"Alright Carter spill it"
She was been unusually silent.
"You of all people drag an injured man out of his bed at three in the morning, coming prepared to do so I might add" indicating to the jog pants and sweater he now wore while been seated in a wheelchair "what's going on?
She continued walking further into the cover provided by trees close to the mountain not saying a word, when they finally did stop Jack was relieved the terrain was getting a little to hazardous in his current less mobile state.
Flicking on a torch seconds later Sam walked in front of him revealing a blanket laid out on the ground beside a large tree. Jack raised his eyebrow slightly "been busy Carter?" he committed a little too sarcastic for his liking giving the situation, but it was done and that was that.
"Would you mind?" Jack said noticing Sam was going to sit
He still got nothing that resembled speech from her, but the spotlight was turned fully on him and they did make eye contact "these things aren't designed for comfort ya know"
The light moved to his now plastered ankle "its fine" he answered
Eventually making himself comfortable against the tree he proceeded to get to the bottom of why he was sat outside the base on a cold night, without Dr Frasier's knowledge.
"Ya know Carter if ya wanted to talk, all this really isn't necessary"
"It goes against regulations" she spoke quickly yet quietly
"What does? I thought you wanted to talk about Alex?"
"Sir" she replied confirming his thoughts
"Then we can talk inside"
"No"
"Why not?"
"It's not appropriate....Jack" she added after a moment of hesitation
"How is discussing your daughter with a friend inappropriate?"
"Do you remember anything from that mission when she was given to me?"
"Geez Sam I was with you till Friaser got there you know that"
"I meant before everything when we were MIA"
"Before you were pregnant?"
"Yeah, do you remember what happened?
"Only what you told me, why?"
"Come on Sam, give me something here" he should have said something about his small problem concerning Alex there and then but she was acting a little odd to start with and he didn't want to add to whatever she was obviously trying to get off her chest.
"I had this dream"
"And"
"About you and me Sir"
"Oh"
"We....we seemed close Sir"
"As in?
"Close Sir, apparently I was pregnant, we were alone on this planet and an alien was talking about my child....we agreed to forget everything to protect it"
"OK, so what's the problem" he asked silently wondering if he was going to get his answer concerning Alex
"It seemed so real"
"Yeah, some dreams, nice ones are like that"
"No I mean like it really happened"
"Unlikely"
"Tobias was there Sir"
"Go on" he said prompting her to continue
"I just find it odd really I mean why would I remember him?"
"It's your dream Carter...besides you gotta remember you came back from his planet with Alex"
"I know, but I can't help think there's more"
"Like?"
"It could be nothing, then again it might be subconsciously why I haven't...." she stopped seeing the look on his face and simplified her response "Jack would you agree to test to confirm if you are Alex's biological father?"