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Ian went up to his room leaving Lip, Fiona and Mickey in the kitchen.
Lip waited a few seconds to make sure Ian wouldn't listen and asked Fiona: "So what's up with Ian?"
"Monica?" she submitted quite sadly.
"Shit, you think so too?" Lip replied with a touch of despair in his voice
Fiona didn't answer but her face said it all.
At the corner of the table Mickey, confused, broke the silence: "What is that shit? Fucking Gallagher code?"
Turning back to him, Fiona tried to explain to him the best way she could: "Monica is our mom. She is … sick."
"You guys think Ian's bipolar?" asked a suddenly lucid Mickey
"It looks like it, yeah…"stated Lip in front of an intrigued Fiona. She just asked Mickey: "How do you know Monica is bipolar?"
Mickey was caught off guard: "He told me"
Starting to realize how much this thug and her brother shared together she couldn't hold back her questions: "Ok, I gotta ask: since when are you guys… together?"
"Since when is that any of your fucking business?" Stroke back Mickey angrily.
"I'd say about 2 years, maybe more…" answered Lip, holding on his reputation as a smart-mouth. Fiona seemed surprised and amused by both her and her brother teasing a rather uncomfortable Mickey.
"Fuck, can we go back to Ian!" Mickey stopped them. "What are we gonna do about him?"
Seeing the genuinely concerned thug and still thinking this whole situation is kind of bizarre she put forward: "We… we just need to be there for him. He should go see a doctor and start his treatment. But… I can't leave the house."
Overwhelmed, Lip just apologetically said: "My hands are full, between school and all the shit going on. I don't have the time to reason with him."
Leaving them to go upstairs, Mickey let out: "You Gallaghers are as useful as a hooker to a eunuch. I'll take care of him. You deal with your shitty lives."
Realizing what Mickey was ready to do for Ian, Fiona playfully asked her brother: "Did Ian find his knight in shining armor?"
Amused by the strangely accurate statement, Lip said back: "Yeah, who would have thought Prince Charming was a Russian whore Pimp?"