After they were done with dinner Daniel wasn't ready to go home. He wanted to spend time with her alone and convinced her to go out to a movie with him. By the time the previews were over she was asleep with her head resting on his shoulder. He didn't realize she was that tired.
When the movie was over, he woke her up and they began to walk to the parking lot where the jeep was parked. He started to feel a little better about the two of them because at least now they were touching. She was allowing him to hold her hand as they walked down the street. The baby was something that was keeping the two of them apart. Little Jacob needed his mother so she didn't have any time for her husband. Daniel was very happy that he had a mother to cling to since he had lost his own at a very young age. All he had was a variety of misunderstanding foster parents. They reached the Jeep, got in, and drove home. He parked in the driveway and turned the engine off. "Listen." Daniel said as they walked up to the door leading into their house.
"I don't hear anything," Sam whispered.
"I know," Daniel smiled. "What time is it?"
Sam looked at her watch. "11PM. Dad must have gotten the baby to sleep early. He's been doing that a few times this week."
"Hopefully that means he's getting out of the colicky stage." Daniel said as his eyes flashed with hidden joy.
"Yeah." Sam walked inside when he opened the door for her. "They're all asleep," she whispered.
"Let's go to bed." Daniel whispered.
The two of them went to bed and went right to sleep in their separate rooms. None of their problems had been resolved, but they were working on it. Sam needed to see Daniel form a relationship with the baby. If he couldn't do that, then she couldn't stay with him. She needed to do what was best for her child and she wanted Daniel to be part of that but he had to show her that he was.
Jacob left Monday morning, since he was needed for a mission and things went back to the way they were before with one exception. Daniel was trying to get to know the baby and help out more with him. He did come home for lunch and would help Sam at night when the baby was crying. He still had a hard time with all of it, but JD was getting to know him as his father and that was what mattered.
Their marriage was another story all together. They weren't the same couple that they used to be. Most of the time they weren't even a couple, at least they didn't act like it. They didn't do anything together. There was no intimacy to their relationship at all. Even the friendship that once stood wasn't there. It was like everything had crumbled once they returned to Earth. If the marriage didn't work out then a friendship would be out of the question. There was no solid foundation to base it on.
Sam was wondering what she was doing living like that. She knew it wasn't right, but she didn't know how to change it. Taking care of a colicky baby took all she had and she didn't have anything left to give when it came to Daniel. She loved him, but she was confused and she was tired. She didn't know if what she was doing was right or wrong anymore. Something was wrong, but neither seemed to have the energy to fix it at the moment. But what she didn't know was how wrong things were. And how the next few months would have a life altering effect on a lot of people. And sometimes change isn't a good thing.