They all ate their desert and then moved into the lounge for some cake and coffee. While everyone was chatting once again Jacob pulled Jack off to one side, taking him out of the room and out of earshot of everyone else.
"So," Jack started.
"So," Jacob repeated, "I need to ask you something and I need you to reassure me ok."
"Sure thing Jacob."
"Is Sam going to take over as the head of SG1?" he asked.
"Yes," Jack answered instantly, "She is the most qualified for the position."
"She is," Jacob agreed, "But that doesn't make me feel any better about having her out there."
"She's already out there Jacob," Jack pointed out, "And she's still going to have the rest of SG1. She knows how to handle herself and she knows how to lead. She'll do brilliantly."
Jacob smiled. "She will won't she." He then paused and looked back towards where Sam was sitting, "She doesn't know," he guessed.
"No she doesn't," Jack agreed, "I wanted to keep it a secret."
Jacob shook his head and laughed, "On you head be it Jack, on your head be it."
Jack also laughed and then he shrugged. The two then headed back into the lounge to be with the others. Sam smiled at them when they returned and moved to one side so that Jack could sit down beside her.
"So," Sam muttered, "I thought you weren't going to tell them."
Jack shrugged, "I guess I changed my mind."
Sam laughed. "Well that certainly sounds like you."
Jack stuck his tongue out at her, which caused her to laugh. The two them turned back to the group and joined in with the conversations that were going on around them.
"So Jacob," Nana began, "What is it you actually do?"
Jacob looked at her and then said, "It's complicated, and it's also classified. All I can say is that I work abroad with various allies."
Sam and Jack both smothered laughs and Jacob glared at the two of them. "Enough with the laughing children."
"Sir yes sir," Jack replied instantly, giving him a cheeky salute as he did so.
Jacob rolled his eyes while Sam's smothered laughter turned into to full out laughter. Jacob gave his daughter a disapproving look but it didn't stop Sam from laughing. Their laughter was so infectious that soon the whole room was doing it, even though they had no idea why Sam and Jack had started laughing in the first place. Jacob managed to keep the glare up for a few minutes but soon he shook his head and started laughing too.
Once they had all calmed down and stopped laughing Jacob shook his head again. "Really you two," he chided, "It's not that funny."
"No," Jack agreed, "Until you know who you mean by allies."
Jacob rolled his eyes. "You should feel bad for me, not laugh at me," he informed them, "You know nearly as well as I do just how annoying some of these people can be."
"That we do," Sam agreed, "I can think of one person in particular right now who is especially annoying."
Jacob laughed at that. "Oh we all know how you feel about dear Anise, but if what Daniel says is true then most of that is from jealousy."
Sam scowled while Jack knocked her shoulder with his. Around them Jack's family watched on, having no idea what they were all talking about, but finding the interactions between the three of them fun to watch.
"Anyway," Sam said, "Before we go into too much detail about that snake."
"Hey," Jacob interrupted her, "I find that offensive and you're starting to sound too much like Jack. One I can deal with, two I really can't."
"Hey," it was now Jack's turn to interrupt, "I find that offensive."
Sam rolled her eyes. "How about we change the subject to something that isn't going to end up offending people and that isn't going to end badly for me. None of the good people in this room need to know why I don't like Anise."
Jack pouted slightly but Jacob nodded.
Nana and the others really didn't know what to make of what was going on but they went with it and were all soon talking amongst themselves once again.
Sam stayed quiet, just happy to be around this group of people. She listened as Nana and Jacob talked together about anything and everything. She was glad that the two of them were getting on so well.
On her other side Jack was talking to his mom and dad about his upcoming promotion, they wanted to know what it was that he was going to be doing.
Sam felt a little sorry for him, because he had to be vague and secretive about what exactly it was he was going to be doing in a few weeks, other than running the Cheyenne mountain base. It wasn't like he could tell them what it was his job really did involve, keeping the world safe from alien invasion, and Sam could see that it was hard on him, but she also knew that he wouldn't tell them even if he could, there were some things that people just really didn't need to be made aware of.
Sam had no idea how long they all sat talking, the kids playing around the house while Mary, Connor, Tony, Tom and Meredith talked amongst themselves, every so often interjecting in the other conversations going on around the room.
Eventually though the children began to flag and everyone started thinking about calling it a night. Tony was the first to leave with Jasper and then he was soon followed by Mary, Connor, Lizzy and Chloe.
Once they'd gone Sam, Jack and Jacob got ready to take their leave.
"Do you need to go back to the mountain tonight or are you going to stay with us?" Sam asked her dad as they went through to get their shoes.
"If it's alright I'd appreciate beginning able to stay with you," Jacob answered as they all pulled on their shoes.
"Sure," Jack said.
Jacob nodded and smiled. The three of them then said their goodbyes and headed out of the door towards Jack's truck.
