AN: I want to say thanks to everyone who reviewed... this chapter is probably PG-13 and later on in the story it might be labeled under R because im not really sure how much i can do and really keep it under PG-13 ... so anyway on with the story...
Four hours later they were still in the same position. Both of them sitting Indian style opposite of each other on Jack's king size bed, playing cards.

"So how's life out of college treating you." He said awkwardly while discarding a card.

"Rum!" Cassie shouted.

"Damn. I didn't know you laid down those 5's"

"Gotta pay attention, old man." She said while grinning and adding the 5 to her others.

"Oh you're gonna pay for that remark Cassandra."

"I'm sure."

"But seriously, how's your job going?"

"It's okay but it gets boring when I think about what could be going on over here." Cassie had decided to become a Doctor like her adopted mother. Although her job wasn't nearly as exciting as having to figure out new off-world cures like the Doctors at the SGC got to do on a regular basis.

"Well, I think they have a name for what you're feeling."

"Really what?" she questioned, raising an eyebrow in a Teal'c like manner.

"Depravation-o-Jack O'Neill- ism" he at least managed to keep a straight face up until she slapped him on the arm.

"You always were an ass Jack." She laughed.

"Mind your tongue woman." He said sternly.

"Oh you can't be serious."

"My house, my rules." He shrugged.

"Hypocrite!" she shouted. To which he just smiled.

"Where are you going?" he asked her retreating form.

"I'm going to use your facilities if its okay with you. And don't look at my cards!" she shot back from behind a closed bathroom down connected to his bedroom.

"Yeah, whatever." He sat his cards down as well.

When she came back out she headed for the other door.

"Now where are you going?"

"I'm gonna get a drink, you want something?"

"Yeah a Guinness, please."

"Alright!" she said from the steps. When she returned with a Guinness for him and drinking her own, she almost spit hers out, laughing at the expression on his face.

"What are you staring at all surprised?"

"Cass, I will never get used to you drinking beer."

"Jack, you guys need to stop treating me like a child." She said bluntly.

"Cass, I didn't mean to insult you, its just I've known you since you were what, 12?"

"I know but still." She joined him back on the bed and returned to their game. Although this time Jack noted she didn't try to start up a conversation or continue ones he tried to start. When they finished that hand he gathered up the cards and leaned back against the headboard and stared at her.

"Cassie, why did you come here? Not that I mind cause believe me today has been fun, although Walter seemed pretty upset when I told him I wasn't coming in today. But more importantly what's wrong, I hate seeing you upset. Hell I hate seeing anyone I love upset, whether it be you, Daniel, Carter, or Teal'c." Suddenly as if he flicked on a switch she lit up.

"See that's love right there!"

"Yeah Cassie, I would never hurt you, and I want to be there," she cut him off.

"No not me you dipshit!" she practically screamed. "You and Sam!"

"Cassie." He warned.

Cassie was always the one to bring up Sam's name to him. When the old gang would go out to eat, SG-1, the Doc and Cassie, she would always be there to pull him aside and say things like 'Doesn't Sam look beautiful tonight', 'Why don't you ask Sam to dance, she looks like she would want to.', 'Maybe you should take Sam home tonight.'.

"No, damn it Jack!" She got off the bed and started to pace around his room, pointing a finger at him. "You two love each other but you're too thick headed to even think of the possibilities that you could be together! I mean for cryin' out loud Jack!"

"Cassie why do I have a feeling you're not upset about me and Carter?" He got up as well and grabbed her shoulder and motioned with his other hand to the edge of the bed. She took the hint and they both sat, slightly facing each other.

"Jack I just don't know what to do." He squeezed her shoulder for encouragement and she continued. "I met this guy, he thought he knew me from somewhere but he couldn't place it. He asked me one day on the subway if he knew me from somewhere and I said no."

"Okay well that hardly seems something to be upset about."

"Jack for once, can you just listen?"

"I'm sorry Cass, continue, please."

"Well he asked me out and we went to see a movie, and he was a complete gentleman the whole time, and then we went to a nice dinner and he paid for everything and he was so polite. At the end of the evening he walked me to my door and…" seeing Jacks discomfort she paused and thought this over, "Jesus I cant believe I'm telling you this, you obviously aren't comfortable." There was no accusation in her voice, it was just stated matter-of-factly.

