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PART 12: What?
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So… now Carter was getting ready to go home… but Jack needed to have that talk with Carter first. About -their- daughter.
So Jack had them bring the little one onto the base.
He asked Carter to meet him in the infirmary.
"Sir?" she arrived with a smile on her face and Charlie on her heels.
"Hey Charlie, I need to speak to Sam here privately for a few minutes, so how about if you go around there to the back and join Cassie?," and he waved his arm in the direction of the back rooms.
Charlie looked at Carter who just shrugged to let him know that she didn't know what was going on. "OK, Dad," he politely replied and trotted off around the corner.
" 'OK Dad'… sure sounds good…," he muttered and looked up to see her smiling at him. "Have I thanked you Carter, for bringing my son back to me?"
"Yes, sir," she replied and her smile got larger.
"Yeah, well… thanks," he said it again and let her know that he meant it.
"Yes, sir, you're welcome," she sent back.
"I guess I should thank Thor and his buddies too… shouldn't I?" he asked and hoped he could use this as a segue into why he'd brought her here.
"Yes sir, I am sure that Thor would appreciate that," she responded with a grin.
"Mmmm… Thor… and his buddies… they seem to take a bit of an interest in us, don't they?" he asked and tried to keep it casual.
"Especially you, sir," and she was still smiling… so far, so good…
"Not just me, Carter, they've taken quite an interest in you too…," and he waited for her reaction.
"Me, sir?" and she shrugged, "I just helped out a little with the time travel device…"
And he smiled at her modesty, "And… your dumb ideas… and… I think that Thor likes you…," and he waggled his eyebrows at her.
And she looked embarrassed and countered with, "Sir, you are definitely his favorite… you are the one that he beams off the planet when he is in trouble."
"Yeah, does still like to do that," Jack muttered, "But I am working on him about that…"
And he took another look at her and then bit the bullet, "Speaking of Thor beaming me up without warning… the last time that he did it was about seven months ago."
She was simply listening patiently.
"He… uhmm… he asked me if I planned to have more children…," and he saw her brow furrow as she tried to puzzle out Thor's reason for asking about -more- children.
And then he told her all of it… as best he could remember… in the order that it happened.
Now she was just staring at him.
Not saying a word.
"Carter? Did you hear what I just said?" he asked.
No answer.
"Carter?"
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PART 12: What?
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So… now Carter was getting ready to go home… but Jack needed to have that talk with Carter first. About -their- daughter.
So Jack had them bring the little one onto the base.
He asked Carter to meet him in the infirmary.
"Sir?" she arrived with a smile on her face and Charlie on her heels.
"Hey Charlie, I need to speak to Sam here privately for a few minutes, so how about if you go around there to the back and join Cassie?," and he waved his arm in the direction of the back rooms.
Charlie looked at Carter who just shrugged to let him know that she didn't know what was going on. "OK, Dad," he politely replied and trotted off around the corner.
" 'OK Dad'… sure sounds good…," he muttered and looked up to see her smiling at him. "Have I thanked you Carter, for bringing my son back to me?"
"Yes, sir," she replied and her smile got larger.
"Yeah, well… thanks," he said it again and let her know that he meant it.
"Yes, sir, you're welcome," she sent back.
"I guess I should thank Thor and his buddies too… shouldn't I?" he asked and hoped he could use this as a segue into why he'd brought her here.
"Yes sir, I am sure that Thor would appreciate that," she responded with a grin.
"Mmmm… Thor… and his buddies… they seem to take a bit of an interest in us, don't they?" he asked and tried to keep it casual.
"Especially you, sir," and she was still smiling… so far, so good…
"Not just me, Carter, they've taken quite an interest in you too…," and he waited for her reaction.
"Me, sir?" and she shrugged, "I just helped out a little with the time travel device…"
And he smiled at her modesty, "And… your dumb ideas… and… I think that Thor likes you…," and he waggled his eyebrows at her.
And she looked embarrassed and countered with, "Sir, you are definitely his favorite… you are the one that he beams off the planet when he is in trouble."
"Yeah, does still like to do that," Jack muttered, "But I am working on him about that…"
And he took another look at her and then bit the bullet, "Speaking of Thor beaming me up without warning… the last time that he did it was about seven months ago."
She was simply listening patiently.
"He… uhmm… he asked me if I planned to have more children…," and he saw her brow furrow as she tried to puzzle out Thor's reason for asking about -more- children.
And then he told her all of it… as best he could remember… in the order that it happened.
Now she was just staring at him.
Not saying a word.
"Carter? Did you hear what I just said?" he asked.
No answer.
"Carter?"
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