I'll Always Be There

Summery:

Cassie gets into some trouble can Jack find her in time?

Cassie is in her dorm reading her e-mail when she gets a knock on her door wondering if it was her Aunt Sam she opens the door only to find one very uncomfortable General Jack O'Neill.

"Hi Uncle Jack." Cassie says in surprise looking around him for the rest of SG-1. No such luck wondering why he was there she continued the conversation to find out. Only she can get something from Jack especially if it is classified.

"Hi Cassie. How are you today?" Jack replied trying not to fidget to much.

"I'm great but a little bored, I have a date tonight with this guy Ted but that isn't until 7:00p.m." Cassie says hoping to get him out of his brooding mood.

"Tragedy." Jack replies with his usually sarcastic abilities. His expression makes Cassie think he still thought of her as that small vulnerable girl that SG-1 found on a planet completely wiped out except for her. But Cassie was used to this by now, his overprotective personality was something of a safety blanket sometimes and it helps because Ted is a blind date her room mate had set her up with.

She was just about to ask why he was here when he said, "So you have a blind date. What do you know about him? How close is he to your room mate? How long..."

" Uncle Jack, breathe." She said in a normal voice. "Sheesh." She muttered.

"I heard that." He said mock glaring at her but he couldn't hide the grin he had forming. How he could hear her muttering Cassie didn't know but she felt the need to interrogate him all the same.

"First of all, how did you know about my date let alone that it was a blind one?" She replied setting him with a glare that she could have only learned from her Step-mother Janet. Thinking that Jack felt the wave of sadness he had been fighting to control come back. Janet had been shot by an enemy staff blast on a mission off world 4 months ago but he still missed the doctor, Needles and all. Jack sighed thinking "What am I coming to missing Janet's needles!" Suddenly he shuddered turning to Cassie as she said his name for the third time, at her concerned look he scolded himself "gee Jack her mom just died and here you are spacing out on her maybe you should have sent Carter!"

"Sorry Cass I was just thinking about how much we could use your mom right now at the SGC" He shuddered again, "including her evil needles!" Cassia felt the familiar sadness but she smiled at her Uncle he always new how to make her feel better even referring to her mothers need to poke people (Specifically the General because he hated them so much and was always complaining about how they jabbed him so hard.)

"I miss her so much it hurts but I know she's not coming home." Cassie said almost letting out a sob but she fought it back along with the tears that were forever threatening to fall.

Jack threw his arms around her whispering comforting words while trying to keep his own emotions at bay. When Cassie finally realized they were still in the hallway she let him in to sit on the couch. They talked about everything and yet nothing until Cassie realized it was 5:45 and she still had to get ready. Jack noticing her look of horror was on the clock decided he had better tell her why he was here and now was the best time. "Cassie ummm...... yeah uh well don't get angry OK but uh" Great Jack thought Just great Jack, boy you sure are a conversationalist! Well here it goes! "Carter said you have a date and I wanted to make sure he is ok, is that ok?" Cassie stared at him trying to decipher what he said. He wanted to make sure the guy was up to standards that meant Oh No! His truck looked a little full like he was moving. General Jack O'Neill had brought all the weapons he could find to Cassie's House. His plan being, to scare the boy bringing her on a date. Cassie saw the weapons and her widened, a look of horror on her face. He set the weapons down and tried to get her attention. She didn't move until she heard the door bell ring.