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PART 10: Reacquaintance
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Jack spent the next couple of days with Charlie on the base. Cassandra, Daniel and Teal'c took care of his smallest child. He couldn't take Charlie home yet… not before he figured out how to tell Carter about their daughter. Besides, Charlie didn't want to leave Carter and she wasn't cleared to go off-base yet. She'd been gone for such an extended time that she would have to suffer through extensive interviews and debriefings over the coming week. Along with continued medical tests as they thought them up.
She hadn't complained about any of it yet and he figured that she was just -that- glad to be home. She hadn't even complained about the upcoming appointments with the Air Force shrink. Of course, both he and Charlie were being scheduled for their own separate appointments as well.
Jack wasn't going to complain either. He had his son back. He could definitely weather some appointments with a shrink. And, as much as he hated them himself, he figured it might be a good thing for Charlie. Jack was amazed at how the boy seemed to be handling everything almost too well… he seemed to be taking everything in stride. But then, Carter had had a year to explain it to him.
So, Jack had spent the past few days getting to know his son all over again. Charlie hadn't moved into Jack's quarters yet, though. He was still more comfortable with Carter and Jack didn't complain.
The one thing that surprised Jack was that Charlie hadn't asked about his mom. When Jack asked the boy about it, Charlie had said that Sam had explained that his parents were divorced and that his mother did not work on the base. Sam had warned him that he would have to be patient and that it might be several weeks or longer before he got to see his mother.
Jack shook his head. Well, she -had- had a year to explain it all too him.
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PART 10: Reacquaintance
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Jack spent the next couple of days with Charlie on the base. Cassandra, Daniel and Teal'c took care of his smallest child. He couldn't take Charlie home yet… not before he figured out how to tell Carter about their daughter. Besides, Charlie didn't want to leave Carter and she wasn't cleared to go off-base yet. She'd been gone for such an extended time that she would have to suffer through extensive interviews and debriefings over the coming week. Along with continued medical tests as they thought them up.
She hadn't complained about any of it yet and he figured that she was just -that- glad to be home. She hadn't even complained about the upcoming appointments with the Air Force shrink. Of course, both he and Charlie were being scheduled for their own separate appointments as well.
Jack wasn't going to complain either. He had his son back. He could definitely weather some appointments with a shrink. And, as much as he hated them himself, he figured it might be a good thing for Charlie. Jack was amazed at how the boy seemed to be handling everything almost too well… he seemed to be taking everything in stride. But then, Carter had had a year to explain it to him.
So, Jack had spent the past few days getting to know his son all over again. Charlie hadn't moved into Jack's quarters yet, though. He was still more comfortable with Carter and Jack didn't complain.
The one thing that surprised Jack was that Charlie hadn't asked about his mom. When Jack asked the boy about it, Charlie had said that Sam had explained that his parents were divorced and that his mother did not work on the base. Sam had warned him that he would have to be patient and that it might be several weeks or longer before he got to see his mother.
Jack shook his head. Well, she -had- had a year to explain it all too him.
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