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8/14/2019 Jacket Fic

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“But if…-if you’re off, what a-about the others?”

Slowly, she shook her head as she concentrated on the road in front of her –

having not driven a car for three years, Jack was impressed she wasn’t speeding like amad-demon down the street. He fell silent, his head already beginning to get a headache

built up. He tried to focus on the fact that he had small droplets of blood rolling down his

cheek from where he had landed in the smashed bits of glass when he had fallen. He pressed his hand to his cheek and winced.

“Don’t do that, you’ll make it worse.” Juliet said quietly, suddenly at his door. He

hadn’t realized they had reached his apartment. She helped him out and up the stairs, intothe mess he called an apartment. Shutting the door with her foot, she helped him over to

the couch and let him sit down as she wandered silently into the bathroom down the hall.

He moved in an out of an unconscious state, the alcohol in his system taking its effect.

But Juliet soon returned, a glass of water in one hand, a washcloth and tweezers inthe other. She set them down on the coffee table and sat on the couch next to him.

“Are you going to be a good patient so I can get the bits of glass out?”

He nodded and she smiled.

“Good.”They sat in silence for a moment; the only sound was when the small bits of glass

hit the table as Juliet pulled them out, one by one.“Jack, I have to admit, I’m not here just to rescue you from giving yourself

alcohol poisoning.” She said quietly after a moment. He sighed – there was always

something.

He gestured for her to continue as he winced as another piece of glass wasdislodged from his cheek.

“I’m here to tell you that you have to come back Jack. To the island. Save us.”

Juliet said, and set the tweezers down, picking up the washcloth and dipping it in thewater, pressing it to his cheek to get rid of the extra blood.

“But you’re already off the Island.” He pointed out, his eyes closed at the

coldness of the washcloth upon his flushed skin. She chuckled ever so slightly, andglanced to the corner, where he had set up a Christmas tree – it was a bit ragged looking,

but none the less it was a Christmas tree. She smiled slightly – she had missed Christmas.

But she focused her attention back on Jack.“I think it’s time you went to bed, Jack. After all, it’s Christmas Eve and you

haven’t slept in days.”

“How’d you know that, Juliet?”

She just smiled and pushed him back down on the couch, tucking one of the pillows under his head. He mumbled something unintelligible, but was asleep in

moments. Juliet smiled and tossed a blanket over him and took one last look at the tree,

before she seemed to disappear into thin air.

X

Jack jerked up, the blanket covering him falling to the floor as he fumbled to get it

off of him. He ran a hand over his face, his head splitting with a headache. He sighed and

managed to get to his feet, moving in the general direction of the bathroom. He downed

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