They met Detective Jake in the hallway on their way back to trace. He handed them each a coffee. "One for you Bug, and one for you Jordan. Is it okay if I call you Jordan, or do you prefer Dr. Cavanaugh?" Jake asked in a hurry after he realized he had called her by her first name.
"Jordan is fine." She answered him with a smile. She noticed now that he did seem unusually jumpy and nervous when he talked to her. She looked at Bug who gave her an 'I told you so' look. She smiled and rolled her eyes as they headed back into trace. After a few hours more of work, they decided the case couldn't be cracked until morning where they had Nigel's professional computer skills to use. Jordan headed back to her office, and smiled as she saw Bug head to Lily's. She started shuffling some paperwork around on her desk when she heard a knock on the door. She expected it to be Slokum, Lily or Bug, but when it was Detective Jake, she was a bit surprised. "Hey, what's up?" She asked him with a smile.
"Nothing really." He answered her, with a half smile back. "Look, I was just wondering, are you doing anything tonight? Would you want to go out for something to eat?" Jordan started shuffling the papers around again. She knew she didn't want to. She really wanted to go home to sleep and wake up in the morning, and see Woody. She thought about saying no, but she didn't want to get off on the wrong foot. He probably just meant it as a friendly gesture, although she knew it was what he wanted to be the start of more. She knew she shouldn't say what she was about to say next for many, many reasons, but she was going to anyways.
"Um, sure. Actually, I think Lily and Bug might be going out for something to eat, let's go see if we can join them." For a minute, it looked as if Jake was going to protest, but he didn't. From what he'd heard around the station about Jordan he guessed that was the best offer he was going to get for now, so he'd take it. The two headed towards Lily's office. As they approached, Jordan glanced through the window and saw her two friends deep in discussion. She hated to interrupt, but it was for a good cause. She couldn't handle dinner alone with Jake. She shouldn't either. Not after she had just sort of agreed to commit to be with Woody. "Hey Lily, hey Bug." Jordan said, poking her head into Lily's office. Lily and Bug stopped talking and looked over at Jordan. They were both smiling more genuinely then she'd seen either of them smile in a while. Maybe things were going to change around here. As soon as they could get Garrett back…
"Hey Jordan." Lily said getting up. Jordan opened up the door, and she and Jake went into the office. "And hello to you to. My name's Lily Lebowski and I'm a grief councilor at the morgue." She told Jake, who she hadn't yet met.
"Hey, I'm Detective Jake Fredrick, I'm a detective." He said with a smile. "I heard you two might be going out for something to eat?" He hinted, "May we join you?" Lily and Bug looked at each other and shrugged. Jordan peeked over Jake's shoulder and made a 'Sorry for wrecking your plans' face.
"Sure." Bug said, "Not a problem."
"We were thinking of going to that new coffee shop down the street, so meet you two there in a few minutes?" Lily suggested.
"Sounds good. See you all there." Jake answered. And with that, Jake and Jordan left for the elevator, leaving Lily and Bug to finish up their conversation.