CHAPTER FIVE
Jack knocked quietly at first, knowing that it was rather early in the morning. There were some muffled sounds from inside the room. Soon the door opened to reveal a very ruffled looking Megan.
"Good Morning, Megan. I know it's early but I couldn't sleep and I wanted to see if you wanted any thing for breakfast?"
Standing there with the door partially open, Jack couldn't see who was still asleep in her bed.
"No thanks, da.. I'm sorry, no thanks Jack."
"Stop saying sorry, I told you to call me dad. I like it."
All of a sudden there was movement at Megan's legs and a little head popped around the corner.
"Good morning, Johnny."
As an answer the toddler barged past his mother and reached up to Jack to be picked up. Obliging, Jack picked the boy up.
"Since you don't want anything to eat, do you want me to take this little one and let you get some more sleep?"
"Only if you don't mind, he is a handful this time of the morning."
"I don't mind one little bit, you go and get some sleep. You look tired."
"Thank you..dad."
With that Jack turned on his heel and headed for the elevator. Megan went back into the room, thankful that Jack hadn't seen Daniel who was still sleeping on the bed.
The babies seemed to have woken up and realizing that she wouldn't get any more sleep with them also being active at this time in the morning, she grabbed a change of clothes and went to have a shower and get changed.
Eating this time of the morning usually meant that you would be eating alone. So Jack was surprised when he entered the mess and found Major Carter sitting over a bowl of fruit loops reading a very big book.
"Carter, how are you this early morning?"
Slightly startled, Sam took a moment to finish her mouthful and answer.
"I'm good Sir, how about you?"
"Good thank you, do you mind baby-sitting for a minute while I get this one something to eat."
"Not at all."
Handing Johnny over, Jack noticed how different Carter was when she was around the boy. She was talking baby talk to his grandson, not caring who saw her, very unlike her. After her had filled his tray with food, Jack filed back to his 2IC.
Sitting down opposite her, she seemed reluctant to give up the child in her lap. Realizing that he had a fight on his hands, he gave in and handed Johnny's breakfast over the table, letting her help him eat.
After not long they were all covered in scrambled eggs, and bits of toast.
"I swear with him around I need a few more spare uniforms."
Carter said trying to untangle herself from Johnny.
Getting up to help his Major, Jack replied,
"Well, he is sort of an O'Neill, we make messes."
"I've noticed Sir." Sam answered with a smirk.
"Megan seems really nice, and this little man is just precious. Where does the curly hair come from, is it your side or Daniel's side?"
"I don't think it is my side, but Megan's mother had curly blonde hair when I knew her. And come to think of it, so did her mother. Must be a family trait. It has been an interesting 24hrs hasn't it?"
"Definitely, Sir. How are you taking it?"
"Not to bad I think. I keep waiting to wake up from a dream. I was shocked at first but I think I will used to it very quickly. I know it has been less then a day but I like the idea of having a family again. Someone to spend the holiday's with and to have dinner with, that sort of thing."
"I understand. Wonder how Daniel is taking it all, he seemed a bit weird when Megan first introduced herself. But last night he seemed a bit better, walking her back to her room and all. Do you know where he disappeared last night, I thought he was going to come back after he walked them back."
"I don't know, maybe he wanted to think about things. You know what he is like when he has something serious to think over. He often disappears."
"Your right."
They wound down the conversation, instead watching the boy now sitting in Jack's lap play with his food.
Daniel woke to hear the shower going. He lay there for a few moments, realizing that he desperately needed a cup of coffee and also realizing that he has slept in his clothes last night.
He must look like a wreck. He didn't particularly care. Rising, he walked over to the makeshift kitchenette. He heard the shower turn off and called out.
"Do you want some coffee Megan?"
"No thank you Daniel I can't have it." Came her muffled replied.
Shrugging to himself, he put the kettle on, found a mug and added the ingredients. Turning on the small radio above the sink he found a music channel that wasn't too annoying.
Humming along with the song he tidied up the toys on the floor and was partially through with making the bed when he heard the door to the bathroom open and the whistle of the kettle boiling.
Making his way over to pour his coffee, he asked
"Why can't you have coffee?"
"Don't ask for the technical explanation, all I know is that they advise you against it when your pregnant, I think it is the caffeine. I don't think it is good for them."
