"Ready?" Jordan grinned widly as he jumped at her words, spinning to look at her.
"Christ you scared the life out of me!" Hoyt whined.
"Keeping you on your toes." She smiled adjusting his tie, his eyes followed her hands. He grinned at her.
"Heard you solved a cold case today." He took her unsolicited touch as a green light, moving his hands up and sweeping her hair back off her shoulders.
"Not a fat therapist killed by a drywaller.. But I'll take what I can get."
"Bandeau's mom slapped me." He whined squinting his eyes at her. She widened hers, before slipping into something more sulty.
"Oh.. Poor baby.. Where?" She stuck her lip out in a sarcastic pout as he pointed wordlessly to his cheek. She ran her fingers across it, before planting a small kiss. "Better?"
"Maybe I should call her back and let her beat me up some more." He teased.
"Are you ready to go or not? " She asked grinning.
"I gotta grab something." He told her, taking her hand and making his way through the hall. It wasn't until he put his hand on the doorknob of his office that he felt her stop abruptly. Turning slowly, he shot her a quizzical look. She looked at the office door like she'd seen a ghost.
Lu's ghost, he realized slowly, looking up at the ceiling before letting his head drop again.
"I'll wait out here." She said absently pulling her hand from his.
"Jordan…" He sighed reaching for it back.
"Go.. " Her phone rang, she scrambled to grab it. "I'll-." He watched her point at the phone turning away.
Hoyt pushed the door open to his office and wandered inside. In all the upheaval the past few weeks he hadn't realized she'd never been in there. She'd never made it past the door. When he came back out with his stuff he almost ran into her.
"Lily just had the baby."
"What?"
"At the morgue."
"What?"
"Kate delivered her."
"Wh-?"
"God shut up! Lets's go!" She hissed grabbing him by the shoulder and pulling him along.
"Her and Bug look happy." Jordan whispered on the way home from the hospital.
"Bandeau didn't look too happy." Woody mused.
"No." She looked out the window. "It sucks seeing the person you love with someone else."
He let her have a moment before reaching across the stick shift and taking her hand in his.
"Yes it does."
She glanced back at him briefly before laying her head on his shoulder.
"You want me to get a new office?"
"Woody-."
"I will. I'll go back to the bullpen if you need me to-."
"You saw me with Pollack in my office and you're not afraid to go in there."
"That's different." He sighed.
"How?" She shook her head at him. Woody felt the comforting pressure on his arm.
"We have a lot of us in that office Jordan. We were there first." He felt her sniff, turning quickly to kiss her hair.
"We could-." She stopped abruptly as he pulled up to the red light and lifted her face to his.
"We could what?"
"Have a lot of us in your office too."
He grinned at her.
"I think I'd rather be the last then the first." She whispered. Hoyt nodded slowly, pressing his lips softly to hers before starting forward again with the green light.
"Sounds like something we could incorporate into the plan."
"I'm starting to really like this plan."
"Baby you ain't seen nothing yet." Hoyt smirked, reaching for her hand again, pulling it to his mouth for a kiss.