After droping Daniel off back at the base and a silent drive home Janet finally pulled her car up into the drive way. Macein, obviously trying to avoid the impending conversation, was out of the car and in the house before the car had compleatly stopped moving. Parking the car and getting her things from the back Janet followed Macein into the house.
Janet felt glad that Cassie wouldn't be home yet, because that meant she didn't have to deal with Cassie's feelings on the whole Daniel issue just yet. But it also made her dissappointed, because she felt that it would have been easier to talk to both Macein and Cassie together at the same time.
Hanging up her coat Janet could hear Macein in the kitchen most likely making himself a sandwhich or something to snack on. Heading in Macein's direction Janet came around the corner of the entry way just in time to see Macein start to head up stairs.
"Now hang on just one minute mister you're not going any where untill you tell whats going on." Janet haulted his escape. "What were you thinking today, starting a fight? You now better then that."
"Yep, you're just like everyone else." Macein replied with a hint of anger in his voice, as he glared at Janet and folded his arms acrosst his chest.
"And just what exactly is that supposed to mean?"
"Your jumping to the conclusion and just automatically asuming that I'm the one that started the fight, that it was all my fault. Since those other two kids were obviously hurt more than me, its only natrual that I must have thrown the first punch. You now what fine I admit it I started the fight, it was totally my fault. I just woke up this morning and decied that I was going to go out and beat the crap out of the first kid I met and thats exactly what I did. So are you happy now I admit it I'm the one to blame for the whole thing."
Once Macein had finished venting his anger and frustration he made his way up to his bedroom with giving Janet the chance to responed to his out burst. Momentarily stunned by Macein's harsh words Janet stood at the bottom of the stairs thinking about what Macein had just said. Realising that Macein was right, that she had jumped to the conclusion and automatically asumed that Macein had been the one to start the fight, Janet started up the stairs heading to Macein's room.
Reaching Macein's room Janet, could hear Macein's stero playing, so when she knocked on his door and didn't getting any reply she gentely opened his door and poked her head in to see what he was doing and to see if it was safe for her to come in. Seeing Macein laying on his bed with one arm thrown over his eyes, Janet fully entered into the bed room, turned the stero off, and sat down in the chair sitting by Macein's desk.
"You're right, I did just automatically asume that you'd been the one to start the fight and I'm sorry." Janet apoligized. "It's just that with your recent behavior and attitdue it's hard not too."
"Yeah whatever, it don't matter." Came Macein's muffled reply.
"Yes it does matter. So would you please tell what today was all about?"
"Look it was nothing, alright, no biggie. Just a couple of guys picking on some smaller kids, you now the usual stuff, name calling, pushing them around, and trying to take their money. So I figured I'd step in and do the good simaritin act. I told the guys to back off and leave the kids alone, they didn't take to kindly to being told what to do. And the next I know we're all sitting in detention for fighting, end of story. Like I said it was no biggie."
"Ok that explains today but what about every thing else? Being disruptive in class, not doing you homework, mouthing off." Not getting an answer Janet contiued. "This recent change of behavior wouldn't have any thing to do with me and Daniel going out would it?"
"What?......no. Why would I have a problem with you and Daniel going out? Daniel's a good guy if you want to go out with him go out with him. It's your life, you can do whatever you want with it. I mean what women in their right mind wouldn't jump at the chance to go out with him?"
Hearing Macein's comment dripping with sarcasim Janet new that she wasn't going to get any farther with him for right now. Deciding to let Macein be for the time being Janet got up and left his room. Puttering around down stairs Janet waited for Cassie to get home, hoping that the conversation with her went better then the one with Macein.
It was about another hour before Cassie got home. Coming home Cassie was suprised to find her mom home from work so early. Putting her bag down by the stairs Cassie went looking for Janet. Finding her sitting outside in one of the lawn chairs Cassie sat down, in the other one, next to her.
"Hey mom what are you doing home so early?"
"Hi honey. I'm home because Macein got into trouble at school today and I had to go meet with his vice principal."
"Again, so what'd he do this time?"
"Got into a fight with some older kids."
"Oh."
"Hey Cass can I ask you something?"
"Shoot."
"How do you feel about me and Daniel going out? and I mean really how do you feel? I want your honest opinoin."
"I think it's great. I love having Daniel around, sure it's some times a little weird having him around here alot more than usual. But I always knew that you guys would eventually get together. I'm just suprised that it's taken you guys this long. I mean for a while there I was starting to think you two were going to pull a Jack and Sam and just dance around the issue forever. All in all I'm happy for you guys. Why do you ask?"
