Chapter two
When Jack found her Sam was staring at the fire, a new log, which she had obviously placed there, crackling in the fireplace.
"I thought you were going to bed?"
"Not sleepy yet. You go on," she said, still staring into the flames.
"It's early. I can stay up a while." Jack hobbled over to the sofa using just the one crutch. Then he sat down and put his arm around her slender shoulders. "What's going on in that excellent brain of yours?"
"I was just wondering where we're gonna live," Sam said as she gazed up at him. God, how she loved his face! It had a deep worry line between his eyebrows and two long furrows in his cheeks, and dimples too. And he always seemed to have a tan, even when he wasn't out in the sun much. She also loved how dark his eyes got when he was deep in concentration or in a serious mood, like now.
Jack could recall telling Olie that he would be moving soon and why. But even then he hadn't been able to tell the old man where they'd be living. He remembered clearly what Olaf had said to him.
"That's okay, Jack.
"I'm sorry, Olie. I really like the place a lot. Sam does too, but her job is in Colorado Springs."
"I can still count on you to bring me some of your wonderful pottery, can't I?" Olie asked.
"You bet 'cha!"
"That's good, because them things sell like hot cakes!" the white-haired man told him with an enthusiastic chuckle.
"You gave my stuff a chance when no one else would, and I really appreciate it. And now you've offered to marry me and Sam. You're a really good friend, Olie."
"Believe me, it will be a honor. I've never met a finer man than you, Jack. And that lady of yours is priceless. Besides, since we moved to Colorado I haven't married anyone, and I sorta miss it."
"I didn't even know you were a minister, Olaf."
"Yup, been one since nineteen seventy-three. I've married fifty-four couples and Christened one hundred and fourteen babies since then."
"Wow! That's cool!"
"Yup!"
"I'll miss you, Olie."
"I'll miss you too, Jack, but you need to go. A man isn't whole until he finds a good woman to love him. Sam's your other half, Jack, so do whatever it takes to keep her."
"I intend to be the best husband I can be, Olie. I won't make the same mistakes I made the last time," Jack vowed.
"Jack, where are we going to live?" Sam asked again, pulling him out of his reverie.
"I still have the house in the Springs. We could live there," he suggested, although he really didn't think she'd go for the idea.
"I thought you sold it!" she responded excitedly.
"Not yet. It's listed, but there haven't been any offers." The truth was there hadn't been any offers he could bring himself to accept.
"Jack, that's wonderful! I love that house!" She had loved it from the time she first saw it. She especially loved the big back yard that looked out on the forest preserve. SG-1 had had a few cookouts there, and they had played volley ball in the grassy back yard. She thought it was the perfect place to raise their son and maybe other children too.
"Okay, then that's where we'll live!" He felt relieved that the problem was settled so easily. Now the old place would come to life with the sound of DJ's laughter. And maybe they would have other children too! Jack held her tighter, imagining what it would be like to see her fat and sassy with baby number two. It was something he'd missed with DJ.
"Oh! We need to change DJ's last name," Sam said suddenly.
"Thank you."
"For what?"
"Thank you for thinking of it…for wanting to do it."
"Of course I want to do it. You're his father. Now make love to me, Jack," Sam requested, her eyes sparkling with more than just the firelight.
Jack moved off the sofa and knelt on the floor, where Sam sat on his thighs facing him, her arms around his neck and her legs around his waist. They kissed passionately, ignoring the need to breathe. At the same time he began gathering up her night gown in his big hands. He rolled it up over her bare bottom before lifting it up over her breasts, while she pulled her arms out of the short sleeves. Then he tugged the pink gown over her head, before tossing it behind him. Now she was gloriously naked in his arms, and she belonged to him. Jack was beside himself with happiness.
Sam caressed his head in her hands when he dipped down and took one of her nipples into his mouth, sucking the tender nubbin until it was distended and firm. Then he treated the other one in the same manner, circling the areola with his wet tongue first, before surrounding it with his lips and teeth. Teasing the tender skin, he bit down gently, and then he licked over the indentations his teeth had left behind, before sucking as much of her as he could get into his mouth.
