Jay peered through his telescope at the thick stream of smoke coming from below. Ten, nine... "By the looks of it, I might suffocate before I land," he said aloud, letting the disdain drip through...your business ," Morpheus said smoothly, snatching it up. "Uh- huh ." Csaba headed smoothly for the door of the infirmary. "Well, you seem like an honest guy. Come on, I'll show you to your room."

Title: Reach Characters/Pairings: Jay, Shirley; also various other party members Summary: They have the kind of understanding only a long, enduring friendship can create. Notes: THIS HAD BEEN SITTING... She looks directly into his eyes, jaw set; he glances away, and in that moment, they both know he has lost the argument. "I'll be fine," Shirley says firmly. He nods and motions for her to follow.

"You see? There's no need for you to struggle, child." Under his hand, the boy was trembling. "S-shut up ," he choked out, voice thick with the heaviness of inevitability; the furious light in his.... "You love me, don't you?" " No. " "Is that so?" Solon's eyes narrowed. "I'm afraid I don't believe you, Jay." THAT'S NOT WHERE I WANTED TO END IT BUT I DON'T FEEL LIKE WRITING THIS ANY MOR

Suzanne Vega - Solitude Standing Those who had been fortunate enough to run into the masked woman and come away alive all agreed on one thing--she was beautiful. Entrancing, even. Her slim silhouette...in the next world, you know, child." He can't see anything. "Is that...true?") "--bare your soul." He closed his eyes. "It's something we all have to be aware of. Don't let your guard down."

Blue October - Sound of Pulling Heaven Down "Get your head out of my lap, you stupid bandit." Moses grinned his insufferable grin up at Jay. "Don' wanna." He didn't move. Jay made a tiny, annoyed...being--" "Yeah?" Jay stared into the distance. "...ridiculous." His grip on Moses' fingers tightened ever so slightly. stars that I could reach - walter/shirley deep enough to dream - senel/shirle

Moses is up and over and all around him, and Jay finds himself suddenly unable to breathe as the reality of the moment catches up with him: he is here , and Moses is here, and Jay is suddenly...and relaxes as he gives the appropriately irritated reply; it is not the same, he reminds himself. An old memory, six or eight years old, stirs in his mind, but it is not the same, it is not the same .

HEY GUYS, EFFIE HERE. THIS FIC IS SEVEN THOUSAND WORDS LONG AND A REALLY GOOD EXAMPLE OF WHY YOU NEVER WANT TO READ MY FIRST DRAFTS OF EVERYTHING. ALSO NOW WE HAVE FIVE MEMBERS. Say hi to urbydizzy...to make sense of her sister's death, finds herself playing surrogate mother to a bunch of orphans, and learns the true meaning of forgiveness. Notes: s-sob. She was going around in circles.