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Part 2
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Several hours and much groveling on Jack's part later, the pair reclined in the warm pool, wrapped in each other's arms. Glasses of wine, chilled in the cold waters of the lake, stood close to hand. Empty plates lay discarded beside their clothes and several small pieces of silk.
Sam ran her tongue languorously over Jack's jaw, wringing a faint moan from him. "Mmm, you taste way better than chocolate," she asserted.
Jack chuckled, sated, and kissed the top of her head. "I could have told you that." Her assault on him moved lower and Jack sucked in a harsh breath, throwing his head back against the sand around the pool. "Ohh Sam, you are going to kill me."
She raised her head from his chest to retort, "And you're lovin' every minute, Mon Général."
"Am I ever…"
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The following morning, after spending the night in their cabin, Sam and Jack headed for the Stargate compound. She had promised her husband free reign in a home improvement store for the next phase of expansion on their lakeside cabin. As they passed the 'gate technician's station, the young lieutenant hailed the pair and stood to attention.
"Ma'am! I have a message for you. Doctor Frasier has been trying to contact you since early yesterday. She said it was quite urgent that you contact her." Sam glanced at Jack, eyebrows raised, then shook her head.
"Not a clue, Jack. Shall we find out what she wants? I hope nothing's happened to Cassie." Holding hands, the pair walked apprehensively through the Stargate to their former home.
On the other side of the wormhole, General Hammond waved them on to the infirmary with a quiet word. This worried them more than anything had so far. Still hand-in-hand, they raced through the halls without quite breaking into a run, anxiety getting the better of them.
"Janet!" Sam called as they rounded the infirmary door. "You needed to see me? Is Cassie okay?"
"What's wrong, Janet?" Jack asked, simultaneously.
"Follow me." Her face carefully blank, she led them to her office and closed the door behind her, continuing to face the door for a few seconds. This did nothing for their level of anxiety. She turned to look at her two co-workers and friends. "Sam, I got the test results back from your last physical. At first, I thought it was a mistake; I'd forgotten to exclude that test on the paperwork. But when the test came back positive – for the third time – and the DNA on the test materials were confirmed as yours, I knew it had to be true."
"Janet! You're killing us here. What's going on?" Jack demanded.
The doctor handed a slip of paper to Sam, suddenly grinning from ear to ear. Incredulous, Sam looked at her best friend after reading the contents.
"This isn't possible, Janet. This says I'm pregnant." Jack did a quick ping-pong head movement between the two women, genuinely confused and unable to compose a coherent sentence. "I'm no medical doctor, but I know you need at least two components to make a baby, and one of those is … missing."
"Sam, I did the calculations and, when Ama performed her procedure, you were ovulating. An egg had already been released into your fallopian tube and was around long enough for your little tryst on the mountain top." She looked at the two of them as if they were teenagers caught necking at the drive-in. Both Sam and Jack blushed furiously.
In a lightening quick movement, Jack leapt to his feet, grabbed his wife in a bear hug and swung her around in a circle. "Woo hoo! A baby. Sam, we're gonna have a baby!"
"Not if you don't take better care of her than that, sir," Janet admonished. "Her reproductive system has been through so much trauma lately, I can't make any guarantees. Now, put her down! Sir."
"Yes, ma'am!" Jack gently put Sam back down. She wasn't smiling. "Sam, what's wrong?
"I, uh," Sam cleared her throat and spoke in a small voice, "I was just getting used to the idea of never being able to have children and here I am, pregnant." She turned to face her husband; unshed tears swam in her eyes. "We never got to discuss whether we even wanted to have kids. Our whole life, everything we planned, is all changed, Jack - again. I'm … just having a little trouble taking in this latest in a long series of twists and turns, where someone or something else makes life-changing choices for me. It's all just a little too much."
"Sam," Jack murmured as he gathered her into his arms. Janet slipped quietly out of her office to give them some privacy. "You're right this is a huge change. Will you be okay with this, sweetheart?"
"I suppose so. Just give me a little time to get used to the idea." She put her hand to her mouth and gasped, horrified, "Holy Hannah. What's General Hammond going to say? I mean I'm the commander of a rapidly growing base, plus the science station. How can I handle my job and a baby, too?"
"What can he say but congratulations? I'm sure he'll do anything humanly possible to make sure you can handle this however you want. Hey, look how he changed things for me just so I could steal you away from him and SG-1." Jack smiled gently and kissed away an errant tear.
"I guess this is what they mean when they talk about mood swings, huh?" Sam wrinkled her nose in distaste. I am so not going to enjoy this being out of control thing, she mused.
"Come on. If you're up for it, let's go talk to Hammond and give him the good news." Sam nodded her agreement and the pair left Janet's office in silence, arms around each other.
