A/N: I have received a lot of PM's and reviews asking to make this child into 'Grace'… well, I was thinking of doing a sequal, and in the sequal it wouldn't work out for this kid to be Grace… I have it all planned out, so I'm VERY sorry! I love to please my reviewers… sorry.

Ch 31: The Baby

Jack had never been so fast in his life before. He didn't wait for Sam to say anything else, he dropped the phone and ran out of the room, bumping into Daniel and throwing him on the floor. "Sorry!" was all he had time to say; after all, he'd live.

Jack looked up at the elevator- it was being used, he swore under his breath and quickly headed towards the stairs. He flew down those stairs as if a monster was chasing him.

He pushed open the door and ran out of the SGC, he hurried to his car and fumbled with the keys. A minute later he was speeding down the road, worried that a cop would pull him over, he slowed down a little, but not enough, if a police car had been there, they would have pulled him over.

Five minutes later, he pulled up to his house; he kept the engine running while he ran up the pathway at full speed. He burst through the door to find Sam sitting on the couch, obviously in a lot of pain, and his neighbor, Alice, standing over her, looking as scared

."Sam!" he said rushing over to her side.

Alice looked like she had won a million dollars. "Thank god you're here! Do you know how worried I was? What-"

"Sam, are you okay?" Jack asked, helping her up.

Sam nodded. "Yes." She answered, her teeth clenched tightly. "Let's just hurry, okay?"

Alice quickly opened the door and watched Jack help Sam out to the car. "Do you want me to lock the door?" she called after them.

Jack nodded. "YES!"

Alice quickly locked the door from the inside and shut it; she hurried out to the car. "Can I come? Please?" she asked.

Jack carefully placed Sam into the back seat. "Sorry, sweetie, you can't, not to mention your mom's probably worried about you." He hurried and climbed into the drivers seat.

"No she's not, she's not home!" Alice shouted.

"Alice, I… don't think it would be a good idea for you to come… not this time." Sam said. "Sorry. And thank you."

Alice nodded sadly. "It's okay, be safe… and I hope the baby will be born nice and healthy." She smiled. "Bye!"

Jack stepped on the gas and off they went.

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Sam was lying on the infirmary bed, hot and sweaty. She was in a lot of pain. Janet, Teal'c and Jack stood around her bed, watching helplessly. Janet had told her as soon as she came in; that the back pain she had been having was a sign that she was going into labor. Which made Sam feel really dumb, she had read all about this sort of thing, she should have known!

"This is horrible!" Sam groaned, tightening her grip on the bed sheets in her fist. "How can people handle this?"

"It's almost over, hang in there." Janet said, watching both Sam and the computer screen from the corners of her eyes. She watched the status of Sam's contractions. "Okay… you made it, it's over."

"For now…" Sam muttered groaning. Sam swallowed; trying not to show how much pain she was in. She was a tough girl; this should be easy for her, right?

Jack stood nervously a couple of feet from Sam's bed, with his hands on his hips. Seeing Sam in pain hurt him, he didn't remember Sara being in this much pain while having Charlie… maybe it was because that was years ago.

Sam let out another yell in pain. "God! Does this ever end?"

"Birth is a natural event Sam," Jack said, trying to comfort her in some kind of way.

Sam stared at him unbelieving. "AHH! Oh! You feel what I'm feeling and tell me how natural this is!" she screamed. She suddenly couldn't take it; she didn't want her husband, Daniel and Teal'c to see her in this kind of pain. It was embarrassing. "Get out!" she finally said.

Jack looked over at Janet, who had been thinking the 'men' should have left a while ago. "Come on guys," Janet said motioning to the door. "You heard the lady, get out, I'll let you know as soon as the baby arrives, okay?"

"But-" Jack began to protest.

"JACK!" Sam shouted.

Jack hesitated then slowly nodded. "Okay," he understood why Sam wouldn't want them there… but he was her husband for cryin' out loud! He looked back at Daniel and Teal'c, who were already making their way towards the door. Jack leaned over and kissed Sam on the forehead. "Love you… see you later." He began to walk away.

Sam quickly changed her mind as another contraction came. "Oh god! Jack! I need you! Please, please say!"

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Daniel stood just outside the infirmary doors, waiting anxiously for some kind of news. Any news… well, preferably good news. "Pregnant women…" he muttered. "I don't know how they handle it, I don't know how the people around them handle it!"

