John Doe

Chapter Thirty Two

Disclaimer: Nope- not my property yet.

A/N: Sam wants a boy because she wants him to be just like Jack (with the exceptions of her brains :)) and Jack wants to have a girl for the very same reason.

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The next two days were extremely long, as far as Jack and Sam were concerned. SG-1 had no scheduled missions, so Sam was stuck in her office, which was something she would have normally loved, but it only made the wait seem longer- and Jack was stuck doing what he normally did, which was paperwork. And, that never went by quickly. Nonetheless, they had to wait. If she was pregnant the embryo still wouldn't be developed enough to be detected.

Which, Sam was fairly sure that she was pregnant- without the aide of an EPT. Of course, she didn't really have much to go on, but much like Cassie had thought, she knew her body well enough to know something was different. Not to mention the fact that she was over two weeks late, which rarely ever happened. However, there was always the chance that could be wrong... again, something that rarely ever happened- but did occur from time to time.

Jack, on the other hand, was just acting straight comical. A few times he had even pulled up her shirt (while they were at home) and ran his hand along her stomach- feeling for a bulge or some sort of kicking motion. Even though he knew more about pregnancy than she did. He was the one who had already gone through it before, of course.

So, waiting aside, they had a few uneventful days. Which, was never something to truly complain about, given their work situation.

Finally, the waiting period came to an end and she could take a test. As soon as they had gotten home from work she had locked herself in the bathroom, only to emerge a moment later with the EPT in her hands. Now that their initial waiting was over, all they had to do was... wait.

It would take a couple of minutes until the results would come back, and they would know the difference by a matter of lines. Two lines, she was pregnant, one line, and no baby.

She set the test down on the counter, knowing that if she held it she would freak from the waiting period, and then they both sat on the couch. He had his back against the arm of the couch and his legs spread out, she was planted firmly in between his legs, his arms wrapped around her chest, and his chin resting in the space where her shoulder and neck met.

"What if there's no baby?" she mused.

"Then we keep trying," he replied instantly. "And, we don't stop until there is one."

A slight smile spread across her face, but it was gone just as soon as it had appeared "What if, God forbid, one of us can't have-"

"What if the earth stops tilting on it's axes?" he asked in an almost mocking tone. Without giving her time to give him a full on speech about what would happen if the earth did indeed stop turning, he continued. "Sam, you know better than to wonder about 'what ifs'. They're not worth the worry, you can never know... only theories. Not even theories, really- more like a hypothesis."

She turned slightly to look at him, "I'm so scared, Jack."

"I know," he said with a nod. "I am, too."

Before either could get a chance to say anything further, the phone rang. Sam grudgingly got out of his arms to answer it, Jack not far behind her. As the phone rang for the third time she picked it up, "Carter."

"Hey, Sam," Daniel's cheerful voice came from the other end of the phone. "Have you taken the test yet?"

She glanced at Jack, in their discussion she had forgotten about the test that was still sitting on the counter. By now the results would be in... "Yeah, Daniel. We haven't looked yet, though."

"Well," he asked, "why not?"

"We were talking," she explained. "Hold on a sec, we'll look at it."

Jack gave her a nervous look, and walked up behind her, wrapping his arms around her waist. Sam melted into his embrace, glad for the reassuring touch, and reached out for the EPT. With a heavy sigh she took the test into her shaking hand and brought it into view and her breath caught in her chest.

There were two lines. "Oh God..." she breathed into the phone.

"What?" Daniel asked from the other end. "What's wrong?"

She set the test back down and turned to her fiancé., the phone still at her ear. "We're pregnant?" it was more of a question than a statement, and her eyes held an uncertainty that nobody but him would ever see.

He smiled warmly and kissed her forehead. "Yeah," he told her, touching her cheek lovingly. "We are."

What could only be described as an excited squeal escaped her lips, causing him to laugh. Almost immediately her arms were around his neck, holding him close to her. "We're going to have a baby," she told him, as if he hadn't just found out with her. He hugged her back, grinning wildly, and burrowed his face in the space where her neck met her shoulder.

They stayed like that for a few seconds, content in holding each other, before Daniel's voice broke through their embrace. "You guys..." he called through the phone. "What's going on?"

Sam smiled to herself, and grudgingly pulled away from her husband-to-be, bringing the phone back to her ear. "Sorry Daniel," she apologized.

"Don't worry about it," he replied. "Tell me what the test said and we'll be even."

Jack grabbed hold of her hips, pulling her close to him, and wrapping his arms around her waist. She leaned into the embrace and grinned, "Well, Daniel... you're going to be a god-father."

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It hadn't even been ten minutes since Sam hung up with Daniel when their phone rang again, and she knew who it was before she even picked up the phone.

"Hello, Cassie." she greeted with a smile, ready for what was coming.

"You're pregnant!" the younger woman practically yelled.

"I've only taken the one test, so far, Cass..." she explained. "But, yeah. It came back positive."

"Well, take another. Make sure." Like she hadn't already planned on doing so. Actually, there were two other test waiting to be took, and an appointment at the nearby OB-GYN.

"I am," Sam assured her.

