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Chapter 4.

'That's amazing' Will thought. 'She wants the same as me. I still however don't think that this is the right moment. I want it to be special, and I can wait until she's ready.'

They stayed in silence for a while, until it was time for bed. Karen was slightly disappointed that Will hadn't answered to what she had said about her daydreams.

They lay in bed in their usual positions, Karen with her head on Will's chest to hear his heartbeats and Will had his arms wrapped around her. Together they just laid there, enjoying the closeness and intimicy that they craved from each other. They didn't need words or actions to express what they thought or felt at that very moment, just lying there close together, hearing each others breathing, that was enough.

Will was thinking about how he was going to give her the content of the velvetbox that he had hidden in a safe place for now. It had to be the right time and the right place and the right settings, something she would remember always.
Karen was laying there thinking, maybe she had scared him off when she had told him about her daydreams. He hadn't said anything since she had told him.

"Grace, would you come with me to the rehearsal tomorrow?" Jack asked her.

"What?" she said.

"Could you come with me? I'm kinda scared."

"What am I hearing? Jack McFarland, scared of the stage?"

"Not the stage, it's just like, it's Les Miserables, it's a real show. It's a really big show, and I'm kinda scared I can't live up to the part" Jack said and sat down in the couch in Will's and Grace's apartment.

He sat and twirled his hands, looking really scared and sad. Grace sat down next to him, putting her arm around his shoulders and putting her other hand on his nervous hands, making them stay still. He looked up in her eyes.

"What is it really about Jack?" she asked.

He looked really sad. She could see his eyes were glistening a little and she thought he was going to cry.

"I ... I hurt Karen" he said with a clear shiver in his voice.

"What?" Grace said and widened her eyes.

"I went over there to tell her about the part in Les Miz. I was joking around with her, I hugged her and tried to kiss her, never letting go even though she was asking me to."

"You didn't?"

"Yeah, I did and I'm so ashamed 'cause she started crying, running back to her bedroom and then Will came out and I thought he was going to hit me, he looked so mad."

"I don't blame him" Grace said.

"Me neither. I am really sad and so sorry for what I did to Karen. She's my best friend and I care a lot about what happens to her."

"I know she is your best friend and that you care for her, but you have to listen to what she's saying Jack, you know what she's been through and yet you didn't listen."

"I know" Jack said and looked down into his lap again.

This time he started to cry, heavy sobs shaking his whole body and tears were streaming down his face and down onto his hands. Grace couldn't take it anymore, it broke her heart that Jack had did this to Karen, but she couldn't stand him crying either so she wrapped both her arms around him and let him cry it all out.

Jack had never been more ashamed of anything in his entire life. He felt that somehow he had to make it up to her. Maybe he could take her out to lunch and even pay himself, or shopping with her or take her on a picnic or something, anything to make it up to her. He knew that Karen had said that she'd forgiven him, but he couldn't forgive himself.

"I will come with you if you want Jack" Grace said softly in his ear.

"Thank you Grace" Jack said.

His sobbings had calmed down slightly and they parted and got out of the couch to go to Jack's first rehearsal, actually it was the first read-through but still.

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A/N Sorry for the chapter being so short. R&R please