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Chapter 3

Friday


The next morning was Jordan's worst in weeks. The babysitter was still sick and this time she hadn't been able to find anyone else to watch Carter. She was so desperate she had even considered calling Woody but thought better of it. He was probably working anyway.

When she showed up at the morgue she was miraculously only 5 minutes late. Walking past Garret's office she heard the stern voice of her boss, "Jordan."

"Yes Garret?" Jordan asked innocently, shifting the squirming toddler in her arms to the opposite hip.

"As much as I love the little bundle of trouble in your arms, what is he doing here?" Garret asked, walking toward Jordan and Carter.

"Hi, Gwrandpa Gawet," Carter said smiling sweetly. Garret just looked at Jordan, not being sweet talked.

"Look Garret, I know but the baby sitter is sick again and I am not putting him in daycare, he had a terrible cold after the last time," Jordan said. "Besides I'll probably just being doing paperwork today. If I need to do an autopsy or go out on a call Lily will watch him."

"Fine, I still say this is no place for a kid." Garret turned back toward his desk as Jordan hurried off.

Jordan settled into her work while Carter played on the floor of her office. As Jordan tried to work on the paper work for Woody's case she couldn't help but think about the previous night. She was dreading seeing Woody today. He had every right to be upset with her but she couldn't change the past.


Woody was sitting at his desk head in hands. He couldn't think of anything but Carter and Jordan. His anger was starting to fade. Now all he could think about was getting to know his son. The phone rang shrilly bringing him back to reality.

The crime scene was across town. The drive over gave Woody more time to think. As he got out of his car at the scene he looked around. He hadn't thought until that moment that Jordan might be the answering ME.

"Hi, Woody," came a voice behind him. "How are you doing?"

Woody turned around, "Hey, Bug. I am fine I was just umm thinking that umm…"

"Jordan's trying not to go out on calls today," Bug said factually. "I am actually filling in for her." Seeing the look on Woody's face he added, "It isn't because of you."

"Yeah, well what do we have?" Woody asked as they approached the victim.

"Male in his 40's, knife wound to his neck." Bug went to work on the body.

Just a short time later they had figured it was probably a suicide. The weapon had been found in the victim's hand any nothing suggested homicide. "I'll have to do a bit more back at the morgue," Bug said as they wrapped up, "just to be sure."

"Yeah, of course," Woody replied. "Oh and Bug, I hear congratulations are in order, since I left at least."

"Yeah, Lily and I got married," Bug smiled while he said it. "It was a while ago now."

"Well congratulations, even if it is a bit late," Woody smiled. "I'll come by the morgue later on to see what you find out," he said gesturing toward the body.


Lily had joined Jordan and Carter in Jordan's office by the time Bug got back to the morgue. Lily was sitting on the couch while Carter was attempting to climb on the arm rest and jump off. She had been dealing with a family who seemed solely interested in their inheritance for most of the morning.

"Seriously, I mean you think people would be a little sad about their grandmother dying," Lily said shaking her head. "Apparently the family jewels are more important."

"Carter," Jordan said sternly as the boy jumped off the arm of the couch and landed with a thud on the floor. "Mommy doesn't have any "Buzz" band-aids here if you get hurt." Carter just climbed back on the couch preparing to jump off again.

Jordan shrugged, turning her attention back to Lily. "I don't know how you do it, I couldn't be that compassionate to people like that. Of course, sometimes I have a hard time being compassionate with people who don't piss me off," she added smirking.

Bug came in the office. "Hey, Jordan," he said as he sat down next to Lily and kissed her cheek.

"How was your call?" Lily asked.

"Oh fine, probably a suicide," Bug said casually." The answering detective was…," he stopped himself.

"Woody?" Jordan asked. "Bug it is fine you can say his name."

Turning to Lily, Bug said, "He says congratulations."

Lily smiled as Bug kissed her once more and left the office. "Jordan?" she asked.

"Yeah?"

"When did you first suspect you were pregnant?" Lily asked trying to sound casual.

"When I started throwing up every meal," Jordan said absent mindedly. "Why?" When Lily didn't respond Jordan looked up. "Oh my god, Lily are you…?"

"I'm not sure, but I think, maybe," she said shyly. "Don't say anything okay. I want to be sure first."


Woody didn't regret his choice to come back to Boston for a minute. Especially, now that he knew about Carter. But it was weird being back at the precinct. A lot of people had moved on and he missed his old colleagues, even Matt Seely. Lu Simmons was gone as well. Though, that was something he wasn't upset about. Things between them hadn't ended well before he left. Thinking about her brought up too many painful memories.

Santana was still at the precinct, Woody was glad for that. They had always worked well together. She was the one who interrupted his work that afternoon.

"Hey, Woody?" she asked from the doorway. "You want to grab lunch? We could catch up."

"Sure," Woody stood, glad for an excuse to stop reading files.

"So you saw her?" Santana asked as they sat down to lunch.

"Yep," Woody replied, "and him."

"Him?" she asked casually.

"Yes him. Carter, my son." Woody wasn't being fooled. Santana had been around this whole time, she had to know.

"Oh yeah," she said trying to sound as if it wasn't a big deal. Woody just rolled his eyes waiting for her to fill him in on her life.


By the time three o'clock came around Jordan had freed herself from paper work. She was celebrating in the staffroom by making herself a cup of coffee and preparing Carter a snack.

Nigel and Lily joined her shortly after. The three of them sat down at a table while Carter ran around the room pushing a chair toward a wall.

"Does he ever get tired, Jordan?" Nigel asked laughing at Carter.

"Oh he'll be tired tonight. He had a long nap today but he actually didn't get much sleep last night." Jordan was tempted to tell Nigel and Lily all that had happened with Woody the previous night but she wasn't sure how to begin.

"I don't know how you do it Jordan," Lily said. "I'd be exhausted."

"You just get used to it," Jordan said offhand but grinned at Lily, who blushed.

"Jordan!" Garret's voice echoed through the hallway. Jordan groaned. "Jordan," Garret repeated entering the staffroom frowning. He looked toward Carter who was now repeatedly ramming the chair into the wall. "My office shares that wall," Garret continued. "Could you please make the banging stop?"

"Sorry Garret," Jordan quickly grabbed Carter who began to scream. "Carter, be quiet." She sat down and bounced him on her knee. When the screaming wouldn't stop she pleaded, "Nigel, entertain him."

"Why me?" Nigel asked. "I don't like the screaming."

"Because you are his godfather and the best at stopping it, "Jordan responded.

Nigel took Carter from Jordan and began to throw him in the air and catch him. Carter loved it and as strong as Jordan was she got tired quickly now with Carter's growing size.

As Nigel set Carter down on the floor, Woody appeared in the doorway. He had come to check on Bug's findings only to hear Carter's laughing cries from the hallway. As Carter saw him come into the room he squealed, "Daddy." Toddling over to where Woody was standing.

Nigel and Lily froze. Jordan realized she no longer needed to figure out how to tell them about the previous night anymore, Carter had told them for her. "Wow, he sure isn't shy, huh?" Woody said looking at the other three. "I wasn't even sure he would remember me."

Nigel and Lily turned and stared at Jordan still not saying anything.

"Oh yeah, Woody knows," Jordan responded. She smiled as Woody picked up their son and threw him in the air.