Disclaimer: Stargate has never, and will never be owned by me (sadly)

Rating: K

Spoilers: Secrets

Alternating POV. This is mainly dealing with Jack/Sam + Jacob. And I know a fair amount of the episode deals with Daniel/Sha're, but as I'm writing a Jack/Sam story, I really didn't find it necessary to include that part of the storyline. It is mentioned, but briefly. Anyway, hope you enjoy "Secrets".

Sam's POV

As tempting as it was to go with Daniel and Teal'c and go back to Abydos. Jack and I had a ceremony to attend, we could hardly 'blow off' the President for a personal matter. And we really had to watch what we did, what we said, we were in the same room as some of the most powerful and highest ranking officers in the Air Force. We could not slip up.

Imagine my surprise when I saw General Hammond talking to my father. My father. What the hell was he doing here. Holy Hannah, I couldn't even warn Jack that Dad was here. Holy Hannah, he didn't even know my dad was General Carter. Well he was shocked to say the least, considering I hardly ever talked about my Dad, and now he's finding out he's in the Air Force…and a General. I think he took it fairly well. So, whilst Jack made himself scarce. Dad was talking about getting me into NASA…to actually maybe go into Space one day. If only he knew what I did on a daily basis. Which was travel to other worlds through the Stargate. He probably wouldn't think NASA to be too interesting then. He just wouldn't let it drop. If only I weren't standing in a room full of superior officers, otherwise I would have seriously hauled him off. I'd got this far without his help, without him interfering in my career, though it had been…insinuated, by a few people that he had given support for my promotions. As I watched him walk off, I was sorely tempted to tell him about the Stargate. To tell him what we did. Maybe then he'd understand why I loved my job so much.

Jack's POV

As I swirled the amber liquid in the bottom of the glass I felt a presence behind me. Turning slightly I recognized General Carter as he sat down next to me.

"General." I said as I stared the beer down.

"Colonel O'Neill." General Carter said as he indicated to the bartender to bring him a lemonade.

"What can I do for you General?" I asked calmly, kinda already guessing as to why he might be here. He was Sam's dad after all. He knew her, not as well as me, but he still knew her.

"Jack, I swear if you put my daughter's career in danger, with…whatever it is you two have going on…" He began, the fury in his voice barely contained as the bartender placed a glass in front of him.

"General, with respect I would never put Carter's career in jeopardy." I stated, the panic rising in my body, but years of military training had taught me how to control my emotions…on the outside, I couldn't control them on the inside.

"With respect Colonel, I believe you already are." General Carter shot back, "I saw the way she looked at you. She has never looked at anyone that way, not even Jonas. Don't tell me you haven't noticed?"

"General, I would never put Carter's career in jeopardy." I repeated, meeting his gaze which blazed fury, and could make grown men tremble. But not this man.

Slamming his now empty glass on the bench, General Carter stood up and leaned over, "Count this as a warning Jack, if you ever hurt my daughter, I will hurt you right back."

Watching as he stalked out the door, barely missing the guy in the tweed jacket. Going back to swirling my drink he sat down across from me and began to give me the entire freakin' history of the Stargate Program. Okay, could a bad day go from bad to worse?

The answer to that question is, of course, yes.

Jacob Carter's POV

Holy Hannah. My daughter's fallen for her CO. And not just any CO. But Jack O'Neill. A guy with so much baggage he needs an extra trailer to haul it in. My daughter could do so much better than him. He was divorced, and well, we had all heard about his son. Not to mention over a decade older than her. AND her CO!

Holy Hannah, they could be imprisoned for this. My daughter. Court-marshaled for falling in love with her CO. Slamming my first down on the Postal Box I was leaning on, before I stalked off to talk to my daughter. About a few things.

Sam's POV

After the reported that was going to out the Stargate program was run down, the ceremony was cancelled. So I started looking for my Dad. Found him too. Staring at the Washington monument through a window. I was about to tell him something real important. And then hit me. Not psychically, but it sure did feel like it. He had cancer. Lymphoma. My whole world crumbled in that moment. My father. The Pillar. Cancer. It was just so…unreal. Dad was the strongest person I had ever met, and for him to be…undone by such a common disease…something so mundane. And then he undid it all. He started pressing me into moving to NASA, a good old fashioned guilt trip. He wanted me 'live out my dream' whilst he was still around to see it. Nice going Dad. I, of course, told him I couldn't transfer. Then he left. Just up and left. I couldn't hate him though. He was my Dad. But Jack and I had to head back to the SGC. General Hammond was going to present us with our medals, and then we had to rendezvous with Daniel and Teal'c on Abydos.

And Holy Hannah did we walk into a mess. Heru'ur had come for Apophis' and Sha're's…child. God, poor Daniel. Both of us had been through an emotional roller coaster that day, we had experienced the entire spectrum of human emotion in a single day.

"Jack?" I asked as I exited the kitchen, Daniel and Teal'c having already left for the base.

"Yeah?" Came the quiet response from the couch.

"You okay?" I knew he suspected an Air Force cover-up with the reporter's death.

"I will be. What about you?" he asked as I slid onto the couch next to him, my hands folded neatly in my lap as I stared at the coffee table in front of me.

"Dad…has cancer." Fighting back tears as I felt Jack twitch beside me, before he drew me into his arms.

"Sam…" he mumbled into my hair as I finally let all the emotion flow out, clinging to his shirt as I sobbed in his arms.

"It's Lymphoma. Bad…" I looked up and met his deep brown eyes, letting the strength, warmth and reassurance wash over me as I took a deep breath, "From what he was saying…I think it be…terminal." I gasped out, as he pulled me closer, rocking me gently against his chest as he muttered soothingly into my ear. I might be losing Dad, and it would be painful as all heck, and it might just break me. But I had Jack here to help piece me back together.

I know I said last chapter that the next chapter would "The Tokra" But...I really wanted to chuck this one in. "The Tokra" will be up in 2-3 days. And judging by how much I've already written, it's going to be long...

Anyway, reviews would be nice, as always. But I just hope you enjoyed the chapter.