Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters, just the story line.

Author's Note: I wrote this as if it were a screenplay and the actors would be reading the lines. Hope it makes sense.

(First scene: Broad shot of the streets around FBI building, zooming in on the one outside of it, where construction crews are setting up. Next shot is the window outside their offices. Then showing Tara and Sue hard at work at Tara's desk on a surveillance tape, followed by shots of Lucy, Jack, Myles and Bobby working at their desks when D comes in, looking mad.)

Bobby (turning his head and raising his hand for a high five): Big D, how's it going, mate? Nice of you to show up today.

(D glares at Bobby without saying a word and Bobby raises his eyebrows in question.)

Bobby: Whoa.

Jack (coming around to the front of his desk): Alright, now that we're all here… (Tara gets Sue's attention and points at Jack. D stands in front of Bobby's desk.) Metro PD had a gas station robbery reported to them last night, which wouldn't really concern us; except for they looked at surveillance footage from the gas station. They found a group of guys hanging around the station on it a couple of hours before the robbery. One of them looked exactly like a guy seen near the scene of the kidnapping 2 days ago. Sue and Tara are looking over the tapes now to see if there's anything there.

Tara: I ran the guy's face for facial recognition patterns but he's not in any of our databases. Probably doesn't have a record.

(As soon as she finishes her sentence, a jackhammer outside starts up. Everyone groans except Sue, who looks around at everyone, her eyes stopping at Jack's, who fingerspells J-A-C-K-H-A-M-M-E-R. The noise stops.)

Myles: Well, isn't this just a lovely day in the neighbourhood.

Bobby: Yeah, and I'll bet we all envy someone around here right about now.

(A smile creeps onto Sue's face. The jackhammer starts up again. D goes to his desk and sits down hard into his chair. Everyone else looks around at each other in surprise.)

Tara to Sue: Someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed this morning.

Sue: I guess so. I wonder what's up with him.

(Sue and Tara get back to work, and the hammering stops. Jack gets up and stands at D's desk, without saying anything.)

D: Don't even ask. Things blew up at home this morning. It was so stupid and I'm mad it even started. It made me late leaving, and now they're tearing up the street down there. Let's just say I've had better days.

Jack: Well, I'm not the best marriage counselor around but I'm sure once you and Donna have time away from each other today things will be fine. You've had fights before and things have worked out, haven't they?

D: Yeah, I guess so. I just have this weird feeling in my gut, though.

Jack: Like what?

D (taking a deep breath): I don't know. Like things won't work out. I guess it's nothing. Sorry for being such a brat.

(Jack pats him on the shoulder as he walks back to his desk. Shot goes to Levi who jumps up with a start as the jackhammer starts up again.)

Sue: This is going be an interesting day, I guess, eh, boy?

Tara: You don't hear it at all?

Sue: No. I feel vibrations a bit, but not much more than what I feel when people walk.

Tara: Hmmm, I never considered that. Interesting. Anyways, I'm not getting anything from this tape. What's one thing you can teach me if I want to read lips?

Sue: Well, it takes a lot of practice and even then most don't get much of what's being said. But I'll try to teach you a bit. For starters, try to focus on the vowels. If you can get the vowel and a few consonants right, you can generally figure out the context of the sentence. It helps to practice forming the vowel shapes with your own mouth so you're more aware of them when you see other people doing it."

(Tara tries to form the vowel shapes with her mouth.)

Tara: Like this?

(She puts her hand on her jaw and forms the vowels a, e, i, o, u.)

Sue: Yeah, like that, and then try the other sounds like ah, eh, ee, aw, uh.

(Tara follows Sue' instructions until she looks up to see all eyes on them. Bobby laughs and Myles snickers. When she notices Tara looking up, Sue looks up, too, and sees everyone looking at them.)

Sue: I was just giving a few pointers on how to read lips.

(Jack raises his eyebrows then lowers his head to get back to work, the others following.)

(A few minutes later, the jackhammer starts up again, this time louder than before. Bobby and Myles sit back in their chairs with D throwing his hands up in disgust.)

Myles: It's not like we can even blame Randy for this, either.

Sue to Tara: NOW I FEEL.

(It stops.)

D: If this keeps up, I think I'm going to have to talk to Garrett about going to a soundproof room. I can't do this anymo…

(His voice is cut off by the hammer going again. Jack looks at D as if to scold him. Tara's trying to read lips, writing down some vowels as she gets them with the tape in slow motion. GOOD, signs Sue.

A couple of hours later

(Lucy comes to D's desk.)

Lucy: There's someone on the phone for you.

D (sarcastically): Can I go somewhere quiet?

Lucy: There a phone in the conference room.

(D smirks at her and leaves. Lucy goes over to Jack's desk.)

Lucy: Is it just the construction or is something else on his nerves?

Jack: (He leans forward) I probably shouldn't be saying anything but he had a fight with his family this morning and now everything else is just adding to the tension, I guess.

Lucy: How about you? I don't see you going nuts with all this noise.

Jack: Well, there's not much I can do about it. I just keep looking at Sue over there teaching Tara how to read lips, and how much she finds it fascinating. They're not bothered by anything so I'm trying not to be, either.

(Jack grins his boyish grin and Lucy grins back as she glances over at Tara and Sue.)

Lucy: They do look like they're having fun over there.

Bobby: Hey, Sparky, we're getting out of this construction zone to find somewhere to eat. You coming?

Jack: Ah, no. I'm just getting on a bit of a roll here. I'll go down to the cafeteria in a bit.

Bobby: Alrighty. See you later.

(Bobby, Myles, and D leave.)

Bobby to Myles and D: Something must be up if he's eating cafeteria food.

Myles: Oh, you know those two lovebirds just want to be with each other.

(Bobby smiles. They get into Bobby's car and drive to the restaurant. Next shot is them eating lunch.)

Bobby: D, what's eating you, mate? I've never seen you this quiet.

Myles: Or irritable. I'm guessing there's something getting to you besides that jackhammer outside our office.

D (glaring at them): It's nothing, really. Things were just a bit chaotic at home this morning and then I couldn't park because of the construction, but it's nothing. I'm fine. Things just got to me, that's all.

Bobby: OK. But, if you want to talk about anything…

(D nods.)

D: You wouldn't understand. You're not married.