Why did Jack take off the ring? This chapter is why. I LOVE ALL MY REVIEWERS sobs and hugs everyone You're all amazing!

Chapter 6: Let's Not Tell Anyone, Okay?

Sam walked down the hallway that night with full intentions of going to her CO and telling him that she could no longer go to off world missions because she was with child. Who's child, she didn't know, but still! Her shoulders drooped visibly with that thought. This was going to be a fun conversation.

She knocked on the door that she was in front of with little hesitation. She twisted the handle and pushed it open when she heard O'Neill bark, "Come in!"

Her CO was lying on his back, twirling an object in his fingers when she opened the door, but sat up as she entered.

"Carter," he said, still fiddling with his object. He tried to keep his heartbeat steady, as well as his voice, with some luck. "What brings you here?"

"I…" she paused. This was a lot harder than she would have thought. She stopped to reconsider, and finally pointed at the object he was holding. "What's that, sir?"

O'Neill looked down into his hand, to the wedding ring he was twirling between his fingers. He flicked it to Sam as he would a quarter, and shrugged. "Apparently I got hitched while we were on that mission. To whom, I have no idea."

Sam caught the ring and held it in her palm, turning it over. A vision hit her again.

She smiled as she took the ring from the pillow offered to her by the local villager boy. Her grin widened as she looked up into her husbands face, and slid the ring onto his finger. "With this ring, I thee wed." The man in front of her grinned back, and suddenly she could see his face.

"Carter!" O'Neill snapped. Sam's attention returned to the present and she shook her head to clear the vision. This couldn't be! "Are you okay?" Jack continued.

Sam nodded and handed the ring back. She slipped her hand into her pocket and pulled out her own ring, and gave it to the Colonel with shaky fingers. "Apparently, I did too," she said, watching his reaction.

Jack accepted her ring as well and looked it over. Suddenly the room he was in disappeared, and he witnessed a vision.

He was down on one knee, his hands were shaking and his palm was sweaty. He looked up to the person in front of him. "Sam," he said. "Since it looks like we may never get home, and there aren't regulations to worry about here…will you…" he paused and swallowed hard. He whispered the next part. "Marry me?"

The gleeful woman in front of him took the ring from him astonished and looked deep into his eyes. She slid it onto her finger, drawing a sigh from him. "Of course," she said, and she pulled him up and into a passionate kiss.

Jack dropped the ring as the vision disappeared. His gaze flew to Carter, who had pushed herself nervously against the wall. She must have seen a similar vision too. He opened his mouth to speak, but his voice was dry and the only sound that was emitted from his throat was a croak. He swallowed hard and picked up her ring. Getting up, he walked over to her and grabbed her hand.

"I guess I found my answer," he said as he placed it in her palm. His warm breath tickled Sam's face as he drew his own closer. Sam nodded. Before she could speak, he continued. "Let's just keep this between us, okay?" he folded her fingers shut around her palm, and she looked down at it. When she looked back up, tears gleaming in her eyes, he leaned forward and kissed her on the forehead, then retreated back to the bed. Clearing his throat, he asked, "Did you come here for something, Carter?"

Sam shook her head. "I forget, sir," she said, and she opened the door and left the room. "See you in the morning."

Sam's head spun as she threw herself down on her bed. Jack O'Neill was the father of her child, as well as her husband. She buried her face in her pillow and let out a sob. The kiss on her forehead told her everything he didn't have to say, and she could hear his voice form the words. "I wish we could be together, but it wasn't meant to be."

She choked out another sob. She wasn't going to tell him about their child, at least not yet. Not until Janet could confirm something one way or the other. For now, she wouldn't tell anyone, and she would go on missions, just as planned.

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another not so cliffy, but...next chapter... XD