Jamie, Jordan & Aidan got to the bar first since she had finished up her work early in anticipation of their visit and a whole weekend actually off, not on call, completely off.

With her lack of any real social life, she used to relish all the time she could spend at work, away from the quiet seclusion of her lonely apartment, but that had all changed now that she and Woody's relationship had gone so terribly wrong she avoided him like the plague whenever possible so that made home a safer choice than work. He hadn't been to her place since before he was shot, which felt as though it was a previous life at this point since things had changed so drastically since then.

Jordan, Jamie & Aidan had a couple drinks and got caught up with what was going on in all their lives while they waited for everyone else to arrive. Soon Nigel, Bug & Lily were there to join them and they had some more drinks and got to know each other better.

Jordan watched Jamie & Aidan with a smile, admiring how cute they were together, how one would finish the other's sentences, the loving looks, the affectionate way they would touch each other, so comfortable doing it that they didn't even seem to realize it was happening. She longed for that kind of relationship in her own life. Sure, JD was a decent enough guy, he made her laugh and they had fun together and he was willing to put up with all her crap which is no small feat but she knew they would never been the way Jamie and Aidan were right now.

Aidan caught her watching them. "Hey, what are you grinning at?" he smiled.

"You guys" She answered.

"How come?" he asked.

"I can't believe it took you guys 4 years to get together" she smiled.

"Yeah well, these things take time sometimes, you know that" Jamie replied with a wicked grin.

"You guys are like this cute little grown up happily married couple, that's so weird" Jordan said.

"Gee thanks Jordan, that's real nice of you to say" Aidan joked.

"You know what I mean" She defended her statement.

"So how did you guys end up getting together after being friends for so long?" Lily, ever the romantic asked.

Before they could respond, Woody and Matt walked in.

"Hey guys" Matt greeted them.

As if on cue, Nigel and Bug got up from their seats, opening up spots for Matt and Woody to sit down next to Lily and Jordan.

"Hi" Jordan tried to manage a friendly smile despite the nervous flutter in her belly at Woody's unexpected arrival.

"Oh, Jamie, Aidan, this is Detective Matt Seely" Jordan introduced them but still watched Woody.

"Very nice to meet you, he's very cute Lily" Jamie said, effectively embarrassing Lily, who in turn launched a spray of the Cosmo she'd been drinking across the table.

"Play nice James" Jordan warned her friend playfully.

"So, you guys were about to tell us how you got together" Lily said, quickly navigating the focus of the conversation away from herself. She could tell her cheeks were beet red from the amount of heat she felt there, she also felt Matt's steady gaze on her.

"Oh yeah, so we had been best friends for years, four years actually, we worked together, played together, told each other everything but never crossed that line, we didn't want to ruin our friendship because you don't make friends like this everyday" Jamie smiled reflectively as she gazed lovingly at her husband who was also her best friend.

"Then one day I got called to a scene to negotiate the surrender of this guy that had taken hostages, I ended up going into the building to try and talk the guy down but he panicked and shot me" Aidan explained, putting his arm around Jamie for support, talking about his was always hard for her, even though he was fine now.

"Aidan was badly wounded and the guy still wouldn't surrender so we couldn't get any help to him, he was just laying there bleeding, barely conscious, and I thought this is it, I'm never going to see him again, and I realized right then that I loved him" Jamie said tearing up at the memory.

"So she got on the radio and told me she loved me and forbid me to die, it was the last thing I heard before I lost consciousness" Aidan said.

Jordan saw Woody looking at her out of the corner of her eye but she didn't dare look at him for fear her emotions would get the better of her.

"Oh my God" Lily said, tears streaming down her face at the sad story.

"Hey Lily, I wouldn't worry, I think it turned out okay since he's sitting across from you" Matt teased her.

"Oh shut up" she said smacking his arm flirtatiously.

"SWAT got the shot off after that so the medics got in to get Aidan, I rode with him in the ambulance, praying to God the whole time that he would stay with me and we would have our chance, he had to have surgery and was unconscious for two days and I stayed by his side the whole time, just holding his hand and talking to him, begging him to open those gorgeous blue eyes and then he did" she smiled

"And the rest is history as they say, we've been together ever since" he smiled & kissed the hand her wedding ring was on.

"Awww, that's so sweet" Lily smiled happily.

"Yeah, Lily is a bit of a sucker for a happy ending" Nigel teased.

"That's because so far none of us have had a happy ending" Jordan frowned.

"You all will, these things happen when you least expect it" Jamie encouraged.

"What if he didn't believe you?" Jordan asked.

"What?" Jamie asked.

"What if he didn't believe you when you told him you love him?" she asked again.

"Why wouldn't I have believed her?" Aidan asked.

"Maybe you were being a stubborn jackass" Lily joined in.

"Then I would have shouted it at him a hundred times a day, every day until he listened" Jamie told them.