QUOTE(Rosa17 @ Nov 21 2006, 09:30 PM) 
The whole post was beautiful.
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The whole post was beautiful.
Beautiful post. You always come up with such brilliant ideas.I'm all caught up, for now. Can't wait to see what happens next.
Kav, you're amazing !!!
Alone in the dark with Jack? ... It doesn't sound that bad at all.
Alone in the dark with Jack? ... It doesn't sound that bad at all.
Kav!!!! Leave us with a cliffhanger why don'tcha? 
lol Love it!!!!!! I'm soooo excited for Christmas!!!
lol Love it!!!!!! I'm soooo excited for Christmas!!!
Oh... I don't mind the dark... there's so many things you can do in the dark.... **waggles eyebrows suggestively**OOOOHHHH Kav! I love the deja vu moment.... **rubs hands together wickedly...** wonder if anyone else will have deja vu moments....
**taps on screen** are you still there?
**clears throat**
All i want for Christmas is a facesmoosheduponthewindow smilie, a facesmoosheduponthewindow smilie, a facesmoosheduponthewindow smilie.
....
trails off... looking around sheepishly.... really is it too much to ask for?
hehehe...
ask and ye shall recieve, mione!
ask and ye shall recieve, mione!
I think the dark could be good - Sue would want to hold on tight!
I bought some of the Christmas Hershey Kisses - they have bits of candy canes crunched up in white chocolate - if your story had a flavor I think it would be this.
I bought some of the Christmas Hershey Kisses - they have bits of candy canes crunched up in white chocolate - if your story had a flavor I think it would be this.
Well my goodness, but Jonah didn't have anything on me!!!! I think I'm definitely turning into Jobette, having Jonahish days. 
So, sorry for the late and only post...but, touch wood -- tomorrow I actually have the night off, so who knows what might happen?
Sue couldn’t prevent the startled scream that escaped her lips at their sudden plunge into darkness. Frightening memories dredged up from the past caused her reaction to be more severe then the situation warranted. She fought the rising panic by clamping down hard, biting the inside of her lower lip in her effort to repress the instinctive fear that welled within her. There were a number of things that frightened her, but very few that terrified her and being immersed into complete darkness was one of them.
Jack instinctively reacted to Sue's heart-wrenching cry by drawing her even closer into his embrace. Blinded by the lack of light he relied on his other senses to process information and formulate a plan and first off he had to ease Sue's panic-stricken state.
He couldn't blame her. His own heart was suddenly racing and every sound took on a sinister twist when he wasn't able to see its source. It left him feeling helpless and exposed and it had to be much more debilitating for Sue. He felt her body stiffen as she fought for control and his heart constricted with sympathy at her valiant struggle.
I finger spelled OK into her hand...
A childish whisper teased his mind, a prompting that he was too good to ignore. He groped for her hand and quickly formed the letters in a brief, silent communication of concern. She settled almost immediately.
"I'm sorry Jack, I shouldn't be such a baby," she began, but he hugged her close, muffling her words into his chest. He couldn’t stand to hear her berate herself. O-K he signed again and then held her hand as he listened to the bungling noises around them.
"Sorry -- just a minute. I have an alternative energy source somewhere here...ah..." The saleslady's face appeared, glowing eerily in a suffused golden light, which seemed to bob unaided at her head. Jack nudged Sue who turned her face towards the light, squinting to try to make out the words of the ghostly apparition. "Doubtless it's Albert up to his tinkering again. A dear boy, but a few coils short of a full slinky, if you get my drift. But he does try and we like to give A for effort where it counts. He's gone and short-circuited something in that electrical box again I daresay. I hope you aren't too distressed, my dear."
Sue managed a weak smile and tried to pull herself away from the solid comfort of Jack's chest. He wouldn't let her. "I'm fine -- really. I had a horrible experience as a child, and it's made me more sensitive than I should be." She felt Jack's hand stroking her back soothingly and she wanted to bury her face against him again -- this time from embarrassment. She felt like such a fool.
"I guess we won't be doing much shopping tonight," Jack told the clerk. "Maybe we can take a rain check on the bells..."
"...and the mistletoe?" the sharp old lady asked pointedly though Sue didn't catch that.
Jack cleared his throat by way of a non-committal answer and began shuffling towards the door, guiding Sue around the shadowy shapes along the aisle. Once outside he let Levi lead the way back to the car. On the drive home Sue kept up a steady chatter on a variety of subjects save for the one uppermost in both their minds. Jack let her ramble, it was so unlike her usual steady, thoughtful conversations. He parked in front of her apartment and turned to gently confront her. O-K he asked this time and waited expectantly for the truth.
Sue nodded her head ruefully and signed sorry. “I feel so foolish.”
"For what?" Jack asked, in pretend ignorance.
She rolled her eyes at him and shrugged her shoulders.
"It must have been quite a scare," he said sympathetically.
She didn't pretend not to know what he was referring to. "It was terrifying, though my parents say it never happened, but I remember it so vividly."
"Tell me about it," Jack encouraged.
"There's not much to tell. Everything suddenly went back. I lost all sense of time and space...my bearings. I was someplace unfamiliar anyway so that didn't help. Someone was pinning me down and the harder I struggled the more I was restrained. It was terrifying. I just wanted to fight my way free and run forever."
