The Docks- Sunday afternoon

[solo_sword]

Jaina Solo was awash in a sea of emotions. Life had been going so well for her, having finally gotten over the pain of her broken engagement and the loss of Charles and the long, drawn-out court case that had developed after her mother Brooke had accused her in public of attempted murder. But things were good now. She ran the biggest modeling agency on the East Coast now, and she and her mother had patched up their differences and forgotten all about that suffocation thing. Perhaps she'd even try to get married again soon, she was due for a new love interest.

And now Charles was back, and John Sheppard was back in her life, and she knew something about Wade and had to find a way to bring him down, and Brooke wanted to talk to her. Apparently that thread had carried over into the next day. She could only imagine what was next.

So for the moment she found herself on the docks, hugging herself as she stared out at the water, searching for answers.


[So totally open.]

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[rocksthescarf.livejournal.com]

Charles had a wedding to stop dramatically attend to today but that didn't mean that he couldn't spare some time to brood by the docks. He was pleasantly surprised to see Jaina there as well. Or was it Brooke? He could never be sure.

"I didn't expect to see you here." Did that make sense? No, not really. Did it matter? Absolutely not.

[solo_sword]

"Charles!" Jaina cried, rushing towards him. She thought she would never see him again, and now that he was here... "I thought you were dead!"

[rocksthescarf.livejournal.com]

"Death didn't stick," Charles said. "John's such a failure he can't even kill somebody correctly."

[solo_sword]

"His failures were always the thing I liked the least about him, besides the lying and cheating and using me for my fortune," Jaina said. "But this time... This time I'm glad he failed."

[rocksthescarf.livejournal.com]

Charles smiled even though he was well aware that Jaina would stab him in the back at any given moment. "You can't imagine how happy I am to hear that. I've always thought we made a good pair."

[solo_sword]

"When no one was trying to tear us apart, you mean." Sure, she'd cheated on John with Charles, but that wasn't the point! There was family pressure! If only she wasn't a Skywalker, and if only her inheritance wouldn't be so large!

[rocksthescarf.livejournal.com]

"There's no one trying to tear us apart now," Charles couldn't help but notice. And, yes, that was complete with a smooth walk towards Jaina.

[solo_sword]

Oh, how she'd hoped he would say that. "But someone will. You know they will," she said, stepping towards him.

[rocksthescarf.livejournal.com]

"Who? John?" Charles asked. "I wouldn't count on him being able to protest anything for much longer."

Because Charles would have revenge for his death, oh yes.

[solo_sword]

Jaina looked fearful. "Why? What are you planning, Charles?"

[rocksthescarf.livejournal.com]

"Nothing you need to worry your pretty little head about," he said, reaching out to caress Jaina's oh-so-pretty cheek. "Just know John is going to be out of our lives once and for all very soon."

[solo_sword]

But! But! She still had some sort of feelings for John, obviously, and if nothing else he was a really good kisser, and was into some dirty things that couldn't possibly make it to air.

"You... you diabolical monster!" she said, and then slapped him.

She found the diabolical monster thing kind of hot, really.

[rocksthescarf.livejournal.com]

Charles' hair flipped so prettily when he got slapped. No wonder people did it so often. Luckily he's learned to recover well from them. "So what if I am a monster? Don't act like you don't love it."

[solo_sword]

"I don't know what you're talking about," Jaina said, but then she was moving to make out with him, so there that was.

[rocksthescarf.livejournal.com]

Charles was never one to turn down a make out, ever. Oh, the Skywalkers and their love of evil. It was almost as bad as Winchesters and their love for each other.

[solo_sword]

When she pulled back, she said confidently, "We'll find a way to be together."

Even if it meant she had to cheat rather than waving all her indiscretions around. She was used to that.

[rocksthescarf.livejournal.com]

Charles smiled at her. "Nothing will be able to stop us this time."

Except, you know, their families, constant cheating and various kinds of natural disasters that seemed to strike around sweeps.

