Summary: Sam drops a bombshell on Jack.

Setting: A/U a couple years after season 8

Rating: T

Disclaimer: Not mine :(

"I'm a what?" Jack asked the woman standing in his doorway. After she didn't respond he asked again, "Carter, would you care to repeat that?"

"Not particularly." She said staring at the ground.

"Well could you anyway?" He asked.

"Sure…" she bit her lip "You're, uh, ah, you're a father."

"That's what I thought you said." He waited for her to explain but she said nothing. "Are you going to explain?" she remained silent again. "Carter, you don't just stop by my house, 2 years after we've last talked, and tell me I'm a dad then say nothing."

"What do you want me to say?" she asked sincerely not knowing what to do.

"What do I want you to say? Really? How about why you didn't tell me? Or what's it's name? Or maybe just I'm sorry." She looked at him blank faced. "Wait, hold up. How is this even possible, two years ago we didn't…."

"Well actually it wasn't two years ago… she's….. four. Tomorrow, actually." Sam added knowing it didn't matter at this point.

"She's four? You've kept this from me for four years? When we you going to tell me?"

"Now?" she said more like a question.

He tried to talk but he was so angry and upset all that came out was a bunch of sounds. "No. 'Now' is not an answer. And besides that, four years ago we didn't…" he motioned vaguely with his hands not wanting to say the words.

"Four years ago, plus the nine months"

"So 5 years ago? Doesn't make a difference, we've never..." He motioned some more. "Not 2 years ago, not 4 years ago, and especially not 5 years ago-oh-OHH yeah we might have."

"Yeah. We did." She was a little offended he forgot but she wasn't surprised, she knew he would pretend it never happened until he actually believed it.

"And you're sure it's mine."

"Yes. I'm sure." She said even more offended.

"That's not what I meant. I just meant it was only that once and really…I... uh… you're sure?"

"Yeah. I'm positive. At first I thought maybe Pete but then I did the math and" she shook her head no.

"Should I meet it? Is that why you're here, so I can meet it?"

"Her." Sam said.

"So I can meet her." He corrected himself. "Her?" he smiled. "It's a her."

"Yes. And she looks just like you. Well she had my eyes and my hair, but when I look at her, I see you."

"Can I meet her?" he asked. She didn't respond. "Isn't that why you came here?" She bit her lip. "ok, not why you came here. Why did you come here?"

"I…. don't know." she said.

"So you just randomly decided to come over here… after four years?"

"Yeah, pretty much." They stared at each other for a minute then finally Sam's cell ringing ended the awkward silence. Sam let out a sigh of relief then answered. "Carter, yes, is she ok? Yeah I can. 20 minutes? Ok thanks." She hung up. "I gotta go."

Jack could tell she was really worried. "Are you ok?"

"Yeah I'm fine, Rin, she got in a fight at school."

"Rin?"

"Short for Katharine, my, our," she corrected herself "our daughter."

"You named her Katharine?" he asked.

"After Catherine Langford, only I spelt it with a K." She smiled trying to figure out what he was thinking. "Do you like the name?" She asked after she couldn't figure out his feelings.

"I love it." he said smiling "Wait, did you say she got in a fight at school?"

"Preschool, there's a boy there that teases her. I told her not to let it bug her and he probably just liked her but she's…" Sam searched for the right word, "headstrong and was determined to fight back."

"That's my girl." He joked.

"Yeah well I have to go pick her up." Sam pointed over her shoulder at her car not sure how to leave. "But you can come if you want?"

"Now?" he asked. She nodded as he grabbed his coat, "Let's go." He said anxiously. "We can take my truck."

A/N: so just fyi Rin is pronounced just like at the end of Katharine. It's not pronounced Ren. In case you weren't sure.