Chapter Five
Siblings

Author's Note: Lots of dialogue! Yay! I think this is my longest chapter yet! Wow, I can't wait to start tying in all these events. Muchos Gracias to all my fabulous readers who left comments-that is what makes me wanna keep writing.
Disclaimer: I don't own it, but I do love it.
Spoilers: S7 Fragile Balance

BIG JACK IN THE CAR WITH MINI-JACK'S MOTHER

"Hey honey, how'd it go?" a woman who was probably his "Mom" asked as Jack opened the door of a black Jeep Liberty.

"Uh, it was good. It was…really interesting uh, Mom." Jack replied as he struggled for the right words.

"What did you do there? You know Ryan has been bugging me all day about this, maybe he will be able to go sometime. I think Cheyenne Mountain has tours of the complex, right?"

"Yeah they do. So uh, where's Ryan right now?" Jack asked as his curiousity to find out who Ryan was peaked. Maybe he was a step-father, or a brother. Jack was pretty sure Ryan was younger because his mother had said maybe he would have an opportunity when he was older. Well, that'd be cool having a little brother. Jack had never had any siblings.

"He's at his hockey tournament. Don't you remember?" she laughed, and contiued on. "He's only been jumping off the walls about it since October."

"Oh yeah," Jack tried to fake a laugh. "I swear that kid is gonna go pro."

"Maybe." she replied as her cellphone suddenly rang. Jack silently looked out the window trying to soak in the area as she talked.

"Hello? Oh, hi sweetie. How are y- what? Oh my God, is he okay? What hospital are they taking him to? Yeah, I just picked him up. I'll meet you there. Bye." obviously something was going on by the tone of her voice and the conversation, but Jack didn't really know what.

"Eh, Mom? What happened?" he asked, awkwardly using the word Mom.

"It's Ryan. Some kid rammed into him during the game. Your father thinks he may have broken his leg, and possibly an arm. I'm driving right over to the hospital, sorry I can't drop you at home first." She said with strain in her voice.

"It's fine." he said.

"Are you okay today hon? You're awfully…coopertative today."

"Yeah, just trying to be a better person you know…" Jack said back as he tried not to cringe at his horrible excuse.

JANET'S HOUSE

"SAM! OHMYGAWD!" Cassie Fraiser yelled as she ran out the front door of the house to greet her Mom and friends.

"Hey Cass, how are ya?" Sam Carter asked as she tried not to fall under Cassie's massive hug.

"Hi Cassie." Daniel said smiling as he stood in the background. Cassie's jaw dropped to the ground.

"Daniel! Holy crap! You're…really, really hot." Cassie stated as Daniel blushed. "Sam, you look a lot like me, too. You were right, we did, well do look alike."

"We're great Cassie, but can we get settled in? I'm kind of tired after all that's been going on." Daniel asked as he struggled to hold his bag overtop his shoulder.

"Yes, c'mon Cassie. Let them get inside before you bombard them. Daniel, I set you up in the guest bedroom, and Sam, you can have the extra bed in Cassie's room…if you don't mind." Janet spoke for the first time since she got out of the car.

"Yeah that's fine." Sam replied as Cassie jumped up and down.

"Oh this is gonna be so cool! It's gonna be like I have a sister! Oh yeah, and like a brother too!" Cassie said as she jumped up and down. Janet held open the door as the group entered the house, and went off to their separate bedrooms.

Cassie's room was large because Janet had lived alone in the house when she adopted her, and the house had three bedrooms. Cassie had the front bedroom though, whilst Janet's and the guestroom were split in the back. Sam walked into Cassie's postered bedroom. Everywhere there were posters or pictures. Sam remembered having a few in her old room, but not this many. From the titles on some of them she read off the names Blink-182, Simple Plan, The Clash, and Nirvana. She recognized The Clash and Nirvana, but Blink-182 and Simple Plan were a mystery to her. Pictures of Cassie with the Colonel, her dog, Teal'c, alone, with friends, Daniel, and various ones of her with Cassie, and Janet with Cassie, covered her closet door in a collage.

"Hey Sam, you can put your stuff in here. I cleared out the top two drawers, and I put some clothes in there that you may fit into. Mom said you were around my size so I put in some sweatshirts and jeans. I had shoes too, but Mom said yours still fit." Cassie told her as she walked into the room from behind.

"Okay, thanks Cass." Sam smiled at her. "I'm gonna just lie down for a bit though alright?"

"Oh, yeah, yeah that's fine. Um, I'll get you when Mom orders dinner. Okay?" Cassie said back.

"Alright." Sam said as Cassie quietly closed the door behind her. Sam laid down on the bed, and was asleep in no time.