Sam drove toward Jack's cabin as Daniel slept off the drug that Janet had given him. Every so often Sam would glance at the man she was going to marry, he was so angelic when he slept, so child like. He made her warm inside knowing that any child they produced would be one of love and understanding. She knew that Daniel would be a great father. She only hoped that she could be as good as a mother.
She brushed off those bad thoughts and thought about their wedding. She knew he wanted it small, so did she for that matter. It was mostly going to be the people from the SGC. Since neither of them had real lives outside of the mountain they had no friends except those they worked with.
Maybe they would go some place warm for their honeymoon, hell, maybe they would go off world for it. They could go to Vegas right now and get married with Elvis as a witness and she would be happy about it, cause she would be marrying the man she loved more than life itself.
Daniel started to wake up before they hit Jack's. cabin. He let out a small moan and stretched his back as much as he could in the confines of the car. He instantly looked at Sam and smiled as he watched her driving, signing along with the radio.
"Hey, how long was I out?" He asked, trying to get his eyes refocused.
Sam stole a quick glance in his direction. "About an hour and a half. We are about 20 minutes form Jack's place. You want to stop first and get something to eat?"
It took Daniel about 30 seconds to process what she had just said. "Umm, sure, we can stop somewhere. I need coffee and some aspirin." He smiled at Sam. "I love you, you know that, right?" He asked.
Sam looked at him as she pulled into the drive thru of the McDonalds. Since it was a little past lunch time there was a line. "Yes I know that, I love you too." She reached over and gave him quick kiss on the check before she had to move up to place their order.
"What would you like?" She looked at him as he thought about what he wanted to eat. She was starving, she had already picked out what she wanted.
"Big Mac with fries and large coffee." He thought for a second. "Oh, and a bottle of water." He pulled out his wallet and handed her a $20 so she could pay for the meal. He heard her order his food then hers, which was just what he ordered but with large fries and a diet coke, and 2 apple pies. He looked at her.
"Hungry are we?"
Sam took the change and slipped it into her purse, with a sly smile on her lips as she looked at him.
"Well, I am eating for two now… Daddy." She looked at him as his face changed.
"What… Two… Daddy?" He was shocked. He didn't think they would be parents this quickly, there was no way she could know if something happened in the last 2-3 days.
He looked at her as she tried to hold back the laughter but couldn't contain it any longer. Soon the car was filled with her laughing.
"You should have seen your face, it was priceless. Oh my god, if I had a picture that would be the moment of the year." She reached for the food with the teenage boy looking at them like they were crazy.
"Samantha Carter I am so going to get you." Daniel said, once he realized he had been had. "That was just so wrong," he said, shaking his head.
She giggled as she pulled into an empty space so they could eat. "Nothing is going to happen until we decide to make it happen." She took a bite of her burger.
He looked at her. "You know I always wondered about that. I know all female SGC personal that go through the gate use something. But what do they use: pill, shot, implants?" He asked, popping two aspirin and taking a sip of water before starting on his food.
"We have two choices; one is the implant which lasts for 3 years, the other is the shot which lasts for 4 months before you have to get a booster. I can't do the implant because my skin has a bad reaction to it. So every 3 months I get a booster shot. If I miss it I am off gate duty for a month till I hit my next cycle."
Daniel thought about it for a moment. "So when we start planning a family you just go off the shot and you are ready to go?" He knew the pill took time to get out of the system, a couple months at least, he had a girlfriend in collage that was on the pill and she explained it to him.
"Yes and no, sometimes it takes a month or two for your body to get back to a normal cycle, sometimes it doesn't. That's why if you miss a shot you are off gate duty for the month." She took a sip of her coke.
"Have there been any incidents were female personal were assaulted in that way during a mission?" He asked. He reads the mission reports on the teams but something like that might not be in the reports.
Sam thought about it for a moment. "Not to my knowledge, but we take the shots or whatever so if it does happen, nothing will come of it 9 months later."
"I hate to think that we have to take these precautions because people feel that is a justified means of torture or whatever." Daniel had a look of disgust on his face as he finished off his burger.
"It's the price we pay for what we do Daniel. Thankfully it has never happened, and hopefully it never will." Sam took Daniel's hand in hers and gave it a squeeze. Sam finished off her lunch and turned the car back on.
"You ready to go and see the Colonel?"
Daniel nodded as he sipped his coffee.
"Yes ma'am, so you're going to tell him, right?" He smiled at her, batting his eyes lashes.
Sam looked at him before she pulled out of the parking spot. "Cold day in hell, Dr. Jackson, cold day in hell."
Daniel was thinking about some things as they pulled up into Jack's driveway. As they got out of the car they saw a pillar of smoke rising from the backyard, indicating that he was grilling something.
"You want to have fun with the Colonel?" Daniel asked, taking Sam's hand in his, a wicked smile on his face.
"What do you have in mind?" She was pretty sure she knew, but she wanted to make sure they were thinking on the same page.
"Eating for two?" was all he said as they came around the corner of the house to see Jack dumping beer on a char grilled steak.
"Teal'c your steak is done," Jack yelled into the house as Teal'c emerged with some other food items.
