Chapter Nine
A huge smile crept over Jacks face as he heard his grandchild crying through the double doors. "Wow," Sam muttered. Jack turned and looked at her, noticing for the first time that she was wearing rather skimpy gym clothes--- A Lycra crop top and three quarter leggings.
Caught up in the moment of joy, Jack turned to his second in command and embraced her. "Congratulations Jack. You're a granddad." Suddenly both of them remembered where they were and hastily let go of each other.
"I hope Megan is OK," Jack said, quickly inserted into the uncomfortable silence that had descended. Deciding to risk Janet's wrath, he quietly pushed the
door open to the infirmary and entered with Sam followed close behind.
Janet asked Daniel to stand up and one of the nurses then passed him the baby. He vaguely heard Janet saying that the other one would be here in a minute. He was worrying about Megan too much to realize the fact that he was holding his child.
He sat back down on the operating table next to Megan's head and rested the baby next to her face. "Megan, wake up. Meet your baby." The baby that he was holding quieted down as Daniel slowly lowered his head to kiss Megan on the cheek. As he bent down he noticed her eyes flickering. "Megan, Megan, can you hear me." Daniel whispered close to her ear. Opening her eyes a crack, Megan turned her head slightly towards the baby lying beside her and smiled. "Megan I'm here. Don't you dare think about leaving me! I'm not going anywhere. You're stuck with me." With that he reached down tenderly and kissed her ever so slightly on the lips. Megan just smiled.
"Jack, I think we should wait outside." Sam stated as they made there way through the infirmary to the operating room. "I'm not going in, I just want to peek," he replied pouting. Silently they made their way to the viewing window beside the door. Both of them gasped when they saw the amount of blood pooled on the floor and in the sponge bucket. Taking his eyes off of the mess on the floor he noticed that Daniel was sitting by Megan's head. He also noticed that Daniel was holding a baby.
Daniel looked down at the child in his arms. The reality that he was holing his own child hit him like a brick. Megan was a bit more alert, so Daniel moved the baby into her arms as she lay on the operating table.
Daniel looked up as Janet called his name. "Daniel, do you want to cut the cord of this one?" With out saying a word, Daniel stood and took the scissors from Janet and did as she instructed. As soon as it was done the baby was taken to be weighed and cleaned up a bit.
After the baby had been swaddled, it was handed over to the excited father.
Daniel sat back down next to Megan and bought the second baby up to her face so she could see it. "Daniel they are beautiful. Are they alright?" Megan asked. "I don't know, I think Janet said so. They look perfectly fine to me. Gorgeous just like their mother."
He leaned down and kissed her forehead, seeing how beautiful she really was. She was sweaty and pale and looked like she needed to sleep for a few days but in his eyes she was the most gorgeous woman on earth.
"Megan I love you." He noticed some tears cascading down her cheeks on to the bed and immediately changed his expression from happy to that of concern, "What's wrong?" "They are happy tears I promise. Happy ones."
When Megan turned her head to look at Daniel she noticed that her father was standing at the viewing window. His face was lit up by a huge smile. When Daniel turned to look at what Megan had spotted he noticed that Jack was standing very close to Sam with his arm around her shoulders. Smiling at what he saw, Daniel held the baby up so they could see its face. Megan took the thumbs up signal that they got in return as a good sign.
"Oh my god, look how small they are." "Newborns normally are Sam." Jack replied with absolute elation evident in his voice. "I know that but, wow, look at there little faces. Have you ever seen anything so cute?" "I think you are getting clucky Sam. You might want to watch that, I don't think they make camouflage nappy bags." Jack joked around, getting a playful punch in the ribs for his efforts.
Jack realized that he had his arm around 2IC. Ah stuff it, he said to himself. He didn't care what anyone thought at this very moment. He was a grandfather to two adorable babies. Sam interrupted him in his thoughts. "Um, sir. Are they boys or girls?" "I don't know, I didn't see."
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Two hours later.