Jack listened, an odd sense of something not quite clear forming in his mind. It was as if Sue was relating a memory from his own past. He captured snatches in the retelling. A keening wail, the flailing struggles of a young child, a friend helping to hold her down, another one calming her with two simple signs. The fragments teased his memory to life.
"Jack?"
"I'm listening," he responded automatically, "but Sue what you're saying sounds so familiar to me it feels like I..."
"...was there too?" Sue asked eagerly, feeling suddenly bonded to him in a way she never had before. There was something more here, something tangible that she couldn't yet touch, but she could almost see.
"Yeah." He fell silent, as doubts flooded his mind. Children struggling with nightmarish fears of the dark had always been a universal problem. Her story was probably triggering his own latent struggles with the issue. He obviously hadn’t been as traumatized by the incident as Sue and had managed to put it completely aside. Feeling infinitely better about his psychological analysis, he smiled reassuringly at her. "We've all had similar experiences, Sue. Nothing to be ashamed of. C'mon, it's getting late. I'll walk you up."
She shouldn't be feeling such a keen sense of disappointment, Sue reflected as they walked up the stairs to her apartment, but she couldn't shake the impression that they'd just backtracked a mile...and they'd only been taking baby steps as it was. He nearly kissed you; a voice inside her head reminded her. Maybe -- and maybe that was just my desperate imagination playing tricks on me. The magic of the night faded a bit, and the pivotal moment she was sure she'd never forget suddenly seemed mere naive and foolish dreams.
He could feel her withdrawal with every step they took and he was helpless to bridge the chasm. Levi led the way to her apartment door and sat down to study it intently as if his undivided attention would magically swing it open. Jack chuckled. "Someone's ready for bed." They were safe words, neutral, friendly but not...not the impassioned plea he longed to fling at her. Not the heated words he wanted to breathe against her skin as he took his time cherishing her with his mouth, his hands, his...Jack steered his mind away from its lustful wanderings. He should be adept at it by now. Especially lately -- since Simon and Dan Malone and most recently Jonathan had succeeded in showing him just how vulnerable he could be.
"I guess, that is a hint," Sue agreed, rummaging through her purse for her keys. Producing them, she unlocked the door and opened it just wide enough for Levi to slip inside. She let the leash drop so that he could eagerly seek out Lucy for an enthusiastic greeting. "Thanks, Jack for...everything. It was wonderful...tonight...in spite of the black out or whatever it was."
Jack traced the length of her hair from the top of her head to the wispy end of one strand, his finger caressing her cheek and jaw and shoulder in the process. "You're welcome. I enjoyed myself too. I'd like to do it again sometime...soon." He held his breath, knowing his eyes betrayed the depth of his feeling, his casual words belying the seriousness behind his offer. He was rewarded by a shy smile. She was a little embarrassed, he thought and it looked good on her.
"I'd like that too, Jack," she agreed so softly that he almost didn't catch the words.
His hand rested on her shoulder. "Then you wouldn't mind a repeat of tonight...say tomorrow?"
Sue's stomach did a somersault and she wasn't sure that it landed right side up. Hope surged again. "That would be...nice," she stuttered suddenly nervous.
"Nice?" Jack asked, making a face that set Sue to laughing. " A guy likes to think an evening in his company would rate a bit more memorable description than nice."
"Well, maybe you'll have to work on your delivery tomorrow night, Hudson," Sue quipped feeling suddenly outrageously giddy and daring.
His eyes alight with laughter he shook his finger at her and advanced playfully. "Maybe I should work on tonight's delivery before I go. You know practice to make sure I get it right for tomorrow..." He had her cornered against the wall in the hallway. Her back against the doorframe and she stood her ground refusing to back down from the challenge in his eyes.
He was looking at her in that new way of he had, his gaze holding her captive. She wet her lips in nervous anticipation, as she suffered thought a riot of contradictory emotions. And he just stared.
“What are you thinking, Jack?”
“Happy Christmas thoughts,” he replied without any hesitation…and they definittely involve mistletoe.
It was an unusual phrase, one that she hadn’t seen him use before and yet it stirred an answering cord within.
“Jack? What’s happening here?” she asked, half in awe and half in fear.
“Magic,” he replied reverently.
So, sorry for the late and only post...but, touch wood -- tomorrow I actually have the night off, so who knows what might happen?Sue couldn’t prevent the startled scream that escaped her lips at their sudden plunge into darkness. Frightening memories dredged up from the past caused her reaction to be more severe then the situation warranted. She fought the rising panic by clamping down hard, biting the inside of her lower lip in her effort to repress the instinctive fear that welled within her. There were a number of things that frightened her, but very few that terrified her and being immersed into complete darkness was one of them.
Jack instinctively reacted to Sue's heart-wrenching cry by drawing her even closer into his embrace. Blinded by the lack of light he relied on his other senses to process information and formulate a plan and first off he had to ease Sue's panic-stricken state.
He couldn't blame her. His own heart was suddenly racing and every sound took on a sinister twist when he wasn't able to see its source. It left him feeling helpless and exposed and it had to be much more debilitating for Sue. He felt her body stiffen as she fought for control and his heart constricted with sympathy at her valiant struggle.
I finger spelled OK into her hand...
A childish whisper teased his mind, a prompting that he was too good to ignore. He groped for her hand and quickly formed the letters in a brief, silent communication of concern. She settled almost immediately.
