Sweet Surrender
Discord Marie
Disclaimer: I own nothing Red Eye related.
A/N: Five months after the terrifying ordeal that took place on the Red Eye, Jackson Rippner decides to check on his girl. Jackson/Lisa
I enlisted in the Air Force! Yay me! I think that was only the most terrifying thing I've ever done in my life. So now I have a new goal, finish this story before I go to boot camp… That and get drunk a lot… lofty goals indeed. Happy New Year!
And now for some groveling… I am so, so sorry for not updating. The story is nearly finished, I have about three more chapters, at least, and I guess I just totally lost interest in the end. I love my ending and I hope you all will love it as well; the bitch of it is I actually have to write the damned thing…but we are so close to the finish line, I can taste victory.
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"Why is Jackson Rippner sleeping in my guest room?" Cynthia inquired placing a cup of coffee in front of Lisa, before taking a seat next to her.
"Remember the last time you saw me? I had just received pink roses from Jackson," Lisa sighed, it seemed so long ago.
"The roses were from Jackson?" Cynthia asked in astonishment.
"Yeah. Some guy attacked me in the parking lot. I fought the guy off, but he was too much for me, so Jackson shot the bastard," Lisa said calmly sipping her coffee.
"And you have been hiding with Jackson, because supposedly he saved your life?" Cynthia summarized with a questioning look.
"Jackson kidnapped me at gun point, Cynthia. He held me at some mansion against my will," Lisa snapped at the redhead. "The mansion was an office for the company Jackson works for. Jackson informed me that there was a hit out on me, for stopping the Keefe assassination," Lisa continued pacing about the room.
"Are you alright Lisa?" Cynthia asked reaching out and grabbing the other girl's hand.
"Jackson has taken good care of me. At some I guess we started to care about each other, or we probably already had those feelings on the plane. Did you hear about the Miami Police breaking into Jackson's apartment and attempting to rescue me?" Lisa asked with a secretive grin.
"Yeah, but the news said that Jackson took you while the police were searching for him," Cynthia replied sipping on her own coffee.
"That whole ordeal happened minutes after Jackson and I, uhm, had sex for the first time," Lisa said with a slight blush.
"You and he-," Cynthia stopped at a loss for words. "How was it?" she asked finally.
"Oh my god!" Lisa said dramatically. "I've been dying to talk with another woman about it. It was the best sex ever," Lisa said with a full smile.
"No wonder you didn't try to escape," Cynthia replied with a smirk.
"This psycho is trying to kill Jackson and me, but the amazing sex makes it all worthwhile. To top it all off, I am in love with Jackson," Lisa said proudly.
"Now I'm all kinds of jealous! Congratulations Lisa," Cynthia said hugging her friend.
"Oh Cynthia, he can dance too," Lisa said leaning back in her chair.
"Now you're just bragging," Cynthia replied with a laugh.
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Jackson knew immediately that he wasn't in his own bed without opening his eyes. Who's bed was he in? Lisa was lying next to Jackson watching over him carefully. He enjoyed the way her fingers played with his hair.
"Hey," Jackson said caressing the side of Lisa's face. He visibly winced in pain when he reached out to her though.
"Relax. You're safe," Lisa assured him.
"Where?" Jackson asked looking around the room for the first time.
"Cynthia has agreed to let us hide at her apartment for the day. I didn't want to risk leading anyone back to the beach house," Lisa explained.
"Good thinking," Jackson agreed attempting to smile at her, but his smile was strained due to the pain he was in from being bludgeoned with a crow bar.
"I made you condensed soup and I even added water," Lisa said teasing him.
"One time," Jackson replied in his own defense, before rolling his eyes.
"And I will never forget it," Lisa smiled at him sweetly, before giving him a quick kiss.
"You should've just left me and drove to safety, you know. I would have been alright," Jackson said seriously.
"Yeah, you really were kicking their asses," Lisa replied sarcastically. "Besides, you had the car keys," Lisa said jokingly.
"My hero," Jackson replied equally sarcastic.
"Seriously, I was going to teach them to mess with me," Lisa said confidently.
Jackson smiled and pulled Lisa on top of him and gave in to the overwhelming urge to just kiss her. His kiss was gentle, but demanding and Lisa gave in. Lisa enjoyed moments like this, when the world would just melt away and there was only Jackson. Running her hand over his chest, caused Jackson to hiss in pain and Lisa instantly sat up.
"I'm so sorry," Lisa said holding her hands up in the air.
