The Stargate Program had finally gone public. They had decided that the time had come for it to happen. They had defeated the replicators and the Gu'auld and the Jaffa had created a free nation, with Master Bretack at the head, as he was the wisest and oldest.

The beaurocrats had always known that someday they would have to go public, and it seemed that now, that they had so much good news to come along with it, it was time.

First the President went to the United Nations. In a closed meeting with all of the representatives, he, with the help of Major Davis, explained the Stargate program to them, who would then go an explain it to their country on the designated day when it would go public in the United States.

That day was July 12th, 2005. It was a day that would change the lives of every person on the face of the planet earth. While the program was going public, the names of the individuals involved would remained classified, along with the names of Cassandra Fraser and Jack's clone, who had taken the name John O'Neill, the story was that John was Jack's nephew, and Cassandra was the adopted daughter of the late Dr. Fraser, who was now living with her 'aunt' Sam.

Cassandra decided that she wanted to be a doctor like her mother and her goal was to be a doctor in the Stargate program just like her mother. Her whole family were in the Stargate program, and that was where she thought that she belonged.

Meanwhile John O'Neil had decided, with his second chance at life, to go at things differently. Even though he knew that the memories were not his, the memories of Charlie, and Charlie's death still rang in his head if he wasn't careful.

John knew that he didn't want to be a military man, he wasn't quite sure yet about what he wanted to do, but that wasn't it.

John and Cassie had gone to the same high school, were in the same grade, but they never really spent much time together. But when they both went to college at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, they got to know each other for the first time. They started hanging out when they went to orientation in the end of June, and the fact that they had seen each other from high school, they stated getting to know each other.

John had memories of finding Cassie on the planet, of giving her the puppy, and being Uncle Jack. But he wasn't. He was a clone, but when he first saw Cassie at the orientation, he felt like the 18 year old that he was, and he was seeing her through new eyes. She wouldn't know who he was. She hadn't known about the whole cloning incident with the Asgard.

Cassie first saw him staring at her during orientation. She decided that he was cute, so at lunch, when he was sitting in the Dining Hall all alone, she sat across the table from him, "Hi, I'm Cassandra Fraser."

The stranger stuttered, "John… John O'Neill. Two Ls."

At the mention of two Ls Cassie did a double take. Jack always said the same thing, "Are you related to General Jack O'Neill?"

"He's my Uncle, why?"

"Oh, he was a friend of my mother's, she died a few years ago, but Jack and Sam have always token care of me."

"Samantha Carter?"

"Yeah."

What started out as a friendship quickly turned into a romance, as they got closer over the month from their first meeting. Going out to dinner, dancing, just having a few laughs. Then on July 11th General Jack O'Neill called them both and asked them to come in to talk to them.

They came together. Cassie had decided that if he wanted to talk to them because of their budding romance, she'd just tell him to mind his own business, but that wasn't the topic at all.

"I have asked you two to come in here because of decisions at the highest levels will effect both of you. Tomorrow the Stargate Program will be going public. Both of your real identities and where you came from will remain classified, but just incase they are leaked, we just wanted to warn you two." Jack looked at the two of them, holding hands, and glancing at each other, "Is there something going on that I should know about?"

At that, their hands quickly separated, and they both blushed. "We met during Orientation, we're both going to the University of Colorado here in Colorado Springs, and well, we just seemed that we had a lot in common, it seems that it was more than we thought." Cassie stopped babbling then. She hadn't known that he was a clone.

"Well, Cassie, I kind of did, I knew who you were from the beginning, but I didn't want you to be weirded out by me, because I'm Jack's clone…"

"Wait," Cassie interrupted, "You KNEW who I was this WHOLE time and DIDN'T TELL ME!"

"I wanted to tell you…"

At that Jack interrupted saving his little self, "Cassie, you can't blame him. He didn't tell you for the same reason you didn't tell him. It was Classified." Cassie nodded, but from the fire in her eyes it was clear that it wasn't over yet. "Now, you two are going to remain in here until the 14th. Your identities are not going public with the Stargate program, but I just wanted to make sure that you were safe in case anything leaked." John just nodded, and did the little thing where he dropped his head and pulled his fingers through his hair. Jack couldn't help but smile, It was easy to forget that this wasn't just a kid, it was a kid with all of his memories up to a few years ago. "Any questions?"

