Jack's Workshop: Salene/Ryan/Jack

[_jack_]

Jack led Salene and Ryan away from the foyer to his workshop, walking quickly to get them to follow quickly, trying to keep the attention from their exit. As he reached the doorway, he turned and watched to make sure no one was following them, before facing into the room. "Uhh, take a seat," he moved to pick up some of his tools from one of his

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[_salene_]

Jack's behavior almost as soon as they approached his workshop instantly put Salene on edge, it was as if he expected ninja assassins to jump out and take him out before he could share the top secret news. She perched nervously on the edge of the stool, instinctively reaching for Ryan's hand for comfort. She really didn't want to hear bad news just after the wedding and ceremony, what a total mood killer. But, Salene knew her place and responsibilities, and someone in her positions couldn't expect to linger in extended happiness for long. But why had he asked Ryan to come along

[tribal_ryan]

Ryan was as confused as Salene looked, every time he looked at her, the look on her face reflected how he felt inside. "I'm really sorry to hear that, Jack, about Ellie," Ryan didn't understand letting someone else go because you loved them so much. He supposed he had felt that when he'd first returned, Salene had been with Pride, and yeah, Ryan had been kind of livid with secret jealousy, but he'd also felt somewhat responsible, what with never returning

[_jack_]

Jack looked, and felt, ashamed of himself as Salene told him it was a bad idea to have moved on already. He knew that, deep down inside, he knew that, but he hadn't exactly moved on, just been...comforted. He was about to explain that, to tell them that he hadn't meant it just quite like that, but then Salene was standing up and she'd said it before he could. Anna. His heart raced at the very mention of her name, and he blushed. A smile started to tilt itself onto his face, when Ryan reacted, slowly at first, then going into that territory that he knew was dangerous

[_salene_]

Salene instinctively reached out to touch Ryan's arm as he reacted adversely. She wasn't feeling any less angry with Jack, for the love of crickets, Anna had only arrived yesterday and was just trying to settle herself, and her siblings, into life in the Mall, and already Jack was putting the moves on her?? She had it hardest of all of them, because she had to deal with Tatty and his, whatever that was, it certainly couldn't help for Jack to put moves on her and confuse her. He was recovering from a relationship that had, for many years, shaped who Jack was emotionally. Ellie lived in the Mall, with her boyfriend, that had to be hard on Jack, emotionally, and he was what? Recovering his emotions through putting moves on Anna?!

"Jack," she began to lecture him, stopping when he spoke again. Ebony had said he wanted to get Anna pregnant?! What? Salene looked completely confused now, "What? Ebony? Why in the world would she say that? Jack, what is going on?"