It was a quiet afternoon at Noah's Bar, and Martha was bored. She looked at her watch; 20 more minutes and she was free. Her shift had seemed to drag on for hours and she couldn't wait to get home. She was supposed to go out on a date with Corey later that night, but she was going to call him and tell him that she wasn't feeling well. It was the best excuse she could come up with.

"Hey Mac," a cheerful voice said. Martha looked up and saw Tasha coming towards the counter, with Robbie and Jack close behind her. Martha's heart skipped a few beats when she saw Jack.

"Hey," Martha smiled at her friends. "Can we get 3 juices please?" Robbie smiled at her.

Martha nodded. "Sure," she said. Jack and Robbie then went and sat at a table, leaving Tasha at the bar with Martha.

Martha got out 3 cups and filled them up with juice. Tasha grabbed 2 of the cups and took them to the boys. She then returned, so she could talk to Martha.

"When does your shift finish?" Tasha asked, taking a sip of her drink.

"About 20 minutes. Thank god. I can't wait to go home. I have the house to myself tonight, so I'm really looking forward to some alone time," Martha told her.

"I thought you had a date with Corey tonight?" Tasha questioned.

Martha sighed. "I'm supposed to, but I'm gonna cancel. I just don't really feel like it tonight," she replied.

Martha looked up and found Jack watching her. She kept her eyes locked on his for a few moments but then looked away.

Tasha noticed Martha looking at Jack and she sighed. "You have to stop this craziness Mac," Tasha spoke.

"What are you talking about?" Martha asked, confused.

"I'm talking about this whole thing with Jack and Corey. It needs to stop," Tasha told her.

Martha went to speak, but stopped when she saw Beth approaching. "Hey girls. Martha you can finish now if you like. It's pretty quiet," Beth said.

"Thanks Beth," Martha smiled. Martha grabbed her bag from under the counter. "Well I guess I'm off then," she said to Tasha.

She went to walk away but Tasha grabbed her arm. "Not so fast, we haven't finished talking yet," Tasha said.

"Tash, there is nothing to talk about," she snapped, and roughly pulled her arm away from Tasha.

Robbie and Jack, who had noticed the tension between the girls, got up from their seats and walked over to see what was going on. "Is everything okay?" Robbie asked with a curious look on his face.

Martha snapped her gaze onto Robbie. "Yes Doctor, everything is fine. Now, if you don't mind, I'm going home. I'm tired and I really feel like having some 'me' time. Does anyone else have a problem with that?" she said, raising her voice.

"Nope," Robbie and Jack spoke at the same time, shaking their heads. They then quickly walked off towards the pool table. "Crazy chicks," Robbie muttered on the way. "Hey, I heard that," Martha spat out.

Martha looked at Tasha, she could tell that she had hurt her feelings. "Tash, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to snap at you," she said, sitting down on a chair.

"What's going on inside that head of yours?" Tasha asked, sitting down next to her.

"I miss Jack," Martha answered truthfully, surprising even herself with how honest she was being.

"I never would have guessed," Tasha joked.

"Is it that obvious?" Martha asked.

"Martha, you and Jack had something special. The kind of special people spend a lifetime looking for. It's not just something that you can forget about after 2 weeks," Tasha answered.

Martha sighed. "You know what I miss the most? Waking up with him in the morning. Even if it was only for a week. And I miss the way he kissed me, the way he touched me. He made me feel like I was the most important person in the world," she said, remembering back to the short time they were together.

"I don't know why I did it Tash," Martha spoke. Tasha was confused. "What do you mean?" Tasha asked.

"I don't know why I agreed to go out with Corey. I guess I just wanted to hurt Jack, like he hurt me," Martha told Tasha. "But I didn't realise that by hurting him, I'd be hurting myself even more," she explained.

"So you admit that you're only dating Corey to make Jack jealous. To hurt him?" Tasha questioned.

"Yes, I have no feelings for Corey whatsoever," Martha admitted. "I just wanted to make Jack jealous," she kept on.

"Well it's working. I've seen the look on Jack's face whenever he sees you with Corey. It's so obvious that he's hurting. Maybe now is the time to tell Corey that it's not going to work out," Tasha told her.

"Yeah, I know. But how am I supposed to tell Corey. I feel like such a bitch," Martha started. "And how do I know if Jack will even want me back. After the way I have treated him the last couple weeks, I wouldn't blame him if he never wanted to see me again," Martha continued.

Tasha laughed. "Are you really that blind? All you have to do is say the word and Jack would come back to you in an instant," she explained.

Martha smiled at her best friend. "Thanks for listening. It feels good to have told someone," she said.

"No problem. You can tell me anything, you know that," Tasha told her.

"Now all I have to do is gather up the courage to tell Jack and Corey. That's going to be the hardest part," Martha said.

"I'm glad that I'm not in your position," said Tasha.

"I've only got my self to blame," Martha answered, standing up from her chair. "Well I'm gonna go now. I've gotta call Corey and cancel our date. Then I've got to figure out a way to break the news to him and Jack," she continued.

Martha gave Tasha a hug and walked away, waving goodbye to Robbie and Jack as she passed them.

Martha was about 50 feet away from Noah's when she heard her name being called out.

"Martha," the voice called. She spun around and saw that Jack was running towards her.