Okay, so when one is driving across Canada for three days, one's mind starts to wander! I came up with this story, and I don't know how often I will update it, but I couldn't shake it and had to get the first chapter down. I hope you like it!

Jack opened his eyes to the harsh light. It all felt like a dream still. He couldn't bear to look at the empty chair beside him because he knew if he did, he would most likely start to cry.

"What's wrong?" his daughter asked. Lindsay. She had no idea yet. She assumed her mother was at home showering and taking a rest. Jack didn't know how to tell her that her mother would not be coming in a couple of hours.

"I'm just worried," he told her, which was true. He was worried about her. They were in the hospital waiting for a donor to come, and Jack knew how bleak that was on it's own.

"Mommy will make it better. She always does," Lindsay said confidently. Jack tried to crack a smile. Right now, he didn't think she could make things better. Not if it was true. He couldn't forget the words. They were permanently trapped in his brain.

"This is hard to say, Jack, but we have been in love for a while now. The timing never seemed right, but when is a good time to tell your best friend that you love his wife? We're sorry for leaving like this, especially with Lindsay's condition. We just needed a clean break to start fresh. I'm sorry, mate. Take care."

Jack still could not believe this was true. It was not in either of their characters to do this, and Sue would never leave while Lindsay was so sick. Then again, maybe it was too much for her, and she had abandoned him here alone to deal with the very probable future of life without Lindsay in it. Jack clenched his jaw tightly. No. She wouldn't. She wasn't like that.

"Hey," Tara said. "Shift change." She smiled weakly.

"Hi," Lindsay said, beaming at her. She loved her parents' friends.

"Can we chat for a second?" Jack asked. Tara nodded, and they stepped out into the hall.

"Anything?" he asked. She shook her head.

"We can't find anything," she replied. "Not any evidence of foul play at least. CSI's are still at your house, though." Jack felt crushed. He had been hoping for something, some small sign that there was something off about this whole thing.

"He wouldn't do this," Tara said adamantly. "He loves you guys. He always said you and Sue were soul mates. He wouldn't harbor love for her and then run off when your daughter, his god daughter, is so sick like this!"

"I know," Jack said, holding out his hand, "but all we have is two missing people and a note written in Bobby's hand. No foul play detected and no sign that it was forced. It doesn't look good." He stopped talking as his throat was starting to constrict. Tara grabbed his arm tightly.

"We will find them," she promised.

"I gotta tell Linds something," Jack said. "She is smart you know."

"Wait until tonight," Tara said. "We might have an answer then. Jack complied. He would hold off breaking his daughters heart as long as he could because her heart was already very fragile. That's why they were here. A rare defect detected almost too late had them on a wait list for someone to die. Jack was struggling with that already before this happened. He watched Tara go in and start chatting with Lindsay. He was going to find Sue. He refused to believe this was true. He was going to prove it.

...

Myles was sitting at his desk with his head in his hands. Not that he admitted to anyone, but he cared a lot for Bobby and Sue, and he couldn't believe this was happening, especially to Jack.

"Find anything?" Jack asked, coming in, almost as though Myles had summoned him.

"No," he shook his head. "Nothing." Jack deflated.

"I'm going to the house," he declared. "I know I will find something."

"CSI's aren't finished yet," Myles told him.

"I don't care," Jack replied. He stared down Myles.

"All right," he caved. "But I'm coming with you."

...

Lucy felt sick. Very sick. She wasn't sure why any of this was happening. Most importantly, she couldn't imagine Sue doing something like this. Not her Sue.

"Mummy?" Violet asked, tugging on her shirt. "What's wrong?"

"Nothing, sweetheart," Lucy replied, smoothing her daughter's hair. "Go back to coloring." She watched her seven year old do as she was told, picking up a crayon and filling in the figure of Mickey Mouse. Victor was at work, but he worked with the fire department, so he knew all about what had happened via his law enforcement friends. In fact, he had been the one to call and tell her that Sue and Bobby were apparently missing. Her phone rang just then, so she answered.

"Luce? It's Jack," Jack said. "We're heading to the house. Have you heard from Sue at all?"

"No, I haven't," Lucy answered, tearing up. "Jack, I really think something is wrong."

"I know. I feel it too."

