Ch4-Fuzzy Bunny

Riddick unlocked the heavy door to the apartment and stepped inside. "Good to be back?" Riddick asked her looking over his shoulder. Jack nodded and dropped her bag on the floor by the door. "How old are you Jackie?" She raised a light eyebrow at him. "I'll be 18 in a month" When Riddick nodded slowly she said, "You knew that" he glanced at the calendar on the wall and saw a red circle on July 15. "Yeah" Jack walked to his side and rested a hand on his arm. "What's going on with you?" "Nothing Jackie, get some sleep" Jack nodded and walked to her room. She opened the door and smiled. Her white stereo sat on a small wood dresser Riddick had carved for her and her stuffed animals, mostly rabbits, cluttered her room in a colorful array. She quietly reached into her bag and pulled out a pink fuzzy bunny that a male orderly had bought her. She smiled at it and ran her tapered fingers through the soft marshmallow pink fluff. "I swear Jack if you get another stuffed animal I'm going to have a fuzzy bunny bonfire" Jack gripped the bunny to her chest and began stroking it. "He wouldn't do that, don't worry Commander Bun Bun" Riddick rolled his eyes. 'What you name them too?" Jack sat back in a black chair and stroked the rabbit trying her best to look evil. "I'll make you a deal, I'll stop naming my stuffed animals if," She paused to make sure she had his full attention. "I get to start dating guys" Riddick raised an eyebrow and rubbed his chin as if he were thinking about it. "Fine" Jack grinned. "Good, now there's one more condition, I want.. Another bunny!" She threw her head back and laughed evilly. Riddick grinned. "I'll let you go out with guys, but no more bunnies, you have enough that you could…do something with a lot of stuffed rabbits" Riddick shook his head and laughed. "You're a mess Jack but I lo-" When Jack raised an eyebrow and Riddick cleared his throat quickly. Jack licked her top lip tenderly; the tension in the room felt thick enough that you could cut it with a knife, but she could guess what he was going to say. When the door clicked softly as it closed, Jack rested her back against it and slowly slide to the floor as hot salty tears slid down her pretty face. "Why can't you see that I love you Riddick? Why are you so blind to emotions that you can't see that I've loved you ever since the first time I saw you talking to Fry in the basement of the Hunter-Gratnez? I've loved you for so long and if you keep being blind to it I don't know how much longer I can stand it" She didn't bother to wipe away the tears that rested on her chin and others threatened to come. She climbed into the small bed and curled up with her favorite pink stuffed rabbit named Binkie. It didn't take long for her to cry herself to sleep.

Riddick stood in the middle of the living room looking around. "You stupid asshole" He said to himself. "Do you realize what you almost did? Jack's still a little girl, you almost told her you loved her. She'd never fell that way about you, you're a murderer, you're no good for her" He shook his head and locked the door and he slowly walked to shower.