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PART 14: It Could Have Been Worse
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"You didn't tell her?" Cassie almost shouted and Daniel's eyes widened as Jack winced. Cassie turned to Daniel and muttered, "Run away or stay and watch?" She hadn't meant for Sam to hear it, but she did… and Sam's look of puzzlement was quickly turning to one of apprehension.
"I believe that we should stay," Teal'c replied, "O'Neill may need medical aid."
And now Carter's apprehension was turning into a look of resignation. "Jack, what did you name our child?" and her tone of voice said that she was prepared to find out that he'd named her something like Bart or Homer. He did like her choice of words, though… 'Jack'… and 'our child'…
"Jack?" she was prompting again and the others were just watching… although Daniel looked fairly smug and Jack could read the 'I told you so' in his body language.
"I…errr… I named her after… you…," he admitted and then held his breath.
"You called her Carter??!! What kind of first name is that?" she blurted out in horror.
"No… I named her Samantha… or Sam… and, well, I usually call her Sammy…," and then he waited for the sky to fall on him.
But she just stared at him.
"You know… I thought you were dead and all…," he offered and waited.
And then, "Well, it's better than calling her Carter," and she shrugged and looked back down at her daughter.
And he looked at her in surprise, "So that's it? You're OK with it?"
"Not really, but I'll get over it… Sam is better than some of the alternatives that were running across my mind a few minutes ago when those three (and she waved at Cassie, Daniel and Teal'c) reacted the way that they did."
Jack grinned at her, "Were you afraid that I named her Homer or something?"
"Something like that," she admitted, although variations of Thor had scurried across her horrified mind… as well as the memory of Jack O'Neill recommending that they name the Prometheus after 'Enterprise.' She didn't know much Star Trek, but she had been immediately worried that her daughter had been named after a character in a Sci Fi show or a cartoon.
"Huh!" Jack took stock and realized that he hadn't actually been reamed. A little swagger went back into his demeanor and he shot a look over at Daniel and then raised his chin to convey 'challenge met – and won.'
Daniel just shook his head in disbelief.
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PART 14: It Could Have Been Worse
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"You didn't tell her?" Cassie almost shouted and Daniel's eyes widened as Jack winced. Cassie turned to Daniel and muttered, "Run away or stay and watch?" She hadn't meant for Sam to hear it, but she did… and Sam's look of puzzlement was quickly turning to one of apprehension.
"I believe that we should stay," Teal'c replied, "O'Neill may need medical aid."
And now Carter's apprehension was turning into a look of resignation. "Jack, what did you name our child?" and her tone of voice said that she was prepared to find out that he'd named her something like Bart or Homer. He did like her choice of words, though… 'Jack'… and 'our child'…
"Jack?" she was prompting again and the others were just watching… although Daniel looked fairly smug and Jack could read the 'I told you so' in his body language.
"I…errr… I named her after… you…," he admitted and then held his breath.
"You called her Carter??!! What kind of first name is that?" she blurted out in horror.
"No… I named her Samantha… or Sam… and, well, I usually call her Sammy…," and then he waited for the sky to fall on him.
But she just stared at him.
"You know… I thought you were dead and all…," he offered and waited.
And then, "Well, it's better than calling her Carter," and she shrugged and looked back down at her daughter.
And he looked at her in surprise, "So that's it? You're OK with it?"
"Not really, but I'll get over it… Sam is better than some of the alternatives that were running across my mind a few minutes ago when those three (and she waved at Cassie, Daniel and Teal'c) reacted the way that they did."
Jack grinned at her, "Were you afraid that I named her Homer or something?"
"Something like that," she admitted, although variations of Thor had scurried across her horrified mind… as well as the memory of Jack O'Neill recommending that they name the Prometheus after 'Enterprise.' She didn't know much Star Trek, but she had been immediately worried that her daughter had been named after a character in a Sci Fi show or a cartoon.
"Huh!" Jack took stock and realized that he hadn't actually been reamed. A little swagger went back into his demeanor and he shot a look over at Daniel and then raised his chin to convey 'challenge met – and won.'
Daniel just shook his head in disbelief.
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