Chapter Six
All in the Family

Author's Note: Another one up!

Disclaimer: I wish I owned Stargate. I'm jealous of Amanda Tapping lol, but I adore her. Gets to hang out with hot guys all day...

Spoilers: S7 Fragile Balance

COLORADO SPRINGS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL

"Oh my gosh, Patrick. Is he alright? Where is he?" Jack's "Mom" squealed as she stampeded over to her husband.

"Ellen, settle down. He's fine. They took him to Radiology, and are doing x-rays right now, but the paramedic said that he thinks Ryan's leg is fractured. We don't know about his arm at the second. He has a concussion as well, but it's minor." Jack's "Dad" told his hysterical wife. She had gone mad five minutes after she hung up the cellphone. She was going about sixty miles an hour, and cutting people off left and right. Jack was scared for his life. He made a note to himself to try to get someone else to drive him if he went out again.

"Oh god, that scared the hell out of me." Ellen (aka Mom) said. For the first time, Patrick (aka Dad), noticed Jack standing casually behind his mother.

"Hey sport, how was your airforce tour thing?"

"Oh, it was cool. Had a lot of planes and missiles and guns, ya know, military stuff." Jack replied to him.

"That's right up your alley." Patrick said back with a small chuckle. He tuned his attention back to his nervous wife. "We can go back and see him if you want hon," he continued. "Ry's just a little dazed, that's all." At that point a man in scrubs came out of the double doors leading back to the examination rooms of the ER.

"Hello, I'm Mark Colton. I am the doctor taking care of your son right now. We got the x-rays back, and we have found a major fracture in Ryan's right ankle, his knee, and there are hairline fractures in his tibia. In order to fix this properly, we will need to do surgery. I have the papers of consent here for you to sign." the doctor said. El turned white as her husband talked quietly with the doctor. Jack had surgery done for his badly broken leg from when he and Carter got trapped in Antarctica. It wasn't a major operation.

"Mom, this isn't a big operation…I had it before, and-I mean my friend had it before when he broke his leg." Jack said.

"Really? Was he alright?" she asked.

"He was back to school in a matter of weeks." he lied.

"Ellen, you have to sign this too," Patrick turned to his wife as he held out a pen. Some color returned to her cheeks as she handed the signed paper back to the doctor.

"Alright then, we're already to go," Doctor Colton said. "You can come back and see him before we give him anesthesia." Jack's parents followed the doctor through the double doors with him in tow. It was going to be a hell of a long night.

JANET FRAISER'S HOUSE THE NEXT MORNING

"Daniel, c'mon get up." a familiar sounding voice said as he felt a gentle shove.

"Arghh, Cassie, what time is it?" he asked groggily. He hoped Janet would let him have a cup of coffee.

"It's 11 am, sleepy. Mom said get your butt out of bed before she comes in to get you herself." the girl said back with a sarcastic smile. The idea of Janet coming in to wake him up wasn't bad at all. In fact, he wished she would wake him up every morning. He could only fantasize of what he would do if she came in, and tried to wake him up. Oh yeah…wait was this wrong? Jeez, he hadn't felt this turned on from a thought since he was 17. Ugh, another fabulous effect of teenage hormones. Cassie had left the room, and he got up.

"We're going shopping." Sam told Daniel happily as he descended down the flight of stairs. "Janet is going to go get us some clothes of our own. You can't wear your BDU's in public so…"

"Daniel, Cassie's friends Jake and Matt are going to take you shopping in town. Cassie and Sam are going to go too, but they will be going shopping for themselves." Janet told Daniel as she cleaned a plate with scrambled egg residue on it.

"Ooo-kay. I don't know Cassie's friends though."

"Don't worry about it Daniel, they're cool guys. You'll like them." Cassie said to Daniel.

"Yeah, uh Cassie, liking them is not what I'm worried about. I am gonna be okay without you to make a good impression?" Daniel replied as Cassie let out a laugh.

"Don't worry. You'll be fine."

ROOM #405-COLORADO SPRINGS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL

Jack had been waiting all afternoon and into the evening at the hospital, when finally around 10:30, Dr. Colton came to get him, and his parents. The doctor had told them the surgery was successful, and that they could visit with Ryan for a little while, but he had to spend the night.

Jack walked into the room first, and saw a kid with light brown hair lying on a hospital bed. He was wearing one of those hospital gowns, and hooked to an IV. On his right leg, loomed a gigantic blue cast from his foot up to mid-thigh. He had an arm in a sling, but otherwise looked pretty good.

"Sweetie!" El ran over to the boy's bedside, and grabbed his good hand as she leaned over to kiss his head. "How're you feeling? I'm so sorry I wasn't there."

"Hi Mommy. I'm okay. This IV thing makes me feel funny! Wanna sign my cast?" the little boy said as he tried to sit up, but it was too much of an effort. El looked at Patrick then.

"Yeah tomorrow she will, sport. In fact, we all will. Say goodnight to me and your brother though, Mom and you are gonna have a sleepover here tonight." Patrick said.

For the first time, Jack spoke "Uh, hey. Sucks that you got hurt out there."

"Oh. Did you go to Cheyenne Mountain today?" Ryan asked.

"Yeah, I go there every- well today. Sorry thought you said school." Replied Jack as El and Patrick glanced oddly at him.

"Goodnight buddy. We'll get you tomorrow, alright?" Patrick said suddenly as he pushed Jack out of the room.

"Where do you go everyday! Jack, tell me, right now." His father angrily spit at him. Jack was surprised at the sudden change in attitude, and he didn't realize he had backed up until Patrick took another step toward him.

"Nowhere! I meant to say school. Why?" Jack replied timidly.

"If I ever catch you cutting school, you are grounded for a year." Patrick responded. It was quite weird what had just happened. He had freaked out at Jack for no reason! He walked out into the lobby then to the car, as Jack trailed behind him.