Chapter 10
"Well George, they sure have made everyone's morning," Jacob said.
"Yes, they have and everyone's been waiting for this moment for a long time." Jacob looked at him.
"George, how long?"
"Since they both met."
"You're joking?"
"Nope, they both deserve happiness."
"They do, now if you Sirs will excuse me," then he walked down the ramp towards Sam and hugged her again then they all talked and laughed.
"Well George, they do look happy."
"They are, they both deserve it."
"True," they watched the group in front of them talking and laughing, till they heard.
"Ok you lot, back to work."
"Yes Sir," they all said, then laughed as they slowly walked out of the gate room.
Sam gave Jack a kiss before walking out herself. Hammond, the Chief of Staff and the President walked down the ramp to stand next to Jack.
"Where's Sam gone to?"
"To get changed before beaming to Area 51."
"Ok."
"General," Jack turned to the President.
"Sir?"
"Let us know when you and Colonel Carter found some land."
"Yes Sir."
"We'd better get back to work ourselves, congratulations General, I'll be talking to you soon."
"Thank you Sir," they shook hands before the three men were beamed away.
"I'd better go and get changed myself Jack, before leaving."
"Ok Dad, I'll still be here when you return."
"Ok," then he walked out of the room leaving Jack alone.
Jack turned and looked at the gate, thinking about the first time he pushed Sam through it and all of the other good memories they had over the years until he heard the door open. So he turned to see Sam walking over to him with bags in hand and a smile.
"Where's Dad?"
"Getting changed."
"Ok, well I'll wait till he gets here before heading off."
"Ok, so we've got a lot to do when you come home on your weekends."
"True, I suppose you will be giving our families a call?"
"Yep, I'll let you call Mark."
"Thanks," then Jacob walked in wearing his Tok'ra clothes.
"Well Kiddo, I'm heading off."
"Ok Dad, take care."
"Will do, let me know when the engagement party is."
"We will Dad." Jack gave Walter the signal and the gate started dialling as they both hugged.
"One thing though, Sam."
"What's that?"
"At least I was here for your promotion," Sam smiled.
"Yes Dad."
"Take care."
"We will," Jack and Sam had their arms around each other.
"Ok, Jack look after her."
"I will Dad," they both shook hands just as the wormhole was formed.
"Well at least I've got some news to take back with me, bye."
"Bye Dad."
Then he walked up the ramp and through the gate, then it shut down. Jack pulled Sam in to his arms they both hugged and kissed.
"See you on Friday."
"Ok, see you then, I love you."
"I love you too."
They both kissed before Jack stepped back and Sam picked up her bags and pulled the stone out of her pocket and looked at Jack before pushing the button and she was beamed to her quarters at Area 51.
Jack walked back to his office to do his paper work, briefings, signing paper work, things like that. When Sam walked into her lab, she got started on her work with a smile on her face.
That night Jack called his parents and told them what had happen and who showed up, everything. They were pleased and proud of Sam for what she had done for herself. They spoke for half an hour before he went and got some dinner and waited for Sam to call.
When Sam finished for the day, she went for a swim in the pool on base, then had her shower and dinner before returning to her room to relax. She sat on her bed, leaning against the headboard, phone in hand, and called Mark.
"Hello."
"Hi Mark, it's Sam."
"Hey is everything ok?"
"Yes, would you like some good news?"
"What, are you pregnant?" Sam laughed.
"No, but I'm a full colonel."
"What, did you just say 'Colonel' as in 'Bird Colonel'?"
"Yep, and remember a few weeks ago I was supposed to be in Washington, but was called away for an emergency situation?"
"Yes."
"Well, when I was promoted this morning, I also received some awards."
"Yeah, like what?"
"Two Medal of Honours."
"Holy Hannah, two, I bet that's a first?"
"For a women or any Air Force officer to get two on the same day it is."
"Wow, what else?"
"Air Force Cross, the Silver Star and three Purple Hearts."
"Wow, Sam that is amazing, was it some Air Force black ops mission you went on?"
"Yes, something like that."
"Wow, congratulations Sam, I'm proud of you."
"Thanks, Dad was there."
"Was he?"
"Yeah, even he was proud of me and Jack also."
"Hey that's good to know, so was it the Chief of Staff that gave the promotion to you?"
"No, it was the President himself."
"What... no way, is that including the medals?"
"Yes."