"I will take the one that you did not scorch O'Neill." Teal's said as he set the plates and food down on the table.
"Major Carter, Dr. Jackson, it is good to see you today."
Sam and Daniel both knew that was a loaded greeting, it was asking for help. Teal'c so did not want to be there.
"Hello Teal'c, enjoying your fishing with Jack?" Daniel asked still holding onto Sam's hand.
"I do not understand why O'Neill insists on this sport, when there are no fish in the lake."
"It's not about catching the fish, it's about the act of fishing itself." Jack came up to stand next to Teal'c.
"Hay kids, what's up?" Jack asked, noticing the interlocked hands. "You want something to eat?"
Sam and Daniel looked at each other and grinned. "Thank you sir, I'm starving," Sam replied.
Daniel looked at Sam. "We just had lunch not more then 5 minutes ago and you're hungry again?"
"Hay this is your fault you know. Remember I'm eating for two now." No sooner was the last word out of Sam's mouth then the thunk of Jack O'Neill hitting the ground was heard.
They both looked down to see O'Neill with his head between his knees taking in deep breaths, as he tried to process the information the two youngest members of his team had just released.
After a moment or two he looked up. "Eating for two? How did that happen?"
Daniel tilted his head to the side and smirked. "You want details on the miracle of life or just how it happened with us?" Daniel was trying so hard to keep from laughing.
"You two, how, when, huh?" Jack was still perplexed - he had no idea.
"Well Jack, Sam and I were at my house playing some games. We got really drunk and the next thing I knew we were taking off each others clothes," Daniel started.
Sam picked up the story, right after words, not missing a beat.. "We ended up in the bedroom, and let me tell you the things Daniel can do. I mean he is really good with his hands, and what he can do with his…"
"CARTER! Stop! Please!" Jack was on the deck holding his hands to his ears, Teal'c just stood there with his eyebrows raised, looking as if he wanted the story to continue.
"Sir, you asked. I was just following orders…" That was the straw that broke the camel's back, both Sam and Daniel burst out laughing.
Jack just looked at them in confusion. It took about 30 seconds for him to realize that he had been had.
"You two are so not going to make it back to base." He said, still noticing that their hands were attached to each other.
Ha, ha, the joke is over, you can stop holding hands now," he said motioning for them to come up and have a seat.
"Why would we want to do that?" Sam asked mischievously. "Carter, you got me, the joke is over. You can release his hand." Daniel looked at Sam.
"Jack I like holding my fiancée's hand."
Sam held up the finger that had the ring on it.
"I like holding his hand too, sir. Why stop now?" She said as he took a careful look at the ring, still thinking they were playing a joke on him.
"Major Carter are you and Daniel Jackson having a humorous event at the expense of O'Neill again?" Teal'c, straight laced as ever, looked down at the ring.
"No Teal'c we aren't playing with the colonel this time, Daniel and I have finally realized our feelings towards one another are stronger than friendship. We decided that we would like to see were it takes us. Yesterday we went past a jewelry store and saw the rings, and we both decided to go for it all."
Daniel stepped in. "We told General Hammond this morning that we plan on getting married, we just haven't set a date yet." Daniel left the part out with Simmons for the moment.
Jack finally stopped gazing at the ring and looked to his 'kids'. His face was as neutral as ever.
"Great, two Dr. Jacksons on the base. The SGC will never be the same." They knew this was his way of approving it. He was happy for them.
Daniel moved his arm to rub his neck. Jack saw the bandage and grabbed his arm. "Daniel what did you do?" Jack asked getting into his mother hen mode.
"It's nothing, Simmons was with the general when we showed up. He said some thing's I didn't like, so I punched him, then kneed him when he tried to get back up."
Teal'c and Jack looked at each other. They both wanted more details. "What did he say, exactly?"
Sam moved in for this one. "When we told the general that Daniel and I wanted to start a family, Simmons said that the pentagon thought that having Daniel's DNA mixed with mine was a waste and I should have a child with someone with better suited DNA."
Jack's eyebrows went up when he heard that. "What egghead's DNA did they want you to get?"
Daniel took over again. "They wanted you and Carter to have a baby because of her memories of Jolinar; they wanted your DNA cause you had the Ancients knowledge downloaded into your head." Daniel shrugged.
"I got mad, and decked him. General Hammond was going to write it up as an accident, but he said I should tell you what happened so you don't find out about it later. He also said that he was taken to the Academy hospital for treatment and that he was making sure he would stay there a night or two for observation should you or Teal'c want to get his side of the story." Daniel smiled. He knew that he was going to be there, but General Hammond never said that. It was implied though.
Jack nodded in understanding. "Thank you Daniel, as SGC's second in command, I should go and find out if he is doing alright after his fall."
Jack looked at Teal'c. "Would you like to visit the Academy hospital again? In an official capacity of course."
Teal'c nodded. "Indeed, I would like to visit the hospital again. to help you make sure all is right with Colonel Simmons." A sly smile crossed his face as he said this. No one hurt his friends and got away with it.
"Well come on kids enough of this talk, let's sit down and relax," Jack said as he motioned for everyone to grab a seat