A/N This has direct quotes from the episode Rite of Passage!I did change some scenes to fit this reality!Thanks for reading! Let me know what you think.
It had been two weeks since Lola's zoo party. Carolyn still had told no one about her pregnancy. Which surprised her because her morning sickness was awful and she had to keep running to the bathroom. If anyone had suspected anything, they hadn't asked Carolyn about her trips to the bathroom.
"Why don't you head home?" Janet said, softly.
"No, it is Cassie's birthday you should go home early. Besides, Cassie hasn't felt good you should go home." Carolyn insisted.
"Thank you, don't stay too late. Are you sure?" Janet asked.
"Of course! I'll call if there is an emergency. Tell Cass happy birthday!" Carolyn assured.
"Thank you, I will." Janet smiled,and left the lab.
Sam knocked on Janet's door. Jack was working and her dad and Martouf were being asked to come back to the Tok'ra, so he wanted a couple more days with Hannah. Sam love Cass but didn't want to get Hannah sick since Cassie hadn't felt well.
"Happy birthday, Cass! Sweet Sixteen, you are getting old!" Sam said, holding out a cake for Cassie.
"Thanks, Sam! Where are Jack and Hannah?" Cassie asked, as she took the cake and a gift bag from Sam.
"Jack is at work and dad really wanted a couple more days with Hannah before going back to the Tok'ra." Sam said as they walked into the kitchen. Sam stopped quickly as they entered the kitchen. Janet and Daniel were kissing heavily.
Cassie rolled her eyes and put the cake on the counter. Sam cleared her throat. Daniel quickly pulled away.
"Hey, Sam." Daniel said, turning red.
"How long has this been going on?" Sam asked quickly.
"About six months. He has been living together about four." Janet said her cheeks were pink.
"Wow! Congratulations, you two! I'm not sure how I didn't see this happening." Sam said, shocked.
"We tried to keep it a secret." Janet sighed.
They watched Cassie open presents. When Janet went to put coffee on and to put candles in the cake, Cassie disappeared into her room.
"Cassie?" Janet called.
"What?" Cassie snapped, coming into the room brushing her hair.
"I thought you were going to wear the top Sam got you?" Janet asked seeing Cassie changed her clothes.
"Oh, like, that's for school." Cassie shrugged.
"Make a wish!" Sam pointed to the cake.
"Yeah!" Janet said.
"Dominic's waiting." Cassie frowned.
"Invite him in. I'm sure he would like a piece of birthday cake." Janet stared at Cassie.
Daniel noticed that the starring contest between Janet and Cassie was happening more each day.
"Fine!" Cassie puffed as she headed for the door to talk to Dominic.
"Coffee?" Janet asked.
"Yes, please! I want to hear more about you two," Sam said, grinning.
The adults were talking when they heard Dominic yell from outside. They ran to the door to see what happened. Janet pushed the boy out of the way, seeing Cassie on the ground.
"She has a temperature!" Janet felt Cassie's face.
"What happened?" Sam demanded.
"She just fell!" Dominic said, his voice worried.
"What were you doing when she just fell?" Janet demanded.
"I kissed her." Dominic said, nervously.
"You kissed her?" Daniel demanded.
"It's her birthday! I kissed her and the light exploded and she fell!" Dominic explained.
"I want to get her to the infirmary! Go get my keys." Janet looked at Daniel. He ran into the house.
"Cassie, honey? Cass?" Janet said, gently tapping Cassie's face. Daniel helped Janet get Cassie in her car. He rode with them to the infirmary. He wanted to go see if he could find more research from Cassie's planet.
Carolyn was working longer hours while Janet tried to figure out how to get Cassie's fever down. She didn't mind working, but her nausea was kicking her butt. She tried drinking ginger ale, eating crackers and sucking on peppermint.
"Are you feeling OK?" Darius asked, walking up to Carolyn.
"I'm fine! Any news on Cassie?" Carolyn asked, changing the subject.
