"Want an omelete?" Sue Thomas rubbed her eyes as she entered the kitchen. Levi, her golden retriever burst forward towards his food dish. Standing beside the counter was Lucy, Sue's best friend and colleague.
"Yes please." Replied Sue as she walked up to the counter. Lucy and Sue worked for the FBI in the same office. They had roomed together for over three years. Sue poured herself a cup of coffee and sat down at the table. She observed her surroundings and gave a sigh. Moments later, Lucy came over and dumped an omelete on her plate.
"Thanks Luce." Said Sue said as she picked up her fork. Lucy smiled and signed 'your welcome' to Sue. Sue smiled at the gesture. She loved that Lucy really wanted to take a part in learning ASL, it made Sue feel more comfortable. Being deaf was never easy.
Lucy soon joined her at the table and began to dig into her own omelete. She reached over and tapped Sue on the arm to get her attention.
"So," she said as she bit another piece of omelete, "did you finish that assignment with Tara?" Lucy gave a cough. She had been sick the last few days, and she was just getting over a cold. Sue nodded as she placed her fork back down onto her plate.
"Yeah." Sue said. She smiled picking up her dishes. Lucy had a grin on her face.
"What?" asked Sue. Lucy smiled but before she could say anything Sue turned her back to her and placed her dishes in the sink. Lucy stood as well and brought her dishes to the sink. She stopped and turned to look at Sue.
"What?" asked Sue again.
"Oh, we can talk about it later." Said Lucy. "I need to get changed." Without another word Lucy left the kitchen towards her bedroom. Sue was left with a very confused look on her face until Levi came up and butted her leg.
Sue looked down at Levy and gave him a pat.
"Come on." She said. "Let's go." And with that she walked over to her own bedroom door.
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"Are you going to tell me?" asked Sue. Her and Lucy were walking down the busy D.C. streets at Lunch. After a slow morning at the bullpen, they decided to walk to lunch. Lucy had a permanent excited look on her face all morning. Lucy turned to her.
"Okay." She said. She stopped Sue and led her over to the sidewalk. Sue watched intently as Lucy looked over at Sue.
"So..." asked Sue. Lucy smiled.
"I wanted to ask you about… you know…" said Lucy. Sue shook her head.
"What?" asked Sue.
"Jack." Said Lucy. Sue knew exactly where this was going.
"Lucy!" said Sue. Lucy instantly put her hands up.
"Come on Sue! You told me about what happened last month. Nothing has changed?" she asked Sue. Sue took a deep breath.
Last month, Sue almost left Washington D.C. for a job in New York. For years, Sue had really liked her co-worker, Jack Hudson, and she was sure he felt the same way. But they had never really done anything about it. Before she announced that she was going to stay, she had gotten the feeling from Jack that he did not want her to go. Lucy of course, had been playing matchmaker since the start and had paid so much attention to Jack and Sue that she had been waiting for weeks for the subject to pop up.
"Luce, nothing has changed. What makes you think he still cares?" asked Sue. Lucy dropped her mouth open as they came up to their building.
"Of course he does! Have you seen the way he looks at you?" Lucy asked as they walked into the building and pressed the elevator button. Sue looked up at Lucy's piercing gaze.
"I don't know Lucy. I'm not even sure he feels the same way." Instantly Sue felt someone gazing at her from behind. She turned around and came face to face with Jack.
"Jack!" said Sue. "I didn't realize you were here." She watched as Lucy stepped into the elevator. She entered as well as Jack followed.
"Why wouldn't I be here?" asked Jack. Sue smiled as they sat in silence on the way up to their floor. Sue would sneak looks at Jack who was keeping his eyes glued to the elevator door. Finally the elevator door pinged and it slid open.
"Yay… another day of work!" said Lucy. "Bring on the cases!"
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Sue was bored. Sue rolled her head on her desk as she felt Levi place his head in her lap.
"I know Levi, I'm bored too." Sue said. Sue's attention was caught as she saw D.
"Going home?" asked Sue. D nodded.
"Yeah. I finally get a day off, besides we really aren't doing much here anyways, since we quickly wrapped up the press conference shooting case." He exclaimed. Sue smiled.