Suddenly he let go of her breast and leaned forward, depositing her on her back on the rug. "Oh!" she cried out as she fell backward, her legs separated. She was completely exposed to his heated gaze, but Sam didn't mind. On the contrary, she wanted to entice him because couldn't wait to have his talented tongue work its magic on her. "See something you like, mister?" she asked in a seductive tone of voice, as she drew one delicate finger across her moist folds.
"Always," Jack responded with a smug smirk, and then he bent forward and began raining kisses on her belly, his thin lips puckering and sucking every so often, leaving an occasional red welt on her pale skin.
Sam squirmed under him, wishing he would stop teasing her. So when he finally began to move closer to her pussy, she was unable to hide her excitement. "Yesss!" she hissed, pushing his head down with her hands, until his mouth was poised over her clit. But he still didn't give her what she wanted. "What!" she screamed.
"Mind doing me at the same time?" he asked.
"Of course not. Turn around!" she urged, and then she scooted over until her head was closer to him.
After quickly removing his pants, Jack turned around and straddled her shoulders, his genitals poised over her face as he rested on his knees. Then he leaned forward, supporting himself on his forearms. Wrapping his arms around her thighs, he began licking her folds, as she guided his cock into her mouth.
The warm, wet sanctuary of her mouth felt fantastic on his aching cock, and he knew he could come in an instant if he allowed himself to, but Jack was determined to make this last a while longer. So when she grabbed his ass in her hands and pulled him toward her, he spread his knees farther apart, lowering himself even closer to her face, shoving another inch of his erection into her mouth.
Sam tilted her head back and opened her mouth wider, accepting as much of Jack's cock as she could. All the while she was using her tongue to lathe and lick his shaft. Soon he was dipping his hips up and down, fucking her mouth with his cock, while his tongue was thrusting in and out of her tight hole. Then, as he felt his orgasm getting close, he switched his attention to her clit, flicking the little peak several times with the tip of his tongue, before sucking it into his mouth. Then he hummed.
With the suddenness of an earthquake, Sam's orgasm exploded, her cry of ecstasy sounding choked, her fingernails digging into the soft flesh of his ass as she came. Feeling a great need to have Jack even deeper inside her, Sam's arms pulled him down on top of her, her thighs moving together instinctively, trapping his head in between them.
As Sam climaxed, he felt the familiar hot surge of his jism as it raced along his cock. He came in her mouth and down her throat, his cock jerking and pumping his life's force into her, until he had no more to give. Sam's throat constricted rapidly, swallowing until she could no longer hold her breath. Then she let him slip out of her mouth, turning her head to kiss his thigh, as a trickle of semen rolled down her chin.
Later, once they were in bed, Jack laid awake for hours watching Sam sleep. He still couldn't believe how lucky he was to have her and his son. Tomorrow they'd be going home, and then they'd be a real family. And though Jack tried to be optimistic, he couldn't help but wonder what would happen this time to destroy his happy life?
The next day they left the little house in Durango, taking just his stuff that would fit in the back of his new pickup truck. He would have to come back for the larger stuff, like the kiln, but he could do that anytime.
When they reached Janet's house that afternoon, Sam literally ran to DJ who was in Janet's arms. The second he saw her he flashed his Mommy a smile, showing off the two new teeth he had cut while she and Jack were gone. "Honey, look! He's cut two teeth!"
"Lemme see," Jack said as he took the boy from Janet. He looked in DJ's mouth first, giving the two pearly-white teeth his approval. And then he lifted DJ's shirt and blew a raspberry on the baby's belly. DJ giggled hysterically. "You remind me of your Mommy. Yes, you do!" Jack told him.
"Why, does Sam giggle when you blow on her tummy too?" Janet asked, smirking.
"Janet!" Sam cried, embarrassed by her friend's naughtiness.
"I don't kiss and tell," Jack responded in mock indignation, and then he carried the baby outside, while Sam stayed behind to talk to Janet for a bit.
"Where's Cassie? I want to pay her for babysitting."
"No, you will not! She did it because she loves him. She went to Lisa's to practice a dance step. Their recital is next Friday night. You'll go, won't you?"
"Are you kidding!"
"She should be back soon. Can you stay? I've got an apple coffeecake in the oven."
"No thanks. I think I've gained enough weight for this month as it is."
"You know you may never be as thin as you were before you had DJ."
"I know, but I don't want to get as big as a whale either!"
