-1Chapter 2

Jack arrived the next day and was sent up to the top floor again, where a man was waiting for him. He was lead to a conference room and was told to wait for Secretary Heller. Five minutes later Heller entered and Jack rose.

"Good Morning Sir"

Much to his dismay Audrey was not with him.

"Good Morning Mr Bauer. I understand you made rather a good impression on Ms Raines yesterday."

'Did he now' Jack thought. "Thank you Sir"

Heller then began the interview, asking Jack nearly the same questions as Audrey had asked him yesterday. But nevertheless Jack put a lot of thought into his answers. It was about thirty minutes into the interview when she walked in. Jack was half way through a sentence but stopped when he saw her, giving her a half smile as she sat down. Audrey then handed Heller some papers, it was obvious that Heller wasn't listening to him, but he still continued. Audrey then rose from her chair and turned back out of the room.

"Well Mr Bauer, I have to agree with Audrey, you seem perfect for the job- your hired."

Jack thanked Heller and then headed out. He heard his name being called out.

"Mr Bauer" Audrey cried.

Jack spun around "Please call me Jack"

She smiled "Jack, do you want me to give you a tour of the building?"

"Sure " he answered, if it meant spending more time with Audrey he didn't care what they did

After the quick tour, Audrey showed Jack where he would be working. Jack took a seat.

"Comfy chair" he exclaimed.

He hadn't realized he had said it out loud until Audrey started laughing. God that laugh gave him butterflied in his stomach. It was like being a teenager again. Jack smiled.

"So what do you want me to get down to?" he asked.

"These files need to be looked at, then write down you opinion on a sheet of paper. Then give it to me when your done for proof reading okay?"

"Yeah sure" he looked at the amount of paper she had given him.

"I'll give you two hours".

Jack laughed " You might want to give me more that two hours if i have to read through all this."

She smiled. "Fine you come to me when your done. I'm usually in my office until late"

He nodded. She put her hand on the door to open it and thats when he realized she was married. 'Damn it' he thought to himself. She seemed to notice him look at her ring and quickly made her way out of the room. Jack then buried himself in the work as he did not want to be here late.

Hours past and Jack eventually finished the paper work. It was about 10PM, when he headed to Audrey's office, surprised that she was still here.

"You should be going home by now" he teased

"Yeah i know i just have to finish these reports"

She looked stressed and looked as though she had been crying. Jack thought it was best not to ask-but he did anyway.

"You okay?"

She looked up quickly from her paper "Yeah, I'm fine, don't worry. I'll see you tomorrow Jack".

"Alright if your sure. I'll see you tomorrow Ms Raines."

He was about to walk out the door when she called his name. He turned around.

"Jack, call me Audrey" she said smiling, but then looked away and slightly blushed.

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What was she doing? She was flirting with the new guy. She had only left Paul a few months ago.

"I will" he said with that dazzling smile of his.

"Goodnight Audrey" he said grinning like a helpless school boy.

"Goodnight Jack"

With that he was gone. She found herself thinking of him. What was wrong with her? She pulled herself together and stuck her head in her work again. She went home at 11:30 with Jack Bauer on her mind...

to be continued...