Jumping
Jane woke slowly and peaceful as hints of sun hit her face. She was warm underneath her blanket and as she attempted to move sherealized she was lying on top of someone.
Confused she brought herself up slightly to see who it was. It was Jack. She smiled at him even though he wasn't awake yet. She must have fallen asleep the night before and he didn't want to disturb her.
She settled back into her sleeping position and draped an arm over Jack middle section. He already had an arm around her shoulders and as she lay there happiness filled her. It was still fairly early so she decided to enjoy his company a bit longer.
She felt as if she was on some tropical island hideaway with her lover or something. She could feel the sand on her arms and legs and the sun was coming up beautifully and she was in the arm of a man that cared for her. Nothing could ruin the moment.
It was a half an hour before Jack woke. He was tired but he knew he had to get up. So, he went to turn onto his side and noticed his body was heavy. He looked beside him and there was Jane. She was awake and she smiled at him.
"Morning." She said quietly.
"Morning to you, too." He replied.
"Did you sleep well?" She sat up and leaned against her wall.
"Yeah. Better than I have in a while. Maybe I should think about sleeping at the beach more often." He joked.
"Hey whatever works for you!" Jane laughed. She reached for the water bottled she kept to the side of her and drank the last of it. Then she looked at it as if she didn't know it was empty. "Looks like I'm walking with you to the caves today." She smiled.
000
Jane had spent almost the whole day at the beach after she went up with Jack. She just didn't feel like going back to the beach. She sat talking to various people all day. Including Charlie, Kate and Claire, who she was presently talking to again.
"He's so cute! Yes you are! Yes you are! You're just the sweetest baby boy in the world!" Jane cooed to the baby Aaron as he lay limply in her arms.
Claire laughed. "What if you have a little boy?"
"Well, then Aaron won't be the sweetest anymore will he." Jane joked. "No, if I have a boy I want him to be like Aaron. He's always so well behaved and he smiles all of the time." She went back to making faces at the young infant.
"I was so scared to have him but now I'm glad he's here. He makes things a lot easier for me in someways. But in others I wish he just wasn't here. You know?" Claire felt bad for not wanting her own son at certain points in her life but she had a feeling Jane would understand.
"Why were you afraid to have him?" Jane was puzzled as to why Claire would not want the bouncing ball of a baby she held in her arms.
"Well, think about it. We're here…in the middle of no where with Jack and even though he's a great doctor and all he's still a spinal surgeon and he doesn't even have instruments if something goes wrong and…I don't know. I was afraid Aaron wasn't going to want me. I kept thinking what if he hates me? I couldn't do it." Claire took the baby out of Jane's arms. "But you don't hate me do you! No, you don't!" Aaron screeched happily at his mother's face. Then she laid him on her chest as he calmed back down. "Oh, my sweet boy."
Jane was got. She hadn't even thought about something going wrong. She was nervous but that was just about being a mom in general. She hadn't realized for some reason that they were on an island off the coast of Australia some where with no hospital. Her mind began racing again. And she excused herself from her conversation with Claire to find somewhere to think.
000
It was raining again and Jane was on the trail back down to the beach. She wasn't far form the caves and was now soaked…and cold. Her mind kept swimming around the subject of the baby. Claire had recognized so many fears she didn't know what to do. She held herself and cried as she walked.
She knew she was over reacting but she couldn't help it. There was always a possibility of something happening or worse, the baby hated her. How would she function if the baby didn't like her?
She looked up at the sound of a twig breaking and saw Jack heading back toward the caves. She didn't want him to see her like this. Not when she when she was acting like a total basket case. But there was no way to avoid him. So she wiped her eyes and lifted her head as if nothing was wrong.
"Jane what's the matter? What's wrong? Were you crying?" Jack asked as he came closer to her.
'There he goes with the questions again,' she thought. "It's nothing. I'm just going back to the beach that's all." She looked at him reassuringly. "I promise. Nothing's wrong."
Jack looked at her sternly. "Jane what happened? Did someone say something to you? Are you hurt? Just tell me something."
"No, nothing happened. No, no one said anything to me. And no, I'm not hurt." She began to walk passed him. Before she got to far she could feel his hand holding her arm, almost begging her to tell him what was wrong. She turned to him and his facial expression matched his touch.
"Please tell me. I just want to help." Jane swallowed hard as the tears came back.
"Jack, what if something goes wrong? What if something happens to baby? Would you be able to do anything out here if something went horribly wrong?" Tears fell softly onto her blue shirt.
"I'll do whatever I can. I'm a doctor remember?" Jack felt bad for her. He could only imagine how she felt right then.
"Yeah, but you're a spinal surgeon. What do you know about delivering a baby?"
