Maggie and Kristen had spent the rest of dinner enjoying their food and catching each other up on other things in their life like their families. They had bid goodnight to each other with a hug and headed home in their separate directions. Maggie was walking towards her apartment thinking about dinner with Kristen, she had really come so close to telling Kristen about her and Jubal and then thinking of him just reminded her that she was angry, but she was also hurt that he had used what she had trusted him with against her friend. Maggie was so lost in her thoughts that she didn't even see Jubal sitting on the steps outside her apartment until she was about to walk up the steps and he was speaking the minute she looked at him
"You're angry at me, is this about Kris?"
Maggie took a deep breath and she sat down on the step beside him but not sitting close to him "Did you use what I trusted you with in your decision to keep her in the JOC?" Maggie hated how soft her voice sounded but she wasn't sure how she was going to react to his answer
When he heard the question he realised why she was clearly angry at him "No! Mag's I swear. When you talked to me about Kristen you were telling me as your boyfriend not as your boss. I would never use that in a work decision"
Maggie finally turned her head to look at Jubal for the first time "So why are you keeping her in the JOC?"
"She's not ready, physically maybe but she has to deal with it mentally and she hasn't. If I come straight out and say that to her she will get defensive, I'm hoping by keeping her in the JOC and working some more cases that it will help her."
Maggie was quiet for a minute as she ran her hand over her face taking a deep breath "I'm sorry for getting angry at you, Kristen came to me wanting to know why I had told you to keep her in the JOC. I didn't know what to think, she had caught me completely off guard and she was so pissed off at me"
Jubal moved closer to Maggie on the step he was hoping that she wouldn't move away from him "I'm sorry that Kris thinks you were part of my decision. I can talk to her and tell her you weren't"
Maggie seen Jubal move closer and she seen how tense he was because he had no idea how she was going to react and she hated that he was worried she would actually pull away from him, but she didn't blame him for thinking that. She closed the distance between them and lay her head on his shoulder "That would be one way of telling her who your girlfriend is" She joked lightly "She knows I didn't have anything to do with it, we talked about it. That's when I found out that you hadn't even mentioned me that she had just jumped to that idea herself" Maggie stood up and held her hand out to Jubal "C'mon lets go inside, have you eaten?"
Jubal took Maggie's hand as he stood up and he followed her to her door, he wrapped his arms around her from behind while she was unlocking the door as he was not ready to break the contact, he really thought that he had messed things up tonight between him and Maggie "I ate before I came here, I assumed that you and Kris would eat when out together and I wasn't sure how long I was going to be sitting on your steps"
Maggie opened the door and stepped inside and she could feel that Jubal didn't really want to let go of her but that he did so they could both take off their coats and hang them up and the minute that they did he was standing looking at her unsure of himself a little so she took his hand in hers walking over to the couch after she had kicked her shoes off "How long were you out there? What if Kristen and I had gone for drinks after food?"
He had been so relieved to feel Maggie's hand slide in to his, he knew they had sorted out things but he still didn't want to push too much as he was afraid that Maggie would pull away still, his fights with Sam playing in his head which would have seen them sleeping in separate rooms for days "Not that long, I went to a meeting first and I know Kris is finishing her meds so she can't drink but not that it matters I would have sat there until you came home. I wasn't leaving you angry at me over night"
Maggie looked at Jubal as she heard his words and she felt so guilty when she heard about him going to a meeting, had their fight made him want to drink? She realised that he was actually being serious about staying out on the steps until she got home "Jubal I'm so sorry that me being childish drove you to a meeting. I should have just talked to you but I could tell Kristen really needed to talk to someone tonight but I should have replied to your text and not ignored you" Maggie was silent for a minute before looking at Jubal again "You really would have sat out there until I came home no matter how late?"
Jubal moved closer to Maggie on the couch more confident now that she wouldn't pull away from him and he squeezed her hand gently "Honey you aren't to blame for me going to a meeting, I haven't been to one in a while and the old me would have turned to drink when fighting with someone I love but tonight I went to a meeting instead. And yes I really would have sat out there for however long it took for you to come home and talk to me, I couldn't leave things like this between us over night" Jubal would have leaned in and kissed Maggie but he wasn't sure if she had taken a glass of wine or a beer with her dinner
Maggie realised why Jubal hadn't closed the gap between them and she smiled as she moved in closer to him "I haven't been drinking" she had just finished speaking when she felt Jubal's lips on hers making her chuckle a little as she fell against him kissing him back. Maggie broke the kiss before they both got completely lost and she pulled back a little running her fingertips along Jubal's cheek "Lets go get changed and then we can come back down here and relax for a little bit"
Jubal nodded to show Maggie that he agreed with her suggestion, he didn't want to break the contact but he knew they both wanted out of their work clothes to relax for the rest of the night before heading to bed. He knew that Maggie and him were really okay again but that didn't mean that he didn't want to remind her just how much she meant to him and that he really wasn't going anywhere. When they got changed they came back down stairs and Jubal was sitting on the couch while Maggie was in the kitchen getting a drink
"Did you have a nice time with Kris?"
"It was actually really nice to get to chat with her after her first case back and I was there to apparently give advice on her feelings for Stuart" Maggie smirked as she knew that would catch Jubal's attention and she chuckled when his head turned so fast to look at her
"She actually told you she has feelings for him?" Jubal couldn't hide the surprise from his voice
"Well I could tell there was something on her mind, she mentioned me saying about enjoying her date last week on the phone so I guessed the rest and she didn't deny it" Maggie came over with a drink for both her and Jubal setting them on the coffee table infront of them and sat down beside him and snuggled in to his side when he lifted his arm for her
"So you calling it a date then worked?" Jubal laughed as he kissed Maggie's head holding her close to him, he couldn't stop smiling as Maggie lay snuggled up to his side wearing his hoodie once again "So that mean I'm going to be getting disclosure papers from them?"
"Well not anytime soon, you know since we still haven't" Maggie laughed poking his stomach gently "She did worry about how you would react but by the end of our conversation she was planning a double date with her and Stuart and you and your girlfriend"
"Excuse me what?" Jubal looked at Maggie raising his eyebrow
Before Maggie could reply there was a knock at her door and she walked to the door laughing at Jubal's reaction about the double date, she had assumed it was one of her neighbours at the door but that couldn't have been further from the truth and she all of a sudden felt uncomfortable in Jubal's hoodie
"Isobel….erm what are you doing here, is everything okay?"