"Julianna my dear, you have a lot of explaining to do."

Busted.

"Umm, ugh... Dad, this is Sam." Jules could feel the hot blush racing up her neck, covering her cheeks, as her and Sam lay together in bed before her father and brothers. Awkward.

Sam. Jack knew this, the name. This had to be the Sam that would make Jules call her dear old dad (no matter the time of the day mind you) and proceed to cautiously tell him all about her new boyfriend. Well, tell him as much as any daughter would tell their father.

He had always been happy for Jules; it made him happy just hearing her be so completely, utterly blissfully happy. He had 'met' Sam once before if 'meeting' is what you would call it. It was when Jules was shot for the first time, Greg had called him and of course he'd gone down for his little girl, he had met Sam just in passing, shook his hand and kept going. Apparently neither one of them was up for the whole formal father-boyfriend talk.

But once he went back home to Alberta, the conversations stopped. Jules would continue to call, but Sam was never mentioned again. Jack figured it was best just not to bring it up, why open a patched wound right?

Well obviously they decided to rip it open.

"Braddock right?" Jack asked, his voice husky and gruff.

"Yes sir." Sam gently stood up, being mindful of Jules' wound, and walked over to the Callaghan men, shaking each of their hands.

"Well… it's nice to meet you…again….."

Oh dear, was this ever awkward.

Sam simply nodded his head. "Well, I should probably leave you guys to talk…" Sam walked back over to Jules and gently placed his hand on her thigh that was hidden by the hospital blanket. "Will you be ok?" he lowered his voice, but was sure that her family could still hear him.

"Yeah, thanks Sam." She smiled lightly at him, covering his hand with hers.

"Okay, be back soon." He kissed her forehead and left.

"Boys, you guys want to give me and your sister a minute?"

Robbie left the room immediately, but Jacob hung back for a second. "Good luck Jewel, I think you might need it." Jacob snickered as he left the room behind Robbie.

Once the door was closed, and it was just Jules and her father, he went and sat on the edge of her bed.

"Hi daddy." Daddy. That wasn't a common word in the Callaghan house hold, only used when someone was in trouble or when someone wanted something.

"Julianna." He nodded at her, using the 'old farmer' way of saying hello.

"How's the farm?" Typical Jules, avoiding the problem, pretending there was no issue.

"Julianna, you need to explain to me, and you better do it fast." Her father however, was not in the mood for her antics.

Jules sighed; there was no getting out of this. "Well," she began. "We were on a call, I was negotiating and everything was going really well. I almost had the subject's gun but he turned, just out of nowhere and shot me." Jules stopped to take a ragged breath; this was the first time that she had thought about the accident since it actually happened.

"And I came to the hospital, got treated and then they told me that in the blood tests, they found that I was… pregnant." She was still getting used to the idea.

"There's more." It wasn't a question, but a statement. Jack Callaghan knew his daughter all too well.

Jules slowly nodded her head to signify that he was correct in his assumption. "Yeah, um, this is the hard part…" She couldn't bring herself to look at him.

Much to Jules' surprise, her father covered her hand with his. Silently telling her that he was there for her no matter what.

"Um, dad, you know how I was… well, seeing Steve?" Jules was avoiding her father's stare at all costs, if she thought that what happened before was awkward, then this was plain and simple torture.

"Yes, the boy that you knew in high school."

"Yep, him. Well, things weren't really going so well, so, um, one night, after work…ugh, um, well me and Sam… Dad, are you really going to make me continue?" Jules gave up, she could feel her face burning red.

Jack appeared just as uncomfortable as her. But words couldn't form on his tongue, this was a conversation that he never wanted to have with his daughter.

Jules continued. "So yeah, the babies are kind of Sam's…."

Jack struggled for the right words. "Julianna, you were unfaithful to that boy, he was good to you."

"I know daddy, I know, and I have no excuse for what I did, other than the fact that I love Sam, I always have."

She felt cowardly, not even being able to look her own father in the eyes, or heck, even in his general direction. She was being weak, at the moment, she did not feel like the woman who jumped over a tower to save a girl, she didn't feel like the woman who let a young girl hold a gun to her own chest, she didn't feel like the strong and independent woman that she once was, and it made her sick. If she could have it her way, she would turn back time, go to before she shot, she would break up with Steve and be with Sam, for good. Screw the rules. They would get pregnant on their own terms, certainly not under these circumstances.

"You love that boy, Sam?"

Jules nodded her head yes and finally found enough courage to lift her head and look at her father. "Yeah dad, I think I do."

"Love is a big thing Julianna, you can't get caught up in wanting love, you need to know that Sam is the one for you."

"Dad, Sam is the one." Certain. Powerful. Right. There was the old Jules that everyone loves.

Jack looked lovingly at his little girl, was Sam really the one for her?

The both sat in silence, but a comfortable one this time, they both were thinking about everything. That was when jack realized something that Jules had mentioned earlier.

"Jules, you're not having twins by chance, are you?"

For the first time since her father came to see her, she smiled. "Yeah dad, I am."

"Twins. Wow."

Jules let out a small chuckle, "I know."

"So you're happy?" He asked, uncertain.

Jules couldn't help the smile that was growing. "Yeah, actually I really am, nervous as hell, but still excited."

Jack laughed. "Well sweetheart, being nervous is normal and remember, you've got four brothers and a dad that will be more than happy to help." He said as he stroked her hair, in a fatherly way.

"Thank you dad, I love you." She told him truthfully.

"I love you too baby girl." He said as he kissed the top of her head.

"So you're not mad at me?" She asked quietly, once again looking away from him.

"Julianna, now why would I be mad at you?"

"Because of what I did to Steve."

"Sweetheart, like I said before, love is a powerful thing, and Steve just couldn't give you what you deserve. But Sam can. I mean sure, you could have broken up with the poor guy before you slept with someone else," Jules winced at her father's –awkward- choice of words.

"But honey, I just want you to be happy, and if you being happy means you being with Blondie, then so be it." He said with a smile.

Jules laughed and looked at her dad. "Thank you, you always did know what to say to me."

"Well I tried my best; I was no mother that's for sure."

"You were perfect daddy, you still are."

Jack just smiled at her, he may have given her advice her whole life, but when it came to 'touchy-feely' things, he shied away.

"So other than the whole pregnant thing, how's the wound?"

"It's okay." Now that was definitely the old Jules, downplaying everything.

Jack was just about to tell his daughter to stop lying when Sam and Robbie and Jacob came through the doors, all smiling as they saw Jack and Jules smiling.

Jules however panicked when she her saw poor Sam smooched in between her big brothers.

"Sammy I hope they didn't harass you too much." She shot her brothers evil looks.

Sam chuckled. "Nothing too bad that I won't recover from." Sam joked as he walked to check all of Jules' tubes and machines.

Jules finally felt like a huge weight had been lifted off her shoulders, Steve was gone, her family knew, Sam knew and was there for her, so the next challenge? Telling the team…

A/N- so I know that the story is really dragging, I NEED to get them out of the hospital asap. Nothing big has been going on, but I just needed time to let Sam, Steve and the family find out about the babies. So next chapter: out of the hospital and moving on! :) Keep the reviews coming!