(Alternate Timeline- Between Seasons 8 and 9)

Major General Jack O'Neill sat at his desk, working on his mounds of paperwork. The timer on his watch beeped and he got up and started to walk out to the briefing room. "Walt-"

"Here, sir." Walter said, in the doorway.

"Yes…where's that…"

"Lieutenant Colonel Cameron Mitchell, reporting for duty as ordered, sir." He said, stepping aside to allow the slightly amused colonel view to the interior of Jack's office.

"Yes, thank you, Walter."

He gave a curt nod, and began to turn back toward the briefing room. Jack motioned for Mitchell to take a seat and the somewhat anxious colonel did so. Just then, Jack began to walk after Walter, when all of a sudden the little man was there in the doorway again. "On the right hand stack, sir."

Jack looked at Walter, and then at Mitchell. He shrugged, then turned to see the beaming chief master sergeant. "Thank you, Walter."

"You're welcome, sir."

As he turned to leave, Jack made a shooing gesture with his hands as he closed the door. "So…Mitchell. You're here to join the SGC."

"Yes, sir." He said, with obvious pride.

"Requesting a transfer to SG-1 no doubt." He said, dryly.

"Yes, sir."

"Along with everyone on this base…"

"Sir, if I may be so bold, I did help to save your life when Anubis attacked."

Jack looked up from the file that he had gotten from the right-hand side of his desk. "Colonel Mitchell, I am well aware of what your contribution was to Anubis's defeat. However, there are a number of people who have more experience than you do. I'm assigning you to SG-12 for a couple weeks of evaluation. You pass that, and then, maybe I'll consider your request."

"Yes, sir." Mitchell said, obviously disappointed.

"Dismissed."

Sam passed Mitchell as she knocked on Jack's door. He had started working on some more paperwork. She held a folder in her own hands, and wondered how he would react if she placed it in front of him.

She laid it on the desk in front of him. He reached out with one hand and took it. "SG-1?"

She lowered her voice and changed the tambour of it so that it didn't sound like her. "Yes, sir."

He opened the file folder, expecting to find a photo and detailed summary of a new airman's career. "Go ahead. Impress me with all of your…" His sentence trailed off when he found, instead, sonogram printouts. He looked up to find his wife standing there. "Uh…"

She smiled. "Janet decided to have me deliver the results of my latest physical myself."

Jack's mouth dropped open. "Are you kidding?"

She shook her head in amusement. "I tell you that I'm pregnant and that's all you can say? No sparks, no romance? And I tell everyone that I have the best husband of all…"

Jack literally jumped out of his chair and put his hands on her waist as he bent his knees to get down to her eyelevel and looked at her. "We're…I mean…you're?"

"You think you can handle adding a new member or two to the team?" She asked with a smile on her face.

"To our team?" He stopped. "Two?"

She grinned. "Twins do run in my family, Jack, and…Janet's fairly certain that she heard two heartbeats."

Jack was still agog with the new information, but Sam continued. "Now, don't forget…Dad and Mark are coming over for Christmas. I'm going home to get the guest room ready for Dad. Mark and his family said they'll just stay in town."

Jack was still stuck on the news that he and Sam would be having their first children together. "Huh?" He said, shaking his head.

Sam chuckled. "Jack…Dad's coming through the Stargate today if nothing goes wrong. Mark's driving up tomorrow, and Daniel and Teal'c will be here on Thursday. We're celebrating Christmas Eve that night by going to mass with Dad and Mark. Then, on Friday, we're going to do the normal Christmas thing…"

Jack nodded. "Right. Dad coming today. Mark tomorrow. Guys later. Christmas."

She laughed and kissed him lightly on the lips. "I'll see you tonight when you bring Dad. Oh, and I mentioned to Janet that she and Cassie are more than welcome Thursday night." She said, decidedly more bubbly than usual.

"Okay." He said, watching her leave. Boy, he loved her.

And just when you thought it was the end...the other shoe falls!