He fell asleep almost immidatly. Jordan could feel the tension in his neck relax against her shoulder. She kept stroking the palm of his hand with her thumb.

Friends.

She let the word reverberate in her head for a minute. She knew what he'd meant, she'd thought the same thing about JD. They could have been friends, good friends. So could she and Lu for that matter. If they hadn't gotten all mixed up in the mess that was her and Woody, these people would have been their friends.

Woody.

Her shoulder was damp from the tears on his face. It could have been him tonight. He was standing right there next to her. It could have been him. She turned her head slightly and kissed the top of his head. Her lips trembled slightly as his hand unconciously tightened on hers. She unfolded her long legs and shimmied down the couch, his body slowly slipping down with her.

"Humm?"

"Shh.. it's okay." She mumbled pressing her fingers into his hair. She lifted her legs onto his lap, smiling slightly as he tucked his free hand between her calfs.

"Tired." He breathed.

"Sleep." She ordered kissing the top of his head again, letting her own eyes drift shut for a few minutes.


She could feel him looking at her before she even opened her eyes.

"Hey." She said softly, slipping one eye open.

"Hey." His voice was tentitive, he smoothed his thumb across the back of her hand, never breaking his gaze from her face.

"What?" She breathed, her face twitching with the slightest bit of embarassment.

"It could have been you." He whispered softly.

"It was my hair-brained-."

"Stop that's not what I meant."

"No but it's true."

"It's not what I meant."

She sighed heavily running her free hand through her hair before dropping her head back against the arm of the couch..

"If I lost you..." His voice broke a little and she snapped back up, shaking her head back and forth.

"Don't."

"Jor-."

"You are not going to loose me."

"Jordan-."

"You're not." She dropped her hand into his hair.

He paused for a minute, looking down at her hand before rubbing her fingers under his thumb.

"Promise?"

"I swear."