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Post by Skinner Jones on Jul 9, 2008 21:02:41 GMT -5
Skinner chuckled softly feeling his stop massaing her feet and legs, but her body felt refreshed somehow. Refreshed and rejuvenated, and happy to be where she was. She readjusted herleft, bringing her feet together and sort of laying on her side a bit, her elbow under her head as she looked over at Jack.
"Me? Traveling alone? Never," she said sofrtly. "Why I have my trusty bodyguards with me. You know, those bodyguards that every celebrity like I am needs in a jungle like this." She grinned a bit, her grey-gunmetal eyes still slightly hooded and trained on him.
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Post by Jack Shephard on Jul 9, 2008 21:19:48 GMT -5
"Oh I see, must be hard to find good help out in a place like this, though," Jack said, rather cornily. "I used to be a bouncer, if you need any extra muscle, you know, I could work free, this time, I suppose." He winked and went back to laying his head against the tent wall, wondering what she was thinking, hoping she didn't find him too odd.
"I mean, if not, that's cool too, I'm sure I can find some other babe to go with to the big beach luau." He laughed harder at this and smiled, showing his teeth and exhaustion both. He could feel sleep coming over him like a stealth cat thief in the night. He was going to have to take a nap if he was going to any luau's tonight.
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Post by Skinner Jones on Jul 9, 2008 21:28:18 GMT -5
Skinner laughed again, exhaustedly. She looked at him, a yawn escaping her mouth again as she stretched out a bit before curling in again. Perhaps it was the baby that made her so exhausted or just the latest events, but whatever it was, she was exhausted. She offered a lazy smile though at his comment about other babes. "I bet. You could probably find a prettier, less....pregnant woman to take anyhow."
She laughed softly, streching her arm out and laying her head completely down. She felt an odd sensation in her, one the longed for his touch again. Just his hands on her skin for some reason. She felt her brow furrow slightly, and she looked at Jack, biting her lip slightly.
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Post by Jack Shephard on Jul 9, 2008 21:35:06 GMT -5
Jack put his hand on her shin again, rubbing gently up and down her leg as he spoke. "Less pregnant, probably. Prettier? I doubt that." Kate came to his mind. She would certainly give any girl a run for her money, she was absolutely breathtaking, but he hadn't spoken to her much since she had run off after seeing his patient up the beach.
"Well, whatever, if you don't want me to come, I won't," He said in a mockingly hurt tone. His face scrunched up as if to cry, but he couldn't help it and laughed again.
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Post by Skinner Jones on Jul 9, 2008 21:47:00 GMT -5
Skinner chuckled at him, shaking her head slightly. She looked at him, that peculiar gaze on her face again. She sighed softly, stretching a hand to touch his lightly and looking at it. "Will you...will you do me a favor?" she asked softly, looking at him with her sfot eyes glowing in the dim light.
She didn't know what she was really doing at all, but her head was turned off for the moment, and she wasn't paying attention to anything it said. She just watched Jack, waiting for an answer.
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Post by Jack Shephard on Jul 9, 2008 21:51:50 GMT -5
Jack looked around uncertainly for a second, wondering why she had bothered to qualify her request with asking that question. He smiled and answered her. "Well, yeah, go for it..." He laughed and squeezed her calf gently, pressing his fingers into her muscle, feeling it tense and relax. "As long as it's a totally awesome, amazing, favor."
He felt his eyelids droop again and closed hs eyes as he listened for her request, eager to do whatever he could to help the woman who had no doubt become his best friend on the island. She was more than that, but he wasn't really sure how to categorize that yet, and wasn't really ready to either, he felt, but who knows.
Oh just shut up and listen to what she wants, Jack.
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Post by Skinner Jones on Jul 9, 2008 21:59:57 GMT -5
Skinner squeezed his hand and closed her eyes, inhlaling and exhaling in measured intakes. "Will you just...aly here beside me? You don't have to do anything. I just....want to feel....I don't know..." She stumbled over her words, but the truth was she wanted to feel close to someone. Someone that wouldn't hurt her. Someone that wouldn't betray her.
She opened her eyes, waiting for his answer, preparing herself for rejection. Of course he wouldn't want to and of course he would mind. Skinner was just....Skinner. "I'm sorry....just...forget I asked." She bit her lip, looking down at hthe dirt between them, but not realizing she'd refused to let his hand go.
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Post by Jack Shephard on Jul 9, 2008 22:04:49 GMT -5
Jack smiled. "No, that's fine. I was about to excuse myself anyhow because I was falling asleep. I could fall asleep anywhere at this point." To prove his point, Jack tilted his head back again and closed his eyes, faking a snore, then opening one eye and smirking at Skinner.
Jack laughed and then settled down, letting his breathing even out and his eyes drift close for real, a gentle light snore escaping his body as he drifted off to sleep, murmuring once more before he was fully taken in by the sandman.
"Wake me up before the luau."
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Post by Skinner Jones on Jul 9, 2008 22:12:57 GMT -5
Skinner chuckled, shaking her head at him. She poked him softly scooting a little closr, taking a chance. "I didn't mean that," she said softly. "I meant right here." She patted the spot next to her. She bit her lip, grasping at an explanation.
"I know it sounds crazy, but I need to feel close to someone. Someone that I know won't hurt me or betray me. At least i'm hoping and trusting that you won't. I need that. You can still decline..." she trailed off softly, her soft green eyes, tracing his own drooping features.
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Post by Jack Shephard on Jul 9, 2008 22:15:45 GMT -5
Jack smiled and shuffled, mostly unaware of his actions as he pushed off from the tent wall and opened his eyes enough to see where she was patting the ground. He mumbled something that may have been "Sure," but could have just as easily be "Shore" or "Shower." He was asleep before his head hit the airline pillow placed there just in time, wrapping an arm over her stomach and pulling her down next to him, down into a dream world that was different for them both, and yet the same.
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Post by Skinner Jones on Jul 9, 2008 22:22:18 GMT -5
Skinner felt his strong arm around her stomach and she snuggled a bit to him, drifting to sleep very quickly. Her dreams came quick, but not in nightmares of a past she couldn't escape anymore. Instead they were dreams, true dreams, of her future with the little part of her growing within her belly, a perfect part of her growing and becoming a puzzle piece to her life.
She also dreamt of Jack, not really in a fantasy way, but of how kind he had been to her. How supportive. How caring. It was unlike anything she'd seen in a male by far, unlike anything she known. Erik had taken so much from her, but in a way he killed a part of Skinner with each beating. unles there were only certians parts left undamaged. But perhaps somethings could change that. Her baby and Jack being a couple of those things.
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