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Sam activated the cat portal and as Angel and the other Buffy stepped through to the reality that had been hers, Buffy cried.
"I'm happy, Dawn has her sister back and Angel has his happiness too." She sniffled and Jack held her closely. "I have the best Buffy." He said and she laughed, "Hopefully the only Buffy, buster."
Buffy felt like she was on house arrest. She was eight and half months pregnant and had already cleaned the house. Twice. She'd eaten lunch. Twice. She was about to switch on the TV out of sheer boredom when the doorbell rang. She waddled gracefully to the door and opened it, "Hi, can I help you?" she asked the older blonde woman on the doorstep. The woman looked confused, "I thought that Jack O'Neill lived here?" and Buffy smiled at the woman, "Oh he does, but he's at the mountain." Now the woman looked a Buffy closer and she couldn't ignore the obvious pregnancy. "Who are you?" the woman demanded and Buffy leaned in the doorway, arms crossed and eyebrows raised.
"Twenty questions? How rude. Why don't you tell me your name first then maybe, just maybe, I'll tell you who I am." She was proud of herself, it had only came out slightly sarcastic.
"My name is Sara O'Neill. I'm Jack's wife." The woman on the steps snapped.
Buffy tilted her head, "Ex." she said.
"Excuse me?" the woman said haughtily.
"The 'EX' Mrs. O'Neill. I am the current one, now how can I help you?" Buffy stood in the doorway and watched the shock on the other woman's face. "He's married?" she whispered and Buffy nodded, "Hence the baby." She gestured to her stomach. The woman went white and Buffy took her arm and brought her inside to sit on the couch. No point of letting the woman collapse on the porch.
Sara sat on the couch that she made Jack sleep on when their marriage combusted with an air of disbelief. Married. He never even told her. She looked at the young woman and was jealous beyond belief. This woman was going to have Jack's child.
Sara had come to rub her engagement in Jack's face, one last punishment for the loss of their son. Without even trying, or caring what she had thought, Jack had moved on. She looked up and watched as the young woman walked over to the cabinets and got a glass and filled it with water and an ice cube.
Buffy brought the water over to the woman, examining her curiously. Privately she wondered what had brought Jack and this woman together. Sara took the water and drank deeply. She finished and looked around the house curiously, noting the subtle touches a woman always brought to a house. Sara suddenly stood, "I'm sorry. I shouldn't have come over without calling. Please tell Jack I said congratulations and I'll call another time." She nodded and left.
Buffy was suddenly exhausted and lay down on the couch, her back one big ache. She fell into a restless sleep and was dreaming vividly about Sunnydale, then the Gateroom when a sharp pain woke her.
"I have to go to the mountain." She stood, swayed slightly and got her back pack and left. She drove a little fast but not enough to get a local cops attention. She pulled up to the gate and Sgt. Forester smiled and leaned out, "Hey Buffy! Aren't you supposed to be resting?" he asked and Buffy grimaced, "Har har. I need to get in and see Jack, and I don't need anymore mother hens." The Sgt. laughed and let her in.
Buffy waddled as quickly as she could in the SGC corridors and smiled at friends in the corridors. She was slightly out of breath when she got to General Hammond's office. She smiled at Ginger, "Is the General in?" she asked and Ginger smiled, "Hey Buffy, I'll let him know that you're here." Buffy nodded and sat down gratefully. The door opened and General Hammond came out, "Is everything ok Buffy?" He watched with a smile as she struggled to get out of her chair and gave her a hand. She smiled gratefully and stood with his help, "Something is going to happen soon and I need to be here."
He looked at her, "Can you elaborate?" and watched as Buffy sighed and closed her eyes, "Um, no." He shrugged, "Ok. Let's get you settled in and when SG-1 gets back Jack can yell at you." He replied and Buffy laughed, "Gee, thanks."
Sam activated the dhd with a weary sigh. The locals hadn't wanted to open any kind of trade negotiations and all of Daniel's eloquence couldn't change their minds. Teal'c and Jack were watching their 'six' suspiciously and Daniel was busily writing in his journal when the gate swooshed open. Jack nodded at Sam, "Go ahead Carter, then you Daniel and Teal'c and I will follow. As the others stepped through the gate and there was no threat both Jack and Teal'c sighed in relief and followed.
The team stepped into the gateroom and Jack saw his very pregnant wife watching from the control room. General Hammond met them, "Colonel O'Neill?" and Jack and Daniel both shook their heads, "NID had already been there and they wanted nothing to do with us." Hammond nodded, "Ok, debriefing in 15 minutes." He turned to walk away and was about to speak when the gate activated again.
"Gate activation!" Sgt. Davis said over the loudspeaker and Jack rolled his eyes, "Duh!" The gateroom doors opened and Buffy came in.
General Hammond frowned, "Are any SG teams due back in?" and there were negative headshakes from the control room.
Jack was distracted for a moment and smiled at his wife, she absolutely glowed. Then he frowned at her, "What's up?" he asked when Sam suddenly yelped. He turned to see the gate override the iris.
"Oh crap!" he muttered and jogged over to stand in front of Buffy.
