Authors Notes
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- In another little note about the eyes thing I have put in a special part talking about her eyes and lighting – it sounds rather amusing and a bit ludicrous but the subject has got me staring intently at Sam's eyes now whenever I watch Stargate and it might settle people's "she has Blue eyes not Green for whatever reason!" comments! Lmao!
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Chapter 5: Clueless
'Janet,' Daniel called rushing into the seemingly abandoned infirmary 'Dr Frasier!' he looked down at Sam, unconscious in his arms and wondered how on earth she had fooled all of them into thinking she was just a bit tired, he should have read the warning signs, the shuffles in the corridors, the isolation from other personnel, the lack of scientific babble that so often confused Jack…
Her appearance now, limp in his arms, so pale she could have been dying was the thing that finally brought him to realization. Guilt riddled his mind; he was with no doubt a terrible friend, too wrapped up in his own work to see that Sam's was drilling her into the ground, the most he had done for her in these previous few weeks was catch her as exhaustion dominated her body and rush her into the infirmary in the hopes that there wasn't serious damage
'Sam,' Janet gasped, finally appearing, presumably coming here from her office 'put her on the bed,' Daniel did as he was told and rested Sam's frail form on the nearest bed
'What happened?' she asked as Daniel backed away massaging the stubble which had been neglected after days of persistent translation
'I'm not sure, she bumped into me in the corridor, I asked her if she was okay and then she just passed out and I caught her,' staring into space for a moment, he tried to recall the moment he should have realized things weren't right but his mind kept swinging back to the image of Sam falling, he had asked if she was okay, he hadn't wished for her to take it so literally, a simple no would have sufficed.
'Well she seems stable, from what I can tell she is just anemic but I will have to run some scans to be sure, the people on this base – especially SG1 have the unfortunate habit of getting more then they bargained for,'
"you can say that again" Daniel thought, his eyes once again coming to rest on Sam and this mind repeatedly asking why she had not told someone before it had come to this
'You can leave her with me now Daniel, I am sure she will just need her rest,' Daniel backed towards the door slowly, almost not wanting to leave, wishing desperately that he could make things up to her
'Oh and Daniel,' Janet turned around to see him by the door before finishing her sentence 'Tell General Hammond that Sam might not be active for a couple of days,' Daniel's eyes which had whipped upwards to meet Dr Frasier's flickered back to Sam before he nodded and left the infirmary.
'She what?' Jack's temper soared as he received the news about Sam
'Sam passed out a couple of hours ago and has been in the infirmary since,' Daniel hung his head so low it was in danger of sinking into his pudding
'Why didn't you tell me?' Jack glared at Daniel, if looks could kill, he would have been dead twice over
'Because there is something going on between you and her, it looks like you have done something to upset her and I wanted her to be able to wake up without you being in her face,' his tone was mild but his statement shocked Jack into silence, Daniel hadn't guessed had he? He didn't know that the something was more than just a falling out? Regaining his composure Jack calmly continued the conversation
'I don't care what is between us right now but I need to see her and know she is alright, not just take your word for it, whatever she thinks of me I still care for her well-being,' His sudden change in mood and vague reference to their recent arguments was bending the truth and hopefully misleading Daniel long enough for him and Sam to figure out their differences and possibly arrange a bit more secrecy
'Just…don't stress her out Jack or I will have to make sure you stay away from her,' Daniel warned, Jack was taken aback by the threat which came so smoothly from his friend's mouth, there again he could understand where the mistrust came from, Sam was his friend too and at the moment she was the one in a dire situation
'I won't do anything to upset her,' Jack promised, giving Daniel an honest glance he left the archeologist's lab and made a determined route towards the infirmary.
His eyes could not help but fall upon Sam the moment he entered the room, even in a weakened state she was beautiful and he could never think otherwise
'Ah, Jack, Daniel said that you would be along sooner or later,' Dr Frasier had been preoccupied when Jack had entered the room but smiled as she noticed him gazing at Sam
'Yeah, well I need to check up on her, make sure she is okay and…stuff,' he trailed off, taking front row seat next to Sam's still unconscious form before looking back up at Dr Frasier 'What was wrong with her?' for a moment Jack noticed Janet looked hesitant but the body language which told him this was quickly shaken
'Well Daniel said that she hasn't been eating or sleeping properly for quite a while, this helped me come to a diagnosis… basically she has anemia, she passed out because the lack of food and sleep deprivation has starved her body of energy, she should wake up after a couple of hours good rest and then I will recommend that she eats something… would you monitor her a while? I have to pop over to my lab.' Jack noticed the speed of the explanation and noted Janet's rush to get out of the infirmary… there was something else
'You have missed something out,' he said, looking up at Dr Frasier expectantly, a pained expression did not do well to disprove Jack's statement
'Yes, I did…' she paused 'but honestly sir I don't think it is my place to say…' she waited anxiously for his reaction, hoping his desire to know wouldn't go as far as ordering her to tell him
'Okay, I'll wait, once you have told Sam it can be her decision to tell me,' Jack accepted, allowing Janet to release the breath she had been holding, as Dr Frasier grabbed a couple of files and left for her lab Jack's eyes fell back onto the only occupant of the infirmary besides himself, wishing for her to open her eyes, wake up and grace him with her sweet smile.
