The Wait Was So Worth It (Jack/Liz)
Title: The Wait Was So Worth It
For: 1sentence
Fandom: 30 Rock
Pairing: Liz Lemon x Jack Donaghy
Theme Set: Beta
Rating: R
Spoilers: through 'Rosemary's Baby'
Summary: Fifty sentences about Jack and Liz.
Disclaimer: Characters are not mine. Title is from 'A Beautiful Mess' by Jason Mraz. Don't sue.
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#01 - Walking
Sometimes, Jack walks alongside Liz with his hand on her back; often, she likes it more than she's comfortable with liking it.
#02 - Weddings
He insists on accompanying her to Cerie's wedding, ostensibly to keep her from making the bridesmaid's most common mistake: having a one-night stand with a groomsman.
#03 - Wonder
"Why do you even care who I have sex with, Jack?" Liz asks.
#04 - Quiet
He's quiet for a moment, then, "I care whom you have sex with because we are reasonably friendly and I know you're the type to take a one-night stand too seriously; you don't need another hit to your self-esteem, and I daresay I'm running out of pep talk material."
#05 - Sarcasm
"Touching," she replies, "very touching."
#06 - Question
His hand is on her back when, halfway through the reception, he says, "Would you like to dance?"
#07 - Waltz
Later, she'll blame the waltz for her weird lust-type-whatever for him; much later, she'll have a great deal more to blame.
#08 - Wishes
The greatest wish she has now -- or ever, in her entire life -- is that she stop thinking about what it would be like to kiss Jack Donaghy.
#09 - Breaking
Jack is fairly certain Liz is realizing she's attracted to him; he already knows he's attracted to her, so he believes he has the upper hand.
#10 - Near
She swears to God -- he's the only one she can let know about this -- that Jack is standing closer to her than usual.
#11 - Jump
When he takes a step closer, she jumps back.
#12 - Victory
His smile looks like one of victory, but she hopes it's not; then he knows there's a war going on.
#13 - War
If he knows there's a war going on, then she's been way too transparent about her... whatever for him.
#14 - Share
A tilt of the head, then: "Is there something you'd like to tell me, Lemon?"
#15 - Quirks
A quirk of her eyebrow, then: "Is there something you'd like to tell me, Jack?"
#16 - Smirk
His smirks turn into actual smiles more and more until she realizes she's not the only one taking this seriously.
#17 - Balcony
It's on the balcony that he first kisses her and, though she was expecting it, she spills her glass of wine all over him.
#18 - Worry
"Your view of sex has always troubled me," Jack says, "but at least now I can help change your mind."
#19 - Breathing
His hand is between her legs, causing her breath to come out in short gasps, and she's still not sure she gets what's so great about sex, but she totally understands why someone would like Jack's fingers.
#20 - Burning
Jack knew sex with Liz would be pleasurable -- he couldn't imagine her not feeling more passionate about him than she had about previous lovers -- but he didn't think it would be quite this good.
#21 - Jousting
They talk during sex; she's pretty surprised by how little this bothers her but, then again, they spend a lot of time talking, so why shouldn't they have a little conversation while they're doing it?
#22 - Quarrel
She really likes him, likes sleeping with him, likes waking up with him, likes being with him, she even likes fighting with him, but she knows this can't go on forever; this is Jack she's talking about, after all.
#23 - Serenade
He does romantic things like hire a string quartet to play during dinner and take her to Paris for the weekend; it weirds her out, but not entirely.
#24 - Balloon
Jenna claims Liz is practically floating and it's all because of Jack, and Liz doesn't argue against Jenna's opinion too fervently.
#25 - Birthday
One of the things he gifts her with on her birthday is an assortment of her favorite cake slices from a bakery she likes, and when she replies with, "Wow, I think I love you," he momentarily loses sight of the fact that she's making a joke and almost utters, "I love you, too."
#26 - Jewel
He buys a ring for her after they've been involved for four months, but he doesn't ask her; he won't until the time is right.
#27 - Sordid
Letting him do her in his office -- and her office, the service elevator, the set they'd made up for the 'Paris Hilton Business School' sketch, and on the table in the writers' room -- makes her feel pretty dirty, but not dirty enough to cause her to swear off impromptu work sex.
#28 - Whimsy
When Liz starts imagining a future with him, thinks about putting on her ham napkin and walking down the aisle, having a kid with him and all this stuff that would never, ever happen, she knows she can't be his almost girlfriend for much longer or she'll completely forget she and Jack are not the sort of thing that's meant to last.
#29 - Just
But she continues being his almost girlfriend for two more months, just long enough for her to feel like crying when she finally breaks it off.
#30 - Nowhere
"This is... going nowhere," Liz says, "so let's just stop... whatever we're doing."
#31 - Whiskey and rum
On the evening Lemon ends their relationship, Jack gets exceptionally drunk and, thankfully, stops himself from calling her to insist he has never been happier.
#32 - Belief
The odd thing about it all is he believed this would be the night he proposed to her; he wonders if she realized it was their six month anniversary.
#33 - Neutral
They're over now, and he doesn't seem to care; never has his ability to bounce back made Liz feel so bad about herself.
