hathor_girl | Other Possibilities, R, 9/?

After an ultra-sound of my neck, to prove I didn't bring any hitch-hikers, they begin to relax. Janet gives me a full check up and takes a whole bunch of tests, then I am taken to spend the night in a holding cell. Tomorrow I will be debriefed.

Next morning, after breakfast I have gone back to my room to lie down for a couple hours before the debriefing which will be at noon. I am not feeling well. I was dizzy earlier, and I am nauseous again, as I have been now and then over the last week or so. I have not been in my room long when there is a knock on the door. I go to open it.

"Janet!" I smile. "Come in."

"Sam, can I talk to you for a while?"

"Of course." I look at the guard outside. "You dare be alone with me?"

She rolls her eyes. "Yeah, I think I've checked you out well enough to know you're not hiding any nasty little surprises. Besides, we do have reason to trust the Tok'ra, even though not everyone agrees yet. But that is not for me to tell. Hammond will inform you at the debriefing, no doubt."

I feel the curiosity. What does she mean? I doubt my team-mates said anything too nice about the Tok'ra. Perhaps Selmak and Saroosh survived long enough to convince the SGC - or some of them at least - that the Tok'ra are good guys. I want to ask Janet, but decide to respect that she is probably not allowed to tell me.

"OK, I'm curious, but I'll wait, then." I sit down on the bed again as Janet closes the door after her. "Is this a social call, then?" I smile at her. I have missed her friendship.

"Well, that too. I've missed you." Janet smiles and sits down on a chair and pull it closer to me. "So has Cassie. I hope you'll be allowed to meet her again soon - though I'm afraid there'll probably be some people who will want to talk to you for a very long time before you're cleared...and I don't know how what I've come to talk to you about will make that more difficult."

"You mean...?"

"That you're pregnant, yes...but I assume you knew?"

"I suspected. It's not like they had any easily available test-kits at the Tok'ra, and it wasn't something I felt like talking to their healers about." So, it's confirmed. I don't know how to react. Right now I mostly feel fear.

"Sam, tell me. What happened? Did someone rape you?"

"Rape me? No!" I shake my head. "Not at all." I blush. "I...ah...well, there's this very cute guy..."

"Ah." Janet smiles. "Here we thought you were a prisoner, or in danger, and instead you found someone special."

"Well, I was a prisoner at first, but then I found a spy among the Tok'ra, and they started to trust me after that."

Janet nods. "So there were other humans living with the Tok'ra? Or haven't you been staying with them at all?"

"No, I've been with the Tok'ra the whole time - and I'm pretty sure there aren't any other humans with them. Surely someone living with them would have volunteered to host Selmak if that was the case."

"I suppose." Janet concedes. "Then...um, who..."

"The father is Tok'ra."

Janet looks disbelieving. "Didn't you say they were the same species as the Goa'uld."

I take a deep breath. "Yes, but they're totally different, fight the Goa'uld, just like we do. And share the body with the host willingly."

"OK, what does he think? I assume you've told him?"

"No, he had to leave on a mission - to pretend to be a Goa'uld. I don't know when he'll be back. Janet, I'm really worried for him!"

She moves to sit on the bed beside me and put an arm around me. "Oh, Sam. How do you get into these situations!" She touches my necklace. "Did he give you this?"

"Yes. He did."

"The symbiote doesn't mind its host has a relationship with someone? A human?"

"No - on the contrary. They...feel as one. It's not just the host I'm interested in, and the symbiote very obviously doesn't mind doing...ah...the things humans might do together." I feel myself blushing. "Janet...please don't tell anyone I'm pregnant. OK?"

"Sam, it's not like it's something you can hide for very long...I assume that means you want the child?"

"Yes...I think so." I swallow. "Janet, I'm not sure I'm ever going to see him again - at least I will have a child to remind me of him. And I know it will show, soon. I just hope I can hide until the NID has finished interrogating me. I'm afraid they'll decide the kid would somehow be interesting to study and experiment on, since the father is the same species as the Tok'ra."

"Well, I'll see what I can do about hiding the relevant test results. I don't see what the NID should want with the child - the father is human, even if he is a host, so there shouldn't be anything alien to study - but I know Kinsey and his gang are idiots, so..."

"Thanks, Janet." I hug her. I have a nagging feeling the child will not be 100% human, something about genetic memory, but I'm not sure, so I decide it will not do any good to talk about it.

"Now, tell me about this gorgeous guy who stole your heart!" Janet says, interested.

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