Twins Chapter 2: Returning Home and House Hunting
Daniel didn't know what to do. It had been 11 months since they had lost Jack and Sam to the meteor shower. And he couldn't help thinking that if Sam had been here she would have figured it all out so easily. They hadn't talked to Jacob since he went off in his ship to, as he put it, pick them up after school.
Daniel didn't know what to do, so he just stared at the gate, willing Jack and Sam to walk through the gate. And at that moment the gate started whirling and the alarm went off UNAUTHORIZED OFFWORLD ACTIVATION. Daniel however didn't think that it was Jack and Sam, he had run here every time he had heard that sound, but had stopped after the first 6 months.
Siler announced that the seventh chevron was locked, and Daniel heard the whoosh of the gate activating. Siler closed the iris and waited for an IDC. And he got one, "It's the Tokra." Siler said to General Hammond who had moments before entered the control room.
"Open the Iris. Daniel and Hammond walked down to the gate room, expecting to just see Jacob walk through, but instead they were faced with two individuals: Jack and "Sam!" Daniel exclaimed. She was pregnant!
"Hello sir, Hi Danny-boy." Jack greeted them. "I know, we have a lot of catching up to do."
Hammond, seeing not just that Sam was pregnant, but the way that Jack kept his arm around her so intimately, he knew who the father was. "That's an understatement. Why don't you two go down and get checked out in the infirmary and then come down to the conference room for debriefing. We have a lot to go over, you've missed a lot."
Jack nodded, and Sam said, "Thank You sir. If you'll excuse us." With out any further ado, Jack helped Sam down out of the gate room, especially with the steps, "I'm a little visually impaired these days when it comes to seeing my feet." With that she giggled, and then looked up, "Oh, there's fried chicken in the kitchen! Jack, could you?"
Jack smiled, "Sure honey."
Daniel walked with them to the elevator. "How did you know there was fried chicken for lunch today?"
"I could smell it on you, you'll be surprised how being pregnant heightens your sense of smell, especially when your carrying twins."
Daniel smiled, then realizing the last word, "T-t-twins?"
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After Daniel recovered from his slight shock, the three made their way to the infirmary. When they walked through the door, Janet was coming out of her office, where she ran out and pulled Jack and Sam into a large tight hug. "Thank god, General Hammond just called me and told me that you were back, however he failed to mention that you were pregnant, Congratulations Sam. I don't know what to say. Cassie will be thrilled to have a little cousin on the way."
"Two, actually." Jack corrected. "You know Sam, can't stay away from science, she made herself a stethoscope and confirmed that there are two heartbeats in there."
"Well, if you'll just sit on the beds, I will begin your physicals, and Sam, how would you like to get a sonogram?"
Sam's face lit up with joy, "That sounds great, but we don't want to know the sex of the babies, we just want to know if their healthy."
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Janet finished checking first Sam at Jack's insistence and then Jack, and then after she had filed the blood work on both individuals, Janet had the sonogram machine brought in. And now Jack and Sam were looking at, for the first time, their two beautiful children growing inside her. "Oh, my god, Jack, their so cute. Look there's one head, and the other," She said poking the screen.
Jack had a glow in his eyes that Janet had never seen before, he had tears surfacing and he leaned forward, holding Sam's hand, and kissed her on the head. "I couldn't agree more."
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When Jack, Sam, and Janet entered the briefing room, General Hammond, Daniel Jackson, and Teal'c were waiting for them. Sam felt slightly self conscious, showing up after almost a year, and being married and pregnant. General Hammond stood up followed by Daniel and Teal'c. "Welcome back Colonel O'Neill, Major Carter. Or is it Major O'Neill?"
"I haven't really thought about it yet, but I thought yes, Major Carter around the base to avoid confusion."
"Alright, sit down, we have a lot to talk about. I'm glad that both of you were unharmed in the meteor shower. We have been unsure of what happened to you, what happened with the gate?"
Jack leaned forward in his chair and he began their story, "Sam and I had gone after a few teenagers who had gone to hide in a serious of caves that Daniel had showed them, we were on our way back, when we saw Daniel and Teal'c standing in front of the active gate. I saw that Daniel saw me, they went through the gate, and moments later a large meteor hit the gate covering it with almost solid rock. Sa- Major Carter and I dug for it for almost three months before giving up. We didn't have any of the right tools necessary to unearth the gate."
Sam continued the story, "We were married 9 months ago. And then I found out that I was pregnant, we had settled into a life there, thought that we would never return, until my father showed up. Actually I'm extremely surprised that Jack doesn't have a black eye right now."
Hammond chuckled and Jack continued the story, "My father's ship had the tools that we needed to unearth the gate. We promised to let the people who had left the planet return, or contact them if they had been relocated."
Daniel nodded, "I'll do that right away, they are living with the people in the land of light at the moment."
Finishing the meeting, Hammond updated his two officers about what had gone on while they were gone, when he went into, "And now I am giving you two weeks of leave to settle back into your life at home, Major your Maternity leave starts now until you are ready to come back after the twins are born."