"They found out it is some kind of retrovirus. Janet has her on antivirals but her fever is still high. She is worried about brain damage, and Dr. Frasier doesn't know what is causing the EM field Cassie is emitting." Darius explained.
"Poor Janet, I know she feels helpless trying to figure how to help Cass." Carolyn wrapped her arm around her belly.
"How far along are you?" Darius asked.
"I don't know what you are talking about!" Carolyn shrugged.
"My sister has been pregnant twice and her first trimester was horrible with both of them. Plus, you haven't had one cup of coffee today, unlike your usual three cups a day." Darius smirked.
"I'm somewhere between ten and twelve weeks. I'll get my first ultrasound done sometime next week. We're not telling anyone. You're the first to notice the coffee thing." Carolyn said, softly. Darius hugged Carolyn.
"Your secret is safe with me." Darius promised.
"What did Vicky do for morning sickness." Carolyn asked.
"Pretty much what you are doing what , sorry you are having such a hard time." Darius said.
"Thank you, but it will be worth it." Carolyn said. Then went to check on her patients.
It was Saturday afternoon and Sam carried the chess board in to the room with Cassie.
"Hey kiddo, its Saturday." Sam said, pulling a table over to Cassie's bed.
"So." Cassie said.
"So, every other Saturday if I'm on earth, we play chess. Since I'm on earth and it is Saturday," Sam sat down and set up the board.
"I know what's happening to me." Cass said.
"Oh, OK, what?" Sam ask as she continued to take out the chess pieces.
"I'm changing into something and there is nothing you can do to stop it," Cassie said.
"You know how your mom and I feel when someone issues a challenge like that." Sam chuckled.
Sam frowned when Cassie was talking about changing and Janet not being her mother. No, Janet wasn't her mother, but had loved and taken wonderful care of her for the past four years. They all loved Cassie very much. Sam tried to hide her surprise when the knight flew into Cassie's hand.
"You know Jack calls them horses." Cassie turned the knight in her hand.
"I had to clean the drool of these pieces because Jack was explaining chess to Hannah yesterday. Banana is more interested in sucking on them right now." Sam smiled.
"I'm going to miss holding Hannah banana," Cassie mumbled.
"Don't say that." Sam said. Sam then reached over and gently stroked Cassie's face.
Later that afternoon.
Carolyn was feeling awful. Her stomach had been cramping off and on all day. Cramping was normal for pregnancy, but it was getting worse. She was worrying about the baby.
"Are you OK?" Cam asked, walking up. Before Carolyn could answer, an alarm went off.
"I'll be back! Go lay down you look like you feel bad." Cam kissed Carolyn's head then ran in the hall.
Nirrti had been caught and put in a holding cell. Daniel took Janet into the room he kept on base. He knew Janet, even though she was strong, she needed comforting right now. He pulled her into a hug as soon as the door closed. She leaned into his muscular arms as he rubbed his hand up and down her spine. Janet needed this just for a moment. It was killing her she couldn't help Cassie.
"She says she can help Cassandra." Daniel said,
"If we trust her?" Janet asked into his chest.
"No, if we let her go." Daniel felt Janet pull away slightly. Janet looked up at Daniel.
"Do you believe she can actually help?" Janet asked, sighing.
"Its worth a shot"
"What about General Hammond?" Janet asked.
"He hasn't decided what to do yet." Daniel pulled her back into his arms.
"I need to get back to Cassandra." Janet said, letting go. She gave him a quick kiss before leaving.
It relieved Janet that the nightmare was over. Cassie's vital signs seemed to go back to normal. She wrapped her arms around Cassie as Jack left with Nirrti to let her go. Sam had put her arms around both of them. Darius hurried into the room and over to Janet. He whispered quickly to Janet.
"Where is she?" Janet asked quickly.
"In the back of the infirmary. I'm going to find Colonel Mitchell!" Darius said, then hurried off.
"I'll be back soon!" Janet kissed Cassie on the head before rushing out of the room. Janet hurried to the back of the infirmary and opened the curtain slowly. Carolyn was lying on her side, tears streaming down her face.
