She used the card key to open up her room, noting the odd silence in the hall. Jack stood behind her, a pizza and a six pack in his hands. She opened the door, and stepped in quickly motioning for him to hurry up. He stepped in after her, and kicked the door shut behind him. "Where do you want this?" He asked her, and she pointed to the table. Suddenly she didn't feel so much like hanging out, and she contemplated asking him to grab the pizza and leave. Now that is just rude Jen, she told herself. She sighed and looked over to her suitcase. "I really need a shower, do you mind?" He smiled at her and waved a hand in front of his nose. "You are not kidding, I can smell you all the way over here!"

Jen shot him an angry look as she picked up the pillow from her unmade bed and threw it at him. He fell into a fit of giggles as she grabbed a handful of clothing and walked moodily from the room. She locked herself in the bathroom, and quickly stripped. Stepping under the hot jet of water, she let out a pleasant moan as it penetrated her tired muscles. She heard a laugh from the other room and grumbled to herself. Grabbing the soap and shampoo, she quickly scrubbed away the days sweat and grime.

She made her shower quick, and dried off far too quickly. After her jeans and shirt were donned, her hair was so wet still that it immediately soaked her shirt. She grumbled again, and threw a towel around her shoulders before stepping out into the room. Jack was fumbling with the remote, and he glanced up at her for a second. "Wouldya look at this? It's all the emergency broadcast message." She covered her ears and winced, "Just turn it off then, sheesh."

Shrugging, Jack clicked the power button on the remote and tossed it onto the bed. "So what happened?" Jen sighed, walking to the table and grabbing the six pack. She wrenched one of the beers off the ring, tossing it to Jack, and then wrenched another for herself. The popped the top, and threw her head back taking a long chug. He smiled at her, watching her gulp down the beer, and popped the top on his own. After taking several long swallows, she set the beer back down and hiccupped. She couldn't talk to him about the virus, federal law negated her ability to speak about any patient freely. Sighing, she picked up her beer and took another set of log swallows.

"Whoa! Slow down there girl! You're gonna get trashed! I can't seduce a lady who is trashed!" He joked, which made her spit her beer out in a laugh. "Oh please! Like I would ever let you seduce me Jack." He feigned a hurt look, but she thought she had seen a pang of actual disappointment in his eyes. "And why not? Am I just to dumb a shlupp for you?"

Jen giggled at him, shaking her head as she reached for a slice of the sausage and mushroom pizza. "No, it's because your name is Jack. Can you just hear the comments? Jack and Jen… So yuppie." He sighed then, and gave her a strange look. "You wouldn't give a guy the time of day because of a name? Good grief!"

Jen shrugged her shoulders at him. "I guess it really all depends on the guy…" Jack shook his head, biting his tongue for a few moments for obvious reasons. "I mean, no offense to you, but I kind of like the dumb shlupps. When I was in college I was surrounded by men trying to impress me with their brains. It got very old." She took a bite of the pizza and chewed slowly. "So, are you ever going to tell me what happened today?" Jen swallowed, and contemplated telling him. "I yelled at my boss, and she told me to go home for a few days." Jack shook his head at her, he was sure there was more to the story than she was letting on, but chose not to pry.

She pointed to the TV, chewing another bite of pizza. "So, any idea on what to do since the TV has taken a sabbatical?" She asked him. He pulled a deck of cards out of his back pocket. "Texas Hold'em?" Jen chewed with a quizzical look on her face. "I have no idea how to play Texas Hold'em" she said to him apologetically. He smiled, a devious expression painted on his face, "Well I guess it's time to learn." She shrugged, and then pondered it for a moment. "Don't you have to have chips?" He shook his head, a grin still planted on his lips.

She thought she was doing well at first, but then she got cocky. After winning a few hands, they decided to play for money, and she had ended up losing every last nickel in her purse to him. Throwing her cards down angrily, she glowered at him. "Okay, I lose. I have nothing left to bet." He scratched his chin while giving her a smile. "What?" She asked, raising one brow in question. "Okay, we'll play one more hand. If you win, I'll give you all your money back. If I win…" he said trailing off.

She couldn't help but smile at him, she knew where this was going. Her eyes surveyed Jack, making a mental list of Pro's and Con's. She didn't think him to bad looking, she thought her eyes travelling over his face. Truth be told, she had always thought he was a really nice guy. He was kind to her when they were working, and had been a good friend for several years. She couldn't help but smirk at him, and his well thought out plan. He was indeed clever. Her eyes travelled to his heavily tattooed arms, at the silly cartoon characters that he had there. It was just a kiss right, no harm?

"Fine. But if I win I get all of your money too." She said defiantly, handing over her cards. "Deal them. I'm going to stomp your ass."

He laid down his cards revealing a pair of Jacks. She stared forlornly at her pair of three's, and then narrowed her eyes at him. "You cheated."

He laughed aloud, "Cheated? Please! Just admit you suck at poker." She scowled at him, and then looked quickly at her hands. She lost. Big time. Now she would admittedly have to pay up. She glanced up at him to see him practically a-glow with anticipation. "Oh, get over yourself." She snapped, "You totally had this planned all along." Jack simply shrugged at her. She stood quickly and walked over to him. As fast as she could she planted a quick kiss on his cheek, before standing and looking down at him triumphantly. He frowned at her, "Hey! That doesn't count."

She giggled at his reaction, and rolled her eyes sarcastically. "You never said what kind of kiss you wanted, or where for that matter. So you got your kiss, big whoop." He grumbled to himself, and she had to pinch herself to keep from laughing to hard. "Oh fine, you big wuss. What kind of kiss do you want?"

He stuttered a few lines, before she just rolled her eyes at him. She grabbed him by the hand and pulled him to a standing position. He stood close to her, and she smelled the pleasant scent of his cologne. She looked up into his blue eyes, finding them warm and hopeful. She smiled at him, and closed her eyes. Blindly she met his lips finding them slightly chapped. The kiss was soft and pleasant. She pulled away from him after a moment, and smiled. "There, I paid up." He smiled and found himself wrapping his hand around her back to bring her close again. "Nah, I didn't say you were finished yet. " He said, bending down to kiss her again. The kiss was a little more forceful this time, but she welcomed it. They were locked in that kiss for several minutes before Jack pulled away. He took a step back, exhaling slightly. He suddenly realized how tired she looked, and sighed. "I think I'll take that as my cue to leave." She looked around her empty room, and frowned. She quickly grabbed his hand, turning him back to see her. "I don't want to give you the wrong idea… But will you just, uhm…" Her mind floats to the virus, and she swallows hard. "Just stay for a little while?" He nodded happily, and walked with her to the bed. She lay down next to him, laying her head on his chest while he wrapped one arm around her. With his free hand he seized the remote and turned on the TV. Her eyes widened as she noticed there actually was service, and she raised her head to glower at him.

"That was a part of your plan all along?" He just laughed and kissed her again. She lie back down and quickly fell to sleep in his arms.

There was a large crash, and suddenly the building was rocked with a tremor. Jen sat up quickly, as did Jack. She looked at him surprised for a second, realizing that he had fallen asleep in her room with her. She heard a scream from outside her door, and then suddenly a frantic knocking. "What the hell?" She said, standing up quickly and searching for her shoes.