Daniel decides he is going to be the one to break the news of Jonas's injury to Sam. She has been hiding in her office ever since she found out Jonas was in town, so there is a chance that she might not find out about it if no one told her. There was also a chance that she would overhear the base gossip, and he wasn't willing to risk it. He'd heard a few versions of the stories where Hanson was injured far more than he really was.
He brings her food, because bad news is always better with carbs.
As soon as Sam sees the pizza she bends over the trash can and loses her lunch.
He runs the pizza to a trash can in the hall, and comes back with a glass of water and a piece of gum which he begged off a passing scientist with such franticness that the poor man thought it was a matter of life or death.
She takes it gratefully, and he pulls the trash can into the hallway. Then he sits there in silence for a minute deciding whether to address the issue at hand or the reason he came to her lab, or both or neither.
He decides to pick the one that Sam will no doubt like the least first.
"Sam, feel free to punch me in the face if I'm wrong, but are you pregnant?"
"It's just a stomach bug," she mutters.
"Okay. Maybe. It's just the second time that you've thrown up since I've known you, and that hasn't been very long," Daniel says.
"So far 20% of people going through the gate the first time throw up…" Sam begins.
"Okay, but your food cravings, and the way your bra is two sizes too small, and the way your shoes don't fit…" Daniel says. The first-time Sam had changed in front of her team Daniel's eyes had settled on her boobs. She had assumed he was checking her out, but he was actually putting puzzle pieces together.
"Exactly how many girls have you gotten pregnant?" Sam teases him shocked at his knowledge. It worries her to think that this man might actually know more about pregnancy than she does, and she's actually pregnant.
"None. But I did hang out with some midwifes on a dig once. I'm right then?" he asks softly.
Sam nods.
"That's why you left Jonas, huh? You were in this dysfunctional violent thing, and you were fine with it when it was just you. But it wasn't just you anymore."
Daniel Jackson, a man who could look right into your soul with a single glance.
He pushes glasses up on his nose and waits. Even though he was quite able to do both parts of this conversation he apparently wants Sam to participate in it.
"It's stupid, because I don't even know if I'm keeping it. I just…didn't want him to hurt it. I haven't decided yet if I'm going to let this baby live but…"
"It's not stupid, Sam," Daniel says accepting in a moment the idea that she is debating abortion. It's something she's never even said to herself yet. She never thought anyone would accept her for that.
"I didn't want to tell anyone, because I can't really deal with all of this yet. I mean, I can barely deal with what my body is doing, and I really can't think about…"
"The human growing within you?" Daniel is unable to stop himself from asking. He looks down ashamed of himself. "Sorry…how far along are you?"
"Six weeks," Sam says.
"You've got time then, Sam."
She smiles at him, gratefully.
"Listen Sam, you know that your new team will be there for you no matter what, right?" Daniel says seriously.
Sam wonders how her new boyfriend would feel about this shocking news. She doubts he would be as accepting as Daniel is being. She feels like she should have told him right off, or at least when he reveled that he had kids.
"Daniel. I don't even know if going through the gate is okay in my condition. I haven't even decided if I'm having a baby, and in this time when I'm making up my mind I am doing all sorts of things to hurt it. I fought a war lord last week. I almost got strangled by a good guy who got taken over by a Goa'uld. I should…"
Daniel shakes his head, "Lots of Jaffa and human women go through the Stargate while pregnant. And have you gotten into less fights since you left him then before?"
Sam nods.
"It's not easy, sometimes. Doing the right thing. Sometimes you have to do the better thing instead of the best."
Her eyes well up at the mercy he is offering her.
"And by way of offering proof that your teammates would defend you…" he begins.
Her eyes go wide, "No, what did Jack do?"
"Teal'c actually," Daniel says.
She covers the mouth which is gapping open with a hand, "Is Jonas okay?"
"Yeah he's fine. He went the infirmary, but they sent him away pretty quick. Teal'c was not using his full force."
"I'm sure Teal'c somehow thinks he's defending my honor or something, but if he knew the whole story…" she objects.
"He knew enough of the story to know what he was doing," Daniel says, "I made sure of it."
"He shouldn't have done that. Jonas really did nothing wrong," she says.
"You might believe that Sam. But none of the rest of us do. You deserve to feel safe at work. If it takes Teal'c knocking him into a wall to make sure you feel safe than that is what it takes. We've got your six. Get used to it, girl."