Just over a month later and Sam was back on Earth. A run-in with the Wraith, a few injured personnel and an internal investigation had left Sam, not surprisingly, stressed. Doctor Keller had prescribed her some time off, the IOA considerably longer. Sam didn't put up a fight when they suggested that maybe she shouldn't go back. Within a few days she was resting at the cabin, a few guests in tow.

Sam could hear Daniel and Vala arguing in the kitchen and glanced at Jack beside her, a knowing smile on her lips.

"How about Minnesota?" Jack asked, ignoring the flirting couple indoors.

Sam frowned, "We're in Minnesota..."

"I meant," He shrugged and waved a hand in the air, "You know, like the Beckham's did..."

"The Beckhams?"

"Sometimes I forget you were in another galaxy..." Jack muttered under his breath.

"I know who they are, Jack." Sam glared at him briefly, before furrowing her brow. "Besides," she turned in her deckchair, "What makes you think it was Minnesota?"

Jack shrugged, "This is the one place we generally get to spend time together."

"If I remember correctly, the last time I was on Earth before we found out, I came to Washington..." She offered him a smile.

"We're not calling it Washington!"

Sam whacked him lightly on the arm, "Like Minnesota is much better?!"

"George?" He asked.

"How about Georgia?"

Jack frowned. "We've never been to Georgia... not together anyway...."

"Well, there's always Colorado..."

"I'm pretty sure it wasn't Colorado..." Jack replied. He watched as Sam raised an eyebrow. "What?!"

"Supply closet, Level 22?"

Footsteps echoed on the deck and both looked up as Daniel and Cameron tumbled out with bottles in their hands. "What's this about level 22?"

"Daniel..."

"Jack..."

Sam and Jack instantly turned to look at each other.

Sam shook her head, "We agreed - no one we know, remember?"

"You suggested George..."

"I think you'll find that was you."

"Really?"

Sam sighed and shook her head. She shook it again when Cam offered her a beer as he and Daniel sat down opposite. "I thought you liked Bud?" Cam asked.

"No," Sam turned to Jack, unable to stop a laugh from escaping when she saw the look on his face.

"What's going on?" Daniel asked, glancing between the two.

Sam simply sighed as she got up and disappeared into the cabin. Seconds later she re-emerged, a book in her hands. She plonked it into Jack's lap, before settling back into her own chair.

"What's that?" Daniel asked. Of course, any book would grab his attention.

Jack looked down at the title and grinned. "A gift from Doctor Keller," Sam stated, her eyes firmly glued to Jack's. Within seconds she held a grin to match his.

A chuckle escaped Jack's lips and he raised it up for the guys to see, just as Vala and Teal'c emerged from indoors.

"What's this?" Vala asked, as she watched the scene unfold.

Daniel squinted behind his glasses, "Book...of...baby...names...."

Sam watched the birds fly away in droves as Vala shrieked and everyone jumped up from their seats. A few minutes later she found a huge grin on her face, her body enveloped in Jack's arms as he attempted to shield her from everyone's tight embrace.

"When'd you find out?" Daniel asked.

Sam paused, "On Atlantis," She said, before randomly adding, "I touched something I shouldn't..."

"You're telling me!" Cam quipped, seemingly under his breath.

But his voice wasn't quiet enough and everyone turned to stare at him as Sam blushed bright red. A sudden burst of laughter fell out of Daniel's mouth and soon everyone had joined in. Jack merely protested a little too much and pulled Sam closer.

She suddenly found herself very glad she'd broken rule number two after all.