Cassi, Cassie
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To borrow a phrase: SG-1 and Star Gate no mine, no permission, no money, no sue...please?

The guard at the door yawned. The clock read five minutes after midnight. The doctor had tried to convince the parents to go home.

"She's not going to wake up in the next 24 hours" she'd told them. But Sam knew and Jack was stubborn. Sam had fallen into a light sleep on Jack's shoulder, and it felt very natural to them both.

A gentle probe in their minds alterted them. Sam sat up and rubbed her eyes. They both leaned closer. The mental connection solidified. Cassi's eyelids fluttered.

"Cassi?" her mother prodded quietly. A query entered her head.

"Yes, it's Mom and Dad" she told her. Her daughter lifted her eyelids slowly to reveal her dark dark blue eyes, so like her fathers.

"Hey," Sam said softly, "How ya feelin?"

Oh, just peachy the girl answered sarcastically in their heads. Jack smiled.

For cryin' out loud, what's with the lights? Cassi cried and the light immediately dimmed. She hissed with the pain of exercising unused muscles again.

"Do you remember anything?" Sam asked gently.

It's like a dream Cassie replied I remember but not exactly.

"The Doc says that's probably for the best" Jack told her, "She didn't even expect you to wake up today." Sam's hand found it's way to his, Jack's to Cassi's, Cassi's to Sam's. They sat in a complete ring.

For cryin' out loud! What good is it to have these phenomenal powers, Cassi asked mentally, If no one has the decency to have impossible expectations! Geesh!

Sam laughed and Jack grinned. They sat there until the morning.

A family.


AN: Hope you enjoyed! Read "The Alternate Daughter" in which Jack meets his daughter, and look for "2-D" which will be coming soon!