"I'm sorry Jack, I shouldn't be such a baby," she began, but he hugged her close, muffling her words into his chest. He couldn’t stand to hear her berate herself. O-K he signed again and then held her hand as he listened to the bungling noises around them.
"Sorry -- just a minute. I have an alternative energy source somewhere here...ah..." The saleslady's face appeared, glowing eerily in a suffused golden light, which seemed to bob unaided at her head. Jack nudged Sue who turned her face towards the light, squinting to try to make out the words of the ghostly apparition. "Doubtless it's Albert up to his tinkering again. A dear boy, but a few coils short of a full slinky, if you get my drift. But he does try and we like to give A for effort where it counts. He's gone and short-circuited something in that electrical box again I daresay. I hope you aren't too distressed, my dear."
Sue managed a weak smile and tried to pull herself away from the solid comfort of Jack's chest. He wouldn't let her. "I'm fine -- really. I had a horrible experience as a child, and it's made me more sensitive than I should be." She felt Jack's hand stroking her back soothingly and she wanted to bury her face against him again -- this time from embarrassment. She felt like such a fool.
"I guess we won't be doing much shopping tonight," Jack told the clerk. "Maybe we can take a rain check on the bells..."
"...and the mistletoe?" the sharp old lady asked pointedly though Sue didn't catch that.
Jack cleared his throat by way of a non-committal answer and began shuffling towards the door, guiding Sue around the shadowy shapes along the aisle. Once outside he let Levi lead the way back to the car. On the drive home Sue kept up a steady chatter on a variety of subjects save for the one uppermost in both their minds. Jack let her ramble, it was so unlike her usual steady, thoughtful conversations. He parked in front of her apartment and turned to gently confront her. O-K he asked this time and waited expectantly for the truth.
Sue nodded her head ruefully and signed sorry. “I feel so foolish.”
"For what?" Jack asked, in pretend ignorance.
She rolled her eyes at him and shrugged her shoulders.
"It must have been quite a scare," he said sympathetically.
She didn't pretend not to know what he was referring to. "It was terrifying, though my parents say it never happened, but I remember it so vividly."
"Tell me about it," Jack encouraged.
"There's not much to tell. Everything suddenly went back. I lost all sense of time and space...my bearings. I was someplace unfamiliar anyway so that didn't help. Someone was pinning me down and the harder I struggled the more I was restrained. It was terrifying. I just wanted to fight my way free and run forever."
Jack listened, an odd sense of something not quite clear forming in his mind. It was as if Sue was relating a memory from his own past. He captured snatches in the retelling. A keening wail, the flailing struggles of a young child, a friend helping to hold her down, another one calming her with two simple signs. The fragments teased his memory to life.
"Jack?"
"I'm listening," he responded automatically, "but Sue what you're saying sounds so familiar to me it feels like I..."
"...was there too?" Sue asked eagerly, feeling suddenly bonded to him in a way she never had before. There was something more here, something tangible that she couldn't yet touch, but she could almost see.
"Yeah." He fell silent, as doubts flooded his mind. Children struggling with nightmarish fears of the dark had always been a universal problem. Her story was probably triggering his own latent struggles with the issue. He obviously hadn’t been as traumatized by the incident as Sue and had managed to put it completely aside. Feeling infinitely better about his psychological analysis, he smiled reassuringly at her. "We've all had similar experiences, Sue. Nothing to be ashamed of. C'mon, it's getting late. I'll walk you up."
She shouldn't be feeling such a keen sense of disappointment, Sue reflected as they walked up the stairs to her apartment, but she couldn't shake the impression that they'd just backtracked a mile...and they'd only been taking baby steps as it was. He nearly kissed you; a voice inside her head reminded her. Maybe -- and maybe that was just my desperate imagination playing tricks on me. The magic of the night faded a bit, and the pivotal moment she was sure she'd never forget suddenly seemed mere naive and foolish dreams.
He could feel her withdrawal with every step they took and he was helpless to bridge the chasm. Levi led the way to her apartment door and sat down to study it intently as if his undivided attention would magically swing it open. Jack chuckled. "Someone's ready for bed." They were safe words, neutral, friendly but not...not the impassioned plea he longed to fling at her. Not the heated words he wanted to breathe against her skin as he took his time cherishing her with his mouth, his hands, his...Jack steered his mind away from its lustful wanderings. He should be adept at it by now. Especially lately -- since Simon and Dan Malone and most recently Jonathan had succeeded in showing him just how vulnerable he could be.
"I guess, that is a hint," Sue agreed, rummaging through her purse for her keys. Producing them, she unlocked the door and opened it just wide enough for Levi to slip inside. She let the leash drop so that he could eagerly seek out Lucy for an enthusiastic greeting. "Thanks, Jack for...everything. It was wonderful...tonight...in spite of the black out or whatever it was."
Jack traced the length of her hair from the top of her head to the wispy end of one strand, his finger caressing her cheek and jaw and shoulder in the process. "You're welcome. I enjoyed myself too. I'd like to do it again sometime...soon." He held his breath, knowing his eyes betrayed the depth of his feeling, his casual words belying the seriousness behind his offer. He was rewarded by a shy smile. She was a little embarrassed, he thought and it looked good on her.
"I'd like that too, Jack," she agreed so softly that he almost didn't catch the words.
