No more angst, just pure and simple fluff. Just a few more chapters to go now. I've actually finished the story so it's just a case of uploading them on a daily basis...can't be too greedy and have them all at once! And yes, I've included the wedding...and the birth.

I'd like to thank you all for the great reviews on the last chapter. It's so good to know that you are enjoying this so much. It does wonders for my morale and helps me to write more. Thanks!

Junior

By Lingren.

Previously:-

Thor was busy with his control panel, and Daniel was keeping an eye on Junior. Sam wondered if he'd suffered the same fate as Jack, when the full implications of the whole fiasco suddenly revealed itself to her. Jack had had to watch his son getting killed. Again. How devastating could that have been for Jack to witness? And how many times had he had to watch? She asked herself. She closed her eyes as if in pain, as she thought about the terrible agony Jack must have gone through, and she thanked god that Ba'al was now dead and would not be able to rise again without his sarcophagus. Jack was right to order its destruction.

Chapter 31

"Sam!"

At Daniel's call of her name she opened her eyes again and looked round in time to see Jon waking up, rubbing his eyes, and crying out for his daddy in distress.

Sam hurried over to him, eager to calm him down and reassure him that Jack would be okay.

Jon was delighted to see Sam again, and buried his head into her neck, wrapping his arms and legs tightly round her. Sam was touched that he trusted her so much and felt a surge of love for the boy. He had suffered more than any child should.

"Shhh! It's okay Jon, I'm here. I've got you now. Daddy's gonna be fine. He's asleep at the moment. See?" she crooned softly, brushing the hair from his face and wiping away the tears.

She carried him over to where Jack was lying and allowed Junior to lay his hand on the glass cover of the pod.

"Is he really okay?" he asked looking her in the eye.

Sam smiled and nodded.

"Yes he is Jon. He's asleep and Thor is making him all better."

"Did he make me all better too?"

"No, he didn't. But Daddy did. He put you in a special place where it made you well again."

"That nasty man hurt Daddy, then he hurt me." Jon suddenly gasped and looked all round the room as if expecting to see Ba'al again.

"It's okay Sweetie; he's gone. Daddy made him go away so he won't come back again."

"Promise?"

Sam smiled and nodded again.

"He can't hurt you or your Daddy any more. I promise!" Sam said, hugging the boy. He was getting heavy and with lack of a decent night's sleep, all the stress of the journey, the fight and then seeing Junior dead, and on top of all that, Jack collapsing...

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"Sam?"

The voice came from afar. There was a flurry of activity round her and all she could see was bright lights and fuzzy images. She wasn't sure if she was asleep and dreaming or whether any of this was real.

A blurry, yet familiar face was bending over her, a wide smile on his lips.

"Hey, sleepyhead!"

Sam blinked and metaphorically shook her head.

"Jack?"

The beaming smile intensified, and the image cleared.

"You were expecting someone else?"

"No...Yes! You were in the stasis chamber just now." She was confused. What was happening?

"That's right I was, but that was a few hours or so ago. I'm okay now, thanks to my old buddy Thor. Are you? You were exhausted."

He helped her to sit up. She was now in the pod herself. She looked all round at the happy faces. Junior ran up to her and peered inside.

"Are you better now Mommy?" he asked.

Sam chuckled. It sounded so funny to hear him call her Mommy. She nodded and looked at Jack who just continued to beam at her. Then he leaned over and helped her to step out of the chamber, before he wound his arms around her and hugged her. He kissed her thoroughly and she relished the sensation of being in his arms once more.

"You still up for the job?" he asked, raising an eyebrow, mimicking Teal'c.

"Yeahsureyabetcha!" she smirked.

"You had us worried there for a moment Sam!" Daniel stated with a smile of relief. "Why didn't..."

"Ack! Daniel!" Jack warned.

"Ah...oh...okay! Sorry, but it's..."

"Daniel! Not now!" Jack insisted.

"Ah...sure. Um...why don't we...er...go show Jon Junior round Thor's ship, huh?" he suggested, looking to Thor for approval.

Before Jack could say it was an excellent idea, a bright light filled the room and Jack found himself alone with Sam. At last!

"That's more like it!" he said, grinning as he pulled Sam in for another, deeper kiss.

"You know don't you!" Sam accused when she pulled away. "How?"

"Uh huh!" Jack grinned knowingly, making his eyebrows dance up and down. "So when did you find out? And when were you gonna tell me?" he asked, ignoring her question.

"When we got back from Edora. I...er...passed out then too, so Doctor Brightman did a little investigating, and I couldn't tell you, remember, you were gone."

"Yes, well, Thor says that's not a problem... 'It is a normal human reaction O'Neill'…he said. But, just to be on the safe side I'm gonna ask Hank to suspend all gate travel for you from now on..."

"Jack..."

"Ack! Sam...please. I don't want anything should happen. Okay?" he stated determinedly. "We were lucky to escape this time, but anything could happen out here and you know it. I don't want to risk losing you and the baby."

Sam knew that this meant the world to him, so she couldn't put herself at risk by ignoring the truth.

"Okay, but I'm going back to work after a few months."

"Fine Sam. You do that. I'll be perfectly happy to stay at home and play housewife and mother!"

Sam snorted with laughter, envisioning him in an apron and rubber gloves, holding a feather duster with screaming kids running around.

"What? You don't think I could do it?" he said, nuzzling her neck.

Sam pulled away to look at him closely, taking in the determined set of his dark eyes and knew he could.

"I know you'll make a wonderful dad, Jack. But," she smirked, "I don't want our kids brought up on Pizza and beer!"

He chuckled at the thought.

"No?" he questioned innocently, only to receive a friendly swat to his arm.

"No!"

"Oh! Okay. Guess I'll just have to brush up on my culinary skills then huh?"

"You can cook?"

"Yeah. Didn't we just cook for Thanksgiving?" he said taking mock umbrage at her inference that he couldn't put a decent meal together.

Sam shook her head and sighed.

"I knew there was a reason I loved you Jack. You're so full of surprises."

"You really love me?"

"Of course I do. I wouldn't be marrying you if I didn't, and I certainly wouldn't be carrying your child. And I'm sooo glad that you're okay now Jack. You are okay now, aren't you?"

"I love you too Sam! I never doubted for a moment that you'd find us. I just hoped we'd both be in one piece when you did. And I'm fine now, a little tired still but I'm okay. Thor says I'll be like it for a while until I can get some proper rest but I'm really okay."

"Well, that was a close run thing Jack. I'm glad you're gonna stay at home from now on."

His eyes clouded over as he recalled the shock of seeing Junior lying there. It wasn't the same as Charlie; this time he'd expected it, but it still made him shudder.

Sam pulled him closer, whispering in his ear to reassure him it was all over. After a few moments, he pulled himself together and pushed the images away. He could only hope that Junior wouldn't have too many nightmares but he knew that it was bound to affect him in some way.

He smiled down at her to see her eyes glistening, full of unshed tears.

"It'll be okay Sam. I have you to help me through it and together we can help Junior too. We can get over this." He placed a hand over her belly gently, not that there was anything much there to feel just yet, just a slight bump.

"Maybe if I got you pregnant on a regular basis you wouldn't be able to go back to work, so I wouldn't have to worry so much," he snorted with amusement. "I want a hockey team ya know!"

Sam giggled and threw her arms round his neck, and melted into his kiss. They were still like that when the others arrived back.

TBC