The following morning Jack and Karen walked into the breakfast area wrapped in each others arms, giggling and kissing like teenagers.
"For god sake will you too give it a rest, I'm trying to eat here." Grace moaned turning her eyes away from the scene in front of her.
"Oh honey this is what is called a relationship, r – e – l – a – t…."
"I know what it is, but do you have to rub it in, yes I'm sad and alone but I'm not the only one, where's Will." Grace asked.
"I don't know honey he's your husband." Karen laughed kissing Jack again.
"Yeh Grace he shares your room, you should know where he is." Jack added.
"He didn't come home last night, I thought he was with you guys."
"Grace, you know I'm not into three ways." Karen replied seriously.
"Hey, I know where he is, he stayed out all night with Paul." Jack shouted excitedly.
"Who's Paul?" Grace and Karen asked together.
"I dated him for a few days a while ago back home, he's English and said I should get in touch if I ever came over, so I did and set him up with Will, and ta da! I'm a genius."
"Hey genius, were you ever going to tell me you were texting ex lovers whilst here with me." Karen asked wagging a finger at Jack.
"Oh Kare, don't be mad I was doing it for Will, oh look here he is."
Will walked towards them and sat down next to Grace.
"Will's got a boyfriend, Will's got a boyfriend." Jack sang.
"Jack, stop it." Will chastised.
"Did my Wilma get a little something something last night." Karen teased causing him to blush.
"You did, my god Will since when did you do one night stands?" Grace questioned.
"Well it's not going to be a one night stand, I've just popped back to get changed then we are spending the day together." Will said looking away from Grace who at that moment hit him on his arm.
"Get out, your going to spend the day with him, but Will why? Why get involved when we are all leaving in 5 days."
"Hey, it will be a hell of a five days Grace trust me on that one." Jack added, using a menu to fan himself.
"Hey tinkerbell, I'm still here." Karen reminded him. He kissed her softly silently mouthing sorry.
"Will be careful, I don't want you to get hurt." Karen kissed him on the cheek and made a move to stand. "Come on Jackie lets go shop." She grabbed his hand and the two skipped off together. Leaving Will and Grace alone.
"Why can't you do a Jack, turn straight, marry me, have kids and neither of us would have to worry about this whole relationship thing." Grace moaned sipping her coffee.
"Well sweetie, one I'm not Jack, two I'm most definitely gay, three combining our families at one wedding would be insane, four our kids would have my huge forhead and your flat chest and finally you'll find the right man Grace, we both will."
"Wish I could be more certain, your right about our kids though, and if you put my hair onto your forehead, that's 6 years of theropy at least." Grace replied smiling to herself.
"What's that smile for?" will asked.
"Just picturing Karen's kids, can you imagin a little Karen walking around, cute little prada wearing brunette."
"Yeh, lets hope that if Karen ever did have a child it would look like her, poor thing would be so unfortuate to grow up looking like Jack."
"Ah Will that's mean, do you ever think they would get to that stage, I mean three months ago i could never imagin Karen with a child, now she's changed so much, I mean the old Karen is still there she made a waiter cry last night, but something else is there too and for some reason, crazy as it may seem I could see her with a child." Grace said drifting off into thought.
"Yeh me to, I just hope that Jack doesn't let her down, I sweare I'll kill him myself if he does." Will replied.
"Look at you getting all defensive, Karen's really gotten to you hasn't she, it's a good job you are gay cause I'd be getting very jelous. Anyway tell me about this Paul!" Grace asked excitedly.
Later that evening Karen and Jack were cuddled up in a limo on there way back from the theatre, the weather had taken a turn for the worst and was now blowing a gale, streets were deserted as the rain bashed heavily againsnt the pavement causing them to look silver in the moonlight.
"This is what they call typical English weather then." Jack commented as they passed the dock side.
"Driver stop the car." Karen announced as the limo skidded to a stop.
"Karen what are you…"
"Come on Jackie." Karen said getting out the limo into the pouring rain.
"Karen, no it's throwing it down, now get back in the car."
"No come on Jack, I haven't walked in the rain for years, it's not cold." She twirled into the rain laughing to herself.
"Not cold, Karen it's bloody frezzing now get back in the car."
"Come and get me." she challenged looking devious. Her hair was wet and flat to her head, her clothes were clinging to her body, she threw her soaking wet jacket at Jack and walked towards the river.
"Karen you'll get newmonia, Karen, Karen!"
