Chapter 10

The First Nightmare

Gun shots rang all around. Lily seemed to be standing in the middle of a battlefield. She walked around; men were all around her, firing guns. Then there in the middle of the field was Jonathan. She watched with horror as he ran into the thick of the battle. Here she was, caught in the middle of it.

Bullets flew past her, but nothing hit her. Sulfur was falling everywhere, but nothing touched her skin. She then watched in even more horror as Jonathan was shot. His arm taking maybe twenty bullets, all at once. She cried out as he cried out. He fell to the ground, clutching his arm. Lily ran over to him, she wanted to help him…but couldn't. She began to cry out for help, but none came. She continued to cry until she felt her body shaking and a voice calling her name.

Lily sat up, her bedroom was dark but a figure was on her bed, "Lily!"

"Jack?" she asked, tears in her eyes.

"What is it?" he asked.

"I was having a dream…a nightmare and…" Lily began to cry harder.

Jack pulled her into his arms, "It's alright, and it was just a dream."

"And Jonathan was there! I saw him shot and then I called for help but none came…none ever came," she cried.

"Shh, it's alright. Jonathan didn't die, remember? He lost his arm, that's it," Jack soothed.

"But it seemed so real! It was real!"

"Lily, it was a dream…just a really horrible dream."

Lily stayed there in Jack's arms for a few minutes until the tears stopped.

"You alright now?" he asked after a moment.

Lily nodded, "Yeah…thanks."

"What was earlier about? You sounded upset on the phone," Jack asked next.

"There is a pew in my church…that was given in memory of me," she answered.

Jack nodded in understanding, "I'm sorry."

Lily took a tissue from her night table, "Yeah I'm fine now."

"You sure?" he pushed.

She nodded, "did it seem like Mary and her husband were home?"

"No their out, why?"

"I'm gonna go downstairs and make tea."

"Ah, and what's for tea?" he asked next, flirting just a bit.

"I dunno," she replied, standing up.

"Well let's go find out," he said, smiling.

Lily smiled, "Would you like to stay for tea?"

"Oh how polite of you. I'd like that very much, thanks."

She burst out laughing, "Alright Captain…let's go."

They walked downstairs together and once in the kitchen, Jack sat down and Lily went to poke around in the fridge.

"Did you figure out anything about the alien from last night?" she asked.

"Nothing much, Owen and Suzie have been working on it all day. Their trying to figure out if anything lethal was in that dart. Have you felt sick or anything?" Jack answered.

"No…not really," Lily said.

"Well that's a good sign then," he said.

Lily shrugged, "How does Spaghetti Bolognaise sound?" she asked.

Jack smirked, "Don't worry about it Lily. I need to get back to the Hub anyway," he said.

Her shoulders and smile dropped at this, "You sure? I can make supper, you'd be welcome company."

"I have to take a rain check, I'm sorry."

She sighed, "Alright then, I'll see you tomorrow."

Jack smiled and then turned and left the kitchen.

Lily watched him as he walked out of the house and drove off.

Jack's thoughts were a pile of millions of things. He hated doing what he just did, the hurt and confusion on Lily's face hurt him, but he was falling for her and it wasn't the best thing to be doing.

Lily was gorgeous, sweet, and smart…but she was still just a kid. She offered a good friendship and for whatever reason, Jack could tell her anything. Well almost anything…the immortality was his other reason for pulling away. People didn't tend to handle the news and he didn't know if Lily would handle it or not. Sure, over the last few weeks she had endured plenty of turmoil, and she still was. He was not, under any circumstances, going to make her endure more.

Lily walked slowly back into the kitchen. She would have been really pleased to cook for Jack, now she didn't have the patience, nor care for the idea very much. So she decided to make a simple little sandwich, a glass of milk and walked to the living room to see the evening news…

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A/N- There, the next chapter is finished and I just need to type it up. I've had an interesting time writing chapter 12…it's got a bit of action. But coming up is what I know you all want…lol. The romance…so Anywhos….please review…and be sure to check out my new Doctor Who story (but you know me, Jack Harkness is in it), 'The Master's Return' It's the sequel to my story 'The Master's Daughter' so please check those out.

Much love, Beccs! ^_^