The next day Jordan's buddies arrived and came to the morgue to meet her. She introduced Lily to everyone and they immediately hit if off, she was already one of the gang. They hung out for a while, talking and making plans for later. Garrett saw them, wondering who the guys were and feeling a slight twinge of jealousy as he watched Lily laugh at someone the guy sitting next to her had said. He was sitting too close. Garrett looked him over; He was a young guy with muscles and a big smile. "Great" he thought He cleared his throat to make his presence known.

"Oh hey Garrett" Lily said, looking up smiling. "Didn't see you there" she added purposely.

"So who are your friends Lily?" he asked staring down the guy closest to her.

"These are Jordan's friends from L.A., They're detectives she worked with out there, I'm just getting to know them, they're going to be in town for a while" They made casual but tense introductions then Garrett excused himself hastily.

"What's his deal?"

Lily just shook her head then smiled in triumph. Jordan saw this and winked at her from across the room.

Meanwhile, Woody had met up with Jessie. They went to lunch to talk and catch up on old times and fill each other in on what they were doing now.

"So what ever happened with you and that training officer you were hooking up with in the academy?"

"Actually, we're getting married this fall"

"Really? Wow, congratulations, who would have thought? I thought for sure you were going to get him fired"

"How bout you Woody? Has that baby face and those pretty blue eyes gotten you a girl yet?"

"I don't have her but I'm working on it, actually I was hoping you could help me with that"

"Me? How so?"

"It's stupid really, we have a strange relationship and it would take hours to explain, but she has this theory that nothing makes you realize your feelings for someone like bringing someone else into the picture, a little competition"

"So you want me to parade around like your little prom date?"

"Hey it's a compliment, it means I think you're hot" he grinned.

"Why thank you Hoyt, now let's go make your girl jealous" she said grinning and taking his arm.

They went to the Pogue, he was sure Jordan would already be there with her friends.

He felt a stab of intense jealousy himself when he saw Jordan there playing pool with one of the guys, he was leaning over her, helping her with her shot. Jordan didn't need any help with her shot, she had sure kicked his ass plenty of times.

"Guess that's her huh?" Jessie asked watching the jealousy flicker in his eyes.

"Yeah, that's her" he answered solemnly, directing her towards a table.

"Gotta hand it to ya Woody, You don't go for the easy ones, every guy in here is checking her out"

"Great, thanks, that makes me feel better" he pouted.

"Don't worry Wood, she's not looking at anybody but you, well and me, but she doesn't seem too happy to see me"

He smiled, wanting desperately to see how she was reacting to seeing him with someone else.

Jordan had caught sight of him coming in and was about to go over and say hi then she noticed he had company. It was a girl, wait. what girl? Damn! She's pretty too, who was she? Were they on a date? Oh God, breathe Jordan breathe. She watched as Max made his way over to greet them. Oh come on, this is too much!

"Hey Woody" Max greeted him happily.

"Hi Max, this is Jessie, my new partner. Jessie, this is Jordan's father Max, a former Boston cop and now the owner of this place" Max sat down with them and talked for a while, mostly cop talk and about Jordan.

"Well I better get back behind that bar, it was nice meeting you dear, hope to see you back in here. By the way, you guys are doing great, Jordan's practically got steam coming out of her ears"

Jessie raised an eyebrow. "Her dad knows?" she asked surprised.

"Actually it was his idea"

"He must really like you then, if he would go to such lengths to get you and his daughter together"

"Yeah, I think he likes me" Woody smiled. "He also knows how I feel about her and he knows I'd be good for her, bring a little calm to the storm"

"You really love her don't you?" Jessie smiled.

He just looked at her shyly without answering, his cheeks growing redder by the second.

"Sorry, I didn't mean to embarrass you, it's just you get this big silly grin on your face when you talk about her"

Jordan was watching them closely, what's with all the goofy smiles?

Woody was still smiling at what Jessie had said when he looked up to find Jordan standing there.

"Hey Jordan" he said casually.

"Hi Woody"

"Oh Jordan, This is my, uh, well this is Jessie"

"Oh hi, how do you know Woody? I don't think he's mentioned you" Jessie said coolly.

Jordan just nodded, obviously wounded. Woody knew he's scored a direct hit as he watched her excuse herself and walk slowly back to her friends, looking over her shoulder once with a hurt expression. He suddenly felt horrible and almost stood up to follow her, but Jessie stopped him.

"Don't Woody, you've got her right where you want her, let her sweat a while"

Woody and Jessie left, arousing Jordan's suspicions and damn near driving her crazy. Her friends had left and she and Lily stayed behind.

"You okay Jordan? You've been kind of quiet"

Jordan looked up to see Garrett walking in the bar.

"I guess this is my chance to make him jealous huh?" Lily said excitedly.

"Yeah, guess so" Jordan mumbled.

"What's wrong Jordan? This was your idea remember?"

"Yeah, I remember Lily, but I changed my mind. You shouldn't play games with him, just tell him how you feel before it's too late"

"Too late?" Lily asked confused.

"Yeah, if you keep playing these kid's games one day you'll find that there's no one left to play with"

Garrett had made his way over to them. "Hey Jordan, um Lily, can I talk to you?"

Jordan just looked her straight in the eye as if she were willing her to just avoid the games and tell Garrett the truth about her feelings. Lily nodded in understanding of their unspoken code and followed Garrett over to a corner table where they could talk in private and say what needed to be said.

Jordan laid her head against one arm on the bar and sighed heavily. Max smiled tenderly at his daughter.

"Something on your mind honey?"

"Woody" she admitted

"Oh yeah? That wouldn't have anything to do with him being here with Jessie tonight would it?" Max asked, smiling to himself, already knowing the answer to his question.

"Why did I have to be my usual self? Why do I have to be all stubborn all the time?"

"What are you talking about Jordan?" Max asked playing dumb.

"He was right here in front of me this whole time, just waiting for me to give him a chance and even though I've known how I feel about him for a while now, I still wouldn't tell him. Now there's a Jessie!" she whined, slamming her head down against her crossed arms.

"Well maybe it's time you took your own advice" Max said motioning over to where Garrett and Lily sat; now holding hands. Jordan smiled at the two of them together.

"If only it were that easy," she pouted.

"It's easier than you think Jordan, easier than you think" Max said hugging her and ushering her to the door in the hopes that she would go to Woody and confess her feelings.