Here's the meeting that Jack was called into the General's office for. Have fun. I own nothing except for Jesslyn/Crystalin/Nyletak.
Chapter 5: Surprises
Last time...
"Not yet, Jesslyn. Colonel, I need to see you in my office immediately. The rest of you are dismissed."
The Other Meeting...
"Jack, please come in... shut the door and have a seat. We need to talk about a few things," said General George Hammond. He stared across the desk at his best officer, this man who had done so much for him and now he was trying to give a little of that back. Jack looked like something was wrong at the moment, but that quickly passed behind a mask of indifference.
"Jack, I have been hearing some rumors about two of my best officers... about them dating. As I'm sure you already know this is a serious issue as rule 154.2.1a of the airforce rulebook is still in jurisdiction over this base. Can you confirm these rumors?"
Jack looked at the General. -Who is it that's saying these things?- He looked around the room and then hesitantly replied, "Yes, sir. Why do you ask?" looking up on the last word.
"Read this." was all that Hammond had to say, while handing Jack a letter:
'From the office of the President of the United States;
I hereby declare rule 154.2.1a of the Air Force rulebook to be null, effective immediately. The policy will be changed for those in the SGC programs.'
It was signed, stamped and dated as of that day. Jack was shocked. He wasn't going to be discharged for having a relationship with Samantha.
"One more thing, Colonel." Hammond said as he handed Jack another piece of paper.
"What's this supposed to mean?" Jack said as he read the paper that said:
'Medical condition as of late for Major S. Carter of the USAF: pregnant.
Father of Child: Colonel J. O'Neill of the USAF'
"Congratulations, Jack. You're going to be a father... again," said General Hammond. "I believe that you will need some time off to let this settle in. Why don't you go visit her? She's slightly scared at the moment but I think that this will be handled properly... as it should be. Tell her congratulations for me also, please. I think that you might want to avoid Jacob Carter for a little bit though. I believe that he is kind of shocked that his only daughter is pregnant with his first grandchild," said Hammond.
"Thank you, sir."
"Dismissed."
A/N: Now you weren't expecting that to happen, now were you? :-) Review please and no flames. And please don't hurt me!
In the infirmary...
As Jack walked into the infirmary his eyes quickly found his target. While Samantha, completely unaware of his presence, was sitting up in bed on the other side of the room talking animatedly to Janet.
Janet, having spotted him come in, and knowing very well why he was there, simply smiled at Sam and quickly excused herself.
Samantha looked around the room searching for whatever had caused Janet's hasty departure. When she suddenly noticed Jack standing in the doorway looking like he was about ready to bolt. She smiled nervously, and beckoned him with her hand to come and sit by her.
He, in turn, sighed knowing that he'd been spotted and it was too late to make a clean getaway. He briefly considered going ahead and making a dash for it but decided that that would be too hard to explain in the long run. So instead he took a deep breath to steady himself before pasting on a smile and crossing the room, as they both took a moment to collect themselves.
