MOST BEAUTIFUL
It had been a long day. Sam was home, true to her word, by 1830 hours most evenings. Tonight, she pulled into the driveway at 1900 hours. As she opened the door, she could smell the aroma of Chinese food and felt a smile tugging at her very tired lips.
"Hi, Sam," Jack greeted her, coming over and giving her a peck on the cheek. Taking in her totally exhausted appearance, he was more than a little worried. "Are you okay? You think its time to cut back some more till after the delivery?"
Sam was now eight months pregnant and felt every last day of it. At least the weather was getting cooler now in early October. She'd thought she'd collapse and die in the 90 degree days of Washington's August heat spell! She had to admit, she was tiring more easily every day. Maybe Jack was right.
"I think its time to consider it. After all, I look like a beached whale. I'm not sure I want to be seen in public like this anymore."
"Come here … you are my beached whale you know." Jack said teasingly wrapping his gratefully long arms around his wife and pulling her as close as possible given her greatly distended abdomen. "You know you are the most beautiful woman in the world."
"Jack O'Neill you are so full of it! I'm fat and I feel huge."
Tipping her chin up to face him, he looked into her eyes and was saddened by the mist of tears he saw. "Honey, I love you. There is nothing more beautiful to me than the gorgeous woman I love, pregnant with our children. Do you understand?"
"Thank you. I really needed to hear that today. I'm sorry for being so shallow. It's just been a really long day."
"Well then, Mrs. O'Neill, I can recommend a distraction," Jack said, beginning to kiss her. "The distraction might delay our scrumptious Chinese feast. You mind?"
"Not at all, Jack, not at all. I love late dinners with my husband, almost as much as I love all of your distractions," she replied, returning the kiss and turning down the lights.
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TBC in the next chapter!