Chapter 5

That night they all arrived at the restaurant, Harm, Mac, little AJ, Harriet, Bud, Sam, Jack, Cassie, Janet, Daniel and a small toddler about AJ's age. All eleven of them sat at the table and Mac introduced Bud, Harriet and AJ to the rest of the table, the other toddler's name was Kim. There was a playroom off to one side of the restaurant so they ordered and Sam and Mac took all the kids into the playroom. Jack and Harm began to talk as did Harriet and Janet, Bud and Daniel and in the playroom Mac and Sam. The kids played happily and Sam and Mac got to talk. Jack and Harm were talking about flying; Harriet and Janet were talking about toddlers, miscarriage and pregnancy as were Bud and Daniel, Sam and Mac were also talking about kids

"They're so cute," said Mac

"Aren't they?"

"Harriet is so lucky, with little AJ and another one on the way"

"And Janet, now she has kids, well Kim, Cassie and one on the way and Jack and I are having trouble I'm regretting not trying to find a way to keep Cassie, you know?"

"Yeah" Mac sighed

"What?"

"Harm and I have been having trouble too, I have had an ectopic pregnancy and two miscarriages, the latest one during the accident"

"I'm so sorry"

"Don't worry about it, we're dealing"

"Yeah us too, we are getting treatment from Janet, she is our CMO at the base"

"Good, maybe someday we will meet up again and have children of our own sometime"

"Yeah" They both smiled at the prospect

"Food's here" said Harm sticking his head in the door, the kids rushed out and Sam and Mac stood up slowly

"Thanks hon" Mac said, kissing him lightly

"No problem" The three of them walked out and took their seats at the table where their food is waiting.

"Didn't you have a friend called Murray?"

"He was called back to work, one of his projects was having trouble"

"Oh" After dinner they all said goodbye, Sam and Mac promising to talk more often and leaving reluctantly. When Harm and Mac got home she sat down on the couch with a sigh

"You all right?"

"Yeah, just I didn't remember how much I missed her until I saw her again and had to say goodbye so soon"

"Well you promised to talk more often and I don't doubt that you will. It was nice for me to finally meet her"

"Yes and Jack"

"They are very nice people, and Harriet and Bud seemed to get along very well with Janet and Daniel"

"Well they do have a lot in common, it's strange isn't it? They both have one child, the same age, lost a baby and are now pregnant all the same time, the only difference is that Harriet has a boy and lost a girl and Janet has a girl and lost a boy. The only other difference is Cassie who is practically Sam's anyway"

"It is all very interesting"

"Mmm" Mac said distantly, she picked up the photo album she got for her birthday and put some photos from the car wash they had taken

"You really miss her don't you?"

"Yep" Mac looked at the photos, there was a great action shot of Singer having water poured over her, any other circumstances she would be laughing at that photo

"With any luck something will go wrong there and someone will need an attorney"

"That would be nice, we may even get clearance to find out what they really do"

"Most of their life was classified wasn't it?"

"It was, it makes me wonder if they are really doing deep space telemetry in that mountain"

"Don't forget some of our lives are classified"

"But not that much, I don't even think Cassie is from Toronto"

"It was a little strange"

"Well I'll talk to her soon" Harm smiled and sat beside her, she rested her head against his shoulder and he stroked her silky hair Mac put the photo album aside and put her arms around him

"Why don't we go to bed?" he suggested cheekily

"You flyboys" she said with a smile, nonetheless she kissed him and he carried her off into their bedroom closing the door.

The next morning they returned to Dr Caldwell's office for a test, he drew some blood and they left with the promise of a call as soon as the test results were in. They thanked Dr Webster and headed off to work, Mac went off to meet Sturgis to make a deal on the case they were working on and Harm went to talk to Bud for the same reason.

Cheyenne Mountain One Week Later

Sam sat down next to Jack in the Commissary opposite Daniel and Teal'c, they were talking about the rebellion and how everything was going. Sam ate quietly, happy to listen to the reports and glad everything was going well, she missed Mac, she'd not missed her too much before but now she had seen her again, she missed her heaps. After breakfast she and Jack went to talk to Janet and get an update on the treatment, they sat down in Janet's office and as they were waiting Jack asked her about her silence

"I just miss Mac you know?"

"Yeah, it's ok though, you're supposed to talk to her tonight aren't you?"

"Yeah, I think so, if neither of us are doing something" Janet chose that moment to walk in and cut off the conversation, she put a folder on her desk and sat down looking at the two officers staring apprehensively at her, her face broke into a smile

"Congratulations you two, the results are positive" They sat there shocked looking at Janet for awhile until Jack broke the silence

"Wh-What?"

"You're gonna have a baby" said Janet, Sam squealed and hugged Jack

"Wow, thanks Janet" Sam hugged her friend tightly

"Congratulations"

"How far along am I?"

"About a month"

"Thank you Janet"

"No problem, go tell General Hammond, I bet he'd be just as happy as you two"

10 minutes later

"Congratulations Colonel, Major, Lord knows you deserve this"

"Thank you sir"

"I guess that means you're off active duty for awhile major?"

"I don't know sir"

"Well I'm taking you off active duty anyway, nobody knows what gate travel will do to you and the baby"

"Dr. Fraiser said I was about a month pregnant which means I have been through the gate since my pregnancy"

"Well I'll talk to her and see what she recommends"

"Yes sir"

"In the meantime, take some time off, starting now, have a good day"

"Thank you sir" They both got up and as they were leaving General Hammond spoke again

"Sam"

"Yes sir?"

"Congratulations, you really deserve it"

"Thank you sir" They both headed off to their respective offices and then to Sam's lab to pack up for the day, changed and Jack took her out to lunch

JAG offices

Mac sat down heavily in her chair, It had been a week and she hadn't come close to striking a deal with Sturgis, his client was guilty as sin and he knew it too but he was just doing his job, Harm walked in and sat down opposite her

"How did it go with Bud?"

"No deal, you?"

"Same thing, although we both know Williams is guilty as sin"

"Same as Johnson anyway they're just doing their jobs"

"Mmm"

"Lunch?"

"Sounds good" They both got up and went to the local café for lunch

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