The next day Jordan was called out to a homicide scene where Woody was the lead detective
He nodded his head at her as a greeting as she got out of her car with her bag, she could feel the butterflies doing somersaults in her tummy at the sight of him. "Come on Jordan, pull yourself together" she said to herself under her breath. "It's just Woody"
"Hey" he greeted her, walking over to the edge of the crime scene to hold the tape up enough for her to duck under.
"Hey" she said back, somewhat nervously, trying to read a reaction from his expression.
"Hey Woody, I'm not going to be able to make dinner tonight, there was a police involved shooting and I'm going to need to talk to the officer later" Lu said, having approached them from the other direction and not having seen Jordan.
"Okay" Woody said quietly, praying that the women wouldn't get into an all out fight right there in the middle of the crime scene.
"Jordan" Lu greeted her less than warmly and glaring at her.
"Tallulah" Jordan said back equally coldly, and not one to be intimidated, stared her down.
"Okay, Lu, call me later, Jordan, let's get to work" Woody said, hoping to end the standoff.
"Okay honey, Ill make sure to find you later" Lu said, pulling Woody's face down to hers and giving him a passionate kiss right there in the middle of the crime scene amongst all the cops.
Woody looked around, cheeks reddened in embarrassment. Lu smirked at Jordan and left.
"The body is over there" Woody said focusing on Jordan. She glared back at him.
"I guess you didn't tell her what we talked about" Jordan said angrily.
"No, I hadn't mentioned it to her just yet" Woody admitted, not looking at her.
"And why is that?" she questioned.
"Because I don't know what to think Jordan, I don't know what the hell is going on anymore" he said frustrated.
"What do you mean you don't know what to think? I laid it all out on the line for you plain as could be" she defended.
"Yes, you're absolutely right, you did, after four years of NOT being able to say it, you finally said what I wanted to hear for so long but did you even contemplate why you are suddenly so willing to say it?" he asked.
"What do you mean?" she asked, completely confused.
"You only said it because I'm with Lu now, all this time of it just being me and you, both of us completely available, you couldn't do it, you always said we were better off as friends no matter how much I protested" he explained.
"That's not why" Jordan said shaking her head in protest.
"It is Jordan, you don't really want to be with me, you just don't want anybody else to be with me either, you want to always have the option" he said angrily.
"I can't believe that's what you think" she said in disbelief of his reaction.
"What am I supposed to think Jordan? After all this time? All the time we could have been together and you constantly turning me down and pushing me away, why now that I am in a normal, healthy relationship for the first time in four years should I throw it all away just so you can screw with my emotions then just as quickly toss me away?"
Jordan just stared at him, willing the tears not to come. "I've got to go, I'll get you another M.E." she said quickly gathering her stuff and hurrying away.
"Jordan" he called after her, but she didn't respond. She got in her car and sped away, the tears that had been threatening to fall before now fell freely down her cheeks.
She called in to the office to get another M.E. to respond and she marked out sick for the rest of the day so she could go home.
Later that afternoon, Lily went over to Jordan's. She knocked on the door but got no response.
"Jordan, I know you're in there, let me in" she called out.
Jordan opened the door, she was in her pajamas and had a glass of wine in her hand, her eyes were red and puffy, indicating that she had been crying"
Lily just looked at her. "He didn't believe me" Jordan said, not waiting for Lily to ask her about it.
"How could he not believe you?" Lily asked irately, coming in and shutting the door behind her. Jordan poured her a glass of wine.
"He said it's not real, that I only said it because he's with Lu, that if I really felt this way I would have been able to say it before when we were both available, all the time he's been trying to be with me" Jordan explained.
"What a jackass!" Lily said angrily.
"Maybe he's right, maybe he is better off with Lu, I had four years to decide how I feel about him and I took my sweet time, now maybe it is just too late" she said dejectedly.
"You cant believe that Jordan, you have to stay in this, make him see, you two are so meant to be together, everyone knows it but the two of you" Lily assured her.
"I don't know Lily" she protested.
"I do, you can't quit, Jordan Cavanaugh doesn't quit and if there is anything worth fighting for it's this" Lily told her.
