CHAPTER 2
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A/N: Well, I'm in a bad mood. I have a bronchial asthma again and it better not last 2 months like the last time! I'm hoping to get rid of it in a few days as the HSC is on Monday:DIES: – But, on the bright side I got accepted into a college and my uncle bought me an iPod Nano for my Birthday! I filled it with a few Stargate Pictures to! And now, I present you with the next chapter!
DISCLAMER: Not mine. Don't own SG, Wormhole X-Treme or the Simpsons.
Thursday morning and Cassie grabbed her bag and headed out to school.
"By Cassie, have a good day."
"By Sam, you too!" and with that she closed the door and started walking to the buss stop.
A car pulled up on the side of the road and Cassie peered in. And the window came down.
"Cassie, I'm sorry."
"I'll only get in the car with you on one condition."
"Name it."
"Come to lunch on Sunday at my house, do you comply?"
"Cass..."
"Yes or no?" Cassie glaring at him.
Jon gave a dramatic pause and started the engine and he drove off. Well that's what Cassie thought would happen but he started the engine and said
"Should I bring a salad?" and Cassie smiled, and grabbed her bag and hoped in the passenger seat next to Jon.
Cassie sat on the lab bench in her biology class taking notes from the teacher who was answering a question one of the students asked
"At high altitudes, blood is not able to absorb as much oxygen as at sea level. The human body adapts to what is effectively oxygen deprivation by initially increasing heart rate, breathing rate, then the number of red blood cells (more haemoglobin), then density of capillaries." And at that the bell rang and every one started collecting there books together.
"Cassie, wait up." Jason called out before Cassie left the room to go to her locker.
"Hey Jason, what's up?"
"I heard you wrote that story in English that Miss Rubinstein confiscated of Jon."
"Ah, kind of, yeah."
"No, no, no, don't get me wrong! I liked it, was that by any chance related to the characters from Wormhole X-Treme?" Jason asked with a smile on his face that melted Cassie. But, at that Sophie interrupted there conversation with her own comment. "Science Fiction! Eww, I hat it, I watched that show once out of boredom. Some doctor adopted an Alien girl. Who writes that crap!"
Cassie rolled her eyes and saw as Sophie took some scissors out of a pencil case and started cutting off split ends. Jason also looked more than a little annoyed at that comment. Took the scissors off of her and placed his penile case in his bag.
"For starters," he went on, "science fiction is a great genre that reflects our humanity and explores concepts of society and culture through past, present and future while also being entertaining. And, yes it may have its corny lines but hell, you watch bold and the beautiful and have a fake tan!" With that that, Sophie's mouth was dropped to the floor and Cassie tried to stifle a laugh.
"Yeah, you can't really hate science fiction as due to widespread globalisation with the ear of technological advantages it is clear that science fiction had split into a new genre of science, rather than fiction. And plus, it generally is based on ideology and mythology so..."
"Okay, whatever geeks. Are you coming to the movies tonight Jason?"
"No, I'm busy."
"Okay. Fine, See you tomorrow." And with that she walked off.
"I think we gave her a headache." Jason laughed as he placed his back pack on his back and walked out with Cassie down the hall way.
"So, are you two going out?" Cassie asked questionably.
"Completely not. No, it's just she's my sisters friend and she's always hanging around."
"Ahh.. and that's your twin sister?"
"Yes and no. We're triplets. No one suspects that Dave and I are related. Only that we both have the same last name. So... are you and Jon going out?"
"No, he's my best friend." She smiled up at Jason.
"Rite." He said smiling back.
"Speak of the devil." Cassie said as she saw Jon leaning against her locker trying to untangle his Yo-yo. They watched as he got angry with it and threw it in the bin and as he looked up his anger washed away and he smiled.
"Hey Cass, Jason."
"Hey Jon." They both said.
"Okey, well I have too go, Dad's birthday tomorrow have to get him something. I'll see you guys tomorrow."
"Sure think Jason." And with that he walked off and Cassie smiled at Jon. "So, Jon you better be buying me an Ice-cream this afternoon."
