A Hidden Threat

Chapter 24

He had cooked dinner and even made desert. Carter had no idea he had domestic abilities. But she should have guessed it. What couldn't this man do? She tried to help clean up but he wouldn't allow her.

"Ah, Ah, Ah,..I got this..." he said. "Why don't you just go get comfy..maybe we'll watch an old flick or something?" he said.

He just looked at her.

"God she is beautiful" he said to himself.

Staring even longer than he usually did. She got embarrassed and put her head down and said "Ok" as she made her way to the living room. It was cool in the cabin and there was draft, so she took the blanket on the sofa and wrapped it around her. She found a magazine on the coffee table and just started to skim through but she was already feeling the exhaustion. After he finished in the kitchen he walked into the living room only to see a beautiful blonde fast asleep on his couch.

"What a site" he said to himself.

He didn't want to wake her so he carefully picked her up and carried her to the spare room. He took of her shoes, and pulled the covers over her. He made sure she was comfortable. He looked at her engaged in thought, he just stood there. Oh how he wanted to crawl into bed with her, and hold her but now wasn't the time. As he headed towards the door "thank you" were the words he heard from her, as closed the door. He was grinning from ear to ear. Though the circumstances weren't ideal, still Carter was in his house, alone and safe and as long as he could help it, was going to remain that way.

That morning.....

The smell of coffee filled the cabin. He was up early as always and began to prepare breakfast. Carter hadn't budged. He knew she was tired so he let her sleep. He also knew how tired pregnancy made women, she definitely tried to make as little noise as possible. Carter lay in bed, she was awake for military time was engrained in her, but she couldn't find the strength to get out of bed. As always her mind was going a mile a minute. The only thing she could focus on was the words she heard him say "I love her". A she replayed that moment, the grin on her face began to grow....but all too soon she was reminded of the state of her body...A bout of nausea overtook her and she couldn't get up from the bed fast enough. He heard the door open and he let out a "Good morning" only to see a figure fly by and straight to the guest bathroom. There morning was met with severe vomiting. He can hear her in the bathroom, and could remember all to well, when Sara was pregnant with Charlie. This is one of the moments he was happy to be a man. As he continued breakfast, he noticed this bout was becoming a little too long. He made it to the bathroom and knocked.

"Carter" he called out to her. The worry in his voice was evident.

"Jack" is all he barely heard. He almost broke his own door down only to find her sprawled on the floor.

"Sam..." he said as he knelt down to her.

"Sam stay with me... C'mon" he said.

She was barely conscious. He reached for his cell phone and immediately called the base. He knew he could her there faster, but he wanted to let them know she was coming. He immediately lifted her off the floor and carried her to the car. He drove like a maniac. He just wanted to get her there as fast as possible. He finally reached the base in record time He got in the elevator and the med team was already waiting for them. He placed her on the gurney. Dr. Frasier and the med team started running towards the infirmary.

"What happened?" Dr. Frasier yelled as she was checking her vitals.

"I have no clue" he said. "She was hurling in the bathroom, you know morning sickness, and then she got real quiet. So I checked and she was unconscious" He said as he followed the gurney.