Megan had been settled in her own room in the infirmary. The baby's were all cleaned up and quietly asleep beside their mother's bed. Daniel was sitting beside Megan's sleeping form when he heard a quiet knock at the door.
Getting up, he opened it to reveal a very proud Grandfather, with two huge bunches of flowers. "So do I need the blue bunch or the pink bunch?" Jack said as he barged past Daniel into the room. "Megan is asleep. So are the babies." "Daniel I promise I won't make a sound." Daniel was about to close the door and ended up bumping it on Sam who was carrying in two teddy bears.
"The little Nazi doctor finally let us in." Jack said with a smirk. "How are they?" Sam asked Daniel as she put the bears down on one of the chairs in the room. "The babies are perfect, a little small, but Janet said that is normal in twins. Megan lost a lot of blood, but Janet said that she should be fine in a couple of days, but she is going to be weak for a while."
"Dad." Megan whispered from the bed. "Hey sweetheart. You did really good. They look just like little angels. How are you feeling?" Jack asked as he passed the flowers to Sam, and sat down on the edge of the bed. "Not too bad, I only feel like I've been run over by a semi. Where's Johnny?" "He is with Janet and the girls, she said she would bring him in soon." Sam answered as she leaned over one of the babies. "You can pick him up if you want." Megan told her. "I wouldn't know how to, wait a second you said him, didn't you." "Boys, well done. Janet wouldn't tell us. She said that I would have to wait to find out if I had to buy blue or pink. Boys. Well Daniel, you must be very happy." Jack said as he almost strutted over to Sam's side and expertly picked up one of the sleeping infants.
"Honestly Jack, I wouldn't have cared what they were. I'm just over the moon that the boys and their mother are fine." "So have you picked out names yet?" Sam asked. She was sitting down in one of the chairs and Jack was showing her how to hold a baby.
Daniel and Megan looked at each other, silently deciding who would tell. Jack had gotten the other baby out of his crib and was cooing softly to him. Megan took the lead. "Well, we are not entirely sure. But the final choices are: Lachlan, Rowan, Conner or Andrew. We can't make up our minds."
"Personally I like Homer and Bart." Jack mentioned quietly while he was talking to one of his grandson's. "Dad, you need to get out more." Megan said, unsuccessfully attempting to hide a laugh. "Sam, do you ever feel like there are way too many men around." Megan asked her friend. "All the time." Sam replied, grinning. "Well I have a feeling that I'm always going to be the only woman in the house. Three sons now. I don't know if I want to try for a girl. I might end up with a baseball team of men."
"We are sort of partial to Andrew and Lachlan. But have not got a clue for middle names." Daniel added. The infant that Sam was holding started to cry, shocking her slightly. "Um, Megan he is making a lot of noise." Sam said with out a clue as to what to do. "Bring him here, he is probably hungry." Megan said.
"Sam you definitely surprise me. You can pull apart a naqueda reactor but you don't have a clue when it comes to babies." Jack said with a smirk. "Well, I've never had to practice." Sam replied, taking the child to
his mother.
Daniel was sitting on the edge of the bed watching Megan breastfeed his son. His son. He really liked the sound of that. He walked over to where Jack was sitting and knelt down beside him.
A few moments later Jack handed over baby number two to Daniel and silently hinted for Sam to follow him out of the room.
Daniel came back to sit on the bed when Jack and Sam had left. "Megan, I hope you realize what this means to me. You letting me be a part of the children's lives." "The only thing I want from you Daniel is that you love these kids
unconditionally." "I do Megan. And I think that I might love you as well. Before you say any thing let me finish." He paused, taking a deep breath before continuing.
"I know we both have a lot of emotional baggage to contend with. And I also know that there is more than just yours and my feelings at stake here. There are three children to consider, as well as all the extended family that we seem to have. I just want you to know that I do have very deep feelings for you, and I can accept it if you need more time. Take as much time as you need. I don't want to push you into any thing. I just want you to know that I will be there for all of you forever. And I'll wait for you forever." He paused again to compose himself, wiping the tears from his eyes.
