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The ride to the hospital was a silent one. Alison sat behind Sam, just gazing out the window. Watching the small homes and pass by. When they drove past the play ground where her mom had taken her and her sister every Saturday until she was thirteen: Alison let the tears quietly stream down her face. The raw feeling in her heart felt like someone had stuck a red-hot knife into her chest. 'God, why did you take them from me? They never did anything to you.' Alison prayed. Even though her father and Sam hadn't really believed in god since their mother died, Kathy was a firm believer. Alison could remember the first time her mother had convinced her father to come to church with them. Ali couldn't remember him ever looking so uncomfortable. She would have smiled, but she was too angry. She was angry at god for taking her parent from her. She was angry at her Dad for speeding on his way to the hospital, angry with her mom for making her stay home and watch Jenna. But most of all she was angry at herself, she was angry that she never told her mom and dad that she loved them enough. Alison felt a tear slide down her face. She quickly wiped the offending liquid away.
Jack drove silently to the hospital, one hand on the wheel, one holding on to Sam's hand. Every so often he would glance behind him to check up on Alison. When they were pulling up to the parking lot, Jack glanced back at Ali, and saw her crying. His heart went out to the little girl. From his observations so far, Alison was just like Sam, always needing to be strong, independent. Jack knew what that kind of attitude can do to a person. Hell, he was a poster boy for locking away your emotions. Jack quickly parked the car and watched Alison get out. Locking the doors after Sam had gotten out, Jack stopped Alison as she walked past him, her eyes down cast to hide her unshed tears. Jack tilted her head up.
"Alison look at me please." Ali's eye's slowly rose to meet his. "You don't have to hide your tears, and you don't have to always be brave and strong. No one will see you differently if you choose to let out your emotions." Alison's lower lip began to tremble and Jack pulled her into a one-of-a-kind Jack O'Neill hug, holding her protectively to his chest as she cried. Jack didn't make any shushing noises to stop her tears, he just held onto her. After a few minutes of hiccups and sniffles, Alison pulled her self back together, and took a deep breath.
"Thank you Jack." she said, against Jacks chest.
"No problem kiddo, just don't bottle up your emotions anymore, okay?" Alison backed up and Jack let her go.
"I'll try, I can't make any promises though." Jack smiled at her and brushed away a few tears that she had missed.
"That's good enough for me."