(Yes! That's a great idea- very dramatic xD. Love it!)

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Jack couldn't help but shiver slightly at her touch- much lighter than anything he'd felt before. He focused on the question, though, determined not to scare her off. "I can't remember. I don't think it was from anything else, because I haven't done anything to hurt myself since then, but I guess I don't know." He answered, his fingers gently brushing her shoulder.

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Quinn let out a small breath, worried. "Did that hurt? I'm sorry- I should get some herbs right now." She glanced up at him and pulled away hurriedly, turning back towards the forest and looking for the plants. To her relief, she found them rather quickly. Bringing them back to him, she swiftly made the paste that would help with infection and numb the pain, then applied it. "It should be fine now." Quinn said curtly as she turned away again, going to gather the herbs she had formerly needed.

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Jack nodded after Quinn was done. "Thank you.." He barely had time to get out the words before she was striding away. He took a step forward and caught her by the arm, pulling her back. "Quinn, I know a great spot not too far from here where we can watch the sunset. Want to join me, tonight?" He asked, a hopeful tone flickering into his voice. He stepped slightly closer, looking at her.

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Quinn sucked in a small breath, not sure whether to be annoyed or what. However, she could feel her heart beat slightly faster. Romantic wise, things with her and Sage had deteriorated after her pregnancy and him getting hurt and everything... she understood, but she still yearned for the feeling of someone close near her, touching her, physically caring about her. Jack looked so pleading. He couldn't mean anything bad, could he? "... yeah, that'd be nice." She said quietly, pulling away again and starting to pick the herbs she needed. Her head ducked slightly, she headed back towards the cabin, taking a deep breath before she got there and hiding the emotions on her face. She stashed the herbs, then went inside the cabin, as Sage wasn't outside, which meant the babies had probably woken up. She saw him with Frynn in his arms, in the rocking chair. "Hey. Did she wake up?" She asked with a faint smile.

(ok lol)

Sage hadn't heard the rest of what was being said between his wife and Jack once he'd gone inside. He could dimly make out their voices, but the walls kept him from really understanding anything by then. He could have figured it out if he had really wanted to....but he found himself focusing more on the baby in his arms rather than what Quinn and Jack were doing with whatever cut the guy had managed to get.

He glanced up when he heard Quinn come inside and nodded, looking back down at the baby. "yeah. I heard her start moving around and didn't want to have her start crying and wake Caspian," he noted with a soft chuckle. "You get everything you need," he asked, cocking his head slightly, as he always did. He couldn't read her face...which did admittedly worry him a little bit. She smelled ok, the didn't seem hurt or scared or anything. She smelled happy. But....normally, her emotions were clear on her face, so it did confuse him a bit.

Quinn was the slightest bit worried and anxious and a little confused, but she had become an expert at completely shadowing her emotions, so she just hoped Sage couldn't smell the guilt. Could he smell emotion? Pfft, maybe not when she put it THAT way, but emotions triggered physical things, like smiling if happy or sweating if exhausted, so she guessed it was possible. "Of course, Caspian is still snoozing strong." Quinn chuckled lightly, wiping her mind of anything but her husband and the baby. Jack was a friend, but Sage, Frynn, and Caspian were her life. She walked over to the couch and quietly sat down, tucking her legs up near her chest with a slightly tired yawn. "Yeah. I'm glad there are herbs so close to this place.. otherwise it would've taken much longer." She commented, gazing out the window for a few moments.

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Jack had returned and was sitting outside again, under the tree, looking at the sky and waiting to see when the sun would be low enough.

Sage let out a fond chuckle when Quinn brought up their son, glancing over at the sleeping baby with a nod, the corner of his lip curling upwards. "I don't know where he got the ability to sleep like that from," he chuckled. Neither of them were incredibly deep sleepers....Quinn could sleep through some thinngs, but certainly not to that level. It was rather amusing, honeslty. He hummed in agreement to her comment about the herbs, nodding before cocking his head. "You could probably make an area to plant them here at the house," he suggested. "So you don't always need to rely on finding them from the woods. If you wanted," he added, the last part a quick addition to his suggestion. Though when she yawned he chuckled fondly. "You can head to bed," he mused. "I'm just getting Frynn back to sleep then I'll be in there shortly." He was still healing, still tired...and going to bed somewhat early was just a part of that. Soon enough though, the rocking of the chair and the weight of the now sleeping baby on his chest, he eventually drifted off lightly.

