"Well I guess I shouldn't be given our history but I thought things were
different now, everything was going so great until now. Why did you have to
tell Garrett?" he asked slamming another shot.
"People were going to have to find out eventually, what kind of relationship would you be able to have if you have to have it from everyone?" Max said.
"We were planning to tell everyone but in our own time, we wanted it to be just us for a while, that's what Jordan needed and that's why we didn't tell people, now I feel like we're being punished for that even though its our life, our business, why the hell does everyone else always get a say in what happens?"
"I don't think you're really mad about this, I think you're probably mad at Jordan"
Woody downed yet another shot then turned to him. "Well ofcourse I'm mad at Jordan, I mean what the hell is the matter with her? It's too complicated?, it's been complicated for two freakin' years"
"In those two years I think you've learned enough about Jordan to know that's just the way she is, give her some space, she'll come around" Max advised.
"How do you know that? What I've learned most about Jordan this whole time is that she is stubborn as hell, what makes you think she'll change her mind?"
"The way I saw her looking at you last night, she loves you"
"You think that's enough?" Woody asked staring down at the bar.
"It's everything" Max said patting him on the shoulder. "You should get home, there might be someone waiting for you"
Jordan went back to her apartment, she hadn't even been back since the Malden incident, Woody and her dad had been to get her clothes and things she needed.
She inserted her key in the door and slowly opened the door. She walked in and looked around, the memory of that night causing goosebumps to rise on her skin. She rubbed her arms and stared at the dark stain on the floor that had once been Malden's blood. She hurried out of the apartment.
Jordan decided to go to the Pogue and see her dad. He smiled when he saw her enter the bar.
"Hey" He said casually.
"Hi dad, are you still mad?" she asked.
"I wasn't really mad, it was more disappointment that you didn't feel comfortable telling me something so important"
"I told you dad, we were going to tell you, we just needed some time to ourselves"
"So what about now? Woody told me you think you need some time apart"
"I don't know dad, I just didn't want everything to change but it seems like it already has, I don't want to not be able to work with Woody, we kick butt together"
"Things have changed, you couldn't go back to just working with Woody now that you've been a couple, are you willing to give up what you have because you're afraid of change?"
"I went back to my apartment tonight" Jordan said.
"Yeah? How did that go?" Max asked, concerned.
"It sucked, all I could think was I want to be back at Woody's"
"Well it's not too late for that" he said.
"He probably doesn't want to have anything to do with me" she said looking at her hands.
"Only one way to find out" he smiled.
"Thanks dad, for understanding" she said reaching over the bar to hug him.
Woody got home and checked his messages hoping there would be one from Jordan. He sighed when he got to the last one and realized she hadn't called.
"Hey" Jordan said from the door, he hadn't heard her come in.
"Hey" he said back looking her over.
"Did you come to get your stuff?" he asked looking away.
"No" she said walking in and closing the door behind her. Woody just watched her.
"I'm sorry about today" she said
"What are you sorry about?" he asked, not making it easy for her.
"I went to my apartment tonight and it felt strange, not just because of what happened but because this feels like home, with you, I don't want to be without you ever again, I don't care about the complications, I don't care about anything but being with you" she said walking towards him.
She stopped when she realized his expression hadn't changed, and he hadn't opened his arms to greet her warmly.
"Woody?" she asked.
He slowly made his way over to her and looked into her eyes. "I try to be mad at you but I can never last" he grinned hugging her close.
She laughed "I love you so much" she said hugging him as tight as she could.
"People were going to have to find out eventually, what kind of relationship would you be able to have if you have to have it from everyone?" Max said.
"We were planning to tell everyone but in our own time, we wanted it to be just us for a while, that's what Jordan needed and that's why we didn't tell people, now I feel like we're being punished for that even though its our life, our business, why the hell does everyone else always get a say in what happens?"
"I don't think you're really mad about this, I think you're probably mad at Jordan"
Woody downed yet another shot then turned to him. "Well ofcourse I'm mad at Jordan, I mean what the hell is the matter with her? It's too complicated?, it's been complicated for two freakin' years"
"In those two years I think you've learned enough about Jordan to know that's just the way she is, give her some space, she'll come around" Max advised.
"How do you know that? What I've learned most about Jordan this whole time is that she is stubborn as hell, what makes you think she'll change her mind?"
"The way I saw her looking at you last night, she loves you"
"You think that's enough?" Woody asked staring down at the bar.
"It's everything" Max said patting him on the shoulder. "You should get home, there might be someone waiting for you"
Jordan went back to her apartment, she hadn't even been back since the Malden incident, Woody and her dad had been to get her clothes and things she needed.
She inserted her key in the door and slowly opened the door. She walked in and looked around, the memory of that night causing goosebumps to rise on her skin. She rubbed her arms and stared at the dark stain on the floor that had once been Malden's blood. She hurried out of the apartment.
Jordan decided to go to the Pogue and see her dad. He smiled when he saw her enter the bar.
"Hey" He said casually.
"Hi dad, are you still mad?" she asked.
"I wasn't really mad, it was more disappointment that you didn't feel comfortable telling me something so important"
"I told you dad, we were going to tell you, we just needed some time to ourselves"
"So what about now? Woody told me you think you need some time apart"
"I don't know dad, I just didn't want everything to change but it seems like it already has, I don't want to not be able to work with Woody, we kick butt together"
"Things have changed, you couldn't go back to just working with Woody now that you've been a couple, are you willing to give up what you have because you're afraid of change?"
"I went back to my apartment tonight" Jordan said.
"Yeah? How did that go?" Max asked, concerned.
"It sucked, all I could think was I want to be back at Woody's"
"Well it's not too late for that" he said.
"He probably doesn't want to have anything to do with me" she said looking at her hands.
"Only one way to find out" he smiled.
"Thanks dad, for understanding" she said reaching over the bar to hug him.
Woody got home and checked his messages hoping there would be one from Jordan. He sighed when he got to the last one and realized she hadn't called.
"Hey" Jordan said from the door, he hadn't heard her come in.
"Hey" he said back looking her over.
"Did you come to get your stuff?" he asked looking away.
"No" she said walking in and closing the door behind her. Woody just watched her.
"I'm sorry about today" she said
"What are you sorry about?" he asked, not making it easy for her.
"I went to my apartment tonight and it felt strange, not just because of what happened but because this feels like home, with you, I don't want to be without you ever again, I don't care about the complications, I don't care about anything but being with you" she said walking towards him.
She stopped when she realized his expression hadn't changed, and he hadn't opened his arms to greet her warmly.
"Woody?" she asked.
He slowly made his way over to her and looked into her eyes. "I try to be mad at you but I can never last" he grinned hugging her close.
She laughed "I love you so much" she said hugging him as tight as she could.