Sadly, I STILL don't own any part of Sue Thomas… Just writing for the enjoyment (yours and mine!) Let me know what you think!

Monday morning came all too soon for the entire team. Myles was the only one who didn't seem to mind being at work. Even D who was usually happy go lucky seemed a bit off. As the morning eased into afternoon, so the team seemed to ease back into their jovial selves. Bobby had taken to throwing balled up paperwork and tossing in Tara's general direction, then pretend it wasn't him. Tara smirked as she hummed one back at him, pegging him directly between the eyes. Before anyone realized what had happened, the entire bull pen was a war zone of balled up papers being lobbed toward one another. After about 10 minutes, Levi barked as if to warn everyone that a higher being was entering their play area.

"It's too late Levi, I'm already here…" D said as he walked through the door to the bull pen. He looked around as one by one the team members began to poke their heads up from behind the cover of their desks. Each looked as guilty as the next, and sharing a nervous glance in the general direction of Bobby, who, after all, had started it.

"D… I can expl…" Bobby started, but D cut him off with a wave of his hand.

"I don't even want to know…" He said slowly. I trust it won't be like this when Director Johnson stops by in 15 minutes, right?" He said, more than asked, as he walked into his office. "Jack! Can I see you please?" D called.

The team looked at Jack as he shrugged his shoulders and walked toward D's office.

"What's up D?" Jack asked casually.

"You tell me. You asked to see me, remember?" D asked.

"Oh, yeah. I did, didn't I?" Jack asked, stalling. D motioned for him to sit. D sat down as well, taking a sip of water.

"Jack? The director will be down in less than 15 min… spit it out." D said, looking tired.

"OK… Umm, I was wondering what we- I have to do to get rid of or around the 'no dating' rule we have?" Jack spit out.

"Why? Interested in someone?" D asked, trying desperately to hide his smirk.

"Yes… I am." Jack answered.

"Really? Hmm, who is it?" D asked teasing, but still managing to keep a straight face.

"Uhh… D… I would rather not say. That would compromise her as well." Jack answered, blushing.

"Oh… I see." D said.

"D…" Jack began to plead.

"Well… To be honest with you… nothing." D said.

"There's nothing we can do to change it?" Jack asked, disappointed.

"No." D said. A smile began to creep to the edges of his lips.

"Is there someone else I can talk to?" Jack asked again.

"Jack… there is no "no dating" rule." D finally said, relieving his pain.

"What? I- I thought…" Jack stumbled over his words.

"Yeah, so did I, until I took this job." D admitted.

"There's no rule?" Jack asked in disbelief.

"Nope. I guess, years ago, there was one, but they abolished it, and just never told anyone. Their thought was, if you really want to date someone, you'll ask for permission, and then we can tell you." D said with a huge smile on his face.

"You have no idea how happy you've just made me." Jack admitted.

"I'm sure Sue will be just as happy when you tell her…" He said teasingly. Jack smiled at him with a "smarty pants" look as he walked out the door. Before it shut, Jack stuck his head back in to D's office and said he was taking ½ a vacation day and would be back tomorrow.

Jack walked with almost a skip in his step over to his desk, grabbed his coat, and walked out just saying "have a good night"

Everyone looked at each other wondering what was going on with Jack, but were interrupted by more balls of paper being tossed around the office.

Suddenly Sue's Black Berry vibrated.

"Dinner, my house, tonight… please come?" was all it said. Sue smiled at the thought of spending a quiet evening with Jack.

XOXOXOXOXOX

Sue headed home to shower and change.

"Going out? On a work night?" Lucy teased.

Sue smiled. "Yes Mom, I am." They both laughed. "I got a text from Jack right after he left today, asking me to dinner."

"Well, you look great." Lucy complimented. "He is definitely going to love that outfit." Lucy said smiling.

"Thanks. Don't wait up…" Sue said jokingly as she walked out of the apartment and down the stairs to her car.

XOXOXOXOXOX

Jack straightened the apartment one last time, making sure every last detail was just right for his date with Sue. He turned down the lights, lit the candles and lit a fire in the fireplace. He heard her car pull up to the front of his house and he smiled. He met her at the door with a rose.

"Well, isn't this a nice surprise?" Sue said giving him a peck on the cheek. She slowly walked in, her mouth slightly hung open. The living room was dim, candles strewn around, a floral essence wafted in the air from the bouquets of early spring flowers set about. The soft crackle of the fire could be heard from the far side of the living room. Soft music played and Sue noticed an elegant dinner on a picnic blanket with a bottle of champagne chilling in front of the fireplace.

"What's all this?" Sue asked very surprised.

"I thought it would be nice to have a proper 'first date'." Jack said with a romantic smile.

Jack helped Sue to the floor, and sat next to her. They ate while chatting about everyday things, just enjoying each other's company. After dinner, Jack cleared the dishes and came back in chilled glasses for their champagne.

