"Where's Hector, or Ramon?" He asked quietly, despite so much sleep he was still void of any energy.
"They are out." She whispered. "Hector asked me to watch you, they were worried because you were asleep."
"Oh." Was all he said in reply, his mind wondering where they were going and if it was a business or leisure trip.
"Ramon asked me to help you, when Gregory is not around. And of course, with the things that you may not be comfortable with Gregory helping you with." She smiled mischievously.
Jack frowned. "He did?"
Claudia nodded her head.
"Where have they gone?" Jack asked, trying to keep his mind in order and not let ii stray in the direction Claudia's presence was directing it to.
"For a drink, I don't know. Probably picking up hookers." She said, no pain in her voice.
Jack slowly pushed himself into a sitting position, once again feeling the pain in his hip as he did so.
"So who's in?" He asked, now allowing his mind to wander in that direction. He didn't have any information about where the Salazar's had gone so he might as well have some fun he thought.
"Saul is looking after Sergio upstairs in his room. Other than that, nobody... just you... and me." She couldn't help but linger on her last words seductively as she moved the hand off his cheek and gently ran her nails down his bare arm and over his new tattoo.
Jack smiled at her and pulled his arm around her, pulling her closer to him, when he leant in to give her a deep kiss. Claudia began undoing her buttons whilst kissing him, but suddenly Jack pulled away and placed a hand on hers, stopping her from undoing any more.
"What is it?" She asked, clearly disappointed.
"You might want to close the door." He muttered mischievously before laughing in her ear, knowing she had though he didn't want to do anything.
"Jack!" Claudia laughed as she play slapped him on his chest, him laughing too.
She stalked over to the door and closed it tight, popping the latch through its loop too, locking it. Their were to be no interruptions tonight, she thought before approaching Jack once more.
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Jack stirred in the morning and could hear someone running water in his bathroom. He smiled in memory of the night before, even if it had caused him a lot of pain in the process it had been worth it.
"Claudia?" He called sleepily, his smile growing just at the thought of her.
"Claudia?" Gregory said confused as he came out of the bathroom with a basin and some other things.
The smile from Jacks face dropped and was replaced with one of embarrassment mixed with worry. "Sorry, I didn't realise it was you. Claudia was looking after me last night and I thought she was back again." He laughed, trying to down play it. He didn't want Gregory to think it was something of significance.
Gregory just nodded as he fiddled with things inside his bag, not really interested in his excuse, it didn't matter to him. Finally he looked up at Jack and said, "We need to clean the wound. Shouldn't take too long. Just got to go over the stitches and put some of these cremes on it to reduce the swelling. Wont hurt." He added reassuringly.
Jack just nodded and let the doctor do his thing. He sat on the edge of the bed and pulled his shirt up and lowered the waistband of his shorts slightly, while the doctor prodded and inspected the skin, before quickly washing it. Jack had to look away, the sight of it made him feel sick. It was lumpy and very swollen, with black and blue bruising around it, and the red surgical stitches running through it were starting to scab over, it was not a pleasant sight.
Gregory finished cleaning it and handed Jack some tubes of cream, instructed him when and how much of each one to put on, and how he should dress it afterwards, so the creme could sock in through the night. Jack nodded took them from him, before watching him place even more of the white dressings over it, before asking, "Have you been moving around a lot, it seems more swollen that before?"
Jack nodded yes, but didn't bother giving an explanation at the frowning man who was now shaking his head. He couldn't think of a sufficient explanation, so he hoped the doctor wouldn't want one, and wouldn't notice him blushing, again in memory of the things he and Claudia had done together.
"I injected some more morphine into your system this morning, to dull the pain. In a couple of weeks we will start working on getting you back on your feet, but we have to wait for it to settle before we can begin."
Jack again nodded, before realising that he was slightly freaked out that the doctor had been injecting things into him while he was sleeping. Gregory went to leave before turning back to face him. "I almost forgot. Ramon asked me to tell you he wants to see you later. He said to find him when your ready."
With that the man waved and informed Jack he'd be back later and left Jack alone again. Jack leant back against the big pillows, again thinking of last night, he was captivated by Claudia, but he knew he had to get her out of his mind or he would screw up. Like he almost had earlier, only he had been lucky that time, but next time he might not be. He told himself sternly that he would not compromise the mission for Claudia, no matter how he felt about her. He had always put the job before his wants and needs, and this was no different - the mission would come first.
He pushed himself up and slowly dressed, taking great care as he put on each item of clothing, he even managed to get trousers on pain free this time. He finished buttoning up his black shirt and decided to leave the shoes and socks, it wasn't like he was going to be on his feet. He then slowly wheeled himself to the door. He knew that once he found Ramon it would begin.