John Doe

Chapter Fifty Five

Authors Note: I might have said this before, but just in case– I'm stating for the record, I know very little about pregnancy and child birth. I'm only 16... that's just not something I worry about and research at this stage of my life. So... if I get something wrong (which I already have) just let me know, and I'll try and fix things.

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He had to wait ten minutes after making his phone calls to go into the room where she was being taken care of. He had gotten a hold of Daniel, told him to drop by the house on his way to the hospital, pick up some clothes for Sam, and for Jack, himself, and feed the dog. He called Cassie, told her to come by in a few hours, because nothing interesting was going on at the moment. Then called George, although he was in D.C., just to let him know what was going on. When he called Teal'c at the base, he told him to try and make contact with the Tok'ra, and if necessary, physically drag Jacob away from whatever they had him doing so he would be there for his grandchildren's birth. Sam had told him that out of anyone (except for him, of course) her father was the only one she truly wanted to be there.

Daniel had flipped out, for the same reason Jack had, because she wasn't even eight months along and already in labor. Jack tried to calm him down, telling Daniel what a nurse had told him, it wasn't odd for a first time mother to deliver early, and it was definitely common for twins to be premature. There was nothing to worry about, the babies wouldn't miss out on any necessary development and would be completely healthy and normal.

The first one to arrive, was, of course, Daniel. Jack was with Sam when the call came, and he explained to the archeologist how to get to the room, and a few minutes later, he showed up. Hair messy, clothes unmatched, flip-flops for shoes, and a goofy look spread across his face. It reminded Jack of the Daniel Jackson he had met all those years ago– wide eyed and excited about what lay ahead. He had missed that side of him.

"Hey Danny boy," he greeted with a grin of his own. "You'd think they were your youngins being born today, from the looks of it."

He smiled sheepishly and pulled up a seat next to Sam, "How are you feeling?"

"I'm alright," the woman replied. "The contractions are still 13 minutes apart, and I'm not even close to being fully dilated... so I've got a bit of a wait on my hands."

"Did they say how long they expected you to be in labor for?"

She shook her head, "It's up in the air, I guess. It could be a few hours, it could be more than a day... you never really know. First time deliveries, they said, normally last for awhile."

"Oh."

"They're gonna bring me a lot of fluids, they say that will hurry the process along." she shrugged. "If things don't speed up in a couple of hours, though, they're gonna have me make laps around the hospital."

"Sounds like fun." the archeologist said.

"I'd do sprints right now, if it would hurry things along." she snorted. "Miracle of birth, my right foot. I'm not even close to having them, and I'm already ready for whatever drugs they're willing to let me have."

Jack grinned, and was about to reply when his cell phone rang, he got it out and answered on the second ring. "O'Neill?"

"O'Neill– I have contacted the Tok'ra." Teal'c said.

"Oh?" he asked. "What's the news?"

"Jacob Carter is currently on a mission, but has been sent for, and should return to earth within two hours time." he paused. "How is Samantha O'Neill?"

"She's fine, T. Just ready to have the twins..."

"Indeed."

"Well, you let me know when there are any developments on that, okay? And get here as soon as you can."

"Indeed, I will, O'Neill."

Jack hung up the phone and looked over at Sam, "He sends his love, and says he'll be here in a few hours. Oh, and don't have the babies until he does."

"He did not say that." she stated.

Shrugging his shoulders, he turned his phone to vibrate– it was really early, and they were in a hospital– and put it back in his pocket. "That doesn't mean he wasn't thinking it."

She snorted, leaning back in the bed, "I doubt I'll even be close when he gets here, anyway."

Jack was about to reply, when he was again interrupted. This time, however, it wasn't by a cell phone. A slight beeping went off, and Sam's face dropped. Daniel looked around confused, but as soon as the woman cried out in pain, he got a pretty good idea of what was going on. It had been thirteen minutes since her last contraction, so she was due for another– and this was it.

He watched as her hand found Jack's, and she grabbed on for dear life, squeezing it in a painful manner. When he looked up to gauge the reaction on Jack's face, all he could see was sympathy and concern, no pain or annoyance by being her human stress ball. He (Jack), pushed a lock of hair out of her face, and kissed her forehead, whispering words of comfort into her ear, which Daniel couldn't make out. It lasted for the better part of a minute, and when it was finally over, she rested against the bed once more, letting out a sigh of exhaustion, and closed her eyes, although the men knew full well she wasn't going to try to sleep.

"Why don't you go get some coffee," Jack suggested, looking over at him. "It'll be awhile in here, and you're gonna need a good dose of caffeine."

Daniel nodded, standing up from the chair he was in. "Is there anything that I could do for you guys?"