She said rubbing her stomach.
"It's not like they need the buzz, they hardly sleep anyway." She added, while looking through one of the bags that had been placed at the end of the bed, trying to find shoes.
"About last night Megan, I'm sorry, you should have woken me up. I didn't mean to fall asleep."
"That's OK, don't stress about it. It was nice having a warm body beside me that wasn't fighting for the covers or kicking me in the back like Johnny does. I know it has been confusing about all this alternate reality stuff, but I hope we can move past it. I don't want to feel awkward around you, and don't get me wrong, I don't think I will stop missing my husband but when your here it makes it a little easier. That doesn't sound creepy does it?"
"No, not at all. I feel the same way about Shar'e, ill never forget her, or stop missing her, but it gets easier with time. And I appreciate the chance you have given me to be a dad to Johnny. Speaking of Johnny, where is he?"
"Dad, stopped by earlier to get me some breakfast, I told him that I wasn't hungry yet so he took Johnny to give me a few minutes break. He said that he was going to be in the mess hall. I was about to head down there and get some toast. Do you want to join me?"
"I think I better go and have a shower and get changed. But ill meet you there in twenty minutes."
"OK, see you there." Having found some shoes, Megan made her way out the door, leaving Daniel searching for his boots.
Walking into the mess hall, Daniel quickly scanned the room to find the people that he was looking for. Spotting them he smiled and went to line up for some more coffee.
"Do you ever actually eat anything, Daniel?"
Sam asked as he sat down with nothing but a mug.
"If you get it chunky enough coffee is almost a food group." He replied examining the mess of food in front of Johnny.
"What exploded here?"
"It's called feeding time at the zoo, Johnny thinks it is a fantastic game to spread his meals as far as the eye can see. Don't you sweetheart?"
All Megan got in a reply was a big greasy smile.
"Don't you dare kiss your mother with that mouth." Megan told the toddler. Noticing that the table was lacking an occupant, Daniel asked where Jack was.
"He got called into General Hammond's office a few minutes ago." Replied Sam.
Everyone continued eating in comfortable silence.
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"General Hammond, I have a proposition." Jack spoke up after he had taken the offered seat.
"Go on, son."
"Well I would like permission to ask Megan and Johnny to come and live at my house. I'm hardly ever there anyway and I like the idea about having some family around. It is an awfully big house for just one person."
"I don't see why not Jack, if you think that it is a good idea. I think the pentagon would prefer her to be near some one from the SGC any way. Go ahead and ask her if she agrees ill organize it."
"Thank you General. I also wanted to talk about how Megan is going to pay for things and so forth?"
"Well son, we have organized a savings account in her name at one of the local banks. There is enough money in there for her to get started, even more now she doesn't have to pay for somewhere to live. We have arranged ID for her. We took the liberty to look up her mother in this reality and it turns out that she also died of cancer at around the same time as in the other reality. She has a social security number and so does Johnny, Megan is listed as Megan O'Neill and Johnny is Jonathan Daniel Jackson. However if Megan wants to change either surname all she has to do is ask. We still need both Megan and Dr. Jackson to sign the birth certificate for Johnny, ill get you to send them in here when we are finished."
"Yes sir, ill go and talk to Megan now and then send them in."
"Dismissed. Colonel, good luck."
Walking back to the mess hall, Jack was thinking over what had happened in the past day. It was like somebody was finally giving him a break and giving him a chance at being a dad again.
To top it all off he now got the chance to be a dotting grandfather. After Charlie he never thought he would have either chance again. Spotting Megan sitting at a table that was covered with scrambled eggs, he wandered over.
"How are you feeling this morning Megan?"
"Much better now that you took Johnny off my hands for a while this morning. It was only half an hour but it was practically heaven. Since he learned to walk he has been getting faster and faster and I've been getting slower and slower."
"When you are finished Megan I would like to have a word to you in private if you don't mind?" Jack asked.
"No not at all, I'm finished now if you want."
"Daniel, we will be in my office, can you meet us there in thirty minutes?"
"Not a problem." Daniel replied picking some half chewed toast off of his pants.
Jack picked up Johnny after cleaning his hands with a wet wipe and followed Megan who with her short steps had only made it to the door.
