A/N: The next chapter takes place a few hours later when Jack arrives at Chloe's apartment to take her on the date...
And so you know, I'm not titling this chapter because I really couldn't come up with anything...
Chapter 4- (untitled)
It sounded like my door was going to break down. Jack must've been pounding on it pretty hard, because the wood is punctured pretty badly. Of course, that is what he's trained to do, break down doors and stuff.
"Chloe, are we still going out?" he demands.
I run to get the door, when my dress snags on the plant stand.
Great, of all the things that could go wrong…"I'm coming!" I shout, trying very carefully to remove the piece of the dress from the plant stand without tearing it.
"Really? Well hurry up, then!"
I sigh and roll my eyes. "Just a little technical difficulty here, Jack!"
"Really? How difficult is it to get naked, eh?"
"Was that a joke? 'Cause I'm not laughing!"
"No, no, I'm just kidding!"
Finally, the piece of the dress comes off, but not without tearing a small hole. I sigh again and answer the door.
"Now we can go, right?"
I smile a sarcastic smile. "Yeah,"
I look at him and feel the door, and he blushes.
"Sorry,"
I nod and follow him to the elevator.
"Chloe you look fantastic," he says.
"Mm hmm?"
Jack nods.
I've shared many awkward silences with Jack and other men, but this one was the awkwardest (if that's a word).
"So…" Jack offers.
"So…"
More silence.
The elevator lands at the next floor and an old lady steps in.
"Jack?" the old lady asks.
Jack focuses his eyes on the old lady.
"Oh my God, Thelma?"
"Yes, yes, dear! You remember me!"
I give him a look and he smiles.
"Chloe, uh, this is Thelma…Audrey's aunt…"
"So, I see you're not with Audrey anymore?"
"Uh, no, Thelma, I'm not. This is Chloe,"
I smile nervously and kick my feet.
"Shame though, because she really liked you, and you seemed so happy together."
The elevator goes down three more floors without anyone else coming in and finally lands at the lobby.
"Well, it was nice seeing you again Jack," Thelma says and waddles off somewhere.
"So, you met Audrey's aunt?" I ask, curious to hear more.
"Yeah."
"Must've been pretty serious?"
"Chloe, please. I'm done with Audrey, okay? Thelma's just a nice old lady, okay?"
"Yeah okay. So where are you taking me?"
"You'll see,"
He leads me to the car, drives along the scenic route and stops at a deserted beach. His phone rings and he gets out of the car.
He takes about twenty minutes on the phone and it starts getting annoying.
"JACK!" I yell.
"Yeah, I'm coming," he responds and shoves his phone into his pocket and jumps back in.
"So is this where you're taking me?" I ask.
"No. It's further up…"
"Who were you talking to?"
"Uh…no one,"
The silence kept getting more and more awkward. He drives on further down the road and stops again, but this time at a private beach with a romantic dinner set up.
"Is this…?"
Jack nods, and I just feel like the luckiest woman ever.
He pulls out one of the chairs for me and I sit down carefully, but when I do, the back legs snap and I fall to the ground. I am mortified. I'm not that heavy, am I?
"Oh my God, I'm so sorry," Jack says, putting out his hand, which I take with pleasure.
"No, no, it's fine," I say and stand up.
There's only one slight problem: the chair's still stuck to my ass.
"Jack…why the fuck is there a chair stuck to my ass!"
"I don't know,"
I hear the faint sound of snickering. A woman snickering. Audrey snickering.
"Jack, it's Audrey,"
Jack pulls out his gun (God, when does he not have his gun?) and points it around.
"Audrey! Come out with you're hands on your head!"
A nearby bush ruffles and Audrey steps out with her hands up. "Jack, don't you dare shoot,"
"Sit down!"
"But Jack…"
"SIT DOWN!"
Audrey sits and bites her nails.
"Who are you working for!"
"Nobody, Jack, it's just me,"
"What did you do!"
Audrey sighs. "I shaved a couple of strips of wood off of her chair and put glue on the seat,"
"How did you find us!"
"I…you told me!"
"You did?" I demand.
Jack nods.
"Why the hell did you tell her?"
"Well she asked!"
"So you told her?"
"Well…what was I supposed to tell her?"
"You just broke up with her for God's sake! You just broke up with her for me!"
"Yeah, so?"
"Jack, for the head of field ops, you can be pretty stupid!"
We turn around to look at Audrey and find that she's not there.
"Damn it!" Jack yells.