Sam snapped up at the words Maternity leave, "But, what, I can't even come on the base, I'm sure that there are loads of work that I have to get started on. I've been gone almost a year, I have to get back into working in my lab."
Hammond had to hold back the amusement that everyone could see coming through his eyes, same old Sam, "Al right, you can bring home your lap top, and come on base, but I am limiting your hours, but you are not allowed back on the base for two weeks. Doctor, let me know when their blood work comes back, but for now I think it will be safe if you go home. Daniel and Teal'c had been taking care of your places for the first few months, but after a while… let's just say that your houses might need to be aired out."
Sam nodded, "That's all right, we were talking about selling both houses and getting one that's ours. Maybe one in a nice kid friendly neighborhood. We were hoping to get it all ready by the time the twins come."
One Week Later
Jack and Sam were waiting outside a house on a picturesque suburb street in Colorado Springs. It was white with navy blue shutters, with a large fenced in back yard and plenty of neighbors with lots of other kids and the local school system was one of the best in the area. Now they were waiting for the sales agent to show up.
They didn't have to wait all that long, for within a few minutes a little blue car had come around the corner and parked right behind them. It being May, the weather was very comfortable, not too hot, and not too cold so Sam and Jack were standing outside the car, when the rather colorful woman woke up. She was wearing a bright pink suit with short brown hair which looked rather like the style that Sam wore before. Since they had been stranded, Sam had let her hair grow out and it was now halfway down her back. She complained about it all the time, and Jack expected her to get it cut any day now.
"Hello Mr. O'Neill, Mrs. O'Neill. My name is Chloe Fisher, I'll be your tour guide. When are you due?"
"Less than a month now."
"Oh, wow, well, lets start on our walk through." She lead them to the front door. "This house is only 5 years old, so you don't have to worry about a lot of the things that go wrong with older houses. This is the living room. As you can see it has wall to wall carpeting, and the kitchen is right here. Dishwasher, Refrigerator, Oven, Microwave. Oh, and from the window over the sink you can see into the back yard, so when the kids get older, you can keep an eye on them playing while you work in the kitchen."
At the mention of working in the kitchen, Jack snorted, Sam was a horrible cook. She could build a Naquada generator, but try to bake a cake, and she was useless. He had a feeling that he could be doing the majority of the cooking. After a glare from Sam, Sam asked, "What's in the basement?"
"Oh, the basement is insulated and carpeted, so you could turn it into a playroom or an office, or anything." They moved on, "Here's the Den. There's room for whatever you need it for. And the door locks, so it can be a no children zone. We all need that every once in a while. And here are the stairs," there was walls on both sides of the stairs all the way down, "It's very easy to put a child gate at the top and bottom of the stairs. And up here, we'll check out the bedrooms. This house has four bedrooms," they looked into the first one, "this is the Master Bedroom, it has it's own bathroom with shower. The small bedroom would make a great nursery, and the other two bedrooms are much bigger, so when the kids get older they can have more room."
They saw the whole house from the furnished basement to the huge basement. Sam and Jack was driving back to Jack's house where they had been staying until they got their place. "Oh, my god Jack I LOVE it!"
"I thought you would."
"I can turn the attic into my lab which we can put padlocks on the attic door once the little ones get mobile if we have to, that small bedroom will make the cutest nursery, and the back yard is perfect. And they are willing to sell immediately. So we could be there in two weeks. I'm just worried I'll go into labor before we can get moved in. They say that with twins their usually a month early, and I'm already a week over that."
"Don't worry. There's plenty of time. We have buyers for both of our houses, and with the General's help, we were able to cut through the red tape, but even if the babies come first, we'll all be together."
"I know, I just want everything to be perfect." She said, sighing and leaning into Jack, who wrapped his arm around her.
"It will be. I'll call the real-estate agent first thing tomorrow. Do you have anything planned?"
"Cassie and Janet are helping me plan my baby shower. It's on Friday night."
"Let me guess, you invited every women on the base and every wife of every man on the base."
She shrugged, "Hey the more people show up, the more gifts we get, the less we have to spend on ourselves, although we will have to get two bassinettes, two cribs for when they get bigger, two high chairs, lots of diapers, child gates. Let's see we'll need four. One for the attic door, two for the main stairs, one for the basement."
"Honey, it'll be a while until they start crawling."
"I know, I'm thinking long term. And with the extra money from both our houses, we can get some new furniture. No offense honey, but your bed, did you get it from the dump?"
Jack giggled, "I get the point, we'll get a new mattress."
"Oh, I just got a craving for lasagna. With chocolate sauce, doesn't that sound good?"
"I'll take the lasagna. You can put chocolate sauce on yours honey."
TBC…
A/N: Hope you liked the update. The inspiration for the real estate agent came from Smallville. The actress who played the real estate agent had played Janet Frasier (she played the real estate agent after her character in Stargate died tragically, I cried.) Hope you enjoyed it an review.