Author's Note: Hey guys! This story is set 10 years after the end of my other crossover, "The Thirteen Colony". I couldn't resist writing a little snapshot of a family get-together to show how everything turned out!

Please tell me what you think. Thanks :)

Cheeky.

Reunion:

By cheeky-chaos

Jack smiled as he sat at the large table doing his morning crossword and drinking his second cup of coffee for the morning. Life was good – the day was sunny and his wife wasn't up to nag him about filling in the right answers to his crossword. He did know the right answers – he just liked it better this way.

"Morning, Jack." Former-President Roslin, now Laura Adama, said with a smile as she walked into the bright kitchen. Glancing out one of the large windows, she added. "Looks like its going to be a beautiful day."

"Morning, Laura." Jack returned the greeting. "It certainly does."

Jack still couldn't quite believe it had been ten years since the Battlestar Galactica had finally reached Earth – it didn't feel like ten years! In that time, New Caprica had been settled, which is where Jack was now, enjoying a weekend vacation at Laura's country estate (one of the perks of being a former-President), and there had been two Colonial Presidents.

The current Colonial President, Sharon Agathon (formerly Valerii) had converted the position into the Colonial Representative on the U.N.E Council, which was looking more and more like a central Tau'ri government every year.

On another cheerful note, the Goa'uld had finally stopped pestering them, Wraith numbers were down and even those fanatical Cylons still trying to exterminate all humans seemed to be finally giving up. Jack knew it was only a matter of time before a new enemy showed up, but that was a problem for his children's generation. He had done his fair share. Besides, he was retired.

"Morning, Laura." Sam greeted as she walked into the kitchen, before moving to give Jack a kiss.

"Hey, Sammie." Jack greeted his wife of 35 years.

Sam rolled her eyes. "Jack, a weapon used in medieval warfare is not a cupcake." She said when she caught sight of the crossword.

"I always thought it was." Bill said, also entering the kitchen, kissing his new wife as he passed and coming to sit beside Jack.

The two men shared a grin as their wives shared a look and rolled their eyes. Chuckling, Bill peered at the crossword. "A gardening tool used to dig – a cherub."

"Nice." Jack said with a grin, filling it in. It fit perfectly.

Sam stifled an amused groan as her daughter stumbled in. "Do I smell coffee?" Lex asked.

Lex was dressed in a ratty pair of sweatpants and a tank top, with her long brown hair mussed and sticking out at odd angles. She had caught the last wormhole into New Caprica late last night from the Alpha Site, where her ship, the U.N.E.S Explorer, was being fitted out for its next voyage – under her command. Colonel Alexandra O'Neill. Lex had always liked the sound of that. Besides, she did have a family tradition to keep up. She was taking a brief vacation for a family reunion of sorts. The others were due in later that day.

Jack smiled at his daughter, proud of the woman she had become, despite the lack of grandkids. At 33, she was a Colonel with command of one of the foremost ships in the Tau'ri Fleet, which was a damn fine effort in Jack's book. Even with the lack of grandkids.

Just then, there was a knock at the door. Laura walked through the house to the front door and opened it. Delighted, she found Lee on the other side. "Lee." She greeted warmly. "Kara."

"Laura." Lee returned the warm greeting, with a kiss on his step-mothers cheek. "Sorry we're a little early."

"It's fine." Laura replied.

Pushing past his parents in the doorway, a little blond terror took the opportunity to race through the house yelling at the top of his lungs. "Aunt Lessie!"

"You'd better come through." Laura said, watching the blond ball of trouble disappear into the house. "We're all in the kitchen."

Scooping the rampaging two-year old up as soon as he entered the kitchen, Lex swung her godson up onto her hip. "Hey there, Zak." She said with a grin and a kiss. "What've you been up to?"

Little Zak launched into an enthusiastic and detailed account of what he'd been doing since Lex had last seen him, as his parents and Laura entered the room, having followed at a slower pace.

"Hey, Dad." Lee greeted.

"Hey, son." Bill replied. "Kara."

"Old Man." Kara greeted, with her trademark cheeky grin.

Then Lee turned to Lex. "Have you been teaching my son bad habits again?" he asked.

"Who me?" Lex asked, all innocence. "Never. Have I, Zak?"

"Uh-uh." Zak agreed with a vigorous shake of his head. "Aunt Lessie's real nice. Aren't you, Aunt Lessie?"

"Of course I am." Lex replied.

Jack snorted in disbelief, but didn't say anything. He greeted Lee and Kara warmly before turning his attention, like Bill, Laura and Sam, on little Zak, who was still nestled in Lex's arms.

Kara grinned at Lex. "Hi, Lex." She said.

