betcha he's got my screw driver, I need a small one." He brushed some dirt that had run onto him with the tools off. Daniella fallowing him back into the hall, watching him open Gene's occupied bedroom before stopping dead. She walked right into him with the halt and he whirled around with a finger to his lips "Shh." Her green eyes frowning slightly, she had watched him open the door and quickly close it again.

"Why should I be-"

"-Shh shut up!" He snapped her a hard whisper covering her mouth. She only frowned at him from above his hand and shoved it off. Still annoyed as he opened the door again and krept in. Averting his eyes from the moaning and moving in the bed and sneaking towards the screw driver on the window sill. Wide green eyes opening her mouth to yell at Gene who was on top of her aunt before Jim snapped back at her. Shoving her into the hall with his hand over her mouth again.

"Mm." He dropped her face as she wiggled.

"I said be quiet." He frowned his whisper at her, watching her open her mouth to speak as he grabbed her arm and started yanking her back to his room.

"But Jim!" She whispered, pulling back.

"No, come on." He pulled harder, feeling her trip slightly and fallow his strength. "See I got it?" He grinned as he showed her the screw driver in his hand. Frowning green eyes still contemplating what she saw. What was that?"

"What were they doing?" She frowned confused but he only shrugged as he sat down near the box of tools.

"Give me your bracelet thing." He watched her start un-strapping it as he extended his hand. Sitting down in front of him as he took it. "That's Gene's favorite game he does it all the time." He shrugged focusing down on the small screws holding the pink watch together as he lowered the tiny screwdriver to it.

"Why?" She frowned curious, it didn't look so great but, than again it must be a good game if Gene got Iris to play.

"He likes it." Jim shrugged again, unscrewing.

"Do you do it with him?" She smiled watching him shake his head no as he kept working.

"Na he only seems to do it with girls, and he never asked." He frowned watching the small screw pop up from where he had been slowly twisting it. It must have been a game for just one and a girl or else they would have played it by than. There also must have been something cool about it if Gene kept at it. Blue eyes thinking about all this as the small screw slowly twisted round and round. Finally poping off and he grined immediately at he gingerly pulled the back off the small watch. Smiling in to the small gears and parts ticking up to him.

"Jim that doesn't look like your gonna be able to put it back together to me." Daniella frowned looking into the small watch with him. But he didn't answer, blue eyes watching the small gears move, this was cool. "Play with me." He looked up watching her smile at him. "Come on, I don't want to do this, it's boring." She yanked the watch back.

"But I didn't get to take it apart yet!?" He cried.

"Come ooon, you can do it later. We don't have to play kitchen this time, I'll play whatever you want to do?" Daniella gave him a warm smile, but he just sat there looking at her. Blue eyes traveling around the room, thinking about what he'd like to do. There wasn't much in his room, and…come to think of it…there wasn't much in their house. He frowned to a moan that made it out of Gene's bedroom.

"Ok." He snorted a sly grin as he stood up, her eyes fallowing him and just watching with a patient expression. "Lets play what they're doing." He grinned watching her shift her weight to a small -umm-

"Yeah but, I don't know how to play that." Daniella frowned as he started over to his bed and jumped onto it. That's about all his bed was good for to. It was small, not so comfortable, but very bouncy. Daniella looked annoyed with this and he smiled. Watchign her walk right to the end of the bed and frown at him. "Jim." He ignored her, jumping higher and she squint a glare as he smiled again. "OK!" She frowned, snapping her yell, and he stopped, hopping off the bed and grabbing her shoulders. Gently tugging her in front of him and standing her there.

"Ok first you have to..." He trailed, thinking about what he'd seen done. "Take off your clothes. (Slap)Ow!" He frowned, stepping back as she hit him.

"You take yours off!" She frowned insulted watching him mimic. He didn't want to do that.

"Fine." He growled, watching her just frown. "I'll take off my shorts, but *you* have to take off your skirt." He frowned as she considered this. It was an equal trade.

"Ok." She mumbled. "But that's all I am taking off!" She gave him a squinting frown as she reached around to unbutton the back of her skirt as she watched him start undoing his pants. It wouldn't be any different from being in a bathing suit so it wasn't such a big deal.

"Lay down." He pushed her gently, blue eyes staying on her face as he nudged her back. Watching her sit down on the bed before flopping back into his sheets.