"Well it's just that I've been thinking and I've relised that Macein's behavior started changing around the same time that me and Daniel's relationship went public....."
"And you think that might be part of his problem. I can understand that, I mean Macein hasn't exactly known Daniel for as long as I have or any of us for that matter. "
"Yeah but I can't seem to get him to talk to me about it. I'm about at my ropes end with him and I have no idea what to do about it."
"I'll talk to him." And with that statment Cassie went back into the house and up to Macein's room.
Not bothering to knock Cassie walked right into Macein's room and plopped down right on top of Macein's legs. Ignoring the glare that Macein threw at her, Cassie contiued to just sit on Macein's legs not saying a word.
"Damn don't you ever knock and will you get the hell off my legs?" Macein asked while moving his legs in just the right way inorder to dump Cassie on the floor.
"Ok now that you've had your fun with breaking my butt, you want to tell me why you've had a stick up your butt these last few weeks?" Cassie replied while getting up off the floor and sitting on the bed next to Macein.
"First of all thats what you get for sitting on my legs and second of all I do not have a stick up my butt. I fine and I wish everyone would stop asking me whats going on, because there is nothing going on with me." Macein got off his bed and started to pace around his room.
"Then whats up with the attitude and bad behavior lately? You've gotta admit you haven't exactly been behaving like yourself lately."
"Yeah and how would you know how I really act? I mean what do you know about me, really know about me? You only know what I've let you know. So how do you know that I haven't just been putting on an act for you guys these last few months and am just now starting to really act like myself?"
"Because I just do. Now I'm not leaving intill you tell me why you have a problem with mom and Daniel going out."
"For the last time I don't have a problem with them going out...." Then seeing the look Cassie was giving him. "Fine.....alright yes I do have a problem with it ok. I can deal with Daniel in an uncle kind of way because that means he only comes around every now and then, and that means that I can't get as attached to him or Jack, or Sam, or even Teal'c, like I have with you and mom. And to be honest I don't want to get as attached to Daniel as I am with you and mom, because I know that if I do, I'm going to have to be twice as worried about losing someone important to me.
It's bad enough that I have to worry about mom getting hurt or even killed and she hardly ever goes off world, but with Daniel, theres no way I couldn't deal with that much uncertinty. I know that Daniel makes mom happy but what happens if one day he goes through the gate and doesn't come back? I mean I know this is Daniel, the guy with more lives than every cat on earth put together, that we're talking about, but the lucks got to run out eventually, and what happens then?"
"Honestly I don't know. But what I do know is that right now, right here Daniel along with the rest of us are fine. We've all managed to make it through another day. Sure tomorrow something could happen to one of us, but we don't know that for sure, so we just gotta stop worring about what might or might not happen tomorrow and live for the now doing things that make us happy."
With nothing else needing to be said between the two Cassie got up and left Macein in his room to think about what she'd said. Walking out into the hall Cassie found Janet leaning against the wall next to Macein's door, with hints of tears in her eyes. Not saying any thing Janet just pulled Cassie into a gentle hug and gave her a kiss on the top of her head.
"So how much of that conversation did you hear?" Cassie asked already having a pretty good idea.
"The whole thing. And you know what you're both right. Now if you'll excuse me I think I need to go have a talk with Macein."
"Sure thing mom and good luck."
Once again entering Macein's room Janet sat down in the same chair as before. Not knowing where to start Janet just sat there waiting for either Macein to say something or for herself to think of something to say.
"You just gonna sit there all day? I figured now that you know whats been going on with me you'd have all kinds of things to say to me."
"Yes and no. I do have things I want to say to you I just don't know how to say them in away that you'll except or even understand."
"Just say what you want to say and will go from there."
And thats exactly what Janet did. It was another two hours before either Janet or Macein emerged from Macein's room. By the time they came out Cassie had started dinner and was watching T.V. waiting for them.
"It's about time you guys came out. I was starting to think that maybe you'd killed each other." Cassie greeted them as they came into the living room.
"Yes well unfortunetly not, so I'm sorry but you still have to share the house with us." Janet joked.
"But maybe next time." Macein added in.
"Oh and mom Daniel called earlier. I told him you were busy taking care of something important. Said he'd try and stop by tonight if it's not to late by the time he gets done with work."
Almost as if on cue the door bell rang. Opening the door Janet wasn't suprised to find Daniel on the other side.
"Now thats timeing." Macein whispered to Cassie as they both disapeared into the kitchen to finish making dinner and to give the two love birds some time alone.