"No Cassie, its okay, I dont like where this is headed but still."

"Oh God, Jack no!" She laughed. "I'm not about to give you details of my sex life!"

"Okay then carry on. Even though I don't really want to know that you have a sex life right now" He said while joining in on the laughter with a chuckle or two, but she stopped.

"There you go again with treating me like a child. I'm 24 years old and I can fuck whoever I want!"

"Cassandra!" well that got her attention "I was joking Jesus Christ! My first time was when I was sixtee…" He mentally slapped himself, he did not want to be telling this to Cassie. "Never mind that but please calm down and continue, I swear ill shut up until you want me to talk." He raised his right hand, and covered his heart with his other.

"Fine now…. Yeah he walked me to my door and I asked him if he would want to come in for coffee or, something." She paused for dramatic purposes only cause well everyone knows how fun it is to see Jack O'Neill squirm. It doesn't happen a lot but when it does, damn is it funny. "But being a perfect gentleman like he was he sweetly declined." Jack let out a small breath he didn't know he had been holding, but luckily for him it went unnoticed by Cassie.

"Okay." He stated simply to let her know that he was listening.

"Well he asked me if he could see me again, and I said sure and I told him to call me cause he already had my phone number. We kissed and then I went inside and he got back into his truck and went home. "

"Um…Cassie?"

"Yeah?"

"Can I say something?" at her nod he continued, "I'm still not picking up on why you're upset."

"I'm not done yet." She smiled a little and then she continued her story. "Well we dated for a while and he was so nice the whole time, always polite and courteous, it was actually starting to get annoying. I mean I love when he's sweet and caring, but I thought he was trying too hard to be a gentleman around me and not being himself. And well I'm a young woman and young women need to have their needs met." At seeing Jack's confused expression, she sighed. "Jack things are a little different now in the dating scene and usually most people don't wait until after the 7th date to… well um…. do certain things."

"Oh, um… okay." He swallowed hard.

"Jack I can stop now if you want."

"No I'm okay, I want to be here for you and if that means coming to terms with the younger generations' ways of going about … certain things, then so be it." He smiled to let her know that he meant it and that she shouldn't worry about his reactions to anything. "Nothing you say will change my opinion of you." And this time she truly believed him.

"Well on our 8th date when he walked me to my door, I asked him to come inside, as I have been since our first date, but this time, unlike the previous dates he accepted and followed me inside." This time she saw no change in Jack's face and she was grateful for that. "Well we talked for a while, and then we sat down and watched TV. About 20 minutes after that, I looked at him and noticed that he hadn't been watching the TV at all. We started kissing and well one thing led to another, and well I shouldn't have to spell it out for you Jack."

"What's that supposed to mean?" he accused, half-heartedly.

"Come on I've heard about your, well lets say conquests shall we, there was that girl that made you old, that Laura chick or was it Lauren, or Laira or whatever the hell her name was and…" she however was cut off from reciting the rest of her list.

"I do not, I repeat, I do not view any of my sex life, or the people in it as conquests." He said sternly. "Sex is not just an act Cassandra, its showing a person that you love them." She looked into his eyes and saw nothing but sincerity and love. Love for her, and she was sure love for the ones he has loved, and for the one he does love, even if he didn't know it yet.

"I'm sorry, Jack I didn't mean it like that."

"There's nothing to apologize for, I was just stating a fact. Now continue, please." He said the last in a much softer tone.

"Okay, well yeah, we had sex and I realized that he wasn't trying to be loving and caring and sweet, he was caring and loving and sweet. He carried me to my bedroom, and laid me on the bed and before he let himself go, he made sure I was," she paused, now herself starting to feel awkward, but was saved from further embarrassment when Jack cut her off.

"Yeah he made sure he made you, uh," he coughed, "yeah I think I get the point you're trying to make."

"Yeah, anyway afterwards I cried, and he asked me if I was a virgin and if he had hurt me. I told him no, I wasn't a virgin and that he didn't hurt me. I was just so touched by the fact he thought he had hurt me and seemed so upset and broken about that possibility that I started to cry more. He held me close and promised me it was okay, whatever it was, it would be okay. I told him it was already okay, and that even though we had only known each other for two and a half months, I told him I loved him and I really meant it Jack, and the thing is, he said it too, and he meant it. I could tell in his eyes that he meant it." She paused to try and judge his reaction.

