lol, since you were so very quick with reviews, I'll be kind and give you chapter 2 all ready ^^

Chapter 2.

The gang had finished their lunch break about an hour ago and was back in the office when the phone rang. Kris smiled and went to answer it.

"Townsend agency, Kris here. Yes, hold on a minute." Kris took the phone away from her ear, and looked over at Kelly. "It's for you."

Kelly put down the papers and walked over to Kris, and took the phone from her.

"Kelly Garrett speaking."

"Hello, Kelly, this is Mrs Clark at Ella's school."

"Hello Mrs Clark."

"I'm sorry for calling you at work, but Ella's not feeling too good. She's been vomiting the last hour and her fever a bit high. Probably the flu, it's been going around for a while."

"I'll come and pick her up right away, thanks for calling." Kelly said and hung up the phone. She stood still for a moment with her hand resting on the phone.

"She sick?" Kris asked carefully.

Kelly turned around and faced them, before nodding slowly.

"Yeah, she's got a fever and she's vomiting. The teacher said the flu's been going for a while… They want me to pick her up."

"Go." Bosley smiled gently.

"Sure you can handle this by yourselves?"

"Not a problem Kell, go and be a mother." Kris smiled.

Kelly smiled thankfully, grabbing the file she was working on and her purse before she left the office.

Just 15 minutes later, she made a stop outside the school. She made her way inside and found Mrs Clark.

"Hey Kelly, thank you for coming so quickly. She's in the staff's room." Mrs Clark said, showing Kelly the way.

As Kelly came into the room, she found her daughter sound asleep on the couch. Kelly sat down next to her and strokes her hair. She noticed immediately how hot she was, and she gently lifted up the girl in her arms, letting Ella's head rest towards her shoulder. Ella was asleep all the way home, but about the same time as Kelly carried her towards her bed, she woke up.

"Where…?"

"You're home Ella, don't worry."

"Gonna… be sick…"

Kelly took Ella into the bathroom, and Ella vomited in the toilet. Kelly gave her a glass of water, before helping Ella to bed. Ella was weak and so tired, and it was instant sleep when her head hit the pillow. Kelly leaned forward and kissed her forehead, then put a thermometer in her armpit, before leaving the room to return a few minutes later with a glass of water, a roll of paper and a big bucket which she put next to Ella. She took the thermometer, and sighed.

"102..."

Kelly put the thermometer away, before turning off the lights and leaving the room.

Kelly was working on some paperwork when she heard Ella being sick in bedroom. She hurried over there, and sat down in the bed, grabbing Ella's hair as she vomited in the big bucket. Ella was crying out of exhaustion as Kelly helped her to lay down back in the bed.

"Mommy, my head hurts."

"I know honey, just try to get back to sleep." Kelly said as she smoothed Ella's hair.

Ella nodded slowly and closed her eyes. Kelly sat next to her and watched the little girl drift of the sleep. How could she have gotten this sick so fast? That's what scared Kelly the most. Okay, she had been tired for a few days, she'd noticed, but now? Kelly had never seen her girl sick before, she had seen her hurt, but that was different. At that time, Kelly knew what had happened, and the doctors had taken care of her immediately. At that time, Kelly was more hurt by the pain in her daughter's eyes than scared by the unknown. But now, she felt fear, she hoped, she prayed that it was just the normal flu. She shook her head. Come on. Everyone gets sick, even kids. It's a part of life; it's a part of your childhood. Everyone gets sick. Kelly sighed, kissed Ella's worm forehead before going out into the living room to keep working on the file she was busy with.

"Ella? Honey?"

Ella moaned slightly as she was gently shook awake by her mother. Kelly gently put her hand on Ella's forehead, noticing that she was even wormer than before.

"How are you feeling sweetie?"

"My head hurts." Ella said weakly.

"You'll feel better soon." Kelly said, smiling reassuringly. "I've made dinner, and I know you feel bad, but you have to try to eat a little."

"I'm not hungry." Ella whispered.

"I know, but at least try to eat a little, okay?"

Ella nodded weakly, and Kelly helped her to sit up. Ella put her hands around Kelly's neck, and Kelly carried her to the kitchen. In the same time as Kelly sat down Ella on her chair, the doorbell rang.

"Ooow!" Ella moaned, putting her hands towards her ears, closing her eyes. Kelly leaned forward and kissed her forehead before walking to the door, opening to Kris.

"Hi Kris. What are you doing here?"

"I promised Bosley to drop this off, I'm sorry." Kris said as she held up a file with paperwork, rolling her eyes.

Kelly smiled.

"I thought someone would drop it by. Come on in. You want some dinner?"

"Sure." Kris smiled and followed Kelly into the kitchen.

Ella looked up at Kris as she walked in, and she managed to give her a very weak smile.

"Hi Ellie." Kris smiled and sat down next to her, putting her hand on Ella's shoulder. "How are you feeling?"

