JASON'S APOLOGY

Using all his strippers grace and beauty, Jason made the song fit his nature perfectly, and Lady was overjoyed with the show. Just as she was hooting and calling him on, Methos and Sarah Jo came up to her. Lady giggled when she saw that Sarah was wearing his wine red tunic, while Methos was just wearing the leather and gold Roman Soldier skirt.

Sarah Jo grinned at Lady and then turned her attention to the show, an amused expression on her face. She nudged Lady gently and asked, "Who is that? I've never seen him before."

"That's my wolf," she told her proudly. "Isn't he something?" The song ended, and the next song "Queen of Spades", though not sung by Tommy Shaw, was still a crowd pleaser, and the DJs decided to keep the music playing while their little stripper made his way back to the sidelines.

"He's good! Very good," Sarah Jo said admiringly as she watched him walk back to them. "I would never have the nerve to get up in front of everyone and strip like that."

Jason had reached them by then and, hearing her last remark, wiped his face on Lady's dress, inhaled her deeply, and said, "I didn't have anything left to take off."

Sarah Jo was looking around the room, trying to spot her friends. She was determined to not hide in the corner any more. She did not see Jason look at her and then do a double take. He stepped behind Lady and, leaning in to her ear, said, "Oh shit, I screwed up."

Lady turned to him. "Why?" she asked loudly, yelling over the music.

"Because," he yelled back, "that's the one in the movie!" Wouldn't you know the music stopped as he said the last few words?

Sarah Jo turned back and looked at him curiously. Then, throwing her head back, she laughed. "Oh my word! Don't tell me you're that Jason fella!"

He hid behind Lady's skirt, suddenly embarrassed, although a minute before he'd been gyrating in front of everyone, wearing just a scrap of leather.

Sarah Jo laughed again. If anything, she should be the one hiding! "It's ok, I was a little upset at first but a friend helped me see how silly I was being about it all."

Jason put his head on Lady's shoulder. He was still behind her, so it now looked like there were two heads on her body. "Sorry," he said sincerely. Lady reached up to pet him and he growled in reply, a purring growl. Then he licked her hand.

"It ok," Sarah Jo said with a shy smile of her own." At least you had the edited version." The news that there was something more on that tape that he had missed got his attention immediately.

The song that was playing was a new one, but it had a nice rhythm for slow dancing, and Methos, seeing the look in the wolf's eye, grabbed Lady around the waist and spun her onto the dance floor. Jason grinned and did the same with Sarah Jo. They glided across the floor so easily, but with such energy, that her breath was taken away.

She soon got into the music though, her body swaying sweetly against his as he ran his hands through the long strawberry blonde hair he had admired on the tape. They were the exact same height, just as he was the same size as Lady, and it did him more benefit than harm.

When that song ended another free-flowing tune began. Jason recognized the singer as Shaw and his eyes met Lady's for a moment, but she was enjoying the music with Methos. It wasn't every day he let himself be seen bare-chested! "I love that song," Lady admitted to her partner.

"I'll remember that," he said, and he did.

Jason turned his attention back to Sarah Jo with a wolfish grin. "Edited version?" he asked in her ear.

Sarah Jo giggled back at Jason, "Yup! Lets just say things got even steamier after that point." He pressed against her and she felt everything through the scrap of leather.

Then he growled again. "Down boy!" she couldn't help saying. And that made both of them laugh. He licked her cheek, waited to see if she'd slap his face, and twirled her around the floor.

Her only reaction was to giggle, and he moved her back into his arms she leaned her face close and her tongue flicked his ear. "Turn about is fair play," she said with a bright, happy smile.

Jason grinned, growling again as he pressed closer to enjoy her ministrations. "Oh," he sighed, "you can have me for a song!"

"Maybe later," she said, remembering Methos' words. As the song ended, Jason let her go with a small show of reluctance and he went back over to Lady's side. Sarah Jo blew a kiss to Methos and then walked across the room to seek out someone else to dance with.

Jason came up to Lady and rested his chin on her shoulder. "I struck out," he grumbled.

His comment made Methos laugh as he watch Sarah Jo leave. He shook his head with amusement though when it appeared she was heading straight towards Ben Adams.

Lady tickled his chin. "I would oblige you, dear, and *would* you put that canon somewhere other than my backside? But I think my favorite Doctor just got off Swing shift."

Lady rushed toward the door before Kat got her hands on Giles, and Methos turned to the wolf. "It wasn't you," he told Jason. "Sarah Jo is just doing some growing up tonight, that's all."

"Sheesh," Jason grumbled again. "Like I'm a KID or something."

Methos had started to walk away. Stopping, he turned back and asked, "How old *are* you, then?"

"Twenty-one."

The Immortal's laugh was long and rich as he walked into the crowd and blended in.