Ch 13: Cassie meets JJ.

Jack had actually slept through the night with no trouble at all, he didn't whine, he didn't cry or pout… Whatever Teal'c had done those hours she was asleep; he should bottle it.

It was about eight o'clock in the morning, Sam was fixing Jack some scrambled eggs, they had to hurry and get to the SGC before Janet and Cassie arrived. Sam dished all the eggs onto Jack's plate; she took a small handful and ate it before she gave it to Jack. She felt like someone who had been taking care of kids her whole life. The thought made her shudder.

"Tan I have salt?" Jack asked as he spat out the eggs in his mouth. Sam stood there for a moment, waiting… "Pwease?" he added. Sam smiled and handed him the saltshaker. Jack smiled. "Tank you." He began to sprinkle the salt on his eggs.

Sam sat down with her cup of coffee and sighed. "It's going to be a long day." She muttered as she rubbed her forehead.

Jack looked up at her. "How come?" he asked. "How come it's gonna be longer then any 'ovfer day?"

"Cassie's going to be there," she said with a smile. "She is going to flip…"

"Cassie? Cassie who?" Jack asked; he looked interested.

"Cassie, the girl who's going to baby-sit you while I get some work done." She took a sip of her coffee.

"No! I want you!" Jack shouted, he dropped his fork and ran to her side. "I wuv you! I don wanna leave you!"

Sam smirked, if only he felt that way when he was older. She picked him up and cradled him into her arms. "I love you too sweetheart," she said as she squeezed him ever so tightly.

Jack smiled. "More then you wuv Pee?" he asked.

Sam chuckled. "Yes, more then I love Pete."

Jack giggled. "He got mad!" he said with a huge smile, but then it quickly faded. "Then he shouted!"

Sam smiled and hugged him tightly. "Yes, he did."

"It not nice to yell," Jack said, he looked up at Sam. "My mommy yelled at my buver…"

Sam blinked slowly, wondering what had happened to his brother. "I'm sorry," she said as she kissed his hair. "JJ, finish your food." Jack nodded and slowly began to eat, what seemed like hours finally passed and he was done, so they got their things and drove to the SGC.

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"Aunt Sam!" Cassie cried as she ran into the room and squeezed Sam, Cassie had cut her hair to her shoulders and it was pulled back into a tight ponytail. "I missed you so much!" she finally let Sam go.

Sam smiled. "I missed you too sweetie." She assured her. She glanced down at her t-shirt that read 'Tell me again why I need a boyfriend…' "What happened to all your other boyfriends?"

Cassie glanced down at her t-shirt and rolled her eyes. "So, mom said you had a BIG surprise for me." She said with a huge grin. "Can I see it now?"

"Oh, I don't know if you would call it big." Sam said as she turned behind her. "JJ? Can you come here for a moment?" A small boy hurried over to Sam's side with a coloring crayon in his mouth, Sam pulled the crayon away from him and smiled up at Cassie. "Here he is."

Cassie's mouth dropped open. "Why didn't you tell me?" she demanded. "I wanted to be a bridesmaid! Aunt Sam! I can't believe you and uncle Jack got married and adopted a kid without me knowing!" Cassie looked playfully annoyed.

"No! That's not what happened, Cassie…" Sam said as she placed her hands on Jack's head.

Cassie's eyes grew big. "You and uncle Jack had a baby? It aged with some kind of weird technology, that's great!" Cassie said with a huge smile. "I knew this what happen to you!"

"No! Cass, just listen to me, will you-"

"Oh," Cassie said, her eyes about ready to pop out. "I see, it's a secret huh? I won't tell! I promise Sam!" she looked around the room. "Where's Jack?" she whispered.

Sam sighed and pointed to the little boy who was standing next to her. "That's Colonel O'Neill."

"JJ!" Jack stomped his foot and crossed his arms.

Cassie froze. "You've got to be kidding!"

Sam shook her head. "I wish I was," she said. "But, it's him."

Cassie blinked slowly. "Oh my god!" she let out a breath she didn't know she was holding. "That's- That's impossible! Isn't it?"

"Apparently not," Sam muttered.

"How long?" she asked as she looked back up at Sam. "How long has he been like this?"

Sam shrugged. "A few days, not that long, but it seems like a lifetime…" she rubbed her head. "But you lovvve baby-sitting, right? You always said I need to have some kids so you could baby-sit."

"I said you and uncle Jack need to get married so I could baby-sit, there is a BIG difference." Cassie crossed her arms. "How'd it happen anyways? How are you going to change him back? He's not going to be stuck like this forever is he? Oh god I hope not, that would be horrible!" Cassie paced up and down Sam's lab thinking.

"Cass, will you stay still for a moment please?"

Cassie turned to Sam. "Huh?"

"You asked me some questions…" Sam reminded her.

"Oh, yeah…" Cassie put her hands on her hips. "So?"

"First of all, we don't know for sure what happened, but we have a pretty good idea, secondly, we don't know how we're going to change him back, and thirdly… I hope not!"

Cassie looked back down at Jack. "Can he remember anything? Like when he was older?" Jack glanced from Cassie to Sam, obviously confused.

Sam shook her head. "Nope."

Cassie smiled. "You mean, he's just a little boy?" she asked.

Sam laughed. "Just a little boy? Here, you take him and find out…" she said as she handed him over to Cassie. "He's all yours."

"Aunt Sam, I-"

"I don wanna go with her!" Jack shouted.

Sam gave him a stern look. "You go with her and have fun." She sat down on a chair. "While I try and get some work done."

Cassie sighed and sat Jack down. "Aunt Sam, I came back for spring break, not to baby-sit…" Jack looked up at her and smiled.

"I wanna go with you!" he said suddenly.

Sam turned to him confused. "Why?"

Jack smiled. "'Cause she looks nice!" Cassie laughed.

"All right, let's go bother Daniel!"

Jack shook his head furiously. "No! Please! I don wanna!" he scooted away from her. Cassie gave a confused glance at Sam.

"How come?" she asked.

"… 'cause, I don wanna Miss Sam to get hurted again…" he looked up at Sam tearfully.

Cassie quickly turned to Sam. "What? What is he talking about? You got hurt? Are you okay? God, I'm sorry, I didn't know, why didn't mom tell me?"

Sam shook her head. "Cass, I'm fine," She muttered. "I didn't get 'hurted' I'm fine."

"But-"

"Cassie," Sam said.

Cassie went on her knees so she was at Jack's eye level. "What happened JJ?" she asked.

"She was 'wying there! Just 'wying! I taught she was dead!"

"Aww," Cassie gave him a hug. "Sam, what happened?"

"Nothing!" Sam insisted.

Cassie stood up and glared at her. "Fine, I'll go ask mom." She took Jack's hand and led him out of the room. Sam let out a sigh of relief, and then turned to her laptop, now she could actually get some work done!

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I've been SO busy with the wedding, I've been sewing a whole lot (We have TONS of dresses to make). So, sorry it took me a while to update!

Thanks Morgann for editing this!