A/N: I know I've been bad about updating. But Jass is sick and I wrote a 23 page Day 6 story so don't through rotten vegetation.
Fauve had her arm around Chloe's shoulders when the two women approached Tripp and Jack. Chloe was laughing so it seemed to woman had made up. "Jackie, Jackie," Fauve waved frantically running towards the men. Jack felt his jaw drop, no one had ever called him that before. "Jackie," Fauve was breathing a little harder than normal, "come on, come on, come on. We got an island to get to. She grabbed his wrist and tugged lightly before skipping back to Chloe and repeating the action on the other woman.
Chloe grinned at Jack as she allowed herself to be dragged forward. "Fauve, we have all day," she pointed out mildly as they came to a stop in front of Jack.
To the side, Tripp was leaning against the chopper wearing a grin very similar to Chloe's. Drawling, he chided humorously, "Don't rip her arm off now, Fi. I don't think Jackie would appreciate it."
"Oh, God," Jack groaned and buried his face in his hands. It seemed he too had been saddled with a nickname. "Chloe?" he begged helplessly.
Looking far to cheerful, Chloe patted his arm. "Welcome to the family, Jack. I would suggest you get used to it because everyone's going to be calling you that now." She climbed into the chopper and turned around to face him, "Come on, Jack. We're going." The slightly exasperated tone was familiar enough and made Jack smile.
Tripp clapped Jack on the shoulder as he followed Chloe, "Congrads, Jackie. Seems you managed to pass the first stage of the Fi approval process. Just hang in there, man. I'm rooting for ya."
Scowling at Tripp, Fauve got in next, "Don't give Jackie any false hope," she complained. "I'm not finished with him." Tripp just patted her head. Mumbling to herslef, she strapped in. Chloe assisted Jack, who didn't really need any help but was enjoying the proximety. Slamming the door shut, Tripp went through the passenger area up to the co-pilot's seat. TC was already strapped into the pilot's chair.
All the passengers put on their head sets. After a crackling noise, TC spoke over the comm. "Thank you for choosing Akana Airlines. Please keep your hands and feet inside the cab at all times. If you feel the need to jump, please push Fi out with you. And new guy, if you get sick all over my seats I will shoot you. Clear?"
With an evil smirk, Fauve adjusted her headset until the microphone was in front of her mouth. "Oh, T," she said too sweetly, "I wouldn't try pulling that bad-ass Nightstalker stuff on Jackie. He used to be a pilot with Delta Force. You two can see who spins fly-boy BS better when we get home." TC gave a wordless snarl at his cousin. Fauve looked pleased with herself despite Chloe smacking her on the arm.