"So, what is this all about?" Sue asked coyly. Jack smiled toasting to their relationship.

"I had an interesting meeting today with D." Jack said softly, smiling and taking Sue's hand in his.

"Oh? What was said meeting about?" Sue asked with a devious smile.

"Us." Jack said smiling. Sue looked at him confused. Jack leaned in and kissed her softly on the lips. Sue's hands made their way around his neck, deepening the kiss. Jack parted his lips from hers. He looked deep into her eyes, and took a deep nervous breath.

"I love you Sue Thomas. You do know that, right?" He asked. She shook her head yes. Jack reached into his pocket and pulled out a diamond ring. It was traditional octagon shaped on a raised setting with four small round diamonds on either side. Jack knelt by her side, taking her hands in his.

"I- I have never met anyone like you. You make me smile, you make me cry, you make me think, you complete me. I never want to spend another day without you in my life as more than my friend. Will you do me the honor of being my wife?" Jack asked nervously.

Sue's eyes filled with tears, she didn't know what to say. This was the furthest thing from her mind. As she looked at down at the ring, tears spilled onto her cheeks. She let out a giggle as she took a breath and noticed that Jack's hands were shaking as much as hers were.

"Yes." Was all she could get out before she began to sob. Jack looked at her once again and slipped the ring onto her finger. Sue could only finger spell "I love you Jack Hudson." She nearly jumped into his arms and kissed him as she looked at the ring once again.

When she finally regained her composure, she stared at him. "Where did this come from? I- I wasn't expecting this." Sue said, stumbling over her words.

"There's no rule… no reason anymore not to ask you to be my wife." Jack said shyly. He leaned in and kissed her. Their passion over took them quickly until Jack moved away from her lips slowly.

"When do you want to get married?" Sue asked. "Do you have an idea? A season? Even a month?" Sue asked innocently.

"Saturday." Jack said very seriously.

"It looked like you said Saturday. That is the usual day for a wedding, but do you want a summer wedding? Or maybe a winter wedding with really dark colors…. Something that will bring out the celebration of the winter?" Sue said, getting ahead of herself with the suggestions.

Jack laughed. "Saturday. I want to get married on Saturday… this Saturday." Jack said, very seriously.

"THIS Saturday?" Sue exclaimed. "You do realize that is only 6 days away… today is nearly over and Saturday doesn't count! There's no way… no way I could put together a wedding in 4 days!" Sue exclaimed. Jack just smiled at her.

"OK then, how about next Saturday?" Jack said, compromising. "That gives you 11 days… think you Lucy and Tara could plan something by then?" Jack asked.

"Jack, you're not serious… are you?" Sue asked. Jack simply smiled. "You are!" Sue looked at him exasperated. "What's the rush?" She asked.

"I want you to be my wife. I don't want to wait. There's no reason to. I love you, you love me…" Jack answered.

"What about our parents?" She asked. Jack seemed to snap back to reality somewhat. "I want my dad to walk me down the aisle, even if it is the court house." Sue explained. "I want both of our parents there, don't you?" She asked.

"Yes, I do. We can get them here. We'll have a small ceremony, go out to dinner for the reception. It will be nice. We can do a big wedding later on, when you want to, and invited extended family and friends.

"You do know that my mother will assume that I'm pregnant, right?" Sue asked, blushing slightly.

"Well…. With any luck, we can make that happen on our honeymoon." Jack said with his eye brows bobbing up and down devilishly.

"Jack!" Sue exclaimed, playfully slapping him on the arm, and turning a bright crimson.

Jack reached over and took Sue's BlackBerry and dialed a number and pressed send. "Here, ask her." Jack said as he handed her the phone.

Sue quickly took the phone just in time to see it was Lucy he'd called.

"Sue?" came the message over the phone.

"Hi Luce… Did I wake you?" Sue asked.

"No, I was just reading a magazine. You alright?" Lucy asked.

"Better than alright." Sue said as a smile crossed her lips. "Jack asked me to marry him." Sue said excitedly.

"EEEEEKKKKKKK!" Was the only thing that registered on Sue's phone. "Oh my gosh! That is awesome! Wait… you did say 'yes' didn't you?" Lucy asked.

"Yes, I said 'yes'." Sue reassured. "But there's a problem." Sue began.

"Oh, the rule?" Lucy asked.

"No… that isn't an issue any longer. I'll explain later. Jack wants to get married next Saturday. Do you think we can make that happen?" Sue asked her best friend?

"What?" Lucy screamed into the phone. "NEXT Saturday?" Lucy got quiet suddenly.

"Luce?" Sue asked. "You still there?"

"Yeah… Just thinking, can we do this? You need to come home and start looking at colors and dresses… I'll start making some calls about a church and a reception hall…" Lucy said excited. "Oh… the cake…" Lucy continued talking as Sue simply shut the phone and leaned into Jack's embrace, sharing a passionate kiss.