Jamie had long since got bored with the movies. It had been a few hours and Jack had not called or been back yet. She looked in the mirror and saw herself looking back at her. She had hated herself for so long, she still couldn't stand to look at herself. She was never good enough at anything, but screwing up she was the best at. She found her disk man and a CD.

The day's really around the bend

Pain and misery my only friend

I raise a toast and I salute the end

Six feet in the ground where the living begins
I got to get on with living or get the hell on with dying

Shove million dollars in my pocket but there ain't no pacifying me

Anyone can see, what's happening to me

My life's out of reach of my arms but I'm holding on

I'm living in a dream and no one hears me scream

I'm breaking at the seams of my life but I'm holding on

I've created a world that Is devoid of love

I'm praying to God and up to heaven above

My heart and my should have turned to push and shove

It's enough to kill me but it's never enough

The song didn't help much, but she got her mind of her petty issues back onto the big one. She turned the song back on and sang with it bored with nothing to do but think. She hated thinking it never helped out. Thinking wasn't good it was evil with thinking came the doubts and pains of the past she had run from for so long.

Tony walked into the house and he heard her singing. He tried to make some noise as to not scare her when he was behind her, but she couldn't hear him over the head phones. He was walked into the kitchen and started dinner. He knew when Michelle got home she would be tired. He was cooking when he walked out into the living room and saw the girl, she looked so sad. The way she looked reminded him of someone he knew, he just couldn't put his finger on it. He walked up to her and tapped her shoulder.

Jamie jumped when she felt someone tape her shoulder. She took the head phones off and said, "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to be so loud."

"Oh no you were find. I just wanted to know if you had anything specific you wanted for supper?"

"Um no not really. You want me to help you?"

"You now how to cook?" Tony asked.

"I've been cooking ever since I could reach the stove." She smiled at him.

"Well than you have to be better than me. I'll assist you." He smiled.

"Sure where is the kitchen?" She smiled at him.

"Follow me. What are you listening to?"

"Saliva."

"That's a name of a group?"

"Yes." Jamie laughed at his ignorance of new music.

"Ok so put it on the stereo and let's hear this Saliva." Tony said.

"Oh I'm sure you won't like them."

"Try me." Tony challenged.

Jamie walked over to the CD player and with the help of Tony they had it playing in no time. She flipped through some of the songs till she got to one she liked and she went to the kitchen to start cooking.

"Where is Jack?" Tony asked as he stirred the tomato sauce.

"I don't know he said he had to do some stuff this afternoon."

"Oh. Probably just poking his noise around town." Tony said turning the sauce off.

They had been talking about the Cubs, both being from the Illinois and in the northern part they both had a love for the Cubs. Michelle walked in and heard them and just groaned, "Another Cub's fan. When will you learn that next year isn't coming. They are never going to win."

"That's just what you non fans believe. You got to have faith they are getting better slowly."

"Yeah by time our grandchildren are dead they'll win."

"They'll still win." Tony said smiling.

Jamie just watched and smiled courteously.

"Hi Jamie. I'm Michelle." Michelle said when she finally set all of her stuff down and walked in.

"Hello." Jamie said still smiling even though she was really uncomfortable around her because she didn't know them.

"Jack called he'll be back in a few minutes. Supper almost done?" She asked smelling the aroma of the food. "You must have cooked or supervised because Tony burns everything."

"Hey." Tony said smiling, "At least my food is edible."

Jamie laughed, "What neither of you can cook?"

"There is a reason why I went to work for the government." Michelle said, "It wasn't because I loved to cook."

Jamie laughed at her even if it wasn't really funny.

"Why don't you set the table Tony while I talk to Jamie some."

"Sure make me do it." Tony said rolling his eyes and walking out of the room.

Jamie felt uncomfortable about being one on one with Michelle.

Michelle began, "I just wanted to let you know not to worry. Jack and the rest of us are going to work real hard to help you. You must have reached Jack because he was almost ready to come back to CTU just to help you."

"Thanks." Jamie said looking at the ground. "I never meant to get into this. It's just." She stopped she was tired of making excuses. Her bad childhood, her horrible mother that later in life started to care, her asshole father that died, her troublesome friends, they all helped but in the end she made the decisions.

Michelle understood and put her arm around the stranger who she felt twinge a little. "Let's go eat." She said smiling.