Chapter 8- Names
Sam and Jack were happily eating their dinner at their house, when Sam brought up the name topic.
"Jack, we should really start thinking about names."
He looked up, "Names… You know I always wanted to name my son after Daniel."
She looked at him, "Daniel Carter-O'Neill… I like it." She paused "I can't believe it, one minute I'm moping in my lab about not being able to be with you, the next, I'm at our dinner table, eating with you, engaged to you, picking out names for our first son. It's unbelievable, Jack, I never thought… After I was a Tok'ra, I could ever be a mother, and now I have our son, a product of our love, growing inside of me."
"Miracles happen." He said smiling.
She smiled back, "Don't I know it."
--
Meanwhile, Sergeant Siler and Sergeant Davis were in the control room. They were obviously talking about what little gossip they've heard. Siler says that Dr. Jackson and Dr. Fraiser have been hitting it off together lately. Davis disagrees.
"No, they always do that… There is no way those two are going out."
"I wish I knew for sure… I'm nothing more than a technician, I don't ever hear much, except for when Carter was working on the gate with me and Felger."
"I'm surprised O'Neill ever let her help with her being pregnant and all."
"Me too."
"What ever happened to normal love anyways? You know when a smart person married a smart person?"
"Well, the General always says, 'Love never makes sense'. Besides, Jack just acts stupid to hide his emotions, probably provide comic relief, and not be swarmed by bumbling scientists like his fiancée."
"True."
"And what's this I hear about you getting a girlfriend?"
"Huh?"
"Yeah, Feretti says you started to go out with Svetlana Markov."
"The Russian doctor? No! I've never met her, just heard about her. Is she hot?"
"Hell yeah!"
Just then Daniel enters the control room, "Hey guys, what's up?"
"Oh um, nothing, sir." Siler stammered.
"I thought I heard somebody say my name…"
"Oh um, no, sir…" Davis stammered, "We were talking about Michael Jackson."
"Sure…" He said suspiciously.
Siler cracked "Ok, Ok! We were wondering, are you dating Dr. Fraiser?"
He smiled, "Oh, I don't know…"
"PLEEESE?" Siler said in a whiny voice.
He smiled, "Yeah…"
"What about your wife, you would give up on her would ya?"
"She's dead. She's been dead. Amonet, her Goa'uld, tried to kill me with a ribbon device… So Teal'c shot her with a staff weapon."
"Oh. We don't hear much."
"I can see that."
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Later, at Janet's house there was a knock. She opened the door, surprised to see Daniel at her doorstep with a bouquet of red roses.
"Daniel, they're beautiful! Thank-you!"
She kissed his lips, standing on her tiptoes.
Her radio was playing, and just then Never Had A Dream Come True started playing. He smiled, it seemed to set the mood. He held out his hand, "May I have this dance?"
She put her hand in his, smiling, "You may."
They began to slow dance,
Everybody's got something they had to leave behind,
Only grant from yesterday,
It just seems to grow with time,
There's no use looking back or wondering,
How it could be now or might have been,
Oh this I know but still I can't find ways to let you go.
I never had a dream come true,
Till the day that I found you,
Even though I pretend that I've moved on,
You'll always be my baby.
Never found the words to say,
You're the one I think about each day,
And I know no matter where that takes me to,
A part of me will always be with you.
Somewhere in my memory,
I lost the sense of time,
And so my world can never be,
Yesterday is over fills my mind,
There's no use looking back or wondering,
How it could be now or might have been,
Oh this I know but still I can't find ways to let you go.
I never had a dream come true,
Till the day that I found you,
Even though I pretend that I've moved on,
You'll always be my baby.
Never found the words to say,
You're the one I think about each day,
And I know no matter where that takes me to,
A part of me will always be,
You'll always be the dream that fills my head,
Yes you will, say you will, you know you will oh baby,
You'll always be the one I know I'll never forget,
There's no use looking back or wondering,
Because love is a strange and funny thing,
No matter how I try and try,
I just can't say good bye…
By then, Janet got lost in Daniel's eyes, those enchanting blue pools of his. She knew he would always care about her, it was in his smile. He was always smiling at her.
Daniel felt like the luckiest guy this side of the Stargate. He had the most beautiful woman in the world in his arms. He couldn't help but smile at her, how could he not? He gazed into her chocolate brown eyes, they leaned in, sharing a passionate kiss.
