"What's with you?" Shannon asked, giving him a weird look.
"Nothing," Boone replied.
"Right, yeah, whatever," Shannon replied, returning to filing her nails and pretending like she didn't care. Boone could tell that she did though, which actually made him smile a bit more.
Needless to say he so didn't sleep that night. He kept thinking about all the possibilities. And then he tried to stop himself because he should know better than to get carried away with these things. But Jack was everything he wanted and he just prayed that he could have him. Jack wasn't so cruel that he'd get his hopes up like that and then just drop him. Jack was kind and considerate and he looked after people so Boone guessed he'd be okay.
The next day he managed to evade Locke, which he thought was very brave of him. But if he was honest he and Locke weren't really doing a whole lot of anything anyway. All they did was sit at that stupid hatch that didn't open and stare at it, Locke telling stories that Boone guessed were supposed to be inspirational. Boone had convinced him that maybe they should do some actual hunting seeing as everyone was waiting on their boar delivery but it turned out Locke's lie might have been correct because the boar weren't lending themselves to being found very easily.
But this was nice, a different type of boredom. Locke was cool and all but he could be a tad overbearing and sometimes he made Boone nervous. He stared out over the ocean and listened to the waves crashing against the shore. He closed his eyes and pretended he was at some exclusive beach resort, waiters with chilled cocktails a finger click away.
A shadow fell over him and Boone opened his eyes and saw Jack standing over him. "Hi," he managed.
"You wanna go for a walk?" Jack asked.
"Okay," Boone replied, getting to his feet before Jack changed his mind. The two of them headed towards the jungle. "Where are we going?" Boone asked.
"Somewhere where no one can see us," Jack replied.
"Right, yeah, of course," Boone replied, shaking his head a little. Jack wanted Boone to be his secret. Boone could play that role.
Jack stopped and looked at him. "Boone, I didn't mean it like that," he said. "I just mean... Kisses are private, I'm not one of those guys that flaunts that stuff about."
Boone swore his heart skipped a beat. Kisses. Jack said kisses. So he was gonna kiss him again. The stupid smile came back on Boone's face and he tried to hide it but Jack saw and gave him a smile in return so Boone let himself go with it.
"Okay?" Jack asked.
Boone nodded in response and the two of them headed off the path and found a nice secluded opening. Jack sat down against a tree trunk and Boone followed suit. Jack turned to face him.
"So you're okay with this?" he asked. "I mean, I know yesterday you said that you were bi but I just thought... You're interested?"
Boone nodded. "Yeah," he replied, trying not to look too love struck. "You know, if you wanted something to maybe happen."
Jack nodded. "I think I'd be okay with that."
"You don't have to do this, Jack," Boone told him. "I mean, just because you kissed me yesterday. We can put it down to temporary insanity if you like."
"No, that's okay," Jack replied. "I think I wanna use my temporary insanity card for when I kill Sawyer."
Boone smiled at him. "Good choice."
Jack looked away and stared down at the ground, seeming to consider something. "So, I guess this is the part where we kiss again," he said, not looking up.
"Jack, we don't have to," Boone told him. "We can just sit here and talk or whatever."
Jack looked back up at him. "I want to kiss you," Jack insisted. "I'm just not sure how to go about it."
Boone gave him a look. "You managed okay yesterday," he pointed out.
"Yeah, that should have been the scary one, shouldn't it?" Jack nodded. "See that one just kind of happened and now I'm starting to over analyse things so..."
Boone leaned forward and cut him off with a kiss. There was a terrifying moment where Jack didn't kiss back and Boone was about to pull back and start apologising profusely when Jack grabbed the side of his face and pulled him in closer. The kiss remained fairly chaste at first and Boone was willing to go with it, not wanting to scare Jack off, but he was starting to get impatient. He adjusted the angle of his head slightly for better access and ran his tongue over Jack's lips. He prepared himself for Jack to pull away but was instead greeted by Jack tongue gliding along his own and he thought he might pass out.
Boone was just getting used to the new rhythm when suddenly he was on his back and Jack was on top of him, kissing him more urgently. Boone was willing his body not to react in the way he knew it would but then he felt Jack hard against him so he guessed that was okay. Suddenly Jack pulled away and looked down at him, panting. He smiled.
"Sorry, I think I got a little carried away there," he said.
Boone smiled back at him. "You've never done this before, have you?"
"I've done this lots of times," Jack insisted. "Just not with a man."
"Right," Boone nodded. "So?"
"It's different," Jack said. "I think I just got a little ahead of myself. My body kind of took over from my mind."
"Yeah, I do that a lot," Boone admitted.
Jack gave him what could only have been a flirtatious smile. "Good," he said.
Boone smiled at him. Jack climbed off Boone and sat back up against the tree. Boone sat next to him and looked at him as he closed his eyes and took deep breaths, clearly trying to compose himself. Boone looked down to Jack's crotch.
"If you want I could..." he stopped and averted his gaze before Jack caught him. No, Jack didn't want him to do that yet, Jack just wanted to kiss him. And Boone was really counting his blessings that he was getting to do that much so he really wasn't going to rock the boat.
Jack opened his eyes and looked at him. "What?" he asked.
"Nothing," Boone dismissed, shaking his head.
Jack leaned his head back against the tree but kept his eyes open this time. He then turned to Boone. "You wanna go again?"
Boone looked at him, amused. "I thought you said you got carried away with yourself."
"I did," Jack agreed. "But how about this time we be less horizontal?"
Boone smiled. "Okay."
Jack leaned back in and Boone met him half way. They started out with tender kisses but things soon got more heated again and they wound up on the floor once again. Boone pulled away slightly.
"You're on top of me again," he pointed out.
Jack smiled at him. "Yeah, sorry about that," he replied.
Boone shook his head. "I don't mind."
"Yeah, I don't seem to mind that much either," Jack said, breathing hard, his eyes a little unfocused.
"So we could stay horizontal," Boone suggested. "If you wanted to. I mean, if you didn't..."
Jack cut him off with another kiss so Boone guessed he was okay with being horizontal.