Neck

"Huh?" Wayne swings his head around, bringing Jackie into focus. "Oh, just, um... observing."

Erik laughs, his smile making his eyes sparkle. "Earth to Wayne."

"Mm-hmm." Wayne grins and focuses on the table for a moment, wishing Jackie hadn't noticed his quietness. "I'm from a faraway planet to begin with - forgive me when my mind wanders from Earth."

Erik still smiles and gives Jackie a glance. "He doesn't ever take you off-planet with him, does he?"

"You kidding?" Wayne smirks. "This chick wouldn't let me take her across the street let alone off the planet."

Erik quirks an eyebrow, not having yet figured out the relationship between these two. "Aw - I think she trusts you more than that."

"Oh, it has nothing to do with trust. I'm just a pain in her patooty."

"Patooty." Erik swallows another laugh. "Careful. Someone might think you were being inappropriate."

Wayne coughs, his face turning red. "Sorry. Neck. We'll stick with neck."

"She has a nice neck too."

Wayne blinks, seeing Erik remaining completely cool while implying that... Wayne's mouth hangs open.

Erik's laugh slips out and he pours a glass of water, pushing it over to Wayne. "You look like you need this."

Wayne blinks again and takes the glass, throwing Jackie a look. "You... you were saying?"


Hearing Jess' words, Axel believed her... she never had thought he'd committed the crime, and for that, he would be forever grateful. As she hugs him, he still feels a little numb from everything, but starting to recover, he slips his arms around her too.

Burying his face into her shoulder, he isn't sure whether his emotions would continue to hold up or not. He straightens a little and grabs the tv remote to play the movie again, but only so there's some noise. Then turning, he pulls Jess sideways into his lap. Holding her close, he rests his head on her shoulder, not allowing her to see his face as he kisses her cheek softly.

"Thank you for believing in me." His voice wavers as he gropes for control. He was so relieved, but it was such an emotional topic to begin with that it felt as though his heart just didn't know how to handle it.

His arms stay locked around her and he sighs deeply before giving her neck a gentle kiss, then another before moving up to her cheek again. "You're special, Jess... you always will be."


Pete shakes his head. "Naw... Nikki's busy tonight - party life isn't quite her thing anyway."

Grinning, he rolls his eyes. "Yeah... I might be able to set you up with a girl. Depends on who's there." He winks and moves towards the door. "Come on. Get back to your room and behave for a few more hours then I'll be back to get you. Don't do anything to tip off Reese and..." He pauses, his grin growing sly. "...we'll slip out of here under the radar."


Carson smiles as he talks on the phone with Misty, moving about the kitchen and reaching over Dani's shoulder to add more cheese to the pizza she was making. "I'm not so sure you really are kidding," he teases. "I'll be extra careful tonight if I dare ask again what you were doing."

He glances back out to the tables and gestures for Aerith to take out some more pitchers of soda while still talking to Misty, his smile softening. "Love you too. Call me when you get out of work... if I'm still here you can come here instead."