A few other things come to mind, Marie, but at the moment, it does sound good !!!

I wouldn't mind having a Jack of my own on Valentine's Day either!

I want my own Jack AND a fruit tray!!! **sigh**

Joy

AlaskanFan sneaks back in after reading a few snippets of Friends and Lovers

What, no kissing yet?....Guess it is back to the classic, must read in this fanfic land. By the way, fellow lovers of fluff, if you haven't read "Friends and Lovers" by Flip in the Finished Section, you must rush to it...It is an OUTSTANDING story and a great distraction while we are waiting for the fuzzies to kick in

I could taste that orange!!!!!!!!

This was....... absolutely Jack and Sue!!!!!!!


Lovin' this story, Flip!

Love the commerical Alaskafan!

She couldn’t breathe, their lunch taking a turn into unknown territory for her. He seemed to be throwing himself wholeheartedly into the day, something she had not foreseen. Unable, and just as unwilling, to stop him, she watched as he offered her a dip covered piece of pineapple, pulling it away when she tried to take it from him.

“Oh, no,” he refused, shaking his head. “It’s my turn to feed MY WOMAN.”

Obediently opening her mouth and taking a bite, she unconsciously used her tongue to swipe at the juice that trickled down her lip, meeting his fingers instead. Her eyes flew to his, panicked, becoming immobile at the swirling emotion she saw in their depths. She felt his fingers brush across her lip and watched as he then deliberately licked the juice from his own finger, the action sending shivers down her spine. He returned to offer her the rest of the bite, his eyes dropping to her lips before he leaned forward. “Jack,” she whispered, hoping her voice was coherent, “wh...what are you doing?”

He raised his eyes to hers languidly, groaning as hers dropped to his lips. It was rather unsettling to always have her staring at his mouth, now more so than ever. “You have some dip at the corner of your mouth. I’m just gonna get it for you.”

“Do your fingers no longer work?”

“Yeah, they work. I just think this way may be more efficient,” he muttered, closing the gap between them.

Her eyelids fluttered closed, Jack’s closeness being too much to handle. Her hands fisted and she felt herself sway when the velvety softness of his tongue brushed the corner of her mouth.

Jack inhaled deeply, her unique fragrance filling his senses, her taste fresh on his tongue. Calling on the last ounce of his control, he pulled back, raising visibly shaking hands to tangle in her hair, holding her steady, waiting on her to open her eyes. He watched her struggle to look at him, smiling inwardly to know she was affected by his closeness as he to hers. “I got it,” he whispered, his eyes roaming her lovely, flustered features.

“Goo...good,” she sighed, unable to form a more lucid answer.

“But feel free to lean over and rub your face in the dip. I now know the best, and most entertaining, way to help you with the mess.”

She recognized his teasing, but was unable to respond in like manner, his closeness overwhelming her.

“Sue?”

“Hmm?” she responded, her eyes meeting his and then dropping to read him.

“I didn’t exactly plan that, but I’d be lying if I said I didn’t enjoy it. I just wasn’t planning on rushing you into anything.”

She sat back, distancing herself a little more, giving herself room to think. “It’s okay. I know you were teasing me.”

“No,” he rebutted, shaking his head, “I wasn’t teasing just then. I was enjoying being with you, doing what comes naturally. And I think it only fitting to tell you that I plan to enjoy more of this day with you,” he added with a flirtatious waggle of his eyebrows. “Unfortunately it will have to be later,” he said, glancing at his watch, and standing up. “We need to get back to the office.”

“Yeah, I guess we do have to go back.” She took the hands he offered to help her up. “So you’re okay then? Your, um, manhood, has made a full recovery?”

“Oh yeah,” he said with a wink. “But just in case, I think we may need to have lots of fruit tonight. Or,” he corrected, a definite gleam visible in his eyes, “We may just skip the fruit and go straight to the dip.” He laughed, watching her blush furiously at his words. Grinning unabashedly, he resealed the fruit tray, already anticipating its reappearance.

Wow!!! You captured everything so well in that scene! Can't imagine why she'd want to stop him, even if she was able

I'm a puddle of mush, and they haven't even kissed yet!

