Here's the next day! R&R please!

Karen's plane couldn't land fast enough, she had only slept for a couple of hours and spent the rest wondering what lay ahead for her as she started working at CTU. Just before she had gotten on the plane, Karen had gotten a call from President Gardner's Chief of Staff that the new president wanted her to work at CTU as a consultant for Homeland Security. This made Karen happy since she had presented this idea to the President so Bill wouldn't be taken out of position of director of CTU. This had been her last resort, since the President wouldn't hear her out that it was Bill that was responsible for stopping the terriosts attacks and not her, she decided to use that to her advantage. She suggested that instead of removing Bill, he should appoint her as a kind of advisoir, he had told her he would think about it. What Karen didn't know when she stepped into a taxi to take her to her apartment, was what truly lied ahead for her.

"Hey," Bill answered his office phone, he had seen Karen's cell on the caller ID.

"Hi," she paused, getting ready to tell Bill the big news. "Bill-" she started.

"Oh, I don't like that tone, what is it?"

"Oh it's nothing to be worried about, it's just Gardner wouldn't listen to me when I told him you were the reason all the terriost attacks were stopped."

"That doesn't sound promising, why shouldn't I be worried?"

"Well after her refused to believe me I used the fact that he held me responsible to my advantage and asked to be placed in CTU as an advisoir. Before I got on my plane I got a call that he accepted my offer. I know this isn't very happy news, but-" Bill interupted Karen again.

"What do you mean? This is great news," he exclaimed.

"Really?" Karen asked shocked by Bill response.

"Yeah, you'll be working at CTU, this is great," he said to her. Karen could sense in Bill's tone that he was really happy and not just trying to stop her from feeling guilty.

"Oh, okay," she said not knowing what else to say.

"So I'll see tonight at seven right?" he confirmed.

"Yes," Karen said with more spark in her voice than before.

"Okay then, see ya then," he said.

"Bye," Karen hung up and as did Bill. Now they were both completely sure, this was different, this was a date.