Chapter 10
Jack woke up with much the same feeling that he had the first time, except his head was clearer than it had been. His mouth still felt dry and he really wished that he had something to drink. Sitting up, he discovered that Bobby was sitting on the edge of the seat, his feet hanging out the door, watching him.
"How you feeling, Sparky?" he asked.
"Much better." Jack answered, wishing that his voice didn't sound so scratchy. "What are you doing here?"
"Waiting for you to wake up." He answered, getting out of the car, and giving a thumbs up to the security camera. "You gave us a scare, disappearing like that."
"I figured you deserved it." Jack told him, also getting out of the car. "Since it was apparent that you weren't planning on telling me about the effects of the drug."
"Sorry mate." Bobby said, looking genuinely sorry. Jack immediately forgave him.
"It's ok. They're watching aren't they." Jack stated, knowing that Tara would probably have patched into the buildings security cameras.
"Yep." Bobby told him. "Sue's probably even reading lips for them."
"Figures." Jack said, mocking annoyance. Bobby laughed and they proceeded to head back to the office.
"Oh, and we told Garret that you were at a meeting." Bobby told him as they walked through the door. Everyone looked up at their return, but nobody made any comments. Jack got himself a cup of tea, to soothe his throat, before sitting down. They proceeded to work on their individual paperwork until Garret came in around eleven thirty.
"How did your meeting go, Jack?" he asked, and Jack was very glad that Bobby had told him that little fact so he had time to prepare an answer.
"I didn't learn anything that we don't already know." Jack told him calmly. Ted nodded and addressed the whole team.
"You know what's at stake here people. We've gotta nail these people tonight. I don't want any slip-ups. We're all counting on you." At the end of his speech, Garret left the bullpen. After he had been gone a moment, Sue came over to Jack's desk.
"Do you really want to have lunch with me, or was that just a diversion?" She asked, crossing her arms and fixing him with a penetrating look.
"Both. Do you want to go to lunch with me?" He asked, concerned that she was angry with him. He didn't want to hurt her.
"On one condition." she agreed. "I pick the place."
"Deal." He said, signing it at the same time. He was nowhere near as fast as Sue or Lucy, but he could pull it off.
"Good, then I say that we go to The Winged Lion." She told him. He stared at her in disbelief, and it wasn't until she and the entire office started laughing that he realized that she was teasing him. "You should see the look on your face." she told him, giggling. "Actually, there's this new café that I wanted to go to." Jack took a deep breath and let it out slowly. It took another few minutes for everyone to stop laughing, and by then Sue and Jack had already left for lunch. They had a nice conversation during lunch, mostly about the case since neither of them was willing to go too much into their personal lives.