"We should go out to eat," Cassie mused, causing Sam to smile and look over at her fiancé.

"Jack was going to cook me dinner tonight... Maybe tomorrow." Which, was true... Jack had planned on cooking dinner that night. But, that hadn't been her complete reasoning for the raincheck. Sam had plans for celebration other than a group dinner. Plans that most definitely didn't require their assistance.

Thankfully, Cassie seemed to buy her excuse. "You don't go off world?"

"As far as I know, we don't." she told her. "We'll meet up at, let's say... Cheddar's at 1900 hours."

"Ok." Cassie agreed. "But, you'll call me after you take the other tests, right?"

"Of course," Sam promised. "I'll go take them right now."

"Good, I'll be waiting."

She didn't doubt it. "Bye, Cassie."

The college student hung up the phone, and Sam turned to her husband-to-be. "I have to go take those other tests, now."

He smiled and kissed her briefly. "You go do that... I'll start on dinner."

Sam grinned, "Good, because I've already got plans for desert."

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Both of the extra tests had come back positive, as she had expected, but they would have to wait a few days for the results from the doctor's test. Not that they really needed it, the three EPT's were enough proof for both, but it was just precautionary. They wanted to be one hundred percent sure, and when they got the results back they could be. Until then, it was maybe ninety five percent.

Turned out that not only Cassie would be meeting them for dinner, but Daniel and Teal'c would be as well. Neither were surprised, however, and both had expected as much. Cassie had nearly jumped Sam as soon as she had seen her, but at the last second the younger woman got a reserved look in her eyes, as if she was afraid hugging Sam too close would cause the developing embryo harm.

"You're not going to break me," Sam assured her with a grin. "I'm only about six weeks along."

Cassie smiled lightly, "I know..." it was apparent to all of them, however, that she had been worried of that exact thing.

Daniel had no problem with hugging his friend close, and as soon as he had released Sam he turned to Jack and the two shared the usual male half-hug. Then it was Teal'c's turn. The Jaffa's expression was soft and gentle, but Sam could tell that even in such a situation hugging was not something he would have preferred. Sure, when she needed comforting he could lean a shoulder for her to cry on... but, he just wasn't built to be a hugger.

"Congratulations, Colonel Carter." he told her with a genuine, friendly voice that most wouldn't expect from the bulky man.

"Hey!" Jack called, defensively. "This is just as much my accomplishment as it is hers."

"Accomplishment?" Sam questioned, her right eyebrow crawling up her forehead at the very same time Teal'c's began to rise up his.

Jack shrugged, "Well... we did accomplish something."

"I'd say so," Cassie added with a snort. Sure, they had accomplished a few things.

Sam grinned, then stepped on his tiptoes and kissed her friend on the cheek. "Thank you, Teal'c."

"You are most welcome," he replied with a half-nod. Then he turned to Jack, "I give congratulations to you, as well, O'Neill."

Jack thanked Teal'c, then wrapped an arm around Sam's waist, pulling her close. "Let's go on in and get us a table, then."

Nobody could argue with that. It was a nice day outside, and all, but they were hungry, and they could carry out the very same conversation inside the restaurant. It was fairly packed, but it only took the lighter part of a ten minute wait until they were seated at a booth in the non-smoking section. Jack was being extra cautious, now that they knew for sure, and none of them were smokers, anyway. Plus, smoke was one of the many things to which Danny was allergic.

They all piled into the large, round booth comfortably, but if there had been somebody else with them he or she would have had to pull up an extra chair, because there was absolutely no extra room. The waitress took their drink orders, then left to give them a few minutes to decided on what they wanted for dinner. Cassie, Daniel, and Jack each got a coke, Sam got iced tea, and Teal'c simply ordered water. The Jaffa wasn't very big on flavored drinks.

As soon as the waitress left their earlier discussion was picked up again. "So," Daniel asked, "any hopes on gender?"

Cassie snorted, earning a scolding look from both Jack and Sam, and a confused look from Daniel, as well as a raised eyebrow from Teal'c. She said nothing further, however, and gave Sam and Jack her full attention.

"I want a boy," Sam explained, looking over at her husband-to-be. "Jack wants a girl."

"Oh," Daniel replied. "I see."

"We'll find out soon enough," Sam told them. "In a little over a month and a half the ultrasounds will be able to tell us if it's a boy or girl."

"So," Cassie asked, "you're gonna find out the sex then?"

She looked over at Jack, they hadn't really discussed it, but she figured it'd be the best thing for them to do. That way they knew what color clothes to buy, how to decorate the baby's room, things of that nature. "If that's what Jack wants, then... yeah."

He placed his hand on her thigh lovingly, "It doesn't matter to me. I would love to have a little girl, but a baby boy would be just as nice. As long as he or she is perfectly healthy, and looks exactly like it's mom."

Sam smiled at his reasoning. Oh no, their baby was going to look like it's father. She had decided that much already, boy or girl she wanted the baby to have his eyes, at the very least, and his smile, too. The hair... well, she was partial to a little blonde boy or girl, but brunettes were perfectly fine, as well.

"We'll see," she told him with a grin. The baby could have her brain, maybe, but it was going to have his looks. She hoped.