6 months later

Waking up with a start Jack sat up in bed. He looked around trying to work out what had awoken him. Noticing that Sam wasn't in bed beside him he gently called her name.

"Sam, Sam, honey where are you?"

He heard a wrenching coming from the toilet and a quiet "I'm in here

Jack"

Getting up and grabbing a pair of sweats he walked slowly in to their en-suit.

"Sam honey, again. I thought you said it was one of these 24 hour things, it's been 72 now. I want you to see a doctor."

"Yes Jack, I will" replied Sam as she continued to bring last nights dinner back up.

"You know, if I didn't know any better I'd say you were pregnant"

"Err... Jack" said Sam as she handed him what look like a plastic stick. On closer inspection he realised what it was, a pregnancy test.

"Oh my god, Sam, is this what I think it is."

"Yes Jack, I'm pregnant" Sam clarified as she sat up feeling slightly better

"But... but... I thought you couldn't"

"So did I, but I guess the Str-aiff doctors didn't do as well as they thought they had"

Helping Sam stand up Jack walked her back to bed.

"So what are we going to do? If we're found out you know what will happen to us"

"Yes Jack, I know, but I've had slightly longer than you to think about this and now I've gotten used to the idea I really want this baby."

"Had time to get used to the idea?"

"Err, yeh, I did the test yesterday after you went to work"

"...and when were you going to tell me!" exclaimed Jack.

"Jack can we not do this now? We have bigger problems, you know now and that's the important thing"

"Yes your right." He sighed "I still think you need to get checked out though."

"Well I can't go to a Str-aiff doctor"

"Yeh...I know, what about Janet she still practices, doesn't she?"

"Yeh she has an office in Denver, I'll give her a call tomorrow"

"Good. Do you want a drink of water?"

"Please"

"Ok settle down and I'll be right back"

Wow, I'm going to be a father again Jack thought as he wondered toward the kitchen with a bounce in his step that Sam hadn't seen since he found out about Grace.

the next day

Ring, Ring. Ring, Ring.

"Hi Janet Frasier's office, how can I help?"

"Err... hi, is Doctor Frasier in?"

"Yes she is, may I ask who's calling?"

"Sam O'Neill, she knows who I am"

"Ok hold one second while I transfer you"

The line went dead for a couple of seconds then "Hi Sam! How are you, long time no talk, how is everything going?"

"Everything's great, I'm absolutely fine. How's Cassie?"

"She's good, enjoying her final year of collage"

"Great"

"Err Sam, this wasn't just a social call was it?"

"Erm no. Can I make an appointment, I don't want to speak over the phone?"

"Sure, how's tomorrow for you? I just got a cancellation"

"That should be fine, I'm sure Jack can get the day off, he can call in sick or something"

"Jack's coming? So it's something he knows about?"

"Yeh, as I said I don't want to talk about it over the phone"

"Ok I'll see you at 1400 tomorrow"

"I'm looking forward to it"

"Bye Sam"

"Bye Janet"

Janet's office

"So Sam, Jack, the scan confirms it. You're 11 weeks pregnant"

"Wow 11 weeks how come she hasn't had any symptoms until now?"

"It's different for different people. What was it like with Grace if you don't mind me asking?"

"Awful. I was vomiting non-stop every morning between 4 and 18 weeks"

"Ouch, that must have been awful!"

"Yeh, but it was worth it" Tears coming to Sam's eyes.

"So how come it isn't so bad this time?" said Jack putting his arm round Sam to comfort her whilst trying to turn the conversation to happier things.

"It may have something to do with the way the Str-aiff renders you infertile. There have been cases of spontaneous regeneration of the organs etc."

"Oh..."

"So what do you plan to do, you know what they'll do to you if they find out"

"Yes we know, but we also know that we really want this second chance"

"Fine, I won't tell anyone but you need a plan for when you start to show, there will be no hiding it then"

"We're working on it Doc we're working on it" said Jack as Sam gave him a look saying we are?

"Ok, I wish you all the luck and I hope it works out for both of you and the baby"

"Thanks Janet" said Sam as they stood up and she gave her a hug. "May

I suggest you erase all record of this meeting, we don't want you to get caught up in this"

"I will, you just make sure you look after yourselves and your baby"

"Yes Doctor" said Sam giving a mock salute and walking towards the door.

"Thanks again"

"Anytime, anytime."

End pt2