Chapter 40
Her eyes fluttered open as the filtered morning sunlight broke through the trees over head. She yawned before, self-consciously, very slowly looking down. Her brow creased as she found her clothing intact and only slightly disturbed, she looked to where the heavy yet welcome weight lay sprawled alongside her and opened her mouth in a silent question.
Jack just beamed at her, his eyes radiant and a finger straying up to tap her on the nose in an affectionate way she remembered as though it was only yesterday when it had been considered commonplace. He smiled as he shut his eyes and she followed suit, closing her own, happy to let the previous night's adventure wash over her.
She remembered everything, the kissing, of course, but the smells and tastes, the simplicity of it all and Jack telling her that he was, indeed, completely sure. To this, she recalled she'd grinned and they'd both understood the beauty that their relationship had captured.
Not ten minutes later they'd both been dozing, comfortable and warm within each other's embrace. They could wait until they weren't stuck in the middle of the Australia rainforest and without impending death.
"Happy?" his rough voice interrupted her thoughts.
"You have no idea..." she let the statement hang as she yawned again, stretching into him and then slowly moving away. "I think we should get a move on," she said as she stood up and flexed her shoulders. She moved to the cool spring and bent to drink and wash her face. A moment later she was refreshed and ready to go. She took her seat and watched as Jack mirrored her movements.
"Ready?" he asked.
"As always." He nodded and waited. "Plan?" she eventually asked.
"What's yours?"
"Get out, pick up the kids and then, Where? When? How?..."
"That's not exactly what I meant," he countered moving towards her. "How do we get out?"
"I'm sure with such...motivation...as ours, that it can be arranged." She looked to him, winking playfully hoping he understood that she was still quite desperate to find the right time and place to finish what they'd started the night previous.
He fixed her with a serious look, standing in front of her and staring her down, she responded quickly and in a matter-of-fact tone, "We head south, we'll reach the start of the creek eventually and we will be at higher ground, from there we head for civilization. If we happen to run into the bad guys on the way...we steal a phone and get the kids to pick us up."
"How do you know that the creek will start to the south?" he retorted, letting his hands stray to her hips.
"That's where we came from, he's smart, he was based on high ground, he wants the control. I noticed the creek there and most of the way down here I could see it or see signs it was there."
"Ah," Jack whispered, pulling her closer, "Brilliant."
She wasn't sure if he was referring to her or Cameron but as he leaned in for a chaste kiss she was sure that it really didn't matter.
He moved away and she glared at him as though he'd just shown her great disrespect and dragged him back for a more adventurous taste. Ten minutes later he dragged himself away, staring at her as he tried to comprehend his continued lack of power, not only over her, but over himself.
"If we keep doing that," he paused for breath, "We will be stuck down here forever."
"Well then, we should be leaving, the sooner we move, the sooner this thing is over, the sooner we..." She grinned at him like a Cheshire cat before turning south, away from where the creek seemed to be coming from and began the trek off.
Jack took only a moment to admire her poise before moving after her, completely content to let her lead, knowing that his view was so much better.
Duh Duh Duh...hello???? I really need to get better with my consistency, I know...more soon, definitely, it's already written, if there's anyone left who actually remembers this fic, I hope you find it in you to review cause I luvs em...no matter how short or long they are...please...
Her eyes fluttered open as the filtered morning sunlight broke through the trees over head. She yawned before, self-consciously, very slowly looking down. Her brow creased as she found her clothing intact and only slightly disturbed, she looked to where the heavy yet welcome weight lay sprawled alongside her and opened her mouth in a silent question.
Jack just beamed at her, his eyes radiant and a finger straying up to tap her on the nose in an affectionate way she remembered as though it was only yesterday when it had been considered commonplace. He smiled as he shut his eyes and she followed suit, closing her own, happy to let the previous night's adventure wash over her.
She remembered everything, the kissing, of course, but the smells and tastes, the simplicity of it all and Jack telling her that he was, indeed, completely sure. To this, she recalled she'd grinned and they'd both understood the beauty that their relationship had captured.
Not ten minutes later they'd both been dozing, comfortable and warm within each other's embrace. They could wait until they weren't stuck in the middle of the Australia rainforest and without impending death.
"Happy?" his rough voice interrupted her thoughts.
"You have no idea..." she let the statement hang as she yawned again, stretching into him and then slowly moving away. "I think we should get a move on," she said as she stood up and flexed her shoulders. She moved to the cool spring and bent to drink and wash her face. A moment later she was refreshed and ready to go. She took her seat and watched as Jack mirrored her movements.
"Ready?" he asked.
"As always." He nodded and waited. "Plan?" she eventually asked.
"What's yours?"
"Get out, pick up the kids and then, Where? When? How?..."
"That's not exactly what I meant," he countered moving towards her. "How do we get out?"
"I'm sure with such...motivation...as ours, that it can be arranged." She looked to him, winking playfully hoping he understood that she was still quite desperate to find the right time and place to finish what they'd started the night previous.
He fixed her with a serious look, standing in front of her and staring her down, she responded quickly and in a matter-of-fact tone, "We head south, we'll reach the start of the creek eventually and we will be at higher ground, from there we head for civilization. If we happen to run into the bad guys on the way...we steal a phone and get the kids to pick us up."
"How do you know that the creek will start to the south?" he retorted, letting his hands stray to her hips.
"That's where we came from, he's smart, he was based on high ground, he wants the control. I noticed the creek there and most of the way down here I could see it or see signs it was there."
"Ah," Jack whispered, pulling her closer, "Brilliant."
She wasn't sure if he was referring to her or Cameron but as he leaned in for a chaste kiss she was sure that it really didn't matter.
He moved away and she glared at him as though he'd just shown her great disrespect and dragged him back for a more adventurous taste. Ten minutes later he dragged himself away, staring at her as he tried to comprehend his continued lack of power, not only over her, but over himself.
"If we keep doing that," he paused for breath, "We will be stuck down here forever."
"Well then, we should be leaving, the sooner we move, the sooner this thing is over, the sooner we..." She grinned at him like a Cheshire cat before turning south, away from where the creek seemed to be coming from and began the trek off.
Jack took only a moment to admire her poise before moving after her, completely content to let her lead, knowing that his view was so much better.
Duh Duh Duh...hello???? I really need to get better with my consistency, I know...more soon, definitely, it's already written, if there's anyone left who actually remembers this fic, I hope you find it in you to review cause I luvs em...no matter how short or long they are...please...