Chapter Five: Confessions

"You wanted to see me, Uncle Hank?" Virginia asked, entering the office.

"Have you told Jack yet that his son is here?"

"No. Do I have to?"

"Yes."

"But it's going to be really hard. For him, Charlie's been dead for over ten years."

"I realize this but he needs to know before he walks into that room and finds his son miraculously alive."

"Fine…I'll go do it…Meanie."

Landry smiled and shook his head as she left the room.

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"Uh, Jack?" Virginia asked. "Is this a good time to talk to you?"

Jack looked up. "Yeah, why?"

"Uh…Because Uncle Hank wanted me to talk to you about the kids."

'Why is she so twitchy?' Jack thought. "Okay, sit down."

"Um yeah…You know who the kids are, right?"

"Four are mine and Carter's and one's Daniel's and Vala's," Jack said.

"That's not entirely true. Only three are yours and Sam's, while four are yours."

"Virginia, for cryin' out loud, just spit it out!"

"Jack. The oldest is Charlie."

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After leaving Jack staring into space and thinking about the fact that his son was now alive, Virginia had headed to Daniel's lab to talk to him. "So, Daniel. I've got a question for you."

"The answer is no," Daniel said.

"Well, it's not a yes or no question. So, what's the deal between you and Vala?" Virginia asked, leaning against the island in the middle of his office.

Daniel sighed. "You're cruel. You know that, right?" he asked. When Virginia just grinned at him, he sighed again. "I don't know how things are between us…I mean, she's a pain most of the time…but that's just a defense mechanism—"

"No it's not. She's just a pain most of the time. See what I'm thinking is—"

"You asked me the question, not yourself."

"—that you're afraid," Virginia continued. Daniel stared at her. "Afraid of falling in love again because you've had such a bad track record with love. You're afraid of becoming attached to a thief, a liar, and a cheat. You're afraid to get too close in case she leaves again—which she won't now that she's met Caleb." She paused. "I'm right, aren't I?"

Daniel looked down for a moment and then groaned. "Yeah, you're right…I am afraid of her."

"Not of her. Just of being around her in case you get too close. But let me tell you something. She feels the same way. I think she loves you, but thinks she doesn't know how to love anymore…So, just go talk to her. Plus there's probably the fact that she's wigged out by her carrying your child."

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Vala heard knocking at her door, but ignored it. She rolled over on her side and put a hand on her belly. Inside of her was a baby…her and Daniel's baby.

"Vala?" Daniel asked from the other side of the door.

"Go away," Vala said.

"Vala, just open the door," Daniel sighed.

Vala got up off of the bed and pulled the door open. "What?" she asked.

"I wanted to talk," he said. Vala sighed and went to go sit on her bed. Daniel followed her in, closing the door behind him. "How are you feeling?"

"Horrid," Vala said. "There, we talked, now you can leave."

"Vala," Daniel sighed. "I mean it. How are you feeling about all of this...I mean…We now have two kids…One of which isn't born yet."

When Vala said nothing for five minutes, Daniel began to feel awkward and was just about to leave when Vala looked up.

"I want them," Vala said suddenly. Daniel looked at her. She stared into his eyes. "I want them so badly it scares me. I want this little life inside of me. I want Caleb. He loves me…No one's loved me for a long time…And yet, he loves me unconditionally…And this baby…it'll love me…" Her head dropped down to stare at her lap.

Daniel blinked, understanding dawning on him. He went and sat down next to her. "Vala, understand that I want them too." She looked up at him, tears glistening in her eyes. "And I won't leave you alone."

"Do you really mean that, Daniel?" Vala asked.

"Yes," Daniel said. "Vala, I won't leave you, our son, and our other child alone. Which means you'll have to somehow become an American…" he murmured as an afterthought.

"You know," Vala said, that familiar wicked gleam in her eyes once more. "Dr. Lam said that I can have sex until the third trimester." Daniel groaned and rolled his eyes. Vala was back to normal all right.