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"Megan, I just want to let you know that the General has set up an account in your name with one of the local banks. He has also organized social security numbers, ID's and birth certificates. I have to sign off on yours, and you and Daniel have to sign off on Johnny's. Your last name is listed as O'Neill and Johnny's as Jackson. But you can change either if you like."
Jack put Johnny down on the ground with a couple of his tennis balls that he always kept in his office for moments of utter boredom. Helping Megan into her seat he continued.
"What I wanted to know Megan is if, that is if you want to. You and Johnny are more then welcome to come and live at my house. After all I'm hardly ever there and I really stink at cooking. But only if you want to, I don't want to force anything on you." Sitting down on his side of the desk, Jack studied the woman sitting in front of him.
"Dad, I would love to. But only if you are sure you can handle all the noise that Johnny makes, as well as the noise these two will make in a month or so. Going from living alone to a house full can be difficult. And I don't cook that well either, I got that from you."
"Honestly, I think it will take a bit to get used to, but I'm willing to make a go of it. I have missed having kids in the house. OK, now before you can change your mind. That is settled. We still have time to kill before Daniel gets here, tell me about what your life was like before, you know the mirror. And please explain to me why you married Daniel."
They both had a small chuckle about that, Jack because he was still slightly nervous, and Megan because that was exactly what her father had said when she announced her engagement.
"Well let me see. I lived in Australia until I was sixteen, but I did come and visit you two or three times a year depending on if you were home or on a mission somewhere. You married Sara and then you had Charlie and it was so nice to have a brother. Mum died about a three weeks before my sixteenth." Megan paused while she reflected on bad memories.
"You flew over to be with me and after all the arrangements had been made I came to live with you, Sara and Charlie. When I turned eighteen I joined the air force, not my first choice I wanted to join the marines but you had a spastic."
"Yes well I can imagine why, bone heads, all of them."
"I see some things never change. Three weeks into my training course, Sara called me and told me about Charlie and the fact that you were on the verge of suicide. I came straight home, went up to Charlie's room and abused the shit out of you. You told me later that if I had been five minutes later it properly would have been too late. I'm just glad the plane was on time. After that incident you went to Abidos with Daniel on the first mission. I knew nothing about it at this time. I was off learning to fly. We kept in close touch and when Sara left I got a transfer back to Colorado and moved back in with you."
"Well, I'm glad that my alter ego, I suppose, had you to help him through. And I'm glad that I have you here now. Now changing to a happier subject how did you and the space monkey get together and remember I'm your father and I don't want details. I might have to hurt my Daniel."
"I suppose you might. Well it is quite simple really I suppose. We met when I transferred here, on to SG9. Because I was still living with you I saw all of your team pretty regularly. Sam and I became really good friends. Same with me and Daniel, I guess. One thing eventually led to another and we started secretly dating."
"Why secretly, scared of your old man hey?"
"I wasn't but Daniel was a little worried what you would do to him if it didn't work out. One night after a really hard mission for SG1, the team came to our place for a pizza night. Daniel and you got very drunk, and you started asking Daniel if he knew who I was seeing cause you knew that something was going on but you didn't have a clue who with. Daniel being the two pot screamer that he is, blurted out that he was the one that was seeing your daughter and that he was completely and utterly in love with me and then he asked you for permission to marry me. Sam and I were on the roof at the time and we heard you yelling from there. By the time we got downstairs you were hugging him. It was rather funny really. Within the space of three minutes you went from wanting to hit him then joining him in a congratulatory drink. You wouldn't tell us what had happened until the next night when Daniel proposed. You walked me down the aisle at the wedding and also stood at Daniel's side as best man. To an outsider I suppose that would have been very confusing."
Johnny was up walking around and headed for his grandfather, just as there was a knock on the door.
"Come in, Daniel take a seat" called Jack absentmindedly. His attention was more focused on the child trying to climb into his lap.
"My meeting with General Hammond this morning was in regards to Megan and the children staying here. He has organized an account for Megan at one of the local banks, as well as id and social security numbers and the such. I have invited Megan to come and stay at my house as long as she wants. I need someone to water my plants when I'm away." Jack remembered that trying to continue seriously with a child trying to do acrobatics in your lap is always a challenge.
