SLAMB!!!! Jack jumped awake when he heard something hitting the floor. "Charlie!" He screamed, crawling out of the bed weakly and heading out of the room. Running down the hallways of the house he slammed Charlie's bedroom door open to see Charlie on the floor in tears. "Charlie, what happened?" He asked softly, walking over to his son and taking him into his arms.
"It fell" the boy cried, pointing at the baseball bat on top of a glass picture frame with a picture of Jack, Sarah and Charlie "I went to pick up my bat from it's place, and it all fell."
"It's alright" Jack promised his son softly "it's alright Charlie"
"No it's not Dad" Letting the boy cry into him Jack held onto him gently "why are you two leaving each other?" He stopped in his place "what happened? It's been seven years. I'm 14. it just seems like ever since the accident…you broke apart"
"It's not your fault Charlie" Jack promised, touching Charlie wheel chair softly "we just have different views on how to take care of you. That's our fault. Not yours"
"It feels like it's mine" With a smile Jack touched his son's face softly "When are you leaving the house?"
"In a few days. I just got a new one, but its close enough so that I can have you two weeks a month and you can still go to the same school" Jack promised "We're going to make this as easy as possible. No going to court or anything. We just need the fighting to end"
"As long as things don't get too weird I guess" Charlie looked like he was on the verge of tears when Jack took him into his arms "I don't want to have two houses Dad. I want one"
"I know Charlie, but some things can't be prevented" He whispered "we're doing the best we can Charlie, believe that. Not everything works out the way we want it to in life though"
"I know" Pulling on the wheels to his wheelchair Charlie moved away from the wall carfully before heading out his bedroom door "coming to breakfast?"
"I'm right behind you" with a laugh Jack got to his feet and followed his son out of the room, taking the stairs as he watched Charlie ride down the slope Jack had built in for him.
"Hey" He smiled when he saw Sarah in the kitchen. She didn't return his greeting, but she did seem to acknowledge his presence. Not everything was because of Charlie as it seemed, but Jack and Sarah did try to keep that on the down low. Ever since Jack had joined the SGC things had gotten a bit weird between them. Mostly since Jack had meet Samantha Carter. He had never cheated on Sarah, knowing it would hurt even his pride to do such a thing, but these days his heart wasn't all into Sarah.
"Here you go Charlie" Finally Jack could see a smile on Sarah's face as she put down a bowl of cereal "Once your done your dad will drive you to school"
"Mom, I don't have school today" Charlie laughed "it's a PD day, remember?"
"No, I didn't" Sarah sighed "I had a whole day planned, but I guess I can make changes so you can stay home"
"Don't worry about it Sarah" Jack smiled "I'll take him to work today. He hasn't been there in a while, and the team loves seeing him"
"Yah, espeshially Sam"
"Oh would you drop it!?" Jack screamed "it's not her fault we're falling apart. She came in after we had already started to break apart"
"that doesn't make it right. I've seen her around you Jack. She's the reason your leaving. She's young, beautiful, and…"
"Caring. I like Sam because she's a brilliant woman with a loving heart. In the last little while you've seemed to loss the care part of you" The next sound that rang through the house was that of Jack taking Sarah's hand across his face.
"Hurry up Charlie" He whispered "I'll meet you in the living room when your done" with that Jack left his food sitting there and Exited the room.