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Sam stood before the door to the room where the kids were being kept. She wanted to go see them, she really did, but she was nervous. After all, she was engaged to a man who wasn't their father…Not that she wouldn't mind being engaged to their father…

She shook her head. 'Pete…Think Pete…Not Jack—the General...' She pushed open the door and was surprised to see Vala laying on her back with a little boy curled up on her. Three other kids were also curled up on the bed, asleep.

"Hi," Vala said softly. "They conked out about a half an hour ago. Must be really tired."

"You've been laying here for a half an hour with him on you?"

"Yup."

"It's been amusing," a voice said from corner. Sam turned and saw a man who must be Charlie O'Neill. "Hi Sam."

"Hi," Sam said. "Um…So who's who?"

"The one laying on me is Caleb," Vala said. "This is Grace, this one's Patrick, and this one's Lizzie," she said, pointing to each of them in turn. Sam nodded.

"Why do you keep staring at Grace?" Charlie asked.

"I was stuck on the Prometheus and had hallucinations because of a concussion. Not only did I see the rest of the team, but I saw a little girl who said her name was Grace. She said I didn't know her but I would…And she looks exactly like that Grace," Sam said.

"Weird," Vala said. "I once had a dream about Daniel…okay, more than once…and it wasn't because of a concussion…"

Sam shook her head. "Only you Vala, only you."

Caleb stirred and Vala ran a hand down his back, smiling a little. "Mommy," he murmured. "Where's Daddy?"

"Daddy's still busy," Vala said. She looked up at Sam. "Do you think you could go get him?"

Sam nodded and left the room, heading towards Daniel's office. On the way there, she bumped into Jack, who had apparently come out of his hermitage. "Carter," he said, slightly surprised. "Uh…Where ya headed?"

"Daniel's office. Vala wants him…or rather Caleb wants him and Vala sent me to get him," Sam said. She and Jack hadn't talked at all since it had been announced that they now had kids…Which reminded her…She really had to go see Pete and tell him…That was going to be torture.

"Oh…So you've seen…the kids?" Jack asked awkwardly.

"Haven't talked to them—they were all asleep," Sam said. They reached Daniel's office in silence. "Daniel, Caleb wants you."

"Oh…right…" Daniel said. "One second." He finished what he was doing on the computer and stood up. "Jack…Hi…"

"Hi, Daniel," Jack said. "So, you're going to go see your son?"

"Apparently," Daniel said, heading out the door. "Either of you coming?" Sam nodded.

"I might as well," Jack said. Sam and Daniel stopped, surprised.

"You will?" Daniel asked.

"Yeah," Jack said quietly, heading to the elevators. Sam and Daniel shared a look of surprise and headed after him.

They reached the room where the kids were, Jack stopping. Daniel headed in, closing the door after him, but a "Daddy!" leaked out.

Sam looked at Jack. "You sure, sir?" she asked.

"No, but oh well," he said.

He pushed open the door and three little people said, "Mommy! Daddy!" and rushed them. Vala snickered at their bewildered expressions.

Daniel grinned slightly at them, but then Caleb pulled on his hand to bring his attention back to the little boy. "Daddy, look at the picture I drew!" he said, proudly showing off the drawing.

Sam grinned shyly at the children clustered around her and Jack. "What took you so long?" Grace innocently asked.

"This and that," Jack said.

"Uncle Hank took Charlie and they're talking!...But we don't know why…" Lizzie said. "Why're they talking Mommy?" She looked up into Sam's eyes hopefully.

"Uh…" Sam said.

Behind them, the door burst open. "Oh, you two are here…Didn't think you'd be here for a while…But Uncle Hank said that Daniel, Vala, Skaara, and I can take them to the park. He said if you two wanted to as well you could," Virginia said. "So, you guys up for the park?"

"Park!" the kids yelled.

"Have you ever taken a child to the park before?" Jack asked her.

"Yes. Look at the amount of nieces and nephews I have. And look, we outnumber them anyways," Virginia said.

Jack rolled his eyes heavenward. 'This should be interesting…'