Chp 9
"Well, well, well. I never thought I'd see the day, the good ol' Doc needs my help," said the Southern blonde as he opened his front door.
"Nice to see you too Sawyer," Jack sarcastically replied.
Sawyer smiled and winked at Juliet, "Come on in Jacko. And how's Blondie been?"
"Good James, you?" she asked kissing him on the cheek.
"Just dandy," he said as Jack scowled at the two of them.
"Can we get on with it?" Jack said.
Juliet tilted her head, her eyebrow raised, and shrugged at Sawyer. He laughed lightly and walked them through the hallway and into the sitting area. It was a pleasant room, airy, full of sunshine and colourful cushions on soft chairs. Juliet couldn't help but notice signs of a woman's touch.
"Is she here?" she asked.
"She's upstairs. Listen, there's something I should tell you about her first," Sawyer said as Jack looked up from the couch.
"Well," Sawyer started, "She kind of told them, the cops."
"Told them what?" Jack asked the anger already setting in, clenching his jaw.
"She made an anonymous call and let them know where to find the island."
"What?" Jack asked getting up from his seat.
"Oh James," Juliet said putting a hand out to steady Jack, holding onto his arm.
"I told her not to," Jack cried, "Why didn't you stop her?"
"Listen Jackass, you should know by now you can't stop her from doing anything," Sawyer said.
"So the rest of them have been rescued?" Juliet asked.
Sawyer nodded, "Been all over the news this morning."
Jack looked worriedly at Juliet.
"And the Others?" she asked swallowing hard.
Sawyer shook his head, "No sign of them, nothing. It's as if they never existed."
Just then Kate walked down and into the room.
"Hello Jack," she said softly.
Jack greeted her with a glare; his hooded eyes stared in disbelief at her betrayal.
"I had too," Kate blurted out, her lower lip trembling, "I couldn't just leave them there and forget them."
"You don't know what you've done," Jack said.
"I know what I had to do," Kate said.
Juliet and Sawyer looked at each other; her blue eyes pleading with his to somehow end this before it went too far.
"So what did you need my help with?" Sawyer asked aloud cutting through the building tension in the room.
"Jack?" he said as Jack continued to stare at Kate in silence, "Jack!"
Jack shook his head before turning his back on Kate.
"I need you to pick a lock for me," Jack said.
"A lock on what?" Sawyer inquired.
Jack put the case down on the coffee table as Kate slipped away into the kitchen, "On this."
Sawyer burst out laughing, "You're kidding right?"
Jack shot him a dirty look.
"Oh come on Jack. I can't do that. Remember the Halliburton on the island?"
"Can you try? It's important James," Juliet said.
"What have you two gotten yourselves into?" Sawyer asked.
"You owe us this," Jack said, "We got you off the island remember?"
"Yeah I remember," Sawyer grudgingly admitted as he flipped his hair from his face.
Kate walked back in handing Sawyer their lock picking tools.
"Then just try Sawyer, no questions asked," Jack said.
"Fine, but it's going to be a long night," Sawyer said.
…..
It was 1:00 am when Kate showed a tired Juliet up to the spare bedroom. Jack and Sawyer were still at it, bickering as they fiddled with the lock.
"Just let me know if you need anything, our room is just next door," Kate said before turning to leave.
"He didn't want to, you know," Juliet said stopping Kate from walking away, "To just leave them there with no help."
"Yeah, well then why'd he do it?" she asked.
"I'm pregnant Kate," Juliet stated, "I'm pregnant and if they found out," she said but didn't continue.
Kate stood outside Juliet's door, her mouth slightly open.
"He's not like he was before, the island it did things to him, changed him inside and he's trying to deal with that Kate. It forced his hand," Juliet tried to explain.
"I guess it did that to all of us," Kate said softly.
Juliet nodded, "Why'd you pick Zurich to live?" Juliet suddenly asked curiously.
Kate smiled, "Switzerland has no extradition."
Juliet grinned back, "And a lot of rich people for James to con."
Kate gave a little chuckle, "Yeah. Well goodnight Juliet."
…..
Juliet fell asleep the minute her head hit the pillow but an hour later Jack woke her up as he crawled in next to her.
"Did you open it?" she asked him sleepily running her fingers through his chest hair.
"No," he said, "But I didn't want you to be alone."
Juliet smiled at him and caressed his cheek. The stubble on his face was growing in, the grey hairs showing through.
"God I love you," she said and pushed his face towards hers.
"Kiss me Jack."
"Aren't you tired baby?" he asked.
Juliet shook her head and his lips met hers. He took her top lip into his mouth and sucked lightly on it, running his tongue over the soft skin of her mouth. Juliet moaned and ran her hands over his back, down toward his butt, giving it a squeeze. He groaned as she slid her hand into his boxers and began massaging his balls.
