When Liz opened the door, who was standing there was expected but what they were wearing defiantly what she wasn't expecting. It was Jack, that was the expected, he was wearing was what he liked to call bi-curious shoes whenever Liz wore them and jeans with a shirt that hadn't been completely buttoned up, glancing quickly at her watch she saw it was after six; usually at this time he was in a tuxedo. All she could think is that she was dreaming, yes too much cheese, but after discreetly nipping herself she didn't wake up and by the time her mouth dropped open with surprise and shock Jack had already pushed past her into her apartment.
"Good God Lemon shut your mouth you look like a fish"
Obeying she shut her mouth, her brain was about to explode with the amount of jokes it was holding but all she managed to say was "What the what?" and immediately she realised that it was the wrong choice of words because Jack looked close to tears. Looking closer she realised that they were her shoes she had left at his house nest to the front door yesterday after turning up unsuitably dressed for an event, they must have been the nearest shoes he found when he stormed out she guessed, and he looked more tired than usual; his normal clean shaven skin was taking on a heavy five o'clock shadow. But what really shocked her were his eyes, normally they would be a piercing blue and full of life, now they were a dull grey, dead, blotchy and red.
"Oh Jack what happened?" she finally managed to squeak as she rushed over to him where he was sitting on the couch running his fingers through his hair, she put an arm around him and he leant in and let out what he had been holding in for a while now. Most of it was noise but she managed to understand a few of the words and from what she heard she guessed that Avery had left him and the baby wasn't actually his even though she had his eyes. She had never seen him like this. She never thought she would.
"Omg Jack how did you find out? c'mon let's get you a drink" as she walked over to the fridge and pulled out two bottles of pinot grigio, one for each of them; she felt in the mood to get drunk or partially drunk.
He responded "Len found out for me"
She felt quite disgusted about this why did he do this and be in this state when he finds out bad news? But she had to stay supportive; he did come to her.
"I know what you're thinking: why did he do this and be in this state when he finds out bad news? Well I asked Len when I first started dating her and he said she was clear no bad past or cheating, that meant I wouldn't be humiliated if anything did happen. But he came to my office and said that he had found something else out recently that she had been dating someone in secret just before me and well if you figure it out the baby was late so that means I must of had sex with her about 3 weeks before we met." His voice trailed off at that point and Liz handed him the bottle and glass she had in her hand.
"I'm so sorry Jack"
"Its fine whats done is done, now put Tootsie on I haven't watched it in a long time." Liz found the DVD easily and put it on, half way through he fell asleep and she put a blanket around them. Soon afterwards she drifted asleep still cuddled next to Jack, just incase she woke him is she moved Liz convinced herself, letting the movie repeat again and again.