What's Next?
Chapter Three
Just then the phone rang.
"Excuse me."
Both Jack and Sam nodded as the doctor turned to answer the phone. Jack removed his hand from hers and flexed his fingers. Man she had a strong grip. Just as Jack was about to ask her how she felt, Dr. Thompson finished his call and looked at them. Jack again took Sam's hand.
"Sorry about that. Now, where were we? Ah yes." He looked again at Sam, "Well Miss Carter, you are indeed pregnant."
Sam's mouth opened and closed a few times and her eyes widened. Slowly turning her head she looked at Jack. He was smiling. When he saw her expression his smile dimmed a little. He couldn't deny that he was happy but he could also understand how Sam was feeling. Seeing her turn pale, Jack stood up and gently pulled her up to join him. Reaching out his hand, he shook the doctor's hand and led Sam out of the room.
When they reached his car, Jack opened the door and helped Sam in. He was starting to worry about her; she hadn't said a word since Thompson had delivered the news. He thought that she had accepted the possibility of this happening. As he drove to the cabin, he kept looking at her. She hadn't moved since they had left the clinic. After parking the car in front of the cabin, Jack once again helped Sam out of the car. Opening the front door, he led her into the living room. Sitting her on the couch, he sat next to her. Gently taking her hand, he turned to look at her.
"Sam, honey, talk to me."
Sam's eyes lifted to his. He could see tears there.
"Jack, what are we going to do?"
With that Sam promptly broke down and started to cry. Jack was shocked but he gathered her into his arms and whispered soothing words to her as he stroked her hair. Placing feather like kisses on the top of her head, he let her continue to cry. She must have been so upset over the last few days. She had hidden it well but that was Carter. Finally her sobs stopped and she started to breathe deeply and evenly. Jack looked down at her the best he could and saw that she had fallen asleep. He picked her up and carried her to the bedroom. Placing her on the bed, he removed her shoes and covered her with the quilt. He crawled into the bed next to her and wrapped his arms around her. Eventually he too fell asleep.
When Sam opened her eyes the room was dark. Lying in the darkened room she snuggled up closer to Jack and thought about what the doctor had told them. Placing a hand on her stomach, she smiled. Even though she had broken down earlier, she was happy about the baby. Together, her and Jack would work out what to do next.
Feeling Jack's arms tighten around her, Sam rolled over to face him. Tilting her head back, she looked into his eyes and smiled. Leaning in she placed a kiss on his lips.
"Are you OK?"
"Yes, I'm fine Jack. Sorry about going critical on you earlier."
"I have to say that you did scare me. Why didn't you tell me earlier about how upset you were?"
"Honestly Jack, I thought I was handling it. I knew what the chances were and I thought I was prepared. Obviously I was wrong."
"Sam, I have to say, I'm happy about the baby but we do have to figure out what we're going to do about the SGC."
"Not tonight Jack. Let's not let it worry us. I need to be with you. I love you. Make love to me Jack."
"Oh Sam I love you too."
Slowly he undressed her, savouring every inch of her body, kissing her all over. Jack started to remove his clothes with Sam's help. They made love gently but passionately. When Jack had brought her to climax, he finally let himself go and joined her. Sated, Jack rolled off her and gathered her in his arms. Sam rested her head on his chest. When he spoke to her, he listened to the rumble in his chest. She loved being with him. The man was so strong yet so vulnerable, smart yet not letting too many people know. She was still surprised about that. Ok, he didn't understand anything to technical but he was still very smart. Suddenly Sam's stomach rumbled and she heard Jack laugh.
"Guess we missed dinner huh?"
"Yeah we did. What do you want?"
"I'd love a pizza."
"Sounds good, you go have a shower and I'll ring the pizza place in town."
Ten minutes later they were heading into town. During dinner they talked about everything and nothing. Sam talked about her childhood as did Jack. They talked about Charlie. Sam saw Jack's eyes light up when he mentioned his son and she saw the sadness and guilt when he spoke about his death. When they finally looked around they saw that they were the last people in the restaurant. The staff had already started to clean. Standing up they paid their bill and left.
The next few days followed the same pattern, they made love in the morning, spent the day just talking, walking and fishing. Then they made love at night. It was only as their time was coming to an end that they finally decided that they needed to talk about what they were going to do when they got back to the SGC.
"Sam, we have to tell Hammond." Jack said on an exasperated sigh.
"Jack, please give it some time. I'm only just pregnant. We'll give it three months. That'll give us time to work out how to tackle it better. You know that we'll be court-martialled as soon as we tell him."
"Sam, you can't go off-world while you're pregnant. You…"
Sam held up her hand to stop him.
"Jack, I'll be fine. I promise to be extra careful and you'll be there as well."
"I don't like it but there's not a lot I can do to change your mind, is there?"
"No Jack, there isn't."
Kissing him, she hopped into the car. Jack just shook his head and started the car. He had the whole trip home to change her mind.
Jack tried, during the trip to change her mind but Sam stood firm in her resolve. Jack knew she could be stubborn but this was ridiculous. He could pull rank and order her but he knew what her reaction would be. Oh yeah she'd follow the order because she was his subordinate but would she ever forgive him? Jack didn't know and he couldn't take the risk. When they pulled up at Sam's, she turned to him and asked him in. Jack smiled and nodded. He followed her into the house. Sam made them a snack, as they eaten on the way home. When they had finished they went to bed.
When the alarm went off, Sam groaned and tried to roll over to turn it off but Jack was in the way. Leaning on her elbow, she reached over him and hit the button. Jack quickly grabbed her and kissed her.
"What time is it?"
"04:30. You need to go home and shower before work. I'll go make some coffee while you get dressed."
Getting out of bed, she put on her robe and went into the kitchen. Jack joined her in a few minutes. He snaked his arms around her and kissed her neck.
"I could shower here."
"No Jack, we both know what will happen if you do that."
"That's the whole idea."
Laughing, Sam pushed him gently away and walked to the other side of the kitchen.
"Jack we have to show some professionalism when we get back to the SGC. I'll come by your place tonight and then we'll have a shower together."
Jack waggled his eyebrows, "Promise?"
Sam just rolled her eyes and nodded giving him a quick kiss as she left the kitchen.
Three and a half hours later, all the members of SG1 were sitting in the briefing room waiting for Hammond. Daniel, remembering the scene he had walked in on a week ago, kept looking at Jack and Sam. He wondered what had happened at Jack's cabin. Neither of them was giving away anything but Daniel didn't really think that they would. Just as he was about to ask them how their time away was Hammond walked in.
"Welcome back SG1. I hope you're all well rested and ready to return to work."
They all nodded their heads.
"We heard from the Tok'ra a few hours ago. It seems that one of their operatives has gone missing. They sent another operative in to find him but he too has disappeared. They've asked for our help. They sent through their intel. I must admit it's a dangerous mission. The planet has a battalion of Jaffa there. Apparently it's a 'boot camp' for want of a better word. I've decided that a small covert group may be able to go in and locate the Tok'ra and bring them home."
"Sir, as much as I love Jacob, why are we going in to save the Tok'ra's backsides?"
Taking a deep breath, Hammond continued,
"Because one of the missing Tok'ra is Jacob."