"I just wanted to make sure that it is OK with you?"
"That sounds like a good idea, as long as I can come and visit the little bundle of energy over there."
"Good I'm glad that's settled. You two better follow me over to the Generals office we all have some paper work to sign." Jack got up with Johnny in his arms and left quickly, giving Megan and Daniel time to talk if they needed it.
Realizing that Jack was giving them some breathing space, Daniel fell into step beside Megan.
"I would like to think that you would want to come and visit me as well." Megan jokingly asked.
"Of course I would. I ah wanted to ask you something."
"Yes,"
"I'm assuming that we are going to have to sign birth certificates and the such, is that right?"
Megan just nodded.
"Well, I um just wanted to know what Johnny's name will be on his, and the same with these two." Daniel said motioning towards Megan's bump.
"Well that is entirely up to you, I was going to have them with your last name but if you don't want them.."
"No, no I do. I just wanted to make sure that you were OK with it. Can I ask one more question?"
"Shoot."
"What will your last name be?"
"I'm going to stick to my maiden name. It is simpler. That way it doesn't confuse anyone around here unintentionally. We already know what a man eater I am, after all I don't want to dash all the nurses hopes of numerous sponge baths with the great DR Jackson."
Laughing they both turned into the Generals office and signed all the necessary documents.
"Sir, when am I able to leave the mountain? I haven't seen the sun on earth for a long time now." Megan asked when all the formalities had been finalized.
"Now if you like. DR Fraiser has cleared you and Johnny."
"Thank you so much sir. Everything that you have done is very much appreciated." Megan sincerely said.
"OK kids then I guess we get a game plan organized. Daniel, Johnny and I are going to go to my house and clean out the spare rooms. While Megan, you, Carter, Janet and her girls go shopping and spend up big on the company credit card. You know for clothes and baby stuff and all that. Then I reckon that General Hammond comes to my place after work and we all have a bit of a BBQ. How does that sound?"
With affirmative nods all round it was decided. After giving Johnny a kiss, Megan headed off to find Sam, and left the boys to their scheming.
Please read and review. Ellie Mae
Jack knocked quietly at first, knowing that it was rather early in the morning. There were some muffled sounds from inside the room. Soon the door opened to reveal a very ruffled looking Megan.
"Good Morning, Megan. I know it's early but I couldn't sleep and I wanted to see if you wanted any thing for breakfast?"
Standing there with the door partially open, Jack couldn't see who was still asleep in her bed.
"No thanks, da.. I'm sorry, no thanks Jack."
"Stop saying sorry, I told you to call me dad. I like it."
All of a sudden there was movement at Megan's legs and a little head popped around the corner.
"Good morning, Johnny."
As an answer the toddler barged past his mother and reached up to Jack to be picked up. Obliging, Jack picked the boy up.
"Since you don't want anything to eat, do you want me to take this little one and let you get some more sleep?"
"Only if you don't mind, he is a handful this time of the morning."
"I don't mind one little bit, you go and get some sleep. You look tired."
"Thank you..dad."
With that Jack turned on his heel and headed for the elevator. Megan went back into the room, thankful that Jack hadn't seen Daniel who was still sleeping on the bed.
The babies seemed to have woken up and realizing that she wouldn't get any more sleep with them also being active at this time in the morning, she grabbed a change of clothes and went to have a shower and get changed.
Eating this time of the morning usually meant that you would be eating alone. So Jack was surprised when he entered the mess and found Major Carter sitting over a bowl of fruit loops reading a very big book.
"Carter, how are you this early morning?"
Slightly startled, Sam took a moment to finish her mouthful and answer.
"I'm good Sir, how about you?"
"Good thank you, do you mind baby-sitting for a minute while I get this one something to eat."
"Not at all."
Handing Johnny over, Jack noticed how different Carter was when she was around the boy. She was talking baby talk to his grandson, not caring who saw her, very unlike her. After her had filled his tray with food, Jack filed back to his 2IC.
Sitting down opposite her, she seemed reluctant to give up the child in her lap. Realizing that he had a fight on his hands, he gave in and handed Johnny's breakfast over the table, letting her help him eat.
After not long they were all covered in scrambled eggs, and bits of toast.
