"Jack… I can't stand you as a father, but I might like getting to know you as a person."

She held out her hand to him. But instead of taking it, Jack leaned down and gave her a light hug. She hugged him back. When he pulled away, she studied him for a moment. "I'm still not calling you Dad."

"You haven't called me that since before you graduated from high school. I've gotten used to my kid calling me Jack." He turned around and noticed for the first time the threesome standing at the door.

Janet Fraser didn't look very surprised, but then again, she probably read the entirety of Alexa's personnel file. Sam Carter was stunned, her mouth hanging open, her eyes wide. Teal'c raised an eyebrow as Jack looked at him. The gray-haired Colonel shrugged and squeezed past them as he left the room.

Five minutes passed and no one moved. Finally, with a very Jack-like expression on her face, Alexa grumbled, "Jeez, ya tell people who your father is and everyone goes all catatonic."

The doctor was the first one to go. She came over to the lieutenant's bedside and checked her vitals before moving off. Teal'c simply nodded at the young woman before dragging Sam away.

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"It is true, Daniel Jackson. The daughter of O'Neill works in this facility." Teal'c nodded at the stunned archeologist.

"Wow, I mean, I knew about his son, but I never… thought he had other… another kid. He never said… wow." The normally articulate linguist had trouble getting out his words. "Do you know much about her?"

"I do not. You will have to ask O'Neill."

"She looks kinda like him." Sam cut in. "Her eyes especially. They certainly have similar personalities. She made a couple comments that could have been strait out of the Colonel's mouth."

"Wonder why he never told us?" Daniel thought aloud.

"It is unlikely that he would. O'Neill is a private man, Daniel Jackson."

Jack paused outside the open door when he heard his name. They were talking about him and his kid. He would bet on it. The nervous Colonel drew in a deep breath to settle himself before inside.

"Afternoon, campers." He greeted them with a smile pasted on his face. There were no discernable expressions on Teal'c or Carter's faces, but Daniel's was oozing with guilt and embarrassment from getting caught gossiping. "What are ya up to?" Daniel's face grew redder.

"So Jack… you have a daughter?"

Jack had been preparing what he was going to say. "She's one of a set."

Carter and Daniel exchanged glances before the latter spoke again. "A set?"

"Yeah sure you betcha. Twins."

"Why didn't you…"

Jack held up his hand stopping Daniel from questioning him more. "We all have things we're not proud of and… I'm one of theirs." He shrugged his shoulders, he hands shoved deep in the pockets of his BDU pants. "We're scheduled to leave tomorrow at 1300. I'll be… around."

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A few hours later, Daniel started his search for Jack. He wasn't in his office, or Hammond's. He wasn't in the commissary or fitness center. He wasn't in Sam's lab or Teal's rooms. His final stop was the infirmary.

Stepping through the door, the archeologist took a sweeping study of the room. It was nearly empty. He was startled from his search by a voice. "He's not here."

He turned to see at a young woman sitting up in bed. "Who?"

"Colonel O'Neill. I'm guessing you're looking for him after his startling revelation this morning."

"How do you know tha… Oh."

"Lieutenant Alexa Dumas. It's nice to meet you again, Dr. Jackson." She held out a hand to him.

"Again?" Daniel asked as he shook her hand.

"I believe I should you an apology." She gestured to the chair beside her bed. He sat a little shocked by her words. "I attended one of your lectures when I was in college and…"

Daniel smiled at her. "I see. Were you one of the ones who left in the middle or stayed and laughed behind their notebooks?"

"Stayed and laughed." She couldn't help but smiling back at the man. "It was one of the most interesting lectures I'd ever attended… and finding out it was true… was a bit shocking."

Daniel laughed. "It's nice to know at least one person doesn't think I'm a complete lunatic. You studied archeology?"

"Double majored in archeology and anthropology at Yale."

"Then why the Air Force?"

The smile slipped from her face. "Long story."

He sat back in his chair, making himself comfortable. "I've got all the time in the world."

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"O'Neill… are you alright?" When Daniel Jackson had come by looking for the Colonel, Teal'c decided to start a search of his own. He found him on the surface, laying on his back watching the stars.

"I'm fine, T, just fine."

"You are lying, O'Neill." Teal'c sat down on the grass next to the gray-haired Colonel. "What is troubling you? Your child?"

"No… yes." O'Neill sighed. "I haven't seen her since the funeral. Since she decided to give up everything she'd been working for and follow me into the Air Force. I pushed her away so she wouldn't end up like Charlie... just like I pushed Cody away… and Sara." He sat up, his head in his hands.

"You did not wish them to be hurt by you, O'Neill, so you hurt them?"

"Yeah I know it sounds stupid, but it made sense at the time." He flopped back onto the grass and groaned. "I'm such an idiot."

"Indeed."

"You know what…" Jack sat up with a gleam in his eyes. "I'm going to go do what I should have done years ago. Apologize."

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Alexa just stared at the man for a few minutes without saying a word. Daniel crossed his arms over her chest and raised his eyebrows.

"You're just going to sit there until I answer, aren't you?" Daniel simply smiled at her and said nothing. "And you're going to keep that smug look on your face, because you think I'm going to tell you."

Daniel just kept smiling that infuriating smile. It was how he got Jack to open up, why wouldn't it work on someone with his stubborn streak. She was able to keep quiet for three more minutes.

"Fine. You win." The twinkle disappeared from her eyes, replaced by a sorrowful look he had seen too often in similar eyes. "Charlie and I were very close, despite the fact that he was eight years younger than me. We both loved everything ancient Egyptian, much to our father's dismay at having two potential scientists in the family. I graduated high school two years early. And Charlie was so excited when I got into Yale with almost everything paid for. He skipped his first day of school so he could go with me to see my room. He died the week after I graduated."

"Do you blame him? Jack I mean."

Whatever Alexa expected her father's friend to say, it wasn't that. She looked a little shocked at the question.

"No! I never blamed him! It wasn't his fault. The gun was locked up in a drawer. If Charlie had wanted to get the gun, Jack wouldn't have been able to stop him. I was there that day…" She looked away, almost didn't continue. "I was going upstairs to find him. I got a job offer, a museum in Egypt. He would have been so excited. He wasn't in his room, and when I walked past Jack and Sara's… He was in there, looking at the gun. I freaked out… yelled his name… he flinched… and that's when…" Her voice cracked and a tear dripped down her face onto the stark white sheets.

Daniel reached out and covered her hand with his. "It wasn't his fault at all. It was mine. It's my fault Charlie's dead… I turned down the job and entered the Air Force academy a month later. I thought I could somehow… make up for what I did."

Daniel knew there was nothing he could say to ease this young woman's guilt. He just sat down next to her on the bed. When she looked up, her eyes brimming with tears long unshed, he pulled her into his arms and let her cry.

"DANIEL!" The shout caused the two on the bed to look up. Colonel Jack O'Neill stood at the door, anger oozing from every pore. "What the HELL do you think you're doing?"

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A/N:

I've sorta figured out where this story is going now, maybe not the next chapter, but the story as a whole.

Thanks to the three people who reviewed, especially my beta, Chris, and my brother Josh. And special thanks to the person who reviewed that isn't my beta or related me. Thanks also, I guess, to everyone who read it, but please review this time. A simple good or bad would be welcome, though I'd like more.

Thank you.