Jesse called Kim on her way home to let her know that she was leaving for awhile. Chase answered the phone and knew it was her from the caller idea, "Is everything alright Jesse?"
"Yeah I just left him to go take a shower. I'm sure he went back to sleep he's still a little groggy from the drugs. But I thought I probably should stop off at his house and grab some stuff for him. I figured Kim would know what. Maybe help him from getting so restless. He tried leaving tonight when I fell asleep."
"OK hold on." Chase went and found Kim in the kitchen. He told her what Jesse wanted and Kim got on the phone, "Great idea. Do you know where his apartment is?"
"No not really." Jesse answered.
"Ok I'll meet you at your house than. You can follow me over."
"OK I'll see you than."
"Thanks for staying with him." Kim said.
Jesse hung up as if she didn't hear that she didn't know what to say or to do. She quickly showered and changed once she got back to her house. It was disturbing because everything was the way she left it that day besides the bodies being picked up, and the bullets. Everything else was there the blood stains and all, she made a mental note to call the cleaners to see if she could get a good quote on getting the place fixed up. She checked her messages her boss had called asking for more information on anything seen as she had contacts now, her brother called to make sure she was fine and said he'd call her cell phone tomorrow morning. She was listening to the last message when there was a knock on the door, she knew it was Kim so she ran down and answered it. She told Kim, "Give me one minute." She turned all the lights off and went outside. "I'll just follow you."
"Yeah." Kim said smiling at her still wondering what she meant to her father.
When they reached Jack's apartment Jesse couldn't help but study the place. It was clearly a mans apartment. There were barely any decorations, she noticed a small TV that looked like it hadn't been used in a long time, a CD player with a massive collections of CD's around it. She looked through them there was a wide range of music and she grabbed a few of the CD's asking Kim, "Will he like these?"
"Yeah." Kim and Jesse went to his bedroom it was just as plain as the rest of the apartment. Jesse looked around and found a bag under the bed. She pulled it out and along with Kim she packed some clothes in it for him.
Kim left the room and went to the small closet in the hallway. She opened it and found a box on the shelf. She pulled the box done and it was full of pictures of Jack from childhood up to the year her mom had died. She put it back quickly and found his acoustic guitar. She smiled, she remembered when he would come home from one of his many trips he would always play songs for her when he would faithfully tuck her in. She enjoyed those few weeks when he was home every night he would tuck her in and play her songs until she fell asleep. She knew all of Bob Dylan's songs by time she was six that she would shock her teacher when she would start singing as she was walking out to her mom who was there to pick her up from kindergarten every day faithfully.
Jesse walked out and saw Kim looking at the acustic guitar she could only guess what memories it brought up she asked breaking Kim's trance, "Does your father play?"
"He use to. He stopped awhile back, but I minds as well encourage him to start again he's going to have a lot of time on his hands." Kim smiled through the pain she felt at the memory.
Jesse saw the only picture displayed in the house sitting on a table. She walked over and asked Kim, "Is this your mom in the picture?"
Kim walked over and looked at it she smiled, "Yeah that was taken a few months before they separated. He had just gotten back from another one of his trips and he took us all to Six Flags. It was a school day, but my mom went right along with him. It was our last family outing." Kim said with a sad smile.
"I'm sorry." Jesse said not knowing the entire history nor feeling she had a right to ask about it.
"Well I think we got everything." Kim said wiping a few tears out of her eyes.
"Ok." Jesse said walking out of the house. They drove back to the hospital and as Jesse had predicated Jack was asleep again. The nurses eyed them as they walked into his room. Jesse set all the stuff they brought down in the corner of the room and took her vigil position in the chair next to the bed.
"Jesse can I ask you something it's sort of personal?" Kim asked breaking the silence that had over ran the room.
"Sure." She smiled at the young lady.
"What is it with you two? You've been here since he got here, and you barely leave his side. Is there something more there than what we know?"
"To tell you the truth Kim. I like your father a lot. I don't know exactly why, but I do. A part of me feels guilty because he's here because he was protecting me. I would love to have a chance to be with him, but I'm not sure he feels the same way or if he even thinks of me."
"He needs someone, and I think you just might be that someone. He's stubborn and fumbles around when it comes to the opposite sex give him a chance he'll come around slowly." Kim said trying to show she supported whatever they might have.
"Thank you that means a lot to me." Jesse had been thinking about something for awhile but she didn't know how to approach the subject. She started, "I know you all have jobs and really won't be able to help him once they release him. I'm not saying you wouldn't give up your time to do it, I'm know all of you have and would. It's just that I have a lot of time off and I feel guilty for him being here and . . ."
"You want to take him home with you?" Kim asked smiling.
