A/N: Thanks for the reviews!


After all the kids were up and playing, Kris and Jeff decided to tell them that they were about to have a baby cousin. They all took it surprisingly well after Kristie told them that she was going to carry the baby.

"Why can't Auntie Sam carry the baby?" Cosette asked. The children may have only been two years old, but they knew a lot and were very advanced for their age.

Kris thought of the best way to explain it to her children. "Well, Auntie Sam's body isn't able to nurture the baby like it should. I'm going to be keeping the baby safe and warm until it's ready to come and live with Uncle Jack and Auntie Sam."

"Why is Auntie Sam's body made that way?" Mike asked.

"That's just the way God wanted it, Mike."

"Okay."

Elijah wasn't as confused about it as his siblings. He understood very well that Mommy was carrying a baby for Uncle Jack and Aunt Sam because she wanted them to have a baby and Auntie Sam couldn't carry the baby. He understood this and accepted it at face value.

There wasn't much else a two year old could do.


Kristie breathed in deeply, sighing as she exhaled. Her breathing was slow, her eyes closed and her body in perfect kel'no'reem position. She'd been trying to clear her mind for the past hour or so. It was ten o'clock at night; her children were all asleep, dreaming nice, comforting dreams; Jeff was off world, where he'd been a lot recently. The most shocking thing of all, however, was that Camilla and Justin were out on a date – together.

She let her mind wander as she drew deeper and deeper into the trance that was kel'no'reem. Her thoughts kept on returning to why Jeff was off world instead of at home with his family. Kristie had spoken with Jack a few days before, right before SG-10 left, and he had told her that Jeff had requested the mission they were currently on.

It broke Kris's heart that Jeff would rather be off world with his team then at home with his wife and children. Okay, so they weren't exactly his biological children, but in every other sense he was their father. She tried to pass it off that maybe it was just stress and he needed some time away, but deep down she could feel it was more than that. Whenever they lay down next to each other at night she could feel how… unloved he felt.

But that wasn't the purpose of this session of kel'no'reem. Kristie had been feeling like crap for the past few days and she was trying to find out what was wrong.

Kristie's mind examined her body from head to toe, stopping and examining how well each part of her body was functioning. It was one of the perks of having a highly developed strain of the Ancient gene inside her – she could cure herself of almost every disease there was.

When she was down to her uterus she found out what the 'problem' was. She was pregnant.

Her eyes immediately flew open and she looked down at her stomach. Pregnant? She was going to have another baby? This time one that combined Jeff and her. A child made out of love.

No, no! This was all wrong! She was supposed to give Jack and Sam a child before she had another one! The quads were supposed to be five before she got pregnant again! This was happening all wrong!

Her mind went into overdrive as she thought of everything that would have to be done to prepare for another arrival. Oh, God, they'd have to redecorate the nursery! And where was the baby supposed to sleep when it outgrew that? There was so much to consider; they needed to put a new addition onto the house… one, no two, rooms. Maybe they'd just move and find a bigger house.

Oh, God! What was she supposed to tell Sam and Jack? "Sorry, you're going to have to wait another year before you can start your family – I'm pregnant again?" Sure, they'd be happy for her – thrilled even – but that still didn't change the fact that this was supposed to be their child she was carrying, not hers.

She felt nauseous as she thought about everything having another baby entailed. Her other children were only two years old as it was, how was she supposed to handle a fifth on top of that? Sure, she had Justin, Jeff, and Camilla to help her… but it wasn't supposed to happen like this!

One thing she knew she should be grateful about was that she only felt the life-sign of one child, not two or three or even four. One.

As she was walking down stairs to get a glass of water, she heard a car pull up. When she looked out the window she saw Jeff's car. Surprised that he'd opted to come home that late instead of staying the night on base, Kristie went out to greet him.

Jeff looked tired and worn as he silently strode up the walk leading to the house. His wife opened the front door and waited for him, smiling and looking sexy as hell in one of his old tee shirts and a pair of shorts.

"Hey," she said softly as he embraced her.

"Hey, beautiful," he whispered back as he drank in her smell – spices and soap. His doubts about her feelings for him seemed to completely evaporate as they held each other there on their doorstep.

When they finally let go, Kris looked at him with a smile full of love on her face. "Guess what I found out today," she said as she led him inside.

"What?" he asked curiously.

They stopped in the living room, right in front of their favorite love seat.

"I'm pregnant."


Jack looked at his beautiful wife lying prone on their bed asleep. He didn't know how long she'd been asleep but he could guess it was only a few minutes, as she hated leaving her lab to sleep. She was only slightly better now that they were married and she had something to look forward to when she left the dreary walls of her lab.

He tried to not wake Sam up as he got into bed, but even with his stealth, Sam woke up.

"Hey," she said sleepily as she gave Jack a kiss.

"Hey," he replied as their mouths parted.

"How was your afternoon?"

He shrugged, "Same old, same old."

Sam smiled, "Boring? You spent most of your time playing on your game boy?"

"That about sums it up."

Sam's smile was full of love as she pulled Jack lower on the bed. "I can't believe we're going to have a baby."

"I know. It's kinda scary."

Their kiss was passionate and left both of them gasping at the end.

"We'll do great."


A/N: Dun, dun, dun! Added another spice to the mix! Please tell me if/when you think this turns to 'soap opera'-y I don't want to go there!