#34 - Stupidity
Jack's next girlfriend is named Cheryl and she has a stupid mouth, a stupid face and, most appropriately and also most offensively to Liz, a stupid brain.
#35 - Bias
"You're biased," Jenna says, and Liz tries to explain to her that her feelings about Jack's girlfriend have nothing to do with her feelings for Jack because she doesn't have any feelings for Jack, so there.
#36 - Bane
He breaks up with Cheryl and Liz is still upset... still missing him, still into him, still can't take being near him, and, yeah, this is why people shouldn't sleep with their bosses.
#37 - Quitting
He doesn't believe her when she says she's quitting, and if she weren't sick of seeing his face, she'd be sure she'll return (once again) begging for her job back.
#38 - Waste/Wasteland
She can imagine her future: living in some squalid apartment and drinking wine from morning until night, cursing the day Jack Donaghy became part of her life.
#39 - Defeat
She doesn't have to imagine her present: eating cans of Pringles and watching HBO, cursing the day Jack Donaghy became part of her life.
#40 - Solitary
But, wait, he's not part of her life anymore; she also has no job and soon enough, no way to support herself because he didn't finish teaching her how to make her savings into enough money to justify quitting her job because the guy she used to have sex with isn't sad she stopped having sex with him.
#41 - Sorrow
He waits until way past midnight for her to come into his office to take back her resignation and, when he gives up on the idea of her coming back, he actually feels more awful than he did when she broke up with him.
#42 - Blessing
It's the next day when he shows up at her apartment and, to her surprise, she's relieved to see him.
#43 - Soliloquy
She's saying most of this for her benefit, the stuff about how it was stupid of her to quit, to be personally insulted by the way Jack is, how she should have known she wasn't the love of his life or anything, how she doesn't want to be the love of his life, but the 'So can I please have my job back?' is said while looking Jack in the eye.
#44 - Natural
This, oddly, seems like the most natural time to ask, "Will you marry me?"
#45 - Jester
"I'm being very sincere with you and you're making jokes," she says.
#46 - Nuance
"Yes, I was making a joke," he says, and she thinks she spots a lie in his tone.
#47 - Valiant
"You weren't... Jack, just tell me what you want from me."
#48 - Virtuous
He exhales, says, "I want you to love me as much as I love you, and I want you to take your job back; if the second is all you're prepared to do, I will accept your decision."
#49 - Horizon
Maybe she was right to imagine a future with him after all.
#50 - Sojourn
They spend a couple of hours in her bed (after a brushing away of the crumbs left in her sheets from her recent conversations with a whole bunch of food) before they go back to work.
END
For: 1sentence
Fandom: 30 Rock
Pairing: Liz Lemon x Jack Donaghy
Theme Set: Beta
Rating: R
Spoilers: through 'Rosemary's Baby'
Summary: Fifty sentences about Jack and Liz.
Disclaimer: Characters are not mine. Title is from 'A Beautiful Mess' by Jason Mraz. Don't sue.
*
#01 - Walking
Sometimes, Jack walks alongside Liz with his hand on her back; often, she likes it more than she's comfortable with liking it.
#02 - Weddings
He insists on accompanying her to Cerie's wedding, ostensibly to keep her from making the bridesmaid's most common mistake: having a one-night stand with a groomsman.
#03 - Wonder
"Why do you even care who I have sex with, Jack?" Liz asks.
#04 - Quiet
He's quiet for a moment, then, "I care whom you have sex with because we are reasonably friendly and I know you're the type to take a one-night stand too seriously; you don't need another hit to your self-esteem, and I daresay I'm running out of pep talk material."
#05 - Sarcasm
"Touching," she replies, "very touching."
#06 - Question
His hand is on her back when, halfway through the reception, he says, "Would you like to dance?"
#07 - Waltz
Later, she'll blame the waltz for her weird lust-type-whatever for him; much later, she'll have a great deal more to blame.
#08 - Wishes
The greatest wish she has now -- or ever, in her entire life -- is that she stop thinking about what it would be like to kiss Jack Donaghy.
#09 - Breaking
Jack is fairly certain Liz is realizing she's attracted to him; he already knows he's attracted to her, so he believes he has the upper hand.
#10 - Near
She swears to God -- he's the only one she can let know about this -- that Jack is standing closer to her than usual.
#11 - Jump
When he takes a step closer, she jumps back.
#12 - Victory
His smile looks like one of victory, but she hopes it's not; then he knows there's a war going on.
#13 - War
If he knows there's a war going on, then she's been way too transparent about her... whatever for him.
#14 - Share
A tilt of the head, then: "Is there something you'd like to tell me, Lemon?"
#15 - Quirks
A quirk of her eyebrow, then: "Is there something you'd like to tell me, Jack?"
#16 - Smirk
His smirks turn into actual smiles more and more until she realizes she's not the only one taking this seriously.
#17 - Balcony
It's on the balcony that he first kisses her and, though she was expecting it, she spills her glass of wine all over him.
#18 - Worry
"Your view of sex has always troubled me," Jack says, "but at least now I can help change your mind."