"Yeah," Cassie started, "I didn't bring anything with me, can I go back to Sam's house to get some clothes and stuff for the next few days?"

"No, I'm sorry, but I asked Sam to bring you your stuff when she came in together."

John cut in, "What about me?"

"Oh, you can borrow some of my fatigues, they should fit you now. Hell, you are almost as tall as I am now anyway! You kids hungry, It's almost lunch time…" The kids just nodded and followed their "uncle Jack," as he was known to Cassie, down to the dining area. Since Jack was made General he had never gotten used to eating alone, It just felt wrong.

When the three got down their they were joined by SG-1: Sam, Daniel, and Teal'c. "Hey Cassie, I left your stuff in my quarters, you wanna go get them after lunch?" Sam asked, always felt very protective of her "niece," especially after they had lost Janet. Cassie nodded, even though she had just found out that John was Jack's clone, she still felt kind of weird around SG-1, her surrogate family, around her new boyfriend. They were so overprotective, and she knew that they would give John a hard time.

Daniel started it, "So, John, what's your major going to be?" The ultimate academic man…

"I don't know, maybe political science. You know theirs going to be a lot of need for intergalactic treaty negotiators. I figure this time around, I could be at a different end of it instead of behind a gun, no offence Jack." Sam and Daniel tried to hid a snicker at the intelligence babble that they were hearing from Jack's clone, I guess experiences really do make a person Daniel thought, how different John was turning out than Jack, even though they had essentially the same genetic makeup.

Cassie decided to help him out and change the focus away from him, "I'm Pre-Med." The team just nodded, she had been talking about becoming a doctor for a while. "But I want to work as a civilian doctor on the Stargate program. I'm not into the whole military deal like you guys."

The rest of the meal went smoothly, when they were done, John and Cassie escaped the watchful eyes of SG-1 and went to find somewhere private to talk. They knew that their life was going to change with the going public of the SGC. They would no longer have a step up on getting into the program, because everyone would know about it. Cassie was always the ultimate romantic, and in her head, although she had never even whispered this to anyone, she could imagine the two of them together and working in the SGC.

"So, Cassie, do you find it too weird to date the clone of a man you see as your Uncle?"

"Surprisingly, no. You're different than Jack. You're more serious, even though you still have the same sense of humor. Could you date a person that you once knew as a kid, who you felt as your niece?"

"Well, I don't think of you like that, I did at first, but I got to know you and it changed. You a beautiful, smart, sexy woman, who has my heart wrapped around her little finger, and I wouldn't have it any other way. Ever since I lost Charlie, I had been kind of sleep walking through life, doing anything that would help me forget. That was the reason that I agreed to join the SGC in the first place. But with you, I can see an end to the tunnel, the possibility of a second chance. I know its very early to talk about marriage and kids and stuff, and I know it won't happen for a while, but I want you to know that this time around, I want a family, and love, I don't want to spend half of my time in places Classified that I can't talk about, and the other half of the time with a partner that I can't tell anything to. I want this time to be different."

Cassie felt her heart melt at her words. She, like the man in front of her, had felt a lot of loss in her life. First her whole village, including her mother, and then a few years ago she had lost her Adoptive mother to the Gu'auld, and until she met John, she had been only half living, getting extra work to do, spending all her time in books, just to avoid what she was feeling, even with Sam, Jack, Daniel, and Teal'c there for her. It just wasn't the same. At that moment she knew what she wanted, HIM.

Cassie leaned in and kissed John full on the lips. He was startled at first, but he got into it after only a second. Her hands were messaging his scalp in his hair, his hands were down around his waist and were moving their way up under her shirt. After a few minutes of just kissing like this and John reached to get at the snaps on her jeans, Cassie pulled away and took his hand, "Don't even think about going their mister. Besides, I'm not on the pill or anything, and you probably don't have any condoms with you. I wasn't raised by a doctor to forget things like that."

Jack just smiled and let himself be led by Cassie out of the dark room. He knew that they would have plenty of time, and his mind should be on other things, like the fact that the Stargate Program was going public the next morning at 1000 hours and the world would probably go into political chaos as well as literal chaos, but all he could think about was this wonderful woman holding his hand and his heart.

To Be Continued…