"What about when you're pregnant with DJ's little brother or sister?"
"I'll cross that bridge when I come to it. Until then, I'm not eating sweets."
Meanwhile, out in the garden Jack was talking a mile a minute to his son. "DJ, I know I haven't been here for you very much so far, but things are gonna change now that your Mommy and me are married. You see it's like this, I'm your real Dad, and I will always love you and take care of you, no matter what." DJ was fascinated by everything Jack said, not taking his eyes off him as Jack carried him around Janet's front yard. There were rose bushes and tulips and a lot of flowers that Jack didn't know the name of, but he pointed to them anyway, watching the baby's reaction.
"That's a flower, DJ," Jack said as he touched the petal of a large red rose. Suddenly Jack heard the door opening. He turned around to find Sam standing in the doorway. Jack smiled. "And there is another type of flower, the one I love the best," he said.
Sam came down the walk and together they took DJ to the truck, where they strapped him into his car seat.
They stayed in Sam's little leased cottage that first night back in Colorado Springs because all of DJ's stuff was there, but the next day they went to Jack's house. After cleaning and airing it out, Jack thought it looked like he'd never been away. It felt good to be home, even more so because now he wasn't there alone.
Three weeks later Jack had gotten all of his things from Durango, and the two of them had spent all of one weekend moving her furniture and stuff into his house. He had gotten rid of some of his larger pieces, like the dining room furniture, since it had been chosen by his ex-wife and Jack felt no attachment to it. Now the dining room held Sam's mother's dining room set, which made her very happy. In the case of the master bedroom, which had also been his and Sara's, and since Sam's bed was only a full size, they went out and bought a brand new king size bed and matching pieces.
Sam was feeling particularly good that evening. Earlier that day they had applied for DJ's new birth certificate. And now thinking about beginning their life together, here in a house she'd always loved, made her feel all warm and fuzzy. But when her cell phone rang, she had a funny feeling in her stomach….what Jack would call 'a gut feeling'.
"Carter," she responded out of habit. As soon as she went back to work she intended to tell General Hammond that she would be going by her married name from now on. She might be a feminist of sorts, but she was very traditional when it came to showing how proud she was to be Jack's wife.
"Sam, it's me, General Hammond. I'm sorry to bother you, but I wanted you to know that I heard from Jacob today. He'll be arriving in three days, and he's very eager to see you."
"I see." She knew she'd have to face her father sooner or later, but this seemed way too soon!
"Is he coming on business?" Sam asked. Jacob had only been back to Earth twice since his blending, and the first time he had been in a hurry to deliver a message and the diagrams of a new ship Apophis was building. The second time was also to share intell with the Tauri. By that time she had already informed him of her pregnancy in a message to the Tok'ra, and though he hadn't said anything very critical in his reply, she figured he might be saving his true feelings for when he saw her in person.
She was certain that he was disappointed in her. So their last meeting, although short, had been extremely tense. He had asked her who the father was, but she had refused to tell him, other than she and the father were no longer seeing each other. And then right before he left, he'd said something that had told her he was trying his best to forgive her. "I'm glad you're keeping the baby, kiddo. It'll be good to be a grandpa again," Jacob had said at the time.
"As far as I know he's coming to see you and little DJ," Hammond replied.
After she hung up, she went to the living room where Jack was relaxing in his favorite chair. She told him about her father's impending visit. And when he heard the news, he put his head in his hands, groaning and shaking his head back and forth.
"Oh, man, I'm really dreading this, Sam. He's not going to be happy about any of this." Jack could imagine how angry Jacob Carter would be. Not only had he fathered DJ when he was still Sam's commanding officer, but there was a large age difference between him and Sam. And now he was a cripple and no longer in the Air Force! Her father was going to be livid, Jack was sure of it.
"I think when he knows the whole story, he will understand, Jack." She had never told her Dad who the father of her child was. And because Jack had been her CO at the time, she knew the truth would be a shock and a disappointment to him. But she hoped that he loved her enough to accept Jack as DJ's father and as his son-in-law.
Sam sat down on Jack 's knee and kissed him on the cheek. "I'll invite him to stay here with us. Once he gets to know you better, he'll see you're the right man for me. You'll see, Jack, everything will be okay."
TBC