"Forget about it," Jackson demanded before pulling her back into his arms for another kiss.
"Uh, guys," said Cynthia, while knocking on the door. "Sorry to interrupt, but you are on the news," she announced.
"Good or bad?" Lisa asked sitting up and helping Jackson into a sitting position.
"I'm not sure. The parking lot where you parked your car last night had surveillance cameras set up. The news just aired a video of Jackson getting jumped and you shooting two men," Cynthia said with a grimace.
"Is that all?" Lisa asked looking at Jackson to see his reactions to what Cynthia was saying.
"No, you are both wanted for questioning. And they found your abandoned car at Starbucks. The police are searching the area for you two and it was just announced that you were seen getting into a navy blue Dodge Neon," Cynthia explained close to hyperventilating.
"We have to get out of here," Lisa said to Jackson. She too was panicked by the news. How had the police discovered his car so quickly? How long until Cynthia would be questioned as to their whereabouts?
"Leese, it's the middle of the day. We can't leave until it's dark out," Jackson explained calmly.
"What if the police come here and try to search for us?" Lisa demanded looking at her friend Cynthia sympathetically.
"Police can't enter without a permission from Cynthia. They would have to get a warrant to search the place, giving us plenty of time to escape," Jackson said with a smirk.
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"Are you sure, Jackson?" Lisa asked pacing around the room.
"Lisa, I can fucking shower on my own!" Jackson snapped at her. He hated the idea of being helpless; truthfully Jackson wasn't entirely sure he wouldn't pass out during the shower.
"I'm just saying," Lisa offered, but at his glare she rolled her eyes and walked away.
"Lisa, the Fire Department found Jackson's beach house," Cynthia cried out as she ran into the spare bedroom.
"Seriously?" Lisa asked astonished.
"Seriously!" Cynthia exclaimed dragging her into the living room.
On the television was Jackson's beach house, consumed in flames. Lisa stared in horror at the picture before her. Lisa knew James Bugler was behind this arson, just like he was behind the attack in the parking lot last night.
"I need to use your phone, Cynthia," Lisa said determinedly. She was going to deal with this bastard.
"Hello?" came the exhausted deep voice from the other end.
"Dad," Lisa greeted happily.
"Lisa, sweetheart, I saw everything on the news. Are you alright?" Joe asked. There was a long pause before Lisa answered.
"Yes, dad, I'm fine. We both are. Could we meet for dinner at that place you took me for my birthday last year?" Lisa asked, making the question as vague as possible in case her dad's phone was being tapped.
"Sure sweetheart, same time?" Joe asked catching on to the fact that Lisa was being purposefully vague.
"Yeah," Lisa confirmed.
"Can't wait," Joe replied.
"Later," Lisa said affectionately.
"Bye, bye," Joe said hanging up his phone and reclining in his chair, breathing a sigh of relief.
Lisa handed the phone back to Cynthia and walked back into the spare bedroom. After walking into the adjoining bathroom Lisa found Jackson was wincing in pain leaned up against the tile wall in the shower. Stepping under the spray Lisa helped Jackson out of the shower and sat him down on the toilet seat. She toweled him off and the guided him back onto the bed.
"Lisa-" Jackson started.
"I know you said you don't need or want my help, but I'm going to assist you anyways," Lisa replied cutting Jackson off. She was dressing him, although she thought it was a shame to cover up his body.
"Thank you," Jackson said allowing his eyes to portray all of his sincerity.
"You're welcome," Lisa replied with a small smile.
"I can't wait to take you back to the beach house and have my wicked way with you," Jackson said with a devilish smirk.
"There's going to be a problem with that," Lisa replied looking away from Jackson. "We're meeting my dad for dinner, you're beach house was set on fire, and that means we will probably have to find another place to stay," she said as quickly as she could.
Jackson stood up and paced about the room pain pushed aside as he tried to control his temper. Livid, that would be an accurate word to describe Jackson as he paced around the room looking for something to kill. Grabbing the clock/radio on the nightstand he hurled it at a wall and found some small measure of satisfaction when the damned thing shattered.
"Hey, c'mon, dinner with my dad won't be so terrible," Lisa tried to joke.
Jackson Rippner sighed deeply (and groupies sighed as well) trying to compose himself for her. "Dinner with your father sounds excellent and then after our meal I can whisk you away to a grand hotel room," Jackson said his patented smirk returning.
Lisa was in his arms the next minute hugging and kissing Jackson.
"I love you,"
"I love you too,"
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