Title: Who Needs Rules? a jack and jo tale
Author: Pippa
Date: 2nd September
Classification: Jack/Jo
Disclaimer: They're not mine. They're borrowed.
Note: Lyrics from the Beatles song the name of which I've forgotten You all know it, but.
Note 2: Read the story now!

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Mt Thomas Police Station
6.01am

Jo ran into the station, checking her watch. Jack had left without her and she was more than a little annoyed, not to mention confused. They always drove to work together, seeing as they *always* ended up with the morning shift. Seemed to be station policy. 

"Jack? Oy, Jacky-boy, where the hell are you? Come out, come out, wherever you are..." she taunted. He wasn't in the main office or any of the interview rooms. Then she turned and saw the locker room door was just open. "Where do you go when you get to work?" she thought to herself, feeling rather stupid. She went over and pushed open the door, and was suddenly confronted with a topless Constable Lawson, sitting on the locker room floor looking mournful.

Ignoring the half-nakedness, for her own sake - Maggie was right, he *did* have a fantastic body - she came down and sat beside him. "What's the matter, Stretch?" she asked gently.

Jack looked into her eyes for a moment but didn't answer, and changed the subject. "Oh, look it's nothing, don't worry. Come on, we've got work to do." He started to push himself up but she grabbed his arm and forced him back to his original position. "Jack, don't do this to me. I thought we were friends, yeah?"


He nodded, defeated,. "Yeah. I would tell you. I want to tell you. But I don't really think you could help at all with this one, Perish."

"Why?" She looked hurt.

"It's girl problems." he answered simply.

"Oh." Jo went silent for a moment. Girl problems. How do you help a guy who you really like with his own 'girl problems'? She sighed. "Well, I'm a girl. Tell me about it, I'm sure I can help."

He stared at her momentarily. "Jo, don't you get it? I'm falling for *you*. It's driving me nuts - I've only ever had one girlfriend, and she slept with my cousin...I'm sort of having trouble coming to terms with the fact that I'm in love with someone else. I can't believe I'm actually telling you this seeing I know you don't *like* like me at all, but I've liked you ever since I met you, and that was weeks ago, so I don't know what to do, you won't even want to be my friend n..."

He was cut off by a hand placed gently over his mouth. Within a few seconds it was replaced by her lips. 

Soon she drew back and smiled. "You're so cute when you're embarassed." she commented. Jack, still slightly in shock, shook his head. "What? What happened?"

"Was it that forgettable?" Jo asked, hurt.

Jack's face went very red. "No, I didn't mean that. I just mean...wow! I can't believe it finally happened."

"Mmmhmm. And?"

Suddenly a rather large shadow appeared in the doorway. "Yes, Lawson? And?"

The two constables leapt up, embarassed, scared and more than a little surprised. "Umm, Boss, me and Jo were just..."

"Kissing? Yes, seems to be a rather familiar sight around here at the moment. Maggie and PJ, then Maggie and Ben...and now you two! I was hoping that you didn't have enough sense to want to be involved with each other. But I guess I was wrong. This station must have a lovebug or something, I don't know." Tom threw his hands in the air and headed back into his office, giving up on all his members once and for all. After all, who needs rules when you've got someone to...

Love you yeah, yeah, yeah
She loves you yeah, yeah, yeah
With a love like that, you know you should be glad, oooooh!

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Okay, don't ask me WHERE that one came from. It was going to be an ordinary little Jack/Jo, I mean I suppose it is - but for a change I didn't plan *any* of it. Comments/criticism welcome:)