I loved both of their teasing comments towards the end there, and I've gotta say, I am definitely anticipating the return of the fruit and dip later on. for the lovely bedtime reading.

Later.....so close, yet so far....I suppose later means tomorrow...bummer...

Can't wait.....Thanks Flip...You are awesome...love your stuff...even the filler parts and I am so thankful we have archives....just finished my favorite one by you.....

By the way, Kav, anything I can do to promote the fuzzies....

I'll be off to bed now........thanks for the fluffy post! It'll make for some wonderful dreams!

I think I've figured out why we've had such a mild winter... fuzzy overload in northern Ohio. Keep it coming... I'd rather not pay these high gas bills, Flip!!!

Seriously, wow... that was fantastic!!! My heart was pounding and I had trouble breathing - definitely the signs of some really awesome writing!!!

I think we need a GIANORMOUSindustrial-strength fan in here!

I can go to bed realllllllllllllllyyy happy!!!


Love it, Flip. Only you can turn a slice of pineapple into pure sugary sweet fluff!

Jill

ncdliwnkljdj;uadsk;dz'kcnlkan that's about as coherent as I can be right now!!!

I mean....WOW! There's Hot and then there's SIZZLING!

Me Tarzan....You Jane......

You know...there are picnics and then there are PICNICS. No wonder Sue seems overwhelmed.

All that fuzz is stuck in my brain and has left me incoherent.

Okay, I've already ordered Jack and a fruit tray - now I'm adding dip!! Must have the dip!!!

Flip - you surely know how to heat things up!!!

Joy

“I’m going to go talk with D. Let him know what we uncovered,” he told her once they entered the elevator.

“Okay. I’ll go type up the notes I took and try to avoid Lucy’s questions.”

“At least she’s asking you questions. All she does is glare at me,” he joked, giving her a pained expression.

“I know,” Sue said rather uncomfortably. “I’ll have a talk with her and try to straighten her out...again. We have to have this talk every few months or so.”

“What do you mean, ‘straighten her out’?”

“I just have to remind her that you and I are partners and close friends and that nothing else is going on nor will it.” She couldn’t quite squelch the memory of his intimate caress from lunch as she spoke, her face betraying her with its heightened color.

“Oh,” he began, sticking his hands in his pockets and glancing at the floor number on the display. “So you are going to tell her I’m not interested in you that way? That there is nothing between us?” He waited for her to precede him into the hallway, holding her arm, waiting for an answer before he went the opposite direction.

“Yes. As I said, I’ll set her straight. You don’t have to worry about her. It should be safe for you to return after talking with D.

He pursed his lips, glancing around before meeting her eyes with a piercing gleam. “I don’t think that’s such a good idea,” he disagreed, watching the confusion wash across her face. “Because it would be a lie,” he announced with raised eyebrows, holding her gaze for several seconds before turning and walking towards D’s office.

She stood staring after him, a burgeoning smile rooting in place. Did he mean what she thought he meant? His actions had certainly been different today, but she’d attributed them to the date and his gung-ho participation in the day’s activities.

She was still standing where she’d been left when Lucy approached, waving her hand gently to get her attention. “Tell me you are just getting back and didn’t have to endure lunch with Jeremy? It’s just so wrong that you have to spend this day with him.”

Sue rolled her eyes. “Lucy, Jeremy Polk is a very nice man. He’s pleasant company and easy on the eyes,” she reminded her. “But yes, I did just get back and I did not have lunch with Jeremy.”

“Well good,” Lucy sighed, walking with Sue toward the bullpen. “And I know he’s cute, but I bet he doesn’t melt your butter does he?”

“He doesn’t what? Did you say ‘melt your butter’?”

Laughing, Lucy nodded and signed, “YES. You know, he doesn’t make your heart go pitter-patter, take your breath away, um stir your senses?”

“Oh,” Sue said, suddenly flustered again, glad her roommate couldn’t read her mind. “No, he doesn’t do that,” she agreed. Hoping to change the subject she asked, “Who else on our team has been claimed or has done the claiming?”

Tara walked up, pointing to Bobby’s empty desk. “There were a whole bevy of females waiting outside the building today. Seems they are a part of some internet group and one of the members found out about my little challenge. They thought it’d be fun to join in, so they all claimed him. He may never make it back from lunch,” Tara ended with a laugh.