#19 - Breathing
His hand is between her legs, causing her breath to come out in short gasps, and she's still not sure she gets what's so great about sex, but she totally understands why someone would like Jack's fingers.
#20 - Burning
Jack knew sex with Liz would be pleasurable -- he couldn't imagine her not feeling more passionate about him than she had about previous lovers -- but he didn't think it would be quite this good.
#21 - Jousting
They talk during sex; she's pretty surprised by how little this bothers her but, then again, they spend a lot of time talking, so why shouldn't they have a little conversation while they're doing it?
#22 - Quarrel
She really likes him, likes sleeping with him, likes waking up with him, likes being with him, she even likes fighting with him, but she knows this can't go on forever; this is Jack she's talking about, after all.
#23 - Serenade
He does romantic things like hire a string quartet to play during dinner and take her to Paris for the weekend; it weirds her out, but not entirely.
#24 - Balloon
Jenna claims Liz is practically floating and it's all because of Jack, and Liz doesn't argue against Jenna's opinion too fervently.
#25 - Birthday
One of the things he gifts her with on her birthday is an assortment of her favorite cake slices from a bakery she likes, and when she replies with, "Wow, I think I love you," he momentarily loses sight of the fact that she's making a joke and almost utters, "I love you, too."
#26 - Jewel
He buys a ring for her after they've been involved for four months, but he doesn't ask her; he won't until the time is right.
#27 - Sordid
Letting him do her in his office -- and her office, the service elevator, the set they'd made up for the 'Paris Hilton Business School' sketch, and on the table in the writers' room -- makes her feel pretty dirty, but not dirty enough to cause her to swear off impromptu work sex.
#28 - Whimsy
When Liz starts imagining a future with him, thinks about putting on her ham napkin and walking down the aisle, having a kid with him and all this stuff that would never, ever happen, she knows she can't be his almost girlfriend for much longer or she'll completely forget she and Jack are not the sort of thing that's meant to last.
#29 - Just
But she continues being his almost girlfriend for two more months, just long enough for her to feel like crying when she finally breaks it off.
#30 - Nowhere
"This is... going nowhere," Liz says, "so let's just stop... whatever we're doing."
#31 - Whiskey and rum
On the evening Lemon ends their relationship, Jack gets exceptionally drunk and, thankfully, stops himself from calling her to insist he has never been happier.
#32 - Belief
The odd thing about it all is he believed this would be the night he proposed to her; he wonders if she realized it was their six month anniversary.
#33 - Neutral
They're over now, and he doesn't seem to care; never has his ability to bounce back made Liz feel so bad about herself.
#34 - Stupidity
Jack's next girlfriend is named Cheryl and she has a stupid mouth, a stupid face and, most appropriately and also most offensively to Liz, a stupid brain.
#35 - Bias
"You're biased," Jenna says, and Liz tries to explain to her that her feelings about Jack's girlfriend have nothing to do with her feelings for Jack because she doesn't have any feelings for Jack, so there.
#36 - Bane
He breaks up with Cheryl and Liz is still upset... still missing him, still into him, still can't take being near him, and, yeah, this is why people shouldn't sleep with their bosses.
#37 - Quitting
He doesn't believe her when she says she's quitting, and if she weren't sick of seeing his face, she'd be sure she'll return (once again) begging for her job back.
#38 - Waste/Wasteland
She can imagine her future: living in some squalid apartment and drinking wine from morning until night, cursing the day Jack Donaghy became part of her life.
#39 - Defeat
She doesn't have to imagine her present: eating cans of Pringles and watching HBO, cursing the day Jack Donaghy became part of her life.
#40 - Solitary
But, wait, he's not part of her life anymore; she also has no job and soon enough, no way to support herself because he didn't finish teaching her how to make her savings into enough money to justify quitting her job because the guy she used to have sex with isn't sad she stopped having sex with him.
#41 - Sorrow
He waits until way past midnight for her to come into his office to take back her resignation and, when he gives up on the idea of her coming back, he actually feels more awful than he did when she broke up with him.
#42 - Blessing
It's the next day when he shows up at her apartment and, to her surprise, she's relieved to see him.
#43 - Soliloquy
She's saying most of this for her benefit, the stuff about how it was stupid of her to quit, to be personally insulted by the way Jack is, how she should have known she wasn't the love of his life or anything, how she doesn't want to be the love of his life, but the 'So can I please have my job back?' is said while looking Jack in the eye.
#44 - Natural
This, oddly, seems like the most natural time to ask, "Will you marry me?"
#45 - Jester
"I'm being very sincere with you and you're making jokes," she says.
#46 - Nuance
"Yes, I was making a joke," he says, and she thinks she spots a lie in his tone.
#47 - Valiant
"You weren't... Jack, just tell me what you want from me."
#48 - Virtuous
He exhales, says, "I want you to love me as much as I love you, and I want you to take your job back; if the second is all you're prepared to do, I will accept your decision."
#49 - Horizon
Maybe she was right to imagine a future with him after all.
#50 - Sojourn
They spend a couple of hours in her bed (after a brushing away of the crumbs left in her sheets from her recent conversations with a whole bunch of food) before they go back to work.
END