Jai blushed and laughed, "It's ok, Zoe...your awfully right, so don't be sorry. Now, why did you scream like that. You scared the living force out of us."

Zoe ran her fingers through her hair, still looking down.


It was nothing to worry about. I didn't mean to disturb you. I can leave if you'd like to be alone.


She started to get up and head for the door.

Jai looked at Lupercus and then at Zoe. She slipped out of his embrace and walked up behind Zoe, takeing her hand.

"Leave? Sweetheart, where would you go? And besides, I don't want you to go. Why don't you go to your room, get out of those clothes, put on your pj's and get into bed. It's late. Cm'on. I'll help you."

Jai turned with Zoe towards the room that she'd showed her earlier. She looked over her shoulder at Lupercus and mouthed, I'm SO sorry.

Lupercus nodded and wandered back to the bedroom. Closing his eyes, his thoughts drifted back to that night on Hapes, their energy and passion had fueled each other for sessions lasting hours, the sun rising before they were both sated. He walked to the window and began to stare out onto the people passing below. Pinhead tried to surface but he was surpressed with a haste bred of desire.

He would not let Pinhead rise and ruin what he, they, had.

Zoe looked at Jaina a minute, then looked back at Lupercus, then back at Jaina, pulling her hand away and heading for the door again



I can wait outside.

"No, Zoe really...please stay. Lupercus isn't staying long, I'm going to go to bed soon too. Please don't go. Just get ready for bed and I'll be in to check on you soon."

Zoe sighed and nodded, then went into the room she had been shown earlier. She grabbed some of the blankets off the bed, made a little pallet on the floor and curled up in a little ball.

Jai felt bad as she watched her saunter off to her room. She shouldn't have made her uncomfortable like that...but Jai couldn't change her life just to accomadate Zoe. Zoe would have to change a little and Jai would have to change a little...but her lovelife wasn't going anywhere. She and Lupercus would just have to learn to be quiet.

Jai nodded her head decisively and walked back to her room. She found Lupercus stareing out the window, in his own little world. She walked over and tapped him on the shoulder, "Hi...".

Lupercus turned around and leant back partially out of the window. His hands reached up to hear hips, a smile on his lips.

"Quiet huh? I don't know if thats possible after last time!"

Lupercus grinned as she stood confused.

"I'd read your mind, sorry."

Jai gave him a playfully stern look. "I should have known. Only a sith with stoop so low."

With the look he gave her, she yelped and giggled as she leaped onto and over to the other side of the bed, putting some space between them. She stuck out her tongue at him and smirked.