"Well I mean I can do it. I've had to look after my father when he got really bad, and I know what I'm doing. If you wouldn't mind. I know you and Chase have the baby, and Michelle and Tony really don't have much room."
"I'm sure he would like that." Kim said smiling at her, she knew than that Jesse had cared for her father and she was happy for them if it worked out.
Jesse awoke the next morning in the chair when she heard someone talking in the door way. She sat up and rubbed the sleep out of her eye to see the man she had meant when he saved them, Bob Cooley. He was talking to a nurse about Jack's condition he had another man with him who Jesse didn't know. She smiled at Bob as he walked in he said, "Hello. You're still here. Usually the hostage runs away."
"I tried he wakes up when I start to run."
"OH well let me save you for a bit." Bob said taking a seat.
Jesse eyed the other man not knowing him, Bob noticed this and introduced him, "Jesse this is Brad Hammond. He's one of the big guys at CTU. We need to speak with Jack. Debrief him finally."
"OH. Well he's still asleep has been for awhile, the drugs are still in his system and they are still giving him some."
"Yeah I spoke the nurse about that. When he wakes up do you mind giving us an hour or so on our own?"
"Yeah I can call everyone back than I guess." Jesse said looking at Jack who looked so peaceful besides the bruises and bandages that covered his face and body.
As if on command Jack woke up and he saw Jesse before he saw anyone else he smiled at her and said, "You're still here. What you getting your rocks off on seeing me sleep?"
In a sarcastic tone Jesse said, "Oh yes Jack. This is better than any thing I've ever watched. I'm getting all hot just watching you sleep."
"I knew it." He said in a dry cracked voice. He noticed Brad and Bob in the room and turned into the professional agent again, "Didn't notice you." Jack said the smile falling off his face.
"Do you mind Jesse?"
"Yeah. See you Bob don't leave I need to talk to you." She said getting up and leaving the room. Brad took her seat once she was gone and looked Jack over.
Jack pushed himself up so that he was sitting making sure to hide any pain he felt from the movement.
Jesse sat outside the room for three hours. She was to nervous to call anyone she knew that they had found a mount of evidence against Jack that she knew for a fact was not true. She had been there with him she had seen the bad guys she knew Jack had not done anything he was being accused of and it made her nervous the meeting was taking so long.
After another half hour wait the door opened and Brad Hammond walked out smiling at Jesse as he left. She hurried up and walked inside smiling at the two men. She looked at Bob who said, "Well I hate to do this to you Jack, wait what am I saying you are an arshole why should I be nice." He smiled, "I haven't eaten any food all day. Jesse I can tell you haven't either so let's leave Prince Charming here and go get some real good solid food."
Jack glared at him, "Just wait once she's gone and you're here I'm going to get you."
"Jack my friend, Mother Teresa could take you right now and she's decomposing. Plus Jesse would protect me from you because the minute you tried to make a move she'd be there to stop you. So we are going to go have some nice good old solid food, I'll tell the nurse to bring in some more of your nice drinks."
"OK enough you two." Jesse said almost laughing at Bob tormenting Jack.
"I didn't do anything." Jack said raising his hands.
"Sure you didn't." She said grabbing Bob's arm and pulling him out of the room. As they were walking down the hall she heard Jack ask the nurse, "When I am going to be able to eat real food again?"
She didn't hear the answer but she hoped real soon because she tired of hearing him mope about it. "How is Kate?"
"Better. Much better. She's staying at her fathers house. I stop by ever day to check up on her."
"That's going above and beyond the call of duty. Am I sensing some connection here?" Jesse asked.
"I do like her. She's been through so much and I got to know her well that day we rescued your sorry butts." Bob said remembering checking in on her that day when he reached the hospital so late and she was so strong sitting in her bed after all she had gone through. He didn't want to leave her for some reason he just couldn't leave her so he sat there with her and they talked the entire night. He drove her to her father's house when they released her and he asked if he could check in or her more and she said she would like that. "What about you and Jack? Ms. I haven't left his side since forver?"
"Nothing right now. We haven't even talked about it."
"But you want him don't you."
Jesse smiled at him and smiled giving him her answer through her smile.
"So talk to the man. You both like to take charge you know you'll wear the pants."
"It's harder than it seems. I know nothing about him. I just found out what type of music he likes last night when I went go pick some stuff up from his house. And there is a long history behind him."
"Yes there is. But he really is a decent guy even if he is an arshole." Bob said smiling. "Plus I don't want to worry about his competition with Kate. Even though she says they are just friends and that's all they will ever be."
"What's wrong you don't think you could compete with Jack?"
"Hell no. You chicks love the surfer boy, with the rugged handsome ways. He's mysterious I'm a aging man with no mystery in my life."
"Poor you."
"Hell I like it like this. I'm not the one lying in the hospital now." He joked.