"Okay, I'm really happy for you Cassie, but why did that get you so upset? It seems to me that, that was a great time."

"I'm not saying it wasn't great I mean it was better then great, it was earth shattering. I mean he knew exactly what to say and do, and oh my god his hands and um... oh my god, I'm sorry Jack I'll stop with the details."

"Thanks, I really don't like to hear anyone's details, so yeah, don't feel offended."

"I'm not."

"Okay so if that was such great sex then why are you all upset." Suddenly Jacks jaw clenched, and he got off the bed, and knelt down in front of her, and places his hands on her knees. "Cass, tell me the truth, did he do anything to you, make you do anything you didn't want to? Cause if he did I swear to whatever god there is I will track him down and…"

"No! God no, Jack I love him and he loves me, at least I thought he did."

"Cass, tell me what happened then." He looked up at her and grabbed her chin and made her look into his eyes, and he saw they had misted over.

"I really don't know what happened. We never really talked about our past life too much. We mostly chatted about things in today's world, and our common interests. We loved so many of the same things it just seemed meant to be. We loved the same movies, music, and he even loved Wormhole X-Treme, how crazy is that? We just kept going out on dates, but he practically lived at my house. So dates were sort of dumb, since we went basically everywhere but work together. But one night after we made love and we were just lying in bed, he said that he felt so retarded, and ashamed. I asked him why and he said because he never asked me my last name. I realized then that I didn't know his either, and I told him not to be ashamed cause we had so much in common and we always had things to talk about we never really asked each other about our last names. I know Jack, I know, how could I sleep with someone who I didn't even know their last name."

"Hey I didn't say anything. But yeah" he paused, cocked his head to the side and squinted, "you never once thought about his last name?"

"No I just knew I loved him, and nothing else really mattered. Well anyway, I told him my last name is Fraiser. He said my name aloud a couple times and said that it was pretty but then it looked as if someone had hit him the face with a bag of bricks. He just bolted upright and started to put on his clothes mumbling about what an asshole he was and how stupid he was for not thinking and stuff like that and like that, he was gone."

"Son of a bitch." He mumbled.

"Jack please," she sighed, but it was a deep throated sigh broken by sobs wanting to get out, "I decided maybe something was wrong apart from me, and that maybe he needed some time away from me. So I didn't call him for 2 weeks, I promised myself that I wouldn't call him that I would wait until he called me. Well I finally ran into him at the grocery store one day and he told me that he couldn't do this anymore, that he couldn't see me anymore. He said it wasn't me that it was him. That he wasn't who I thought he was. I tried to tell him I didn't care that I loved him, and he told me he didn't love me, but the thing is I could see it in his eyes. I could always read his eyes. When he turned me down on our first date I knew he wanted to come inside but he wouldn't. He said he didn't love me but in his eyes I only saw love. He ended up walking away and I stood there for a while after just gripping onto the handle of my cart. I didn't even end up buying anything I picked out, I just got in my car, drove home, and I had every intention of just getting the hell out of dodge. I just wanted to get away from this place where no matter where I looked I saw his face, his smile, his eyes. Well my car just drove here."

"You drove all the way from New York to Colorado, just because you had to get out of dodge? Honey you could have got on a plane. How did you make it here so soon?"

"I only slept one time for like 5 hours, I just kept driving."

"God Cassie, I think you take after me, if you're going to do something, do it as fast and best as possible."

"Yeah" she chuckled, which made him smile. "Well so there's my story." She looked down at her lap and her eyes started watering. Tears fell as she said "Thanks for listening, Jack."

"Always, I will always listen. I will always be there for you. Now I think you should get to sleep, you've had a hard couple of days."

"Alright." She got up and stretched, and she headed toward the guest room where they had put her stuff into earlier. "Once again, thanks Jack."

"Think nothing of it. Goodnight."

"Goodnight."

Jesus Christ I was not expecting that, man how did it get this late? 2200 hours, jeesh maybe I should take off tomorrow to…hm…

With that he got undressed, but instead of going commando tonight, he left his boxers on, I mean come on, he has company people!

AN: please review... the next chapter will be up soon cause i think im pretty much done with it...