OMG! You guys are awesome! Thank you for all the reviews and achieving the goal plus a few extra so as promised, here is the next chapter that will hopefully clear the air for some of you.

A few days later Jack came to pick up Kaylie and he was bursting at the seams wanting to see Kim. He quickly parked and rushed to Kim's classroom only to be stopped by Kaylie's teacher Grace. Now Grace was pretty but nothing compared to Kim. "Hey Jack", Grace said with a nervous smile.

"Hey Grace", Jack replied back trying to be polite.

"So I was wondering if you would like to grab coffee some time?" Grace asked in the same nervous tone.

Jack was about to reply when he saw Kim and she had a very unpleasant look on her face. I mean I course Jack was going to say 'no' anyways but the fact that Kim looked jealous made him feel better. "I am so sorry Grace, I can't right now. I just started new hours at the hospital", Jack said which wasn't a total lie.

"Oh yeah, no worries. I totally understand. May be some other time", Grace said as she turned around to walk back into her classroom.

Kim saw the sad look on Grace's face and felt bad but she also smiled on the inside knowing Jack said 'no'. Jack quickly ran over to Kim, handed her a folded piece of paper, winked and then walked over to Grace's room to get Kaylie without anyone suspecting a thing. Kim was in shock but happy at the same time. Kim walked over to Grace's room to get one more look at Jack as he was picking up Kaylie with a smile on his face and gave Grace another apologetic smile which Grace accepted wholeheartedly. As Jack walked pass Kim she gave him a wink back which caused Jack to smile wider.

On the way home Kim couldn't wait to open the paper to read what Jack said and she actually hoped Brody wasn't home or was working really hard. She walked in the house and saw Brody; phone in hand, reading a report. He smiled the instant he saw Kim and she returned it with a loving smoke but she didn't get the butterflies and happy feeling she once did with him. She knew he was busy so she wrote on their little white board they used for communication that she will be upstairs grading some papers. He nodded, kissed her forehead and went back to the office room they had. Now Kim loved her husband, there was no doubt about that but the lonely nights and loveless life they had might have taken a toll on their relationship.

Kim changed into comfy clothes and laid all her work over their bed. She instantly grabbed her purse and pulled out the paper Jack had given her; quickly unfolding it. She was slightly confused and saddened when all she saw was a calendar of his schedule. Maybe she thought all wrong of this situation and as she was about to give up she took a closer look at each of the days and saw a single letter in bolder font. She quickly grabbed a pen and paper and wrote the message out. As soon as Kim had it all written out she was shocked as it read 'I miss you' but then she got giddy as a huge smile appeared on her face. She was in a state of bliss before finally looking at the dates on the calendar and actually finding a day or two when they could meet. Once she saw a date, she knew first thing in the morning she was going to call Jack with details and she couldn't wait to see him again.

There you go my friends. Sorry it's a little short but please R&R and let me know what you think.

Let's try and get 30-35 before the next update. I know you guys can do it!

Thanks and until next time,

Missy xx