HAPPY NEW YEARS!

My eye twitched as I leaned against my dad where we stood silently, cowering to the side. Together, we watched scene unfold as my psychotic mother vamped out and morphed into super woman. When mom was superwoman, she got mad faster than a speeding bullet, her words were more powerful than locomotive, and she could jump to harsh conclusions in a single bound. It's a bird! It's a plane! No, it's just my mom.

Dad and I call it her 'lawyer mode', joking about it behind her back and whenever we thought she wasn't around. But right now, she was scary. Her eyes were narrowed and her nostrils flared, projecting so much hatred towards Jack Bauer that I had to look away for a moment. It looked like Jack was also struggling to keep his eyes on hers, clutching 'Annorexic Audrey's' hand tightly in his own. That was comical, since it's my mom we're talking about here. I glanced at Audrey.

Ha! She can't save you now!

Nobody spoke for one very long, very awkward moment. Mom seemed to tower over everybody, shooting daggers at the couple. Jack spoke first."Kim-"

He only managed to get one syllable out of his mouth before Mother-dear erupted like Mt. St. Helens."Stop it!" She ordered."You listen to me, Jack. If I ever catch you in the same city as my daughter, I swear I'll kill you." Her voice wavered until it was just above a harsh whisper. She glanced at Audrey."I'll kill you both."

Well, 'gee whiz', I feel protected.

Audrey cringed and I noticed Jack rub her hand with his thumb in support."Kimberley, please listen to me. I'm your father, I love-"

"No, you're not." She spat, right then and there in Macy's."My father was a man that only existed in my dreams. He was a fake." Her eyes were beginning to get red, as if she had two twin rashes in her eye sockets."You're a liar."

Jack's eyes held all the pain in the world."Kim, it's not like that. It's my job."

"CTU?" My mom said the peculiar grouping of letters as if it was a curse.

"The people need CTU." Jack responded with a feeble nod.

Mom shook her head in disgust."No. Youneed CTU. You were addicted." What the fudge was CTU? "Look me in the eye and tell me that's not true." She dared. Nice comeback, Mom.

Jack looked down at his shoes."It's my job." He mumbled quietly, like a little boy about to get a good scolding. Only my mother doesn't give out 'scoldings', she gives 'em 'whoopings.' Like major, ass-kicking, therapy-needing, whoopings.

"It was your job!" Sheesh, people were beginning to stare at us. Crazy woman, nothing to see here."Was it your job to dump mom and go off with Nina Meyers? A fucking terrorist!" Say what? "Was that little vacation in Santa Monica with your girlfriend part of your job, too?"

Jack sucked in his breath sharply, looking away from Mom. Audrey spoke for him."Kim, he's your father, you should-"

My super-human mom totally lashed out on her."Shut the fuck up, Audrey! This is none of your Goddamn business!"

Whoa!

Audrey recoiled, as if receiving a slap. Jack put an arm around her waist comfortingly. Mom took notice to that, for her eyes clouded as she continued."Every night I prayed so hard that you would come home. Every night I would cry myself to sleep while listening to my mother do the same in a different room."

Guilty tears were forming in Jack's eyes.

It only fueled Mom."And when we put Mom in the ground, I began praying harder that you would be dead!"

That sounds very...very...very...

Jack remained silent, but with the twisted look in his eyes, you could think Mom shot him with an AK47 or something.

But what were they talking about? It looks like a bloody soap opera.

"Do you realize what you did to us? You killed mom yourself! You destroyed her!" She screamed. My dad put a hand on her shoulder to quiet her down. Dude, my mom was having a break-down right smack in the middle of the Teen department.

"Kimberley, please." He whispered."I'm so sorry."

Sadness disappeared from mom, and anger returned."I never want to see you again. I hate you."

"I love you." Jack whispered like desperate man.

Mom let out a sharp, disgusted sigh; and looked at me."Come one, Cali. Chase, lets go."

Whoa whoa whoa, I ain't goin' without answers."What was that all about guys, you rehearsing a scene for Gossip Girl or something?" Not the best time to joke around, Cali girl.

"Come on, Cali." She growled through her teeth. I was sixteen, not six for crying out loud! Chillax, parental unit!

"Not until you tell me what's going on." I took a small, baby step towards Jack to make my point, but to my disappointment, he took a step back, as if I had the bloody plague or something.

"CALI!" My mother screamed. I wasn't too keen on having more people stare at us, so I followed orders.

Questions began racing through my mind. Why did my mom look like she wanted to murder Jack? Who was he, this mysterious man with the haunted, expressionless eyes? Why was my grandfather so hated by my mother? Did hereally kill the original Terri? Or did someone else? Who decided a Chihuahua was a dog? Will my mother always hate him? And most importantly, does he hate me?

I wanted answers.

And I knew just how to get them. CTU. He said he worked there.

And I still want answers.

Oh boy, I love drama. Review please. :) 2011! Rock on!