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Jack had no idea how he got from the infirmary to the briefing room. When Charlie walked into the infirmary he didn't know what to think. Of course he'd heard Fraiser talk about waiting for Charlie but he'd assumed she meant Charlie Kowalski never in a million ears Charlie O'Neill. Jack had finally come to terms with Charlie's death, it had taken a lot of time and pain to be able to look at the home videos of a growing up Charlie but he could now.

The boy that he was faced with now was fast becoming a man. He was already as tall as Dr Fraiser at only 13 and a half. His hair was shorted than it had been when he'd been smaller and now looked to be modelled on Jack's current hairstyle, sticking up as Jack's did also. Although he looked older Jack could still see all of the features in this Charlie that had been present in his young son.

When Charlie had seen him, he'd given the same uncertain smile that his son had given whenever he'd broken something or done something wrong and was unsure of what his dad's reaction would be. Why hadn't anyone warned Jack of who was here, surely they knew him well enough by now to know what kind of effect this would have on him. "Shall we go?" Charlie had asked gesturing outside wanting to get away from his fathers penetrating gaze.

Charlie knew what had happened to his counterpart in this reality so understood the cold response from his father. Even though he knew this he was still a little hurt, after all he'd seen his dad's body and then here was this Jack who looked exactly the same. He was just a kid still after all, all he wanted was to be hugged by his parents and told everything would be alright, but in this reality he knew it would never happen.

The images Charlie had seen would haunt him for the rest of his life; Sean and Jo were lucky they hadn't seen their parents bodies and everything else would either be forgotten as they got older or passed off as a dream. In the briefing everyone looked to Charlie for the answers, he'd told Daniel and Janet some of the story but not all of it. Charlie took a long while to gather his thoughts, "take your time son." General Hammond said.

Charlie took a deep breath and began, "Ok 5 years ago Daniel made the Stargate work and a team went through to Abydos. The core of the team was Daniel, dad, Sam, Kowalski, Ferriti and a few others I can't remember. Well eventually they came back but Daniel stayed behind." Charlie thought for a minute, "so that was a bad place to start, I shulda said that just before that my original mom killed herself, I wasn't around when it happened cos I was at school so don't really know the details and dad never really talked about it. I think he felt guilty cos he'd just asked her for a divorce."

"Well anyway all that stuff I said before happened and after the first mission dad and Sam started dating then like a week after they'd come back from their honeymoon they were called back to the Stargate project. They went on missions came back the normal stuff you probably do. Then six months later mom found out she was pregnant that's when Sean was born, and then about 18 months ago she found she was pregnant with Jo."

"When she got back to work they realised the Goa'uld were coming but couldn't find a way to stop them. A lot of people were saved through the Stargate, we were supposed to be some of the last to go through but the Goa'uld arrived early and blocked our Stargate so we couldn't leave. Mom and Dad hid us away but I saw they were in trouble so I went to help them..." Charlie gave a huge gulp of air trying to stop the tears from coming as he relived the past 24 hours. Sam put her hand on his shoulder in an act of support.

"I got there using tunnels and secret passages and when I did the Jaffa had gone. Loads of dead Jaffa lay about so at least mom and dad hadn't gone without a fight but... but they were on the ground, Teal'c had taken a direct hit by a staff weapon so had Daniel, mom must have been zatted twice cos she looked as if she was sleeping but she wouldn't wake up. Dad was next to her he had a nasty shoulder injury and one on the lower abdomen but he was still alive. He...he...he said he loved us and... would always be with us... and I had to get us to safety. And then he was gone." Charlie said so softly they had to strain to hear; he angrily wiped the tears from his eyes as he struggled to continue.

"The base was set to self destruct in 10 minutes so I got Seam and Jo and we headed to Daniel's lab. Before they came they were planning to ask some alternative realities for help but never got the chance so I used that. Just after we came here the base musta exploded and it destroyed the mirror. So that's my story." Charlie looked to each of the group waiting for their questions.

"So those children in the infirmary are Col. O'Neill and Maj. Carter's children?" Hammond asked, Charlie nodded.

"Look I know I'm in no position to make demands but neither know that anything's changed they think dad and Sam are their mom and dad. I know that you're not together but biologically they're yours can you please think about being their mom and dad. You loved them so much I'm sure you could do so again I mean they're great kids and this is their brother saying that. If we're adopted there's no way we would all get a place together."

"That is Col. O'Neill and Maj. Carter's decision and theirs alone, but in the meantime I have to speak with my superiors over this matter, for now you are confined to the base." Charlie nodded, "If there are no further questions you are all dismissed." The general went into his office to call the president leaving SG-1 around the table.

"I must go and complete my kelno'reem, welcome to this world Charlie O'Neill." Teal'c said.

"And I'm going to go and see Sean and Jo, by the way what are their full names?" Sam asked

"Jolinar Sara O'Neill and Sean Jackson O'Neill." Charlie smiled at a memory, "mom chose Jackson she thought it was funny 'the son of Jack' she'd say but also a way of naming him after Daniel. Well dad said he didn't like it but he did really, he thought it was typical of mom so clever but so perfect." Sam smiled and he smiled back.

"I'll come with you Sam." Daniel said as she left, leaving Jack and Charlie alone. When Jack didn't make an effort to make conversation Charlie did.

"Dad?" he asked and just like that it was as if the 8-year-old Charlie was in the room with Jack, scared and lonely, and as much as Jack wanted to comfort him he couldn't. "Look I know you're not him but this is hard, coming here it's like none of that stuff ever happened and I'm still in my reality it's really confusing me. Bu tone things for sure you were a great dad in any reality, know that your Charlie loved you and thought the world of you"

"And I know it's against regulations but you and Sam made such a great couple, I mean you and Sara had good times but you and Sam are made for each other."

"She doesn't think of me in that way, she's Carter my second in command and even if we did feel like that its against the regs."

"But you have kids together now, even if you decide not to keep them DNA tests will prove they're yours and it'll be pretty had to explain all of this to outsider so maybe you should stop being so stubborn and scared of finally being happy and just go and see Hammond and see what he can do." Charlie had not seen his dad this depressed since his mom died.

"Look I'm not the father you've know all your life and Sam's not the woman you've known either and anyway I don't even know if she feels the same." Jack had finally admitted out loud that he cared deeply for Sam.

"Believe me she feels the same. I've only been here a few hours and I can see how you two feel. Did you not even realise the way she was looking at you throughout the briefing trying to catch your eye and make sure you were ok. A look of pain in her eyes at the hurt you were going through and how close you stand next to each other and how often you touch often without knowing. It's obvious to everyone but you." Charlie finished staring at Jack who sat speechless in front of him.

Hearing Charlie say it it all seemed so simple he loved Sam but what Charlie was saying couldn't be true how could she fall for a sarcastic, annoying, old, scarred Colonel. So many things had happened in such a short space of time that Jack could not process them. He needed time to think, "Look I need some space to think so I'm going to bed, you ok to get back to the infirmary?"

"Yeah sure. Sorry to dump all this on you."

"Don't worry about it it's not like you asked the Goa'uld to invade. Night Charlie."

"Night dad." They both got up and went their separate ways.

So there's the second chapter I hope you liked it. There's more to come, probably tuesday or wednesday so in the meantime please review!!!