"A lot more than you think. I've delivered quite a few come to think about it." He saw her face question him. "The emergency room is full of fun things and I had a rotation as an OB/GYN while I was an intern so...don't worry okay." He put a hand on her face for reassurance.
"But what if the baby doesn't like me?"
"Janie, how could a baby not like you? I've seen you with Claire's baby and you do a beautiful job. You have absolutely nothing to worry about."
"Jack! You don't know me. I hated my mother. What if it's genetic? What if we're in this place so long that I raise her here? She won't care about anything I think or do because I grew up in civilization not in some jungle." She cried.
"Jane settle down! It can't be genetic because you don't know if you hated your real mother. You were adopted or have you forgotten you told me. And another thing, if you have to raise her here you are going to do it to the best of your abilities and even if she does ague with you that doesn't mean she hates you. Janie, no one could hate you. You are going to be a wonderful mother. I just know it. Okay?"
"Okay. If you say so." Jane laughed while wipping away tears. She looked at Jack thankfully. If it weren't for him she'd go crazy for sure. He drew her into a warn embrace and even though it was raining she didn't care. She had never felt this way about a man before.
Their tender moment was interrupted by the beast. It's long loud cry cut through the air. It struck both Jane and Jack with fear as it approached them.
Jack grabbed Jane and ran back to the caves. It was the closet thing they had to protection at the moment. He didn't see anything suitable for hiding in and until he did, they would run.
Jack turned a corner rather sharply and fell. He struggled to get up and turned to look ata force that held him down. He was caught in a mess of old dry vine. Just as Charlie had been that time before.
Jane ran ahead of him unaware of what had happened. She grabbed onto a tree and pulled herself into the tall roots of it. She looked back to Jack who lay on the ground. "Jack!" She cried out.
He looked up to her call. "Jane stay there. Don't move!" Jack went back to trying to untangle the think dead debris off of his ankle. The thing was getting closer they could tell by the way the ground shook and how loud it was.
Jane watched Jack try in vain to untie the vine wrapped around his leg. He was going to die. She could feel it in the pit of her stomach that if he stayed out there like that he would die for sure. She had to help him. She couldn't just sit and watch the man she cared for struggle. 'I can't loose him like this,' she thought.
Jane rushed over to him and began clawing at the object that held Jack down. He looked at her and tried to push her away. She shook her head, "No! I'm not leaving you like this!" He smiled for a brief second and helped her.
The vine finally snapped and Jack jumped to his feet and dashed with Jane to the nearest tree. They threaded their way through the roots of the tree until they were as far in as they could go. Jack cornered Jane with his body. She grabbed onto the roots for dear life. She turned to face them so she could see what was going on, while Jack leaned against her.
She could feel his breath on the nape of her neck and it gave her goosebumps. His body pressed up against hers for protection.
Jane was so afraid. But Jack's arms, which reached over her shoulders, grabbed her hands that were clenched tightly to the tree and provided a comfort that she had never known. David wouldn't have stayed with her. No, he would have been off running, only thinking of himself like always.
The monster was coming closer still. Everything shook and Jane and Jack both shut their eyes tightly as instinct told them to. Terror flowed through them as they listened to their approaching doom.
The beast let out one more ear-piercing roar before turning around. Things became quieter; more still, as the jungle returned to its tranquil form. It amazed them that the scenery went from paniced to calm in a matter of seconds.
Jane let out a breath as thought she had been holding it the entire time. She turned around to face Jack, to make sure he was okay and she was overcome with emotion. Tears filled her eyes.
"I thought I was going to loose you." She said with wet eyes.
"I'm still here." Jack confirmed. "I'm not leaving yet." He was standing over Jane with his hands still supported by the tree they were standing under. The rain had slowed considerably into a light drizzle.
"That's a good thing. I need you here." Her eyes searched Jack's face while his searched hers. Jane's eyes were still lined with tears and her hair was flat from the rain. Her blue shirt clung to her body, showing off her shapely middle.
Jack leaned in toward her and captured her lips in a soft kiss. She didn't object in any way. Heat ran into his body as he pulled away and kissed her again. His hands moved from behind her to her face, wear he gently cradled her jaw. Her arms found their way around his neck as he kissed her once more.
She slowly pulled away and put her head down as if she was ashamed of what she'd done. She had promised herself not to fall for Jack and she had. But something told her it was okay; it was safe to love Jack.
"I guess that qualifies as jumping into your arms. What do you think?" She laughed.
A/N: I'm back! I hope all of you enjoyed this chappie. Let me know what you really think of it because as I read it back it wasn't as good as I wanted it to be and I didn't know how to fix it so...sorry guys! You deserve better! I love you all and I hope you'll honor me with a review!