DEEP – II. Deep Inside by Betty Bokor
Sam/Daniel. Daniel has a serious talk with Jack. Sam gets in trouble and decides to change the odds in her life.
Spoilers: All seasons, including 9.
Disclaimer: The Stargate original characters belong to MGM/Showtime, Double Secret Productions, and Gekko Film Corp. This was written strictly for the purpose of entertainment. No attempt at copyright infringement has been made.

Deep Inside

Chapter 1

Sam woke up slightly confused. The last memory she had was lying down in one of the Infirmary beds after Dr. Lam had told her she would have to stay the night. She wanted to complain, but knew it would be useless. She had received a tough blow to the head and she needed to stay for observation.

Nevertheless, this room did not look like the Infirmary. She was not certain, because it was rather dark, but she would have sworn the morning sun was filtering from behind the window curtains. There was no sun so many levels under… Curtains? She hastily sat up and a wave of nausea hit her hard. She noticed immediately than her body had changed; she was bigger… She was… pregnant?

"Are you all right?"

The voice from behind her surprised her and she would have jumped if it had not been so hard to maneuver with that body. She slowly turned to see who was there, sleeping in her bed, although she knew without a doubt that that was Daniel's voice. It was. He was unshaved and did not look like he was wearing much. His face showed deep concern and Sam's confusion grew larger.

"Daniel?"

"Are you all right? Do you have contractions again? How far apart? I'd better get ready."

He was talking fast as usual and, as he did, he got out of bed, opened the window curtains, and started going around the room, clearly getting ready to take a bath while still awaiting for her response.

Sam felt dizzy. She closed her eyes and only said, "I don't feel okay."

"What do you feel?" Daniel asked approaching the bed, still in his underwear. "Do you want me to call Carolyn?"

"Daniel," she started the sentence, but then did not know what to say. "I don't know where we are. I don't remember-" She suddenly felt extremely emotional and her eyes filled with tears.

"You don't remember? What's the last thing you remember?"

Sam made an effort and concentrated. "We were in Lahinia and we had just helped them get rid of the Ori prior, when that madman, Stirn, who though we had defied their gods, attacked me, so, when we got back to the base, Dr. Lam left me in for observation. You promised to stay the night with me and, even though I tried to send you home, the last thing I remember is you sitting by the side of my bed."

Daniel looked even more worried, if possible. He sat on the edge of her bed and carefully held her hand. "Sam, that was more than five years ago. We weren't even married-"

"We're married?" Sam asked with shock.

"I certainly hope so, or we would have two kids out of wedlock and two more about to be," he answered in a cheerful tone.

Sam closed her eyes and rested her head against the headboard.

Daniel sounded worried again when he added, "Sam, we need to call Carolyn. This isn't normal."

He was about to get up to get the phone when Sam squeezed his hand and made him stop. "Wait! Just tell me more. I need to know." She looked into his eyes with so much pain that he could not move.

"I don't know if to tell you is the right thing to do."

"Please!"

"All right," he gave in. He always did for her. "What do you want to know?"

"How old are the children? Boys or girls?"

"We have a four year old boy, Jacob, and a two year old girl, Claire. We wanted to call her Janet, first, but somehow Janet Jackson didn't sound right for a little girl." He smiled and she felt like smiling for the first time since she woke up. "Besides, Cassie wanted to call her daughter Janet."

"Cassie has a daughter?"

"Not yet, but in four months-"

"She's too young!" Sam said with concern.

"Sam, she's twenty-five. She waited until she finished college to get married, as you asked her. Now, she wants a family."

Sam sighed with resignation. Daniel smiled and continued. "We know that we have two more boys here," he softly tapped her big abdomen, "identical twins, because they checked that when they did the amniocentesis. You know, you and I, we're not children anymore, especially me," he added with a big smile.

"Three boys? That must have caused the amnesia," Sam joked trying to hide her anguish.

"Come on, Sam. Let's call."

"Wait! Just a little bit more. What happened to Teal'c? Jack? Cam?"

"Okay, let's see. Cam is married to Carolyn and after all this time, she finally got pregnant. I think you're contagious," he added in a lower tone. "He thinks that he owes it to us, because Carolyn, first, didn't want to ever marry again and, after she finally gave in and married him, she refused to have children. I still think that her first marriage was a nightmare, even though you don't want to talk about it."

