Chpt 12
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Three weeks later…..
Jack O'Neill walked the halls of the SGC on a mission. He had not been able to see much of Sam recently due to his and Teal'c being loaned out to the other SG teams. He had even, much to his disappointment missed her last check up with Janet. He had heard from Janet that she had decided to sell her house. They had never found the guys who broke in and she just didn't want to chance it with babies, so she had moved everything into storage and was going to live on base for awhile. Janet had also told him Sam hadn't left the base in over a week. Janet had given him the very big hint to do something about that. So here he stood outside the door to her lab trying to think of something to say. Finally he just decided to wing it. He opened the door and went in, Sam was sitting at her desk typing on her computer.
"Hey, Sam."
"Sir." She said back.
Oh, boy. This is going to be fun.
"Whatcha doin?"
"Working."
"At 9 pm?"
"Well since I am staying on base for awhile, its not like I have to drive home."
"When was the last time you left the base?"
Sam tried to think for a moment. "Sometime last week."She said finally.
"That's what I thought. Get your coat and come on. We're going out."
"Where?"
"It's a surprise. No arguments now. Let's go."
Sam reluctantly saved her work and shut down her computer. When she stood up Jack did a double take. She was really starting to show and since he hadn't hardly seen her in three weeks he was a little surprised to see how much she was starting to show.
"Whoa." He said coming around to look at her. He gently place his hand on her belly. "The kids are getting big." He said softly. She placed her hand over his and looked at him.
"I'm starting to feel the fluttering of movement in there. Janet said in another few weeks they'll be really moving and you'll be able to feel it too."
"Wow, I forgot how awesome it is to feel your kids moving at this point. The few times that I was home during Sarah's pregnancy with Charlie she would put a coffee cup on belly when she was laying down and we would watch him knock it off." Sam smiled and reached up to give him a kiss on the cheek.
"I'll be happy to let you try that later. Right now since you're hauling me off base, you have to find me a hot fudge sundae somewhere."
"I think I can manage that."
They quietly made their way up to the entry point and signed out of the base for awhile. Jack helped her into his truck and they proceeded down the mountain into Colorado Springs. Jack noticed that a mask had once again fallen over Sam's face. She had started to break out of it for a bit back there but it seemed to be back. Finally she spoke softly;
"I'm sorry you had to hear all that from Jonas."
"Here what from Jonas?" He asked cautiously not sure where this was going.
"How boring I am. I guess it's a good thing neither of us remembers anything." She continued.
"Why do you think you're boring or that I'd believe anything Jonas had to say on the subject to begin with?"
"Well, since you're stuck with me as mother to your kids, I guess you ought to realize what you're getting if you pursue any kind of relationship with me."
"Is that what's been bothering you the past three weeks?"
"How do you know something's been bothering me? You haven't even been here!" She said harshly then immediately apologized. "I'm sorry, Jack. It's not your fault you haven't been here. I shouldn't have said that."
"It's ok. You're right, I haven't been here through no fault of my own, but I should have checked up on you more. I just didn't want to smother you. As for knowing something's been bothering you, Janet put a bug in my ear. She said you've been out of sorts for a few weeks. So fess up? It that really what's bothering you?"
"In a way, I guess. He was the first and only till you and so I guess you'd say I'm not really all that experienced."
"He was the first? And I'm the second?" He was stunned as she nodded her head in confirmation. "Wow! I don't really know what to say."
"You say that like it's a good thing." She said rather curious.
"Oh, Sam it is a good thing. I'm sorry you don't see it that way." He said pulling the car over to the side of the road and taking her hands in his. "You don't realize how much of an honor that is."
"Really?"
"Yes. Don't let Jonas shake your confidence. He was just trying to rattle you and he can't do that anymore." He gently stroked her cheek as he spoke. "Besides, boring is one thing you weren't." He finished as he leaned into kiss her. At first she responded then what he had said registered with her brain.
"You remember!"
He looked at her and smiled. Busted he thought. "Yea, I do. And for the record although we were not exactly in control of ourselves at the time, the whole experience was incredible."
"I wish I could remember." She said a little dejectedly. "I mean you know if I am going to go through the whole pregnancy and birth process I sure would have liked to remember making these two. You thought it was incredible?"
