So here's the next chapter. I hope you like it and I do so love reviews :)

Jack turned back to his family and was about to speak when Tom said sarcastically, "So this is Sam. Been cradle robbing have you Jack?"

Sam felt Jack stiffen beside her and gently placed a hand on his arm. The age difference was still a sore spot with him, and would probably always be there in the back off his head, but it didn't, and never would, bother Sam in the slightest.

Pauline saw the gesture and said to Tom, "That is enough Tom. Your brother made the effort to make up with his family, the least you can do is be civil."

Tom scowled at his mother and was about to speak when Sam stepped forward and started to talk. "Yes Jack is older than me, I am aware of that, but you seem to be the only person on the planet who actually seems to care. I don't understand why you have such a problem with Jack joining the Air Force; there is nothing greater than serving your country. If your dad can forgive him then why can't you." She said all of this in a level voice that left no room for argument. Jack recognised it and smiled to himself, he had learnt a long time ago that when Sam spoke in that voice you better watch the hell out. He may have recognised the voice and known that it was hard to stand against but he wished that she didn't have to deal with this, his older brother was a jack ass and he didn't want Sam to have to deal with that.

The room had fallen silent at the beginning of Sam's speech and now everyone was watching the two people, staring at each other, wondering who was going to be the first to break. When Tom inevitably looked away Jack rested an arm on Sam's shoulder, telling her without words that he was grateful for what she had just done and that he loved her.

Tom then found his voice and said, in a voice not as full of sarcasm as it had been, "So cradle robbing someone with a bit of heart, seems like you've brain washed her into thinking that joining the Air Force was the best thing anyone could ever do."

As he finished speaking Nana, Pauline and Bill all shared a look, they hadn't told anyone that Sam was in the Air Force. Tony saw the look and began to say; "Tom, you might…" he stopped when Tom turned his glare on him.

Sam looked at Jack and raised her eyebrow. Jack smiled at her and removed his hand from her shoulder, "All yours Carter." He took a step back and waved her forwards.

Sam smiled at him and looked back at Tom, "Perhaps I should introduce myself properly. I'm Major Samantha Carter, US Air Force. Have any more comments about the Air Force you want to share?"

Tom opened and shut his mouth a few times, looking like a fish out of water, before he turned and walked out. Meredith followed after him, stopping only long enough to say quietly, "Sorry."

Sam and everyone else in the room watched her go then Sam turned back to Jack. "Why is it that everywhere we go people always assume I'm a helpless little girl?" They both knew that she was talking about off world, when they went to planets that had little or no respect for their woman and treated them like house slaves and were always shocked and more often than that offended when they found out Sam was a woman doing a mans job.

Jack laughed and kissed her on the temple, "Because they're dumb and have no sense of self preservation."

Sam smiled at him then looked over and Pauline and Nana, "I'm sorry."

Both women shook their heads. "Don't be," Pauline said, "He needed to be taken down a peg or two."

Nana nodded in agreement then looked around the room, at all the open mouthed faces. She smiled lightly and said, "Everyone this is, to give her her full title, Major Doctor Samantha Carter, Jacks fiancée."

Sam smiled at them all sheepishly, "Hi, nice to meet you all."

The room was silent for a moment before Chloe asked, "If you're a doctor does that mean you work in a hospital?"

Sam looked at Jack who smiled and said, "Sam, that's Chloe, she's Mary and Connor's daughter." He gestured over to where Mary and Connor were both still stood gaping.

Sam nodded then smiled at the little girl. "No, I'm not that sort of doctor Chloe."

The little girl looked confused, "What other type of doctor is there?"

Jack smiled at her, "She's a scientist."

Chloe smiled while Mary looked between her daughter, Sam and Jack. After a few moments she spoke, "It's nice to meet you Major."

Sam smiled at her, "You must be little Mary, and please call me Sam."