"I swear with him around I need a few more spare uniforms."
Carter said trying to untangle herself from Johnny.
Getting up to help his Major, Jack replied,
"Well, he is sort of an O'Neill, we make messes."
"I've noticed Sir." Sam answered with a smirk.
"Megan seems really nice, and this little man is just precious. Where does the curly hair come from, is it your side or Daniel's side?"
"I don't think it is my side, but Megan's mother had curly blonde hair when I knew her. And come to think of it, so did her mother. Must be a family trait. It has been an interesting 24hrs hasn't it?"
"Definitely, Sir. How are you taking it?"
"Not to bad I think. I keep waiting to wake up from a dream. I was shocked at first but I think I will used to it very quickly. I know it has been less then a day but I like the idea of having a family again. Someone to spend the holiday's with and to have dinner with, that sort of thing."
"I understand. Wonder how Daniel is taking it all, he seemed a bit weird when Megan first introduced herself. But last night he seemed a bit better, walking her back to her room and all. Do you know where he disappeared last night, I thought he was going to come back after he walked them back."
"I don't know, maybe he wanted to think about things. You know what he is like when he has something serious to think over. He often disappears."
"Your right."
They wound down the conversation, instead watching the boy now sitting in Jack's lap play with his food.
Daniel woke to hear the shower going. He lay there for a few moments, realizing that he desperately needed a cup of coffee and also realizing that he has slept in his clothes last night.
He must look like a wreck. He didn't particularly care. Rising, he walked over to the makeshift kitchenette. He heard the shower turn off and called out.
"Do you want some coffee Megan?"
"No thank you Daniel I can't have it." Came her muffled replied.
Shrugging to himself, he put the kettle on, found a mug and added the ingredients. Turning on the small radio above the sink he found a music channel that wasn't too annoying.
Humming along with the song he tidied up the toys on the floor and was partially through with making the bed when he heard the door to the bathroom open and the whistle of the kettle boiling.
Making his way over to pour his coffee, he asked
"Why can't you have coffee?"
"Don't ask for the technical explanation, all I know is that they advise you against it when your pregnant, I think it is the caffeine. I don't think it is good for them."
She said rubbing her stomach.
"It's not like they need the buzz, they hardly sleep anyway." She added, while looking through one of the bags that had been placed at the end of the bed, trying to find shoes.
"About last night Megan, I'm sorry, you should have woken me up. I didn't mean to fall asleep."
"That's OK, don't stress about it. It was nice having a warm body beside me that wasn't fighting for the covers or kicking me in the back like Johnny does. I know it has been confusing about all this alternate reality stuff, but I hope we can move past it. I don't want to feel awkward around you, and don't get me wrong, I don't think I will stop missing my husband but when your here it makes it a little easier. That doesn't sound creepy does it?"
"No, not at all. I feel the same way about Shar'e, ill never forget her, or stop missing her, but it gets easier with time. And I appreciate the chance you have given me to be a dad to Johnny. Speaking of Johnny, where is he?"
"Dad, stopped by earlier to get me some breakfast, I told him that I wasn't hungry yet so he took Johnny to give me a few minutes break. He said that he was going to be in the mess hall. I was about to head down there and get some toast. Do you want to join me?"
"I think I better go and have a shower and get changed. But ill meet you there in twenty minutes."
"OK, see you there." Having found some shoes, Megan made her way out the door, leaving Daniel searching for his boots.
Walking into the mess hall, Daniel quickly scanned the room to find the people that he was looking for. Spotting them he smiled and went to line up for some more coffee.
"Do you ever actually eat anything, Daniel?"
Sam asked as he sat down with nothing but a mug.
"If you get it chunky enough coffee is almost a food group." He replied examining the mess of food in front of Johnny.
"What exploded here?"
"It's called feeding time at the zoo, Johnny thinks it is a fantastic game to spread his meals as far as the eye can see. Don't you sweetheart?"
All Megan got in a reply was a big greasy smile.
"Don't you dare kiss your mother with that mouth." Megan told the toddler. Noticing that the table was lacking an occupant, Daniel asked where Jack was.
"He got called into General Hammond's office a few minutes ago." Replied Sam.
Everyone continued eating in comfortable silence.
