Rated: T

Disclaimer: Not Mine

A/N: Okay someone mentioned to me that I put Carrie in the last part and Carrie died a few episodes again. Oops! I meant the woman who was in the sealed off room who was helping before Chloe snapped out of it. Anyway she doesn't really matter to the story, but thanks for the heads up. Also, the story has been from Chloe's pov up until now, but this part will be from Jack's.

How had the night ended up like this? That was a strange thing to say since the night hadn't been planned to begin with, but after the strange situation that led to him taking Chloe he thought it would be a great night to tell her how he felt about her. It would give him a chance to get her on a date, without her thinking it was a real date. A chance to romance her without making her nervous and everything was going so well, until the last few minutes of the night anyway.

Dear Lord, what was she doing in there? It had been thirty minutes since Audrey had gone into her bedroom to change. She had made him promise to stay until she was done. Finally, hoping that she had simply passed out on her bed he made his way toward the bedroom door.

"Audrey," he whispered, not wanting to wake her if he'd been blessed enough to find her asleep.

"Come in," the soft voice dashed all his hopes.

"Oh God," were Jack's words as he walked into the bedroom and found Audrey lying on the bed, in a red teddy.

"Jack," she drawled, "It's about time you joined me."

"Audrey," he began, then stopped, not sure what to say and finally decided on, "What the hell are you doing?"

"Waiting for you. Took you long enough to get the hint."

He took a deep breath and forced himself not to lose his temper, "You were never drunk at all, were you? This was all a stupid game."

"Not a game," she said as she stood up and walked toward him, "A plan. I know you got stuck taking Chloe and I got you out of there, so you could be with me," she smiled as she finished, not noticing the glare in his eyes.

"I wasn't stuck with Chloe. I asked her to the party. I would have taken anyone to get out of taking you, but I got lucky and Chloe said yes." Not entirely the truth, but close enough.

Audrey's eyes went dark, "You actually wanted to be with that pathetic, little…"

"Audrey, don't even think about finishing that sentence or so help me…" he had had enough of her for one night, or for several lifetimes. "Now, I brought you home and I am leaving. Don't even think of pulling something like this again."

As he walked toward the door, she yelled to him, "Don't bother going to Chloe's. She'll be too busy to see you."

He was back at her side in a moment, his hand grabbing her arm, "What the hell does that mean? What did you do?"

Audrey smiled, despite the pain in her arm, "Just let Spencer know that Chloe would be feeling a little down and very alone tonight. After hearing that you still loved me and then abandoning her she'll probably be desperate for a little attention."

He thought about yelling, but realized the most important thing to do was get to Chloe, but he left her one last threat, "If he does anything to hurt her, you're going to regret it Audrey."

As he ran out of the apartment and to his car all he could think was that he'd gotten her into another of his messes. He'd forced her to come tonight, even though she desperately did not want to, he'd left her to be attacked by Spencer, let her think he still loved Audrey and finally, he had done the on thing he promised not to do. He had left her for Audrey.

He swore on anything and everything that if she was okay he would never leave her again.