He leaned in close to her again and whispered, "Absolutely, and if I am ever lucky enough to make love to you again I'll make sure you remember it." He sealed the promise with a kiss.
"I just may hold you to that." She said as she pulled away. "Now I believe you promised me a hot fudge sundae and a surprise."
"I hope you do and I did. Braums ok with you?"
"Sure. So where are we going?"
"Well when Charlie was little, I used to take him looking at Christmas lights. I hadn't done that in years and I thought it would be fun to do it again."
"Well then let's go." She said placing her hand on his arm and leaving it there.
Jack slowly pulled back out onto the road and made his way to the local Braums. After ordering and paying for Sam's sundae, he made his way back out onto the road and headed for one of the more upscale neighborhoods where he knew the whole neighborhood decorated the homes for the Christmas season.
There was a bit of line to get into the place as this was a well known Christmas light tour. As they waited in line, he broached the subject of her house.
"So Janet tells me that you put your house up for sale."
"Yea, I meant to tell you but you've been busy. They haven't gotten any farther on the investigation. You know they got fingerprints and so they know who they are looking for but they haven't located them nor are there any indications that they are even still in the area. There's nothing to suggest that they'll come back but I just really don't want to mess with it now that the babies are coming."
"So what are you going to do?"
"Well, I'm going to live on base, for a while. Gen. Hammond said I could stay down in the VIP quarters for now as they are more comfortable for me. Ofcourse as it gets closer to the babies arrival I'll have to find some place else to stay."
"Well, you know Sam, not to sound forward or anything, but you are always welcome to stay with me."
"I, uh, I…wow. Now I don't know what to say."
"Well, you don't have to say anything yet. You can just think about it if you want to."
"You're serious?"
"Ofcourse, I am. I care about you. A lot more than I thought I was capable of. You're having my kids. You need a place to stay and I really would like to know that you were someplace safe when you're not on the base. It's really not that good for you to stay on base all the time anyway."
"Well, let me give it some thought. I don't want to jump into something we're not ready for."
"Us or you?"
"Both"
"Fair enough."
"You're not mad?"
"No, I'm not mad, Sam. Why would you think that?"
"Well, these are your kids too. I guess I thought you might be upset like I didn't want to share them or something."
"Sam, I don't think for a minute that you would ever keep me away from the kids. The kids and us are separate deals. You don't have to have a relationship with me for us to raise our children together. Something between us is just icing on the cake so to speak. So you take all the time you need."
"Wow, I didn't expect you to be so understanding and sensitive about the whole issue."
"Well don't let it get around. Might ruin my tough as nails, kick ass Colonel Image."
"Your secret is safe with me."
"Seriously, though, I never really talked to Sarah. I was gone most of her pregnancy. I wasn't even there when Charlie was born. I came back to see my son turn six months old and then the next thing I knew, he was gone and I had missed so much. After Charlie died, the only thing that kept Sarah and me together were our memories or him, and after awhile that wasn't enough. I shut down and couldn't be there for her. That's why I took the Abydos mission. I wasn't supposed to come back. It was a suicide mission from the start. I told you about that already, but the point is I don't want to make the same mistakes twice."
"I appreciate that you don't want to make the same mistakes twice. I guess I am just still a little unsure of where this is going…"
"That makes two of us." He interrupted.
"I guess I am just being cautious."
"No problem there. But let's not be so cautious that we miss out on something that could be the best thing to happen to us, agreed?" He finished as he turned the truck onto the first street of lights.
"Agreed." She said leaning over to give him a kiss on his cheek.
"Now prepare to be amazed. This neighborhood does some absolutely amazing decorating with Christmas lights."
She giggled and he made a mental note to tell her no giggling later, right now it was kind of cute. They settled in for the hour and a half drive through the neighborhood and in companionable silence.
I know there were some that didn't want me to change chpt 12 and I didn't I just added to it. I just couldn't leave it the way it was. So I added to it. I am going to try to get ch13 up in the next few days. I haven't figured out how yet but Jacob is going to make an appearance for Christmas dinner. Let the fun begin!
Hope you like!