Looking over at Sam, whose eyes were still closed, he nodded. "Call her brother..." after finding a pen and something to write on, he handed Daniel the number. "Let him know what's going on, maybe he can find a quick flight over here and make it in time to see his niece and nephew born."

Nodding, Daniel left the room, and headed for the cafeteria. Even though he knew it was used as a way to get him out of the room, he was never one to pass up on a cup of coffee.

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Even though Jack had told her to go back to sleep, and for her credit she had tried, Cassie was too excited to stay at her house. As quietly as she could, she got dressed, praying she didn't wake up her roommates, and after throwing on a pair of old jeans and a baggy shirt she left the house and headed for the hospital.

A cute, brunette nurse (who didn't look too much older than she was, she noted) directed her to where she would find Sam's room at. Feigning not understanding, she asked the man if he could take a few minutes to show her himself. He smiled, and agreed. Who cared that he was a nurse– she decided, as he walked ahead of her towards the room– he had a great backside.

"Thank you so much," she said, as she stopped outside the door to Sam's room.

"Is your sister having a baby?" he questioned. Her trip certainly had nothing to do with her, and sister was the next logical choice.

Cassie smiled, shaking her head, "She's not related to me– she was my mother's best friend."

Picking up on the was, and the slight sadness that had passed through the pretty young girls eyes, Brad knew he had stuck his foot in his mouth. Now the trick was getting it out. "Boy or girl?" he questioned, hoping to steer the conversation in the other direction.

The girl smiled once more, thankfully, and replied, "Both, actually. She's having twins."

Just as he was about to tell her that he had a pair of twin sisters, an older man, mid-thirties, walked over to them and greeted the girl, "Cassie! What are you doing here? I thought Jack told you that you cold stay at home and sleep for a few more hours."

She smiled sheepishly, "I tried– but I couldn't. So I decided to just come right away..." she looked back at Brad and her smile turned to a grin, "I got kind of lost trying to find the room."

Having a pretty good idea that this was a lie, Daniel raised an eyebrow, in true Teal'c fashion, and smirked at her. "Well, we're the only ones here right now. T is waiting on Jacob to get here, and I just called Mark and his family. They're gonna get the next flight out of San Diego."

Cassie nodded, eyeing the coffee cup in Daniel's hand. Before the archeologist knew it, the young woman grabbed it, a bit disappointed to see it only half full, but still happy to have coffee anyway. She looked at Brad and smiled, "Thanks again for helping me out."

"No problem," he replied. "Congratulations to your friends."

When he left, Cassie turned to Daniel, "Why do you always have to spoil the fun?"

"Flirting with a male nurse is your idea of fun?" Daniel asked, laughing to himself.

Scowling, Cassie took a large drink of the coffee she had stolen from him and walked into Sam's room, muttering something to herself about bitter archeologists who couldn't get a date with Reetu if he tried. Daniel shook his head and followed her, not even wondering how she could possibly know about that. The girl had her ways.

"That was my third cup of coffee, by the way," he added, causing her to turn around and glare at him. "I don't miss it all that much."

She took another sip none the less, and sat down in his old chair, leaving him to stand.

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5:37 AM

"Knock, knock!" a voice called out as the door to the hospital room opened. Sam didn't even have to think twice about who it belonged to before she was sitting up straight, grinning broadly.

"Dad!" she exclaimed happily, as he walked into the room, and headed over to where she was laying to give her a hug. "Happy Birthday."

He grinned, "Well, if I had known that you were going to give me two grand babies for my present then I'd have made plans to be here earlier."

She smiled, looking over at her husband, "Trust me, we didn't plan on this."

"But it's a welcomed surprise," Jack finished for her. "Happy 63, Jacob. You're presents will be delivered later on in the day... dirty diapers and amazingly strong lungs to wake you up at three in the morning."

The older man grinned, "I'll stay for a couple of days, get to know the rug rats, but I do have an important mission that I need to carry out after that."

Sam nodded understandingly, "Where's Teal'c at?"

"He said something about tradition and lollipops and balloons, I don't know."

Daniel laughed, "That's Teal'c for you."

"Hey, it's a welcome to the family party," Cassie claimed. "It's not like they'll ever be able to get away from us now."

The others nodded, they did have one big, slightly dysfunctional family, and it was about to get that much more big, and crazy.

And none of them would have it any other way.

The End!

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A/N: Wait just a second before you yell at me for ending it like that– there is an epilogue to be had. I could never end it without having the babies born! And who knows, perhaps I will decided on a sequel. I don't know. I've still got to get started on When All Else Fail's part II.

But anyway, I know it took forever to get this out. I am so sorry! It's out now though... and let me know what you think, of course!

Sorry if that was a cheesy ending. I just do what my muse tells me to.