'Jack,' Jack's position in the infirmary had not changed for several hours but Sam's voice finally brought him out of his lucid state
'Welcome back,' he greeted, leaning forward so she could get him in focus, she opened her eyes wide to take in the surroundings and gain vision with a bit more detail, Jack noticed her pupils shrink as they took in the artificial lighting, the same lights made her eyes shine a clear blue, for a moment he contemplated how he had seen them at different times, in different situations, in semi-darkness you could swear they were green but when she gave him a glance in the briefing room it was large bright sapphires that acknowledged him, he had seen desperation, sadness, love, joy and the spark of a good idea in those eyes and he knew that each time her eyes had sought his for shared burden of these emotions was just another time to add to the list of "wouldn't trade for the world moments"
'What happened?' she asked, her current location finally dawning on her
'You passed out, Frasier said you have anemia because you haven't been eating or sleeping properly,' he informed her, deliberately missing out the part that there was something else wrong as well, a something that he had spent the last few hours trying to guess and hoping it wouldn't be too serious.
'Oh…why are you…?' More questions, Sam had always been curious, whatever the situation
'You didn't think that I wouldn't be here did you?' he smiled, slipping his hand into hers and praying that their argument was long over in her mind
'Maybe just a little…' she smiled, in truth she hadn't, 9 times out of 10, if she passed out from anything Jack would be there when she woke
'I'm sorry,' he admitted, taking a reasonably sane moment to express his regret about their argument
'It's okay,' she whispered 'I think both our tempers were a little high,' Jack held back a grimace when her words held no mention of them being together or that what he had said had gotten through
'Maybe when you're up and about we can talk like responsible adults?' he suggested, smirking to try and keep the conversation light mannered
'The way I feel right now I won't be up and about for weeks!' she laughed
'Sam you're awake,' Janet stated the obvious as she checked on the situation in the infirmary again, she had dropped back a couple of times in the past few hours but each time Sam had been nowhere near conscious 'I suggest once I have checked you over you should get something to eat, you must be famished,'
'Just a little,' mild sarcasm demonstrated Sam's good mood, Dr Frasier busied herself checking Sam's monitors and doing all of the other doctorish things Jack couldn't be bothered to concern himself about
'Am I good to go then?' Sam asked, flashing another look back at Jack
'Yes, you seem to be stable, but there is something else…' Janet cast a nervous glance at Jack, and Sam who had been pulling off the various wires attached to her arms and such focused a concerned gaze up at Dr Frasier
'What is it?' she asked, making no move to shoo Jack, noting this Janet decided to ask anyway-
'Are you okay with Colonel O'Neill being here while I tell you?' Jack would have crossed his fingers if it hadn't been such an obvious sign of which choice he preferred
'Yeah, sure,' Sam said her gaze not straying from Janet's face
'Well as you know I tend to do a large range of medical tests to confirm a diagnosis of any patient who is under my care at this complex because of the amount of strange alien illnesses which tend to spread around the base…'
'Carry on' Sam urged when Dr Frasier paused again, she wished that she would just tell her an not have this whole suspense thing going on
'Well one of my tests confirmed something else in your body which also could have caused you to faint as well as the anemia,'
'What is it like a cancer or something…?' worry etched Sam's face as the term "something else" slipped into the conversation again
'No, nothing like that,' she assured, hoping she wasn't about to destroy the look of relief that had spread across Sam's face, there was another pause before she broke the news;
'Sam… you're pregnant.'
Okay, that was probably pretty predictable; I know some of you have already thought about it! It always stirs it up when someone gets pregnant though! You can't tell me it doesn't make for a good storyline! Lol! But I really enjoyed writing that chapter actually! Things are on the up for Sam and Jack but let's hope they can hold it together coz they have just been thrown in very deep water!
Next chapter: Sam Panics, Jack has to cool the situation down and their cover could get blown!
Thanx to all who have R&Rd over the past few chappies! I will update soon! ( I am actually just starting to write chapter 8 now!)
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