Katherine's POV

I slowly woke up to feel Jack's strong arms wrapped around me.

"Good mornin'" He whispered in my ear before kissing the top of my head.

"Good morning." I smiled, snuggling deeper into Jack's arms. "What time is it?"

"Mornin' bell rang a while ago." He answered.

I reluctantly got up out of Jack's arms and walked across the room to my suitcase.

"Whatcha lookin' for?" Jack asked.

"My watch." I said, digging through my suitcase. I opened the small pocket on top and found it. I picked it up and read the time. "Oh my god! It's eight o'clock! I'm late for work! I have a meeting in fifteen minutes."

I grabbed the first outfit I found and threw it on, and quick brushed my hair, running towards the stairs.

"Wait a second." Jack called, grabbing my waist and whirling me around, planting a kiss on my lips before letting me go downstairs.

I ran all the way down to the bottom floor and out to the street, and hailed a cab.

"Where to?" The cab driver asked when I got in.

"New York Sun office, please." I replied, and he started driving.

The drive felt like an eternity, probably because I checked my watch every thirty seconds the entire ride.

When we finally got to the office, I threw the money through the window between the backseat and drivers seat, and ran all the way up the stairs to the third floor, where my meeting was.

"Hello, I'm sorry I'm late." I said, opening the door to my boss's office and sitting down in the chair across his desk, next to one of my colleague.

"Miss Plumber. Nice of you to join us." My boss said when I sat down.

"I'm sorry. I overslept." I said, then added, "But that's no excuse. I'm really sorry."

"Miss Plumber. It's ok." He said, then started talking about the headline for tomorrow. All I could think about was how I was so happy I wasn't fired.

XXX

I walked out of my office building and looked up and down the sidewalk for Jack. He always waited outside for me when I got off work, but he wasn't there today.

"Weird." I said to myself, and I started walking towards the lodge house. As I walked down the street past all the buildings, I looked up at the sky. It was clear and blue... for once. I had really missed New York, but what I didn't miss about it while I was in Philadelphia was the constant cloud cover in the city.

"Hey, I's sorry I'm late." Jack called, running up the street towards me and grabbing my hand when I got to me, and we started walking.

"No problem." I smiled, and he kissed me on the cheek. "So... there are a few things I wanted to talk to you about."

"Ok..." He trailed off.

"The first thing isn't bad, I promise." I reassured him, knowing he was nervous. "I was wondering how you would feel... about me moving into the lodge house with you."

His face was somewhere between happy and confused. "I kinda thought you's already live there." He explained.

"Ok." I smiled. "Well, I technically am renting an apartment right now, but I didn't see the need to go there since I've seen you. I just don't see the need of wasting the money on it if I don't have to."

"Ok." Jack smiled. "You's said there was a few things."

"Yeah..." I trailed off. "I think I need your help telling my father I'm home."

"Anythin', Ace. What can I do?" He asked.

XXX

Jack's POV

I took a deep breath, then opened the door to Pulitzer's office.

"Hey, Joe." I said, walking in.

"Kelly. Do you need something?" Pulitzer asked, standing up from his desk chair.

"Well... there's somthin' I's needs to tell you." I said, and then Katherine walked in the door.

"Hi." She greeted timidly.

"When did you get in?" Pulitzer asked, walking around to the front of his desk.

"A... about a week ago." She studdered, and I walked over and put my arm around her shoulders, even though I knew Pulitzer wouldn't like it. I knew I needed to comfort her.

When I did that, memories came over me.

"Dad... Jack and I are together." Katherine said, grabbing my hand.

"What?" Pulitzer exclaimed, slamming his hands down on his desk. "No! I won't allow it!"

"It's not your decision to make!" She said, raising her voice.

"When?" He asked.

"When what?" Katherine demanded.

"When did this start?" He exclaimed.

"At the end of the strike." She admitted.

"A month?! You waited a month to tell me this?" Pulitzer screamed.

"You waited a week to come and tell me your back?" Pulitzer exclaimed, pulling me out of my memory.

"Why do you think I didn't tell you?" She said, walking out of my arms and a few steps forward. "I knew you would react like this!"

"You know, I may not have reacted like this if you had told me alone." He emphasized.

"Your still on this, Dad?" She demanded. "Jack and I are in love, and there's nothing you can do about it!"

"Maybe I would go." I suggested, pointing to the door.

"Yes." Pulitzer said, at the same time Katherine said, "No."

She walked back to where I was standing and grabbed my hand, then she lead me out of the room.

"I'm done with this." She said, turning around in the doorway. "I'm done trying to please you, Dad. Nothing I ever do is good enough for you, so I'm just done." Then she turned around, and we walked out.

(A/N - Uh oh! What are Jack and Katherine going to do now? Don't forget to review!)