SG-1's Single Mom
What would have happened if Sam had adopted Cassie?
Tag scene from "Singularity"- the rest of the episode supports my plot line, so here's my alternate ending…
"So, how sure were you?" Daniel asked.
"I can't explain it, Daniel. I just knew." Sam explained.
"A mother's instinct, perhaps?" Teal'c asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Subtle, Teal'c, but no." She said, smiling.
"No." Daniel insisted. "Teal'c has a point there. You are adopting Cassie, so you're her mother."
Sam half-nodded her head, thinking. "I hadn't really thought about it like that. Thanks."
Cassie walked over, holding the dog that Jack had given her.
"Whoa! What have you got there?" Sam asked, chuckling at the size of the dog in comparison with the little girl.
"It's a dog. Jack says it's an Earth rule. Every kid HAS to have a dog." She replied, proudly.
Sam looked at Jack. "Oh, really?"
"Uh, Cassie, why don't you let me take the dog for a little walk? Teal'c, know anything about dogs?" Jack asked, trying to avoid Sam's amused glare.
"Nothing." He responded, following Jack's hint. Daniel followed suit, leaving Sam and Cassie alone on the park bench.
"Cassandra," Sam began. "I, uh, wanted to ask you something."
"Yeah?"
"How would you like to come and live with me?" She asked.
The young girl smiled. "I would love to!" She threw her arms around Sam's neck. "I love you."
Sam closed her eyes as she embraced Cassie. A feeling of indescribable joy and love overwhelmed her. "I love you too."
As they pulled apart, Cassandra's eyes showed a piqued curiosity. "What are those?"
Sam's eyes followed in the direction that her finger was pointing. "Ah…those are swing."
"We didn't have any of those in…"
"Toronto." Sam finished, quickly.
Cassandra's smile widened. "Right…Toronto. They look like fun."
"They are." Sam said, standing up and offering her hand to her soon-to-be daughter as they walked over to the swings. Cassie started running, and her hand slipped from Sam's.
"Come on, Mom!"
Jack, Teal'c and Daniel walked around the park, leisurely, dog in tow.
"So, Jack, how are you going to convince Sam to keep the dog?" Daniel asked, partially amused.
"I've already taken care of that." Jack said, smugly.
"But telling young Cassandra Carter that it is an Earth rule…" Teal'c deduced.
A wicked grin capitalized Jack's face. "You got it!"
The group lapsed into a comfortable silence and stopped at a nearby park bench.
"So, now what?"
"Now what, what?" Jack asked.
"Now that Sam's adopting Cassandra, what happens next?"
"I don't know, she'll probably start dating someone, get married, have a few more kids…I don't know, Daniel…It's up to her now." He said, waving his hands around as he looked studiously at the ground.
"I meant about SG-1." Daniel continued.
"Oh, well, she's going to request some more flexible hours. Not pull all-nighters at the base as often…stuff like that."
"And SG-1?"
"She's going civilian, Danny. Kind of like you. That way, she can have the option of calling in sick."
"And if the SGC should need her expertise?" Teal'c asked, cocking his head to one side and raising an eyebrow.
"One of us will stay with Cassie, or she'll sleep over at Doc Fraiser's." Jack said. "Listen, Sam's going to be a great mom, and we're just going to have to do our best to help her out and support her."
"What's the problem, Jack?" Daniel asked, eyeing his friend.
"What do you mean?"
"You seem to have some unresolved irritation with Captain Carter's decision." Teal'c observed.
Jack just looked at the dog. "I just…I don't know how I'll ever be able to tell Cassie that she's lost another mom."
"Well, we'll just cross that bridge if we get there." Daniel said, logically.
"Yeah."
"Besides, I don't think either one of them could really be happier right now." Daniel continued as all three men watched Sam push Cassie on the swings, both of them laughing and giggling together.
"She has adjusted quickly to her new role." Teal'c said, voicing the other men's thoughts.
"She's a natural, Teal'c." Jack said, watching her with an added interest that the other men would never see. After all, a woman with kids really added to her beauty.
I have a couple episodes that could really change if Sam were to be Cassie's mother, instead of Janet, so here we go...