Disclaimer: I don't own anything to do with Crossing Jordan.
A/N: Once again half the credit for this chapter goes to WIWJ, we cowrote it. Trust me, this chapter is a hell of a lot better since she helped me.'
Making Amends
Chapter 6 -Confrontation
Nigel watched Jordan run to her office with tears pouring profusely down her cheeks. He started after her but stopped, opening the door to trace.
"What the hell Seely you insensitive-!"
"Hoyt, I'm not the one who slept with the-!"
"Stop!" Nigel yelled. "Who made her cry?"
He rolled his eyes when the two detectives pointed at each other.
"She wouldn't be crying if you hadn't have bedded Lu," Seely said before backing away.
"You didn't have to throw that in her face," Woody screamed.
"Yeah well, I'm not the one who broke her heart."
"I didn't mean to hurt her."
"Shut up," Nigel shouted from his spot by the door. "Both of you shut up. Now tell me exactly what happened."
"Mr. Smooth over here," Seely started, "demanded my case today because Jordan was the responding ME. They had a huge fight at the crime scene, half of Boston PD now knows about their romp in the sack, and then he comes here to talk to her and I made one little comment and she left crying."
"That one little comment dumb ass was, 'why don't you just tell her the truth, you're on this case because you feel guilty for banging the new girl.'"
"She was crying long before I said that," Seely protested.
Nigel shook his head and frowned. "You're both idiots," he concluded, tossing a file at Matt. "Idiot number one, take this ID to Lily and have her contact the next of kin." He narrowed his eyes on Hoyt. "I need a few minutes with idiot number two."
"Woodrow," Nigel started once Seely was no longer able to hear them, "I thought we agreed to start out slow? That I would talk to her and then we would arrange a meeting?"
" I missed her Nige. I was really worried about her."
Nigel looked at him sternly. "Dammit Woody, now I'm going to have to work extra hard with her."
"I'm sorry Nige, but I needed to see her."
"I'm right here take a good long look," she said coldly from the doorway. "Whatever your planning Nigel, you can forget it. As for you Detective Hoyt, this is now my morgue, get the hell out. You are no longer welcome here unless an ME calls you here to directly discuss a case. Is that understood? As of tomorrow Garret is taking a leave of absence, I will be the acting Chief ME, so Woody goodbye."
Nigel grimaced. Woody's jaw almost hit the floor.
"Jordan I…"
"Save it," she said with the same cold detached tone. "I don't care. I don't want to hear your lame stupid excuses. I'm tired of listening to your bullshit. I'm done Woody. We're done and the second you get that through your thick skull, the easier life will be for both of us."
Nigel watched the scene in horror, this was not how his plan was supposed to go. He felt suffocated by the tension that radiated from Woody and Jordan.
"Jordan I still love you," Woody spat out.
"Yeah well, you gave up the chance to have me when you started banging the new girl."
"Jordan please just hear me out."
"I've already told you no. Is there something wrong with you that you don't understand the word?"
"I'm so sorry Jordan." Tears fell down his cheeks and there was nothing he could do to stop them. "I'm an idiot, I know I screwed up but please just hear me out."
By now, Seely and Lily had abandoned their flirting, and were wandering into the awkwardness of the hall.
"How about I don't listen to your stupid excuses?" Jordan shouted.
Matt grimaced at Lily, who winced back, reaching up and grabbing his arm. He'd known Jordan was a screamer and had always figured Hoyt for a crier.
"Hear what I have to say Jordan. You owe me that much!" Woody pleaded running his hands over his damp face.
"I OWE YOU!" She narrowed her dark eyes at him. "You had sex with your-!"
"Oh so what? It's only okay when you do it?"
"When I do what?"
"There was nothing wrong with you throwing yourself at Vegas Boy?"
"I didn't throw myself at Danny! My God will you get over yourself!"
"Get over my-? Get over myself?"
"Sam I like your hair! What you changed it for me? Tee-he-he! Wear my wedding ring," She mocked. "Oh yeah but I was throwing myself at-."
"Well you sure as hell jumped into bed with Pollack faster than-."
"Yeah, Right after you LIED to me USED me and told me to GET OUT!"
"How many times Jordan? How many times did you do those things to me!" He shook his head. "Can you count that high Jordan!"
"You knew all that! You knew all that when you met me, when you chased me and when you slept with me Woody. You knew all about my issu-."
"Issues! Right your issues? You must have canceled the subscriptions before you gave Pollack your house key and open access to your bed!"
"Don"t you think I wanted it to be YOU?" Her voice echoed off the walls of the hall.
"SHUT UP," Garret screamed from the doorway. "BOTH OF YOU SHUT UP. THIS IS A MORGUE. A PLACE OF BUSINESS, NOT THE SET OF THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL."
Woody had stopped breathing at her admission, but they both jumped at the sound of Garret's booming voice. Pulling his eyes off of hers the detective started slowly towards the door.
"Oh no, you aren't going anywhere," Garret said. He grabbed the collar of Woody's shirt and hauled him into the conference room.
" But Dr Macy-."
"No, you and Jordan are going to talk this out. Neither of you leaves until this is resolved. I will not leave having you two having tantrums in the morgue and at crime scenes."
Seely actually was worried about Woody being locked in the room with Jordan. What better place to kill him then in a morgue?
