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Jack had been given a couple bottles of wine, the last of the old batch, from that dark haired man who never took off his glasses. He had his suspicions there was more to it than a kind gesture, but he wasn't about to pass it up.

He took them both to the waterfall to chill in the cold water and watched the stars for a while before he opened the first bottle. It was a nice night for a change, and he'd been having it relatively easy lately. A celebratory drink...deserved a song. He sang softly, something he'd heard years ago that had stuck with him. He didn't even remember what all the words meant in that language, but it was pretty.

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[captainjack.livejournal.com]

"No! Really," he insisted, cupping his hands to his chest. "They were like this. Amazing. I've only met a few women like that."

[sortofaman.livejournal.com]

"Spose it only goes to show that you were bloody pneumatic as a woman," the Doctor drawled. "Anyone surprised by this?"

Anyone being the birds and small animals about, apparently.

[captainjack.livejournal.com]

"I was," he shrugged. "I figured I'd look like one of the femaleons on Zoratoraxea, remember?" he laughed.

[sortofaman.livejournal.com]

"How could I forget," the Doctor moaned. "Dear god."

[captainjack.livejournal.com]

"She liiiiked you," he laughed, taking another swallow. "Thought you'd be a groomslave for certain."

[sortofaman.livejournal.com]

"It was the ears, wasn't it. I knew I had bad feelings about those ears from day one."

[captainjack.livejournal.com]

"...Sign of fertility. See, I told you. I told you to wear the hat. I told you," he grinned, looking at the level in the bottle. "I think I might be a little drunk."

[sortofaman.livejournal.com]

"You...want me to help get you home?" the Doctor, who was drunk but not THAT drunk, asked.

[captainjack.livejournal.com]

"Naaaah," he chuckled. "I'm good."

[sortofaman.livejournal.com]

"You sure?" the Doctor asked. "I could hide before House saw me."

[captainjack.livejournal.com]

He snorted and shook his head. "It's not that. God, he'll think I fucked you whether he sees you or not."

[sortofaman.livejournal.com]

"Is that because of me or because of you?" the Doctor asked.

[captainjack.livejournal.com]

"Me," he chuckled, surprised the Doctor couldn't figure that much out. "I'm a slut, haven't you heard?"

[sortofaman.livejournal.com]

"I might have done." The Doctor, to be honest, was less certain that this was about Jack than about House's inability to trust anyone.

[captainjack.livejournal.com]

"Right, so, anyway..." Jack said, not quite sure what else to say.

[sortofaman.livejournal.com]

"We should do this again," the Doctor said, grinning a bit.

[captainjack.livejournal.com]

"Get drunk?"

[sortofaman.livejournal.com]

"Shoot the shit, as Stu would say."

[captainjack.livejournal.com]

Jack snorted and shook his head. "Mayhap we ought," he drawled like the Texan.

[sortofaman.livejournal.com]

"If you don' wanna be seen with n'oldtimer..." the Doctor drawled in reply.

[captainjack.livejournal.com]

"Reckon you'll do," he replied, shaking his head. "God, that man rubs off on you."

[sortofaman.livejournal.com]

"Sometimes I think I should have stuck to the few words idea," the Doctor said, thoughtfully. "Can still make a big impression."

[captainjack.livejournal.com]

"Can frustrate the hell out of a person," Jack replied. "They've been having me for dinner, and he's fine with just letting me talk."

[sortofaman.livejournal.com]

"Well, you're pretty damn good at it," the Doctor pointed out, reaching over and taking a slug from the wine.

[captainjack.livejournal.com]

"I thought you cut yourself off."