1Sam was nervous, it had been almost five years since she had seen them all.
Sam was happy to be going back to the SGC but it had been a long time. What if they didn't want to see her? What if they were angry that she didn't try to keep in touch with them all? It was too late to back out now; she was to report at 1200 hours as the new head of the Science department. This was her old position, she just wasn't on SG1 anymore so now she was in a lab full time. As she was still in the Air Force, she could apply to join a team but she wasn't sure what she wanted.
Sam had been teaching at a local college in Denver for the last 4 years as well as part time at the Air Force Academy. She would have to work out a lot to get field ready again though. Deciding that she needed to speak to some of them before her meeting she headed to the mountain early.
Arriving at the mountain, Sam headed to the infirmary to find Janet, but was told that Janet had gone to the commissary with Daniel. Sam thought great, talking to both of them at once should be fun and then she could try to explain her action and ask them why they never returned her calls.
Sam had only spoken to Janet once since her engagement party and that was so Janet could let her know that none of them, including her Dad, could make it to her wedding.
Sam had been upset but understood that it must have been bad for all of them not to come. Janet had assured Sam that everyone was alright just busy. Little did Sam know that Janet had lied.
Sam had tried to ring Janet and let her know that she had called off the wedding about 2 weeks later but Janet wasn't home every call. Cassie had said that she was working double shifts and that she would get Janet to call, she never called and Sam started her new job. As it goes, life got in the way and they never got to speak.
Janet and Daniel were sitting there playing with Kayla trying to get her to eat, but ending up with more food on the floor than in her mouth. As the door to the commissary open Janet watch as Sam walked in. Sam gave a slight smile to Janet as she walked over.
"Sam's here," Janet flatly stated
"Its ok, she'll understand Janet" Daniel replied softly so no one heard.
Janet just looked at Kayla and smiled at her daughter. She was beautiful and looked a lot like her but had her dad's attitude.
"Hi," was all Sam could say looking at the small group at the table.
"I think we better go to my office for this," Janet said as she stood and looked at Daniel for his help.
"Ah, yeah that maybe a good idea," Daniel said as he stood to face Sam
"Hi. It's good to see you," As he took Sam in a big hug.
Sam's body relaxed a little as she hugged Daniel.
It was a quiet walk to Janet's office but Sam noticed that both Janet and Daniel were wearing matching wedding bands and that the little girl looked very much like Janet.
Sam started to smile to herself, finally Janet and Daniel are together and have a little girl, she was happy for them.
As they walked into the office, Sam decided to be up front and ask what she wanted to know.
"So how long have you and Daniel been married? The matching bands," Sam stated as there looks were how the hell do you know!
"Oh, um about 8 months," Janet stumbled.
"Ah, so how old are you?" Sam said as she looked at Kayla.
"Kayla. Her name is Kayla and she is two and a half," Janet said a little hasher than she intended.
"So how's Pete?" Daniel asked
"I don't know. We never got married, I broke off the wedding about two weeks after the last time I spoke to Janet. I tried to ring but Cassie said you were working double shifts or something."
Janet tried to remember when that was and what was going on that she didn't call back.
"Yeah!" Janet almost yelled as she recalled Daniel and Sam both turned to look at Janet. Janet looked at Daniel.
"That's when you, Jack and Jacob…ah….went missing."
"What do you mean went missing?" Sam said a little shocked
"Sam, you have a lot of mission reports to read and catch up on. A lot has happened and we have new enemies now."
"Thank's Daniel, just what I needed to know on my first day back," Sam giggled to let them know she was teasing.
They all settled into a comfortable silence.
As Sam was about to ask what had happened the door swung open.
"I thought you said we would meet at the..." was all Jack could say as he spotted who was in the room with them.
"Hi," Sam started
"Hi."
"Daddy, Daddy!" Kayla ran up to Jack and rapped her body around his leg.
"Hey there!" He said as he grabbed his daughter in a big hug.
Kayla started chatting about all the things she had done since he last saw her. Which was only last night but that is a long time according to a two and a half year old.
Jack was trying to listen but was too busy looking from Janet to Sam.
"Kayla how about you and I go and find Uncle Teal'c"
"Ok! Can I go find Uncle Teal'c with Daniel?"
Looking at both her parents for approval.
"That would be a good idea. I'll come and find you later ok?" Jack said.
"Come on Daniel, bye!" She said as she pulled Daniel out the door waving bye as she went.
"Ok let me get this straight, you are married to Daniel but have a child with the General?" Sam just looked at Janet.
"That about sums it up," Jack replied.
"Jack don't! This is going to be hard to explain without your smart ass comments thank you," Janet told him straight.
"Sorry, do you want me to go?" He points his hand at the door hoping he would get out of this conversation.
"No you can stay, just don't say anything."
"Fine."
Sam just looked at them bantering away as if she wasn't here.
"You don't have to explain anything to me I don't..." was all she could get out.
Jack trying to help, "You should read mission reports first before this."
"Jack!"
"Fine I'll shut up. I don't know why I have to stay if I'm not aloud to say anything." He mumbled the last part.
Janet thought the best way to start was to start at the beginning.
"The night of your engagement party we all got called in. Your dad came through to inform Jack that Shalan was captured by Baal. Jack got permission to go through the gate on a rescue mission, with Jacob and the rest of SG1 to get Shalan. They all went missing for about two weeks, they all had been captured and everyone came back hurt in one way or another. That was the start of the bad luck."
"Janet she doesn't know, you should really let her read the reports first."
"I don't know what?" Sam started to get frustrated.
Jack sighed as he started to speak all his feelings started to come up to the surface, "When Fifth had you just before you left he copied you. She, repilcator Sam as we call her, contacted the SGC wanted to talk to me. I was given permission to take SG1 with me and make contact to find out what she wanted and knew. It went bad from the start. Short version is, Teal'c escaped and came back, Daniel was killed, and Jacob and Teal'c came and got me."
"How long were you a prisoner?"
"Awhile."
"How long?" Sam snapped back.
"Six months, four days, five hours and twenty four minutes not to sure on the seconds."
Sam just gasped, "What did she do to you?"
"Sam trust me when I say you don't want to know," Jack replied in the tone that you just know you are not going to find out.
Getting over the shock she decided to keep going she wanted to know.
"Ok so bad mission get to the part were you two end up having a kid together," She knew she had no right but it still hurt that her best friend has a child to the man she is in love with.
A/N : Thanks to my Beta reader Stargazzr2.
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