Told you I would update in a week. (I may be cutting it close, but it's still a week)

Sorry this chapter is so short. This may not be the best excuse, but I'm still on vacation. I'm also sick which really sucks when you're on vacation by the way.

I'll be back in the State's by Wednesday though. Then I can finally read OGSY! Yay! I'm not sure if my story will take a new turn when I finally read it.

Again, sorry it's so short. Hope you enjoy it!

Disclaimer: I don't own the Gallagher Girls series.

LINA

Lina laid down on her bed in the guest room, now her room, and stared at the ceiling.

Christmas had been two days ago. A quiet and awkward event where Lina, Andrew and Zach had sat around a small table with too much food for only three people. It had only reminded Lina of her and Andrew's missing mothers.

Lina had to admit she had missed her mother over break. She wasn't used to not having her mother around and started to feel what it was like to worry about someone.

Sure Aunt Bex and Aunt Macey worked in the field, but she honestly hadn't cared as much about them as her mother so it didn't affect her as much then.

Lina got out of bed. It was one AM in the morning and she couldn't sleep. She decided to get a glass of warm milk from the fridge. Her milk was in the microwave when she heard someone coming down the stairs.

"Hey Andrew? Couldn't sleep either?"

"Yeah. I miss my mother too much; she's always here for the holidays." Andrew sounded upset and mildly frustrated from being unable to do anything.

Lina wanted to comfort him. "I miss my mother too. She's the only I knew that I had and I've never been away from her for very long before."

"And now they're both gone and left us here with Dad. This is so messed up." Andrew smiled bitterly.

"Everything will be okay eventually…do you want some milk?" Lina tried to lighten up the mood.

"Sure"

Lina got up to warm another glass of milk. The two sat across from each other and quietly sipped their milk.

Awkward silence.

Then the phone rang loudly, once. Lina and Andrew both ran upstairs to their dad's bedroom where it was obvious Zach had picked up the phone.

They both had a pretty good guess who was on the other end; who would call at 1:37 in the morning but the CIA with news? Good or bad Lina didn't know.

When they burst into his bedroom, Zach had a grim look on his face. He addressed Andrew first.

"Andrew, your mother is being held for interrogation at the CIA Headquarters."

Lina heard Andrew's sigh of relief. His mother was alive. But what about her's?

"Lina… your mother is in the hospital. She's been shot."

Lina felt her breathing hitch. How could her mother have been shot? Cameron Morgan was a legacy. She could've have gotten shot. What in the world had happened on the mission? And why did she have a feeling her father was keeping something from her?

Zach had a far away expression on his face. Not showing whether he was happy that his wife and ex-girlfriend made it back, or upset that one of them, or both of them, didn't.

Lina squinted at her father, seeing if that would get more answers. It didn't. She started to speak slowly.

"I'll catch a cab and visit my mother. You both go to the CIA HQ and see Chloe since you haven't seen her for a longer time."

Her father just shook his head at her.

"We can't see her till after the debriefing. I'll drive you both to go visit Cammie." her father explained.

They got into the car and Andrew called shotgun. Lina rolled her eyes. Finding out his mother was alive had put Andrew into a mighty good mood. She didn't blame him though.

Lina was relieved to have her mother back, but she wasn't completely comforted yet since her mother was in the hospital. Lina looked into the rear view mirror and found herself looking like a nervous wreck.

In all the commotion she had made herself completely vulnerable and her emotions completely exposed. Lina silently cursed herself before hiding behind a curtain of calm.

Soon she found herself walking swiftly through the hospital doors with her father and Andrew next to her and heading straight towards the front desk.

"Where is Cameron Morgan's room?" she asked the receptionist who stopped typing and peered at the three figures in front of her.

"Are you family?" she asked back.

Lina wasn't really sure how to define "family" any more.

"Well, I'm her daughter, he's my father, and he's his son" pointing to herself, Zach, Andrew, and Zach again respectively.

The receptionist raised her eyebrows. Her eyes were judging and started to make Lina feel uncomfortable.

"Room 319"

Lina fast walked-or sprinted- towards the elevator with Andrew and Zach straggling behind.

The elevator was too slow. Lina tapped her foot impatiently waiting for the elevator to reach the third floor. She quietly opened the door to room 319 to find that her mother already had a visitor.

Sitting next to her bed was a man flipping through her magazine. He looked completely unfamiliar and Lina wondered why he was there.

She heard her father's stony, emotionless voice behind her.

"Why are you here Elliot?"

A little bit of a cliffhanger? Not a major one I hope since I don't want you guys to be left hanging too long. I would have posted Zach and Elliot's confrontation on this chapter, but then it would have been up a lot later and I thought you would prefer this. :)

Remember I still haven't read OGSY SO NO SPOILERS! I hold good promise to my threat to discontinue the story if any spoilers pop up in the review section.

I do want reviews though... please? :)