"I was thinking we by a tub and eat it at yours, show me your new place." At that Cassie grinned up at him.
"Sam will be home in about 3 hours, depends how much she gets caught up in it or sometimes she comes home early and takes her lap top to work on what ever she's working on. "
"Okay." Jon said making his way towards the kitchen and already gone to get out the spoons and bowls as Cassie went to put her bag in her room. When she came back, there bowls were full and Jon had also put Chocolate Ice-magic on top.
"I see you found everything all rite." She said taking her bowl and making her way to the lounge turning on the TV to 'The Simpsons' as every afternoon they has a marathon playing till 7:30.
"Oh yeah, well lucky guess on where everything is."
"Rite" Cassie said getting up and letting Homer in from outside. And he jumped up on the and sat in between Cassie and Jon watching the Simpsons and eating Ice-cream.
Homer: How is education supposed to make me feel smarter? Besides, every time I learn something new, it pushes some old stuff out of my brain. Remember when I took that home winemaking course, and I forgot how to drive?
Cassie and Jon mindlessly watched 'The Simpsons' all afternoon and ate the whole tub of Ice-cream.
Bart: Aren't we forgetting the true meaning of Christmas? You know, the birth of Santa.
"Speaking of Christmas," Cassie said laughing, "what are you doing this Christmas?"
"Sit in my empty house and celebrate with some beer in front of the TV." He said getting up and stretching.
"Don't be stupid." Cassie said patting Homer, "They'll never sell you beer." She shook her head and thought about how much Jon was like Jack, and as she watched him something in her head clicked.
"You know, Carter's going to kill me if she finds out I let us eat a whole tub of Ice-cream before dinner." He said kneeling down in the cupboard and getting Sam's box of chess peaces out and placing them on the Chess board that was on the coffee table underneath some science mags. Cassie just sat there staring at him in bewilderment and had to shake her head and decided to try something.
"Jack, pass me the knight."
"Cass, it's a horse, the night sits on top. This horse has no night." Cassie smiled, but still didn't understand how he could be...
"So, did you read some more of my Fan-Fiction last night?"
"Cass, you're a grate writer I was reading one last night I couldn't sleep till I finished it. You sure you want to shove needles in people like your mum? You could write your own books."
"Jees, there not that good, so, what do you think of those Regs?"
"They're there for a reason, I understand that. But does life have to be so cruel, and the next thing you know it'll get worse, and he'll have an 18 yr old clone who goes back to high school because it's that or die. So he's got no friends, his how old and he has pimples and a puny body." And with that Jack looked at Cassie who's eyes were wide. "Ahh, where's the bathroom?" He asked.
Cassie new well and truly he knew where it was, "down the hall to your right."
"Okay, be rite back." He said walking off as Cassie kept talking.
"That's the most you've ever said on one topic maybe you should write a story."
"You know what, I will." He said and she heard the door shut.
'Holey... okay this is weird, a clone...well it wakes a whole lot of sense but why the hell wouldn't he just tell me strait up?' she understood now why he didn't want to meet Sam but she grew angry towards the secrecy of him not trusting her. And at that the opened and the all too familiar voice called out.
"Cassie I'm home." Sam said as she came in and made her way to the lounge room to see Cassie. "Hey how are you today?" Sam said looking at the two bowls, Homer on the lounge and the empty ice-cream tub. "I'm hoping you and Homer didn't eat that whole thing.
"Ahh, no Homer didn't, me and-" And at that Jon walked back in the room,
"Jon?" Sam said finishing off Cassie's sentence.
"Hi." He said standing there with his hands in his pocket.
Cassie looked at the reaction on Sam's face as she saw Jon. 'Well, ha, they get no sympathy! They could have told me! I'm just going to make it extremely awkward' Cassie thought and smiled to herself. Taking 'Jon' by the arm, she gave him a kiss on the cheek and walked him up to Sam, Sam's eyes popping out at there closeness it made Cassie grin.
