Chapter 2

"That's very true, Dad" and then the curtain was pulled back and Jack walked over to where his family was. Sam gave him a kiss that made him smile.

"Well, shall we get out of here."

"Sure, see you later Janet."

"Bye Sam, see you next week."

"Ok" Jack picked up his bag and they left to go to their quarters.

Jack and Jacob changed into civvies before leaving for home. On their way home, in Sam's new SUV, they stopped to pick up some groceries for home since Jacob would be looking after the kids for the week. An hour and a half later they arrived home and put the groceries away, sorted out the washing and got lunch started.

After lunch JJ and Grace both went down for their afternoon nap. Jack was looking through their mail when he saw a cream envelope and a post mark from Washington; he looked at the top corner to see it was from Harm and Mac. He opened it and was surprised to see it was an invitation to their wedding.

"Sam?"

"Yes Jack" she walked over to where he was standing.

"Why didn't you tell me Harm and Mac are getting married?" Jacob heard them.

"What, Commander Rabb and Colonel Mackenzie are getting married?"

"Yes Dad; they had an engagement party a couple of months ago but we couldn't make it."

"Why couldn't we make it Sam? You know I would have made sure we could make it."

"Jack, the weekend of the party you were stuck at the Alpha site because we had a power failure on the base and you were stuck with all of the off world SG teams for five days. And then there was a chemical spill on the top levels and General Hammond had to order a lock down of the base because the personnel on the top three floors were going crazy."

"Ah, I read what happened. Dr Idiot decided to try some experiment without your permission."

"Yes, that right. We still can't go on those floors for another month."

"When is the wedding Jack?"

"The end of August."

"That's in two months."

"Yep, I hope we can make it this time."

"Well, if you're stuck at the Alpha site, I'll just give Thor a call and get him to bring you here," Sam said.

"That is a good idea Sam."

"I'll e-mail Harm and Mac to let them know that we will be there for the wedding."

"Ok"

Jack carried on going through his mail while Sam sent the e-mail to Harm and after that Jacob went onto his Yahoo site to check his e-mail and to send an e-mail to Mark and the family. He also wrote to some of his Air Force buddies.

Sam checked on his account once every two weeks, so she could get rid of any junk mail for him. While on line, Selmac loved playing pyramid on the Yahoo games site, so he let her play until the kids were awake.

Later that night they all went out to O'Malley's for dinner. Cassie, Janet, Daniel and Teal'c joined them. Jacob and Jack enjoyed their steak and potatoes that evening and talking with everyone. After dinner Sam gave Jack a smile and then looked over to the pool table and then back at him.

"Shall we go over to the pool table, because I know someone who wants to play?" Jack said grinning at Sam.

The rest of the party agreed and went over to the pool tables, where a group of marines were playing. Sam watched how the guy's were playing while Grace and JJ were sitting on two bar stools, watching the game. When the game was finished,

"Who's next" Sam stepped forward.

"How much?"

"Fifty" Sam pulled out fifty dollars and put it on the table.

"Rack them up" the guy said and put his fifty down, then racked the balls up.

He flipped a coin and won, so he broke first. While they were playing the guy's five buddies were making bets with Jack, Jacob, Daniel, Teal'c and Janet. Then some of the guys from the SGC walked over to watch and smiled, knowing what Sam was like when it came to playing pool.

In the end, Sam won hands down; she put her pool queue down and picked up her winnings and pocketed them. JJ and Grace were cheering her on.

"Hey, want another game so I can win my money back?"

"Here we go again," Daniel muttered and Sam looked at the guy.

"Another day maybe; come on, it's time to get these two kids home and to bed" and Sam picked up Grace.

"That was cool mommy."

"Yes, it was."

"Come on sport" Jack picked up JJ.

"Mom, you're the best."

"Thanks JJ."

"Hey, I want to win my money back" and he grabbed her arm.

"You don't want to mess with my mommy; she will kick your butt."

"JJ, shh" Sam said and then the other personnel stepped forward.

"You better let her go man."

"Not until I win my money back."

"She did say another time" and Sam managed to break free and stepped back.