Mary smiled at her and Nana spoke again. "So you know Chloe, Mary and Connor, the other little girl is Chloe's sister Lizzy." Sam smiled and waved at her and Lizzy smiled back. "Over there is Tony and his son Jasper. And of course you met Tom and his wife Meredith."

Sam smiled at everyone as they were introduced then looked at Connor when he said, "Doctor Carter, I recognise that name." He was silent for a moment then smiled, "Are you the Doctor Carter that published a paper on wormhole physics?"

Sam nodded, "That would be me yeah."

Jack looked at her and raised an eyebrow, "When did you have time to write a paper, you have to get reminded to eat when you get involved in something."

Sam smiled at him and shrugged, "I have time in between saving your ass and everyone else's."

Jack laughed and kissed her lightly on the cheek before looking back at his family and smiling, "She's a genius who works too hard, what can I say."

Sam blushed lightly then looked at the floor. "Jack, I put my helmet in the bed of your truck ok." She was trying to change the subject, away from her, and Jack let her.

Jack nodded, "Ok, we can load your bike in when we're going."

Sam nodded and Tony asked, "You have a bike?"

Sam nodded, "I have a thing for speed and a car just isn't fast enough sometimes."

Tony smiled at her, "I know the feeling. I have a bike for the same reason."

Jack looked at him and shook his head, "Sorry, but your bike won't go as fast as hers. She's fiddled with it and I have no clue what she did, all I know is that if your riding with her you've got to hold on or you get left behind."

Sam laughed, "It's even faster now Jack."

Jack paled slightly, "Syler?"

Sam nodded. Around the room Jack's family all had questioning looks on their faces, except the children who were all playing together on the floor. "Syler is a tech at work and he borrowed my bike for a bit and as payment decided that when he had a spare few minutes between chasing marines down the corridor with a blow torch and fixing the equipment we use, that he was going to make my bike even faster."

Bill looked at Sam and Jack then at his wife and smiled. Pauline smiled back then said, "Bill, can you go and find Tom, dinner is ready."

Bill nodded and left the room. Pauline looked around the rest of the room and said, "Take a seat where ever."

Everyone moved to the table and sat. Jack and Sam sitting next to each other and Chloe sitting the other side of Jack. Mary sat beside Chloe, Lizzy on her other side. Nana took a seat at one end of the table, leaving a seat next to her free for Sam guessed Pauline. Connor, Jasper and Tony all took a seat opposite Mary and the girls, leaving two spaces at Sam and Jack's end of the table for Tom and Meredith and the head of the table for Bill.

Once they were all seated Chloe asked Jack, "Why would someone chase people with a blow torch?"

Sam and Jack shared a look and Sam answered her. "Um the Marines on base thought it would be funny to lock a load of people in one of the labs and it was Syler's job to get them out and then he decided that the marines needed to be taught a lesson."

"Didn't work though did it. A week later they pulled that prank on you," Jack laughed.

"And it was the last one they ever pulled."

Jack continued, "Remind me to never mess with your blue jello, looking like a smurf would not suit me."

Sam chuckled and felt the need to explain to the rest of the group. "I eat a lot of blue jello and the marines thought that it would be funny to put washing up liquid in it. They spent the next week blue from head to foot."

Jack saw the bemused looks on everyone's faces, although the kids were all smiling and finding it very funny. "Seriously, don't mess with a genius, it does not end well."

Everyone laughed then all fell silent, except Jasper, Chloe and Lizzy, when Bill came into the room, followed closely by Meredith and Tom.

Bill went into the kitchen and began to help Pauline put food on the table while Tom and Meredith sat opposite Sam and Jack. Tom looked up and said through gritted teeth, "I'm sorry for what I said and after talking to dad I get why you left and you were right, serving your country is one of the best things you can do."

Well that's Tom sorted, at least a little bit anyway. At least now he's going to be civil with Jack and Sam and make no more snide comments. I hope you liked it and I'll hopefully post the next chapter with in a few days