Chapter 7- Two Doctors and a Nursery

The alarm in the SGC started going off. Sam had been in her room, and almost jumped out of her skin when the alarm went off. She got to the control room as fast as possible.

General Hammond was already there, waiting for the IDC.

"It's SG-1, sir."

"Open the iris."

Sam waited for the team to step through before she went down to the gate room. General Hammond grabbed the mic, "Defense teams, stand down."

Sam and General Hammond entered the gate room. General Hammond stood in front of SG-1 like he always did, and Sam stood off to his side. "SG-1, I assume you mission was a success?"

"Yes, sir, Daniel got some rubbings, Nichols got some soil samples for Sam to look at, Teal'c made some new friends, and I got some name suggestions from the locals."

General Hammond smiled "Debrief in one hour."

Jack went over to Sam, giving her a hug. "Missed you, baby."

"Missed you, too, Jack."

"Hey, after the debriefing, I'm gonna take you home to do the nursery."

She smiled "You really want this baby, don't you?"

"Yup!" He kissed her lips softly, "I love you, Sam."

"Love you, too."

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Later, after the debriefing, Daniel was moping in his office. He'd been moping a lot since Sam and Jack got together. He was happy for them, of course, he wanted to see his two best friends together, but what about him? He had someone he cared about more than his own life, and if Sam and Jack did something, he had to, because there was nothing but his own fear holding him back. Just then Janet entered his room.

"Daniel? What's wrong?" She asked the young archeologist, "You've been moping a lot lately."

"You noticed?"

"Well of course, you're not yourself Daniel, anything on your mind?"

He hesitated "No…"

"Sure?"

He hesitated again. "No."

"What's up?"

"Well there is something, someone, on my mind…"

She smiled "Anyone I know?"

"I… well…"

She pulled her best puppy dog look. That was really Jack's area of expertise, but he melted nonetheless.

"Who is it, Daniel?"

"It's… You." he said, blushing profusely.

"Me?"

He nodded, still blushing.

"Don't be embarrassed, Daniel. I guess I have a crush on you, too."

He smiled, taking hold of her hand.

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Meanwhile, Sam and Jack were at their house, working on the nursery. Sam had just prepared the baby rocker, and made sure all the electronic devices worked properly. She suddenly began to feel tired and fell asleep on the couch she was sitting on. Jack entered not long after she fell asleep, moving any obstacles in his way. He sat on the couch by her side.

"Sleep well, baby, sweet dreams." He whispered and kissed her forehead lightly. She stirred but didn't wake. He smiled, running his fingers through her hair, before returning upstairs to finish painting.

Later in the day, she woke up, content from her nap. Jack had finished painting the room, she came to see him in his white paint-stained shirt and his old jeans. His hair was a mess, cute, she thought to herself. He was working on a bologna sandwich at the kitchen table, reading the sports section of the paper. She wrapped her arms around his neck, kissing his cheek.

"Somebody's in a good mood." He said happily "Wanna see the room?"

"Sure!"

He got up from his seat, putting his hands over her eyes, leading her upstairs.

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Janet and Daniel were at her house, on her couch, her head was on shoulder his arm around her waist. Daniel caught sight of an old picture of Jake, her ex-husband.

"Who's that?" He asked pointing to the picture.

"I don't want to talk about it." She said, her voice cracking "Not now."

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to-"

She waved it away, "No, you couldn't have known. It's just…"

"What?"

Tears rolled down her cheeks, "He was awful, Daniel!" She buried her head in his chest. He wrapped his arms around her, rubbing her back soothingly.

"It's ok, I understand if you don't want to tell me."

"No, Daniel, I want to tell you, I just hate remembering it." She said pulling away.

"What? What did he do?"

"He was ok, at first, he was fine with me joining the Air Force, everything was perfect. All I wanted was to be a mom. Then one night he came home from the bar…" fresh tears came back "It hurts…"

"What did he do to you?" He asked, concern written all over his face.

"He beat me, Daniel."

The concern for her turned into massive rage at the man. He was a peaceful man, but he had learned a thing or two from Jack. How could anyone do that to her? He embraced her in a hug, trying to take away all the pain she felt. "Nobody will hurt you again, I promise, I won't let them."

She closed her eyes, "I know you won't, Daniel, thank-you."

He smiled pulling away from their hug, smiling that infectious little smile of his, and she smiled back, knowing everything would be ok. He cupped her cheek; she held his hand, giving it a squeeze. He searched her brown eyes, only seeing love and sadness. She searched his as well, finding the same love and concern, and they both were drawn into a kiss that seemed to last an eternity.

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Jack lifted his hands and placed them on her shoulders, "Whaddya think?"

The room was painted a light blue color, the moldings were a pastel yellow. The crib and changing table were assembled completely, the mattress and pillow were in plain white sheets so Sam could pick out the fabric she wanted later. The walls had a couple framed pictures and the window had the same pastel yellow curtains, and the baby's clothes were in the drawers of the new dresser.

"Jack, this is wonderful!" She said patting his cheek affectionately "You did all this while I was asleep?"

He smiled, "Yup! All it just needs a mother's touch."

She smiled back, "And a little bit of dad's magic."

He kissed her cheek, she smiled and kissed him back. "I love you Samantha Carter," He said, stroking her cheek tenderly, "I always have and I always will."

"I love you too."