CHAPTER FOUR

That night they all met in the SG1 rec. room for dinner. Jack had disappeared up top of the mountain to go and get some pizza with Teal'c. Cassie and Caitlin, apparently getting along just fine. They were sitting on the lounge playing Jack's play station. Janet, Sam and Megan sat around the table chatting near the kitchenette, with Daniel on the floor next to Megan, taking his new role of father in his stride.

Soon Jack and Teal'c were back and everyone dug in.

"That smells so good, I haven't had pizza for so long." Exclaimed Caitlin.

"It does smell appetizing." Replied Teal'c.

Suddenly Megan stood, with her hand on her stomach apparently in pain. Daniel was at her side in two seconds flat.

"What's wrong Megan?" He asked clearly concerned.

"I don't know, the babies seem to be moving around a lot and my back is aching. I don't think it is labor. They are properly complaining about the pizza, after so many months of MRE'S." She answered trying to quell everyone's panic.

"I'll be right, I think I should just go for a walk, that always seems to quieten them down." She added while heading for the door.

"I'll come with you, if you don't mind?" Asked Daniel while helping her toward the door.

"OK."

"Megan, if the pain persists come back and get me and ill see what I can do." Stated Janet before Megan escaped through the door nodding her answer.

After they had walked down the hall a bit Megan started a conversation with Daniel trying to take her mind off of the moving around in her stomach.

"Thank you for coming with me, you could have stayed and finished your dinner."

"That's no problem. I prefer cold pizza anyway. Are you sure your alright?" He asked worry still etched on his face.

"I'm fine I promise, they just wont sit still, see." She said as she stopped and placed both his hands on either side of her swollen tummy.

"Wow, they are going at it. Was it like this with Johnny?"

"No not really, he never moved that much, that is except when he heard your voice. He seemed to know when his daddy was in the room. That might be what is wrong with these two. Hearing so many familiar voices after only hearing Caitlin and I for a while."

Still standing there with his hands on Megan's protruding bump, Daniel suddenly become conscious of the fact that he was standing rather close to her.

Looking up from where his hands were resting, he noticed the smile on Megan's face. All the time he could feel the little kicks and bumps under his hands. Taking his hands away he continued the way that they were going, slowing down to the pace that Megan was keeping.

"That seemed to quieten them down, do you mind walking me back to my quarters, I'm not that hungry after all and I'm still rather tired."

"No, not at all. Wait here a moment and I'll just run back and let them know what we are doing, do you want me to get Johnny?"

"Yes, thank you Daniel, he was looking pretty tired too."

After Daniel had turned back to the rec. room, Megan kept on slowly towards the elevators. Sitting down around the corner not far from them, she waited for Daniel to return. While she was waiting she heard footsteps from the other direction that she had come.

They seemed to stop in front of the elevator. Megan didn't know who they were but she heard what they were saying.

"Mary, did you hear about that woman that came through the mirror?" a feminine voice drifted around the corner.

"Yeah apparently she has came with a ready made family for Dr. Jackson. He is such a catch, smart and gorgeous to boot. What a waste. I mean did you see her, she is pregnant, almost about to pop from what I read on her chart. Don't worry what chance has she got against us girls."

"Obviously more than you think, Tony was on guard in the hall of the VIP rooms and he said the Daniel was in there most of the afternoon. You don't think they were, you know?"

"I doubt it, she had her son with her. But either way she has a fight on her hands it seems that just about all the nurses seem to have a thing for him. This will be fun."

It got the better of Megan, so she stood and walked around the corner with Daniel and Johnny coming from the rec. room not far behind her. The women noticed the subject of their gossiping and looked slightly embarrassed, not knowing if she had heard them or not.

"How are you ladies?" Asked Megan as she pressed the button for the lift.

"Fine thank you, ma'am." Replied one of the nurses.

As Daniel walked up behind her he nodded to the nurses, he recognized them from his many times in the infirmary.

"How is my boy?" Megan asked.

"You were right, he is very tired." Daniel replied motioning towards the child in his arms.

Daniel heard the elevator near their floor, just as the doors opened and he was about to get on Megan surprised him by taking a hold of his hand. He didn't fight it.

The nurses followed the small group.

Suddenly as soon as the doors opened and they began their descent, Megan surprised him further by leaning into him with her full body and resting her head on his shoulder.

