Chapter 28

"Ok, what about food?"

"She is ok with what she is eating but she should be cutting back on her exercise."

"Ok, let's go and get something to drink while we wait." Jack said.

They all agreed and they went to a nearby restaurant to get something to drink. Jack got Sam a thick milk shake since she felt like one. They were sitting down around a table talking for about a half an hour when Sam's lawyer came in and walked over to their table.

"The jury has returned a verdict."

They all stood up and walked back to the courtroom. A few minutes later the man who tried to tranquillise Sam the first time was found guilty on all counts and was sentenced to twenty years which relieved Sam and the others. Sam shook her lawyer's hand.

"It's almost over."

"Yeah, but for how long before they try again?"

"At least you have plenty of body guards."

"True; we will see you in the morning."

"Sure" then Sam turned and walked over to Jack and gave him a hug.

"Let's go."

They left and headed back to the hotel. They went out together that night for dinner before returning to the hotel for the night.

The next morning, Janet knocked on their door and Jack answered it.

"Morning sir, how is Sam feeling?"

"Morning sickness."

"Ah, did you buy her some crackers?"

"Yep; is this the uniform?" when he saw Janet holding a clothes box.

"Yep, here you go. Tell Sam if she needs me I'm just next door."

"Ok, I will."

She passed him the uniform before she turned and walked back to her own room. Jack closed and locked the door before turning around to see that Sam was still sleeping. He decided to take care of transferring her badges, ribbons and medals for her and he called room service and ordered breakfast for them.

Half an hour later Jack had finished with moving Sam's medals when there was a knock on the door and he went to answer it. It was their breakfast and once the door was closed he woke Sam up.

"Sam?" he said.

She moaned and he gave her a kiss, which made her smile and then she opened her eyes.

"Hey, breakfast is here."

"Ok, thanks." she sat up in bed while he got her breakfast. Then he got his and sat on the edge of the bed, eating while they talked. After breakfast, they showered and got dressed. Jack was watching Sam, as she looked at herself in the uniform.

"Jack, have I lost weight overnight?"

"No, it's a larger size uniform. Remember, you told me yesterday that your uniform was starting to get a bit tight? When I spoke to Hammond I also asked for a bigger uniform. Janet dropped it off this morning."

"Thank you Jack." she gave him a thank you, passionate kiss.

"You're welcome."

"Once this mess is over with we can start thinking about the nursery."

"True and baby names."

"Yeah, that too."

They left their room and met the others in the lobby before leaving for the courthouse. The next nine days were very tiring for Sam but at least it was not as tiring as it had been before she started taking the tablets Janet gave her. When it was all over, they all returned to Colorado the next day.

When they arrived Hammond gave Sam the next four days off since she still wasn't feeling well. That night, while sleeping, Thor appeared and took some readings and samples before returning to his ship.

When she returned to work, every one was happy to see her and they noticed she had put on some weight, but they all knew it was the babies. Janet checked her over and was pleased to see that she was doing better and that her appetite had increased during the past week, which was good news. SG1 returned to travelling off world while Sam stayed on base, working in the lab.

Two weeks later Sam had her first ultra sound done and Jack was there with her. They could see how big Sam was getting, even though she was only about three months. She looked like she was almost eight months and was still growing.

Janet put Sam on maternity leave, which Sam wasn't happy about but she knew she had no choice. When Sam went swimming in their pool she was always sure that someone was there with her.

One day, when Sam was walking around in the pool relaxing, Jacob arrived. He walked out back and saw Sam swimming with a couple of the guys from the base sitting in the gazebo, playing gin.

"Hi guys" they quickly turned around and then relaxed when they saw who it was.

"General Carter; we didn't know you were here."

"Well, now you know. Hi Sam."

"Hi Dad; what are you doing here, besides checking up on me?" she asked, smiling.

"I have a few days off so I came to see how you were doing."

"I'm doing good, thanks but I'm hungry."

"Again, gees Carter you almost ate a weeks worth of mess hall food in one day."