"Hey, Kara." Lex replied with a smile.

"I made something for you, Aunt Lessie." Zak beamed proudly, dragging a necklace out of his pocket. It was made from numerous brightly coloured beads and what looked like macaroni. "Do you like it?"

"Yes, it's beautiful. I love it." Lex told him, as she took the necklace from him and slipped it around her neck. "There. Now, how would you like a glass of chocolate milk?"

"Yes!" Zak cried excitedly, as Lex put him down.

Looking down at him, as she grabbed a glass from the cupboard, Lex raised an eyebrow. "And what's the magic word?" she asked.

"Please?" Zak looked at Lex so hopefully, that she couldn't help but smile.

That one was going to be a lady-killer just like his father, Lex just knew it. He already had the innocent charm act down pat. And he'd need it, as Lex would also bet that this boy would get into more trouble than his parents combined. She gave him the milk and ruffled his hair. "There you go, kiddo." She said.

It was then that the Jackson clan decided to descend noisily en masse on the scene. Janet and Daniel entered, carrying their grandchildren and calling out greetings. Then came the beaming parents, JC and Althea. Finally, trailing behind everyone was Lucas, still looking a little bemused.

"Grandpa!" cried Catherine, JC and Althea's oldest daughter, when she saw Jack.

"Pa?" called her younger sister, Emily. "Where, Pa?"

The two curly-haired monsters squirmed out of their other grandparents' grasp and went to fling themselves on Jack, Emily toddling a little slower than her sister as she had only just learnt to walk. After the enthusiastic greetings were over, Jack, still with two cherubs on his lap (not garden implements) turned a speculative look on his daughter.

"So, when do you think I'm getting some more grandkids, Lexie?" he asked.

"When I make General." Lex answered quickly. Then she glanced at her father. "I thought you'd be proud to have another General in the family?"

"I'd be prouder to have a General with kids." Jack replied.

Lex laughed at her father's familiar complaint. "I'm not even married yet, Dad." She reminded him.

"Yes, why is that?" Jack asked. "Isn't it about time you settled down?"

"Dad!"

JC chuckled loudly and Lex sent a glare towards her older brother. "Yes, Lex. Isn't it about time you settled down?" he echoed.

"Maybe I want to conquer the Universe first." Lex told them both.

"You can conquer the Universe with kids." Jack pointed out. "I did."

"Yeah, but it's a little hard to command a starship with toddlers underfoot." Lex retorted.

Sam looked lovingly at her husband and then back at her daughter. "It'll come." She warned with a slight smile. "And then conquering the Universe won't matter so much."

Leaning back against the kitchen bench, cup of coffee in hand and a thoroughly disgusted look on her face from all the questions and advice, Lex rolled her eyes. "Does anybody mind that until then I continue with my day job?" she asked no one in particular.

"Lucas seems to be of the same mind." Daniel remarked dryly. "I think those two have a problem, Jack."

Cutting off any further discussion, Lex put down her coffee cup. "I'm going to change." She declared, mercilessly leaving Lucas to his fate.

After all, if Lucas has said nothing to save her from the barrage of questions, she wasn't sticking around to save him. But she did wait just outside the door to the kitchen and grinned as Lucas burst out a moment later. "Thanks for the help." He said dryly.

"I gave you as much help as you gave me." Lex answered.

Lucas shook his head. "You'd think a 35 year old man wouldn't be scared of his parents anymore."

Lex shuddered. "It has nothing to do with age." She said. "They're just scary."

Lucas chuckled at her reaction. "I thought you were a Colonel?"

"Rank doesn't mean much to them, mainly because, retired or not, they all still outrank me." Lex sighed. "Now, I really do have to change."

Nodding, Lucas followed her up the stairs, hoping either hiding or safety in numbers would protect him from his matchmaking parents. That was always the downside to taking a vacation with his family. It was, however, nice to not have to wear that military green for a few days though. Lucas had almost forgotten what it felt like to wear his old jeans.

Wandering into the large guest bedroom, complete with en suite and balcony, he let out a low whistle. The large house was made mostly from rough hewn wood and stone, but inside it was gracefully and elegant. No doubt due to Laura's efforts. The guest bedroom was decorated in tones of cream and gold, and the room was large enough to have it's own couch!

"Bill and Laura sure have a nice place." Lucas said.

Lex grinned wryly. "Yeah, they do." She agreed. "The cramped quarters on the Explorer are going to seem like hell after this."

Lucas gave her a teasing wink. "Don't worry." He told her. "It's not like you'll actually have much time to be in them, now that you're the commander of your very own ship."

Lex laughed sardonically. "True." She conceded.

