"I can't believe Alex just stormed off like that. It was amazing, wasn't it?" Jo walked into the hotel room, followed by Jackson as she put the hotel key card on the table.

Jackson didn't want to think about the possibility that Alex wasn't over Jo yet, that wouldn't do her any good. "It was," he concurred, "must have been a shock to him too to see you after all these months."

"No kidding. Hey, you you wanna order room service? I don't feel like working tonight."

"Sure." Jackson said though he wasn't sure he felt like hanging out with her all evening, especially not after how she had used him in an attempt to get back at Alex.

"We can order something fancy for the Avery palate." Jo suggested, sensing a sharp energy shift.

"You know I don't require a special diet, right?" Jackson asked, somewhat offended. "Just, whatever you wanna order is fine."

Jo squinted her eyes in slight confusion. "Are you mad at me or something?"

Jackson turned back to her, "why did you tell Alex we are more than just friends?"

Jo bit the inside of her cheek quizzically. ''I don't know. I wanted to make him jealous, I guess. I wasn't even thinking."

"I wish you had given me a little heads up."

"I know and I'm sorry. You've been nothing but nice to me and I've taken your kindness for granted. I'm really sorry Jackson. I think I should just eat alone tonight and work on my slides." Jo turned the doorknob before feeling his hand on her back.

He cleared his throat, "I didn't mean that I wanted to leave. I just…" he looked down at his feet, hoping that she already knew what he couldn't say.

Jo walked over to him. "You're a really good friend to me, Jackson, I don't wanna ruin that."

Jackson frowned slightly, "we're already sleeping together though…"

"I realize that. I just meant I should have been honest with you and never mixed my intentions. I understand if you want to end this and not be friends."

"What are your intentions?" Jackson asked. He didn't want to end it. He wanted to be friends with her. He wanted more than that, but he needed to know how she felt before verbalizing that. "Jackson, I like you, okay? I do. You don't want to be with me though, I promise you. I'm only gonna hurt you the way that Alex hurt me. Hell, I already have."

"I'm willing to risk it," Jackson said, "and I won't hurt you the way Alex did. I wanna be there for you, as more than just a friend."

Jo was about to respond before she felt him brush his lips against hers. He pulled away a bit, his face still close to hers, wanting to see her reaction.

Jo looked at him. "Are we doing this?"

Jackson smiled at her, holding one of her hands in his own and pulling her closer. "Do you think you're ready?"

Jo nodded shyly.

Jackson took a few steps backwards, to the bed, pulling Jo with him. He kissed her, deepening it after a few seconds.

Jo climbed on the bed standing in front of him. She hadn't even realized her lab coat was still on.

He watched her toss her lab coat onto the floor as he got on the bed next to her, pushing her down so she was lying next to him.

Jo smiled before getting top of Jackson and lifting up his shirt.

He quickly pulled it off, tossing it to the side not caring where it landed. His hands moved under her top, feeling her soft skin beneath his fingertips as he started kissing her collarbones.

Jo pressed her chest against his as she began kissing his neck.

He helped take off her shirt before finding his way back to her lips, his hands moving down to her hips. After a second of hesitation he moved one of his hands to the zipper of her jeans, pulling away from their kiss, "may I?"

"Yeah," she said breathlessly.

He unbuttoned her jeans, pulled the zipper down slowly, giving her time to change her mind or stop him if she wanted to. He pushed her jeans down over her hips, as far as they would go with her still on top of him. It was far from the first time they had had sex but even this part felt different now. Jo let him push her off him lightly so that could be on top of her.

Jackson quickly took off his own jeans. He was going to let her take hers off whenever she was ready but wanted to be prepared. He laid down next to her, kissing every piece of exposed skin.

Jo put his hands above her panty line.

He looked at her face, wanting to make sure that if there was any hesitation he caught it, as her eyes were focused on his face, his fingers slowly brushed against her skin. He slipped his hand into her panties, feeling her wet folds beneath his hand.

Jo started moaning as she felt him and she kissed him slowly.

He pushed one finger inside her, his thumb brushing against her clit. He could hear her breathe shakily, "is this okay?" He asked.

"Yeah..." she slowly wrapped her legs around his waist as she became more aroused.

He started rubbing circles around her clit as he kissed her chest, hearing her moan softly.

She moaned intensely before he finally went inside her and swayed with her body repeatedly.

They were both very sweaty by the time he rolled off of her for the last time. Both out of breath. "You... You alright?" Jo asked as she laid on Jackson's chest.

"Yeah… that was really nice," he finally said.

"And fun." She laughed, still trying to catch her breath.

"Yeah," he said, wrapping his arms around her. "I'm really happy you agreed to come with me." Jo touched Jackson's face. "Thank you for inviting me."

Jackson smoothed some hair away from her face. "How do you feel about seeing Alex now?"

"It's still goIng to be hard. I mean we have history. I've made a lot of progress though I'm a different girl than the one he left. I'm much stronger than he ever gave me credit for."

Alex had sounded like he expected Jo to still want him back after everything he had put her through. "I think you've grown a lot since he left." He said.

"Thanks, that means a lot to me." She kissed him on the cheek.