She kept walking away from him so he climbed out the limo and walked after her. "What has gotten into you?" He asked as he approached where she stood looking into the deep waters of the thames.
She looked a thousand miles away, deep in thought, a tear tricked down her cheek and Jack brought her head up to his in concern.
"What is it Kare?" he asked quietly.
"This is where my dad brought me,." she began wiping the tears away, trying to act strong but she knew she didn't need to, not with Jack.
"Me and mum went with him on one of his business trips, we went to Paris, Rome, Madrid and finally London. I was only about 5 maybe 6 and one Sunday morning he brought me here. He woke me up really early and we sneaked out without waking mum. We walked along the river, talked, laughed even sang and we stopped here, right here." She paused for a moment, rain dripping down her face.
"He told me he was going away, that he was going away for a very long time, I didn't understand at the time, he told me that he would always be thinking of me, and that if I looked up at that star." She pointed at one of the small stars, glowing in the distance half cover by rain clouds.
"That he would always be there, he gave me a locket, you know the star shaped one that stan broke."
Jack nodded a reply.
"Well he gave me that, hugged me, put me in a taxi and I've never seen him since."
"Kare that's awful, why have you never said anything?" Jack asked quietly wrapping his arms around her.
"Because I hated him for doing it, he left me, he just went, never got a birthday card, Christmas card, my mother blamed me, she was horrible to me, got herself mixed up with some horrible bloke who hit her and me, then she started on the scams, dragging me around the states until I finally had enough and left, Jack I had the perfect life until my dad left and I never found out why." Karen wiped a tear away from her cheek and turned to face Jack.
"He left me here, right here, promise me you will never leave me Jack."
Jack pulled her into a hug "I'm never going to leave you, how can I be part of Jack and Karen if I'm just Jack, no pun intended." He felt her smile into his chest, and pull away to look at him.
"Still sure you've made the right choice, I'm a completcated woman, there's a lot you don't know." She joked.
"Positve, and now we've got a lifetime to discover our deepest darkest memories."
"believe me we'll need a lifetime to untagled my twisted life, come on I've had enough of the rain, I'm cold lets head back." Karen started to walk back towards the limo, but was stopped by Jack who held onto her arm.
"What is it honey?" Karen asked turning to look at him.
He pulled her close and looked into her eyes, her make up was running, her hair dripping, he could see her amazing figure throught her clothes that clung to her. His own hair was flat to his head and his clothes soaked to the skin.
"Jack, you starring at me." Karen said interrupting his thoughts.
"Marry me." He announced loudly, Karen took a step back in shock.
"I'm stupid, pathetic, mardy, embarrassing a lot of the time, stubborn, selfish, you name it at some point or another you'll think it but I know one thing and that is I love you, I've always loved you, I was just to stupid to realise. I look at you and I'm happy, I can't imagin a day without you. I want to be with you always, I want to buy a house with you, have children with you, when I turn 70 I want you by my side, I love you, I'm completely crazy about you, so Karen Walker, will you marry me."
Karen felt the tears running down her face, she heard the sound of the rain yet the world seemed to blur away as he spoke those words, it felt like they were completely alone in the world. She pictured the things Jack had described, their house, their children, she starred blankly at him lost in her own thoughts.
"Well?" Jack pushed.
"Oh, yes, the answer is yes." She yelled throwing herslf into his arms and kissing him as he spun her around.
"You don't think this is a bit soon?" she questioned looking into his face.
"No, I would marry you now if I could but if were doing this properly we could get married in a year, two years, whenever you want." Jack kissed her again and she responded taking the kiss down a more passionate road.
"Do you have any idea how much I want you right now." She whipered surrgestively into his ear.
"Well lets head back because the feeling is mutual." Jack smiled as he picked her up and carried her into the limo.
Once the door was shut things started to heat up and clothes started to come off. "Drive keep driving round until I say stop." She yelled breathlessly as she turned back to Jack. "I want you right here right now." She dragged his wet shirt off and kissed his chest as he un bottoned her top.
"Little bit feisty there Kare!" Jack joked as he pealed wet clothes off her skin.
"God I can't wait to be Mrs Mcfarland." Karen muttered in between kisses.
"Do you think this is wise? I mean the driver is just 2 feet away." Jack said voicing his concerns at being caught in a compromising postion.
"Oh come on Jackie be adventurous." Karen giggled kissing him firmly on the mouth.