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He stepped in her quarters closing the door after him. And for a long moment he just stared at her. She looked beautiful. Her hair was longer, but it wasn´t that. She glowed, the way only expectant women did.

He wanted to ask if it was his child, even somehow he knew it was. But he wanted to hurt her. To lash out at her. And yet he couldn´t say the words.

And when his eyes finally met hers, she felt her heart breaking into millions of pieces, because the love and passion for her, for the life itself she had used to seen in there during the years, had been now replaced by hurt, and fear of losing her.

"Jack." Her whisper of his name was an almost desperate plead for his forgiveness.

"Come here." He said, wrapping his arms around her.

And to her, it was truly coming home.

He held her for a long time, not willing to let her go, fearing she would disappear like she had in so many nights when he had dreamt about her. She tightened her hold of him, the baby mound pressing against his stomach, and he pulled back surprised as he felt the baby kicking.

"She does that a lot." Sam said softly.

"She?"

"I have a feeling."

He nodded smiling, his hand coming to rest on her belly, and he felt the baby kicking again.

"I´m so sorry." She whispered, fighting against the tears that threatened to fall.

"I´m sorry too." He took her hands in his own. "I didn´t understand what I was doing to you until it was too late."

"I should have stayed, I should have explained, but..." The lonely tear rolled down on her cheek. "I´m so sorry, Jack."

"It´s okay." He pulled her back into his arms, smoothing the back of her head with his hand.

"What are we going to do now?" She asked quietly, head resting against his shoulder.

"We´ll work this out." He promised. "Things are going to change a little." She knew he was smiling as he thought about the little boy or girl that was growing inside of her.

"Yeah." She pulled back enough to see his face. "And dad´s coming to visit us soon, said something about a long talk he wants to have with you."

He groaned, and she couldn´t held back a smile.

"We´ll be okay, Sam." He said softly.

"I know."

He leaned to her, capturing her lips with his into a soft kiss that was a promise of the future. His hands cupped her face and he deepened the kiss, and a soft sigh of happiness left her lips.

She was home, right there where she belonged.

The End

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Author´s Note: I´m sorry if the ending was too sappy, but after 'No Greater Love' and my new JAG story, I decided that there´s enough angst for a while. And besides, it´s pretty depressing to write you know. And I´m a shipper, and love happy endings myself, most of the time anyway :) And these two deserve some happiness, don´t you think. Thank you all for nice reviews, those are much appreciated.

-Lia