Chapter Five.

The next morning found Sam, Daniel and Teal'c in Sam's lab. They'd had a quick, early breakfast and then went directly to the lab so Sam could finish her work. Daniel and Teal'c kept getting her drinks and trying to help her sit down and stand up and all sorts of other annoying over-protective things. She'd had to practically yell at them to get them to stop, it worked, but they kept shooting worried glances at each other whenever she did anything and Teal'c refused point blank to allow her to bend over and retrieve anything off the floor. In the end she was grateful for that one, its not easy to bend over when you don't have a waist.

Now it was almost 1200 hours and they were discussing their situation.

"It's a long shot I admit, the timing would have to be perfect for both parties and we have no way of knowing in advance if they've worked it out, but I don't see any other option." Sam was saying.

"And if they have not?" Teal'c asked, his voice low and rumbling through his chest.

"Then I don't see any other way we can get home." Sam answered.

"So we could be stuck here?" Daniel voiced everyone's fears.

"Yep!" Sam said, keeping her tone light, although she dreaded the idea.

"Well, at least we don't have to worry about the Entropic Cascade Failure." He said.

"Indeed," Teal'c inclined his head slightly, "this world is not disagreeable, in fact I have been unable to find any differences between the life I lead in our world and that of the Teal'c of this world. However, I still believe our own reality is the only one of consequence and would wish to return if possible."

"Yeah, I haven't found any major differences in my life either." Daniel began.

What is with this place, is it just The General and I that are different here! Sam thought a little annoyed by the whole thing.

"And I want to be able to go home too but," Daniel continued, "if we do get stuck here then, well, won't this become our new reality?"

"There's no point in speculating about these things now, we'll discuss them if our plan doesn't work." Sam said irritably.

Daniel and Teal'c looked at each other again, they could see Sam was becoming frustrated, this was so much worse for her – everything was different for her - so they decided to let the subject drop.

"I believe it is time for the midday meal." Teal'c proclaimed.

They all got up, Sam glaring at them when they each took an arm to help her up, they promptly let go and made their way to the commissary. They had an hour before the briefing.

Once in the commissary they sat at their usual table with their trays in companiable silence. They'd only been eating for a couple of minutes when Jack O'Neill entered. Spotting them he grabbed a tray, filled it with anything, he wasn't really looking, and joined them. Daniel was sitting next to Sam so he made Teal'c, who was sitting opposite her, scoot over.

"Good afternoon campers, any progress?" he asked, looking at Sam for the answer.

Sam squirmed in her seat, suddenly feeling very uncomfortable. They were together in this reality and frankly it was downright weird. And the fact that she was now heavily pregnant with his child guaranteed the fact that he most certainly now knew where that mole was. And the worse thing was that she didn't have that kind of knowledge about him. Sure she'd seen him naked, you couldn't serve with someone that long and get into so much trouble together without that being inevitable, but this was a completely different thing all-together. The Sam from this reality had had her hands all over his firm, tight…STOP, don't go there Sam she told herself. Luckily Sam had had a great deal of practice with concealing her rogue thoughts about this man. Nothing showed on her face, not even a blush. What if we do get stuck here forever? She nearly did lose her mask when this thought intruded, but managed to answer Jack's question calmly.

"Well sir, I've figured it out I think."

"You think?" Jack looked at her over the forkful of pie that he proceeded to shove into his mouth.

How does he eat so much junk and still look like that? Sam wondered.

"I know I've figured it out sir. It's just a little complicated, I'd prefer to discuss it at our briefing sir." She said.

Jack just stared at her for a second; did that word always irritate me so much? Jack thought referring to the word 'sir' which Sam continued to use even though he was not military anymore. It's probably for the best, she's not really my Sam is she.

"Sure thing Colonel." He paused, noticing that no one was really speaking. Unusual since Sam and/or Daniel should ordinarily be discussing all sorts of very uninteresting, geeky type things. "So Sam how are you feeling this morning?"

Jack cringed when she shot him a look, realising that Daniel and Teal'c had probably been hovering over her like mother hens. His Sam didn't like that either.

"I'm fine thankyou sir."

"Umm, you know you have an appointment with the doc at 1400?" He asked.

"Ah, yes sir, Janet told me last night." She was surprised that he knew about it, but then this Sam, whose body she was currently occupying was his wife, so it made sense.

Suddenly Sam let out a sharp gasp as she straightened her spine so much Daniel and Teal'c were surprised it didn't snap. "Sam!" "ColonelCarter!" they chorused in concern.

"Ah, God!" Sam exclaimed. She had her left hand over the left side of her ribs and her breathing was shallow.

The baby had moved and had somehow lodged itself under her left ribs. She could feel it pressing hard against her, it made it hard to breathe and she couldn't relax her spine, the baby was in the way and the pressure was too great. She could also feel it under her palm, legs… the baby's legs are under my rib cage, Jesus! It wasn't exactly painful, but it was seriously uncomfortable.

Sam looked up to find Jack smiling widely at her; he rose from his chair and came around to her left side.

"It's ok Sam, this happens all the time, the kid's an acrobat." And then he chuckled again, and Sam gasped for a completely different reason.

He knelt next to her on one knee. He moved her hand away and replaced it with his own. She could feel the heat radiating from his large hand seeping into her. She gazed at his face. A small smile still played over his lips and his eyes were on her belly. After a moment he began to move his hand. His touch was gentle but firm as he stroked from the bulge at her ribs down and over the side of her belly. He lifted his hand and repeated the action several times; soon Sam felt the child shift and the pressure in her side and under her ribs disappeared.

She let out a relieved breath as she relaxed her spine. Jack looked up at her from his position kneeling on the floor next to her and she felt her heart leap into her throat at what she saw in his warm eyes.

He blinked, and she saw his eyes cloud over a little before he lowered them and rose smoothly back to his feet, retaking his seat.

Daniel and Teal'c shared a look of concern for their friends before they too returned to their lunch.

A/N: Thanks to all who have reviewed, I can't wipe the smile off my face and i don't really want to so more reviews please. The more the merrier : ) I know many of you want to see what's happened with the other Sam and Jack in the usual reality. That's coming in the next chapter. Again if it starts to get confusiong please let me know.