I just have to say that I am listening to The Wanted right now and losing my mind. Nathan, if you ever read this, I love you. :) Just thought I'd throw that out there. I'm having a fangirl attack right now. haha
I needed to update because some of you are amazing and keep telling me I need to update. :)
I dedicate this chapter to: Daniela. Thank you for your super kind words last chapter!:)
Some of you have also made me so happy with what you've said that you've brought tears to my eyes:) Thank you to all of my reviewers! I love each and every review:D
~NumberSixteen
Skye ran a brush through her hair and pulled her tank top on before slipping out her door and into the living room where Commander Taylor stood waiting. He tapped his foot nervously. Skye stuck her chin high as she looked at him. "I'm ready."
Taylor sighed, "Are you sure you want to see him?"
Skye gave the Commander a consipicuous look. "Yes."
"But you don't want to worry him. In all honesty, you don't exactly look your... best." Taylor's eyes shot down to the floor.
Skye glanced down at herself. Her hair was still ratty, despite the brushing and the shower, her eyes were droopy and they were heavy with sleeplessness. She didn't even try to make herself look presentable. "Everyone, especially him, has seen me at my worst. This is far better than it."
Taylor just sighed again as he met her demanding and cold gaze. "Alright then." He motioned to the door, "After you."
Skye let off a slight "hmph" before leading the way to the door and pushing out of it and onto the street. She could hardly contain her excitement and dared to let out a small smile. She wanted to see him so badly it hurt. When Taylor had stepped out and shut the door behind them she forced the small smile off her face and went back to a hardened one, although her heart was beating a mile a minute.
It seemed like it took forever to walk there. Eyes were watching her, she could feel their judgemental eyes and thoughts pounding against her back. When they reached the brig, Skye wanted to tear away and just run to him, kiss him, hug him, talk to him, and just be with him. She needed him right now.
Taylor lead the way down the hallway to the brig. It was deafeningly quiet inside. Their footsteps pounding against the concrete floor sent echoing sounds through the hallway. It was so quiet otherwise, Skye began to worry if Lucas was even here and if he was, was he alright?
The rounded a corner and came across his cell. Skye looked up and around the cell. When her eyes landed on him, her breath caught in her throat. "Lucas."
He had nodded off, slumped against a wall. His eyes snapped open and he jerked his head up. "Skye?" His eyes adjusted in the darkness of the cell and landed on Skye just outside. He was tripping over himself to stand and run to the front of the cell where she stood.
She took a step forward as he reached the cell and was about to reach for him when she was jerked back by a solid hand on her shoulder. She glared up to see Taylor's clouded eyes glaring at his son, a firm hand on her shoulder.
"Taylor, let me go." Skye growled.
"Skye..." Lucas's voice was strained.
Taylor looked down at Skye. "Are you absolutely sure you want to do this, Skye?
"Let me inside with him, Commander. Lock me up with him if the need be, I'd be happier this way." Skye mumbled the last sentence almost regretfully but she knew the truth behind them. She would get nothing but scorn and judgement outside here. She needed him in order to be strong.
The Commander sucked in a light breath before turning to the guard. "Open the door."
The guard hesitated for a moment before unlocking the door and opening it for Skye. She swept the Commander's hand off her shoulder before going inside the cell. Lucas stood only a few feet away now. Their eyes met for a moment before she snapped her head over to the Commander. "You can leave us now."
"Leave you?" Commander Taylor asked stupidly.
"Yes. Leave us. I want some time alone with him." Skye nodded toward the exit.
Commander Taylor just glanced between her and Lucas for a moment. What had happened to her? What had happened to him? How did he lose both of them the way he did? The realization hit him full force and he felt the need to force tears from his eyes, so he nodded curtly before motioning for himself and the guards to leave.
When they had stepped away, Skye turned her eyes onto Lucas once more. Even with ratty clothing and hair, a dishevaled beard, and covered with cuts and bruises, he was still the most beautiful thing she had ever seen. Her heart fluttered as he whispered her name again.
Tears poured over her eyes as she ran into his arms and he pulled her into his chest. He stumbled backward slightly and they fell against the wall of the cell, but he held them steady. They just stood like that for a while, breathing in eachother's scent and enjoying just being together again. They didn't need to speak, they just needed to be.
After a while, Lucas pulled back slightly to look into her teary eyes. He wiped away a few as they tumbled down her cheeks. "Why are you crying?"
Skye's lip trembled slightly. "I-I don't know.."
A smug grin graced his face. "Missed me that much, did we?"
Skye's eyebrows rose in unamusement. "Of course I missed you. You were gone for months."
Lucas sighed. "I know, but as soon as I heard that you might be pregnant I had to come for you. I just had to."
Skye reluctantly released Lucas and she leaned her back up against the wall and he did the same. "Yeah I thought I was pregnant for a while. But I'm not, which I guess right now is a good thing."
Lucas searched her face from his angle. "Why?"
Skye shrugged. "I've already recieved a lot of ridicule and judgement from the colony, I don't need to hand that down to a baby."
Lucas nodded in understanding and they were quiet some more. Skye looked over at him after a few minutes. "How are we going to get out of this?"
"We will find a way. We always do, Bucket." Lucas met her eyes again.
Skye laced her fingers with his as he came around to stand in front of her, her back to the wall. He gingerly leaned in and grazed her lips with his. The moment was intimate and meant more to them than the night they escaped from the sixers. He kissed the corner of her mouth softly and he could feel the eyelashes on her eyes as they fluttered closed. He kissed her cheek, then her temple, and then her nose. Finally he brought his lips back to hers, where they hovered just before her parted ones. Her soft breaths soothed him as it rolled over his face. Her citrus smell nearly overwhelming him. Right now, nothing mattered but them. There was nobody else in the world but them.
Finally unable to take it, she lunged forward and crushed her lips to his. She snaked her arms and hands around his neck and buried them in his hair. He complied completely by entangling his own arms around her waist, pressing her completely against him. Their lips moved in sync, knowing what the other wanted without having to think it. It was the perfect kiss.
Soon, he ran his tongue along her bottom lip and she opened for him. He explored her mouth but more intimately than he had in the past. Then it had been lust and excitement. Now it was about love and longing. Nothing else mattered but them. The two fit like puzzle pieces.
All Skye had wanted since the day she'd walked back into Terra Nova was Lucas, and now she had him. All the ridicule, shame, and humiliation was now worth it to her. She had him. That's all that mattered now, and she never wanted to leave him again.
Merp. Any thoughts? I think the next chapter will be the last chapter. I am actually glad this is coming to an end. It's hard to write a lot and with summer here now, well let's just say that my life is suddenly going to be very busy with sleeping and doing stuff with friends. Yeah...
Anyway, the song "Warzone" by The Wanted inspired me to write this today and I was listening to it while I wrote. You all should listen to it. It's hella good.
Love you guys. thanks for 33 amazing chapters! You all made me a better writer and I look forward to hearing what you all think.
Chapter 34 should be posted within the next couple days. Keep checking for it. I'm going to go write it right now. Love you all!
Thank you so much.
~NumberSixteen