A/N: Here's the next chapter. Hope you enjoy! This is probably going to be quite a short chapter. Sorry!
And it's killing me to know you
Without having a chance to hold you
And all I wanna do is show you
Is how I feel inside
You can run to me
You can laugh at me
Or you can walk right out that door
But I can't be your friend anymore
- Tim Rushlow, I Can't Be Your Friend -
Jack and Karen looked at each other, neither one knowing what to say or do next.
'Um, hi.' Karen said, looking down at the floor.
'Good opener, Karen.' Olivia whispered to herself. She was sitting on the balcony listening to the events inside the apartment.
'I guess hi is better than standing in silence.' Jack replied. Karen laughed slightly.
'This is a good sign.' Elliot whispered to himself in Will's bedroom. He didn't realise that he was shaking with nerves.
'Um what are we going to do?' Karen asked Jack, not knowing what answer to expect.
'I don't know. It depends what you want to do. But I don't know if I could deal with us only being friends.' Jack answered.
'What?' Karen asked.
'Wow, Elliot was right. He is serious.' Will said in the hall. He was listening in from the other side of the door.
'I couldn't handle not being with you. You have no idea how much I've wanted this to happen. But not like that. I've been hiding my feelings for so long because I was supposed to be gay. But I know that I can't be because there's no one I want to be with except you. If I can't make it work with you then I can't make it work with anybody because you're perfect.' Jack was sobbing.
'You have no idea how much I have wanted the same thing. I didn't say anything because you were my best friend and you were gay and I was married. But Stanley betrayed me then he died. Even when I was married to Stanley, I loved you.' Karen was also sobbing.
'Honey, I don't blame you.' Olivia commented on what Karen had just said even though Olivia knew her comment wouldn't be heard.
'It killed me that you were gay. You were the only one who was there for me through everything; the only one I could turn to; the only one who understood. You were the perfect guy for me – everything I'd ever wanted- but you were gay so I couldn't do anything. It killed me when you spoke about the last date you went on. I always wished that the last date you had gone on had been with me. And last Saturday, inside I was so happy that something had happened between us but something freaked me out. I didn't mean to scream and run away. When I got home, I hated myself so much for doing that to you. I though I'd blown my chance to be friends again, let alone anything more. I wanted to call you so much, but I thought that you hated me. I felt so stupid.' Karen was still sobbing.
'Karen, you weren't stupid.' Jack said whilst moving to hug her.
'I wanted so much to forget how I felt, but it was no use. The harder I tried to forget, the more it hurt.' Karen concluded.
'I wanted to forget how I felt too. But I couldn't. I wouldn't. I want to be with you more than anything. But if you don't want to be with me then we can't be friends. I couldn't deal with not being with you. I couldn't be only your friend anymore. As much as it would hurt never seeing again, it would hurt me more being only your friend and not being with you. I want to be with you but do you want to be with me?' Jack was also still sobbing.
'Yes. Yes, I do!' Karen said before kissing Jack romantically. Olivia and Elliot, both hearing this, emerged from the balcony to watch what was going on, both with the biggest smiles on their faces. Their plan had work much better than they had anticipated.
'Do you want to dance?' Jack said heading toward the CD player.
'Yeah.' Karen answered.
I can't read the future And baby I, I've tried to forget you I didn't want to tell you And baby I've tried to forget you
But I still want to hold you close
Right now, is all I want from you
So give me the morning
Sharing another day
With you, is all I want to know
But the light of your eyes still shine
You shine like an angel
A spirit that won't let me go
Things I didn't want to know myself
I was afraid to show
But you gave me a reason
A reason to face the truth
To face the truth, face the truth, face the truth
But the light of your eyes still shine
You shine like an angel
A spirit that won't let me go
Won't let me go
Let go of my heart
Olivia, watching them dance, couldn't help but notice how cute they were. Elliot noticed the same thing form the other side of the room.
'How are we going to tell everybody about this?' Karen asked, still holding on to Jack.
'Well, I think telling Olivia and Elliot is already taken care of.' Jack said, looking around the room at his new family.
A/N: I hope you enjoy this chapter. I'm not sure how good it is. Thank you to everybody who reviewed the last chap! Enjoy! And I'm sorry about the bad formatting at the start of the chap. The song that Jack and Karen dance to is 'Angel' by Jon Secada.