“What about you,” Sue asked. “Did you claim or were you claimed?”

Lucy laid her hand on Sue’s arm. “She is the only one I feel sorrier for than you,” she moaned. “She’s with Myles today. I was praying for a match up in the office. I just never dreamed it would be Tara and Myles.”

Sue’s eyebrows shot up in surprise. “Myles?” she asked skeptically, looking around guiltily, thankful he wasn’t present. “How did that happen?”

“He looked so dejected when Bobby came in gloating about his harem, I couldn’t help but ask. I really wasn’t planning on participating,” she admitted sheepishly. “I have more fun planning these things than participating. Anyway, my friend Ami took a rather unusual liking to Myles and since she’s married, she’s trying to live vicariously through me. She is all the time encouraging me to hook up with him. And while this isn’t a hookup, I don’t mind him being my Valentine for the day. At least it isn’t a blind date.”

“So where are you taking him to dinner?” Sue questioned.

“I’m not. He’s taking me. He said the name, but I can’t recall. I just know it’s fancy and I get to dress up. It should be fun.”

“And get this,” Lucy interrupted, “He’s thrown himself into the day wholeheartedly. He called Tara his I-N-A-M-O-R-A-T-A, whatever the heck that is.”

“It’s a fancy word for Valentine, Lucy, nothing more,” Tara explained.

“Well, it sounds a lot better than what my Valentine called me,” Sue laughed. “I was called a worm.”

“I did not call you a worm!” Jack interjected, having come into the bullpen unnoticed.

Lucy and Tara twirled around in surprise at his voice, his words taking a little longer to sink in. Lucy’s gaze whipped back and forth between a smirking Jack and a bewildered Sue.

Jack stepped forward, into Sue’s line of sight, surprising her with his presence. “I did not call you a worm,” he repeated for her benefit. “I did, however, call you beautiful, vibrant, and incredibly sexy before you stopped me. And now I feel the need to add the adjective delectable,” he said with an intimate stare and a wink before walking on to his desk.

Sue pursed her lips, staring at the floor for a moment before she dared look back to her roommate, Tara forgotten for the moment, who stood gaping at her with a look of utter astonishment on her face.

Great way to tell Lucy.

Rebecca

Flip, you're a riot!! So, we all got Bobby!! WOW!!! Tara's right, he may not make it back!!!

Joy

Don't worry, he won't make it back! I'll make sure of that myself!!
Myles and Tara...I kinda like them together...

Priceless. How do you manage to write fuzzies that are both so warm and so funny at the same time.

I definitely got a kick out of that one! And I must say that I'm quite liking the fact that Tara and Myles are spending the day together, even though she is convinced it isn't a hookup...
What a priceless way for them to find out who Sue's Valentine really is!! Nicely done, flip!

You are so clever Flip....That indeed was priceless....


More please!

You know.......Jack could call any woman a worm and get away with it.

And we all get Bobby!!!! This day just keeps getting better and better!!!

Jill

Awww...how sweet of you to think of us and let us have Bobby to share for the day! Way to take one for the team, Tara! I'm sure Ami will thank you for it!

What a way to start my Saturday morning !!!!


Thanks Flip !!!!

Not a bad way to spend the wee small hours of Sunday morning either!


Thanks Flip!!!!

That was great!

Nishita

Love the way Jack is having so much teasing Sue. Myles and tara sounds right nice to me too Love how Jack revealed that he was Sue's valentine.
Now it's Saturday and you can write more, can't you?
kav

I might be able to muster something up although Alaskanfan would probably just call it 'filler'.


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Lucy’s mouth moved up and down several times before she managed to utter anything lucid. “You told me Jeremy was your Valentine,” she finally sputtered to Sue.

“I never said that. You assumed he was.”

“Who assumed what?” Myles asked, breezing into the office.

Tara briefly gave him the update before holding her finger in front of her lips, shushing him.

It did no good. “You know what they say about people who assume things don’t you, Lucy. They make an a...”

“Shut up, Myles!” Lucy snapped over her shoulder as she stomped over to Jack’s desk. Not knowing what to say, she settled for leaning over and hitting him on the arm.