Quinn glanced over at Caspian as Sage did, a smile forming on her face. Two beautiful little babies. "Meeee neither. It sure wasn't me." She chuckled lightly, sinking back into the couch slightly. When she glanced outside again, she noticed the sun was getting low, and she had made a promise to Jack. As Sage started speaking, she brought her emerald gaze back to him. "That's a good idea. I may have to study them a little more, though, just to see their living conditions and seeds and ..." she trailed off, musing to herself about the best way to transport the plants, or just take the seeds, and the best way to do it all. "I'm going to make sure everything's put away before I go to bed. Goodnight." She smiled softly, standing and exiting the cabin, walking over to where Jack was. "Lead the way?" Quinn asked.

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Jack pushed himself up as Quinn came out. "Yep! Over here." He answered, heading out the way he had come in a couple days ago. He navigated through the thin deer trail before coming upon a small lake with a clearing on one side. "The sunset is always beautiful right here." He commented, walking to the green grass and sitting down.

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Quinn followed Jack, her eyes widening slightly as they reached the place. It was so beautiful, already, even without the sun. She sat down next to him, gazing at the sky as the ball of fire slowly sank lower. All in all, the sunset was beautiful, but she was so tired. A couple minutes later, she ended up drifting off.

Quinn awoke in Jack's arms, on the ground, near the lake. Her head was against his chest. Jerking up, she nearly smacked her head into his jaw, reeling backwards. What had happened? Suddenly she remembered that she had fallen asleep. Her cheeks flushes with embarrassment and her head started spinning 7000 miles per hour trying to figure out what to do.

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It was about 2 hours before the sun was going to rise, still rather dark. Jack had stayed up this whole time, cradling Quinn, as he didn't want to wake her, and he also didn't want any predator to sneak up on them. When she awoke, he grabbed her arm. "Hey, settle down. It's not the end of the world." He joked lightly, gently tugging her back down to the ground. "You were really tired- you needed that rest. Anyway, Caspian and Frynn probably need you." He commented lightly, pushing himself up.

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Quinn's head was still reeling with shock and a bit of horror. His words quickly snapped her out of her panic attack, and into another one. "They probably are starving! Argh, what have I done.." she growled, darting off into the bushes, anxiously trying to get back. She was fearful that Sage would... she didn't know, get angry at her, or something. Truthfully, it felt amazing just being held by someone, but she shouldn't have given in to her drowsiness. When she reached the cabin, she quieted and slipped inside silently.

Sage had nodded in response to Quinn's comment, not thinking much of it. She liked to make sure everything was settled for the next morning, so it wasn't unusual for her to slide into bed after him, especially so soon after a full moon.

Once he fell asleep, was out for a couple of hours, until he heard the babies starting to whine again. He jerked awake, then sighed as he moved to grab one of the two bottles they had. Quinn wasn't back yet...which admittedly worried him a bit, but he got to work settling the kids down again before slipping outside to look for Quinn. She wasn't there, and neither was jack....he frowned slightly at that, an odd feeling bubbling up inside his chest. Where were they? They were together wherever they were, and from their scent it wasn't far but....he didn't like it. He started to march down to where he could smell them, then heasitated. He couldn't leave the kids alone, especially at night....Quinn would never forgive him for that. So he quenched whatever was rising up in him and moved to pace in front of the fireplace, mind whirling.

He had jumped when Quinn slid back into the house, whirling to face her when he heard her come in, eyes moving over her body, brows furrowing. He could smell Jack on her....and not just like they had been with eachother. His scent was clearly on her. They'd been cuddling or....no, he refused to think that. She wouldn't do that to him. But.....what if he wasn't making her happy? She did seem to like jack. No. He cleared those thoughts from his mind best he could and just cocked his head. "Where were you," he asked, trying to tone it as just curious, but he was tired and hungry himself by then, so he wasn't sure how it came across. "I know the two of you were safe but...what on earth were you doing?" That time was a bit more bewildered. "Why didn't you say anything?" He'd worried all night about her...if she'd wanted to do something all she had to do was ask. Though, now that he could pick up their scents on eachother, he was going to be watching the other male much closer.

