Jackie comes into the room, and is relieved to find that Eleanor, and the baby are both sleeping. She carefully, and quietly takes a seat, in the chair, next to Eleanor's bed. It squeaks, when she sits down. Eleanor's eyes pop open.
"I thought that you were Coop."
"He's downstairs, working."
"Oh."
"So how is he?" Jackie asks.
"Perfect. Can I ask you something?"
"About babies?"
Eleanor shakes her head, "Why were you still wearing your uniform?"
"Nostalgia," Jackie lies.
"Uh huh. And you smelled like sex."
"Your nose is off," Jackie argues.
"And you went home with Cruz last night," Eleanor counters.
"So? Do you honestly think that I fucked Cruz?"
"You're right, that's ridiculous."
Jackie's heart sinks. She has the sudden urge to tell the truth. It spills from her mouth like word vomit, before she can stop it.
"I fucked Cruz," she admits.
"What?"
"Twice."
"What? You did not."
"I wish that I hadn't."
"What happened? I want every detail."
"I took him home, and... decided that it would be a good way to get your job back?"
"No. He kissed me."
"What? Unbelievable."
"And then he stopped, and apologized."
"You refused his apology?"
"I kissed him, back," Jackie reveals.
"I see."
"And, then I couldn't stop it," Jackie admits.
"Did you sneak out?"
"No."
"You slept in his bed?" Eleanor wonders, feeling more disbelief with each question that Jackie answers.
"Yes."
"Wow. Wait... you said twice. Was the first time your dream? Were you counting that?"
"No," she shakes her head.
"The second time?"
"Right after you called."
"You were still there?"
"Yes."
"How was it?"
"You know how I said that I didn't have a thing for doctor's, that I have a thing for drugs?"
"Yes," Eleanor nods.
"That is not entirely true. I mean I do have a thing for drugs. And, I don't have a thing for most doctors."
"What are you saying? You have a thing for Mike Cruz?"
"I don't know," she shrugs, "He was just so emotional, and I didn't know what to do."
"So you had sex with him, twice? Just to shut him up?"
"I wasn't thinking clearly, obviously."
"So what does this mean?"
"It doesn't mean anything."
"Are you going to do it again?"
"Give me a little bit of credit here, I do have some self control," Jackie tells her.
"For arguments sake, let's say that you didn't."
"Why?"
"What if you continued to have sex with him?" Eleanor inquires.
"I am not going to. It was a one time thing."
"It happened twice, plus that dream you had," Eleanor reminds her.
"It is not going to happen again. I am going to stay away from him."
"You know that he can't fire you, now, right?"
"Why not? He already did. I am no longer his employee."
"But, if you wanted to fight for your job, they would give it back to you. They would have to."
"How is it, that I always find a way to make a situation worse than it already is?"
"So what is your plan, now?"
"What do you mean?"
"With Cruz?"
"There is no plan. I am just going to avoid him."
"Are you going to go to the funeral."
"Of course I am. Charlie was a friend, I owe it to him."
"You'll see him there. You have to speak to him, or it is disrespectful."
"I'm not going to jump his bones, at the funeral."
Zoey walks into the room, and looks around in confusion. She glances at Eleanor, but her eyes land on Jackie, after a moment.
"Jump whose bones, at the funeral?" Zoey raises an eyebrow.
"Can I tell her?" O'Hara begs.
"No. You cannot tell her. She doesn't need to know."
"Please," she whines.
"It's not your information to tell."
"Then you tell her, because I can't keep this a secret."
"O'Hara you can't tell anyone," Jackie warns.
"Just Zoey. I won't tell anyone else, I swear."
"Tell me what?" Zoey wonders.
O'Hara ignores Jackies death glare. She smiles widely, and tells Zoey, "Jackie slept with Cruz."
"What?" Zoey's mouth drops open, "I have to say, I am a little disappointed. Sleeping with enemy? Really?"
Jackie looks at her, "That's not the reaction I was expecting."
"What were you thinking? He's grieving," Zoey inquires.
"He started it," Jackie argues.
"What?"
"He kissed her," O'Hara reveals.
"But he stopped, and apologized, for crossing the line," Jackie adds.
"Then she kissed him back," O'Hara narrates.
"Just when I didn't think things could get any crazier, you screwed our boss," Zoey shakes her head.