Chapter 8

Three hours later, Jack woke up when he heard noise coming from downstairs. He listened, then he remembered where he was so he rolled over till he was close to Sam.

"Sam," he said quietly.

"What?" She said half asleep.

"Shh!" Then they both heard it.

"Did you hear that?"

"Yeah!"

"Have you got a gun with you?"

"No!"

"I'll check it out, you stay up here." He got out of bed and went to the door, which was partly open.

"Want me to call the police?"

"Not yet, if it's Jonas, it will have to be the MPs. Has he got a key to the house?"

"No!"

"Ok." He walked down the hallway and then downstairs.

He could see since the curtains were open and the streetlights were streaming through. He walked over to where one of the lights was when he saw a person hit the edge of the couch. Jack could smell the alcohol and knew it was Jonas. When he turned the light on, Jonas jumped then he blinked few times.

"What the fuck are you doing here? You're fucking that whore aren't you?" Jack could see how drunk Jonas was.

"How did you get in here?"

"I've got a key to this place and it's my house."

"No, it's not!" Sam said as she walked in wearing a robe.

"Sam, I can't leave you fucking this guy, who is he?"

"None of your business." Then she walked over to the phone and picked it up.

"If you call the fucking MPs. I'll kill you, you bitch!" He said yelling at Sam.

"Shut up, you're going to wake the kids up!" Jack said.

"Who the fuck are you?"

"None of your business!" Then they heard Sam talking on the phone.

"You're dead. You hear me? If I can't have you, no one fucking will!"

Then he tried to get to Sam only to have Jack stop him. Then he tried to take a swing at Jack, only Jack tripped him and he landed on the floor. He slowly got up and tried to hit Jack again, only to end up on the floor again.

"The MPs are on their way."

"Ok!"

"Mummy?" They turned to see sleepy kids walking down the stairs. Sam walked over to them and crouched down and gave them a hug.

"Hey, what are you two doing out of bed?"

"We heard Jonas. Is he going to kill you?" Dorothy asked.

"No, he's not!" Then they saw Jack and smiled, which he did in return.

"Sam, why don't you take the kids back to bed?"

"Good idea, come on kids."

"Night daddy."

"Night Dorothy, JJ, sweet dreams."

"Night daddy." Then they went with Sam upstairs.

Jonas was shocked when he heard what the kids called this guy who hadn't been in the house twelve hours. He'd been trying for months for them to call him daddy but they wouldn't. Then he looked at Jack.

"I can't believe that they called you daddy when I've been trying for over a year and they wouldn't. Who the hell do you think you are, walking in here taking my women and my kids?"

"They are not your kids and Sam is not your woman and you are drunk." Jonas sat up slowly.

"You're an asshole!"

"You're a drunken idiot who won't take no for an answer!"

"Well, you didn't waste any time getting into her panties, I don't know how you did it, I've been trying for months, and then you come along and she spread her legs for you!"

"That's enough, who the hell you think you are?"

"Lieutenant Jonas Hanson and you?"

"Colonel Jack O'Neill!"

"O'Neill, I've heard of you. You were a POW, you were left behind. I hope you enjoyed yourself while you were over there?" He said with a smirk. Then he saw the cold hard look on Jack's face.

"If you were in my boots, you wouldn't have lasted a day. You have no idea what they put me through!"

Then they heard cars and jeeps stop outside the house, and Jack heard Sam walk down the stairs and walk over to him.

"I'll let them in."

"Ok Sam." Then she went to answer the door when there was a knock on it. A few seconds later, four MPs followed Sam into the living room.

"Is this the man, Captain?"

"Yes!" They went and picked him up and put cuffs on him.

"It's not over, you bitch, I'll be out by morning!"

"Get him out of here" Jack said in colonel tone

"Who are you, sir?" One of the men asked.

"Colonel O'Neill, if you want my ID I'll get it?"

"I'll vouch for him," Sam said.

"Yes ma'am, can you come in the morning for your statements, both of you?"

"Sure," Sam said and Jack gave a nod.

Then they took Jonas out of the house. Jack walked to the door and closed it and locked it. Then he walked back into the living room.

"Hey, are you ok?"

"Yeah, I will be."

"Come on, let's get back to bed. I was having such a nice dream till Hanson interrupted it." They walked back upstairs turning the lights off along the way.

"What where you dreaming about?"

"I'll tell you all about it in bed," he said smiling.

A few minutes later, after they relieved themselves and washed their hands, they were in bed lying on their backs looking at each other.

"Come here, I won't bite." He moved his arm so she could roll on to her side and snuggle up to him with her head on his chest, he stroked his hand through her hair.

"In my dream, you and our kids were with me up at my cabin." She moved to look at him.

"You have a cabin?"

"Yep, and a pond with bass in it," he said smiling.

"A pond, wow!"

"Yeah! Well any way, in my dream, the kids were swimming in it and you were wearing a bikini, lying down on the grass bank getting a tan."

"And you?"

"Fishing, well trying to. I kept telling our kids that they were chasing the fish away, and you giggled, so I put my rod down and stood up and walked over to you. You opened your eyes and looked at me and said 'what?' I said, 'what was one of the rules here?' You said, 'No giggling.' I said, "yes, you broke that rule!' I crouched down and scooped you up in my arms and walked to the end of the dock. You said, 'Jack, don't you dare!' I went to let you go when I woke up."