"Megan, when I thought that I would loose you in the operating room, I didn't know what I would do. You were so pale, and Janet said that you were loosing so much blood. My heart felt like it was in a vice. I've lost so many people in my life; I couldn't loose you as well."
He gently reached down and brushed the back of his hand against her face. With her spare hand, she took his and held it against her cheek, gently kissing his palm. And he knew that everything would turn out perfect.
The next day.
Megan was exhausted. Still recovering from the birth of her twins, as well as the fact that she had not had a moment's peace since yesterday afternoon. Daniel and she had talked for a while about what they would do
now. A few conclusions had been made. Firstly the baby's names had been decided on. Nicholas Andrew Jackson after Daniels grandfather and Lachlan Callum Jackson after Megan's grandfather.
They had also discussed living arrangements. For now, Megan and the boys would stay where they are, Daniel promising that he would be there almost all the time anyway. Megan thought she still needed a little space and that meant technically not living with Daniel. He was happy with that for the time being.
She couldn't wait to get out of here, but Janet said that she couldn't leave for another two days or so. In that respect she was like her father, she hated being told to lay still. She had better things to do. Like hurt these nurses. She was not one of these women that stood around all day bitching about each other, and she hated that trait in other women. Gossiping and bitching were two totally different things.
Ever since the incident at the elevator with those two nurses bitching about Megan trying to steal their archeologist, it hadn't stopped. And now that she was stuck in the infirmary it was even worse. They never did anything when there were other people in the room. But they were always snide when talking to her, rough when they handled her. They always seemed to make up an excuse to come into the room whenever Daniel was there so they could pick up on little bits of conversation. She was starting to go batty.
Everyone else had been down right nice, bringing her and the babies little presents--- granted most of it had been because they knew Daniel, not her, but it was still sweet just the same.
Megan was just starting to think that nothing could ever get as worse as it had over the last few months, when the PA system crackled to life: UNSCHEDULED OFFWORLD ACTIVATION.
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A huge smile crept over Jacks face as he heard his grandchild crying through the double doors. "Wow," Sam muttered. Jack turned and looked at her, noticing for the first time that she was wearing rather skimpy gym clothes--- A Lycra crop top and three quarter leggings.
Caught up in the moment of joy, Jack turned to his second in command and embraced her. "Congratulations Jack. You're a granddad." Suddenly both of them remembered where they were and hastily let go of each other.
"I hope Megan is OK," Jack said, quickly inserted into the uncomfortable silence that had descended. Deciding to risk Janet's wrath, he quietly pushed the
door open to the infirmary and entered with Sam followed close behind.
Janet asked Daniel to stand up and one of the nurses then passed him the baby. He vaguely heard Janet saying that the other one would be here in a minute. He was worrying about Megan too much to realize the fact that he was holding his child.
He sat back down on the operating table next to Megan's head and rested the baby next to her face. "Megan, wake up. Meet your baby." The baby that he was holding quieted down as Daniel slowly lowered his head to kiss Megan on the cheek. As he bent down he noticed her eyes flickering. "Megan, Megan, can you hear me." Daniel whispered close to her ear. Opening her eyes a crack, Megan turned her head slightly towards the baby lying beside her and smiled. "Megan I'm here. Don't you dare think about leaving me! I'm not going anywhere. You're stuck with me." With that he reached down tenderly and kissed her ever so slightly on the lips. Megan just smiled.
"Jack, I think we should wait outside." Sam stated as they made there way through the infirmary to the operating room. "I'm not going in, I just want to peek," he replied pouting. Silently they made their way to the viewing window beside the door. Both of them gasped when they saw the amount of blood pooled on the floor and in the sponge bucket. Taking his eyes off of the mess on the floor he noticed that Daniel was sitting by Megan's head. He also noticed that Daniel was holding a baby.
Daniel looked down at the child in his arms. The reality that he was holing his own child hit him like a brick. Megan was a bit more alert, so Daniel moved the baby into her arms as she lay on the operating table.