Green eyes watching him crawl up next to her and sigh. If he had seen Gene do it so many times, how come now it was so confusing?

"Did you forget what part comes next?" He nodded thinking. "Good cause if this is it I was gonna say that...this isn't very fun Jim." She watched him look down at her, and laugh at her comment. Laying down next to her with another sigh, and ignoring her as she turned to look at him. Green eyes smiling at the side of his face she could see, watching him play with his fingers lightly, stalling. Her small face smiling as she reached up to his hair and moved some of it. He turned to look at her immediately as he pulled his hair away. He remembered what came next but, wasn't so sure if he wanted to do it. Green eyes watching him slowly sit up and move over her. Watching her cautiously, she could slap him again.

"Move your..." He trailed watching her move her legs for him as he gently pressed her knees apart. Daniella's warm green eyes watching him move in slow unsteady movements, constantly looking up at her face to see if she was getting mad. "This is all I know." He muttered. Holding himself up by his arms as he rested in-between her legs trying not to touch her in any way as she lazily looked up at him.

"It's probably not working cause we cheated with the first steps." She spoke matter o' factly as she watched him nod. Yup, that was probably it. "What part comes next, this isn't fun. Are we supposed to make something happen?" She gave him a half frown, watching him glance up at her fast before looking away, uncomfortable where he was.

"I dunno." He mumbled, "I think I am supposed to." He gave her an off shrug, not sure what he was supposed to do. Frowning slightly as she reached back up to his hair, gently bushing some away before smiling at him and sighing bored.

"Well if you don't remember soon I want to do something else. Will you play kitchen with me?" She frowned slightly, not only was this boring but she couldn't really do much with him there.

"Ow! Daniella!" He sat up fast as she slapped him again. Green eyes frowning to the small amount he had pushed his hips down on her. "Stop hitting me!" He yelled ripping his hand off his face, and the small red mark on his cheek. Shoving her hand down from where she had left it up, and giving her a hard unsteady frown.

"Don't shove at me Jim." She frowned at him, watching him lower back down where he was and grab her hand. Holding down the one she used to slap him as he pushed down on her again. Watching her frown mad. He just shoved her again!

"I am not shoving!" He growled his yell at her. This was his part, wasn't she supposed to do something other than hit him? Gene didn't like girls hitting him so that couldn't be how the game went. No one liked getting hit, that was stupid.

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Iris sighed heavily, soft navy eyes smiling sleepily as she straightened her tank top. Thin hands buttoning her shorts as she opened the bedroom door and stepped out. Giggling lightly to the -I am not shoving!- she heard Jim yell from his room. Soft bristles of her wooden square brush running through her hair as she yawned. Gene was so lazily, he'd probably sleep for....She stopped, navy eyes doing a fast blink from where she stood in the doorway of the second bedroom. Watching the Jim growl something at her niece that pulled its hair annoyed. Her wide eyes and gapping mouth just staring at the position they were in.

"What are you doing huh!?" She squeaked loud, watching them both jump. Jim sat up fast alarmed but confused. Watching her come forward before scrambling away with wide eyes as she drug Daniella off the bed by her hair. He snapped his shorts at him and putting them on fast, watching Daniella do the same with her skirt before Iris grabbed her hair again. "Daniella! What do you think you were doing!?" Iris looked crazed, sharp navy blue eyes glaring at the smaller befuddled green pair that was held by its hair.

"I was just-"

"-NO! You never EVER do that again!" She frowned yelling at the little girl whose head was titled up. "You mom is gonna kill me huh!? Is that want your tryna do! Don't you ever listen to any boys who say that!" She frowned mad shifting the brush in her hand.

Blue eyes watching horrified at the way Iris was screaming at Daniella. Iris never screamed at her, never screamed at him either. Iris only screamed at Gene, when she said he acted like an ass hole.

Daniella was protesting she -didn't do anything bad!- before screaming as Iris hit her. Frantic to set this straight Iris held down the thin wiggling figure and used the back of her brush to swat it good and hard. "Now go get in the car! We're going now! Ohhh we're going *right* now!" Her feminine hair shook no, stomping her foot overloaded with all of this.

