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"I told you," Julie tried rubbing in her brother's face.

"Everything was fine, then that," Bill pointed out.

"That's because you finally said something she didn't want to hear."

"We were so surprised at first, she was just Malia, bubbly as ever. I actually started picturing you as one of those crazy uptight smothering mothers," he told her. Bill heard the huff of annoyance come from his sister on the other end of the line. "Yeah, yeah, I know. That's why I was confused. Anyway, after that little outburst she went and locked herself in the bathroom. We got her out eventually after like five minutes."

"And where is she now?" Julie inquired curiously.

"Karen took her to get something in town, as a 'girl thing'," Bill explained, obviously hinting it was a plan.

"Aw, that's sweet, that's like a twenty minute drive into town," Julie laughed.

Bill didn't catch on, "And? You point is?"

"You make your wife take the trip with Malia, one that will probably be very long and uncomfortable.What kind of husband are you?" Julie joked.

"Well the point was so I could talk to you without Malia here. It has nothing to do with sending Karen with her," Bill spat at her.

"Jeez, you're always so defensive when anyone questions your caring for Karen, even when it's mostly a joke," Julie said.

Bill rolled his eyes.

"Why didn't you take Malia on a 'uncle, niece' thing? Then have Karen talk to me?" she asked, enjoying that she was making Bill's temper boil.

"Because, you're my arrogant sister," he pointed out.

"Yeah, but I love Karen just as much if not more," she said, vowing to herself that it would be the final attack so they could get back to their original conversation.

Bill just grunted in frustration.

"Okay I'll stop," she said.

"Good, we need to get back to what we were talking about," he said still in his angry tone.

"I agree. Now, Malia. I told you Bill she's going to be deceiving. When she was here her attitude changed every minute. One minute she'd be helping me put the grocery's away and the next minute she'd be shouting at me that she hates me and I wreck everything in her life," Julie said, getting a little upset.

"That's sort of what she said," Bill told her.

"She always says that, it just frustrates me that I don't know what she's talking about. I wish I understood," Julie said.

"It's not your fault Julie. I know you're trying," he assured her.

"You don't know that for sure. Hell, I don't even know if I'm trying as hard as I can," she said.

"I know you are, because you're my sister. The one thing I can always count on in you Julie, is that no matter what you're always the one trying to help. You try identifying with the person having a problem so you can understand where they're coming from," he explained.

Julie was a little less upset when hearing this, "maybe I am smothering her then."

"How?"

"You said I always help everyone. What if Malia just needs to go through all of this on her own," Julie said.

"Julie, if Malia didn't need anyone's help with this, the problem would have been fixed a long time ago," Bill logically informed her.

"I guess that's true," she agreed with a sniff. She was wiping a tear from her eye.

"Now that we have seen what you're talking about, maybe Karen and I can get her to open up," he said.

"I hope," she remarked.

"Well I'll go then," Bill told her.

"Okay, again thank you. I love you big bro. Tell Karen I said hi and I love her too," Julie said with a hint of having a smile in her voice. "And I'll let you choose whether or not you thinks it's best to tell Malia that you talked to me or not."

"I'll call you soon, I love you, too," Bill replied. "I'll tell Karen, and think about what I'm going to say to Malia."

"Bye then."

"Bye," Bill said, then the line went dead. Many thoughts went through his head, he felt bad for his sister, he wanted Karen and Malia to get home, and how was he supposed to get Malia to talk to him when she exploded if she didn't like the conversation.

A little while later Karen and Malia came home. Bill had made something for them to eat, a skill no one at CTU probably knew he held.

"Hey," Karen said as she entered the kitchen followed by a now chipper again Malia.

"Finally you're back," Bill responded as they came into the room, Karen gave him a quick kiss.

"See he missed us," she then said sarcastically to Malia who smiled nodding her head.

"Yes I did," he admitted. "Now are you two hungry?"

"I am!" Malia exclaimed.

"Me too, but I need to check my email first," Karen informed him.

"Yes, can't keep Chloe waiting," he said widening his eyes.

Karen laughed, "no no." She left the kitchen and went upstairs, which left Malia and Bill there.

"You seem chipper," he said put some food on three plates.

"Why wouldn't I be?" she asked.

"Just your outburst earlier," Bill pointed out.

"Oh that," Malia said. "I'm sorry, I just sorta snapped I guess."

"Do you want to talk about it?" Bill asked his niece.

"No," she replied, not rudely, just precise.

Meanwhile, Karen was checking her mail, there was a message from Chloe. She was doing fine and Morris was actually being a big help. She also responded to the PS that Chloe had said Karen was not funny. Chloe said she thought Karen was a very funny person, and she never said such a thing. Karen could sense the lie all the way from the west coast to the east. She closed the window and shutdown the computer then went back downstairs to join Bill and Malia.

They were at the table eating and he had set a plate in the chair Karen usually sat at, "I am hungry."

Bill laughed at this, "thanks for sharing."

"Oh shut up Mr.," she told him. Malia thought this was funny.

"Oh stop humoring her," he said to Malia. "What did Chloe say?"

"Everything's fine and she's fine, she sends her best wishes," she answered.

"And about the funny thing?" Bill asked with a grin.

Karen looked surprised, "how do you know about that?"

"Oh come on, when I said that, I knew Chloe would be first on your list, so what did she say?" Bill asked again still grinning.

Karen rolled her eyes and smugly replied with, "she said I am a very funny person and she never said it."

"But you know otherwise," Bill threw in.

"On which part?" Malia joined in the conversation even though she knew very little about what they were talking about. "Being funny or Chloe didn't say it?" She had luckily met Chloe when she stayed with them in LA so she had a bit of an idea of who she was. With this their was no doubt in her mind Chloe had said it.

"Wow you switch sides fast," Karen said to the 15 year old. "But yes, Chloe probably said it."

"And the other part?" Malia asked grinning along with her uncle, she then exchanged an evil smirk with him.

Karen looked from her husband to Malia, "oh just eat, both of you!"

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