His hand rested on her shoulder. "Then you wouldn't mind a repeat of tonight...say tomorrow?"
Sue's stomach did a somersault and she wasn't sure that it landed right side up. Hope surged again. "That would be...nice," she stuttered suddenly nervous.
"Nice?" Jack asked, making a face that set Sue to laughing. " A guy likes to think an evening in his company would rate a bit more memorable description than nice."
"Well, maybe you'll have to work on your delivery tomorrow night, Hudson," Sue quipped feeling suddenly outrageously giddy and daring.
His eyes alight with laughter he shook his finger at her and advanced playfully. "Maybe I should work on tonight's delivery before I go. You know practice to make sure I get it right for tomorrow..." He had her cornered against the wall in the hallway. Her back against the doorframe and she stood her ground refusing to back down from the challenge in his eyes.
He was looking at her in that new way of he had, his gaze holding her captive. She wet her lips in nervous anticipation, as she suffered thought a riot of contradictory emotions. And he just stared.
“What are you thinking, Jack?”
“Happy Christmas thoughts,” he replied without any hesitation…and they definittely involve mistletoe.
It was an unusual phrase, one that she hadn’t seen him use before and yet it stirred an answering cord within.
“Jack? What’s happening here?” she asked, half in awe and half in fear.
“Magic,” he replied reverently.
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“Magic,” he replied reverently.
*"Magic," jp echoed reverently.*
Oh, I loved Jack's last line! And I also love the fact that he invited her to go out the very next night...
That was a wonderful post!!! I think it's so interesting how the 'blackout' brought out memories for both of them..it's just going to take them some time to figure out where the memories came from.
That was a wonderful post!!! I think it's so interesting how the 'blackout' brought out memories for both of them..it's just going to take them some time to figure out where the memories came from.
that was wonderful but he could have been A gentleman and given sue A goodnight Kiss that would
have been truly magical more soon Kav please
Lin
Okay, where do I find me a Jack Hudson???
QUOTE(okie @ Nov 22 2006, 04:33 AM)
Okay, where do I find me a Jack Hudson???Ditto!
I definitely agree with Jack. This is pure magic, Kav
Kim
Kim
Ditto to everybody's comments... 
Magic indeed...... 
Oh no, no, no, no, no! I've been anticipating catching up with this story since I left Sunday morning...and I'm already caught up. *sigh* I'm not ready to be caught up. I want to keep my face pressed against the screen and read more - lots more.
I love how tidbits from their first magical adventure are weaving into present day. I wonder why they are just now remembering and not their first Christmas together? I can't wait to find out more, Kav.
Excellent writing!
I love how tidbits from their first magical adventure are weaving into present day. I wonder why they are just now remembering and not their first Christmas together? I can't wait to find out more, Kav.
Excellent writing!
Oh, wow...
Girl, you CANNOT stop there. I'm hopelessly hooked... I feel all warm and fuzzy, and... warm... and... fuzzy... and. *sigh*
Jack had better deliver "tonight," and he'd better deliver good! No interruptions, no nothing... and if something or someone tries to interrupt, he pushes it away, bodily, if he has to, and knocks Sue's socks off!!!
Whew...
ok, I guess I've just been in Kavalicious romance withdrawal... that's what I get for being busy, and lazy, all at the same time... Thanksgiving Break is both a blessing and a curse. lol
I am sooo looking forward to more...
and btw, I loved this:
It was quite a few posts back, but it made me smile and feel all gushy and wonderful and...ah... there I go again.
Girl, you CANNOT stop there. I'm hopelessly hooked... I feel all warm and fuzzy, and... warm... and... fuzzy... and. *sigh*
Jack had better deliver "tonight," and he'd better deliver good! No interruptions, no nothing... and if something or someone tries to interrupt, he pushes it away, bodily, if he has to, and knocks Sue's socks off!!!
Whew...
ok, I guess I've just been in Kavalicious romance withdrawal... that's what I get for being busy, and lazy, all at the same time... Thanksgiving Break is both a blessing and a curse. lol
I am sooo looking forward to more...
and btw, I loved this:
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she turned a megawatt smile his way and he thought he’d have to crawl across the room to see what she was so excited about it.
It was quite a few posts back, but it made me smile and feel all gushy and wonderful and...ah... there I go again.
I'm convinced that Mrs. Claus was the lady in the shop!! I love her description of Albert being a few coils short of a full slinky!!!
Both Jack and Sue seem to be right on the cusp of remembering!! I love that Jack is determined to keep up the magic, and that Sue is going to follow him wherever that leads!!!
Beautiful, Kav!!!
Joy
Both Jack and Sue seem to be right on the cusp of remembering!! I love that Jack is determined to keep up the magic, and that Sue is going to follow him wherever that leads!!!
Beautiful, Kav!!!
Joy
hey wait! I think you might want to check on your computer kav, 
i think that something was missing from that post! 
but the rest was just so 
i think that something was missing from that post! but the rest was just so
Amazing post!
Now I have to return to my household chores with this dreamy expression... Oh, perfect!
More ammunitions for my brother who thinks I'm going crazy! Ornella
I'd like to think that the sudden poof of darkness was triggered by Sue and Jack's chemistry. It was bound to go into overload with them being so near to each other!
It surely is magic Jack, I didn't know you had a way with words..
