It was getting late so they all decided to call it an evening. Jordan was closing the bar so she hung back. She hugged them all goodbye and told everyone to drive safely.

She closed the door behind them and ran smack into Woody's chest. He had been standing right behind her without her noticing.

"Did I startle you?" he asked brushing his arms up and down her sides. She felt the goose bumps rise on her skin with his touch.

"Yeah, a little, I thought you had headed out" she said.

"Nah, I figured you could use some help, you want a hand?" he asked.

"Sure, That would be great, maybe I can get out of here at a decent hour tonight" she said as he started wiping down all the tables.

"Oh yeah? You got somewhere to be?" he teased.

"Yeah Woody, I've got a hot date waiting for me at 3 am!" she said throwing the towel she had been using at him.

"Well that's a shame, I thought maybe we could hang out and talk a little more but I guess that's not as appealing as your hot date" he smiled.

"Ha Ha, No, I could use the company tonight" she said truthfully.

"Yeah, why is that?" he asked, thinking something was wrong.

She started picking up the stools and placing them on top of the bar, and Woody followed suit with the chairs at the tables.

She just looked at him for a second without answering.

"What?" he asked.

"Ok but if you tell anyone this, I will hunt you down and kill you," she warned.

"Hey whatever you tell me stays between us, Boy Scout's honor, remember?" he smiled that irresistible country boy smile.

"Alright" she relented. "It's just, well I couldn't be happier for Aidan and Jamie, they deserve all the happiness in the world, they really do but seeing them together just makes me see what they have and I don't" she said looking at the ground, avoiding his gaze.

"Well these things take time Jordan, if and when it's supposed to happen, it will" he said as he leaned against the bar beside her.

"When did you become Mr. Fate?" she teased.

"I've kind of gradually become a believer over the past couple years" he said looking directly at her.

"So what made you such a believer?" she asked turning to him and smiling, enjoying putting him on the spot.

"I've been waiting for something I know I'm meant to have, even though it isn't always easy, I know it's going to happen the way it's supposed to"

She stared at his big blue eyes as she listened to him talk about her, about them and suddenly got the urge to kiss him.

She stepped closer to him and started to lean up towards him when there was a knock at the door. She sighed heavily and turned to see Lily at the door.

"Of course fate can be a real pain in the ass from time to time" Woody smiled playfully.

She went and opened the door for Lily "Hey, I forgot my purse and didn't realize it until now because we were all just hanging around outside talking" Lily said as she spotted her purse on a chair that hadn't been stacked yet.

"I'll walk you out Lily, you shouldn't be walking around this time of night by yourself" Woody said as they headed out the door.

He looked back at Jordan to let her know he would be back.

"What am I doing? I almost kissed Woody, I really wanted to kiss Woody, and it probably isn't a good idea, wait, who cares if it isn't a good idea? Did I just say I really want to kiss Woody? Man, am I losing it" Jordan said to herself when she was alone in the bar.

Woody was back in a minute "Now you know what it's like to be me, except imagine about a hundred of those kind of moments that don't happen" he shrugged.

Jordan closed the distance between them and wrapped her arms around his middle. "Woody, I think fate has been working it's ass off on us for a while, why don't we give it a break and rely on ourselves?"

Before he fully understood what she was saying she had her lips on his. He relaxed after the initial shock of her action and dropped his arms to her sides, connecting his hands loosely behind her waist as he opened his mouth to deepen the kiss. She moaned a little as their tongues met, sending a shiver through Woody's body. They broke apart a minute later and Woody took a deep breath "That was definitely worth waiting for" he smiled and she kissed him tenderly on the mouth again.