Love is never simple.
Det. Don Flack was in love with someone unattainable. No matter how much he tried to get her out of his mind it just wasn't working.
He'd started dating Angell in the hopes that she'd be the answer to his problems but it hadn't helped and now he was trapped in a relationship he didn't want to be in, well maybe trapped wasn't the word but he didn't know how to get out of it and Angell was pushing for a ring.
He'd pretended not to notice the hints she was dropping though she wasn't exactly subtle she'd left a jewellery magazine lying around his apartment open at engagement rings. He couldn't blame her really they'd been together for a year he guessed it was natural she expected him to propose and valentines day was coming up.
He had never actually told her that he loved her though it seemed she hadn't noticed, well she hadn't mentioned it. She's told him on many occasions but he usually replied with a me too or right back at ya. He knew why he couldn't say those three words to her but he just couldn't get up the courage to break up with her either.
He'd been stressing over this decision all week every since he'd seen the page in the magazine and known what was on her mind, well at the back of his mind he'd known before she left it on his coffee table but he could ignore it if it wasn't staring him in the face.
Now he had no choice but to make a decision propose to Jenn or end it now. But if he proposed it would be giving up on the chance of him and Stella forever, and he wasn't sure he was ready to do that even though he knew there was no way Stella saw him as anything more than a colleague and a good friend.
But if he broke up with Jenn he'd be hurting her and she didn't deserve that, she thought he loved her and he let her believe it so maybe this was his punishment. Marry her and give up on Stella maybe that was what he needed to do.
It was never going to happen he should have let it go a long time ago but, you couldn't help who you fell in love with. If life was simple he'd be in love with Angell and they'd get married and live happily ever after.
He needed a drink. His brain was about to explode with all of this. He called Danny and they decided to hit a few bars in town.
As he got ready to leave he decided he'd tell Danny he was thinking of proposing to Jenn and see what he though obviously he wouldn't tell him the bit about Stella no-one could ever know about that.
But Danny would probably help him see proposing to Jenn was the right idea. He'd asked Don's advice before proposing to Lindsay so this was only natural.
So will Danny encorage him to marry Jenn?
Or will he talk him out of it?