"Juliet," Jack whimpered and grew hard, pressing against her thighs.
He kissed her neck, showering her with kisses as he made his way to her full breasts. Jack twirled his tongue around their hardened nipples as his hand moved down into her wetness. Juliet gave a little cry as he slid his fingers inside her, gently exploring her.
"Yes," she breathed as Jack slinked her panties off then pulled his own boxers off. He positioned himself between her legs and entered her, groaning as he felt Juliet grip him. He opened her legs up wider and moved deeper inside her.
"Oh yes Jack, you feel so big," she cried into his ear knowing it would make him wild.
Jack began to thrust in and out of her, her breath hot on his neck.
"Jack," she said before he kissed her deeply, quickening his movements. Juliet moaned louder and gripped the head board for support as her orgasm hit her hard.
"Jack," she screamed as he came with her, collapsing onto her chest as she held him to her.
"Juliet," he said before rolling off her, "I love you."
"I love you Jack," she said as they fell asleep, Jack on his side with Juliet's arms and legs draped over him.
…..
In the morning they awoke to a huge bang.
"Aha," came Sawyer's voice from downstairs, "I knew I could pop that bitch."
"Sawyer, what the hell are you doing?" Kate yelled from the top of the stairs in a tank and tiny shorts. Juliet came out in Jack's t-shirt to join her as Jack pushed both of them aside and ran down to meet him.
"You got it open! How?" Jack asked.
"Hell seeing as I wasn't gonna get any sleep due to the moaning and groaning," Sawyer said and gave Juliet a knowing look, "I stayed up and thought about it when it dawned on me. It's a simple matter of blunt velocity force," he told them trying to echo Michael's words but making it sound like he knew what he was talking about.
"Thanks Sawyer," Jack said and reached for the case.
"Not so fast there Doc," Sawyer told him, holding the briefcase from his reach.
"Sawyer just give it to him," Kate said standing between them now.
"Well ain't this like old times," Sawyer scowled, "You and Dr. Jack on the same team."
Juliet frowned and walked up behind James, snatching the case from his hand.
"It's mine, I've earned it after everything I've been through," she said and went back upstairs.
"Juliet," Jack called to her. She turned at the top of the landing.
"Why don't you continue your little threesome," she shouted at Jack before slamming the door to their room.
….
"Juliet," Jack said entering the room and sitting beside her on the bed. She moved slightly farther away from him. Jack exhaled in frustration.
"Did you at least see what's inside?"
Juliet shook her head, as a tear rolled down her cheek.
"Juliet I'm sorry. It's just Sawyer, he turns me into, I don't know, someone else," Jack explained.
"James does or Kate does?" she asked.
"Juliet, you're my wife. I love you, Juliet, you."
She smiled and wiped her tears, "Okay Jack. Blame my hormones for all the crying."
"Okay," he laughed, "Let's open it then."
Jack and Juliet lifted the case open to find there were papers inside.
"What is it?" Juliet asked furrowing her brow.
Jack flipped through the sheets, "They're DNA sequences," he said just as perplexed as Juliet, "Can you read them?" he asked handing them to her.
"I can read them," she said scanning through them, "But it's not my area of expertise. I can't make any cohesive conclusions from them."
"So we hit a dead end then," Jack said and flopped himself down on the mattress.
"There is a genetic specialist I knew before I met my ex husband. A professor of mine," she said.
"Where, in Miami?" he asked.
"No, in Italy. We can go there, ask him to check it out," she said lying down beside him and touching his cheek, "He can be trusted."
He smiled at her, "Okay but how do we get to Italy without anyone knowing? Now that the Others know we didn't keep the island a secret."
"Kate didn't," she said.
"Well yes, Kate didn't. Still doesn't solve the problem of getting to Italy unknown."
……
Sawyer grudgingly agreed to help arrange a safe way out of Switzerland. He drove them to the train station.
"You couldn't have found a quicker way there?" Jack asked.
"Not one where you two can by anonymous. Besides it's less than 2 days and it was hard enough faking those identities, so quit your whining."
"Thank you James," Juliet said as she got out of the car and grabbed her bag.
"You're welcome darling," he said.
"Well I guess this is it Jack. At least until the next time you need me to bail you out of trouble," Sawyer snarkily remarked.
"Or until the next time you get yourself shot at or stabbed and need me to fix you."
Sawyer flashed his dimpled grin and held out his hand. Jack took it before pulling him into a hug.
"Be safe Sawyer," Jack said.
"You too Doc," he said patting him on the back, "And take care of that lovely lady you got there."
"I will," Jack said taking Juliet's hand as Sawyer got back into his car and drove off.