Ch 26: Changes

As time flew by, Jack and Daniel became paranoid freaks; they would not let her do anything by herself. It was sweet, but very annoying. Teal'c, on the other hand, treated her as he always had done. They continued to workout, train etc. (Of course, Jack didn't know that.)

It was a week since they had found out that Sam was pregnant, and, at Jack's insistence, she took the weekend off and baked- Sam's cooking had improved big time, but she was still no 'amazing' cook.

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Sam stood up in her lab; she wanted to go on a walk. Jack told her she could only stay in her lab and work, but since when did she listen to him? She looked down at her stomach, she had not gained any weight yet, but Janet assured her she would be fat in no time. Sam sighed and walked out of the room, she did not know where she wanted to go, but she felt too lazy to just sitting at her laptop for hours and hours.

She did not get far before she heard, "Unscheduled off-world activation!" through the intercom. She turned around and quickly headed towards the control room, she made it a minute later just in time to see her father walk through the Stargate. She smiled and hurried down to the embarkation room. "DAD!" She cried, throwing her arms over his shoulders.

"Sam! Oh god, are you okay? I just got your message, sorry it took so long!" He looked down at his only daughter. "How you feeling?"

"Sam! What are you doing down there?" Jack's voice asked from the control room.

Sam looked up and him, then turned back to her dad. "Like a prisoner." She muttered. "I'm saying hello to my father," She said louder. "Why? What does it look like I'm doing?"

Jack scowled and hurried down to the embarkation room. Jacob smiled and kissed her on her cheek. "Doctor said it's not good for you to walk around!" Jack said as he hurried over to her.

Sam shook her head. "She did not, Jack! She said and I quote 'It's-"

"She would have said that if you hadn't been in the room." Jacob watched with a small smirk on his face as his only daughter and her husband fought.

"No, she wouldn't have!" Sam insisted. She was sick and tired of sitting around and doing nothing. "She said it's okay for pregnant woman to carry on as normal."

"For a while…" Jack added.

Jacob clapped his hands together. "Why don't we all go get something to eat?"

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Days passed, Jacob had managed to stay a week before he had to go back to the Tok'ra. Sam, of course, was happy about it. Jack had gotten a little better with Sam and the baby. He didn't make her stay in her lab all day writing up reports for him. But he wouldn't let her go off world, not even to the simplest mission. He wasn't taking a chance.

Sam had just started her morning sickness; she would sometimes wake up in the middle of the night and empty out her stomach. She could barely keep anything down, every time she ate something she felt like she was going to throw up.

She had gained several pounds and her waist was beginning to expand. She hated it- she hated feeling fat. She spent the day with Teal'c again, training, making sure she didn't get out of shape until she had to.

"Very good Major Carter." Teal'c said with a slight bow. "I think we have done enough for today."

Sam nodded slowly. "Okay," she wiped the sweat off of her forehead and from behind her back.

"Major Carter, I must-" Teal'c said as he opened the door.

"Soon to be Colonel Carter," a voice said from down the hall.

Sam's heart almost jumped out. "What?" she turned to Jack.

"Congratulations, Sam," he said with a huge smile. "You're going to be a Colonel!"

Sam squealed and threw her arms around him. "Oh my god! Jack! I'm going… - Colonel? Are you sure?"

Jack nodded. "You bet your little chump I am. Just finished talking with the president- oh, and he gives his congratulations by the way."

Sam's smile grew bigger, this day was working out better then she had planned for. "When?"

"Ceremony's in a week." Jack replied.

"A week? That soon?"

Jack smiled. "Don't worry, I'm sure you'll be fine."

"Congratulations, Major Carter, I am very happy for you." Teal'c said.

"Thanks Teal'c." Sam said as she reached over and hugged him. "I almost can't believe it!"

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The week slowly dragged on by. To Sam it was one of the slowest weeks she had ever lived, or at least, it felt like it.

The day of the promotion, she combed her hair carefully, smoothed her uniform and then she looked down at her stomach. She felt fatter then she had ever in her whole entire life, and she had barely gained any weight. She looked back into the mirror and smiled, she reached down and picked it up her hat, and placed it carefully on her head. This would be one of the last times she would ever wear t.

There was a knock on the door. Sam jumped slightly. "Sam? Sam are you ready?" Daniel's voice asked from the other side.

"I'll be right there Daniel!" she shouted, she turned back to the mirror and smiled nervously. "Well, here goes." She opened the door and walked out of the room and into the embarkation room. The iris was closed; people were seated on chairs that had been placed in front of the Stargate. She walked up next to the Stargate and sat down in her seat, and she smiled at her father who had managed to make it. She watched as General Hammond walked into the room with a box that carried her stripes. She smiled; the promotion ceremony was about to begin…

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I'm sorry, I'm not going to be able to actually write the promotion ceremony, I looked on the internet, I can't find out what they would say or how they would do it. I wanted to write it extremely bad, but I hated what I came up with, it sounded well… fake. So, sorry!

SG-Fan edited this, so thanks!

It might be a week until I update or so, my sister is leaving me home alone, without her, so she won't be able to edit… Anyways, she said she'd try and edited it in Virginia, (yeah right)

One last think, please review!