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They drove back in silence and seeing as how they almost reached Jordan's apartment she couldn't let this hang between them.

"Woody?" she hesitated a moment before she continued, "Are we ok?"

He made an attempt to reassure her they were but she wasn't convinced.

"I don't think we are…I can feel it. I just don't want this to hang over our heads."

"Jordan…I think it's too late for that, I mean I can't take away what I've said," in his mind he added or what you've stopped me from saying.

He pulled up in front of her building, usually he would've walked her to her door but this wasn't a usual night.

"Ok here we are, good night Jordan…I suppose I'll see you tomorrow."

If she was surprised by his standoffish behavior she didn't show it, "yeah tomorrow, good night Woody," she said as she left his car to go inside…alone.

She threw her keys on the table once she made it inside and all she could think of was the man she left outside. She really did love him…she convinced herself that if she loved him she would push him away…for his own good; it was the right thing to do. All her life she had loved and lost. It made her believe that she was the reason they all left her. Long before she had realized her true feelings for Woody he had been her friend…a very close friend too. When he started to become more than just that she had experienced a range of different emotions, there had been an initial disbelief that was soon followed by happiness, but in the end it all came tumbling down once reality hit. Her track record…everyone she had loved had left her in one point in time. The thought of losing Woody as well had terrified her to the point she promised herself never to inform him of her true feelings for him. They would be friends to the end and at the time it seemed like it could work. Now she was having her doubts…it seemed the end was coming sooner rather than later.

She didn't see him the next day nor the day after that and when she finally didn't see him for a whole week she started to get really anxious. She was expecting him to be somewhat mad but a week without even accidentally bumping into each other left her worried. She decided to look him up in her lunch hour.

She didn't find him in his office and decided since she was here she should wait for him. Suddenly she could hear laugher coming from the hallway. Curiosity being in her she decided to check it out. There he was…there she was…who was she? The two definitely seemed to know each other well. The mysterious woman would laugh at each little thing Woody would say and then gently tap him on the arm. Suddenly Jordan felt the need to turn around and run…run and never look back.

She stayed however and decided to confront the issue…to the best of her ability that is. She approached him, "Woody hey, I was looking for you," trying to sound as casually as possible.

"Oh Jordan…hey didn't see you there," he said trying to sound disinterested…he couldn't hide his surprise though; it was evident in his reddening cheeks.

Since he obviously was still not recovered from her showing up, Jordan decided to introduce herself to the woman, "hi, I'm Jordan."

The woman answered back somewhat hesitant, "Hello, Ashley Waters. Nice meeting you."

Seeing the two ladies passing civilities reminded Woody of his own, "oh sorry…uhm Ashley is visiting from Stanford Medical Hospital…she's studying to be a neurosurgeon actually. Jordan's with the Medical Examiners Office here. I think that's why she stopped by…right Jordan?"

"Somewhat…I actually came to see you. Seemed like you dropped off the face of the earth really…but I see you've been doing just fine. Well nice meeting you Ashley from Stanford," she nodded and gave somewhat of a smile before she left not waiting for any reply.

Neither Ashley nor Woody spoke after Jordan left and finally after the she couldn't handle the awkward situation anymore Ashley decided to point out the obvious, "so that was her then?

"Her? I don't think I've mentioned Jordan to you before."

"Come on Woody. I'm not stupid you know. I've been trying to get you to go on a date with me for some time now, and you've always refused me until a week ago. I always told myself you must not like women but I deep down I knew there was at least one that had your heart…I just met her didn't I?"

He didn't know what to say, "I'm sorry I guess…but whatever my feelings are for her, it doesn't matter ok. I'm having a great time with you."

"That's very sweet of you but there's no need for all this. You can't lie to yourself forever, trust me I know." She gave him a kiss before she turned around and left.

The rest of the day went by real slow, ironically now that he wanted to go to the morgue hoping he would run into Jordan, there wasn't anything that would take him there. Counting the seconds till his shift was over, he literally ran to his car when he was done.

She was right; I'm done lying to myself.