Carried on from last chapter (present time)
"Happy anniversary by the way" he said kissing her on the forehead which soon crumpled up.
"Sorry about this but, what anniversary?" her voice had a hint of puzzlement in it as well as confusion, "it's not our first date is it?"
"No, that was Valentine's Day" he responded, he would have answered her question but enjoyed teasing her.
"Oh yeah, it's not our wedding or" the next events she reeled off under her breathe as she thought about what it could be "okay I give up, what is it?"
"When we first met..." he said slowly
"OH yeah that's it" she grinned, "I don't know why I said first date, that memory is clear in my mind."
"Because I was so charming?" he smiled
"No." She said bluntly watching his chuffed expression fade away "mainly because you gave me three huge insults in the space of a minute" she smirked
"Oh yeah, well I think it was longer than" he said guiltily, but the expression on her face showed he was wrong, "but that was a good night, you have to agree with that" he said kissing her again,
"Yeah it was" she kissed him back as they both thought in sync about their first date.
Let's go back in time now people, as promised.
"Lemon! There you are, I've been looking for you" Jack walked into her office and stood in the door way.
"Well you obviously haven't been looking very hard I've been here all morning" she returned in a sarcastic tone raising her eyebrow.
"It's a figure of speech Liz, anyway you're single right?"
"Wow what a way to remind a 34 year old women on Valentine's Day that they're single, good one Jack" she returned to her laptop and continued doing whatever she was doing.
"Hey, let me finish, I just wanted to make sure that you're not busy tonight and I'll take that response as you're not?" he looked hopefully
"Yes, I'm free tonight" she paused "are you going to set me up someone tonight? Because it better not be another woman"
"That was an accident Lemon, you shouldn't wear sneakers" he smirked "you know what impression they give of you"
"Shut it down Jack. So what did you want to say?" she snapped "You've been here less than a minute and already managed to point out that I'm single on Valentine's day, I have no dress sense, and I look like a lesbian"
"Well I think that's a record" he said proudly "anyway, I was just wondering if you wanted to join me for dinner tonight, I have a busy day and I doubt I'll have time to get a date, so you're my next option" he hoped that she would take the last part as a compliment but judging from her shocked/surprised/ confused expression he doubted that she heard it.
"Okay but I want lobster" she demanded cheerfully, it wasn't meant to come out like that but the thought of food made it that way.
"I guess that means you're coming and you can have lobster if you want, as long as you dress appropriately" he added quickly "I'll pick you up at 7 be ready, and thanks for coming with me I don't like to break a tradition, I've never been alone on valentine's day since I was 14" he sighed proudly.
"It's nice to know I can help, as long as 'never been alone' doesn't mean sex I'll be there" she chuckled, expecting one in return but all he did was wink and stroll out of her office. Her mouth dropped open, what had she just agreed to?
She got ready quite slowly, as she had left work so she could go dress shopping but that took less time than expected and she knew there was no point in going back to work, so she headed back to her apartment, where she knew she wouldn't be distracted by food (the dress just fitted and she refused to get a 8 and eating would defiantly make the dress harder to put on, as much as she hated the fact she couldn't eat it was her only choice.) However when she looked at the clock she realised that he would be here in 45minutes and all she had done was put her unquestionable underwear on (like seriously they were lacy and everything, waaaay too sexy for Liz but seeing as the personal shopper [be proud of her] cringed as she walked towards the spanx she thought it was best to trust them and go for they chose)
So changing her speed she quickly applied natural makeup and calmed the frizz bomb that was hair, she had 15 minutes, she was fine and on track until there was a knock on the door.
"Liz? Sorry I'm early, there's usually traffic" Jack called through the wood that separated them.
"Umm 2 minutes, just let me" she didn't finish her sentence instead she grabbed her dressing gown and walked towards the door unlocking it so he could come in "2minutes I'll just put my dress on, sit down and" but she had walked away and he didn't hear the rest. When she emerged from her room a couple of moments later, Jack's jaw dropped; she was wearing a full length navy dress, similar to one she wore at Gerhardt's birthday party, that graced her curves, emphasising her tiny waist. She looked beautiful and he intended to tell her that.
Dinner was like any other dinner he had with Lemon, she made star wars and other nerdy jokes and he laughed, they talked about TGS and work related stuff; but throughout it, all he could think about is how amazing she looked, when she smiled, laughed, tried to catch food that fell off her fork and questioned him to why he was looking at her funnily. When they had finished their $1000 dessert, well it was mostly Liz who ate his, he suggested that they should return home however (much to Jacks advantage) when the driver did answer his phone he revealed that the car had a flat wheel and couldn't take them back. "We'll walk back and you can wait there until its fixed, okay?"
"Sure but can I have piggy back my feet hurt" Liz moaned before flashing him a cheeky grin.
"If you can get onto my back wearing that dress, sure you can" he couldn't see her expression, but he heard her sigh, while she carried on walking she threw her body about like a two year old, "stand up straight Lemon, you're exposing more than you want" Liz suddenly stood up straight pulling the dress up at the top, as he placed his hand on the small of her back guiding her into his apartment.
"Thanks Jack, oh by the way you have a bit of chocolate on the side of your mouth" she said pointing to its location on her own lip, but before he could get to it she wiped it away and stuck her finger in her mouth, "that actually is the best dessert ever"
"And that was my bit of chocolate" he said scowling as he watched her suck the chocolate remains off her finger.
"Oh sorry, here" she stuck her finger in his mouth, wow she could not be teasing him more right now and she realised that as well. (As tacky as it sounds) She looked up into his extremely piercing blue eyes to see he was staring right back at her. They weren't sure if it was the 4 glasses of wine she drank or his 5 glasses of scotch, but they were certainly attracted to each other right now, more than ever. As Liz removed her finger from his mouth Jack cupped her face using his hands and moved his mouth towards her kissing it lightly; when they pulled apart he was expecting her to freak out but all she did was mirror his actions, and kiss him again.
Kissing her back slowly he put his arms around her waist pulling her closer and deepening the kiss and she wrapped hers around his neck as they stumbled into his apartment and through to his bedroom, he caught her a couple of times as she tripped over the material of her full length, figure hugging, navy blue dress. When they reached the bedroom she started to undo his bow-tie and shirt, her fingers working faster and more skilled than she has seen them before (apart from opening food packets of course), when she flung them on the floor Jack decided to return the favour and grabbed the zip on the side of her dress with his index finger and thumb and pulled it down slowly tracing his other three fingers over the now bare skin, sending shivers all over her body. When he reached the bottom he gave it a little tug and the navy blue silk dress fell down to the floor, revealing the black lace underwear she was wearing.
"No spanx on" he chuckled, "we are making progress" Liz let out a small laugh before their mouths returned to each others, after a few moments Jack started to kiss down her neck and a groan unexpectedly escaped from her throat, they gradually made their way to the bed. He lay her down on it making his kisses go further down her body and she arched her back in response, she ran her fingers through his thick hair and he moved his mouth back up to hers.
