Comments | gate_expert: for Jack [dated October 1]

gate_expert

for Jack [dated October 1]

Oct 01, 2011 09:28

Sam had been feeling a little different the last few weeks. She'd tried to tell herself that it was a reaction to Vala and Daniel's disappearance (and that was harder than she thought it would be, much harder than Daniel dying or ascending had been, strangely enough) and the shift in routine brought on by William coming to live with them, but she ( Read more... )

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has_2ls October 1 2011, 20:55:06 UTC

Jack was at home, actually, taking advantage of the time without William to organize his tacklebox and fix some of the lures that needed a little repair. He mostly kept it in good condition since he didn't know when or if he'd ever get more and the island needed the fish haul to help supplement food, so.

"You're home early, Sam."

gate_expert October 1 2011, 23:16:28 UTC

"Yeah," she said. She closed the door behind her and, after standing there a minute, started picking up some of William's toys that he'd left out. "I took William to the children's office so he could play a little while."

has_2ls October 2 2011, 05:11:02 UTC

"Good for him. He needs to have friends," Jack said and it was true: he worried about the kid. He worried about anyone on the island that lost someone but with the adults, it was a foregone conclusion of living here for any stretch of time and they could get it. A little guy like William didn't get it and it wasn't fair, but what could he do?

"Are you feeling okay? You've had a bug or something past couple days."

gate_expert October 2 2011, 05:22:19 UTC

"Yeah, I'm okay." She stood there with one of William's stuffed animals in her hands, a small and well-loved bear, and tried to figure out what to say. It was a weird kind of deja-vu, if Sam thought about it too much, this telling Jack she was pregnant (not that she was totally sure this time, but all the evidence pointed that way and more importantly, she felt it)--except the first time had been a complete I don't want this on her part and now it was more of a this is what I wanted but now maybe it's not the best thing but I want it anyway.

"It's just, you know how we decided that we weren't going to try for a baby anymore?"

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