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School hallways: Friday morning, before fourth period

Jack had slept in, which surprised him, because he hadn't expected to fall asleep at all. Having Sam and Cedric inside him ~~NOT DIRTY!~~ had kept him warm, must have been enough to lull him to sleep.

They'd been reluctant to let him go to class, and if it had been anyone's but the Doctor's he wouldn't have bothered. But it was, and he didn't want to miss it.

So now he was walking to Survival Tactics. Slowly, because sleep or not, he was cold, exhausted and trying not to walk through things. And occasionally getting distracted by the fact that he could see the floor through his feet.

[ooc: Jack's here for a couple of people, and a shadow, but open!]

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"No! Evie--" Jack hauled himself to his feet, groaning at the effort, and stepped towards her. "I'm on my way to class. The teacher's a doctor." Tiny lie, but it would help both of them. "There is something you could do, though. If you're willing." And he felt uncomfortably like he was about to hit on her, which - strange as the realisation was - he wouldn't do to Evie.

"Of course! Anything! Just tell me what to do." Evie flailed a bit, and asked, "You're not in pain, are you? Because you look so un-well..."

"Aww, Evie. I'm hurt. You don't think I'm my usual gorgeous self?" he teased. "I'm freezing, can't really get warm." He moved closer, close enough to touch if he'd had anything he could touch with. "If I could walk through you, share your body heat? It'd help."

"How very odd." Evie blinked at him, trying to focus on his face and not the wall behind him. "This will help? You'll feel better? Then certainly." Plus, it would definitely be an interesting experience. She'd have to writ it up in her science journal.

"It will. I promise." Jack actually hesitated, then stepped forward, into Evie, and paused, drawing in a sharp breath. He was so cold, and she was so hot, and the contrast hurt. Gradually, it passed, her warmth flowed through him, and he relaxed. This wasn't so much 'walking through' as it was 'standing in', but he couldn't make himself move.

It was *very* strange. The chill was tangible, but less along her skin than inside of her. She lifted a hand, but since Jack didn't lift his, it still looked solid, and normal. Looking down, she could see the faint outlines of him around and through her own body. "Is it helping?" she asked hopefully. "Should I just stand here for now?"

Evie's words knocked him out of the half-trance he'd been in and he forced himself to step back. As soon as he was free of her, the cold started to creep back, but the biting intensity had faded. "It helped, Evie. It helped a lot. Thank you."

"You're welcome! I can stand here for quite a while longer, really I can." She looked uncertainly over at the ghostly, see-through presence standing next to her. "What should I do? Just tell me."

"I don't know. Maybe try and figure out what's going on?" he suggested, smiling down at her. He had the strong feeling that he could ask her to do just about anything and she'd do it; it wasn't exactly a comfortable feeling. "I'm going to head to class."

"I don't have classes! And I'm good at research!" she told Jack hopefully. "I'm going there right now, and you'll be right as rain soon, Jack. You'll see."

"With you working on it? No question." He wanted to touch her, or kiss her cheek, or something, but he couldn't. It was frustrating as hell. "And it's me, of course I'll be fine."

Evie put one hand inside his ghostly one, hoping he could feel it. "You hang on. It will be all right, I promise." She let go reluctantly, then turned to march off in determination. "Or I don't know my books!" she called back to him.

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