It surely is magic Jack, I didn't know you had a way with words..
Kav, poor Jack needs a few unterrupted minutes to redeem himself for his valiant but missed opportunity under the mistletoe ...
Mrs Claus? You know, Joy, that's quite a possibility.
Mrs Claus? You know, Joy, that's quite a possibility.
QUOTE(Sue&Jack @ Nov 22 2006, 06:31 AM)
I'd like to think that the sudden poof of darkness was triggered by Sue and Jack's chemistry. It was bound to go into overload with them being so near to each other!
It surely is magic Jack, I didn't know you had a way with words..
how cute!
"Magic" .....a wonderful thing..... *jumps up and down, clapping*
Oh no...
I just realized that this could be a problem...
Please don't let Lucy show up! Let them have their long-awaited moment!
They're distracted. Maybe they won't notice her if she does show up... or maybe she could just spy on them... but PLEASE don't let her interrupt them!!
I just realized that this could be a problem...
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She let the leash drop so that he could eagerly seek out Lucy for an enthusiastic greeting.
Please don't let Lucy show up! Let them have their long-awaited moment!
They're distracted. Maybe they won't notice her if she does show up... or maybe she could just spy on them... but PLEASE don't let her interrupt them!!
I hope Lucy doesn't spoil their moment together
Simply wonderful post Kav. Looks like magical christmas memories are resurfacing. I hope they all remember.
Simply wonderful post Kav. Looks like magical christmas memories are resurfacing. I hope they all remember.
That was a good observation, Lizzy. I can't wait to see what happens next.
QUOTE(LizzyM87 @ Nov 22 2006, 01:22 PM)
Oh no...
I just realized that this could be a problem...
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She let the leash drop so that he could eagerly seek out Lucy for an enthusiastic greeting.
Please don't let Lucy show up! Let them have their long-awaited moment!
They're distracted. Maybe they won't notice her if she does show up... or maybe she could just spy on them... but PLEASE don't let her interrupt them!!
You guys are scaring me...... happy thoughts...magic......Lucy won't distract them.....NO!
That was a lovely post
it's magic those 2 are responsible for all the global heat warming if they don't kiss very soon.
I agree magic is a good thing...It's Deja Vu all over again.... LOL
Hey Kav... I know everyone wants you to come back and let Jack practice his 'delivery' heh heh heh.... (psst maybe he should get a job with DHL then... LOL)
But maybe... *HINT HINT* it's time for one of those... Across town, Bobby waited impatiently for Tara to select the toys she wanted to give to Toys for Tots.... he muttered crazy under his breath as she bounced eagerly between the display of Tigger's and Mickey Mouse...
just a hint... love you Kav! (let's leave the Jonah and Job days to your angst chapters... D's married, let him have a Job moment... one of my 'tickle my funny bone verses' is in Job... Sorry, don't have chapter and verse for you but... it's 'My breath is offensive to my wife.' We used to go into gales of laughter in the student lounge when ever the new class was starting in Old Testament History.) Have a good day....
wonderful post i'm all fuzzified now
cath
cath
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Okay, where do I find me a Jack Hudson???
A Jack Hudson? Girl, I want 2!
*paula runs away to write a letter to Santa for 2 Jack Hudson's and mione's facesmooshedupagainstthewindow smiley!*
Magic... we all want some Magic!
What an amazing story Kav.
I love these tales of the team when they were younger with all their character traits coming out even when they were children.
I can just see how they all connected so well when they met up at the FBI after that amazing shared experience.
Soph
I love these tales of the team when they were younger with all their character traits coming out even when they were children.
I can just see how they all connected so well when they met up at the FBI after that amazing shared experience.
Soph
Amazing post Kav...but please come back soon with more!
This is so awesome!
BLT
This is so awesome!
BLT
One more gruesome day and then I'm off for three days! Oh happy day!
“Magic.”
The sound of a childish voice filled with conviction filtered into his mind and into his heart. She was magic.
“Sue…” he murmured, reaching out a hand to flick her hair out of her face, leaving just one golden strand that curved into her cheek. He brushed it away and ran his hand along the side of her face instead. His fingers threaded into her hair, lightly raking over her scalp and she closed her eyes momentarily as she adjusted to the strange sensations.
“I…” he had to clear his throat, even though he knew she couldn’t hear the tremor in his voice. “I couldn’t have stood it if anything happened to you. It seems like lately I’m always turning around and you’re…gone. This time, with Jonathan, it just got to be too much.”
“Jack – he didn’t hurt me…” Sue soothed, grasping his forearm and squeezing it reassuringly.
“But he could have – while I obliviously watched TV right across the hall… I should have…”
“You didn’t know that the blueprints we’d been given were old. No one did. It wasn’t your fault. There wasn’t anything you could have done differently, Jack, ” Sue insisted.
“I could have kicked Tara out and stayed. Kept you in my sight at all times…told you what I wanted to tell you in the first place, what I’m trying to tell you now. Sue, I want you to know that you’ve become much more to me than just a friend…”
His eyes burned into hers, creating a crazy butterfly sensation in her stomach. He edged closer and her heart jumped, then pounded erratically at every pulse point in her body. The warmth in his eyes turned the deep brown to a melting chocolate. Chocolate – a silly nickname for someone she’d known as a child…but she couldn’t remember who that person was. She hadn’t thought of that in years and now suddenly, her mind seemed to be playing tricks on her, casting up half forgotten memories that left her yearning to remember more. It seemed so important yet remained so illusive.
