She just sat there in pure shock. Security had just called her to tell her that her mother was on her way up. Her mother was in LA, CTU more over. She didn't know what to do, so she just sat there. She had seen her mother in 10 years, and wasn't sad about it. She had removed her mother from her life for a reason, and now, her she was.

Chloe got up from her station, and went to the bathroom. She knew she couldn't hide there, but for now, it would work. She went up to one of the sinks and splashed some water on her face, and sighed. She stayed there for 5 minutes and then walked back out to the floor, and there she was. She was talking to someone, all smiles and laughter. When she saw Chloe, she ran over to her.

"CHLOE!" her mother gave her a big hug while she just stood there, motionless. Her mother pulled back, hands now on Chloe's arms, and looked her over "So, how have you been?"

Chloe looked at the blonde woman in front of her. "When was the last time you took your meds?"

"What meds?" she said, a huge smile on her face.

"You know what meds, when was the last time? How long have you been off them?" she asked, this time, more aggressively.

"I don't know what you're talking about, but let's talk about you, not me"

"Listen, I'm at work, which means I have work to do, okay? You can't just come here and expect me to drop everything"

Jack, who had been watching this unfold from his office, and at seeing how distressed Chloe was becoming, decided to go and help her.

"Excuse me, but whats going on down here?" Jack asked.

"And who would you be?" Chloe's mother asked, smiling in a very seductive manner, which made Chloe sick, and Jack very uncomfortable.

"I'm sorry; my name is Jack Bauer, Field Director here at CTU"

"Hello, Jack, I'm Susan Hall, Chloe's mother."

Jack extended a hand to the woman. "Very nice to meet you ma'am, but if you don't mind, I need to see Chloe up in my office, and I think it might take a while, so maybe you could do this at another time." Jack asked, but really, it was more of a statement.

Chloe's mother started to say something, but Jack cut her off

"Thank you" he said shortly. He glanced at Chloe. "Come on"

The two walked up the flight of stairs in to Jack's office. When they reached the end of the stairs, he walked in front of Chloe, opened the door for her as she looked over her shoulder, only to breathe a sigh of relief as she saw her mother walking towards the exit of CTU. Jack walked in after her, and then shut the door behind them.

"Jack... thank you, I really mean that"

"I know its okay. Why'd she come here?"

Chloe sighed. "I don't know. I really don't. But what I do know, is that she's off her meds, and it been for at least a wee or two. I had heard that she was in a clinic that help to treat people who were bi-polar, but I guess she had signed herself out, because otherwise, someone would have called or something, to say that she had gone missing, but then again, it does happen a lot, but still..." she said, obviously starting to get upset. Jack walked over to the blonde and wrapped his arms around her body, letting them fall to the small of her back. At that, Chloe let herself lean into him, resting her head on his chest.

"Hey, hey, were going to get thought this. Okay" he pressed a kiss into her forehead. "Together"

Chloe looked up at the man. "Jack..."

"What baby?"

"I just... I don't want her here. It took me so many years to get away, to finally get past everything with her, and now... I finally happy, with you and with my life, and now, right on cue, she's here"

"I know, I know, but were going to get through it, okay?"

"Ya I guess so" she said, as she gave a small smile, trying to hid the fact the she only believed him half- heartedly

"Alright" he said, giving her a reassuring grin, as he releasing her from his hold. Jack glanced down at his watch. "I think I'm going to be home late tonight. Division just dropped a load of paper work on me, and they want it all done by tomorrow, and I have a feeling it's going to take for ever. You can take the car when you go home, and I'll just borrow one of the CTU cars. Alright?"

"Oh" disappointment filled her green eyes "Ya, sure, it's fine"

"I'm really sorry Chloe, it's just I have to get this done. You know I would rather spend the night at home with you rather then be doing paper work"

"I know, I know, I just wanted to be with you tonight. But really its fine, I'm not mad or anything, I mean, this is your job, so really, its okay, I'll just have some me time."

"Alright, but I'll try to be home as soon as I can" he said, sounding a little guilty

"Jack, really it's fine. Don't feel bad about it" Chloe looked at the clock on Jack's desk. It read 5:46. "Well, I have to go update something on one of the servers, so I'm probably going to leave at about 6:30-ish, so I'll stop by before I go, ok?"

"Okay, I love you"

"I love you too Jack"

Jack walked over to the woman and gently kissed her on the lips. It started off as a gentle kiss, but then Jack took her lower lip in to his mouth and gently sucked on it, and then slid his tongue into her mouth. Their tongues danced until both decided to break the kiss in favor of air.

Chloe loved kissing Jack; he was such a good kisser, it always made her lose her motor skills, even if it was just a light kiss.

"Alright, well, I'm, uh, you know, gonna go" Chloe said, trying to regain her ability to talk

Jack could only smile at her as she walked out the door. He sat down at his desk and took out the folder that was almost bulging with paper and put in front of him. He opened the folder, and started to look over the papers. He starred at them for awhile, trying to concentrate on them, but it was to no avail. His mind kept drifting back to Chloe and her mother. Chloe's mother had really messed her up, unintentionally and intentionally. Jack new it was hard for Chloe to have her here, and all he wanted to do was be there for her, but he knew that even if he was, this was a much hidden part of Chloe. She hadn't told him about it until last year, after 5 years of dating. when ever he had tried to get her to talk about her family, she had always skirted around the subject, giving him very vague answers, that told him nothing except that she wasn't going to tell him anything. He put his mind at ease by telling himself that this would all get resolved, sooner or late, and just sitting up in his office worrying about it wouldn't accomplish anything.