Jack's POV

"Hey, boys. Listen up." I called, standing up at dinner in the lodge house. "Katherine and I got an announcement." I grabbed Katherine's hand and she stood up next to me.

"Oh! Oh! Is Katherine pregnant?" Romeo stood up and asked.

"No!" I exclaimed, then turned to Katherine and wispered, "You's ain't pregnant, right?"

"I'm not pregnant!" She exclaimed, punching me in the shoulder.

"Ok." I said, focusing on the actual announcement. "Katherine and I is movin' out."

"What?" Elmer asked, standing up.

"Yeah, what are you's talkin' about?" Finch demanded, standing up as well.

"Look, the apartment we got is in the Upper East Side, So it's not that far..." I started, but I was drowned out by everyone else talking.

"Hey! Hey!!" I called in a vain attempt to shut everyone up.

"Shut up!" Katherine called, sending the whole room into silence. Everyone except Katherine and I sat down. "Thank you." She started. "Now, Yes. Jack and I are moving out. We bought an apartment in the Upper East Side. It's ten blocks from here. That's a fifteen minute walk. You guys can walk up and see us any time you want. We will be moving out in about a week. Any questions?" Everyone stayed silent and unmoving. "Good."

She sat down, having said her peace, and I sat down next to her, still trying to take in what had just happened.

When people dared to start to talk again, only at a small whisper, I leaned over to Katherine and whispered in her ear, "That was really hot."

"You think so?" She teased.

"Wanna leave dinner a little early? Go upstairs?" I asked.

"No!" She said, then added, quieter, "Maybe a little later, though." which made me smile.

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Katherine's POV

Jack and I started packing the measly belongings we had in our room, mostly my work stuff, his drawings, and clothes. While we were packing, a memory flooded over me.

Jack was helping me pack for my move to Philadelphia. While I was packing at a normal pace, he kept picking up each item, taking a good, long look at it, then taking forever to put it in a box.

"Jack, I know you don't want me to move, but the least you could do is pack at a normal speed." I joked, but he didn't even look up, so I walked up behind him, and hugged him from the back, and he leaned into me. I asked him,"What's wrong?"

"I'd just don't wants you to leave." He responded, holding my hands in his.

"I know." I said. "I know."

"...Ace?" Jack asked, pulling me out of my head.

"I'm sorry, what?" I said, not hearing a think he had said.

"Do you's needs these old papes from Philly?" He asked, holding them up.

"Ugh." I groaned just thinking about it. "Just get rid of them."

"You's sure?" He asked, looking through them. "All these got your name on 'em." He read one through, and then said, "This is really good, Ace."

"If you want to keep them, you can, but I don't care what you do with them." I said, turning back to the clothes I was packing and getting an instant feeling of depression just from looking at them. I groaned, then flopped down on the blanket bed next to me.

"What's wrong?" Jack asked, walking over and sitting down next to me on the bed.

"I hate packing." I groaned. "I hate moving, and I cardboard boxes!"

"'Ey, Ace. It'll be ok." He said, pulling me into his arms. "In a few days, wes'll be in our own place, and we's won't 'ave to do dis again for a long time."

"Yeah, I guess." I said, falling deeper into him embrace.

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Jack's POV

I slowly opened my eyes to unfamiliar surroundings. I looked around for a minute, confused, until I realized that I was in Katherine and my new apartment. We re-made our blanket bed on the floor in our bedroom here until we had time to get a real one. We would've waited, but I could tell the boxes and the whole process of moving was stressing Katherine out, so I rushed it so we could get it over with and so she wouldn't be stressed anymore.

I looked down at Katherine, still asleep in my arms, and smiled. She was so cute when she slept.

I layed unmoving in our bed until she started to stir, her eyes fluttering open.

"Good mornin'." I whispered in her ear as she woke up.

"Mm. Good morning." She mumbled, still half asleep. After a few moments, she asked, "Where are we?"

"In our new apartment." I explained. "Remember?"

"Oh. Yeah." She said groggily, rubbing her eyes. Then she started coughing while she got up off the floor.

"Ace, what's wrong?" I asked, getting up off the floor after her. "Are you sick?"

"No, no. I'm not sick. I don't get sick." She denied, and fell into another coughing fit.

"Ok, dats it. You's stayin' home from work today." I said, leading her back into the bed.

"No, no. I'm not sick." She said, getting back up.

"Ace, you's sick." I said.

"I'm not." She said, opening the box with her clothes in it. "Anyways, we need the money." She coughed.

"You's not workin' for one day won't break us." I said, pulling her back into the bed. "You's stayin' here."

"Fine." She said, laying down. "But you still need to go to work."

"I's ain't leavin' you, Ace." I said, sitting down next to her and taking her hand in mine.

"Go." She said, before falling asleep again.

"I's stayin' right here." I smirked at my sleeping girlfriend.

(A/N - Aww! Poor Katherine is sick! Hopefully she'll be better soon. Don't forget to review!)