My first attempt at any fanfiction writing. I was inspired by all the stories I've read here. I wrote this right after "Glimpse" but couldn't publish it until now.
Half of it is what you saw in the ep, with a few words I wish Carter had said to drive home the point. The other half is what I wish happened after that...
I don't own Eureka or any of its characters...but I am a big fan.
A FURTHER GLIMPSE
Café Diem.
Jo was at a corner table with Carter. Zane was at the counter sadly staring at Jo's back.
Jo was fidgety. "Is he still staring" she asked Carter beside her.
Carter looked amusedly at Zane at the bar "Yeah" then swings around to Jo "I thought you said it was over…" he said with a smile on his face.
Jo stammered "It was…it is…whatever it is…"
She sighs "I don't even know anymore…"
Carter muses on this for a moment. He looks at his friend and gently says "Well…why don't you just let it be rather than putting a label on it."
He glances back to Zane "Look Jo. The way I see it, this Zane desperately wants to be your Zane in this timeline…Why don't you it a chance? Why don't you give both yourselves a chance?" He coaxes her with a smile.
Jo looks at him skeptically "Let it be…That's your sage advise?"
Carter sits up, slightly proud of himself and says " Well, yeah, that's it"
Jo softens "…yeah…maybe…"
Carter is glad Jo got his point "Maybe."
Vincent walks over "Here you go Sheriff. There's enough food in there for the kids"
Carter stands up "Thanks Vincent. See you Jo." On his way out, he gives a slight nod to Zane who smiles briefly at him but continues to look at Jo's back.
Jo sighs and rises. She walks over to Zane and sits down beside him.
"Hey…" she greets him with a tender smile
"Hey…" he smiles back, almost with a sigh of relief
"Hungry?" she asks
"A bit." he replies.
She pauses a second then calls out to Vincent, her eyes looking directly at Zane "Vincent, can we have two dinner specials?..." then she adds "Make it to go please. We're eating over at Zane's place tonight"
Vincent was shocked and hardly moved. He just stood there open-mouthed looking at Jo.
Jo prodded "Vincent? To go please? Zane and I have had a really tiring day today so we would like to rest early…"
Zane had the silliest grin on his face as Vincent started to move and knocking things down on the floor, completely flustered.
"Jo…are you sure…"
Jo puts a finger to his lips. "Shhh…not a word" she says softly…and leans over to give him the softest, sweetest kiss ever.
From behind the counter, more dishes come crashing to the floor from Vincent's end. The rest of Café Diem were silent as well at this new, but not totally unwelcome and unexpected sight.
Vincent comes over beaming "Here you go. Two dinner specials to go."
Zane stood and took Jo's hand and the food containers in the other. "Thanks Vincent. See you guys tomorrow…" he says but his eyes never left Jo's.
"See you" Vincent says softly. He's not sure if they heard as they left Café Diem but he wasn't concerned. He knew he'd see them tomorrow, and the days after that. He liked the glimpse of what the future holds for these two.