“Sue…I…” Jack just managed to bite back a frustrated curse when Levi and Lucy careened into the hallway. He held Sue firmly so she couldn’t pull away and without taking his eyes from hers, he said tersely. “Luce – give us a minute, will you?”
To her credit Lucy turned on a dime, dragging Levi with her through the living room, past the kitchen and down the hallway. “Take all the time you need, Jack,” she hollered just before he heard the satisfying thud of a door closing and Levi’s mournful bark of disapproval.
“Lucy?” Sue exclaimed, an embarrassed heat scorching her cheeks. “How could I have forgotten about Lucy?” She struggled to move away from him, but he held her fast.
“The same way I forget absolutely everything when I’m alone with you,” Jack explained easily. His hands tugged at her wrist, propelling her forward. He gritted his teeth when he felt the softness of her breasts brush against his chest and he hesitated a moment, knowing that he hadn’t said nearly enough to settle the dark spots between them. His gaze drifted over her face possessively. “Sue, I’m past pretending,” he ground out as he dipped his head so that the warmth of his breath brushed across her skin. She shivered and he flashed her a triumphant smile. He could feel her body’s reaction to him, whether she was ready to admit it or not. It was there in the rapid beating of her pulse, the jagged breath from her softly parted lips, the way she couldn’t tear her eyes away from him. “Let’s not pretend anymore. Let’s be open about what we want.”
Sue barely found the strength to nod as she squirmed under his scrutiny. She watched his face draw nearer and knew in that instant that he was going to kiss her. Her hand frantically reached out to apply pressure to his chest, pushing him back, resisting the way his body seemed to want to melt into hers.
“You can’t kiss me here!” she whispered with a nervous glance in the direction of the bedrooms.
“Lucy said I could have all the time I needed. I’m beginning to think that may be an eternity. And yes, Sue, I am going to kiss you…unless you really object?”
He didn’t wait for a reply, lowering his head without another word. He wanted to claim her lips fast so there wouldn't be time for him to do the honorable thing, if she protested. But she didn’t. The moment his lips touched hers he realized that this was what he had been waiting for since he first met her. The right time and the right place that would bring them together and make this…his lips grazed over hers…right at last. She tasted hot and sweet and all too addicting.
He caught her face in his hands, holding her still as he feathered the lightest of kisses along her soft lips. Satin and velvet and smooth his mouth glided over hers, and his hold tightened as he lifted her chin up, angling her head so he could begin to plunder her mouth with barely concealed hunger. The moment he claimed her lips as his, he took control, not wanting to give her time to think. He traced the outline of her mouth with his tongue, and then repeated the same path with his teeth. He couldn’t think of anything beyond this moment with her in his arms and he couldn’t prevent the groan of hunger that ripped past his lips as he deepened the kiss, using every bit of expertise he had. There’d be no going back this time – he was going to make sure of that.
His mouth moved urgently over hers…hot and demanding and she struggled awkwardly to keep pace, afraid of showing her naivete. His kisses flowed together until she couldn’t tell where one left off and another started, each one deeper, more insistent, more intoxicating than the last. His lips wrecked havoc with her senses and her body began to move restlessly against him. She felt his sharp intake of breath and froze, fearing that she had done something wrong, a whispered apology on her lips. But he kissed it away and then pulled her roughly into a more ardent embrace, one hand dropping from her face to glide along her body until it settled at her hip. He smoothed his palm across her buttock and shifted her closer.
On some level he knew this was too fast, he was being too demanding for an innocent like Sue but the second his lips touched hers he had lost every bit of discipline and control, his body dictating its demands. She had accepted his advances shyly and he had bulldozed past her hesitation, but now she was returning his ardor with some of her own and he recognized the desire he was awakening in her. If he wasn’t careful he would soon lose all control and right now the hardwood floor seemed all to inviting.
His kisses grew even more blistering as his mind conjured up images of Sue sprawled beneath him there, her blonde hair fanned out against the dark wood of the floor, her pale limbs a beautiful contrast for…Breathing heavily he pulled away but she followed him, her body gliding against his, her innocent movements electrifying his already charged skin. His whole body shook when he felt the unmistakable trail of her tongue against his throat. Then her teeth closed around the tender flesh beneath his ear and he jolted backwards.
“Sue!” He didn’t know if it was a plea or a protest, but he did know that he was stretched beyond his limit. His hand fisted in her hair, knotting the tangled mass around his fingers until he could support the back of her head with his hand. Caveman tactics suddenly grew in his estimation and he had the almost irresistible urge to drag her back to his lair. Reluctantly he gently tugged her head away, nearly weeping with the ache of his unfulfilled need. He smiled when he heard her moan of protest and he placed a finger against her lips incase Lucy had her ear pressed to her bedroom door.
“It’s late and I better get going.” He stroked her cheek, her chin, the tip of her nose with a light, tickling finger. “But that was an incredible goodnight kiss.” His eyes rested on her lips longingly. He peppered kisses across her cheek, up to her forehead before pulling her into an emotional hug.