Wide blue eyes gapping as Daniella bolted from the room. That was the first time he had seen Daniella get hit, and by Iris too. "You!" Jim's eyes snapped up at her, backing up fast as they frowned wide eyed, and panicked. "Come here Jim your getting some too." She frowned, pointing at him with the brush she held, watching his chest just hitch.

"Iris?" He spit her name unsteadily. "I didn't do anything. We didn't do anything ok!?" He cringed alarmed with the hard way she was glaring at him.

"Jim I wouldn't have pulled up the back of Daniella's skirt and swatted her like I did with you here, but if you guys wanna play in your underwear then I guess you don't care! Now get your jean shorts off!" She watched him jump as she pointed at him again with her brush, frowning furious. "I can't believe you! Your taking after that animal already! Oh I hate it!" She frowned stomping her foot, watching him just stand where he was against the bed, horrified. "Jim." She growled his name at him. "If you don't take off your jeans *right now* your gonna get it from me." He was leaning towards the last straw, and her eyes squint right at him. Daring him to take more than a second to do this. With the squint his blue eyes jumped away unable to look at her, just darting around the room unsure what to do at all!

Iris took a step forward. "Ok!" He jumped and ducked slightly, like he thought she might try and take a swing at him. Looking up at her as he quickly unbuttoned his jeans before pushing them off. "But Iris I didn't do anything to her! We were playing! I didn'tAHh." She grabbed his hair and yanked him forward. Feeling his hands come to her stomach and hips and shove back slightly. Not enough to get anywhere, but enough to put distance between them.

"That's not fair! Not fair that you do that to Daniella without telling her what it is!" She frowned at him, holding his face in front of hers as she crouched down. "I don't know what you know Jim, or what Gene's told you but she doesn't know anything like that." She watched him blink hard as she shook him gently. Pulling on the fistful of his hair as she did it.

"Okaay. I am sooorrry! I diddeen't do annnything!" He suddenly whined, grabbing at her hand that held the brush as he cringed. A little afraid of her, and panicked about everything that was happening.

"Oohh your gonan be very sorry!" She squeaked standing up. "Daniella got it threw her panties and so will you, your gonna learn something *very* important about women *right* now." He nodded immediate, as much as he could with her fingers in his hair. "You don't lie to them!" He jumped at her hard squeak and frown. Out of all the men she had known, all the sleezeballs, all the liars, the users, the heartbreakers. All the men that had hit on her or used her just for what they could get, even Gene. As much as she liked him, used it to his advantage. "You want to be just another loser guy!?" She squeaked her scream at the small boy she held, blue eyes staring up at her upset. Whining hard as she pulled his hair backwards, and he stumbled back with the force. Tripping into the side of the bed, and then immediately standing up fast.

"AHHH IRIS! I didn't do anythiNNG!" He screamed at her, fighting back as she pulled him forward, looping an arm around his stomach as if to hoist him under her arm. Pulling him up just enough so he couldn't stand but could still touch the ground.

"This is your first big lesson. Don't lie!" She felt him jerk as she hit him hard with the brush.

"Don't Cheat! Or..." She squeaked out her lessons as she hit him. Feeling his hands grip the arm rapping around him as the other gripped the shirt of her lower back. Her navy blue eyes trying their hardest to hit him good and make him remember everything she had to say. "Your the boy Jim!" She squeaked letting him go, watching him just stand up in front of her to a hard -ahhhowww- as he crouched down slightly, blue eyes squeezed shut hurt. "Everyone says to watch the girls. To keep them inside but what they should really be watching is you guys!" Her frown eased, gripping his shoulders hard. Watching him open his eyes and look at her. Wet blue eyes crying hard from the burning sting the wood had left. "You feel that?" Her face softened with her tone. If he learned this now. Every girl he ever met later would remember him for what he really was. For how sweet and how kind he was, not what he would become. "Think about how much that hurts." Her features were caring and soft, reminiscent of all the times in just her own life she would have liked to have known better. All the times she would have wanted to be better, for the guy she was with to have been better. All Jim needed was direction that was it. There was help yet for the thin crying boy standing gingerly in front of her. "Jim…That's how you make us feel when you lie to us." She watched his face cringe a frown and confused expression with everything as she gently nudged his chest with the brush. "That hurts an awful lot Jim. I don't want to see you be a loser." She frowned at him, watching him just continue to cry long -owww's- as she spoke. Wet blue eyes blinking alarmed as she stood up, gripping his arm gently and taking him with her into the hall.

