Author Note: Quick update. Stopped sending to Gabe so really no editing. Email is down so yeah. As for Chase and Kim if ur looking for them I don't recommend this fic cuz they only show up occasionally on the Kit plot line which I need to work on some.

The next morning Claudia got out of bed exhausted from lack of sleep she walked down to the main floor and found something to eat. She sat at the table half asleep. She had to be ready the party was tonight and she had to make sure everything was perfect. It had to be perfect. Stretching she walked out to where the tables would be set up, and watched as some men worked on setting up a bar for the night. She looked over at the guest house and thought about Jack again. She smiled to herself she enjoyed his company among other things.

Ramon woke up early as it had become a custom for him. He hardly ever slept more than four hours at a time. He was a busy man and he needed every hour in the day to do his work. When he woke up he showered, dressed, and went down to the kitchen. He looked outside and saw Claudia ordering people around for the party. He walked outside and greeted her, "Good Morning"

"Good there's nothing good about this morning. WE have a party tonight and these idiots can't set it up without me yelling at them every five minutes." Claudia said anxious she was stressed out and worried still about being caught.

"Is Jack awake yet?" Ramon asked looking at Claudia.

"Why would I know if Jack was awake yet?" Claudia asked hiding her nervousness.

"Just thought you might have seen him. I wanted to make sure he would be coming tonight Jasmine wants to see him again. She kept asking about him last night."

Claudia did not know what to say. Jasmine had been trying hard for awhile to get into the Salazar's somehow, whether with Ramon or someone else. Any way in was a good life, as she saw it. She and Claudia had been friends before Claudia meant Hector. Once Claudia and Hector got serious Claudia left everyone and everything she knew, besides her family, behind. She did not regret the move as it allowed her to start a new life, she thought at one time the life she had always wanted, but with every new day she wanted out of this life, but all her options would result in death. They only way to leave Hector was to die or go to the United States, otherwise he would just track her down and kill her.

Ramon left Claudia to finish ordering the people who where setting up the party. He walked over to the guest house wondering about what had gotten into Claudia recently. He knocked on the door and walked in. He saw Jack sitting on the couch asleep. He cleared his throat and when that didn't wake Jack up he said Jack's name loud, "Jack."

Jack jolted awake looking around getting oriented. "yeah sorry." Jack said.

"Late night?" Ramon asked looking at Jack who looked like he had not slept in forever.

"I guess." Jack said wondering if this was the end. Was Ramon sent to get Jack to tell him of his little trice with Claudia.

"Did you and Thomas work everything out?"

"Yes. I got a team and we'll start training first thing Monday."

"Good. Jasmine was asking for you last night. She's coming tonight."

"Good." Jack said trying to hide the dread. He could not imagine being with her sober, at least not when he had Kate still on his mind, and now Claudia. He had to though, he knew if he did not do anything with Jasmine people would get suspicious.

Ramon could since something in Jack, he was not as happy as Ramon would have thought. "You want to go shooting. Hector and I were going to shoot. You want to join us get some practice. Plus you can see where you can train the men at."

"Sure." Jack said standing up. He walked to his room and quickly changed while Ramon waited for him. Jack walked out with his guns holstered and ready to go. He followed Ramon back to the house stealing a glance a Claudia, he smiled at her and her face lit up. He really wanted to go over and talk to her, he did not want things to become weird between them, and he wanted to make sure or at least a part of him hoped that last night wasn't just a fluke. He was so busy with his thoughts and smiling at Claudia that when he turned back around he almost ran into Ramon who had stopped because Hector was coming out with their guns.

"Hello Jack." Hector said in a good mood. The men went to a car and drove out to a deserted area to shoot.

Jack took a few soda cans that had been left out there and lined them up. He watched as Ramon and Hector tried to hit them. Each man got one out of ten, not all that great. "Why don't you try Jack?" Ramon said noticing the smile on Jack's face because of how bad they had been.

Jack pulled out one of his guns took aim and began to fire. He knocked eight of the ten cans down. He smiled at his results.

"Do you sleep with that?" Hector asked jokingly.

Hours had passed as the men drank and shot off their guns. Finally Ramon looked at his watch and said, "We better get back or Claudia will kill us. The party starts in an hour."

When the got back to the house Jack left to go shower and change for the party. He was in the shower when he heard the door open. He yelled out to whoever it was, "I'll be out in a minute."

He heard the footsteps down the hallway and than the door open. In his mind he could imagine Ramon and Hector outside coming in with knives, like the movie psycho and killing him in the shower. He pulled the shower curtain back, expecting to be meant with death. He felt his heart race as he saw Claudia walk in. "Shit!" he would say that word every time he was shocked or scared. "You could of yelled hey it is me." He said smiling at her. Not really worried that he was getting water on the floor nor he was naked, it wasn't like she hadn't seen him naked before.

"I wanted to surprise you."

"That you did. I thought it was Hector coming to kill me." He said nervous again, if Hector walked in now what would be the excuse.

"Nope he's oblivious to last night." She smiled at Jack wondering if he had seen last night as a one night thing or if he wanted more. She was not sure which way she wanted to go. She liked Jack he was a really nice guy, and funny to be with, but that at the same time she was with Hector and that meant she should not think or look at any other man or she might die.