"Not very good."

Kris gently rubbed Ella's shoulder with her thumb.

"You'll be okay. You just stay home for a few days and I'm sure you'll feel better. We all get sick from time to time."

Ella smiled weakly again and nodded, then wincing. Kris put her head on her side and observed the girl.

"You in pain?"

Ella looked up at Kris, tears forming in her eyes.

"My head hurts."

"It's the fever honey." Kris said while putting her arm around the little one, in the same time as Kelly served Ella some pasta and meatballs. Ella picked a little in the food, not eating.

"Ella, at least try. Please?"

Ella nodded slowly and she managed to eat a few mouthfuls before she put her hand towards her mouth and ran for the bathroom. Kelly gave Kris a hurt look before she followed Ella into the bathroom. Kris grabbed a glass of water and followed Kelly and Ella into the bathroom. As she got there, she found the two of them sitting on the floor, leaning against the bathtub. Ella was lying down in Kelly's lap, and Kelly was carefully smoothing her hair. Kelly looked up at Kris as she walked into the room.

"Oh, thanks Kris." Kelly smiled.

Kris smiled and sat down on the edge of the bathtub. Kelly helped Ella to sit up, and she took the glass from Kris.

"Here, honey, drink a little."

Ella grabbed the glass from Kelly and took a few sips.

"You need to drink more Ellie, I don't want you to get dehydrated. Come on."

Ella sighed and forced down the entire glass, before giving it back to Kelly, who handed it to Kris. Ella put her arms around Kelly's neck again, and Kelly took her to her bedroom and put her in the bed. Kris followed them and stood in the door as Kelly sat with Ella until she fell asleep again. Kelly grabbed the moist towel that was lying on Ella's nightstand, and Kelly put it over Ella's forehead, before walking out of the room. She looked up as she got to the door, when she realized Kris was standing there.

"Come on, let's finish food."

"I'm not hungry." Kelly said as she followed Kris into the kitchen.

"Kelly, don't worry, she'll be okay. It's just some flu, everyone gets it once in a while."

"But I am worried Kris. I hate seeing her sick, and there's nothing I can do to help her."

"You're helping her a lot by comforting her, and you know that. She'll feel better within a few days."

Kelly nodded tiredly, and gave Kris a small smile as she sat down by the table. Kelly picked in the food, and Kris observed her as she did, knowing she had to change subject to get Kelly's mind off Ella for a minute. Kris did care about Ella too, she had become closer to Ella than anyone else of the others, she was more like an extra mum instead of an aunt. But she knew everyone get sick sometimes, and Kelly was going to get insane if she kept thinking about it all the time, thinking it was bigger than it probably was.

"Charlie called shortly after you left, we might have a case starting soon, maybe end of the week."

Kelly looked up, trying her best to put on a smile.

"What's it about?"

"The clients are a couple who runs a taxi company and someone's trying to drive them out of the business, or something like that."

Kelly sighed.

"Usual dangerous stuff."

Kris observed her for a second, and then kept eating.

"You're just as fed up with this as I am, right?"

"I've been doing it for 5 years. I think it's time to back down. And with our reputation and experience, I feel I can do pretty much anything in this business. That is if I want to keep going in this business. I'm terrified something's going to happen to me and Ella will go straight back to the orphanage."

"That's not gonna happen Kelly."

"Who know? People try to kill us all the time."

"Kelly. You're not going to get killed. But, if anything ever would happen, I would do anything I can to make sure Ella stays with me."

"Would you take care of her if anything happened to me?"

"Of course."

"We should put that in writing."

"You mean a will?"

"Yes."

"Sure." Kris said, sharing a smile with Kelly. "Anyway, changing subject again. I've gotten a job offer and I've decided to take it."

Kelly dropped her fork with food, and it landed with on the plate. Kelly's eyes were staring at Kris, who was biting her lower lip.

"What?"

"I told you I want out."

"Yeah, but… what's the job?"

"Profiler at FBI."

"You're going to Quantico?"

Kris nodded.

"Yeah. I have four months left in the agency though."

Kelly sighed, picking up her fork again. Then she put it back on the plate, looking at Kris again.

"You can't leave! And not just that, you're not just leaving the agency, you're leaving California? For Virginia? That's like two hundred thousands miles away!"

"No, Kelly, it's just 2300 miles or something like that."

"Same thing." Kelly sighed. "I'm sorry Kris, I'm really happy for you! But I'll miss you! Ella will miss you! We will all miss you."

"I'll miss you too. But we'll stay in touch, I promise. I wouldn't let you forget me."

"Like I ever could." Kelly smiled.

Kris smiled.

"But we still have several months before I leave."

"Have you talked to the others?"

"No, well, Jill and Charlie know of course, but then I wanted to talk to you."

"Thank you for that." Kelly said, grateful that Kris wanted her to know before she made it official.