This is based around the end of Season 5 with the phone call from Kim being genuine and what would have happened instead. It is my own little attempt at writing a Jack/Audrey/Bill/Chloe fic.
12:07pm
Audrey extended her hand towards him and stroked his cheek slowly. "It's okay, take as long as you need, I'll be here," Audrey whispered. Jack smiled at her and kissed her on the forehead. "Stay here, I'll be back in a minute I promise, I love you."
"The phone's just through there, Mr Bauer." Agent Miller said pointing at the ajar door." "Thank you," Jack replied and hurried through into the room. He walked over to the payphone and lifted the receiver. "Kim?" "Dad, I just called to apologise for how we left things back at CTU, I wasn't being fair to you. I guess I just feel like every time I'm in that place bad things always happen and I don't want to have that anymore." Jack paused, "It's okay sweetheart I understand." "Dad I am sorry I really am, but it's still too much for me at the moment. I still hadn't gotten over your death and then I found out you're alive. It's been too much to handle today. I'm glad you're alive, I really am, but this is too much to expect from me at the moment, I'm sorry." "Kim? Kim? Dammit." Jack replaced the phone back on the receiver and stood there for a moment. "She just needs time," Jack thought, "She'll come around." Laughter outside startled him from his thoughts and he spun round to face the window. Audrey was stood there outside talking to Agent Miller. She was laughing and smiling and Jack felt himself melt for a second, she was still right there waiting for him, his Audrey and no one could take her from him this time.
06:04am (The next morning)
Audrey awoke to the sun spilling in through the blinds, she blinked her eyes trying to adjust them and looked around slowly. "I don't think I'll ever be a morning person," she thought to herself. She turned to Jack sleeping soundly beside her and kissed him on the forehead softly. He murmured something incoherant and wrapped his arms around her tightly. It had been a while since they had had any sort of normality in their relationship and Audrey had forgotten how nice it felt to wake up next to Jack knowing that he was okay. Audrey must have drifted back off to sleep as she was suddenly awoken to the sharp ringing of Jack's phone piercing through the room. Jack fumbled around on the bedside table and finally snapped the phone open, "Bauer," he mumbled. Jack sat bolt upright while a worried look crept across his face. "Yeah, okay, we'll be there right away, thank you Bill." He closed the phone slowly and ran his hand through his hair. "Jack, what is it? What did Bill want?" Audrey asked worriedly. Jack turned to face her and his expression startled her. She had never seen him look so worried in all the time they had been together, and he had faced a lot of things that would have made any normal man crumble to a heap. He was normally so good at keeping his emotions under control, but he looked ready to break at any second. "Its Chloe, she ..." The ringing of the phone startled them both and Jack lunged for it, snapping it open quickly.
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