Cassie entered their living room where Daniel and Janet were dancing, going for a glass of orange juice. She saw the pair and stopped dead. Finally mom was dating someone. But was it? No, it couldn't be, Daniel? When they finished, she stated in her best O'Neill imitation, "Well it's about time!"
Daniel and Janet looked at the teenager, "You know, you spend way too much time around Jack." Daniel stated
Cassie smiled, "I know."
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The next day, Sam and Jack were walking down the halls of the SGC, hand in hand. They finished picking out names for their newborn son and Jack was going on a mission today, one of his last as the CO of SG-1. Sam was nearing her due date, which came with all the mood swings and the cravings, all of which Jack could handle. Jacob was coming back soon so he could be there when she gave birth.
"I wish you didn't have to go so close to the baby's birth."
"I'll be back before you know it sweetie, and long before our son is born."
She smiled, "I love you."
"Love you, too." He kissed her forehead, "Gotta go, baby."
She kissed him back, "Me too."
"Where are you going?"
"The commissary, I'm getting damn hungry."
He smiled, "Be good, baby."
"I will." She said giggling.
Not less than an hour after SG-1 left, the gate was activated and SG-1 came through. Sam and General Hammond walked into the gate room.
"SG-1, I assume that your mission was a…"
"Complete waste of time, sir. According to Teal'c, we ran into the same symbol as on P2R-233."
"The planet where you found the Quantum Mirror?"
"Yes, sir. The symbol means 'Turn Back'. Basically, the planets radioactive."
Lieutenant Nichols stepped forward, "But, sir, we did find something."
"Yeah, a couple clumps of purple dirt."
"Sir, it's so much more than that! It has traces of Trinium and Naquedah."
"Oh wow, it's so amazing."
Sam walked up to him, "Jack, honey, something wrong?"
"No, everything's peachy." He said dryly leaving the gate room abruptly.
Sam became infuriated, tears springing in her eyes. She left through the opposite side of the room.
"What is wrong with him?" Gina asked "For the few months I've know him he's never acted like this. He wasn't the sweetest little thing on the planet, but he's never acted like this."
"LieutenantNichols is correct, General Hammond, O'Neill is not himself. Especially the way he had spoken to MajorCarter."
"I agree with you two, but it probably has to do with it the loss of his son."
"Sam had a miscarriage?" Gina asked
"No. A number of years ago, before he joined the Stargate program, he lost his son, Charlie." Daniel stated.
"What? That's awful! How?"
"Charlie accidentally shot himself with Jack's own personal gun."
"Oh, god. He never told me any of this."
"He doesn't tell you much until he gets to know you."
"Oh."
"SG-1, you're dismissed, Colonel O'neill has pretty much told me everything I need to know. But, Lieutenant, I would like to hear any information you have on the soil samples, ASAP."
Daniel and Teal'c left the room, Teal'c for Sam's room, Daniel for Jack's.
Daniel knocks at Jack's door.
"Go away."
"It's me Jack."
He got no response. He opened the door anyways.
"What do you want, Daniel?"
"Jack, what happened? What's wrong with you?"
"Nothing, I'm fine."
"Then why did you yell at Sam?"
"I didn't yell at her."
"Why are you mad at her?"
"I'm not mad at her."
"Well, she thinks you are, and she's awfully upset, even for a pregnant woman."
He looked at him, "Charlie. We're going to have a son, Daniel. I just don't want the same thing to happen to us. Sara was torn apart, I could never do that to Sam."
"You wouldn't, Jack, not on purpose, at least. You need to talk to her."
"She's gonna hate me, Daniel."
"She loves you, Jack. That's why she's upset."
"What are you getting at?"
"She feels like you betrayed her, Jack."
"I guess I should talk to her. These are definitely one of the reasons we decided to name the baby after you."
"Really?"
"Yup, little Daniel Carter-O'Neill." He patted his back, "Gotta go take a certain archeologist's advice."
He turned around, as Jack left his quarters.
A/N: Hope you all liked it, sorry it's so late. I won't be doing daily updates as before due to school starting back up again, but I'll be updating probably every three days or at the most weekends. Have a happy belated New Year!