All Walter wanted to do was get back to the garage as quickly as possible so the uncomfortable silence that was permeating throughout the car would end faster.

Of course his life could never be so easy, so he found himself stuck in gridlock with Kate and Abby.

Part of him knew that it was probably just an accident or just normal everyday gridlock that was causing the standstill. The other part of him however couldn't help but think that it was the universe drawing out the single most awkward moment in his entire life.

'Is there any way this could get more awkward.' He thought.

"So Walter," Kate said, trying to alleviate the tension that had been growing since they were in the car, "How is Megan doing."

'Yeah that would be the way to make it more awkward.' He thought.

"She died a few years." Walter replied, his voice showing some anger.

Kate had a stunned expression on her face, which turned to sheepish just a few seconds later.

"Walter I am really sorry to hear that. I know how much she meant to you." Kate said. "She was a good per-"

"Can we just drop it!?" Walter said, snapping at her.

Kate suddenly looked very uncomfortable.

"I'm sorry." She said in a quiet voice.

Walter started to feel really bad for snapping at her. Paige had taught him to take how other people felt into consideration before he spoke, and he had just snapped at a woman who probably felt even more awkward than he was.

"I'm sorry for snapping at you." Walter said, in a calm tone. "You had no way of knowing about Megan."

Kate looked at Walter, she could see in his eyes that he really did feel bad.

"I know this situation can't be easy for you." Walter said. "So can we just talk about this? Get some of the tension out of the way."

Yeah, I'd like that." She replied. "So I imagine you must have a lot of questions about Abby."

"Yeah a few." He said. "Is she like me, or is she normal?"

"If you're asking if she is a genius, I don't know." She answered. "She does seem to be one though, she has trouble interacting with people, and she seems to learn so fast."

"Why isn't she at school?" He asked.

"I have now way of getting her there." Kate said sadly.

"I don't like school." Abby said, it was the first time she had spoken since getting in the car. "The classes move to slowly."

Walter responded with, "Yeah, school wasn't much fun for me either."

Kate looked between the two of them, a smile starting to form on her face.

"Still though, you probably miss seeing your friends." Walter said.

"I don't have any friends." Abby replied. "All the kids there think i'm weird, and don't like me."

"There is nothing wrong with not being normal Abby." Walter said, trying to comfort his daughter.

Kate could no longer hold back a smile. Of all the ways that she had thought that Walter would react to finding out he had a daughter, being comforting was not something she was expecting.

In front of them, the cars finally started to move.

The three of them spent the next half hour driving to the garage talking about Abby and what Walter had missed in her life.

Before Walter even realized it they were at the garage.

"So you live here?" Kate asked

"Yeah." He replied. "I also work here with my team.

"How do you think they'll react to me and Abby living here?" She asked.

"Well I can't imagine my girlfriend will be thrilled about my ex staying downstairs." He joked.

"Walter O'brien making jokes, I thought i'd never see the day." She joked back. "This woman must really be special to change you this much."

"Yeah, she is very important to me. Walter said smiling. "So, I guess it's time for you to meet the team."

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