Chapter 17 – Stay Humble
"So this is resolved then?" George asked Jack and Sam who were sitting in his office explaining who the leak was.
"Yes sir. We went over the roster and had everyone who came onto base within the last six months investigated. We only had to follow about five of them to find our spy." Sam told him.
"How angry is Major Frasier?"
"Oh, pretty angry sir." Jack admitted.
"I'm fairly angry myself. Major, we need to bring in another maternity support staff in short order. If Janet gives you a short list, can you investigate them and make sure we don't get another situation like last month?"
"Yes sir." Sam said agreeably.
"Now that we have that covered, how are you feeling Sam?" George asked her kindly.
"Everything feels weird sir." She admitted and Hammond chuckled.
"I imagine this must be a very strange situation for you both. It's not too late to get a deferment you know." He told them, his eyes twinkling at Jack's deer in the headlights expression."
"Thank you sir but I think Jack was right. Things need to stay as they are for now until there are less opportunities for the Goa'uld to use the information against us."
"It's your call people. I'll remind you both to remain discreet in public."
"Yes sir." Jack said quickly which earned him an amused snort from Sam. "What?"
"Nothing Sir." She told him as she chewed on a smile.
George chuckled. "Hang in there you two. We'll win this war and then I'm going to pull in every marker I'm owed for you if you still want me to."
Sam and Jack goggled at George open mouthed.
"Well, don't look so surprised. A blind man can see what you mean to each other."
Jack looked down at his boots and coughed into his folded hand in embarrassment. Sam blushed.
"Unless you have something else to report you are both dismissed." He told them.
"Thank you sir." Jack said and rose from his chair, putting his hand out solicitously to Sam to help her up. Nearly seven months pregnant she was getting a bit ungainly.
"So was she a plant or did he buy her after she was working here?" Daniel asked Jack while they ate lunch.
"Janet thinks she was already a spy when she got there. She was reporting directly to Kinsey. We caught her photographer buddy too."
"How did you manage that?" Daniel asked.
"I made a date with Carter in the infirmary during a check up and let him tail me." Jack bit savagely into his pastrami sandwich. "Should have realized I was being followed earlier." He growled.
"Your mind was on other things O'Neill." Teal'c told him.
"That's no excuse. If it had been some sicko instead of a spy, Carter could have gotten hurt." Jack told them frowning deeply.
"Quit beating yourself up over it Jack. I didn't notice him either." Sam told him from behind his chair. She was coming back from the bathroom.
Jack scooted his chair over a bit so she could sit back down next to him to eat her dinner.
"How are you feeling Sam?" Daniel asked her.
"Ever eat so much pasta you feel like you will explode Daniel?" She asked him.
"Er, no, I can't say that I have." He admitted.
"Remember those potato pancake things Skaara makes?" Jack reminded him.
"Oh, yah, like that?"
"Way worse." Sam told him.
"Ouch." Daniel said, wincing.
"But you look beautiful." Jack told her honestly which earned him a blush.
"O'Neill is correct. You do indeed look beautiful while pregnant Samantha."
Sam sniffled. "Aw crap." She said as she dug around in her pocket for Jack's hankie that she'd kept.
Jack chuckled and gently stroked the back of her hand for a second.
"So what did you do about Anders?" Daniel asked them, ignoring the look Sam and Jack were exchanging.
"I suggested if he wished to remain living that he would keep O'Neill and Samantha's personal business to himself." Teal'c said smiling.
Jack chuckled. "Is that why he's been hiding from you?"
"I do not know what you mean O'Neill." Teal'c replied looking for all the world like butter wouldn't melt in his mouth.
"Thank you Teal'c." Sam told him grinning.
"It was my pleasure." He told her with a tilt of his head and went back to eating his beef tips and noodles.
Jack grinned.
AN: Yah yah, I jumped ahead quite a bit the last 2 chapters. The focus isn't really the ins and outs of pregnancy. Plenty of other fics cover that.