Title: His Girls

Summary: Jack is torn apart when Maria files for full custody of their daughters. How do the girls react though? (AU)

Disclaimer: I do not own Jack, Hannah, Kate, or Maria Malone, nor do I own Danny Taylor, Martin Fitzgerald, Vivian Johnson, or Samantha Spade. I do, however, own Nicole Malone, and I'm probably going to end up just making up the name of the girls' schools, and of Jack and maria's lawyers.

A/N: I saw the episode of WOAT last night that was the Jack's deposition for custody, where he ended up throwing a chair through the window, and it sparked ideas. I know that they only had the two daughters, but as in most of my stories, I needed an older main character to write through, thus the creation of Nicole Elizabeth Malone. I am making a lot of this stuff up, so please remember that it's just a story.

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"This is the last boarding call for flight to Cleveland, again, this is the last boarding call for flight to Cleveland."

After our flight from O'Hare to JFK was delayed by two hours, Mom, Hannah, Kate, and I all got to New York safely. Kate threw a fit because she didn't like waiting, Hannah got sick from the turbulence due to the storm, and Mom had thrown a fit because, well, I don't really know why, but she had. I was just excited to see dad again. We all got our luggage and drove over to the hotel where we were staying. It was a really nice four star hotel, which I didn't really understand how mom could afford.

"When are we going to go see dad, Nicole?"

Kate asks, not really understanding the intensity of the situation that mom and dad were in. I look over at mom who motions the number five with her hand, and I turn back to Katie.

"Sweetie, dad's going to be a very important meeting for a while today, but the three of us can hang out with Samantha, Viv, Danny, and Martin while mom talks with dad and the lawyers."

"Won't they have work to do?"

"No, today's their annual Christmas party, remember? They have it the same time every year."

I change into some clean clothes, still suffering from jet lag, while mom, Hannah, and Kate get their stuff unpacked. We all go downstairs, getting into the cab, and drive over to the FBI Manhattan field office.

"Now, those aren't our Malone girls! They've grown too much to be our girls!"

Danny was a lot of thing, and a great guy was one of them. He had always treated us kids really well, and with a lot of respect. Maybe it was because we're his boss' kids, or maybe it was because he really cared, but to the 'Malone girls', it never really mattered.

"Oh, Daniel, but it is. All of us are the Malone girls, Katie-doll, Hannah-Banana, and Picky Niki."

"What are you guys doing here?"

I motion over at mom then over at the room where dad is seated with the three other people.

"Your mom actually brought you guys to a deposition?"

"Her idea, not ours."

"Well, look, the party doesn't actually start until four but you can come hang out with the guys."

"Sure!"

Hannah says, just happy to be back in the city. Danny smiles, and leads us over to the area where the other agents are waiting by a very poorly decorated Christmas tree.

"Look who decided to join us for some Christmas cheer!"

danny says, announcing our arrival. Around here, we weren't just Jack's kids, we were a part of the Missing Persons Unit family, and that was always something I loved knowing I could fall back on.

"How'd you guys get here?"
Danny starts shaking his head, telling Martin that he really didn't want to get involved with this. If I had been given the choice, I wouldn't be involved with this either.

"I tell you what, ladies. This Christmas tree is looking pretty bad right now, and it needs some love. What do you say? You want to help Sam and Viv decorate it?"

"Sure!"

"Yeah!"

Hannah and Kate move over to the tree, pulling some decorations out of the box, and hanging them on the tree branches. Danny leans up against the big table on one side of me, while Martin stands on the other, handing me a cup of egg nog.

"Is it really that bad, Nicole?"

"I wish I could say that it wasn't, and that everything was going to be okay, but I can't. It's getting insane. At first, none of us had a problem with moving to Chicago, as long as we could still see dad every once in a while, but we haven't seen him in months! Mom's losing her mind, working crazily long hours."

The two agents just stand beside me, nodding their heads. They've been with dad everyday, and know that he hasn't been the same since Mom took all of us to Chicago.

"I'm looking for Jack Malone."

We all turn around and see our Grandpa Nick, dad's dad.

"Grandpa!"

Hannah, Katie, and I all hug grandpa, glad to see him again. Before we left, he had been diagnosed with stage 1 Alzheimer's disease. It had been really serious, and none of us knew what was going to happen to him.

"What are you girls doing here?"

"Mom wanted to sit in on dad's deposition, and she didn't want to leave us in Chicago, so, you can fill in the rest."

"I'll wait for your dad to get out of the meeting. How have you girls been?"

If I didn't think that Grandpa Nick would lose his cool, I would have told him anything. But I wasn't sure if he could take it. At this point, I wasn't sure of anything.