Life on Hold part 2
"No Janet there has to be some mistake!" Sam said, her eyes wide with shock and her hand held protectively over her stomach.
"Sam, I checked it three times."
"But I can't be...I mean I haven't...not for ages." Sam frowned.
One of the things she hadn't even thought that Janet would tell her was that she was pregnant, her last boyfriend had been Jonas Hanson which was before the Stargate program even started, her work had kept her too busy for a steady relationship or any relationship.
Sam put her head in her hands.
"How far gone am I?"
"About a week and a half."
"How could this happen?" She whimpered.
Janet crouched down next to Sam's chair and put a reassuring hand on her leg.
"Sam, whatever happens we will all be here for you. I will get to the bottom of this."
"But this can't happen to me, I've got too much to do here, this is my life." Sam looked Janet in the eyes.
"It's your decision honey, it's up to you whether you want to keep the baby...there are plenty of options to consider."
"It's not like I don't want a baby, I do, I just didn't expect it too be so soon and so unexpected. I thought that what with Jolinar, I couldn't..."
"Well we all thought there would be trouble if ever you did want children, I guess we were wrong."
"Oh Janet, I don't know what to do."
Janet pulled Sam into a hug and let her cry it out.
"I can't kill it Janet." Sam muttered into her shoulder.
"I know."
"What am I going to tell the Colonel? What am I going to tell my dad?" She pulled away from Janet.
"Don't worry about that at the moment, as for the Colonel and the rest of SG1, they will be supportive and go and kick crap out of whoever is responsible." She smiled.
Sam laughed. "I can't tell them yet, you can't tell anyone."
"Doctor patient confidentiality. I need to give you an injection, I think the reaction the baby is having to the Naquada in your blood is making you sick. It should right itself after a couple more days." Janet said getting out a pair of rubber gloves and a hypodermic needle.
She injected Sam with the syringe then put it away again.
"You know that whatever happens Cassie and I will always be a phone call away, anytime just call."
"I know Jan, thanks." Sam got up to leave.
"I'm going to take you off active duty. I'll have to tell the General why, do you want to come with me?"
"Yes, I better be there." Sam smiled but Janet could see the emotions and confusion behind it.
The two women walked up to the General's office to find the man sitting behind his desk filling in mission reports.
"Doctor, Major." He acknowledged, motioning for them to take a seat. "I trust you are feeling better Major Carter?"
"That's actually what we are here about General." Janet said.
"Go on."
"Well, Major Carter's test results came back Sir. And I, uh have to take her off active duty Sir."
Hammond started to worry, his top astrophysist and Stargate expert was ill.
"What seems to be the matter?"
"Well, we're not sure how this happened Sir, but Major Carter is pregnant."
"By 'not sure', what exactly do you mean?" He asked.
"Uh, well I haven't been with anyone for quite a while Sir." Sam said embarrassed.
"Well this is strange." He thought for a moment. "Could it be something to do with SG1's last mission?"
"It is very likely Sir, she is a week and a half pregnant so the timing would be about right." Janet said working it out in her head.
"So it could be an alien baby?" Sam asked shocked.
"We can't rule that out at the moment, when it is more developed we can do scans to see if it is human." Janet assured her friend.
Sam looked as if she would burst into tears again.
"Major Carter, I will send another team to the planet to try and find out if there are any life forms there that would know about this. I will tell the team that I want to know what happened to SG1 while you were there, not about the present circumstances." Hammond sighed. "Sam, do you want me to contact the Tok'ra?"
"Not yet, I want to wait a while before I tell dad."
"What about your team?"
"I'll tell them, just not right now."
"That's understandable Major, if you want the week off."
"Yes Sir, thank you." They all stood.
Hammond surprised them both by pulling Sam into a hug.
"If you need anything Sam, I'm the other end of the phone."
"Thank you Sir."
"We'll talk about your future in the Air Force at a later date, I'm presuming you are going to keep the baby?"
"Yes Sir."
"Very well, have a good week Major." He smiled as they left the room.
"One down." Sam muttered causing Janet to smile.
"Shall I ring the Colonel to come and pick you up?" Janet asked when they were back in the infirmary.
"No need." Jack said walking in and winking.
"Talk of the devil." Sam smiled.
"Well I'm glad you have your sense of humour back. So what's the verdict doc?"
"A week off, I don't think she needs babysitting anymore though Colonel."
"Aw, I just got season four of the Simpsons on DVD, we could have had a marathon." Jack wined.
"Well I still need a lift home and you need to pick up your stuff so why not stay the rest of the afternoon and watch the Simpsons?"
"You really want to watch the Simpsons?"
"I may make fun of your addiction but it doesn't mean I don't like it." Sam smiled. "Thanks Jan, come round sometime."
"I will, you need your injections anyway."
"Bye Doc, don't bring those needles anywhere near me." He warned before walking after Sam.
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Jack plonked the bowl of popcorn down on the table in front of him.
"Popcorn, check. DVD's, check.. Beer, check. Carter, no check." He sighed. "Hey Carter! Hurry up, we'll be here all night otherwise."
Sam walked into the room with a glass of orange juice and a box of tissues (just in case). Jack gave her a quizzical look.
"Colonel, before we watch your DVD's I need to tell you something..."
I said review dammit! I'll be nice if you review...honest-I can do nice.
