Chapter 3:

Sue turned as she felt the warm sunlight on her face. Quickly, she shot up in bed and turned to look at her clock, which read 10:30 am. She noticed that Levi wasn't in her room, nor had he woken her up. Or he had and she just hadn't noticed.

"Levi?" She said, waiting for the dog to come. When he didn't, she felt a little worried. Something wasn't right. She grabbed her housecoat and carefully walked to the living room, looking around. Sure enough, she noticed the kitchen light on, and a certain smell…like baking. She walked into the kitchen hesitantly, and was surprised to see a man standing by the oven.

"Jack?" Sue said incredulously. Jack turned around with an embarrassed grin on his face.

"Good morning. Did you sleep well?" She looked at him, unable to hold back a smile at her absolute confusion.

"Fine… What are you doing here?" He moved over and pulled out a kitchen chair for her, motioning for her to take a seat. She just looked at him for a few moments, still grinning before taking a seat. He brought her over a cup of coffee and sat down next to her. She kept looking at him waiting for an answer.

"After I got home last night, I realized that you were going to be alone for the next two weeks, and I know how tired you've been lately, after the last case and I figured I could do something nice for you." Sue felt some tears well up behind her eyes. She felt so blessed to have such caring friends.

"I really appreciate it." He smiled again and got up, opening the oven. Sue tried to see what was in there. "Smells good, but is it safe to eat?" He put the fresh tray of cinnamon buns on the table. Sue couldn't help but giggle at the sight of Jack in oven mitts.

"Definitely safe. My mom always sends me frozen ones that I can just bake myself." He sat back down and handed her a plate, as she happily took one of the cinnamon buns. After a few moments of drinking coffee and sharing breakfast, something dawned on Sue,

"How did you get in?" Jack grinned mischievously.

"Lucy gave me a spare key before she left, just in case. You were still fast asleep when I got here; I didn't want to wake you up. Anyways, what are you up to today?" Sue pondered it for a second, wondering what Jack had in mind.

"Well, firstly, I thought it might be a good idea to take a shower and get dressed. Then I was hoping to finish off that report for Randy, since someone wouldn't let me last night…"

"Sounds like a pretty smart person." She gave him that look that he had come to know and love. He continued, "Not happening. You are taking the day off. Well, you can still shower and get dressed, but Randy's report can wait for another day." Sue chuckled,

"If I recall correctly, the last time I almost got out of doing a report for Randy is was to go on a date with you…" She felt her cheeks turn red. "I mean… we went out to help Randy." Jack just grinned at nodded, appreciating how cute she was when she was embarrassed.

"Well, it's your lucky day."

"So what do you want to do?" Sue asked. Jack just raised his eyebrows.

"I had a couple of things in mind…"

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Sue walked into the bullpen smiling on Monday morning. She had had an awesome weekend, and was definitely feeling better after having a lot of rest that was long overdue. She had even finished her report for Randy, with Jack's help. The day was looking beautiful and she couldn't have been happier with life.

"Something's got you smiling…" Tara said as she came over to her friend before everyone came in. "Were you okay this weekend alone?"

"Actually, I wasn't alone most of the time. Jack and I hung out." Tara raised her eyebrows, her mouth open in shock.

"What did you do?"

"We went skating at the indoor rink for a bit on Saturday, Jack's idea; took Levi out for a walk. Sunday, we went to church in the morning, we watched some movies, and he helped me finish my report for Randy." Sue grinned.

"Wow, sounds like quite the weekend. I'm glad it went so well." Sue walked back to her desk and sat down. She smiled as Jack and Bobby walked in, followed closely by Myles and Dimitrius. Jack sat down at his desk, unable to keep the grin off his face.

"I tried to call you Jack, wanted to see if you wanted to go to a game with me. Where were you? Have a good weekend mate?" Jack turned to look at Sue who raised her eyebrows expectantly, grinning.

"Best weekend of my life." He responded. Tara looked at Sue and gave her a knowing look. Dimitrius decided to add into the fun that he saw coming,

"What, hot date Jack?" Sue didn't know what to do as she saw Jack's cheeks redden with embarrassment.

"Oh look, his cheeks are red. I think we've hit on something." Myles added. Sue wanted to look at her paper, away from the conversation, but she was too interested to see what Jack was going to say. She could tell he was trying to avoid her gaze, and couldn't resist joining in,

"So Jack, tell us about this girl. I bet she's really beautiful, smart. How did you get her to spend time with you?" Everyone burst out laughing, as he looked at her incredulously, the two of them and Tara, only knowing what was really going on. Everyone waited expectantly for him to answer.

"Let's just say she's the best looking and smartest woman I've ever met." Jack could see Sue's smile light up her face even more.

"Interesting…" she said, as she smiled back at him and went back to her work. He laughed to himself and shook his head as he turned back to his computer.

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The morning had passed slowly, as most Monday mornings did, but Sue couldn't complain. Without a case, and with Randy's report already done, all she had to do was tie up loose ends. Just as she was about to go outside and take Levi for a walk in the beautiful sunlight, she noticed that her phone was ringing. She answered it, unknowing the news that the caller held at the other end.