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"General Hammond, I have a proposition." Jack spoke up after he had taken the offered seat.
"Go on, son."
"Well I would like permission to ask Megan and Johnny to come and live at my house. I'm hardly ever there anyway and I like the idea about having some family around. It is an awfully big house for just one person."
"I don't see why not Jack, if you think that it is a good idea. I think the pentagon would prefer her to be near some one from the SGC any way. Go ahead and ask her if she agrees ill organize it."
"Thank you General. I also wanted to talk about how Megan is going to pay for things and so forth?"
"Well son, we have organized a savings account in her name at one of the local banks. There is enough money in there for her to get started, even more now she doesn't have to pay for somewhere to live. We have arranged ID for her. We took the liberty to look up her mother in this reality and it turns out that she also died of cancer at around the same time as in the other reality. She has a social security number and so does Johnny, Megan is listed as Megan O'Neill and Johnny is Jonathan Daniel Jackson. However if Megan wants to change either surname all she has to do is ask. We still need both Megan and Dr. Jackson to sign the birth certificate for Johnny, ill get you to send them in here when we are finished."
"Yes sir, ill go and talk to Megan now and then send them in."
"Dismissed. Colonel, good luck."
Walking back to the mess hall, Jack was thinking over what had happened in the past day. It was like somebody was finally giving him a break and giving him a chance at being a dad again.
To top it all off he now got the chance to be a dotting grandfather. After Charlie he never thought he would have either chance again. Spotting Megan sitting at a table that was covered with scrambled eggs, he wandered over.
"How are you feeling this morning Megan?"
"Much better now that you took Johnny off my hands for a while this morning. It was only half an hour but it was practically heaven. Since he learned to walk he has been getting faster and faster and I've been getting slower and slower."
"When you are finished Megan I would like to have a word to you in private if you don't mind?" Jack asked.
"No not at all, I'm finished now if you want."
"Daniel, we will be in my office, can you meet us there in thirty minutes?"
"Not a problem." Daniel replied picking some half chewed toast off of his pants.
Jack picked up Johnny after cleaning his hands with a wet wipe and followed Megan who with her short steps had only made it to the door.
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"Megan, I just want to let you know that the General has set up an account in your name with one of the local banks. He has also organized social security numbers, ID's and birth certificates. I have to sign off on yours, and you and Daniel have to sign off on Johnny's. Your last name is listed as O'Neill and Johnny's as Jackson. But you can change either if you like."
Jack put Johnny down on the ground with a couple of his tennis balls that he always kept in his office for moments of utter boredom. Helping Megan into her seat he continued.
"What I wanted to know Megan is if, that is if you want to. You and Johnny are more then welcome to come and live at my house. After all I'm hardly ever there and I really stink at cooking. But only if you want to, I don't want to force anything on you." Sitting down on his side of the desk, Jack studied the woman sitting in front of him.
"Dad, I would love to. But only if you are sure you can handle all the noise that Johnny makes, as well as the noise these two will make in a month or so. Going from living alone to a house full can be difficult. And I don't cook that well either, I got that from you."
"Honestly, I think it will take a bit to get used to, but I'm willing to make a go of it. I have missed having kids in the house. OK, now before you can change your mind. That is settled. We still have time to kill before Daniel gets here, tell me about what your life was like before, you know the mirror. And please explain to me why you married Daniel."
They both had a small chuckle about that, Jack because he was still slightly nervous, and Megan because that was exactly what her father had said when she announced her engagement.
"Well let me see. I lived in Australia until I was sixteen, but I did come and visit you two or three times a year depending on if you were home or on a mission somewhere. You married Sara and then you had Charlie and it was so nice to have a brother. Mum died about a three weeks before my sixteenth." Megan paused while she reflected on bad memories.
"You flew over to be with me and after all the arrangements had been made I came to live with you, Sara and Charlie. When I turned eighteen I joined the air force, not my first choice I wanted to join the marines but you had a spastic."
"Yes well I can imagine why, bone heads, all of them."