Daniel looked up as Janet called his name. "Daniel, do you want to cut the cord of this one?" With out saying a word, Daniel stood and took the scissors from Janet and did as she instructed. As soon as it was done the baby was taken to be weighed and cleaned up a bit.
After the baby had been swaddled, it was handed over to the excited father.
Daniel sat back down next to Megan and bought the second baby up to her face so she could see it. "Daniel they are beautiful. Are they alright?" Megan asked. "I don't know, I think Janet said so. They look perfectly fine to me. Gorgeous just like their mother."
He leaned down and kissed her forehead, seeing how beautiful she really was. She was sweaty and pale and looked like she needed to sleep for a few days but in his eyes she was the most gorgeous woman on earth.
"Megan I love you." He noticed some tears cascading down her cheeks on to the bed and immediately changed his expression from happy to that of concern, "What's wrong?" "They are happy tears I promise. Happy ones."
When Megan turned her head to look at Daniel she noticed that her father was standing at the viewing window. His face was lit up by a huge smile. When Daniel turned to look at what Megan had spotted he noticed that Jack was standing very close to Sam with his arm around her shoulders. Smiling at what he saw, Daniel held the baby up so they could see its face. Megan took the thumbs up signal that they got in return as a good sign.
"Oh my god, look how small they are." "Newborns normally are Sam." Jack replied with absolute elation evident in his voice. "I know that but, wow, look at there little faces. Have you ever seen anything so cute?" "I think you are getting clucky Sam. You might want to watch that, I don't think they make camouflage nappy bags." Jack joked around, getting a playful punch in the ribs for his efforts.
Jack realized that he had his arm around 2IC. Ah stuff it, he said to himself. He didn't care what anyone thought at this very moment. He was a grandfather to two adorable babies. Sam interrupted him in his thoughts. "Um, sir. Are they boys or girls?" "I don't know, I didn't see."
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Two hours later.
Megan had been settled in her own room in the infirmary. The baby's were all cleaned up and quietly asleep beside their mother's bed. Daniel was sitting beside Megan's sleeping form when he heard a quiet knock at the door.
Getting up, he opened it to reveal a very proud Grandfather, with two huge bunches of flowers. "So do I need the blue bunch or the pink bunch?" Jack said as he barged past Daniel into the room. "Megan is asleep. So are the babies." "Daniel I promise I won't make a sound." Daniel was about to close the door and ended up bumping it on Sam who was carrying in two teddy bears.
"The little Nazi doctor finally let us in." Jack said with a smirk. "How are they?" Sam asked Daniel as she put the bears down on one of the chairs in the room. "The babies are perfect, a little small, but Janet said that is normal in twins. Megan lost a lot of blood, but Janet said that she should be fine in a couple of days, but she is going to be weak for a while."
"Dad." Megan whispered from the bed. "Hey sweetheart. You did really good. They look just like little angels. How are you feeling?" Jack asked as he passed the flowers to Sam, and sat down on the edge of the bed. "Not too bad, I only feel like I've been run over by a semi. Where's Johnny?" "He is with Janet and the girls, she said she would bring him in soon." Sam answered as she leaned over one of the babies. "You can pick him up if you want." Megan told her. "I wouldn't know how to, wait a second you said him, didn't you." "Boys, well done. Janet wouldn't tell us. She said that I would have to wait to find out if I had to buy blue or pink. Boys. Well Daniel, you must be very happy." Jack said as he almost strutted over to Sam's side and expertly picked up one of the sleeping infants.
"Honestly Jack, I wouldn't have cared what they were. I'm just over the moon that the boys and their mother are fine." "So have you picked out names yet?" Sam asked. She was sitting down in one of the chairs and Jack was showing her how to hold a baby.
Daniel and Megan looked at each other, silently deciding who would tell. Jack had gotten the other baby out of his crib and was cooing softly to him. Megan took the lead. "Well, we are not entirely sure. But the final choices are: Lachlan, Rowan, Conner or Andrew. We can't make up our minds."
