It had been two months since Karen had left. She had told Jack, Grace, and Will that she had to take care of some legal issues that her late husband Stan had left behind. Then she disappeared. Not even Will, her lawyer, knew her whereabouts. Grace had since found a new team of designers to work with and hadn't really noticed Karen's absence. Not that she didn't miss her, but she wasn't losing any sleep, or business. Will was also kept busy. He was a work-aholic and had been enjoying indulging himself completely in his cases. That left Jack. Jack had done some theatre work right after Karen left, but they were currently on hiatus and he didn't feel like looking for anything else. At first he had filled his time clubbing and being the center of the social scene, but that had worn off rather quickly and now he just stayed in his apartment. Karen was his best friend, and he had noticed that right before she left they had grown closer than ever before. Instead of meaningless shopping trips and extravagant lunches, he and Karen had had picnics in Central park and stayed up late watching chick-flicks together at her place. As he reminisced about his and Karen's adventures, he thought about how un Karen-like it all was, but how she had seemed so happy and full of new ideas for them to try. Now, as he sat alone beside the window in his living room, Jack noticed how dull the usually bright lights of New York City seemed. Without Karen there was no Jack. He had lost his glow when he realized he might never hear from her again, two weeks after she had left; he had turned sullen and rarely even laughed. And the twinkle in his sparkling blue eyes had faded. Will and Grace had noticed this and commented, but Jack just brushed them off saying he was tired that day. After that they didn't see much of him. Busy with their own lives, they figured he was just as busy with his, and went on. Little did anyone know, Karen had been the reason for Jack's constant euphoric attitude and flamboyancy. And he had not even realized it until she disappeared.

Sighing, Jack got up from his chair and walked over to the stereo. Shuffling through his CDs he could find nothing that he thought might cheer him up, not even Cher. So he turned on the radio instead. As he walked back over to the window he heard the last few bars of a rock song play, then the DJ came on.

"Here's a new one by Daniel Beddingfield, "Never Gonna Leave Your Side" here on Q102.3."

Jack perked up some at the name of the artist and listened as the song played.

I feel like a song without the words

A man without a soul

A bird without its wings

A heart without a home

I feel like a knight without a sword

The sky without the sun

cause you are the one

I feel like a ship beneath the waves

A child that lost its way

A door without a key

A face without a name

I feel like a breath without the air

And every day's the same

since you've gone away

I gotta have a reason to wake up in the morning

You used to be the one that put a smile on my face

There are no words that could describe how I miss you

and I miss you everyday

yeah

and I'm never gonna leave your side

and I'm never gonna leave your side again

still holding longer

I won't let you go

cause when I'm lying in your arms

I know im home

They tell me that a man can lose his mind

Living in the pain

The call in times gone by

The crying in the rain

You know ive wasted half the time

And i'm on my knees again

till you come to me

yeah

I gotta have a reason to wake up in the morning

You used to be the one that put a smile on my face

There are no words that could describe how I miss you

and I miss you everyday

yeah

and I'm never gonna leave your side

and I'm never gonna leave your side again

still holding on girl

I won't let you go

I lay my head against your heart

I know im home

I know im home

I know im home

and I'm never gonna leave your side

and I'm never gonna leave your side again

still holding longer

I won't let you go

cause when im lying in your arms

i know im home

As the song ended Jack wiped away the tears that he hadn't realized he'd cried. He had gotten lost in the song and now he just felt worse.