Tell Me, Lemon.

Rating: G
Disclaimer: Tina's characters
Spoilers: None
Pairing: Jack/Avery, Jack/Liz friendship
Summary: Jack finds Liz crying in her office one day.

There were always these types of days. These types of days do happen, but not so often. Rarely, actually. Which is why Jack was surprised when he saw Liz Lemon crying in her office. It was about 1 am, when everybody was out of the writers' room. Jack just got done with all the papers he wrote and he was planning to head home to his fiancé, until he made the decision of going to the writers' room. Why, do you ask, was Jack going there? Well, Liz had been working a ton lately and he knows there had to be something wrong, so there he was.
"Lemon, are you okay?"
Jack sat beside her on the couch. Her eyes had a lot of hurt inside them and there were a bunch of tissues lying around her office. Her laptop was next to her, pictures of her and Jack on the screen.
"Jack, just...just go away, okay?"
"No. You listen to me talk about my life, so I'm repaying you by doing the same. Now, tell me. What's going on? Did you and Carol break up?"
"No, it's not that."
Liz couldn't stand looking him in the eye. She wants to tell him something so bad, but the fact that him and Avery are getting married in less than a week just made things worse. The fact that she knows Carol is the real father of Avery's child. She's been keeping secrets from Jack. She doesn't like it, but that's what she has to do.
Jack put his arm around Liz.
"Tell me."
Before Liz could start saying anything, more tears just burst out of her. Even though Jack didn't know what was going on, he hugged Liz and stayed there all night.
The next morning, they didn't wake up until everyone was there. Normally, Pete was the first person to go and greet her good morning. But this time, it was Jenna, since she had to complain about the latest sketch. She saw Liz, her head lying on Jack's shoulder and her body hugging his.
She left without saying anything.
Jack was the first to wake up.
"Lemon?"
Liz woke up.
"Hey Jack."
He kissed her forehead.
"You wanna tell me why you were crying earlier?"
Liz straightened her glasses and sat up.
"I don't think it's time for that. I gotta get to work, Jack."
Liz stood up to go to her desk, but Jack grabbed her wrist.
"I've waited too long, Lemon. Tell me."
Liz didn't want any more tears to come, so she ran to the elevators.
"Liz! Liz! Where the hell are you going?!"
Jack ran after her. He finally caught up to her, on the elevator.
"I hope you're happy with her, Jack. She's real lucky and not even deserving."
"What are you talking about?"
"Avery. The baby's not yours. It's Carol's."
Jack looked at her in disbelief.
"What are you talking about?"
As the elevator doors closed, Liz began to speak.

TBC