Title – Getting Back Up
Author – Blaney
Disclaimer – I don't own Crossing Jordan but if Mr. Kring or Mr. Arkush wants to hire me to write for the show, I would jump at the chance.
Summery/Timeline – This takes place immediately after the episode ends. This is my take what happens next. There is several other episode mentioned. As of right now other then spell checking this has not been very well edited and I'm a writer not an editor if you see something that needs fixing, please let me know, I will fix it when I update, the story.
Getting Back Up
(Garrett)
I left the morgue, the elevator door closing made it seem so final, the ride down, I felt closed in, and I had to almost stop myself from panicking. I went home; a cold lonely place that seems more a prison then home, because the morgue and my crew have become home… it was then that I thought about Woody, I was there when Dr. Turner told Jordan. Woody had both Jordan and I as his emergency contact which, now that I know about his family history makes sense. 50/50 chance that he could never walk again makes my problems seem pitiful by comparison. I don't know what's going to happen next but right now someone I care about is hurting worse, so I have to go be with him.
When I arrived at the hospital I was not surprised to see Jordan there, I had been surprise to see her at the morgue at all today. What I was surprised at was the fact she was near tears talking to the back of Woody's head, I stopped at the door and was about to announce my presences when I heard what she said.
"Woody I did not say the words, because of pity. Please, look at me… Okay fine you want a pity party go for it, but I'm not giving up on you or us so, I will go for now, but I WILL be back. You got that mister."
I wanted to applaud but the lack of response from Woody foreshadowed any cheering. I had watched them both circle around each other, or rather he would chase her, and it was only when it looked like he might lose interest and/or had found someone else that she would let him get close and kind of catch her. I still remember the long talk we had about it once; it was just after we had caught that serial rapist, when I called Woody about reopening the case, and I let slip that I trust him more then any other detective, he responded with about how he thinks of me as a father figure, I kind of panicked; I didn't know how to respond. I felt bad, so I invited him to have drinks with me and we would talk. Besides I needed something to think other then trying to hash things out with Renee. We meet at the Pogue, we talked to Max for a second but he knew that we weren't there to hang out. Guess being a father himself he understood, so the whole night he served us and kept the chit chat to a minimum. I apologized to Woody about the brush off of his statement. He said that he was not worried about it, 'par for the course' I think he said. Ouch, Jordan must have really done a number on him. Then he got this weary look on his face and looked around like he wanted to share a secret and didn't want anyone else to hear it.
(Flashback)
"Hey doc, can I ask you a question… I'm not sure if I want to or how to word it but, I don't know who else to turn to?"
I could tell this was a deeply personal question I would bet any money had to do with Jordan, and while I hate dealing with those questions, I did invite him here to talk. "You can ask; I'm not sure if I'm the person you would want to be asking. I'm betting this has something to do with Jordan… if so I'm not sure I can answer your question but go ahead and ask."
He took a few seconds looked like he was trying to figure out a way to pose the question. "I really like Jordan, doc you know that, the whole morgue and most of my station house knows that, and I get no end to the teasing, but I really like her. The problem is I am tired of the being held at arms length, and the new M.E. Devan she is pretty good looking, and has shown interest, I don't know what to do. I wasn't sure if I should ask you given you are their boss and all, but I don't know anyone else that I respect and knows the situation most likely better then me. I am torn, I really care for Jordan but I am kind of liking Devan, and I see some of the same things that makes me care about Jordan in Devan. Please doc any advice, some thing I floundering here."
Wow Woody you had to ask me that question, yea we have all seen the way you look at both of them. I can already feel the headache coming on. "Woody I don't know what to tell you, Jordan is who she is, you and I both would not want to changer her. Devan I don't know her that well, if you like the quality's that both of them share you must be masochistic or something. In the end, it all comes down to whom you want to be with, because if you start dating Devan, it's not going to cause Jordan to fight for you. It will drive her away."
"I know doc, I know, that's what I figured. So I'm going to try to stick it out with Jordan, I just wish she would let me in, I know she has her issues with men, but we have known each other for going on 3 years now, and I don't feel any closer then the first day we met. I mean she trusted me to try and find her father, but she didn't trust me with the her friend the priest, if she had, I can't but think that maybe Father Casnelli wouldn't have killed himself. I know that sounds bad but who knows."
(End Flashback)
I can see that he was tired but I also see the determination that made him chase her for so long, the same thing that makes him such a good cop… good man. It seemed like so long ago, and here we are, he's done chasing her, she told me as much that night she came to me with her birthday cake, I made a comment about why was she not hanging out with Woody when I saw her turn away and I could swear I almost saw tears, when I question her about it she had confessed about the balloons, the ring, how she panicked and rejected the ring and Woody and taken in to mean that she had rejected him. How she was tired of the emotional wall that she lived behind. It had caused her to lose her best friend, she had told me about the conversation she and Woody had just had, which don't make sense to me, I saw Woody as I came back from Charlie's bar, he looked like he had also lost his best friend, if had to bet money he said his peace, before she could throw him the 'lets just be friends' card, but knowing him like I do I bet he left it open and wanted her to fight, to say no and make him listen to what ever she had to say and when she didn't he figured he was right and she was going to say 'lets just be friends'. I tried to convince her to go to his place and make him listen to what she had to say. I knew… know that if he has been chasing her for going on 4 years now, that its more then just he likes her, I've seen happy marriages thrive on less devotion, but she don't and the wall while it didn't get any bigger it didn't get any smaller. Then this happened, I heard that Lily had set Jordan up on some blind date, but when I asked her about it she stated that she believed Jordan and Woody were together and had not set anything up. Then she made me explain myself, I told her I heard from certain sources that she had set Jordan on a blind date. I knew the moment she got it; I could almost see the light bulb go off above her head.
(Flashback)
"No, I don't do it but I think I know why she said I did. I take it she told Woody?"
"Yea but… oh I get it she is trying to make him jealousy enough to fight for her. I hope she knows what she's doing. Unfortunately I think its going to backfire, Woody has been string along for far to long, and his pride will not let him fight anymore for her." If I were honest I don't think I would have fought that long and hard to be with my ex-wife but then again, we are also no longer married.
"You are right, I think it will backfire on Jordan, and she is going to lose. In the end I fear it will take something drastic for them two to get past this rut they are in."
(End Flashback)
I don't think Lily had something this drastic, when she told me that it was only that morning. The morning it all started; Slocum, the sniper, when my one major sin came back to hunt me. I wanted to fight it Jordan, but back then my boss was not as understanding as I have been with you, good ME or not, you would have been fired again long ago for half the crap I let you get away with. I convinced myself that her death was a suicide and don't push, I ignored the evidence that said it might be a murder. Now I don't know what's going to happen to me but right now I have more important things to worry about.