"I didn't know you had a cabin?"

"Now you know… if you would like, how about one day, you and kids come with me? It's a great private place, plenty of trees."

"How big is the property?"

"I own two hundred acres, it's all bush, well not all of it. It was passed down to me by my great grandfather."

"Well, I am due to have some time off. I would like to see this cabin of yours."

"Sweet, we can talk more about it later, let's get some sleep!"

"Good idea, the kids will be up at six, they are like that every morning."

"Early birds, were you like that when you were their age?"

"Yes, you?"

"Yes, let's get some sleep!"

"Mmm, good idea." Then they closed their eyes and fell into a peaceful sleep.

Later that morning, Sam woke up and rolled over to see that Jack wasn't there. Then she rolled over to see that it was after eight in the morning. So, she got up and went to relieve herself and then had a shower.

She noticed that Jack's things were in the shower and on the bench next to the second basin, so she knew that he had a shower some time that morning. After she had her shower, she got dressed and made the bed before leaving to go and make the kids' beds, only to see them made.

She went to get the kids' washing only to see it empty. She decided to go and see what the kids were up to. She could hear giggling coming from the kitchen, she walked in and then stopped at the doorway. She saw their kids sitting on the bench next to the stove. Jack had his back to her and she could hear him talking while cooking. Then she heard,

"Morning Sam, breakfast is almost ready." Then he turned and smiled at her then turned around to check on what he was cooking.

"Morning Jack, kids, is that pancakes I can smell?"

"Yep and the last one is cooked, so shall we go and eat them while they are hot?"

He picked the kids up and put them on the ground, then he picked up the plates and walked over to the table and put them down. Then he returned to get him and Sam a hot cup of coffee.

While he was doing that, Sam gave the kids a hug then they walked over to the table where she put them in their high chairs. Then she sat down and looked at the different shaped pancakes.

There were two with the shape of 'D' on them, so she knew that they would be for Dorothy so she put them on her plate, cut them up, and then put them on Dorothy's plate. Then there were two with the letter 'J', so she did the same for JJ. Then she poured maple syrup over them, put the plates in front of them and then watch them eat.

"Good?" She asked. They both nodded.

Then she turned to see Jack walk over with their drinks. He passed one to Sam before sitting down at the table.

"I don't know how much you eat, so help yourself Sam."

"Thanks Jack." When she looked at the pancakes that were on the plate, they were in a heart shape. She looked at Jack who was smiling at her.

"Heart shape?"

"Yep, it's to show how much I love JJ and Dorothy… one day you."

"Thanks." Then she got herself two and Jack got three. They enjoyed eating the pancakes.

"Mmm this is good!"

"That's good, so what do you do on your Saturdays?"

"Go shopping, since it's the only day where I get a chance to take kids shopping and do housework."

"Ok, you don't mind me tagging along?"

"No, I don't mind."

"Good!" They talked about other things till they finished their breakfast.

When finished, Jack stood up and started taking the dishes into the kitchen while Sam took care of the kids. Once everything was cleaned up, they left in Sam's car and headed to the base where they gave the MPs their statements.

Once finished there, they went to the mall to do some shopping. When they were in the kids shop, they looked to see what was there.

"I don't know what to get them this time."

"How about asking them? Watch." He turned to the kids.

"See any thing you like?"

"I like this." JJ said when he saw green pants that looked like BDU pants.

"Ok, what about you Dorothy, you like them too?"

"Don't know."

"Well, how about if mummy takes you into the changing rooms to try them on? How does that sound?"

"Ok daddy." Then he turned to Sam.

"Well, it's a start."

"Yeah, come on then." She picked up the pants that were on the rack.

"Sam," she turned to Jack and he passed her a black tee shirt.

"Thanks." Then she took it, held on to Dorothy's hand and walked over to where Dorothy could try them on.

Jack looked down at his son, "want to try them on?"

"Yes!"

"Ok." Jack picked up the tee shirt and pants, then they went to the room next door where Jack helped JJ get change into them. When done, they walked out of the room to see Sam and Dorothy there.

"Hey, they look great on you Dorothy!"

"Thanks daddy."

"Come here and look in the mirror." Dorothy walked over and looked in the mirror then she giggled.

"We look the same."

"Well, you are twins. So, you like them?"

"Yes daddy," they both said smiling. Jack turned to Sam, he nudged her with his head.

She walked over and looked in the mirror.

"What do you think, Sam?"

"Well, the kids like them, but," then she turned to Jack.

"I'm on a budget Jack, with the mortgage…" He put his hand in to hers.

"Hey, while I'm here with you and our kids, I'll help out."

"But," he put his finger on her lips.

"I've got two years of catching up to do, so please, let me help out financially, that's including kids clothes, medical things, everything, if you will let me." Then he moved his finger away.

"I don't know Jack, it's tempting."

"Please… how about for starters, kids clothes, lunch and groceries?"

"Half the groceries." Jack smiled then gave her a quick kiss.

"Deal." Then he turned to their kids.

"Ok, anything else you like?" Sam was shocked that he kissed her, even if it was a quick one, which made her lips all tingle.