"I?"

"Well, you're her best friend. I know she confided in you and I know that you've helped her overcome her fears. The fact that we've been so happy must have encouraged her." He smiled again and she started to feel better. That smile was a rare occurrence for Daniel, at least in her memories, and now it came naturally, every two words. They had to be happy together.

A sharp pain interrupted her thoughts. "Ouch!"

"What?"

"I'm not sure, but I think that was a contraction, and a pretty strong one."

"You see, I knew you'd be in labor today. Everything we read-" He stopped talking and got up. "We'd better get ready. Let's take a shower. Let me help you and then I'll get the kids ready."

He helped her get out of bed and walked slowly with her to the bathroom. All the way Sam felt like she was a whale and thought that if Daniel let go of her hand, she'd fall flat on the floor. Well, not flat.

She entered the unknown bathroom and soon saw the mirror. She approached slowly, dragging Daniel, and looked at herself in it. She was definitely huge. She probably was swollen, too. She could not actually see her feet very well, but what she saw looked swollen. Her hair was long, very long, and was tied with a small lace in her back. "Do I still work at the SGC, Daniel?"

Daniel stood by her side on the mirror. He looked the same as always. "Of course you do. Why do you ask?"

"My hair," she said, untying the lace and holding the ends of her hair.

"Well, generals have more latitude, and since the program became public, the government thought it helped our image. It made you less military."

"The stargate is public?" She turned toward him.

"It's been three years already."

"Wow!" She looked at herself in the mirror again. "General, eh?"

"It helped when you started getting pregnant so often," he joked. "Come on, Sam, let's get ready and go to the hospital."

"You haven't told me about the others. General Hammond?"

"He's a little weak lately. He had trouble getting over that flu last winter, but I think he'll be fine. Landry is in Homeworld Security. Cam, Teal'c and I are still in SG-1, though our jobs are pretty different now… And we have this boss who's driving us crazy-"

"Who?"

"You, silly." He smiled again. Sam showed her surprise and Daniel continued. "Ishta joined Teal'c here a year ago. Finally. It took forever to convince her that she could work for the SGC and that she wasn't betraying her 'sister-warriors' as she calls them."

Sam smiled. She had thought they would get together some day.

"Now, we have to convince her that she won't be subjugated if she accepts to marry Teal'c. Bra'tac has retired here, and lives in an apartment on top of Teal'c's garage," Daniel made a dramatic pause and added, "And Jack is really, definitely retired and has been seeing Sara for at least a couple of years. I think he wants to move to Minnesota and she won't, so he stays here to be near her."

Sam was stunned. Too many changes.

Daniel left her against the countertop and opened the door of the shower. He started the water, turned around and got out of his underwear.

Sam turned toward him at that moment and got stunned. "Holly Hannah!" she said and went back to look at the mirror.

"What?" Daniel said almost with panic in his voice.

"You're naked!"

"You'd better be, too, if we're going to take the shower before all the hot water is gone down the drain," he started saying as we walked toward her. Then it dawned on him that she did not remember being married, or him without his clothes, or needing his help to take a simple shower. "I'm sorry," he said grabbing a towel and tying it around his waist. "Do you want to try to do it on your own?"

Right then, Sam felt another stab of pain. She held onto the counter and Daniel rushed toward her. She rested there for a short while as Daniel held her arms from behind. She was not sure she could even walk. She was still dizzy and the nausea was getting worse. She had been through worse things in combat than being naked in front of her best friend and, if he was her husband as everything indicated, she should better get used to it. "No, it's all right. I need your help." She started pulling her nightgown up.

"Are you sure? I can bring a chair. Maybe you can sit… Or we could prepare a bath. It wouldn't take that long-"

"It's all right, Daniel," she said as she shook her head. She could not get the whole gown over her head and Daniel helped her with great care.

"I can have the shower in my underwear," he offered.

Sam smiled. "Just got a full frontal view. Nothing new left."

Daniel blushed and smiled, too, then helped with the rest of her clothing. Finally, he got rid of the towel and they both got under the water.