A/N: Hi. My second story and right now my personal favorite. Please review...cause I like the warm and fuzzies your kind reviews give me.

I Can't Promise Anything

Lisa sat on the couch quietly, lost in the small black print on the pages of her book. It seemed like she was sitting there forever, reading. In reality, she was only on the couch for two hours. She sighed heavily and placed the blank index card in the book.

'3 am… time for eggs.' Lisa thought quietly and she got up and slowly walked into the kitchen. Eggs, tomatoes, cheese, and milk where put on the counter and Lisa sighed for what felt like the billionth time that night.

'Maybe he wants some…' she thought quietly as she walked upstairs and into her bedroom. Quietly, she walked over to the sleeping man lying in her bed. One arm was cast over his face and the other one dangled over the edge of the bed limply. She smiled and tapped on his shoulder.

"Wake up Jackson." She whispered as she continued to tap on his shoulder. He sighed and opened his crystalline eyes.

"What time is it?" He looked at the clock next to him and sighed. How he even got to sleep and put up with the constant wake up call at three in the morning was beyond him. Slowly, he got out of bed and threw on a T-shirt.

"I'm just going to take a wild guess...eggs? You've woken me up for scrambled eggs for…" He pretended to count on his fingers. "…the seventh time this seven day long week. That's every single day of the week you've deprived me of my full eight hours of sleep." Jackson pretended to pout and then smiled. He started to head out of the bedroom and downstairs to eat Lisa's sleep depriving eggs.

"Jackson?"

"Yes Lisa?" Jackson asked as he shoved a forkful of eggs into his mouth. As much as he hated to admit it, he had a thing for eggs that stole time and sleep.

"When are you leaving again?"

"Actually…I may not have to leave this time. I'm not sure though, so I'm not promising anything." Jackson smiled and set the empty plate on the coffee table. He looked at Lisa and kissed her on the cheek.

"I'm sorry Leese." He whispered to her before he got up to put his bowl in the sink.

"So that means you'll stay here with me if you don't have to leave?" Lisa asked. She really needed to hear what she wanted to hear. She loved Jackson and she felt as if her heart would shatter if he left again and never came back.

"Yeah…" Jackson smiled and wrapped his arms around Lisa's waist, pulling her close. He began to place soft kisses all over Lisa's face.

"Chin up Leese, okay? Let's go back to bed."

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Lisa greeted the warm morning sun that poured through the window with a warm smile. She sighed contently and rolled over on her side hoping to see Jackson. She felt her heart sink when she saw cold, empty sheets and a note lying on Jackson's pillow. She picked it up and read it, tears streaming down her cheeks.

Leese,

I told you I couldn't promise anything and it turns out I had to leave. I'll be back in two days and then I'm all yours. I'm very sorry and I'll see you soon.

With much love,

Jackson

Lisa smiled a little and put the note on her night-stand with the other ones and went back to sleep. All she could do was wait. Two more days and Jackson was all hers. Lisa closed her eyes and went back to sleep.

THE END