Alternate Ending - Epilogue - Part 2

Summary:  Different ending, they don't go to work.  They all wake up.  Saturday morning cartoons.  breakfast, pictures, the last one to wake up get thrown in the pool.  Read to find out who it is.

A/N:  This is the alternate ending.  I combined the two endings I had and put them into one.  Some parts stayed the same, like the beginning and the ending.  I don't know which chapter I like best.  So when you review, tell me which ending you like better.  After a couple of months I'm gonna count how many people like which ending.  That will determine the editing of the story, which chapter will stay and which one will go.

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"Let them sleep, they need it," Cassie decided as she stood over the sleepyheads and held a cup of coffee in her hand.  She was now fully awake at nine in the morning.  The birds were chirping and the sun was up in the partly cloudy sky.  She looked ready to start the day with a new set of clothing on.  She walked back to the fire.  There were still a few embers burning in the pit.  Picking up the film from under one of the seats at the campfire, she said, " I should probably get these developed."  She took them inside and put on her coat, then walked out the door.

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Sam slowly opened up her eyes.

"Jack, it's coooold," Sam softly whined as she slowly lifted her head from Jack's chest.

"I can show you what's colder than the air."

"No thanks.  Don't wanna go through another round of water fights. What time is it?"

"I have no idea."

Sam looked over to see who was awake.

"Cassie's awake, probably watching Saturday morning cartoons." 

"Why don't we go inside?  There's no way I'm gonna get back to sleep," Jack said.

They walked inside the house.  Sam had a blanket covering her for warmth.  They couldn't find Cassie anywhere.  They checked her room.  She wasn't there.  They walked into the kitchen and found a large yellow 'post-it' note on the cabinet.  Jack read it out loud.

"Went up to store to get film developed.  Be back in an hour and a half.      --Cassie @ 9:05 "

Sam looked over at the clock.

"Well, it's 9:30 now."  She held the TV remote up and asked, "Wanna watch cartoons?"

"Sure.  What's on?"

Sam turned on the television and listings appeared.

"Okay.  We've got..."  She grinned and said in a kiddish voice, "Poke'mon!"

"You have got to be kidding."  They laughed.

"Okay, okay, okay.  The next one, 'Yu-Gi-Oh!'"

'What's that?" Jack asked.

"I don't know.  Something about a card game and the eye of Anubis."

Jack raised his eyebrows.  "Oh really?"

"Yeah and there's this kid named Yugi--"

"--And let me guess, his last name is 'Oh.'"  They both laughed.

"I don't know.  I only watched the show once."

"What's on the next page?"

Sam pushed the down button on the remote to get to the next page.

"Stargate: Infinity."  They looked at each other.

"I think we've come to an agreement on what we're watching."

"Guess so."

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Cassie walked home with the developed pictures in hand.  She looked at them, laughing at each one for a certain amount of time.  When she got to the second role her mom gave her, she looked at them very closely.  For what startled her most was not who was in the pictures, but who took them.

"I'm home!" Cassie said as she walked in the house.  The smell of eggs, bacon, and sausage filled the air as she saw the guys sitting on the couch watching "Spongebob Squarepants", and Sam and Janet making breakfast.

"When'd you all wake up?"

"Sam and I woke up first, then Janet, Teal'c, Daniel, and Jonas."

"Well, where's Jonas?"

"Since he woke up last we chucked him in the pool."

"You guys are so mean."

"Hey, it was Jack's idea," Janet said.

"Okay, breakfast is done.  Help yourself," Sam said.

"Me first!" Cassie yelled as she ran to the kitchen and got a plate.  Jack raced her for a few steps before he dropped out.  He would hope to win on another day.

"So, who's tired?" Cassie asked.

"I think all of us are tired after yesterday," Daniel said.

"Cassie I'm still wondering how you fit in that trash can?" Jack asked.

"I used to fit into small spaces when I was a little kid.  I used to climb into the empty shelf of our linen closet while playing hide-and-seek."

"How's your head Sam?" Janet asked.

"It's as if nothing happened.  It doesn't hurt or anything."

At that moment Jonas walked in.

"Good morning Jonas!  Sleep well?  I did!" Jack grinned.

"I wonder why Colonel.  I mean you and another special someone were unusually close last night."

Jack's big grin quickly turned into a glare at Jonas.

"Jonas, you're just jealous."

Cassie saw the atmosphere get a little tense.  She decided to change the subject. "So... I got pictures!"  Cassie held up the pictures.

"I'll take them," Daniel said.

"What was really odd was that everyone was in a number of pictures.  So what puzzled me is who took the pictures."

After Daniel was done looking at the pictures he handed them to Teal'c.  They all had a look at them.  They discussed the pictures for a while, coming up with possibilities of who took the pictures.

"The Nox?" Sam said, "They have the powers to do it."

"They don't seem like the kind of people that would do that," Jack said, "they're too... nice."

They continued discussing it.  Daniel seemed distant from the conversation, yet he heard every word.

"Who would want to take the pictures?" Jonas asked.

"Perhaps someone who would most likely want his or her presence known. They did it so we would know they were watching us."

"Hey Daniel, what are you thinking?" Sam asked.

 "About reasons someone would want to reveal that they are watching someone, without revealing their identity.  They would want that person to know that their every move was being watched…"

"...what are you saying Daniel?"  Jack grew impatient and confused.

"What I'm saying is... Oma's watching me."

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THE END 

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A/N:  *fanfare* it's done!  Hope you liked it!  Make sure if you review, state which ending you like better:  the Alternate Ending or the Original.