“I don’t know how to raise a baby on Earth.” Cassie knew she was whining, but she couldn’t seem to help it.
“Basics are pretty much the same anywhere, you know.”
As it turned out, the way you got around having to tell your future husband that you were an alien was to marry someone who already knew. Cassie hadn’t really planned it that way, but she’d met a charming young man who worked the Stargate Program for the State Department when she was visiting Jack, and now, here she was, living in D.C. and starting her second year of medical residency.
It would have all been idyllic if it weren’t for the rather unplanned baby girl who came along a year after their wedding.
So now she lay sprawled on her couch, staring across the coffee table at Jack, who’d innocently come for a visit and found the baby shoved into his arms the minute he sat down.
“But that’s just it,” she said, pushing up onto an elbow. “It’s not basic here. It doesn’t – I never knew I’d care, but it doesn’t feel right. I feel like everyone else had a class that I didn’t, and I’m going to end up raising a backwards little alien girl who doesn’t fit.”
“Ah, but see, you have me around to introduce her to the finer points of Earth culture.”
She laughed. “Thank god for that.”
“Worked for you, anyway.”
Still smiling, Cassie rolled onto her back and stared at the ceiling for a long moment. “She is amazing, though.”
“That she is, Cass.”
5
The sun hadn’t yet risen when Sam showed up at Cassie’s house with the news that there’d been a huge breach of security, and Cassie’s status as alien – literal alien – had somehow been leaked.
Yawning, she rubbed her eyes as she poked at the coffeemaker. This would have to happen on her first day off in two weeks. “I just don’t see why it matters.” It had been months since the public learned about the Stargate, and maybe there were still some protesters, but Cassie thought that most people seemed to be adjusting to the idea.
“Cass, the – the article hasn’t even run yet, and there’ve already been death threats.”
“I’m not going to run away over a few crazy idiots. I just want my family’s life to be normal.” Cassie turned away, angry that they were still coddling her after all these years, angry that they didn’t know her better than that.
Sam’s hand on her arm stopped her. “They’re very credible threats. And they aren’t just against you.”
Cassie looked from Sam to the stairs and back again, closing her eyes when Sam nodded. “God. I – god, Sam, so what do I do?”
“How would you feel about visiting Teal’c and Ry’ac? Just for a couple of weeks. Give us some time to sort things out.”
And so a few hours, a fight with her husband, some light packing, and a transport beam ride later, Cassie, her husband, and her daughter were in the SGC, standing in front of the active Stargate.
“We’ll see you back soon.” Sam assured her. “Don’t worry about it, okay?”
Cassie nodded and embraced the older woman, then picked up her daughter and carried her to Teal’c, who had come to escort them to his home. She smiled as she approached him. Everyone talked about how Teal’c had softened over the years; Cassie had never seen it that way, though. Maybe he showed it to more people now, but to Cassie, Teal’c was no different than he’d ever been.
“Are you ready, Cassandra Fraiser?”
Cassie winked. “For a vacation at your place? ‘Course I am.”
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Five Times Cassie wished she was a child of Earth (2 of 2)
Date: 2008-05-12 04:51 am (UTC)“I don’t know how to raise a baby on Earth.” Cassie knew she was whining, but she couldn’t seem to help it.
“Basics are pretty much the same anywhere, you know.”
As it turned out, the way you got around having to tell your future husband that you were an alien was to marry someone who already knew. Cassie hadn’t really planned it that way, but she’d met a charming young man who worked the Stargate Program for the State Department when she was visiting Jack, and now, here she was, living in D.C. and starting her second year of medical residency.
It would have all been idyllic if it weren’t for the rather unplanned baby girl who came along a year after their wedding.
So now she lay sprawled on her couch, staring across the coffee table at Jack, who’d innocently come for a visit and found the baby shoved into his arms the minute he sat down.
“But that’s just it,” she said, pushing up onto an elbow. “It’s not basic here. It doesn’t – I never knew I’d care, but it doesn’t feel right. I feel like everyone else had a class that I didn’t, and I’m going to end up raising a backwards little alien girl who doesn’t fit.”
“Ah, but see, you have me around to introduce her to the finer points of Earth culture.”
She laughed. “Thank god for that.”
“Worked for you, anyway.”
Still smiling, Cassie rolled onto her back and stared at the ceiling for a long moment. “She is amazing, though.”
“That she is, Cass.”
5
The sun hadn’t yet risen when Sam showed up at Cassie’s house with the news that there’d been a huge breach of security, and Cassie’s status as alien – literal alien – had somehow been leaked.
Yawning, she rubbed her eyes as she poked at the coffeemaker. This would have to happen on her first day off in two weeks. “I just don’t see why it matters.” It had been months since the public learned about the Stargate, and maybe there were still some protesters, but Cassie thought that most people seemed to be adjusting to the idea.
“Cass, the – the article hasn’t even run yet, and there’ve already been death threats.”
“I’m not going to run away over a few crazy idiots. I just want my family’s life to be normal.” Cassie turned away, angry that they were still coddling her after all these years, angry that they didn’t know her better than that.
Sam’s hand on her arm stopped her. “They’re very credible threats. And they aren’t just against you.”
Cassie looked from Sam to the stairs and back again, closing her eyes when Sam nodded. “God. I – god, Sam, so what do I do?”
“How would you feel about visiting Teal’c and Ry’ac? Just for a couple of weeks. Give us some time to sort things out.”
And so a few hours, a fight with her husband, some light packing, and a transport beam ride later, Cassie, her husband, and her daughter were in the SGC, standing in front of the active Stargate.
“We’ll see you back soon.” Sam assured her. “Don’t worry about it, okay?”
Cassie nodded and embraced the older woman, then picked up her daughter and carried her to Teal’c, who had come to escort them to his home. She smiled as she approached him. Everyone talked about how Teal’c had softened over the years; Cassie had never seen it that way, though. Maybe he showed it to more people now, but to Cassie, Teal’c was no different than he’d ever been.
“Are you ready, Cassandra Fraiser?”
Cassie winked. “For a vacation at your place? ‘Course I am.”