Lisa quietly shut the bathroom door behind her and walked back out where Jackson was pulling clothes out of a suitcase. She didn't say anything, just sat on the bed with her back to him. She heard him pause.
"Leese?" he asked. "You all right?" A silence greeted his question. She heard the shower water turn on in the bathroom. "Lisa?" He set down the clothes and moved to her, gently placing a large hand on her shoulder. She yanked away and hopped up from the bed, moving away to stand by the window.
"Lisa," Jackson began to say again, but Lisa finally snapped and whirled around.
"I hope you're happy," she whispered angrily. "I hope you're over the fucking moon at what you've done."
He shook his head in confusion. "Wha-"
"You know what, Jack," she snapped, pulling open the curtains. The London skyline was illuminated by headlights of the cars below.
"Sorry, Leese, I'm drawing a blank," he shrugged. "Is it still that killing of the old people thing? As I said, I'm sorry, but you need to get over-"
Lisa brought her hand up before she could stop herself and slapped him in the face.
"Her, Jack, Sarah. You had to get another innocent person involved. Call it female-drive emotions, but it's traumatizing. I've been trying to get you out of my head for the past five years, trying to forget..." she trailed off, tears slowly sliding down her face. She saw slight anger dash across his eyes, but then he stopped, taking her arms in his.
"Lisa, why?" he questioned softly. "You moved on after the rape, for the most part forgot. Why is it me that you can't get out of your head?" She looked away as a car alarm went off below.
"I think you know why," he insinuated. Lisa slowly brought her eyes to meet his. Before she even knew what was happening, their mouths became one. She didn't know who began it, but she didn't pull away. Something in her chest ached and before she could stop herself she brought her hand up, running her hand through his soft brown locks. His hand was placed on her back as the kiss deepened. She fought all thought, all reasoning of why she was doing this and finally realized why he'd been stuck in her head for so long.
Because she was in love with Jackson Rippner.