A/N: Sorry it's taken so long to get this out. For some reason I had a hard time getting over this chapter but, the writers block seems to have passed. For now anyways!
Janet stepped onto the front porch to see what Cassie was looking at. "Jack left a note."
"Let's see, 'Don't knock, Sam's still sleeping. Let yourself in, be back soon. Jack'. Well we might as well go on in," Janet offered as she tried the doorknob. The door opened without objection and the two walked into the house quietly.
"It's not like Sam to sleep so late," Cassie offered in a whisper.
"I gave her a stern talking to; she's not been sleeping enough."
"She's been sleeping fine," Sam mumbled as she walked into the room, wrapped in a blanket.
"Yeah, you sound like you're happy to be up and about," Janet smiled as she walked Sam over to the couch and sat down with her. "You look exhausted."
"Muh," Sam grumbled as she curled up and buried her head under the blanket.
"Okay then," Janet offered as she stood up from the couch. She smiled at Cassie and the two moved into the kitchen as they unloaded the food they brought. They worked in quiet whispers for a few minutes until the front door opened. Cassie stuck her head out into the hall and smiled brightly at Jack.
"Hey," she whispered as she took one of the grocery bags out of his arms and kissed his cheek. "Quite a haul here."
"Yeah, is Sleeping Beauty still sleeping?"
"Yup, she moved to the couch about ten minutes ago and conked right out." The two moved back into the kitchen and unloaded the new load of groceries while Janet poured them each a soda.
Sam's eyes fluttered open and she found herself looking at Daniel while he sat quietly next to her on the couch. "What are you doing here," Sam asked quickly. Daniel turned his head quickly to look at her but; before he could speak Cassie came into view just behind Daniel.
"I called him. Jack was complaining to Mom about not having a proper grill. Daniel and Teal'c brought Jack's over so I could get him to shut up."
"How long did that last," Sam smiled tiredly.
"Oh about three seconds. Food's about ready if you're ready to eat."
"Yeah, give me a minute to get myself together," Sam offered as she stood up from the couch.
"Sam," Daniel called after her as she headed down the hall.
"I need to get dressed Daniel." Sam moved back towards her room easily and ignored the feeling of Daniel staring at her back. She brushed her hair out and dressed quickly only to find herself leaning heavily against her bedroom door. She sighed as she thought about facing Daniel, she just wanted a break from him … from everything really.
Sam jumped at the sudden knock on the door. "Sam honey," Janet called through the door. "Are you alright?"
"Yeah Janet," Sam called as she stepped away from the door. "Come on in." Just as Janet stepped into the room Sam moved into her bathroom and began to brush her hair again. "I take it food's ready?"
"Just about." There was a moment of silence as Janet leaned against the bathroom door frame and simply watched Sam. "Are you doing alright?"
"I'm fine Jan."
"Daniel's acting a little odd."
"That's nothing really new, is it?"
"Sam …"
Sam turned around and looked at Janet before she sighed heavily. "I don't want to sit and talk about it Janet. I don't want to analyze this or explain what I have or haven't done. Believe it or not this is news to me and I am just trying to get a handle on it. I am trying to take it in and I can't do that with Daniel accosting me about my choices; I can't do that worrying about if he's okay or even if the rest of you are okay. I don't work at the SGC with you anymore and I don't even live on this planet anymore. I can't take care of anyone else right now because I need to take care of myself. I can't worry about anyone else right now because I need to worry about the fact that I am finally in a relationship with Jack while I'm living on another planet and suddenly I'm pregnant. So yes, Daniel is acting strange because I called him out on his crap. Can we drop it now?"
Janet spared Sam a half smile before she nodded. "Sure. Want to go eat before Jack burns everything?"
"Please," Sam offered with a forced smile.
The two walked out of the room to find Daniel standing at the end of the hallway, waiting. Without a word Janet moved in front of Sam and approached Daniel quickly. She grabbed his arm and led him away while Sam took a deep breath before moving towards the kitchen.
Jack crawled into bed behind Sam and automatically molded his body to hers, wrapping his arms around her and resting his hands on her stomach. Sam sighed contentedly as she relaxed back in to him. "This is nice," she mumbled.
"I vote that we spend the rest of your leave right here."
"Do you think we can stay hidden here without Daniel interrupting?"
"Ha, I doubt it. Without Janet to keep an eye on him on a regular basis his impulses will get the better of him. He really wanted to get you alone today."
"I know," Sam sighed tiredly. "And if I had more time … if things we're different, I would be handling this differently; but, I don't have time and what time I do have I want to spend with you."
"Then I'll make sure to be here with you."
