JANINE1

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Jack sat at the table, he sat there long after everyone left to go to bed. His being sober was surprising to him. It was a state of mind he hadn't been in for several months now. His mind seemed to function again. Function without thinking of drinking, smoking or sex...

He wasn't very satisfied with the feeling. All he could think about were negative things. The people he was here with. Jade. Rimmer. Jade especially. He had been alone with her for quite some time. There was actually a point when he had liked her. He had found her cute and charming.

For that point in his career, it wasn't a bad thing to have someone as energetic and cute around. She was almost like a puppy.

He also missed sleeping with her. It had been nearly 5 weeks since they had made love last, and the last time they had, she had hardly been interested, it was only his acts of violence and threatening words that did the convincing. Years of knowledge came flooding back to his brain. The capacity felt like it was multiplying. He had no limits. This pathetic ship. He could conquer it, he could do whatever he wanted to it.

He had an idea.

With that, he hacked into the main frame, and made the area around Jade's quarters non accessible.

Jade's eyes flickered open, and met up with the deep blue irises. She had grown quite familiar with them. She let out a short startled gasp, and instantly rose from her bed.

"What do you want!" She shouted as softly as she could.

The more she looked at him, the more he seemed... different.

"To talk... Something we haven't done in awhile." he said, surprisingly clearly. Jade realized he wasn't drunk.

"You're... you're sober." She said, rather relieved.

"I am..." He said, blatantly. Jade sat up, feeling mildly uncomfortable.

"I was kind of trying to sleep..." She tried to explain.

"Sleep? Now? But there's so much we have to catch up on." He said with a provocative wink. With that Jade began to shiver. Jack began to inch closer to her.

"Holly!!! Rimmmmer!!" She began to shout, but no one could hear her cry. Before she knew it, her clothes were being ripped off with a force stronger than any alcohol. He was raping her, and there was nothing she could do about it.

Jade awoke the next morning to a massive pain in her lower body. She was on her floor, completely naked. Clothes scattered about. Memories of the previous evening flooded back to her, and she instantly began to sob. She felt as if she had been sobbing for decades, because her face was already quite soggy. Finally, Jade dug through her closet and reached for her least revealing pair of jeans, and a thick sweater. She put them on, and buried herself under the covers.

What was she going to tell the others? Who would believe her, anyway? They all believed Jack was great!

He had even been drinking less, and was finally becoming sober. He had upgraded the ship, he had exchanged fashion tips with the Cat, he had insulted Rimmer with Lister. There was nothing these people didn't like about him... Except... Rimmer.

Jade knew she would never be able to tell him what happened. She was not even close to strong enough.