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The meeting with their CO went just as Jack had predicted. The general was at his grandfatherly best, congratulating his two favorite subordinates sincerely. He was anxious to accommodate her so long as she didn't leave the program. He knew that, practically, there was no program without the pair before him.
"Colonel, I'll leave the decision up to you as to how you'd like to re-work your position and support you in any way possible within the parameters of the project charter. I'm sure you'll come up with a solution that meets your needs as well as those of the Eden Project. Don't worry about the prohibition against children during the first two years of the colony. That went out the window when we arranged to accommodate the Jaffa and their families."
"Thank you, sir," Sam said gratefully, sighing with relief, barely keeping more tears from falling. Janet, always prepared, leaned over the table to hand her a tissue. Hammond, having survived two pregnancies with his own wife, cleared his throat and requested the doctor list any restrictions to the colonel's normal routine.
"Sam, you'll need to keep your bi-weekly exams, but restrict 'gate travel as much as possible outside of that. And no more jaunting around the universe and through time!" Janet gave her best friend that sternest look she could, emphasizing her sincerity.
"No problem, Doc. I'll make sure she stays home," Jack assured her, earning him a "look" from his wife. "And gets plenty of rest and proper nutrition."
"Sir, I'd like to request that you expedite Major Grace's promotion. I think he would be an excellent base commander if I'm forced to step down," Sam asked. She glanced at Jack and saw that he approved.
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One Week Later – Eden Base
"I've asked you all here today to celebrate the well-deserved promotion of Major Jason Grace to Lieutenant Colonel," a happily smiling Colonel Samantha Carter announced from the bandstand. "Will everyone please come to attention?" With that, Sam and Jack each pinned the shiny new silver oak leaves on Grace's collar and took their turns accepting the salute of the man who'd served them both so well.
After the applause died down, Sam stepped up to the microphone again. "I have three additional announcements to make today. All, I think, are good news. First, I am stepping down as commander of Eden Base-" At the inevitable groans and expressions of disappointment, Sam held up her hands for silence. "and will be replaced by Lieutenant Colonel Grace. Colonel Grace has been here as long as anyone has and knows the base intimately. I have every confidence he will prove to be an excellent commander and I know you will all give him your best."
"Colonel," a voice from the crowd asked, "will you be leaving Eden?"
"No. My second announcement is that I will be concentrating on the science station and will provide Colonel Grace with guidance, when asked. The science contingent has long needed a dedicated manager and I have wanted for some time to get back to what I do best, scientific research. This change will allow me to meet both needs." She gazed out over the assembled base personnel. "Are there any questions?"
After a short, stunned pause, an airman near the front piped up, "What's your third announcement, ma'am?"
Sam beamed at her people for a second. Jack stepped up the stand beside her, slipped an arm around her shoulders and placed a kiss on her cheek. "Part of the reason for my change in position is because I – we recently found out that I'm pregnant."
A general hubbub broke out and chaos reigned until Lieutenant. Colonel Grace let out a piercing whistle. "Hey! Let her finish." An eager silence replaced the roar of speculation and surprise.
She smiled softly before raising her head to face the crowd again. "I won't go into the gory details. I'm sure you're all aware of the mechanics of how pregnancy happens." Laughter rolled over the gathering. More seriously, she continued, her voice shaking, "You all know some of what happened to me when we were transported to the past. I was forced to give up my ova in return for assistance in getting SG-1 home." Heads nodded all over the place. "Well, she missed one." Sam shrugged, grinning once more, and again laughter rang out. Members of the crowd shouted congratulations to the couple, who descended the stairs to join the assembly now that the announcements were over.
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Ten Days Later – The SGC
"Juuuust a little more…" Janet promised as she moved the ultrasound wand over Sam's gently rounded, gel-slathered belly. Jack stood behind his new bride, clasping her hand tightly, as the transducer wand passed across the same spot for the third time.
"Um, Janet, aren't you done yet? I really have to go, you know," Sam urged.
"I think I have everything I need now, Sam." The happily grinning doctor stepped away to reveal the ultrasound monitor and said, "General, Colonel, meet your children." There before them, outlined clearly, was two distinct heads, two beating hearts, one tiny twig of a penis. They were having twins – a boy and a girl!
The pair gazed, flabbergasted, at each other. Again? Gradually, soft smiles, that O'Neill would have called sappy, spread over both faces. Janet and her nurse exchanged indulgent grins.
"I know it's early at 14 weeks, but have you thought of names yet?" The young nurse asked.
The parents seemed to wake and stared into each other's eyes for confirmation. Each seeing that the other agreed, they replied as one, "Mikey and Megan."
Sam added, "It's like a dream come true. Only this time, please don't wake me." Jack bent down to claim her lips in a tender kiss.
The End – for real
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Author's Note: If you don't get the references to Mikey and Megan or the dream, read "Dream World," part two of this series.