"Sam, this is Jon. Jon, this is Sam." And Cassie noticed the look on Jon's face it was unexplainable and Cassie Just kept grinning. They both looked at Cassie and how happy she was then looking at each other's eyes again in silent agreement they kept up the act.
"Nice to see you Jon. I've heard allot about you."
"I hope all good things."
"Not really, no." Sam smiled and Cassie laughed knowing it was all true but it was too funny for her too keep a strait face at this point as Jon squirmed.
"Sam, Can Jon stay for dinner?"
"Cassie- I don't think,"
"If Sam loves me, she'll say yes." And at that she looked at Sam and pulled Daniel's priceless puppy dog face. And Sam awkward smiled at Jon,
"Sure. No problem at all."
Jon new there was no getting out of this. He had his homework with him and had already told Cassie he wasn't doing anything.
"Thanks." He said. And Cassie's jaw was now hurting from grinning.
"Okay, well I'm going to have a shower. I'll be out soon, make yourself at home."
"Sure." And with that Cassie left them to there awkwardness.
"So... miss me?" Jon said. Sam didn't know how to answer that at all.
"How long have you..."
"Look, Frasier moved me here when I broke my leg. Cassie doesn't know... what I am."
"Who you are." Sam corrected him.
"What I am. She knows who I am, Jon – Jonathan. Hell! I'm not changing my name Carter I didn't choose to shrink. To me, I'm not clone, there's just me, and... him... Your Jack."
"'Your Jack.'?"
"You know what I mean Carter!" Jon said distracting himself and taking the plates from the coffee table and walking to the sink and rinsing them before putting them in the dishwasher. He then made his way to the fridge and grabbed a beer. And as he was about to open it Sam took it from him and put it back. "I hope you don't drink in front of Cassie, your mind may be older, but you're 18."
"Not by choice."
"And I get that. And I know how much time you spend with Cassie. You haven't implied you liked her have you?"
"What! God no Carter! Have you been dipping in the Iodine? She's like a daughter to me!"
"Just checking, you know, you are18 I won't think any more of it!"
"I'm still me!" he looked her in the eyes. "Maybe I should go."
"Cassie wants you to stay."
"And you don't."
"I never said that."
"I know." He sighed as he made himself two glasses of water and passed one to Sam. "It's nice to see you again. I know it's weird. But I miss you guys."
"Thanks."
"So what's for dinner?"
"You two ate that whole thing of Ice-cream and you're still hungry?"
"The advantage of being a teenager: We're black holes."
"I noticed. My fridge actually has food in it so I can feed us healthy food and not take out all the time. I don't know how Janet did it."
"You're doing a fine job Carter."
"Thanks. You are too."
And at that Cassie came out of the shower clean, and dressed.
"So, what's for dinner?" Cassie asked smiling at Jon and Sam.
"Ah, should we make a Pizza? I have some bases and some toppings so you can put what you like on. Haven't had that in a while."
"Sound's good."
"Yeah, that's fine" Jon said a bit more relaxed.
"So, are you coming for lunch this Sunday?" Sam asked.
"Yeah, he is." Cassie said going over to the fridge to get some grated Cheese.
"Okay, oh guys. Jack's flying in this weekend too, so I was going to get him to cook for us." At that moment Jon was drinking his water and started chocking on it.
"You okay Jon?" Cassie asked.
"Ah, yah, there's just nothing better then my own cooking." Jon said loud enough for Sam to hear as Cassie put the oven on.
"What was that?" Cassie asked only hearing a mumble.
"Nothing Cass."
"Ah, so how's School?" Sam asked more directed at Jon.
"It's still there." he shrugged and went to the fridge and pulled out the tomato paste, olives and mushrooms."
TBC
A/N: Well, I know it wasn't very long but I kept needing to go to bed! This took me all day to write! So, I hope it made sense as I have a temperature and it's scrambling my brain. I hope you enjoyed that Chapter. Please, comments, suggestions, requests most welcome! So, please REVIEW!
-Kc