Kim, Chase and Angela were seated at the breakfast table. The radio hummed in the background. Chase was trying to make his daughter finish her cereal while Kim chewed on a piece of toast and flipped through the job section in the newspaper. Chase's watch beeped and he looked up at Kim, slightly concerned although he didn't show it.

"Isn't Sarah coming today?"

Kim nodded her head as she turned the page, "yeah, she may be late, I don't know. Dad's not up yet so maybe they arranged a later time."

"Daddy," Angela cut in as she looked down at her cereal. "Why does Jack get to stay in bed all day?"

"Jack's a grown up," Chase said.

"Is he tired?" She asked.

"I don't know," he replied, "probably, if he's asleep."

"If I feel tired, does that mean I can go back to sleep?"

Kim raised an eyebrow as she wondered where exactly the young girl was trying to take the conversation.

"Not until you finish your breakfast," he said, smiling when he saw the look on her face, surprise that he had figured her out.

Seeing Angela was about to ask another question Kim cut in, "what did you and Jack do last night?"

"We played catch!" She said enthusiastically, "he wasn't very good though, I don't think he wanted to play."

"Angela," Chase said seriously, "you weren't naughty for Jack were you?"

Angela but her spoon down and carefully crossed her arms and shook her head from left to right. "I wasn't naughty, I didn't get up until Jack made some noise."

"That's okay then," Kim said, before getting up and folding the paper. "I'm just gonna go check on him."

Jack was still sleeping lightly when Kim came in, the sound of the door opening waking him from his rest.

"I think Angela likes you," Kim said laughing at the smile that crept on Jacks face.

"I think you need a stair lift or something," he said sitting up, "lasts night adventure took it out of me. Is Sarah here," he asked suddenly, "I haven't overlaid have I?"

"Sarah's not here yet, but she's due."

"Okay," Jack said, rubbing his eyes, "let me get ready for her."

Thirty minutes later Sarah rang the door chime and then bustled inside, knowing she was late and feeling terrible. Jack was up and waiting for her, sat in a chair by the bed, looking out onto the green garden through the window.

"Jack I am so sorry," she said as she hurried to drop her bags on the floor and then take her coat off. "I totally overslept and then I had to take Casey to the hospital and then I-"

"Whoa," Jack said, getting up, "calm down Sarah, its not the end of the world."

"I know but I just feel terrible," she said as she brushed a stray hair away from her face.

"Don't worry about it," he said, and Sarah seemed to accept his words and relax as she set her things out.

Thirty minutes into the workout Sarah poured them both a glass of water and then sat down on the floor as she watched Jack.

"You seem tired," she said, keen to see how he reacted to her words. "Sleeping well?"

"Yes, well," Jack said, "I had a few things on my mind last night. And I made a long and unexpected trip up and down the stairs," he added, with a chuckle.

"Really," Sarah said, "no wonder you're so slow today," she teased, Jack just smirked, he enjoyed her sarcastic comments, they cheered him up.

"I thought you would have noticed by now that I'm slow pretty much all of the time," he added, and then it was Sarah's turn to back peddle.

"Not for long," she said, patting him on the shoulder.

"I hope not," Jack mumbled. "I think I might go out for a walk or something later, is that okay?"

"Jack!" She said laughing, "you sound like you're asking me for permission!"

"No," he said, almost defensively, "I just don't want to, overdo it or make things worse."

"As long as you take everything steady there shouldn't be a problem. Your leg will let you know when you're doing too much, and if it starts to hurt, you will have to cut back, but I don't think that will be a problem."

"Good," Jack said, silently thinking about his call to Tony as he took another glance out of the window.

Tony was surprised when he saw Chase tap on his office door before entering, a visitors pass stuck to the chest of his casual shirt.

"Chase!" Tony exclaimed, generally surprised to see him. "How are you?"

"I'm good," Chase said, sitting himself down on the couch. "I'm here on business, as always," he said and rolled his eyes.

"Okay," Tony said, "but first I gotta ask you about Jack, is he okay?"

Chase shrugged his shoulders, "he's getting better I guess. He still hasn't mentioned any visitors, if you were wondering-"

"He left a message on my machine last night," Tony said seriously, "wanting to meet up or something. I only got it this morning but I had to rush to work for a meeting, its been on my mind all day."

"So," Chase said, wondering why the man was worrying, "what's the problem, call him back."

"I'm gonna, I just wanted to know how he was. I don't wanna push him or something."

"Tony, Jack's still Jack. Yeah, he's a little down and he's still a little banged up but he is still his own person. The only thing that will push him is if you treat him any differently. That's the last thing he wants, and you should know this already."

"Okay," Tony said holding his hands up, "I was just trying to look out for him."

"Okay," Chase said, accepting that, "why don't you call him then, I'm sure he'd appreciate it."

"I was gonna call in after work today if that's okay."

Chase smirked slightly and shook his head. "Would you normally just pop in? No, you'd call. If you want to talk to Jack then you ask him if its okay that you come over, not me."

"Alright," Tony said, feeling like he had been told off for being worried about his friend, "I'm just concerned about him, that's all."

"There's nothing wrong with being concerned," Chase said as he got to his feet, "as long as you don't overdo it, now," he said, holding his hand out, "do you have the blueprints ready for the firm I mentioned last week?"

"Yes," Tony said dejectedly, "I'll just leave you here while I get them," he added, taking Chase's lead that the conversation was over.