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A/N: I know these last two chapters were kind of angsty, but looking over previous chapters I decided that things were starting to get a little to happily ever after and that it was time to throw a big ol' monkey wrench into things.
Janet felt glad that Cassie wouldn't be home yet, because that meant she didn't have to deal with Cassie's feelings on the whole Daniel issue just yet. But it also made her dissappointed, because she felt that it would have been easier to talk to both Macein and Cassie together at the same time.
Hanging up her coat Janet could hear Macein in the kitchen most likely making himself a sandwhich or something to snack on. Heading in Macein's direction Janet came around the corner of the entry way just in time to see Macein start to head up stairs.
"Now hang on just one minute mister you're not going any where untill you tell whats going on." Janet haulted his escape. "What were you thinking today, starting a fight? You now better then that."
"Yep, you're just like everyone else." Macein replied with a hint of anger in his voice, as he glared at Janet and folded his arms acrosst his chest.
"And just what exactly is that supposed to mean?"
"Your jumping to the conclusion and just automatically asuming that I'm the one that started the fight, that it was all my fault. Since those other two kids were obviously hurt more than me, its only natrual that I must have thrown the first punch. You now what fine I admit it I started the fight, it was totally my fault. I just woke up this morning and decied that I was going to go out and beat the crap out of the first kid I met and thats exactly what I did. So are you happy now I admit it I'm the one to blame for the whole thing."
Once Macein had finished venting his anger and frustration he made his way up to his bedroom with giving Janet the chance to responed to his out burst. Momentarily stunned by Macein's harsh words Janet stood at the bottom of the stairs thinking about what Macein had just said. Realising that Macein was right, that she had jumped to the conclusion and automatically asumed that Macein had been the one to start the fight, Janet started up the stairs heading to Macein's room.
Reaching Macein's room Janet, could hear Macein's stero playing, so when she knocked on his door and didn't getting any reply she gentely opened his door and poked her head in to see what he was doing and to see if it was safe for her to come in. Seeing Macein laying on his bed with one arm thrown over his eyes, Janet fully entered into the bed room, turned the stero off, and sat down in the chair sitting by Macein's desk.
"You're right, I did just automatically asume that you'd been the one to start the fight and I'm sorry." Janet apoligized. "It's just that with your recent behavior and attitdue it's hard not too."
"Yeah whatever, it don't matter." Came Macein's muffled reply.
"Yes it does matter. So would you please tell what today was all about?"
"Look it was nothing, alright, no biggie. Just a couple of guys picking on some smaller kids, you now the usual stuff, name calling, pushing them around, and trying to take their money. So I figured I'd step in and do the good simaritin act. I told the guys to back off and leave the kids alone, they didn't take to kindly to being told what to do. And the next I know we're all sitting in detention for fighting, end of story. Like I said it was no biggie."
"Ok that explains today but what about every thing else? Being disruptive in class, not doing you homework, mouthing off." Not getting an answer Janet contiued. "This recent change of behavior wouldn't have any thing to do with me and Daniel going out would it?"
"What?......no. Why would I have a problem with you and Daniel going out? Daniel's a good guy if you want to go out with him go out with him. It's your life, you can do whatever you want with it. I mean what women in their right mind wouldn't jump at the chance to go out with him?"
Hearing Macein's comment dripping with sarcasim Janet new that she wasn't going to get any farther with him for right now. Deciding to let Macein be for the time being Janet got up and left his room. Puttering around down stairs Janet waited for Cassie to get home, hoping that the conversation with her went better then the one with Macein.
It was about another hour before Cassie got home. Coming home Cassie was suprised to find her mom home from work so early. Putting her bag down by the stairs Cassie went looking for Janet. Finding her sitting outside in one of the lawn chairs Cassie sat down, in the other one, next to her.
"Hey mom what are you doing home so early?"
"Hi honey. I'm home because Macein got into trouble at school today and I had to go meet with his vice principal."
"Again, so what'd he do this time?"
"Got into a fight with some older kids."
"Oh."
"Hey Cass can I ask you something?"
"Shoot."
"How do you feel about me and Daniel going out? and I mean really how do you feel? I want your honest opinoin."
"I think it's great. I love having Daniel around, sure it's some times a little weird having him around here alot more than usual. But I always knew that you guys would eventually get together. I'm just suprised that it's taken you guys this long. I mean for a while there I was starting to think you two were going to pull a Jack and Sam and just dance around the issue forever. All in all I'm happy for you guys. Why do you ask?"
"Well it's just that I've been thinking and I've relised that Macein's behavior started changing around the same time that me and Daniel's relationship went public....."