Still taken back he wasn't sure what to do. The elevator slowed and finally came to a stop at their floor. Just as they had cleared the doors, Megan reached up and gave him the most passionate kiss that he had had in a long time. He thought he heard gasps behind him as the doors shut on the elevator. Relishing this embrace he was reluctant to end it.

Megan pulled away slowly from him meeting his eyes as she did.

"I'm sorry Daniel, I'm really sorry." She said as she grabbed her son out of his arms and started for her room. Daniel quickly snapped out of it and jogged the short distance between them, meeting her as she was about to open her door.

"What was that?" He asked innocently.

"Um, I don't know." And with that said she promptly burst into tears.

Not saying anything just ushering her into her room, Daniel shut the door behind them, took Johnny from her and put the boy down on the floor with his toys. He gently navigated Megan to one of the lounges, sitting down next to her.

"What's wrong, what happened?"

"It's so stupid, don't worry about it." Megan replied calming down somewhat.

"Well it obviously upset you, and I don't know what that was in front of the elevator, are you feeling OK? Do you want me to get Doc Fraiser?"

"No I'm fine, I promise I just.. I don't know, when I was waiting for you upstairs those women didn't see me there and they were bagging me, telling each other how I had brought you an instant family and that I had a lot of competition on my hands if I wanted to keep you. Considering just about every female on base thinks you're hot, and theirs to keep."

At the slightly shocked look on his face Megan tried to continue,

"I'm sorry I don't know what happened, I only meant to hold your hand to stir them up a bit, but then I don't know it felt right. I apologize I shouldn't have kissed you. Your not angry with me are you? It will never happen again, I promise."

"No, no I'm not angry with you I'm angry with the nurses, I don't blame you for what you did. I properly would have done the same thing if I'd known the whole story. And you don't have to apologize for kissing me, I sort of enjoyed it." He said with a blush on his cheeks.

"Thank you Daniel, I only wanted to stir those bitches up. I just got carried away, I guess."

Johnny was not happy with the lack of attention that he was getting and took that opportunity to pull himself up on the lounge in between his parents, while trying to stifle a yawn.

"Can you please keep and eye on him while I have a shower, I wont be long."

"No prob.'s."

As Megan waddled to the bathroom, she noted that the walk had seemed to calm the babies down.

When Megan was finished and dressed she came out of the bathroom to find Daniel and her son curled up together on the bed, both of who were asleep.

Daniel was in the middle of the bed on top of the covers and Johnny on the left side under the blankets. With the lamp beside the bed revealing the time of the clock on the wall, Megan locked the door and climbed into the only space available on the bed and turned the light off. After a few minutes of trying to get comfortable she finally fell to sleep thinking about how interesting the next few days would be.

Daniel was woken up in the middle of the night by a small jab in the back. Lying there not completely aware of where he was, he felt another jab. Finally remembering where he was, he was relieved to find that Megan was curled up against his back, as close as she could anyway. The little jabs that he was feeling must have been the babies, obviously jostling each other for a better position. Laying there not knowing whether to make his escape or not, Daniel started to think about the previous day.

One minute he was waiting for a mission briefing and the next he was being told that he had a family in a sense. Not that he disliked the idea of a family. It was just a shock to the system.

When he thought about it he did like the idea of being a father, he just never thought he would ever get to experience it.

The toddler curled up on his left was almost the spitting image of himself when he was that age. The only difference was the curly hair. It must be something on Jack's side of the family. No one in his family had curls. The women on his right was fascinating in her own right, she was beautiful, intelligent and a great mother.

He understood what his alternate self saw in her. If given the chance he felt that he could love this woman. But she had made her feeling known, she was still grieving for her dead husband. He respected that. He even knew what it felt like, with Shar'e and all.

He would have to settle for just being there for her if she needed anything, and for the children. Given the fact that he had only decided that he wanted to be a part of their lives a few hours ago, he felt extremely attached to the idea.

Turning slightly so he was laying on his back, Daniel gently rested his hand on Megan's stomach. She quietly stirred, but didn't wake. Slowly moving his hand around in a small circle he tried to calm the babies back to sleep. Finding it harder to keep his eyes open, he finally let sleep overtake him with a smile on his face.

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