...

"It's my house," Jack argued. The CSI looked at him, shaking his head.

"Sorry, but we aren't finished yet. Darren will come give you an update shortly," he said, turning away to go back to work. Myles held in his "I told you so."

"Not finished yet? They're all standing around outside!" Jack cried. "If they weren't finished, they'd still be inside."

"It's their protocol, Jack, you know that," Myles reminded him.
Jack stared at his house. Their house. From the outside, you would have no idea that something had happened within it, if anything had happened at all.

"She wouldn't do this to me," he said finally. "I know her. She loves me."

"I agree with you, Jack," Myles said, putting his hand on Jack's shoulder. "She loves you more than I've known anyone to love someone." Jack didn't respond. All he could think about was the day she confessed her feelings to him.

2004

"I'm going to miss you. Personally. A lot. I just wanted you to know that," Jack finished. He felt like an idiot standing there rambling on like that. Sue was watching him, the corners of her mouth tilted up in that way of hers. He felt very nervous.

"Oh perfect!" Myles said, coming and interrupting. Jack felt annoyed suddenly. "I've got this fraud case I want to assign to you, and I wondered if you could do an interview with a woman from Alexandria next Tuesday. She said she could meet you at 11."

"I'll have to get Bobby to help me," Jack said, swallowing hard. "Sue isn't going to be here. She'll be at her new job." Myles looked back and forth between Jack and Sue.

"Did you change your mind again?" he asked Sue. Jack turned to look at her. Sue cleared her throat.

"No, I didn't," she answered.

"Did you what?" Jack asked, confused. Myles sighed loudly and walked into the bull pen. Jack followed Sue's gaze as she looked into the room.

Goodbye/Welcome Back Sue.

Jack felt his mouth open in surprise. Then he looked at her, a grin forming.

"I decided to stay," she said, smiling. Everyone cheered as they came in. Jack was very taken aback.

"I guess Lucy got here early and told everyone except you," Sue said. She felt it was done on purpose, and by the smirks on Tara and Lucy's face, she knew she was right.

"There are more important things than career advancement," she said once she realized Jack was too surprised to speak. "And most of them are standing in this room. Now, what was it you were saying in the hallway?" Jack gave a small laugh.

"Just, welcome back," he said, smiling. He bent down to pet Levi. "You too, buddy." He didn't know what else to say, so he went over to the group to get a donut. He felt slightly embarrassed that she knew she was staying and he was almost crying telling her he was going to miss her. After about an hour of conversing with everyone, Sue gestured for him to join her in another room.

"I'm sorry Lucy didn't tell you," she said once the door was closed.

"It's okay. That would be something Lucy would do," Jack said, feeling his face flush. Sue took his hand then, and he felt his heart start to race.

"There's really one significant reason I decided to stay," she said, rubbing his hand with her thumb. Jack could hardly catch his breath.

"What was that?" he asked, his voice catching.

"I'm in love with you," she replied, watching him carefully. It was like the world stopped suddenly. He was hearing the words he'd been dying to hear for so long.

"Oh, Sue," he said, touching her face softly. "I'm in love with you too." She smiled, and he pulled her in to kiss her. It was the most amazing kiss of his life.

Present-2017

Tara sat watching Lindsay. She felt her heart break for this ten year old girl. She had no idea what was happening around her. Tara wished she could give her her own heart. This waiting game was absolutely torture.

"Hey," Jack said, coming in. Tara looked up at him, seeing he looked worse than before.

"Hi," she said. "Find anything?"

"No," he shook his head. "Tara, can I talk to Lindsay?"

"Yea, sure," Tara said, getting up. Lindsay watched them carefully, sensing something was up. "I'll be out here if you need me." Tara went into the hall. She tried not to think about Bobby. She couldn't believe he would do something like this. It was not something he would do. That and she had been so sure that he potentially had feelings for her, not that they ever discussed it. For the last five years they had been dancing around flirting and teasing one another, but neither of them were brave enough to admit how they felt towards one another. It broke her inside to think that all along he hadn't meant any of it. She refused to believe it. They were going to find them. Something bad had happened, she was sure of it, and no one was going to rest until they were found.

Did they? Didn't they? You'll just have to wait and see! ;)