"See you later." Sue exclaimed. With that D left the office. Sue sighed and looked down at Levi who was now staring off into space wagging his tail.
"Bored Levi?" she asked. The dog looked up her and gave a small bark. She saw a figure standing in front of her. Sue looked up to see Jack.
"Hungry?" asked Jack as he signed the word for hungry. Sue looked over to see Lucy watching them. She was nodding her head in a too obvious way.
"I guess." Said Sue. She got up and clipped her leash onto Levi.
"Don't forget you coat, it's freezing out there." Said Jack as he picked up her coat from the hook. He held it out for her to put on. Sue blushed.
"Thanks. I keep forgetting how cold it is." Said Sue as she took the coat from Jack. She put it on and walked beside Jack through the office doors. Sue swore she saw Lucy give her a wink before they excited the office.
Once they were out of the frosty D.C. streets, they headed towards the restaurants.
"Where to?" asked Jack. Sue began to stroke her chin.
"Hmm… where do you want to go?" she asked Jack. Jack gave a grin.
"I asked you first." He asked. Sue gave a smile. She scanned the street for something that looked appetizing.
"How about the corner café?" she asked. Jack nodded.
"Good choice. I'm certainly in the mood for a sandwich." Jack said as he patted his stomach. They stopped at the intersection waiting for the cars to go by. Sue was just about to step onto the street when a car speeded by. Jack grabbed her arm.
"Careful." He said to her. Sue gave a smile.
"Thanks." They continued across the street and then into the café. Jack led her over to a table by the window. The waitress came over to give them their menu's and take their drink orders. Levi settled himself underneath the table as Jack put down his menu.
"You already know what you want?" asked Sue. Jack smiled.
"I told you, I wanted a sandwich." Said Jack. Sue gave a smile and peered into her menu. She then quickly placed her menu down.
"I think I'll have one as well." Said Sue. The waitress came back with their waters and took their orders. Sue then started to gaze out the window at the cars strolling by the café.
She felt Jack touch her hand.
"You okay?" he asked with a slightly worried look on his face.
"Oh, I'm fine, just a little bored." Said Sue. Jack smiled.
"I thought the press conference case would last much longer than it did." Said Jack. "Bradley wasn't known to be all that open." Sue nodded.
"That was strange, how he confessed like that. But it's true, he did know every detail about the murder." Said Sue. They had just wrapped up a case of a shooting at a press conference they recently had.
Sue looked up into Jack's eyes and gulped. She hated and loved every moment she spent with him. She loved being around him but she hated the fact that she could never tell him how she really felt. Sue quickly diverted her gaze from Jack and back out the window.
"Are you sure your okay?" he asked pressing her hand again. Sue nodded.
"Yeah." Said Sue. Jack took a deep breath.
"Do you ever regret your decision?" asked Jack.
"What decision?" asked Sue. They were immediately interuppted by the waitress bringing their food.
"Thanks." They both mumbled to the waitress. Sue took a bite and looked back up at Jack.
"Your decision to not go to New York." Said Jack. Sue swallowed her food and looked Jack straight in the eyes.
"Actually Jack, I don't." said Sue. "I don't regret it one bit." She took another bite and was pleased to see Jack put a smile on his face before taking a bite of his own sandwich.
"That's good." He said after he swallowed. "I don't know what would have happened to me- I mean us- if you left." Jack quickly took another bite of his sandwich.
"I don't know what would have happened to me either. I don't think I could ever leave you… guys." Said Sue cautiously. They finished up their lunches in silence until a thought entered Sue's mind. She remembered that last conversation she had with Jack before she told them all she was going to stay. Something told her he really did have feelings for her, but he had a hard time facing them. Suddenly Jack's cell went off. He reached for it and at the same time Levi placed a paw on her side. Sue could feel her own phone vibrating. She looked at the display with her eyes wide then looked up at Jack.
"911?" asked Sue. She looked up to see Jack's horrified face. He closed his phone and put his hand over Sue's.
"Sue, that was Bobby." He took a deep breath and looked straight into her eyes. "It's D, he's been shot."