The glass is half full

by Loz4321

Chlack Chloes life changed forever the day Jack got kidnapped and now he’s back. She can’t cope so she does the only thing she can do, gets drunk. Chapter 5 is now up and the story is complete. Hope you liked it.

1. His Return

Title: The glass is half full – Part 1
Fandom:24
Characters:Jack/Chloe
Rating:PG13 or less or more not sure yet
Summary:Chloes life changed forever the day Jack got kidnapped and now he's back. She can't cope so she does the only thing she can do, gets drunk.
Author's Notes: This is my first Chlack story so please go easy on me 

By the way I kinda like to pretend that Audrey doesn't exsist so Jack trying to save her in season 6 probably won't get mentioned. This is about the end of day 6 but has references to day 5 when Jack is kidnapped and taken.

The day's chaotic journey had finally come to an end and all Chloe could think about was having a drink, a few drinks in fact.

Morris had been on her back all day, messing up and trying to get back in her good books not realising that Jack was the only person on her mind and had been for the past 18 months.

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She was distraught when Bill told her that Jack had been taken by someone, they were not sure by whom until later when they found out it was the Chinese.

That horrible night she went home and drowned her sorrows. She drink a whole bottle of vodka, a 6 pack of beer and some strange smelling tropical drink that her mother had bought her the Christmas before. Let's just say that by the end of the night Chloe was a complete wreck.

She turned on the television to remove the deafening silence in her living room but as she flicked through every channel all she saw was news flashes of the day's events which made her feel and think about Jack more then she ever thought she would or could or should.

That night she made a vow to herself that without Jack, it wouldn't be the same ever again. In fact life without Jack would be like a glass half empty, her heart would never be whole or full again.

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So here Chloe was 18 months later, the world had been saved, all thanks to the one man she never thought she would see again, Jack.

She didn't know what to think or feel. She had been dreaming of this day for so long that she just couldn't cope with the fact that he was 'really' back from that horrible place.

Chloe truly wanted to stick around CTU and wait for Jack to come back from the field but that little nagging voice inside her head, the same one that told her that the glass was now half empty, told her to go, leave before he came back.

So she did just that, picking up her bag and coat Chloe told Bill she needed to go home and get some rest, after all the day had been so tragic and traumatic. Then she left. Well fled the scene would best describe it. She quickly ran down the stairs, through security, into the car park and into her car where she sat for a moment holding back the floods of emotion that was erupting inside of her. Then she sped away into the night.

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When Jack arrived at CTU he greeted all the old familiar faces accepting their praise and gratitude because he was just too tired to argue and say that it was not just him who saved the day, it was everyone, Bill, Morris, Nadia, Karen, The President, Doyle and Chloe, oh Chloe how he wanted to see her, thank her for risking everything just for him.

While Jack had been away he had lots of time to reflect on his relationship with Chloe. He used to think that she was nothing more that a work colleague, someone who helped him to do his job better. But with all the hours Jack had spent alone on that Chinese ship he started to think about the times that Chloe had done things that were not part of her job description. How she would drop everything as soon as he called and did what ever he wanted.

Before long he started to see her as more than a colleague, she was a friend, his best friend, the only person in the whole world he could trust.

For Jack time passed so slowly, he would be tortured in the mornings and then have all day to himself in a dark, cold, steel room, with only a sliver of light peaking through a gap in the wall. So he vowed to stay focused on Chloe's face, she would be his light for how ever long he was in that hell.

This vow made Jack realise that Chloe was more than a friend, she was everything to him, his hope, strength, anger, love, life, wants, need's. She was his glass half full.

TBC