Chapter 7

If there was one good thing about being the 2IC of the SGC it was the fact that when you called your CO and told him you needed a judge for a hearing and no, not for yourself (Your cloneself and his girlfriend) you got one and you got one fast.

Patty's attorney argumented with the fact that John was an emancipated minor under Colorado law, therefore the rules of child protection didn't matter in this case. If he was an adult in everything else this certainly meant sex, too.

The Judge heard both sides and declared that the way he understood the laws concerning emancipated minors put them on the same status as 18 year olds, therefore Ms Keener didn't commit a crime and there wasn't a case.

Patty cried of relief when it was over.

It was over, 3 days after they had been found in compromising position in the parking lot.

She wouldn't have to go to prison and because of the ruling of the Judge she could continue her relationship with John despite him being 16.

He held her reassuringly, joked that they should stay in Colorado till at least his 18. birthday so they wouldn't have to go through that again in a different state and made her laugh.


"So, Jack, did we really win or was this arranged?"

"Are you asking me if we had a deal with the judge?"

John lifted his eyebrow.

Jack drank from his beer.

"We didn'influence the judge in any way."A beat. "The only thing we are responsible for is the fact that she got thisjudge."A judge that was known to be very liberal in his decisions and for interpreting the idea of the law and not just following the letters blindly.

Jon nodded. He could live with that.

"You weren'exactly surprised."Jack's face made clear that John had to specify what he meant.

"About me being in a relationship with my teacher."

Jack contemplated that for a moment. "I didn't know about it if you mean that. But I knew it was a possibility."

"Possibility?" Jon looked to his elder counterpart.

"You have my experience, knowledge and refined taste for what you consider now "older woman", combined with the hormones of a teenager. I would have been surprised had you found a girl your age. And because older woman meant in your case prison for your potential partner I asked an attorney to research the question for me, just in case. Why do you think was he so well prepared in the amount of time?"

Jon nodded. He certainly had wondered about that, but was just happy that Jack had organized everything.

"You expected us to be cashed when you are known for your self control in this matter?"

Jon was careful not to name names, but Jack understood: You expected me to fail with waiting for 2 years when you do the iron will thing with Carter far longer.

A smirk. "You are a 16 year old hormone bomb. You could get horny from looking at blank linoleum."

A sigh. "You are right." While there were a lot of things John enjoyed as a teenager again (no pains anymore with moving wrong or cold weather, being able to eat everything in nearly gross amounts without gaining an ounce of fat, being able to be as childish as he wanted, having a girlfriend…) there were things he missed about being an adult as well (not being as fit as before, no beer, not being taken serious, serious problems with self-control, otherwise they wouldn'have the problems they just had…).

"Where did you find the attorney?"

"An old friend of ours is practicing in Boston, Alan Shore. He works for Crane, Poole & Schmidt. I asked him for somebody with the license for Colorado. He loved the case from the second I told him to research the possibilities. Had he been allowed he would have done that himself.

According to him you are the first emancipated minor to be found out to have something with a teacher. You will go down in legal history."

John laughed, thinking that Alan certainly would have loved a case like that.

They both clanked their cans, Jack with beer and John with a soft drink, thinking of their old friend Alan and thanking him wordlessly for managing this disaster.


AN: My personal nod to Boston Legal. I liked the idea of the original Daniel Jackson saving the day.