"Personally I like Homer and Bart." Jack mentioned quietly while he was talking to one of his grandson's. "Dad, you need to get out more." Megan said, unsuccessfully attempting to hide a laugh. "Sam, do you ever feel like there are way too many men around." Megan asked her friend. "All the time." Sam replied, grinning. "Well I have a feeling that I'm always going to be the only woman in the house. Three sons now. I don't know if I want to try for a girl. I might end up with a baseball team of men."
"We are sort of partial to Andrew and Lachlan. But have not got a clue for middle names." Daniel added. The infant that Sam was holding started to cry, shocking her slightly. "Um, Megan he is making a lot of noise." Sam said with out a clue as to what to do. "Bring him here, he is probably hungry." Megan said.
"Sam you definitely surprise me. You can pull apart a naqueda reactor but you don't have a clue when it comes to babies." Jack said with a smirk. "Well, I've never had to practice." Sam replied, taking the child to
his mother.
Daniel was sitting on the edge of the bed watching Megan breastfeed his son. His son. He really liked the sound of that. He walked over to where Jack was sitting and knelt down beside him.
A few moments later Jack handed over baby number two to Daniel and silently hinted for Sam to follow him out of the room.
Daniel came back to sit on the bed when Jack and Sam had left. "Megan, I hope you realize what this means to me. You letting me be a part of the children's lives." "The only thing I want from you Daniel is that you love these kids
unconditionally." "I do Megan. And I think that I might love you as well. Before you say any thing let me finish." He paused, taking a deep breath before continuing.
"I know we both have a lot of emotional baggage to contend with. And I also know that there is more than just yours and my feelings at stake here. There are three children to consider, as well as all the extended family that we seem to have. I just want you to know that I do have very deep feelings for you, and I can accept it if you need more time. Take as much time as you need. I don't want to push you into any thing. I just want you to know that I will be there for all of you forever. And I'll wait for you forever." He paused again to compose himself, wiping the tears from his eyes.
"Megan, when I thought that I would loose you in the operating room, I didn't know what I would do. You were so pale, and Janet said that you were loosing so much blood. My heart felt like it was in a vice. I've lost so many people in my life; I couldn't loose you as well."
He gently reached down and brushed the back of his hand against her face. With her spare hand, she took his and held it against her cheek, gently kissing his palm. And he knew that everything would turn out perfect.
The next day.
Megan was exhausted. Still recovering from the birth of her twins, as well as the fact that she had not had a moment's peace since yesterday afternoon. Daniel and she had talked for a while about what they would do
now. A few conclusions had been made. Firstly the baby's names had been decided on. Nicholas Andrew Jackson after Daniels grandfather and Lachlan Callum Jackson after Megan's grandfather.
They had also discussed living arrangements. For now, Megan and the boys would stay where they are, Daniel promising that he would be there almost all the time anyway. Megan thought she still needed a little space and that meant technically not living with Daniel. He was happy with that for the time being.
She couldn't wait to get out of here, but Janet said that she couldn't leave for another two days or so. In that respect she was like her father, she hated being told to lay still. She had better things to do. Like hurt these nurses. She was not one of these women that stood around all day bitching about each other, and she hated that trait in other women. Gossiping and bitching were two totally different things.
Ever since the incident at the elevator with those two nurses bitching about Megan trying to steal their archeologist, it hadn't stopped. And now that she was stuck in the infirmary it was even worse. They never did anything when there were other people in the room. But they were always snide when talking to her, rough when they handled her. They always seemed to make up an excuse to come into the room whenever Daniel was there so they could pick up on little bits of conversation. She was starting to go batty.
Everyone else had been down right nice, bringing her and the babies little presents--- granted most of it had been because they knew Daniel, not her, but it was still sweet just the same.
Megan was just starting to think that nothing could ever get as worse as it had over the last few months, when the PA system crackled to life: UNSCHEDULED OFFWORLD ACTIVATION.
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