"Ahhaawait! Iris! Ok I was listeninnng!" He cried, shoving against the arm that was pulling him to Gene. Gene was going to kill him if Iris was this mad about what he did. If Iris was this mad, Gene was going to be tons more mad, and Gene was tons stronger than Iris was.

"I know you were, and you better not forget what I said neither huh!?" She frowned down at him watching his unsteady nodding just cry. Begging her to stop as she drug him down the hall to the outlaw. "Gene!" She squeaked as she shoved the door in and let it smack against the inside wall. A groggy, half asleep red head sitting up in the sheets immediately. Frowning first alarmed and concerned when Jim came into view. Before just a little annoyed and confused with the way she wasn't concerned about Jim at all. Meaning he must be ok, she was only mad. Tight pinch and squinting eyes quickly shoving the small head of blonde hair towards the dresser. Indirectly telling it to stand and face it while she marched over to the bed. Blue eyes looking up from in front of the wood to Gene's growling as she suddenly hit it with the brush. "I can't believe you! Gene your such an animal!" She squeaked hard hitting the scarred arm that tried to block her. Blue eyes watching Gene give her an -ow- look before snapping at her hand and missing as she backed up. Scarred hands pulling shorts on under the covers bracing to her impacts as it worked quickly. It couldn't get up and get her without underwear, it needed both hands to put its underwear on so three hard smacks got threw.

"Ow! Iris will you stop hitting me blast it!" He frowned watching her try again as he snapped at her wrist. Her fast annoyed tugging trying to regain her brush and hit him some more giving up to a squeaky sigh after about thirty seconds of attempting. Iris's distressed and annoyed expression then just leaning to him. Her soft lips gently touching his ear, soft warm breath on his skin as she started whispering. Blah Blah something, Blah Blah Jim's name. Iris was mad mainly at Jim. His eyes shot towards Jim. Blue eyes peeking up at them from the side of the body quickly retaliating back with the thin body. Sinking closer to the wall and wood so he couldn't see it anymore. Only hear the small hiccups and sniffles that were still crying with the hot sting. "Alright." he sighed heavily.

"We're going Gene. I am taking Danielle *home*." Iris gave him a grunt. "If this is *anyone's* fault I am blaming *YOU*!" She watched him give her a dull frown as she squeaked her mad accusation heading for the door. Stopping to gently ruffle the short blonde hair averting its eyes from her. "Sorry sweetie." Her soft apologetic smile turned to a exhausted sigh as he tried to bite her. Blue eyes sniffling hard as she left, before taking a swing at the dresser to ease frustration. The slight throbbing in its knuckles, hardly comparable to the hot sting of its skin making it just want to cry.

"Alright well...you don't have to stand there." Gene groaned annoyed and exhausted. Motioning with his hand for Jim to move if it wanted, but the blue eyes just flicked up furious.

"Don't play with me!" Jim scoffed at his comment, taking a fast step forward. Standing there hurt as it glared, hands balled into fists. "Go on Gene! Go on!" Screaming mad at his dull expression as he picked up his jeans.

"Get downstairs." His scarred hand lazily shoving the blonde hair towards the doorway as he slid them on and walked by Jim who wasn't moving. Listening to the hard aggressive growl ready to fight behind him as he started down. Jim coming down behind him breathing through small intakes and hiccup's before coming into the kitchen. Where he was digging through the fridge, looking for the loose frozen bag of green giant green beans.

"AHhhaa." He cocked an eyebrow at the blonde hair that let out a sob instead of the intended yell. Blonde hair coughing lightly to make up for it before inhaling deeply. "Come on! Whyyy are you waaaiting! Hit me!" The blue eyes glared at him, watching him lazily stand up and turn around. Wet blue eyes blinking slightly concerned as they watched him become bigger, before they frowned focused again. "Come on! I know your mad! Just!…Just! Give it to me!" Jim screamed at him, ignoring the tears running down its face.

"Yeah I'll give it to you." He growled snapping at the light arm and yanking it forward.

"AH!" Jim yelled at the fast movement, bracing for the new impacts before wincing to the cool feeling the scarred hand gave it. A frozen, now ice pack substitute of green beans pressing to the back of the small boxers as he held Jim still. Blue eyes turning into his shirt from where the smaller form stood under him crying. He rubbed the loose wife beater reassuringly as the light arms wrapped around his waist.