She clung to him, burying her nose into the column of his neck, breathing in the heady scent that was comfortingly familiar. I’ll never forget you. It was just out of reach – this memory that persisted in evading her. If she could just stay like this a moment longer she was sure she would remember it at last. But then his hands dropped to her waist, dipping tantalizing low, his fingers alternately kneading and soothing and everything else fled her mind. She could feel the rumble of his groan as he stepped away, his arms locking her in place so that she couldn’t follow him. He silenced her protest with an all to fleeting kiss. She’d just barely tasted him and he was gone.
He allowed himself one last lingering look and then he curled his hand into a fist, thumb extended in the A handshape, bringing it up to his cheek and twisting it forward.
Sue smiled and nodded. “Tomorrow,” she agreed happily.
Oh happy day!“Magic.”
The sound of a childish voice filled with conviction filtered into his mind and into his heart. She was magic.
“Sue…” he murmured, reaching out a hand to flick her hair out of her face, leaving just one golden strand that curved into her cheek. He brushed it away and ran his hand along the side of her face instead. His fingers threaded into her hair, lightly raking over her scalp and she closed her eyes momentarily as she adjusted to the strange sensations.
“I…” he had to clear his throat, even though he knew she couldn’t hear the tremor in his voice. “I couldn’t have stood it if anything happened to you. It seems like lately I’m always turning around and you’re…gone. This time, with Jonathan, it just got to be too much.”
“Jack – he didn’t hurt me…” Sue soothed, grasping his forearm and squeezing it reassuringly.
“But he could have – while I obliviously watched TV right across the hall… I should have…”
“You didn’t know that the blueprints we’d been given were old. No one did. It wasn’t your fault. There wasn’t anything you could have done differently, Jack, ” Sue insisted.
“I could have kicked Tara out and stayed. Kept you in my sight at all times…told you what I wanted to tell you in the first place, what I’m trying to tell you now. Sue, I want you to know that you’ve become much more to me than just a friend…”
His eyes burned into hers, creating a crazy butterfly sensation in her stomach. He edged closer and her heart jumped, then pounded erratically at every pulse point in her body. The warmth in his eyes turned the deep brown to a melting chocolate. Chocolate – a silly nickname for someone she’d known as a child…but she couldn’t remember who that person was. She hadn’t thought of that in years and now suddenly, her mind seemed to be playing tricks on her, casting up half forgotten memories that left her yearning to remember more. It seemed so important yet remained so illusive.
“Sue…I…” Jack just managed to bite back a frustrated curse when Levi and Lucy careened into the hallway. He held Sue firmly so she couldn’t pull away and without taking his eyes from hers, he said tersely. “Luce – give us a minute, will you?”
To her credit Lucy turned on a dime, dragging Levi with her through the living room, past the kitchen and down the hallway. “Take all the time you need, Jack,” she hollered just before he heard the satisfying thud of a door closing and Levi’s mournful bark of disapproval.
“Lucy?” Sue exclaimed, an embarrassed heat scorching her cheeks. “How could I have forgotten about Lucy?” She struggled to move away from him, but he held her fast.
“The same way I forget absolutely everything when I’m alone with you,” Jack explained easily. His hands tugged at her wrist, propelling her forward. He gritted his teeth when he felt the softness of her breasts brush against his chest and he hesitated a moment, knowing that he hadn’t said nearly enough to settle the dark spots between them. His gaze drifted over her face possessively. “Sue, I’m past pretending,” he ground out as he dipped his head so that the warmth of his breath brushed across her skin. She shivered and he flashed her a triumphant smile. He could feel her body’s reaction to him, whether she was ready to admit it or not. It was there in the rapid beating of her pulse, the jagged breath from her softly parted lips, the way she couldn’t tear her eyes away from him. “Let’s not pretend anymore. Let’s be open about what we want.”
Sue barely found the strength to nod as she squirmed under his scrutiny. She watched his face draw nearer and knew in that instant that he was going to kiss her. Her hand frantically reached out to apply pressure to his chest, pushing him back, resisting the way his body seemed to want to melt into hers.
“You can’t kiss me here!” she whispered with a nervous glance in the direction of the bedrooms.
“Lucy said I could have all the time I needed. I’m beginning to think that may be an eternity. And yes, Sue, I am going to kiss you…unless you really object?”
He didn’t wait for a reply, lowering his head without another word. He wanted to claim her lips fast so there wouldn't be time for him to do the honorable thing, if she protested. But she didn’t. The moment his lips touched hers he realized that this was what he had been waiting for since he first met her. The right time and the right place that would bring them together and make this…his lips grazed over hers…right at last. She tasted hot and sweet and all too addicting.
He caught her face in his hands, holding her still as he feathered the lightest of kisses along her soft lips. Satin and velvet and smooth his mouth glided over hers, and his hold tightened as he lifted her chin up, angling her head so he could begin to plunder her mouth with barely concealed hunger. The moment he claimed her lips as his, he took control, not wanting to give her time to think. He traced the outline of her mouth with his tongue, and then repeated the same path with his teeth. He couldn’t think of anything beyond this moment with her in his arms and he couldn’t prevent the groan of hunger that ripped past his lips as he deepened the kiss, using every bit of expertise he had. There’d be no going back this time – he was going to make sure of that.
