Wood continued to stare directly at her while she tried to quickly sort out all of her thoughts. If she told him she needed time to think about it, he'd assume she was running away again. Pushing him out of her life because he was trying to make her commit. She couldn't do that to him. Not now, not again. The thing that she was scared of wasn't commitment. She was scared of truly confiding in someone, telling them the complete truth, and then being turned away. That's what Woody had done to her in the same hospital room a week ago. That's why it was so hard to tell him that she wouldn't leave him either. That's the most she could make of it, and the only thing she could think of to say right then, so she decided to say it. She smiled, took a deep breathe and said, "I'm glad to hear that Woody, really, I am. It's just, it's not 'commitment' I'm scared of. It's that when I tell someone the complete truth, straight on. When I tell them exactly how I feel, and want to be with them, and they turn me away." Woody looked down again. Now it was his turn to think. It all came down to a week ago. How could he have been so stupid? The one thing Jordan was really afraid of, he had gone and done. They had been through so much together. So many situations, so many memories, but none of them would come close to this. No matter how this discussion ended, good or bad, he bet neither one of them would ever forget it.
"Jordan, I'm sorry. You don't know how sorry I am. I don't know what came over me. I don't know why I thought you were just saying that, I just don't know. For the past week, I have though of nothing but you. Your smile, your amazing personality, just you. I've sat in this bed, stared at that wall and thought about you. Dreamt about you. I'm so much in love with you, you probably wouldn't believe it." Jordan smiled. She glanced at her watch and realized they wouldn't have much visiting time left.
"I do believe it Woody, because I've been the same way, except I couldn't get you out of my head. Visiting hours is almost over, so we're going to have to say goodbye for tonight, but I'll come back tomorrow to check on you, okay?"
"Yeah, sounds good." Woody agreed. With the progression in their relationship they had made that night, Jordan would have felt awkward leaving it at that, and since Woody didn't have much choice in the matter, she walked over and gave him a soft kiss on the cheek.
"See you in the morning Detective." Jordan said with a sly smile playing around her lips.
"Yes. I'll be here Dr., see you then." Woody answered her with a smile of his own. He couldn't wait for the morning.