"Hey, Carolyn, talk to me. What's going on?" Janet kneeled down by the bed.
"I was having cramping all day nothing too bad, but it was getting worse, so I came to lie down I just started bleeding a few minutes ago. I panicked and asked Darius to go find you I'm worried about having a miscarriage. Should I have asked another doctor. How is Cass?" Carolyn asked.
"Cassandra is going to be OK. I understand not wanting a man to do a pelvic exam. Let's see what is going on, then we can talk about what needs to be done." Janet soothed.
Janet set up to do Carolyn's pelvic exam as Cam hurried through the curtain. He quickly dropped into the chair by Carolyn's head and grabbed her hand. He stroked her knuckles soothingly. Janet began her exam and Carolyn tightly squeezed Cam's hand.
"You're doing great, Carolyn, just a few more minutes!" Janet assured.
Cam finally looked Carolyn in the eyes. He was so scared when Darius told him that Carolyn had been bleeding. He knew that wasn't good and did not know what to say to her. She seemed to get comfort from holding his hand. He took his other hand and wiped her tears away.
"It a polyp! That's what caused the bleeding!" Janet said, sounding relieved. Carolyn looked a little more relieved too until Janet's face changed slightly.
"I don't like that look on your face." Carolyn said.
"Oh, nothing you are a couple weeks earlier than I thought you are more around ten or eleven weeks than twelve or thirteen weeks like I originally thought. I want to do an ultrasound so you can hear the heartbeat and there is something else I want to show you." Janet said with a small smile.
Cam bent down and kissed Carolyn. She smiled and touched his cheek. He had looked so upset when he had come in, but held her hand so gently. Cam was such a wonderful dad. She couldn't wait to see him as her pregnancy progressed. She knew how lucky she was that her baby was OK. Janet pulled the ultrasound machine in and closed the curtain.
"We're going to see the baby?" Cam asked excitedly.
"Yup, and hear the heartbeat." Janet said, smiling as she put gel on Carolyn's belly.
The next Saturday
Sam had the chess board tucked under her arm and Hannah in the other as she walked into the infirmary. She saw Janet working on a chart and Cassie was sitting up doing homework.
"Hey Janet, how is our patient?" Sam asked.
"Bored." Cassie said, as she pushed away the table so she could take Hannah, who was cooing and reaching for Cassie. Sam gave Hannah to Cassie.
"The homework stacked up a bit, but other than that, good. I get to take her home tonight!" Janet smiled.
"She missed you, Cass!" Sam said as Hannah had grabbed both fistfuls of Cassie's hair and began shaking her hands.
"I missed you too, Banana!" Cassie said, untangling the baby's hands from her hair. Hannah tried to reach for Cassie's hair again, but Cassie distracted her by clapping Hannah's hands together.
"That's why my hair is short again!" Sam chuckled.
"I love her cheeks!" Cassie kissed Hannah, making her smile big.
Hannah was, at four months, growing through the chubby baby stage, and Sam was loving it. Hannah's hair was now blonde and defied gravity most days and just stood straight up. She definitely seemed to have Jack's laid back nature on most days.
"I think it was an accident, but she rolled over for us last night during tummy time. She scared herself when she turned over." Sam said as Janet had come over to hold Hannah for a minute.
"You're getting so strong baby girl before we know it, you are going to be running all over the place!" Janet cooed.
"Slow down just a little, baby," Sam smiled sadly. Hannah reached for Sam babbling and Sam grinned.
"You ready to play chess I thought Hannah could help before I take her to daycare?" Sam asked.
"Sure, but I won't be able to move the pieces with my mind, sorry." Cassie shrugged.
"Good, then we are even!" Sam smiled as she sat down on the bed, putting Hannah in her lap.
Cam and Carolyn had a little while before work, so they brought Devlin and Lola to meet Violet.
"What are we doing here?" Lola asked.
"We want you to meet someone who is very special to us." Carolyn explained.