His mouth moved urgently over hers…hot and demanding and she struggled awkwardly to keep pace, afraid of showing her naivete. His kisses flowed together until she couldn’t tell where one left off and another started, each one deeper, more insistent, more intoxicating than the last. His lips wrecked havoc with her senses and her body began to move restlessly against him. She felt his sharp intake of breath and froze, fearing that she had done something wrong, a whispered apology on her lips. But he kissed it away and then pulled her roughly into a more ardent embrace, one hand dropping from her face to glide along her body until it settled at her hip. He smoothed his palm across her buttock and shifted her closer.
On some level he knew this was too fast, he was being too demanding for an innocent like Sue but the second his lips touched hers he had lost every bit of discipline and control, his body dictating its demands. She had accepted his advances shyly and he had bulldozed past her hesitation, but now she was returning his ardor with some of her own and he recognized the desire he was awakening in her. If he wasn’t careful he would soon lose all control and right now the hardwood floor seemed all to inviting.
His kisses grew even more blistering as his mind conjured up images of Sue sprawled beneath him there, her blonde hair fanned out against the dark wood of the floor, her pale limbs a beautiful contrast for…Breathing heavily he pulled away but she followed him, her body gliding against his, her innocent movements electrifying his already charged skin. His whole body shook when he felt the unmistakable trail of her tongue against his throat. Then her teeth closed around the tender flesh beneath his ear and he jolted backwards.
“Sue!” He didn’t know if it was a plea or a protest, but he did know that he was stretched beyond his limit. His hand fisted in her hair, knotting the tangled mass around his fingers until he could support the back of her head with his hand. Caveman tactics suddenly grew in his estimation and he had the almost irresistible urge to drag her back to his lair. Reluctantly he gently tugged her head away, nearly weeping with the ache of his unfulfilled need. He smiled when he heard her moan of protest and he placed a finger against her lips incase Lucy had her ear pressed to her bedroom door.
“It’s late and I better get going.” He stroked her cheek, her chin, the tip of her nose with a light, tickling finger. “But that was an incredible goodnight kiss.” His eyes rested on her lips longingly. He peppered kisses across her cheek, up to her forehead before pulling her into an emotional hug.
She clung to him, burying her nose into the column of his neck, breathing in the heady scent that was comfortingly familiar. I’ll never forget you. It was just out of reach – this memory that persisted in evading her. If she could just stay like this a moment longer she was sure she would remember it at last. But then his hands dropped to her waist, dipping tantalizing low, his fingers alternately kneading and soothing and everything else fled her mind. She could feel the rumble of his groan as he stepped away, his arms locking her in place so that she couldn’t follow him. He silenced her protest with an all to fleeting kiss. She’d just barely tasted him and he was gone.
He allowed himself one last lingering look and then he curled his hand into a fist, thumb extended in the A handshape, bringing it up to his cheek and twisting it forward.
Sue smiled and nodded. “Tomorrow,” she agreed happily.
That was wonderful kav Lin
Oh wow.
You need to write more of those kind of posts. I loved every second of that one. 
But I have a feeling Sue is going to be attacked by Lucy as soon as that front door closes....
You need to write more of those kind of posts. I loved every second of that one.
But I have a feeling Sue is going to be attacked by Lucy as soon as that front door closes....
Wow..... 
~laura michelle~
~laura michelle~
Um....wow That post was certainly worth waiting for.
That post was certainly worth waiting for.
I love the teasing hint of a memory!
Oh my! Loved the almost memories from the rain ride coming to the surface and the...well pretty much everything really. Except that bit at the end were there weren't any more words.
QUOTE
The right time and the right place that would bring them together and make [this…his lips grazed over hers…right at last. She tasted hot and sweet and all too addicting.
How do you do it? Make every scene so vivid and magical. Wow!Enjoy your three days off.
Wonderful........absolutely wonderful!
BLT
QUOTE(Kav @ Nov 22 2006, 09:34 PM)
Jack just managed to bite back a frustrated curse when Levi and Lucy careened into the hallway. He held Sue firmly so she couldn’t pull away and without taking his eyes from hers, he said tersely. “Luce – give us a minute, will you?”
QUOTE(Kav @ Nov 22 2006, 09:34 PM)
“How could I have forgotten about Lucy?” She struggled to move away from him, but he held her fast.
“The same way I forget absolutely everything when I’m alone with you,” Jack explained easily.
“The same way I forget absolutely everything when I’m alone with you,” Jack explained easily.
QUOTE(Kav @ Nov 22 2006, 09:34 PM)
“Let’s not pretend anymore. Let’s be open about what we want.”
QUOTE(Kav @ Nov 22 2006, 09:34 PM)
And yes, Sue, I am going to kiss you…unless you really object?”
Sue may be naive - but she ain't no dummy!QUOTE(Kav @ Nov 22 2006, 09:34 PM)
There’d be no going back this time – he was going to make sure of that.
There are soooo many things I loved about that post - can you tell? Jack was absolutely captivating in his manly-not-gonna-let-anyone-or-anything-interrupt mode. I'd faint again if I had the capacity......but I've met my fainting quota.
Wowzer!
tomorrow what ?????
update please more more of the story and i also LUV the story so far
MORE MORE MORE PLEASE
Thanks,
Tamara`
update please more more of the story and i also LUV the story so far
MORE MORE MORE PLEASE
Thanks,
Tamara`
Amazingly magical. That is what this story has been and continues to be!
Kim
Kim
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