Teal'c looked up at him. "You seemed to have handled it well, Daniel Jackson." He folded his hands his lap.

Daniel sighed and began to pace up and down, along the walls. "I just want to know what's going on! Is that too much to ask? What if something happened to Sam? What if something happened to the baby?"

"Colonel Carter is one of the finest warriors I have yet to meet," Teal'c said. "I am sure she is fine."

"Yeah… I'm sure she's fine, I mean, she's Sam isn't she?" He nervously sat down, tapping his fingers on his knees. But he quickly stood up again. "But what if she's not all right? What if something happened to her and to the baby? What if-"

"Daniel Jackson." Teal'c interrupted. "They will be fine."

"Yeah, of course they are… why should I be worried?"

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"Sam? Sam, honey, I think it's coming." Janet said, trying to keep herself calm. "Now, when I tell you, you're going to have to push as hard as you can, okay?"

Sam nodded, sweat dripping from her forehead. "Okay… I can do this." She said, her teeth tighter then ever.

Jack tightened his grip of Sam's hand. "It's going to be okay, Sam." He assured her.

Sam nodded, she trusted Jack more then she had trusted anyone in her whole entire life.

Janet looked up at her. "Okay, Sam… push!"

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The sound of a baby crying filled the air.

Minutes later, Janet walked into the room with the small, clean infant in her arms and a huge smile on her face. "Congratulations, Sam! It's a girl!" she said happily, she handed the baby, wrapped in the green blanket the president had bought, to Jack.

Jack looked down at his daughter. "She is so beautiful, she looks like a little piece of heaven." He touched the little pink bow Janet had put in her 'fuzz' that you couldn't really call hair. "Sam, we have a girl… Emma." He kissed the baby's forehead.

A tear escaped Sam's eyes as she shook her head. "Emma Grace." She corrected. "Emma Grace O'Neill."

"Emma Grace," Jack leaned over carefully and kissed Sam. "I love you so much, did I ever tell you that?"

Sam nodded. "On a few occasions."

"Aww, she's so beautiful! I can't believe how pretty she is!" Jack said looking down at Emma Grace once more.

Emma Grace opened her big brown eyes and stared at her father for a moment, before closing them and going back to sleep once more.

Sam sat up. "Can I see her?" She asked, trying to get a better look at her daughter.

"Oh! Sorry!" Jack said, carefully placing the infant into her mother's arms.

"Oh Jack…" Sam whispered, upon seeing her baby for the first time. Her brown fuzz tickled the bottom of her chin. "She's so tiny! I feel like I could break her any second!" she picked up one of the hands. "Look at that! It's TINY!"

"She looks like her mother," Jack commented.

"She has your eyes."

Janet smiled. "I guess I better go tell the guys, before they knock down those doors." She walked over to the door.

Jack nodded; he took one of Emma Grace's hands in his and rubbed it softly. "She's beautiful, Sam…"

"Yeah, she is…"

"Sam!" Daniel said rushing into the room at full speed, with Teal'c not far behind him. He stopped once he saw the baby in Sam's arms. "Oh my god…" he walked slowly over. "It's so beautiful."

"She takes a little after her grandfather, Jacob Carter." Teal'c said, staring at the infant with a smile.

"Yeah, he does." Sam said proudly. "Look how tiny she is!"

Daniel nodded. "She is… what's her name?"

Jack smiled. "Emma Grace."

"That's pretty," Daniel said. "Really pretty… Emma Grace."

"She looks like an Emma." Janet said, walking up behind Teal'c. "What does it mean?"

"Universal." Jack, Sam and Daniel answered together. They all exchanged glances before settling their eyes back on Emma Grace.

"Sam, you need to get some rest, everyone out!" Janet said, she gently picked up the sleeping infant, and placed her into her baby bed they had all ready.

"Janet, I'm fine!" Sam insisted.

"No, you're not."

Jack glared up at Janet. "Can't I hold the baby?"

"Col- Jack, she needs rest as well." Janet said. "You'll be able to hold her soon enough, okay?"

Jack hesitated for a second but caught his wife's eye. With a small sigh, he leaned over and kissed Sam. "I love you, see you in a little bit, okay?" he hurried over to Emma's bed and kissed her before slowly exiting the room.

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