They took the kids down to the nursery. Cam keyed in the code and walked into the room. Teddy and Bill were in there spending time with Adam and Angelica. Ashley was sitting on a blanket with Violet and Simon while they had tummy time.
"Hey, Ashley!" Lola waved from Cam's side she wasn't sure where she was.
"Hey, doodle bug, hey, Dev! How are you guys?" Ashley asked.
"This is where you work now?" Devlin asked, looking around the room.
"Yup"
"Come here, guys I want you to meet Violet!" Cam said, walking to the blanket and sat down on the blanket by Violet.
Violet was still small, but she had grown a lot in the two months Ashley had been with them. Violet now had brown spikey thick hair. Her bright blue eyes with green specks stood out more now.
"This is you little sister!" Carolyn said as Cam patted for the kids to sit by Violet. Lola sat in Cam's lap as Devlin sat down next to Ashley.
"Cool!" Lola said, touching Violet's hand.
"Is she OK?" Devlin asked, not knowing how to ask why she was green.
"They made her to use as a weapon against the Gou'ld by using plant and human DNA. That is why she is green. They didn't even care she had human DNA, so we couldn't let anyone use or hurt them. So we keep them here." Cam explained.
"So she can't come home with us?" Lola asked, frowning.
"No, she has to stay here where she is safe." Cam said.
"So you can't tell Tucker or Davis about Adam OK. It keeps Adam and the others safe. Maybe one day they can meet." Teddy explained. Devlin and Lola nodded.
"Can I hold her?" Lola asked, patting her lap.
"Yeah, just like you hold Hannah. Let Violet lean up against you." Cam picked up Violet and sat her in Lola's lap. Violet lean back against Lola and turned her head up to look at Lola. Violet babbled happily.
"Hey, baby! I'll keep you safe!" Lola cooed. Cam and Carolyn smiled at each other.
"You're being quiet, Dev." Cam said.
"How come we're just meeting her?" Devlin asked.
"We just got really busy, and we had to adjust to her and she had to adjust to us before we introduced her to anyone else." Carolyn explained.
Bill and Teddy said their goodbyes and went to start their shift. Daniel came in carrying an upset Iris.
"Darius had to go to an emergency in the infirmary and had to shorten their play date. I got her pudding, but she wanted Ashley so I brought her back." Daniel said, rubbing Iris's back.
"Come here bumble bee! I don't think you have ever had pudding. Tell Daniel thank you!" Ashley stood up to take Iris.
"Thank you." Iris said softly as Iris went to Ashley.
"OK, lets put your pudding in the little fridge and get your milk cup." Ashley took Iris over to the little refrigerator they used to keep bottles and drinks cold. Iris plopped the pudding cup in the fridge and jerked the milk cup out.
"OK, Iris I know that you're upset but if you waste the pudding it goes in the trash. Drink your milk then you can have your treat I'm not taking it from you. I don't like you slamming things it upsets me." Ashley explained as calmly as she could.
"I want daddy!" Iris cried.
"I know, and he will come back as soon as possible. Look, we have some new friends in here and you didn't even notice." Ashley said, as she turned to where Iris could see Lola and Devlin.
Iris sat up a little and wiped her eyes. She gave a little wave, then reached for her milk cup to take a drink. Daniel had picked Simon up to rock him for a few minutes.
"I like the flowers in your hair." Lola had laid Violet down before going to check out Iris.
"Thank you. What's your name?" Iris asked.
"Lola."
"Do you want to play zoo?" Iris asked, finishing her milk.
"I love playing zoo!" Lola said excitedly. Ashley put Iris down. They ran to the cribs and took the toy bins from underneath.
Devlin had picked Violet up to hold her. He felt more comfortable picking the babies up when they were older.
"Can I keep doddle bug for the day? She just help stop a major meltdown and Iris will probably have another one if Lola leaves." Ashley asked.
"Do you want to stay, Dev, or go to daycare?" Cam asked.
"I'll stay," Dev said.