[sixstandingby.livejournal.com]

After leaving John at JGOB, Gavin was back down at the docks, spying two other people who had been cozy with John in different ways. He kept hidden in the convenient fog and quietly plotted how they would both have to disappear.

No one would ruin his progression into John's life. No one would divert John's attention from him. They would both meet their ends if they had to. Gavin smirked deviously before disappearing into the mist.

[gobrookeyourself]

Brooke had been out for a thoughtful walk to the docks, and who she found there was a pleasant surprise. She could only hope it was still pleasant once Jaina heard what she had to say.

"Jaina! I've been looking for you."

[solo_sword]

"I was just going to see you," Jaina said. For two days.

Sure, Brooke didn't look old enough to have a daughter Jaina's age, but that wasn't unusual for this town. She was just glad they had patched things up and things were good between them. No matter what Luke tried to do to her.

[gobrookeyourself]

"Good. I really need to talk to you," Brooke told her. She was so concerned this would go wrong, so horribly wrong.

[solo_sword]

"You look so worried," Jaina noticed. "What's wrong?"

[gobrookeyourself]

"Well, what I have to say... it's not great news," she said, still holding out to keep up the suspense.

[solo_sword]

"What's wrong, Mom? Are you... Are you dying again?" No! She couldn't lose her so soon after finding her! After she tried to smother her to death and steal her personality while she was dying of a rare tropical disease!

[gobrookeyourself]

Brooke winced at hearing 'Mom', thinking it all a lie now. "No, I'm not dying. But it's still bad."

[solo_sword]

"Then tell me. What's wrong?" The imagination had to be worse than the truth!

[gobrookeyourself]

Brooke was quiet for a long time as they came back from commercial, and then she took a deep breath. "You remember my rare tropical disease, that had given me the amnesia that meant I had no idea you were my daughter?"

[solo_sword]

"Yes, of course." That was when she'd tried to kill her, after all.

[gobrookeyourself]

"The amnesia wasn't from the disease, Jaina," Brooke explained. "Someone gave me amnesia and implanted false memories in me to destroy the Skywalkers. I'm not really your mother. In fact, we're not related at all."

[solo_sword]

For a long moment, Jaina could only stare at her in shock.

[solo_sword]

And then they came back from commercial, and Jaina demanded, "You're not my real mother?"

[gobrookeyourself]

"I'm so sorry, Jaina," Brooke said. "I so wanted it to be another lie, to actually be your mother, but-"

[solo_sword]

"Don't lie to me!" Jaina yelled. "You've never wanted this! A child was too much for you, and I just reminded you of the youth that you'd lost!" Ignore that she and Brooke had thought themselves twins until last year. "Well, you know what? I'm not sorry!"

And then she slapped her.

[gobrookeyourself]

Brooke's head turned with the force of the slap, and she brought her hand up to her stinging cheek, hurt and dismayed.

[solo_sword]

But all the hurt and dismay in the world couldn't match the hurt and dismay Jaina felt, along with anger, and worry, and a lot of other things that was hard to get through in one facial expression.

At a loss for what else to do, she made out with her.

[gobrookeyourself]

Brooke had no real choice but to make out with her right back. This was so wrong! But oh it felt so right! But wrong. Very, very wrong.

And yet not the creepiest thing a Skywalker could do, Luke.

[solo_sword]

Roughly, Jaina shoved her away, pointing a finger at her threateningly. "You're out of my life," she snarled. "I never want to hear from you again!"

[gobrookeyourself]

Brooke looked down at her tearfully. "If that's what you really want, I'll go," she said, and turned to do so.

But wow, that makeout had been hot.

Wait. Could making out with the girl she'd thought was her sister and then her daughter have clued her into the fact that she might be... a lesbian?

Wait, no, sweeps was November. Nevermind.

[solo_sword]

Once she was gone, Jaina turned back to look at the water, and let herself cry.

Prettily, though. Always prettily.

[nofishinmypond.livejournal.com]

A little ways off in the distance, Jack sat on his boat, fishing and sipping a beer like he usually did.

And then the boat blew up in a horribly fatal fireball of explosion.