"I see some things never change. Three weeks into my training course, Sara called me and told me about Charlie and the fact that you were on the verge of suicide. I came straight home, went up to Charlie's room and abused the shit out of you. You told me later that if I had been five minutes later it properly would have been too late. I'm just glad the plane was on time. After that incident you went to Abidos with Daniel on the first mission. I knew nothing about it at this time. I was off learning to fly. We kept in close touch and when Sara left I got a transfer back to Colorado and moved back in with you."
"Well, I'm glad that my alter ego, I suppose, had you to help him through. And I'm glad that I have you here now. Now changing to a happier subject how did you and the space monkey get together and remember I'm your father and I don't want details. I might have to hurt my Daniel."
"I suppose you might. Well it is quite simple really I suppose. We met when I transferred here, on to SG9. Because I was still living with you I saw all of your team pretty regularly. Sam and I became really good friends. Same with me and Daniel, I guess. One thing eventually led to another and we started secretly dating."
"Why secretly, scared of your old man hey?"
"I wasn't but Daniel was a little worried what you would do to him if it didn't work out. One night after a really hard mission for SG1, the team came to our place for a pizza night. Daniel and you got very drunk, and you started asking Daniel if he knew who I was seeing cause you knew that something was going on but you didn't have a clue who with. Daniel being the two pot screamer that he is, blurted out that he was the one that was seeing your daughter and that he was completely and utterly in love with me and then he asked you for permission to marry me. Sam and I were on the roof at the time and we heard you yelling from there. By the time we got downstairs you were hugging him. It was rather funny really. Within the space of three minutes you went from wanting to hit him then joining him in a congratulatory drink. You wouldn't tell us what had happened until the next night when Daniel proposed. You walked me down the aisle at the wedding and also stood at Daniel's side as best man. To an outsider I suppose that would have been very confusing."
Johnny was up walking around and headed for his grandfather, just as there was a knock on the door.
"Come in, Daniel take a seat" called Jack absentmindedly. His attention was more focused on the child trying to climb into his lap.
"My meeting with General Hammond this morning was in regards to Megan and the children staying here. He has organized an account for Megan at one of the local banks, as well as id and social security numbers and the such. I have invited Megan to come and stay at my house as long as she wants. I need someone to water my plants when I'm away." Jack remembered that trying to continue seriously with a child trying to do acrobatics in your lap is always a challenge.
"I just wanted to make sure that it is OK with you?"
"That sounds like a good idea, as long as I can come and visit the little bundle of energy over there."
"Good I'm glad that's settled. You two better follow me over to the Generals office we all have some paper work to sign." Jack got up with Johnny in his arms and left quickly, giving Megan and Daniel time to talk if they needed it.
Realizing that Jack was giving them some breathing space, Daniel fell into step beside Megan.
"I would like to think that you would want to come and visit me as well." Megan jokingly asked.
"Of course I would. I ah wanted to ask you something."
"Yes,"
"I'm assuming that we are going to have to sign birth certificates and the such, is that right?"
Megan just nodded.
"Well, I um just wanted to know what Johnny's name will be on his, and the same with these two." Daniel said motioning towards Megan's bump.
"Well that is entirely up to you, I was going to have them with your last name but if you don't want them.."
"No, no I do. I just wanted to make sure that you were OK with it. Can I ask one more question?"
"Shoot."
"What will your last name be?"
"I'm going to stick to my maiden name. It is simpler. That way it doesn't confuse anyone around here unintentionally. We already know what a man eater I am, after all I don't want to dash all the nurses hopes of numerous sponge baths with the great DR Jackson."
Laughing they both turned into the Generals office and signed all the necessary documents.
"Sir, when am I able to leave the mountain? I haven't seen the sun on earth for a long time now." Megan asked when all the formalities had been finalized.
"Now if you like. DR Fraiser has cleared you and Johnny."
"Thank you so much sir. Everything that you have done is very much appreciated." Megan sincerely said.
"OK kids then I guess we get a game plan organized. Daniel, Johnny and I are going to go to my house and clean out the spare rooms. While Megan, you, Carter, Janet and her girls go shopping and spend up big on the company credit card. You know for clothes and baby stuff and all that. Then I reckon that General Hammond comes to my place after work and we all have a bit of a BBQ. How does that sound?"
With affirmative nods all round it was decided. After giving Johnny a kiss, Megan headed off to find Sam, and left the boys to their scheming.
Please read and review. Ellie Mae
