Crossing Jordan

Second Thoughts are Best

Chapter 5: Good is Good

Last we left off:

"Are you two" he asked

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"Are we what, Dr. Macy" said Bug

"Well it looked like you two were kind of cozy there"

"I think I know where this is going" said Lily

"You do? Would you like to clue me in?" asked Bug

Lily and Bug went away from Dr.Macy for a moment.

"Bug, I think I need to talk to Dr.Macy for a minute"

"Alright, Are you gonna catch up with me later"

"Yeah, You can count on it"

"See you later, Bye"

Bug leaves to go and work on some cases and Lily walks back to Dr.Macy

"So are you or aren't you?" said Dr.Macy

"Well why do you care?"

"I am just curious I suppose"

"Well if you must know, Yes. Bug and I are together"

"When did this happen?"

"Today, Although I suspect he has been wanting us to get together for awhile"

"That's no secret"

"It was news to me--pleasant news"

Dr.Macy seems a little jealous for a minute

"Well I think it' s great Lily"

"I thought so"

"Are you sure about this?"

"You aren't going there, Garrett"

"Going where?"

"There. You know what I mean"

"I honestly don't"

"Well, A long while ago I had some feelings and I told you them. You remember that? You brushed me off like it wasn't anything worth reviewing. I suspect that now that I am done waiting around for you and that I have developed some feelings for someone who isn't you that you now want me"

"That's prepostrous"

"Is it?"

"Yes and I am insulted that you would think that"

"Guess I can be wrong every once in awhile"

"Although it's hardly ever"

"I think that I am going to be happy now. Seems to me that things are working out just the way they are supposed to for me, and for Jordan"

"Really?"

"Yeah, I think she and Woody are finally gonna be a couple after the tension in the room with the whole J.D. and the shooting"

"Good for her. I need to get back to work"

"Alright, I will do that paperwork right away"

"Thanks"

"Just doing my job"

Lily left and Garrett sighed to himself

"Great, The geek got the girl" said Garrett to himself.

Lily was right about him, he was jealous of her sudden romance with Bug and sort of wished it were him

He opened a desk drawer and grabbed a bottle of alcohol and started to drown his sorrows...romantic and otherwise

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Jordan and Woody are in her office talking

"So where do you we go from here?"

"What do you mean, Jordan"

"I mean we did this all wrong"

"Wrong?"

"Yeah, I mean we fell in love first and didn't date..so what do we do now?

"I could see how dating would be weird"

"Me too, but it sounds like the best option"

"So we are going to try the dating thing"

"Unless you have a better idea"

"Not at the moment"

"So Woody, What do you think took us so long"

"Well what do you mean?"

"I mean why has it taken us so many years to admit what we both knew. Why did it take you and I so long to end up together"

"Maybe it's the universe or fate. It could be that we were both pretty darn stubborn you know"

"Well i can't disagree there. I am stubborn"

"You know, I think the other thing that kind of prolonged us was my ego and me getting shot didn't help matters"

"I really wish that you would have believed me when i said that then"

"Jordan, look at it from my point of view. I have been shot which in theory should have been impossible because we wear bulletproof vests and some freak manages to make cop-killing bullets, I hear the one person that really matters say what i have been dying to hear from them. But i knew that you thought I may die and that's why you said it. Ultimately i was an idiot. But also I was hurt because you wouldn't say it outside of that moment"

"Do you think that i didn't want to Woody?"

"Sometimes I wondered if you cared at all"

"How could you think that? I was just scared"

"Scared of what?"

"Loving someone"

"Why would that scare you?"

"because all the people I love die"

"Jordan"

"Woody"

Woody knew Jordan meant her mom

"Jordan, I am sorry if i made you think about your mom"

"You know Woody, that day that you were shot?"

"Sure I do"

"Well the first thought i had was what if we don't catch this guy? My second thought was that i wanted to tell you how i felt"

"Second thoughts are best"

"Obviously. I like that we were able to psychoanalyze ourselves" laughed Jordan

"Maybe i ought to be charging by the minute"

"You think?"

"I think maybe i should"

"Well if so I may need to get another job, the dead don't pay me very well"

Woody and Jordan laugh and start to kiss

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Two police officiers walk in and go into one of the rooms

"Garrett Macy?"

"Who's asking" said Nigel

"The police are"

"Obviously, I get that but why"

"That's confidential. So point me in the right direction"

"Bloody Hell"

"What?"

"Oh nothing. Go to the end of the hall"

"Thanks for your cooperation" said one officier nastily

"No problem, you wanker"

They go to the end of the hallway and knock before entering

"Garret Macy"

"What now? Is there another dead body somewhere?"

"No, I am afraid it's more serious"

"What's going on"

"Garret Macy, You are under arrest for the hit-and-run and murder of Sasha Henderson"

"What are you talking about"

The officier read him his rights

"You-drunk ran a girl down"

"No, I couldn't have"

"Think again"

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Coming up

Garrett may be in over his head so far that Jordan and Woody may not be able to help him

Lily and Bug's first date has some interruptions

Jordan and Woody go on an official date--in a strange place

Nigel gets interested in someone he shouldn't be