Jack didn't think he'd ever been happier to see an undercover assignment end. It had been a long six months with almost no contact with anyone from CTU, including Chloe. For some reason he was more anxious than usual to see her. He figured it was because he hadn't seen her before he left for the assignment. They'd been working on something else and he had moved on very quickly. He always checked with her before assignments and his inability to do so this time had left him feeling nervous and jittery—a feeling that had grown over the months. Since his contact with CTU was never face to face he had never even had the chance to causally ask about her and now, moments from the building he was a nervous wreck.

He wasn't sure why. He knew she was safe. If anything had happened to her—Curtis knew to find some way to contact him, so he knew she was safe, alive, and probably at her desk ordering people around. So what was he so nervous about?

"Jack," Buchanan called the moment he entered, "Good to have you back. You did a great job on your last assignment—got the location of the bomb and the men who helped bring in are proving useful sources of information."

"Thanks, Bill. Listen, I know we need I need to debrief, but I'd really like to check in with Chloe first. Is she here?"

"Yeah," Bill's pause was barely there, but Jack heard it, "Actually I think you should speak with her first. She's waiting in your office."

"Is something wrong?"

"No, she just wanted to meet you in there, before you talked to anyone else."

Frowning Jack nodded and headed down to his office. Something was definitely off here and as soon as he saw Chloe and was sure she was all right he was going to find out what it was.

Jack opened his office door, "Chloe, it's me, are you….." His next words completely left his mind as he took her in. She was okay, safe, and…pregnant.

"Hi Jack, welcome back," she said her voice filled with hesitation.

"Chloe, you're…you're…"

"Pregnant. Believe me I know."

"But…." he wasn't sure what to say. Chloe looked at least five, if not six months along. He hadn't even known she was seeing anyone.

"I know it's a shock. Do you, uh, want to sit? I knew this was going to be hard for you. You've been gone six months and suddenly you come back and then I hit you with this, but there was just no way to get into contact with you without jeopardizing your cover."

"Chloe," something was off in the way she was explaining, well apologizing. It was strange that she would be worried about this. He wanted to know how the hell she'd gotten pregnant.

"I know it's going to take time to adjust. I mean, it's been inside me for six months, and I've barely adjusted. Oh, I know, it's weird to call it an it's, but I didn't want to find out the sex and well, I don't want to give it a complex."

"CHLOE!"

Finally her rant stopped and she looked over at him, still uneasy and nervous, "Yes."

"Who…" he took a deep breath and tried again, "Who is the baby's father?"

Now her face dropped from unease to complete irritation, "Duh, Jack, you are."

Surprise