"And you think that might be part of his problem. I can understand that, I mean Macein hasn't exactly known Daniel for as long as I have or any of us for that matter. "
"Yeah but I can't seem to get him to talk to me about it. I'm about at my ropes end with him and I have no idea what to do about it."
"I'll talk to him." And with that statment Cassie went back into the house and up to Macein's room.
Not bothering to knock Cassie walked right into Macein's room and plopped down right on top of Macein's legs. Ignoring the glare that Macein threw at her, Cassie contiued to just sit on Macein's legs not saying a word.
"Damn don't you ever knock and will you get the hell off my legs?" Macein asked while moving his legs in just the right way inorder to dump Cassie on the floor.
"Ok now that you've had your fun with breaking my butt, you want to tell me why you've had a stick up your butt these last few weeks?" Cassie replied while getting up off the floor and sitting on the bed next to Macein.
"First of all thats what you get for sitting on my legs and second of all I do not have a stick up my butt. I fine and I wish everyone would stop asking me whats going on, because there is nothing going on with me." Macein got off his bed and started to pace around his room.
"Then whats up with the attitude and bad behavior lately? You've gotta admit you haven't exactly been behaving like yourself lately."
"Yeah and how would you know how I really act? I mean what do you know about me, really know about me? You only know what I've let you know. So how do you know that I haven't just been putting on an act for you guys these last few months and am just now starting to really act like myself?"
"Because I just do. Now I'm not leaving intill you tell me why you have a problem with mom and Daniel going out."
"For the last time I don't have a problem with them going out...." Then seeing the look Cassie was giving him. "Fine.....alright yes I do have a problem with it ok. I can deal with Daniel in an uncle kind of way because that means he only comes around every now and then, and that means that I can't get as attached to him or Jack, or Sam, or even Teal'c, like I have with you and mom. And to be honest I don't want to get as attached to Daniel as I am with you and mom, because I know that if I do, I'm going to have to be twice as worried about losing someone important to me.
It's bad enough that I have to worry about mom getting hurt or even killed and she hardly ever goes off world, but with Daniel, theres no way I couldn't deal with that much uncertinty. I know that Daniel makes mom happy but what happens if one day he goes through the gate and doesn't come back? I mean I know this is Daniel, the guy with more lives than every cat on earth put together, that we're talking about, but the lucks got to run out eventually, and what happens then?"
"Honestly I don't know. But what I do know is that right now, right here Daniel along with the rest of us are fine. We've all managed to make it through another day. Sure tomorrow something could happen to one of us, but we don't know that for sure, so we just gotta stop worring about what might or might not happen tomorrow and live for the now doing things that make us happy."
With nothing else needing to be said between the two Cassie got up and left Macein in his room to think about what she'd said. Walking out into the hall Cassie found Janet leaning against the wall next to Macein's door, with hints of tears in her eyes. Not saying any thing Janet just pulled Cassie into a gentle hug and gave her a kiss on the top of her head.
"So how much of that conversation did you hear?" Cassie asked already having a pretty good idea.
"The whole thing. And you know what you're both right. Now if you'll excuse me I think I need to go have a talk with Macein."
"Sure thing mom and good luck."
Once again entering Macein's room Janet sat down in the same chair as before. Not knowing where to start Janet just sat there waiting for either Macein to say something or for herself to think of something to say.
"You just gonna sit there all day? I figured now that you know whats been going on with me you'd have all kinds of things to say to me."
"Yes and no. I do have things I want to say to you I just don't know how to say them in away that you'll except or even understand."
"Just say what you want to say and will go from there."
And thats exactly what Janet did. It was another two hours before either Janet or Macein emerged from Macein's room. By the time they came out Cassie had started dinner and was watching T.V. waiting for them.
"It's about time you guys came out. I was starting to think that maybe you'd killed each other." Cassie greeted them as they came into the living room.
"Yes well unfortunetly not, so I'm sorry but you still have to share the house with us." Janet joked.
"But maybe next time." Macein added in.
"Oh and mom Daniel called earlier. I told him you were busy taking care of something important. Said he'd try and stop by tonight if it's not to late by the time he gets done with work."
Almost as if on cue the door bell rang. Opening the door Janet wasn't suprised to find Daniel on the other side.
"Now thats timeing." Macein whispered to Cassie as they both disapeared into the kitchen to finish making dinner and to give the two love birds some time alone.
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A/N: I know these last two chapters were kind of angsty, but looking over previous chapters I decided that things were starting to get a little to happily ever after and that it was time to throw a big ol' monkey wrench into things.