Disappearing into the small en suite bathroom, Lex grabbed jeans, boots and a light sweater to change into, before catching sight of her hair. She groaned in despair at the tangled mess. Had she really walked around looking like that?

Lucas knocked on the door at her groan. "What's wrong?" he asked.

"My hair!" Lex moaned.

"Well, I didn't want to say anything…" Lucas teased with a grin. "Seriously, though, it's fine."

"It's a mess!"

"It's a little wild, that's all." Lucas disagreed.

He really didn't know what Lex's problem was with her hair. He liked it all wild and messy like that – even if it sometimes looked a little lopsided. Lex emerged from the bathroom, now dressed in her jeans, boots and sweater, with her hair looking decidedly more subdued. On impulse, Lucas reached over and messed it up again. Lex glared darkly at him, but he just grinned.

"Do you want me to throw you to the wolves?" she asked a little waspishly.

"You wouldn't!"

"Mess with my hair again and I just might!" Lex threatened.

As they made their way downstairs again, Lex and Lucas caught sight of Laura leading Teal'c and a heavily pregnant Ishta through to the kitchen. Pregnancy, it seemed, had made Ishta even more short tempered than usual, and the couple were arguing merrily as they followed Laura.

"Memnac is a perfectly adequate name." Teal'c stated in his serious tone.

"For a boy!" Ishta snapped. "But not for my daughter!"

"Why are you so certain it will be a girl?" Teal'c enquired, raising his infamous eyebrow.

Before Ishta could retaliate, Lex and Lucas reached the bottom of the stairs. "Hey, T." Lex greeted happily, giving the big man a kiss on the cheek. "Ishta."

"Alexandra." Teal'c replied.

Linking arms with Ishta, Lex stopped the argument from becoming even more heated and walked on towards the kitchen with the blonde woman who had watched her grow up. "So, how's the baby?" she asked brightly.

With a final dark look at her husband, Ishta turned and smiled at Lex. "She is doing fine."

Teal'c and Lucas watched the two women walk off, a little bemused. "I was enjoying that." Teal'c remarked finally.

Lucas laughed. "You could always argue with me." He suggested.

Teal'c looked at him. "It's just not the same." He said sadly.

A few hours later, everyone found themselves sitting around a large table outside in the sun, enjoying a large meal and a bottle of wine or two. Dr. Cassandra Quinn (Janet and Daniel's adopted daughter) and her husband Dr. Jonas Quinn had arrived a little earlier, adding more children into the menagerie they seemed to be collecting. The children and Laura's two dogs, Fudge and Brownie, ran around the lawn making lots of noise, while the adults sat back and watched indulgently.

Sipping a nice glass of white wine, Lex leaned back and watched her family. It had grown and changed over the last ten years, not only with her nieces and godchildren, but in new "siblings" as well. Bill Adama felt more like a slightly eccentric Uncle to her these days, with Laura her ever elegant Aunt. Even Lee and Kara felt like cousins she had known all her life.

She caught Lucas smirking at her and wiped the tender smile off her face. She poked her tongue out at him in retaliation. Childish, she knew, but he always seemed to bring out the child in her. The three glasses of wine probably hadn't helped either. Lex grinned to herself. She just had too much of her father in her.

It was then that more guests arrived. "I'm beginning to feel like we're running a hotel here!" Bill joked.

But he grinned and joined in the greetings as General John Sheppard and his wife, Elizabeth, strolled over arm in arm. Behind them, their fourteen-year old twins sulked. "Go and say hello to your cousins." John told his son and daughter.

"They're not my cousins!" James, his son, complained loudly. "I don't want to talk to a bunch of babies!"

"Me either!" his sister, Terri, chimed in.

John sighed wearily, as the twins were being particularly difficult now that they had hit their teenage years. "Well, I think they're perfectly lovely." Annie, Sharon and Karl Agathon's 10 year old daughter said as she walked past.

Sharon and Karl smiled as they walked up to join everyone, having managed to get some time away from being the First Couple of the Colonies. Grumbling, but thankfully without further comment, the twins joined her and the adults called out their greetings to the others. Grabbing some spare seats, they all started tucking into the foods at the loud and boisterous conversation resumed. The rest of the afternoon and early evening was spent in a myriad of conversations and competitions, mothers and fathers leaving only to put tired little ones to bed or to occupy the larger ones with video games.

