Only human

Chapter-9

The sunlight peeked through the curtains of the Jack's bedroom window and onto the sleeping form of Arcee who began to stir. She opened her eyes and realised it was morning she threw off the covers revealing the T-shirt and sweatpants she had kept to sleep in. As she stretched her thoughts went to yesterday and her trip to the mall with Miko, other than the sales woman and the slushy incidents she had enjoyed it. But then her thoughts went to after the mall, the way Jack reacted when he saw her in her new clothes and how for the rest of the night how he would sneak glances at her and then turn away with face turning red. When she had asked Jack about it he said it was nothing and wouldn't say any more about it. Arcee wasn't sure why but she actually liked the idea of Jack staring at her, it made her feel good inside. Shaking her head she decided forget about it for the moment and get ready for the day.

Arcee headed towards the bathroom, when she reached the door she could hear running water. She opened the door to see the shower curtain drawn and the shower going. Jack who was using the shower, heard the door open and pulled the curtain a little so he could see who it was.

"ARCEE" Jack panicked retreating back behind the shower curtain "What are you doing in here?"

"I need to use the bathroom" she said simply.

"Arcee I'm in the shower" his voice showing panic.

"I can see that" she said not seeing the problem.

"Arcee I'm NAKED in here" Jack hoped this would make her leave.

No such luck as Arcee simply rolled her eyes "I can't see through the curtain and I really can't wait" with that she moved to the toilet.

When Jack woke up this morning he thought he start the day with a nice relaxing shower, it was clear now that the relaxing part was gone. Since Jack couldn't stop her, he tried very hard to pretend she wasn't there. 'Arcee not here' he told himself 'She's not in the bathroom. She's not pulling her pants down...' Jack shook his head, this was not helping.

After a couple of minutes Arcee was finished "There that wasn't so bad was it?" she asked as she washed her hands. "I don't know what your so worried about Jack. I mean you already saw me naked in the cave" she added brushing her teeth. Jack was glad for the curtain so Arcee couldn't see him blush as he tried not to remember. Arcee walked to the door but stopped "Almost forgot" she walked back over and flushed the toilet.

The heard this and tried to stop her "Arcee Don't..." but the water suddenly turned ice cold on him "COLD" he yelled before turning off the freezing water. Jack let out an aggravated sigh and pulled the curtain back enough to glare at Arcee who just there looking surprised.

"What?" she asked.

A few minutes later after he politely but firmly asked Arcee to leave, Jack finished in the bathroom and got dressed. He joined her in the Kitchen for breakfast and since June had another early sift so it was just the two of them.

"So," Arcee began "any plans for today?"

Jack looked up from his cereal "Well no job or school today so I guess we can just hang out today".

Arcee liked the idea but something occurred to her "What will we do?" she asked "Considering we can't hang out like we normally do".

Jack thought about it for moment, one of their favourite things was riding together and occasionally breaking her speed records. But while that wasn't an option they could now hang out in public.

"How about we go see a movie" he suggested.

"Sounds good, I call Bumble Bee and have him drop us off" she said taking a cell phone out of her pocket. As Arcee called the scout she noticed Jack was looking at her "What?"