"Wow, Sam, you must be so lucky to have the President give you those in person."
"Yes I was."
"So what happens now?"
"Well, with the new promotion, I've been put in charge of different projects that I have been working on over the years, plus more."
"Wow, so you're going to be busy then?"
"Yes, but I'll be taking weekends off so I can spend it with Jack and for us to plan our wedding together."
"Well that's good then… Sam when you and Pete were engaged did you both plan the wedding together?" Sam let out her breath.
"No, he planned it all, right down to the colour of my wedding dress."
"Well you did work long hours."
"I know, but when Pete and I had time, we started sorting out the wedding plans, but when the time got closer, he started changing them without telling me until it was too late to change them back."
"I'm sorry, I didn't know, so you and Jack are going to plan this wedding together?"
"Yes, for starts with the engagement ring, I was getting my dress blues out of the dry cleaners while he was looking at the different rings. When I saw him looking at them, he asked me which one I liked, so I looked and pointed to it, then my phone rang. So while I was on the phone, Jack went in, well I thought it was to price the ring out."
"He brought it?"
"Yes, he told me what he did, he can be a sneak sometimes but he does it in a loving way."
"That's good, what else."
"My dream home, I showed Jack it one night."
"The one you were designing?"
"Yes, he made some suggestions and I thought they were a good idea, so I added more rooms to the house and when it was finished, we both were happy. But what I didn't know was that he down loaded it onto a pen drive and he started getting things sorted out price wise. But he knows we can't build a house without land, so we are going to look around over the weekends for some land for our home."
"Well that's good then, what about the wedding?"
"We're going to plan it together right down to the cake."
"That's good, would he change any of it?"
"No, because we both have same tastes except for the jello," she said grinning.
"Jello, what do you mean?"
"Jack loves red and I love blue."
"Ah, I suppose you're going to have both at the wedding?"
"Yep."
"Well that's good then, I better go Sam, dinner's on the table, talk to you later."
"Ok, talk to you next week."
"Ok night Sam."
"Night Mark," then they both hung up.
Sam then called Jack. They spoke for half an hour before Sam's cell phone started to beep so they said their goodnights and hung up. Sam put her cell phone on the charger there before getting change and getting into bed and getting some sleep.
Over the next month when Sam was at Jack's place for the weekend, they were looking at different land where they could build their home, but there was nothing there that caught their eye. They even started planing their wedding, where they were going to have it, photographers, catering, honeymoon, everything.
During the last weekend of the month, on Saturday night, they were in bed snuggling into one another arms after making love.
"Sam, what would you like to do tomorrow?"
"Go to Denver," he looked at her.
"Denver, why?"
"Jack, have you forgotten what tomorrow is?" Jack thought about it.
"Shit, sorry Sam, it slipped my mind."
"Well, you do have a lot of other things on your mind."
"True, want me to drive you?"
"Thanks."
"Any time, come here." Sam snuggled up to Jack as he held her in his arms.
"I can't believe that a year has passed," Sam said after a few minutes of silence.
"Yeah, I know what you mean, with everything that has happened, it's been one hell of a year for both of us."
"Yeah," he kissed her forehead.
"Let's get some sleep or do you want to talk?"
"Sleep."
"Ok," they both kissed before they fell asleep minutes later.
The next morning after breakfast, Jack drove Sam to the Denver cemetery. On the way, Jack filled his truck up with some gas while Sam went and picked up a bunch of flowers that were for sale and walked inside to pay for them and two bottles of water and the gas for Jack.
When she was paying for it all, Jack walked in and pulled out his credit card.
"Jack, it's already paid for."
"What the gas?"
"Yes."
"Sam?"
"Yes Jack?"
"What am I going to do with you?" Sam smiled.
"Later, come on."
Sam picked up the flowers and bottles of water and walked out with Jack in tow. They talked on their way to Denver about other things while listening to some music.
When they reached the cemetery, and Jack stopped his truck not far from where Pete grave was, he looked at Sam who was looking at where Pete was buried. He put his hand on to hers and gave it a light squeeze, she turned and looked at him.
"Want me to come?"
"I'll be fine."
"Yes, you will, and I'll be here waiting."
He leaned over and gave her a kiss. She looked at Jack before she gave his hand a squeeze. Then she let go and turned and opened up the door and got out and closed it, then she opened the back door so she could get the flowers out, then closed the door.