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Too Me To by mrs-sanders

As the elevator doors opened Jack gazed upon and almost empty office. Everyone was clearly out on assignment except from Danny who was sat at the conference table looking bored. Jack figured he must be waiting for him so he picked up his speed a little.

As he approached Danny saw him out of the corner of his eye and smiled smugly, the Danny Taylor trademark.

"Man is Viv pissed at you. Are you incapable of being on time? I mean come on, 10 minutes, half an hour, who really notices? But just over 2 hours! Jack who are you kidding?" Jack could only hope he could manage to avoid Viv all day but it didn't seem very likely.

"I know. We fell back asleep and the alarm didn't get put on snooze and is Viv really that mad?" Jack pleaded with Danny but could tell he didn't believe a word of it. His mind was always in the gutter.

"Oh yeah! You haven't been on time in 3 weeks this has just tipped her over the edge." Over Jack's shoulder Danny saw Viv step out of the elevator. "In fact duck right now because here comes the boss." Jack turned his head as quickly as he could and as he saw the look on Viv's face and couldn't help thinking that this was it, he was gonna lose his job.

"You over stepped the mark this time Jack!" Viv's tone wasn't any prettier than her mood. "I can deal with 15 minutes or so but 2 hours! You have got to be kidding me!" Jack felt he could do nothing but stand there and let her just say it. "You're on reprimand Jack. If you're even 1 minute late for the next month, you're fired."

Jack let out a sigh of relief. Although he knew he wasn't out of the woods yet. Getting to work on time everyday was gonna be a challenge and he didn't know if he could do it. He told himself though, that he had to. For his sake. For Sam's sake. And most of all for his child's sake.

Jack sat round the oak conference table with Danny and Viv discussing their theories on the case of a missing 24-year-old lawyer when they heard the elevator arrive at their floor. The elevator doors opened to reveal Martin stood with a brunette Jack had never seen before.

Jack was instantly drawn to her. Her hair was long, brown and incredibly shiny, her long, toned legs were shown off in a black skirt-suit and her lips were the sultry red of her low-cut shirt. He swallowed hard before almost whispering to Viv and Martin "Who. Is. That?"

Danny saw Jacks staring and slapped him round the back of the head, snapping him out of his daze. "Pregnant wife Jack. Don't even think about it. And, by the way, that's Sam's replacement." Danny thought about how that could sound. "Professionally ONLY." He added.

"Obviously. I could never do that to Sam." Danny somehow doubted Jack but kept his views private. As Martin and the brunette approached they were talking and laughing together and Danny couldn't help thinking that maybe Martin stood a chance with this one.

But then as they approached Danny saw the brunette begin to eye up Jack and he began to feel really sorry for Martin for some reason it seemed FBI missing persons agents were only interested in Jack. Danny could only hope Jack was only interested in Sam.

"Well hello. You must be Jack Malone." The brunette greeted Jack with raised eyebrows and an outstretched hand which he politely took and shook. "I'm Kathy Jones. Your wife's replacement." She stated with a cheeky smile. "I've heard so many stories. Good and Bad." Kathy brushed past Jack and took a seat at the table.

"I assure you only half of them are true." Jack said with a laugh. Under the table he felt Kathy's foot lightly brush against his calf as she crossed her legs and he couldn't help but wonder if it was an accident.

Jack felt a wave of guilt brush over him as he remembered the way Sam always used to do that accidentally-on-purpose. Kathy had been openly flirting with him and he had been openly flirting back. As the team went back to discussing the case Jack's mind reminded him of the first time he met Sam.

Jack and his team, which then had consisted of Viv and two other agents, Matthew Whears and James Harvey, had been having difficulties with a case. 26-year-old Hilary Shelton had disappeared from her place of work in Manhattan and the team had reached a dead end in the case so they had called the nearest NYPD precinct and asked if they could send someone over to the office to give them a hand.

Jack had been expecting a fat, bald guy to turn up at his office so when an absolutely stunning blonde woman popped his head around his door he had been very surprised.

"Hi, are you Jack Malone? Or did I get the wrong office?" The blonde asked, a cutely confused look on her face. Jack gave her a reassuring smile.

"Yes, I'm Jack Malone. Take a seat." He said gesturing toward the chair on the other side of his desk. "What can I do for you today?"

The blonde blushed. He obviously didn't know she was the cop. She had been told there was no reason to wear uniform but now she wished she had.

"Erm, I'm the NYPD cop. Samantha Spade." She said extending her hand. "I knew I should have worn uniform but my boss told me I didn't need too."

"No, it's fine. I was just expecting a large, unattractive, bald guy not a petite, attractive, blonde woman." Sam felt her blush intensify and lower her head in the hope Jack wouldn't see.

She had to admit he was pretty handsome himself. Dark brown, tousled hair and a smile to die for. The men Sam usually went for always had those traits. She decided to be daring and go with the moment.

"The fat guy was the other choice. Fortunately I got this assignment." She looked back up and smiled at Jack.

"Well, I'm glad you did." Jack stated simply.

"So am I." Sam replied. "So what can I help you out with?" Jack sighed as he remembered the dead-end of a case he was working on.

"Hilary Shelton disappeared from the office where she works in Manhattan approximately 53 hours ago, by all accounts she was happy, had no reason to take her own life, she'd just got engaged to her boyfriend, Nate Mellor, the day before her disappearance and we cannot find any motive for anyone to want to kidnap her, we haven't received a ransom, not that there's anything to give, no debts but she's not making the most money, besides we haven't received a ransom, basically we hit a dead-end but none of us can bring ourselves to give up on her, so we called your boss to ask for a little help." Jack basically relayed all the details of the case to Sam without taking a break.

"Well I'll help in anyway I can. I'm not experienced like you and your team but fresh eyes you know." Sam smiled.

"Yeah, fresh eyes." 'And beautiful ones at that', Jack couldn't help but add to himself…

"…So Jack, you and Danny are gonna go talk to her roommate. I get the feeling she's holding out on us so squeeze her tight." Jack nodded as he took in his orders. "Martin, you stay here and run a background check on the coffee shop waiter and Kathy, me and you are gonna go take to her father."

The team all got to there tasks, Jack, Danny, Viv and Kathy all making their way to the elevator. Kathy walked in front of Jack and he couldn't help but check out her ass…

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