As Quinn saw Sage's expression, her heart dropped and sadness and guilt churned in her stomach. Gah, how could she have made such a mistake. Would he be even more angry if she told the truth? She could tell he could smell Jack, most likely their scents intertwining. There was no way to worm her way out of this one. This was her fault. His question had a sharp edge to it, and Quinn's expression only became more Pained. She could tell he was getting worked up, and that he had been up for a while, was unhappy, and most likely angry at her. "Sage, I'm sorry. " she whispered, swallowing down a lump of shame. Why had she let herself fall asleep. "He invited me to see the sunset, and I thought it'd be nice, but I got tired and fell asleep. It's my fault, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have gone. It was a stupid mistake..." her voice trailer off as she wrung her hands together, obviously stressed and unhappy. She rubbed her face, wondering how she could fix this. She hadn't even really DONE anything. She just accidentally fell asleep. Did he have to look so betrayed and angry? +don't turn this on him+ she thought sourly, shifting her weight onto the other foot. "I don't know why I gave into the drowsiness, or even why I went in the first place. I just thought relaxing and seeing the sunset would be nice and calming for a change." She mumbled, tugging on a loose strand of her hair.

Sage felt a flicker of guilt run through his chest when he noticed the girl's face fall. So he hadn't done a great job of hiding his emotions then. He hadn't meant to upset her....now he was just feeling as though he'd hurt her in a way she wasn't going to forgive him for. "If you need some time to relax, that's fine," he murmured, shoulders relaxing as she explained herself. She'd fallen asleep on Jack's shoulder...that was it. And that would explain her running back here...to feed the kids. "Just say something next time," he pleaded softly, trying not to alert jack to....whatever this was. He moved to cross the room swiftly, reaching over to brush the hair behind her ear with a sigh. "I fed the kids a little bit ago. Why don't you get some more rest," he suggested softly, giuding her in the direction of the bed. It was obvious she was stressed....but was she unhappy with this life? Did she regret having the kids? What did she still think about him? He had to admit, he didn't know for sure the answer to any of these things. Sure, she'd been worried at the full moon, but so had jack, and that was when they hadn't been getting along at all. But the last few weeks, after the babies were born everything in their relationship had....sort of just lessened. Heck, the only time they'd been intimate was when the kids were concieved. They'd barely even kissed after that. He blew out a sort of sigh, trying not to think about that. He was exhausted too, but he was too keyed up to know if he could sleep.

Quinn mentally smacked herself. How had she been so silly. Even leaving the kids... what was she thinking? Obviously, she hadn't been. Tiredness started to take over her mind again, now that the fear of the kids being hungry or Sage being really angry had faded, and it caused her shoulders to slump. She needed to be stronger... she was being weak, and gullible. "I'm sorry I didn't say something this time. I wasn't thinking." She looked up at him with a sigh, sorrow creeping into her voice. How. Just, how? How could she leave, knowing she was tired, knowing she was leaving with Jack, knowing the kids were going to be hungry? She did deserve time to rest, though, and these past weeks had been so hard. She dropped her head slightly, looking at the ground for a moment before nodding faintly. "Thank you." She mumbled quietly, curling up on the bed, letting her forehead rest on her knees. She didn't want to fall asleep now, but her body had different ideas, crumpling to the covers as she passed out.

Sage had simply given the girl a worried look in response to her comments, murmuring an "It's really alright, Quinn," to her, moving to tuck the covers up around her once she'd passed out in bed. He had planned on going back to sleep himself, but he found himself just...sitting there. Next to her, watching her sleep. Of course, his mind was whirling again, so he supposed he was sort of zoned out but....whatever. He eventually just sighed and ran a tired hand over his face. This wasn't really how he'd imagined kids would be. He loved them, of course, and didn't regret anything but...at the same time....maybe they should have waited. Or used some form of protection....not that they had anything out in the woods and on the run. He silently cursed himself for it all though....the animal insticts bellowed at him to get the girl in bed, all the time, and he fought it each time, not wanting to overstep or hurt her. He raked his fingers through his hair aggravatedly, moving to go look out the window after a moment, just...thinking.