"No Janet there has to be some mistake!" Sam said, her eyes wide with shock and her hand held protectively over her stomach.
"Sam, I checked it three times."
"But I can't be...I mean I haven't...not for ages." Sam frowned.
One of the things she hadn't even thought that Janet would tell her was that she was pregnant, her last boyfriend had been Jonas Hanson which was before the Stargate program even started, her work had kept her too busy for a steady relationship or any relationship.
Sam put her head in her hands.
"How far gone am I?"
"About a week and a half."
"How could this happen?" She whimpered.
Janet crouched down next to Sam's chair and put a reassuring hand on her leg.
"Sam, whatever happens we will all be here for you. I will get to the bottom of this."
"But this can't happen to me, I've got too much to do here, this is my life." Sam looked Janet in the eyes.
"It's your decision honey, it's up to you whether you want to keep the baby...there are plenty of options to consider."
"It's not like I don't want a baby, I do, I just didn't expect it too be so soon and so unexpected. I thought that what with Jolinar, I couldn't..."
"Well we all thought there would be trouble if ever you did want children, I guess we were wrong."
"Oh Janet, I don't know what to do."
Janet pulled Sam into a hug and let her cry it out.
"I can't kill it Janet." Sam muttered into her shoulder.
"I know."
"What am I going to tell the Colonel? What am I going to tell my dad?" She pulled away from Janet.
"Don't worry about that at the moment, as for the Colonel and the rest of SG1, they will be supportive and go and kick crap out of whoever is responsible." She smiled.
Sam laughed. "I can't tell them yet, you can't tell anyone."
"Doctor patient confidentiality. I need to give you an injection, I think the reaction the baby is having to the Naquada in your blood is making you sick. It should right itself after a couple more days." Janet said getting out a pair of rubber gloves and a hypodermic needle.
She injected Sam with the syringe then put it away again.
"You know that whatever happens Cassie and I will always be a phone call away, anytime just call."
"I know Jan, thanks." Sam got up to leave.
"I'm going to take you off active duty. I'll have to tell the General why, do you want to come with me?"
"Yes, I better be there." Sam smiled but Janet could see the emotions and confusion behind it.
The two women walked up to the General's office to find the man sitting behind his desk filling in mission reports.
"Doctor, Major." He acknowledged, motioning for them to take a seat. "I trust you are feeling better Major Carter?"
"That's actually what we are here about General." Janet said.
"Go on."
"Well, Major Carter's test results came back Sir. And I, uh have to take her off active duty Sir."
Hammond started to worry, his top astrophysist and Stargate expert was ill.
"What seems to be the matter?"
"Well, we're not sure how this happened Sir, but Major Carter is pregnant."
"By 'not sure', what exactly do you mean?" He asked.
"Uh, well I haven't been with anyone for quite a while Sir." Sam said embarrassed.
"Well this is strange." He thought for a moment. "Could it be something to do with SG1's last mission?"
"It is very likely Sir, she is a week and a half pregnant so the timing would be about right." Janet said working it out in her head.
"So it could be an alien baby?" Sam asked shocked.
"We can't rule that out at the moment, when it is more developed we can do scans to see if it is human." Janet assured her friend.
Sam looked as if she would burst into tears again.
"Major Carter, I will send another team to the planet to try and find out if there are any life forms there that would know about this. I will tell the team that I want to know what happened to SG1 while you were there, not about the present circumstances." Hammond sighed. "Sam, do you want me to contact the Tok'ra?"
"Not yet, I want to wait a while before I tell dad."
"What about your team?"
"I'll tell them, just not right now."
"That's understandable Major, if you want the week off."
"Yes Sir, thank you." They all stood.
Hammond surprised them both by pulling Sam into a hug.
"If you need anything Sam, I'm the other end of the phone."
"Thank you Sir."
"We'll talk about your future in the Air Force at a later date, I'm presuming you are going to keep the baby?"
"Yes Sir."
"Very well, have a good week Major." He smiled as they left the room.
"One down." Sam muttered causing Janet to smile.
"Shall I ring the Colonel to come and pick you up?" Janet asked when they were back in the infirmary.
"No need." Jack said walking in and winking.
"Talk of the devil." Sam smiled.
"Well I'm glad you have your sense of humour back. So what's the verdict doc?"
"A week off, I don't think she needs babysitting anymore though Colonel."
"Aw, I just got season four of the Simpsons on DVD, we could have had a marathon." Jack wined.
"Well I still need a lift home and you need to pick up your stuff so why not stay the rest of the afternoon and watch the Simpsons?"
"You really want to watch the Simpsons?"
"I may make fun of your addiction but it doesn't mean I don't like it." Sam smiled. "Thanks Jan, come round sometime."
"I will, you need your injections anyway."
"Bye Doc, don't bring those needles anywhere near me." He warned before walking after Sam.
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Jack plonked the bowl of popcorn down on the table in front of him.
"Popcorn, check. DVD's, check.. Beer, check. Carter, no check." He sighed. "Hey Carter! Hurry up, we'll be here all night otherwise."
Sam walked into the room with a glass of orange juice and a box of tissues (just in case). Jack gave her a quizzical look.
"Colonel, before we watch your DVD's I need to tell you something..."
I said review dammit! I'll be nice if you review...honest-I can do nice.
