Chapter 2

He waited while she unlocked the door and led the way inside, Levi immediately jumped onto the couch and made himself comfortable. Jack shut the door behind him as she took off her coat and dropped her keys onto the table near the door. "Would you like something to drink?" she asked reminding him of another time when she had asked the same question. When she had been fresh out of the bath and a little flustered to see him standing on her doorstep.

"No thanks."

"Have a seat then." She said pointing to the couch and shoving Levi over a little bit. "Come on Levi make room for Jack to sit." She said as the dog looked up at her with sad eyes.

"When you told me about that job offer in New York I thought we may have lost you for good," he started deciding he needed to tell her everything. "I didn't want you to go but I knew if it was what you wanted I had to support you."

"It was a good offer but not good enough to leave behind all my friends," She told him.

"The things is, I mean what I'm trying to say is that we would have missed you very much if you had left. I would have missed you very much if you had left me, " he said knowing he was rambling.

"What are you trying to say, Jack," she asked as she cleared her throat nervously.

"What I'm trying to tell you is that...I have feelings for you," he said putting it all out there. Awaiting her response.

"I don't know what to say," Sue replied struggling to put together words. Everything was a blur in her mind at the moment, the words he had just said swirling endlessly throughout.

"I mean I've had these feelings for you for sometime now. I just never said anything about it, until now..."

Just then the door opened and Lucy walked in, "Hey guys." she said seeing them sitting together on the couch with Levi. It looked like she had just interrupted something but she wasn't quite sure what. "Sorry to interrupt." Jack glanced at Sue, "It's alright I better get going anyways."

"No wait but..." Sue started to say as Jack stood up.

"It's alright we'll talk about it later," he replied as he made his way to the door. Sue following behind, she didn't want him to go. She had been waiting to hear those words for Jack's lips since the day they had met. But now she wasn't sure what to say, in her mind she would tell him that she felt the same way. He would pull her into his arms and they would kiss like they had before but this time it would be for real but the reality of the situation was a little different and she felt scared to tell him the truth.

It was scaring her because she had never felt this strongly about a man before, she had felt the same way he did for a long time now but had always been afraid that he wouldn't feel the same way and for a long time that was what held her back. Now that she knew how he really felt she desperately wanted to tell him the truth but it was the fear that held her back. She stood in the doorway watching his back as he retreated down the hallway, she wished he would glance back at her but he just kept walking. With a sigh she closed the door and turned to face her friend who was sitting on the couch in the spot Jack had vacated, "What was that all about?" Lucy asked as she patted Levi's head.

Sue needed to confide in someone and she knew she could trust Lucy whatever she told her would stay between the two of them. "Jack admitted he has feelings for me, he said he would miss me if I had left for New York."

"Really? What did you say?" Lucy asked she wasn't surprised to hear the news since everyone knew Jack had feelings for Sue, it was completely obvious to everyone but her.

"I didn't say anything back, you walked in before I had a chance."

"What don't blame me, I had no idea what was going on."

"I'm not blaming you. I just...I don't know Luce," Sue said plopping on the couch with a sigh.

"Well do you have feelings for him?"

"Yes, I have never felt this way before about anyone." Sue admitted out loud. It felt good to tell someone how she felt.

"Are you going to tell him?"

"I don't know. I mean I want to but I'm scared."

"Scared? About what?" Lucy said placing a supportive hand on her shoulder.

"About letting him in, telling him how I feel about him. I have been waiting for him to say those words for so long, you know. And now that he has I can't even get the words out of my mouth. I just wanna tell him I've felt the same way for just as long as he has. But there's just something holding me back." Sue answered tears forming in her eyes as she finally admitted everything she had been holding back.

"Oh sweetie," Lucy said wrapping her friend in a warm hug.

Sue pulled away to look at Lucy again, "Besides you know I've never even been in a real relationship, guys have a hard time accepting that I'm deaf. Even the one's who think they can accept it realize they can't pretty quick," she told her wiping the tears from her eyes.

"Sweetie you know Jack's not like that, plus you guys have known each other a long time and you were friends first."

"I know but what if he changes his mind about me, I don't think I could take that."

"You won't know unless you tell him how you feel. But what if your wrong, what if you two are meant to be. You'll regret not giving it a chance."