“Owww,” Jack moaned, rubbing his arm. “What’d you do that for?”

“For being Sue’s Valentine,” she huffed in answer.

Dropping his pen, he leaned back in his chair, totally baffled. “Lucy, forgive me, but I thought you wanted me to be Sue’s Valentine. At least that’s the impression I’ve been given today during your various vocal outbursts.”

“I did want you to be her Valentine. I do want you to be her Valentine. I’m thrilled that you are her Valentine. I’m just mad that I’m just now finding out.”

Sue walked to Jack’s desk, having missed all of Lucy’s comments. “Lucy, I’m sorry. I should have tried harder to let you know. It was fun, though, watching Jack get the brunt of your ire, for once, instead of me.”

“Hey,” Jack complained good-naturedly.

“SORRY,” Sue signed before turning back to her roommate. “Jack was waiting for me this morning when I walked Levi. He asked me then. Jeremy did ask me down by the elevators, but I let him know I was taken for the day.”

“So Jack really is your Valentine?”

Sue nodded shyly, watching her friend’s face morph into total excitement.

“Who knew you could be so romantic,” Lucy bubbled, glancing at the roses on Sue’s desk, remembering their conversation. “Oooo,” she murmured, “Has he done anything else romantic today that I need to know about?”

The look on her face must have given her away, because before she knew what was happening, Lucy had grabbed her by the wrist and was dragging her from the room.

“Sorry, everybody, but I suddenly need to go to the bathroom, and Sue has to go with me. Tara, too,” she added, jerking her head toward the petite blonde who had just settled at her desk. “We’ll be back, sometime,” she promised, breezing out of the room without looking back, Sue in tow and Tara hurriedly following.

“I don’t think I will ever understand the workings of the female mind,” Myles observed from his perch on his desk. “Why are they all going to the washroom together?”

Jack snorted, looking at Myles disbelievingly, “You really don’t know what they are doing?”

Myles looked perplexed. “I would assume the call of nature has rung in their ears and they are answering,” only to falter at Jack’s laugh. “So tell me, oh wise-one-that-took-three-years-to-ask-Sue-out, do you have any idea what they are doing?”

“Watch it, Myles. I was simply biding my time, waiting for the perfect opportunity. But, yeah,” Jack sighed, scooting back up to his desk. “I imagine they are about to give Sue the interrogation of a lifetime.”

Loved every part of that post, flip! Lucy's reaction was perfect, and Myles was true to form as always... If all of your filler is this entertaining, I don't mind reading more of it.

Funny AND fuzzy - what more could we want? I bet Lucy is just speechless...here she was, feeling sorry for Sue with her Mr. Polkadot, while all the time Jack was her Valentine!!

the funny thing is that when me and my friend really did answered the call of nature (after a few drinks) and went to the bathroom together we were accused by our loving boyfriends that we were talking about them!

My replied crossed the new post in cyberspace! Lucy is surely going to give Sue the interrogation of a lifetime - after she fills in Tara. When did Jack get so smart about women all of a sudden? Bet it's Sue's good influence...

I can't wait for the girly conversation!

I loved the way Jack teased Sue.

I'm looking forward to more,

Sairs

LOL.........this one had me rolling!

I'm going to be soooo unoriginal and Tina, because that's exactly what I was thinking!!!

Flip, if that's filler, bring on the filler anytime!!!

Poor Sue - Lucy might even try water torture to get her to talk!! I wonder just how much Sue is going to tell her???

Joy

Flip, I LIKE your filler, but, I LOVE your fuzzies

I guess since it is a Valentine's story, I am all about the kissing.....

So are we going to hear the "interrogation of a lifetime?"

LOVE IT!!!

Myles...... Get a clue!

Jill

... Are they in the interrogation room (also known as ladies room) yet?

Katinka

Surely Myles was joshing. How could anyone not know about the most important interrogation room there is. I think Jack called it right on target. How come visits to the ladies' room nearest to me where I work aren't ever this exciting or funny?

Well DUH!!!

Jack is slow, and Myles is clueless ... so typical !!!


Sue, brace yourself ...

Interragation of the lifetime?

Men... how can he actually think they are going to the bathroom to, well, go to the bathroom??!