"Alright Katie, do you have everything?" Lisa asked as she got Katie out of the truck.

"Yes Lisa!" Katie replied, excitedly. The pair walked over to Vanessa's front door and knocked.

"Hey Katie!" Vanessa said as she opened the door, "Abraham is just in the living room, why don't you run through."

"Ok!" Katie exclaimed, "Bye Lisa!"

Katie ran straight through and Lisa said, "Lou told me to tell you, thank you. Also, she should be round to pick her up in the morning, at about eleven if that's ok with you?"

"Yeah that's fine. I have a feeling these two will love tonight. Films and Pizza. I hope you all have a good night tonight, tell Lou Katie can stay as long as possible tomorrow, not to worry if she is going to be later or anything." She replied.

"Ok, thank you. See you soon," Lisa said as she walked back over to the truck.

"Is Katie ok?" Jack asked once she got back in the truck.

"Yep, barely said a word to me. She was too excited to see Abraham," Lisa explained.

"Oh good. Right come on, let's get going… I promised Tim we would be there on time." Jack sighed, as he turned on the engine and started the drive over to the party.

For most of the journey, there was silence between the pair, not needing to exchange words, they mostly just enjoyed being in each other's company.

"I still think we should have waited for Lou," Lisa said.

"Lisa, Lou is a grown woman. Besides, we had to drop Katie off on our way. She will be absolutely fine. I know she will," Jack replied.

"Alright… it's just that she seems to be struggling with this whole divorce thing. Not the divorce itself, but just the whole feeling of 'being single'. Do you think she will find someone else? I don't mean any time soon, but I really hope she manages to move on with her life." She explained.

"Me to. I think she will, but it may just take a little time. She will get through it, and I am sure she will be ok coming to this party alone. Stop worrying about her, there are still people around the ranch tonight, she will probably come with them," He said, trying to help Lisa figure it out.

"I doubt she would want to come with Ty and Amy. I heard Amy talking to Lou about how her and Ty hadn't had chance to have much time together recently, so I doubt she would go with them." She replied, "Did you give Mitch those cufflinks?"

"No… not exactly…" he said, truthfully.

"Jack that was the only thing he asked for! You were supposed to drop them round to him this afternoon! You had one job Jack… one job!" She stressed.

"Well, I found myself not having enough time to drive over to the trailer myself and be sure I was ready in time… So, I text him," Jack explained, feeling smug, "I know, me, texting! Anyway, I told him that I would leave them on the dining room table," He informed her.

"Oh… ok? Did you let Lou know that he would be dropping by?" She asked.

"Erm, no… not exactly… I kinda thought it wasn't that big of a deal," he said, giving her a knowing look.

"Ok Jack… What is your ulterior motive here?" She asked, turning to him.

"Nothing," He replied, not taking his eyes off the road.

"So you're telling me, you just happened to be ok with the fact that you left Lou to come to the party on her own. Yes, I know she's a grown woman, but you hate the fact she is no longer with Peter… unless…" She said, as a sudden realisation hit her.

"Unless what?" He asked, casually.

"Unless you have noticed what the rest of us have. That she and Mitch have got this little… I don't know… flirtation? Yeah, flirtation going on, and you just happened to plan to leave the cufflinks in a place where Mitch could just so happen to run into Lou?" She asked, calling him out on his supposed plans.

"I don't know what you are talking about," He replied, giving her a casual smile.

Lisa looked at Jack and laughed, "You don't? So you didn't know that there was a possibility that those two could run into each other then? You didn't know that there was something going on and all of this is just one big coincidence?"

"Yep, just one big coincidence. I hadn't witnessed any kind of 'flirtation' as you call it, what so ever," He replied, sarcastically.

"My, my Jack Bartlett. Who knew that you were a matchmaker? Been getting tips off of Mallory?" Lisa teased.

Jack laughed, "No, I haven't. However, I happened to catch the end of a conversation between Lou and Mitch the other day and it just seems that there is obviously something between them, but Lou doesn't want to hurt the kids… But how I see it is that Peter has moved on and Georgie did eventually accept it. Now I don't think they are going to be jumping straight into a relationship or anything, but it would be good for her to loosen up a bit. I mean, what are the bets that they end up arriving together? You know, it would probably do them good to, well, you know, talk. I just don't like seeing Lou unhappy, and you can't deny that she hasn't been the happiest of people recently."

"Wow Jack. I never thought that you would feel that way. I can see why Lou would be cautious – because of the kids and all. However, I also feel that it would do her good to 'get back out there'. Now I know me and Amy kind of pushed her into that online dating business, but, I don't think that was a bad thing. I think it actually helped her take that next step. She will get there, but I just really can't get over you being all sneaky!" Lisa laughed.

"Well, I do have my moments. Look at all those times I have helped Amy and Ty see sense. I think I have quite a reputation nowadays, even without the help from Mallory!" He said, as they pulled into the venue where the party was being held.

"Looks like Tim is here already, I wonder why he is so obsessed with us all being here tonight," Lisa wondered.

"God knows. I bet it is him and one of his schemes, or something to do with making himself look good. As usual," Jack grumbled as he turned off the ignition.

"Oh come on Jack, it won't be that bad. Besides, you barely have to talk to him, we can just do our own thing," Lisa laughed.

"Alright, alright. Come on, let's get in there before all the others get here," Jack said as he got out of the truck. He quickly walked over to Lisa's side of the truck and opened the door for her.

"Thank you," she said.

"You're welcome," he replied, taking her hand as he shut the door, "Come on, let's get inside. It's freezing out here!"

Lisa agreed and the pair of them walked into the party, hand in hand.

ok this was supposed to be a one shot but i've already started writing another chapter lol... this isnt the story that i was supposed to be starting either... Thats not even started lol. And i literally couldnt think of a title, so it's stuck with the name 'the drive to the party' until i or any of youse can come up with anything different lol!