"Hey, I'm eating for seven."

"Seven? Sam you're carrying…" he was shocked.

"Crap, yeah sextuplets; three sets of twins."

"Holy Hannah."

"That about sums it up."

"What do you want this time, Carter?"

"KFC Chicken and guacamole dip."

"I'll go and get it. How many pieces do you want?"

"A barrel."

"Ok" the Major stood up and left them alone to go to the nearest KFC to get what Sam wanted. Jacob sat down and watched Sam move around in the pool.

"How much has she eaten today?" Jacob asked.

"This morning, when Chris and I arrived, she had ten pancakes, eight pieces of bacon, six eggs, hash browns, ten slices of toast and two liters of apple juice. At ten thirty she had a snack of half a chocolate cake, half a pumpkin pie and two liters of chocolate milk." Jacob was shocked.

"Wow, that is a big feed."

"Yes sir. For lunch she had ten pork salad sandwiches, two apples, three bananas and a kilo and a half of grapes, a liter of orange juice and two liters of water and now this."

"Wow, that is a big feed."

"Yes sir but the good news is that the government is picking up the tab for all of Major Carter's meals."

"That's good of them."

"It sure is, otherwise she would have eaten everything from the mess hall" Jacob laughed.

"She sure would, by the sound of things."

"Yes sir; Colonel O'Neill told his team what she had the other night for dinner and it put everyone off their dinner including Teal'c."

"You're joking? What did she have?"

"Meat lovers pizza with sardines, pickles, corn relish and potato chips on top" Jacob raised an eye brow.

"She ate that?"

"Yes sir. The Colonel said that he had to walk out of the room and leave her to it." Jacob laughed.

"Well, it could have been a lot worse."

"What could be worse that then that sir?"

"Good point." then he turned to see Sam smiling at him.

She went to get out of the pool and the Captain got up and walked over to the ladder with a towel and helped Sam out of the pool and then passed the big towel to her.

"Thanks."

Then she walked over to her father and when she moved the towel away he was shocked when he saw how big she had gotten.

"Woo, how are you feeling?"

"Hungry" she gave him a kiss on the cheek before sitting down next to him.

"How long are you in town for?"

"Four days before I have to head back."

"Ok, that's good then."

They talked for twenty minutes before the Major returned with what Sam had asked for, along with a bottle of apple juice and glasses. They all watched Sam dip bits of chicken into the dip and then eating it. They talked about what had been going on for the next two hours before the guys left for home, since it was six o'clock.

Sam and Jacob went inside since Sam needed to go to the bathroom and then afterwards she had a shower. She put on a light summer dress before walking into the kitchen. She started making a salad and getting out the steaks for the barbecue while she was talking to Jacob. At seven o'clock Jack walked in the door, with Daniel and Teal'c right behind him.

"Hey, how was your mission?"

"Boring" Sam laughed as she gave Jack a hug and kiss.

"Where is Captain Ashford?"

"Getting his family; why don't you go sit down?"

"Ok, we will be outside" then she turned to walk out the back sliding door.

"We? Who else is here?"

"Dad" then she stepped out side as she heard,

"Cool"

Sam walked out to where her father was and sat down, putting her feet up.

"Jack's home."

"Ok; do you know what you're having?"

"No, not yet."

"Ok."

Then Daniel and Teal'c came out side and walked over to where they were and sat down.

"Hi Jacob."

"Daniel, Teal'c; how was your mission?"

"Good, we found some artefacts."

"Good" then Jack walked out with a tray of drinks for all of them.

"Hi Dad; good timing."

"I know; Sam told me about the barbecue."

"Ok, I'm going to fire it up and the Ashford's should be here in about fifteen minutes."

"Ok"

They talked while Jack fired up their new gas barbecue that they had bought the week after receiving the money. They had also purchased silverware, china, wine glasses, matching serving dishes and gravy boats that they would use on special occasions such as Thanksgiving and Christmas.