"I am not gonna hit you." He grinned down at he top of the blonde hair hiccupping under him. "I am not even sure what it is you did." He chucked watching Jim wince as he moved the small bag. Pulling it off as he stood up straighter, pulling the light weight up to stand on the kitchen chair. Making it taller so it would be easier to see. "Boy Iris got you good huh?" He chuckled, putting the small cold bag back, watching the closed blue eyes only look up breathing heavily through the smaller mouth. "You hit Daniella?" He frowned slightly. Jim would have had to really do something to make Iris go crazy like that and then come after him to. His dark eyes glanced down to the small bag of green beans he was holding in place as Jim shook no. "You want to sit down and sit on this?" He raised his eyebrows, watching Jim just shake no fast. Slowly calming down as it took a small shuffle forward running it's hands onto his shoulders. Slowly leaning into his chest and hanging onto him "You know your making me think I *should* do something...you look *real* guilty Jim." he frowned running through possible things Jim could have done, but none of them added up.

"Aoohh doon't." The blue eyes whined at him fast, shaking it's head no. "Iris hit me nine times Geeene." His dark eyes did a fast blink.

"Nine?" He shot his question fast with a tone of almost disbelief. That wasn't like Iris. His face frowning as he felt Jim nod. "With her brush?" He made a baffled face, looking down at the small boxers. That thing hurt and she only hit him a few times with it. He frowned hard, firming his tone "What'd you do?" the blue eyes opened alarmed by the switch. Frowning upset at him as the light hands wiped the tears off the sniffling light face.

"I think I shoved Daniella or...something." The blue eyes shook no unsteadily, unsure of what it had done that was so wrong.

"You shoved her?" He made a face, if all he did was shove her Iris was gonna *get* it from him. Right then.

Jim nodded lightly "She said I could...could take apart her watch and I needed my, screwdriver that, the small one you used and it was in your room on your, so I went and got it and we-"

"-Wait a minute." The dark eyes malfunctioned, watching Jim silence from the hiccupped way it was talking. "*When* did you go and get it?" He frowned.

"When you were with Iris, I went in and got it and left and then after Danny said, well she, Danny said she would play whatever I wanted to so...So Gene that's what you always do!" The blue eyes shoved him, suddenly. Choking a hiccup as it pushed at his chest. "How come when I, how come when..." The small voice trailed, stopping as his hand reassured and almost indirectly said to. Watching Jim breath hard, upset as to why Gene could do this all the time and the one time he tries Iris comes in mad and punishes him. Blue eyes watching Gene groan, rubbing it's eyes with his fingers.

"Aaaa." His dark eyes looked up with a heavy sigh as he let his hand drop. Iris was right, this *was* his fault! Out of all the times she said that! This one was really *really…Ahh! "It's alright." he frowned annoyed but not at Jim, who sensed that. "You just relax alright?" He threw a grin to the sniffling blue eyes. Rubbing the small shoulder that took the ice pack from him and held it in place itself. "If we play it cool, and just be nice, in three days when Iris comes back. It will be like none of this ever happened." He gave the wet blue eyes a sly grin. "Just relax Jim, lets watch some tv alright?" Jim nodded unsteadily, looking down at the floor and hopping off the chair. His dark eyes grinning as he ran a hand into the blonde strains. "Don't ever do that again alright?" He chuckled feeling the small head nod. "I don't think Iris is going to appreciate that too much." He chuckled harder, sinking into the couch as Jim just laid down with a heavy sigh, blue eyes dully watching the tv flick on as he chuckling. "What did Danny have to say about all that?" He grinned down at the blonde hair laying next to him, interested to see how far Jim actually got with her.

The light shoulders shrugged. "It wasn't too much fun so...we skipped part of the first part and it didn't work. She didn't care Gene." His dark eyes grinned, silently laughing...man. Blue eyes lying still as he ran his hand into its hair with a comforting familiarity and soft chuckle.

"Well good for you." He grinned down at the smaller wife beater and boxers. A regular chip off the old block already, pretty cool. His scarred face grinning harder at the muttered -doesn't feel very good- Jim frowned at him as he looked back up. Laughing softly before sighing as he turned back to the tv. Why did they always only show the other half of Sentinels weather now?