The braziers were lit at the sun set, and gradually everyone broke up into smaller groups as they finished eating. John and Jack were merrily debating the merits of hockey versus football, with the occasional interjection from Daniel, Teal'c or Bill. Sam, Elizabeth and Laura were trading horror stories about all the formal dinners and diplomatic nightmares they had been to. Kara, Althea and Ishta were all cooing about babies – well, Althea was cooing, but both Kara and Ishta had little smiles on their faces, as close to mushy as Lucas had ever seen them. Lee and Karl were talking about their days back at the Academy, mostly stories about how much trouble Kara had gotten them into. And Lex and Sharon were playing chess.

Grinning in triumph, Lex moved her bishop. "Check mate!" she said.

Sharon blinked for a moment and then smiled softly. "So it is." She agreed. "Knew I should have suggested playing pyramid."

Before Lex could suggest a rematch, Sharon was distracted by her daughter running out of the house. "Mommie!"

Standing up, Sharon grunted softly as Annie ran straight into her and grabbed her around the waist, burying her face in Sharon's stomach. "I've got this." Sharon told her husband.

Prying her daughter's hands away from her sweater, Sharon took her daughters hand and started walking back towards the house. "What's wrong honey?" she asked as they strolled away.

"James was being mean and…" Annie's voice trailed off as the pair disappeared into the house.

Lex chuckled softly to herself as she packed away the chess set. When she looked up, she found Lucas staring at her. "What?" she asked. "Did you want to play?"

"No thanks." Lucas replied, still staring at her. "I'm good."

"Then, what?"

"Wanna go for a walk?" Lucas suggested suddenly.

Lex gave him a final confused look before standing. "Sure." She said. "But you know you're weird, right?"

Lucas grinned and seemed to relax a little. "It runs in the family." He replied.

The pair strolled around the lawn in the fading light, the air slowly growing cool. The wandered down towards the small creek that trickled down at the end of the property and the little pier Laura had built down there. Leaning back against the railing, Lex looked at Lucas' profile as he gazed out over the water. "So, you wanna say anything, or could you just not stand the bickering any more?" Lex asked.

Lucas grinned and turned to face her. "It was getting there." He said. "But no, I actually just wanted a chat without the matchmakers listening in."

Lex looked at Lucas in speculation. "What, you finally going to settle down with one of your nurses?" she teased.

Lucas shook his head. "Not quite."

"Then what?" Lex asked eagerly. "I have a feeling this is going to be major gossip!"

However, before either of them could say anything else, the modified pagers each of them wore on their belts gave a beep. "Incoming hologram." The female voice reported.

Groaning in annoyance as Lucas frowned wryly, they both turned and jogged back to the others, knowing that the only reason they were being disturbed it because something serious was happening. "You're going to tell me what it is." Lex muttered to Lucas as the others came into sight. "Don't think this let's you out of it!"

As everyone gathered for the hologram, having received similar notices (or for those who had retired, just coming to see what the commotion was) on the lawn, a few glances were shared. Lee, Kara and Lex all grinned, knowing an adventure was not far off (particularly since Lee had also recently been granted a starship to command, now that he was a Colonel like Lex), Sharon was looking resigned to have to deal with more politics and diplomacy, John and Jonas were taking bets as to who it was and Ishta was lecturing her husband to stay out of danger this time.

The hologram appeared in a shimmering blue light. Lex grinned when she recognised Charles "Ice" Boone, her old wing mate and current Major. "Sorry, sirs and Madam President for interrupting, but we have a situation on our hands." He explained in his English accent. "Earth is under threat from a new enemy and we need your assistance immediately."

"Do I have time to grab my uniform?" Lex asked, knowing her duffle was still upstairs in the guest bedroom.

"No need." Ice grinned, before relaying everyone's orders. "Colonel O'Neill, Colonel Adama Major Jackson, we need to you to return to your ships. General Sheppard and Dr. Sheppard, we need you to return to Atlantis, along with Drs. O'Neill. I think we're going to need your expertise."

"Major Adama and Major Agathon," Ice continued, turning to Kara and Karl. "Stargate Command has reassigned you from the Academy to active duty, with your acceptance. We have need of your skills. Major Adama will be stationed as CAG aboard the U.N.E.S Explorer and Major Agathon aboard the U.N.E.S Icarus, under Colonel Adama."

"Madame President," Ice added, turning to Sharon, "an emergency meeting of the U.N.E Council has been called on Earth. Transport has been arranged from the SGC, so you can accompany Teal'c, and Drs. Quinn as they report in to the SGC."

As soon as the orders were concluded, the thirteen active SGC personnel disappeared in a flash of bright light as the transporters kicked in. Suddenly the large family gathering was reduced to seven. "Guess we've got babysitting duty then." Janet remarked dryly.

Jack stared at the empty places where so many of his family and friends had been only moments before. "So…" he said after a moment. "Any cake left?"

"Aren't you even a little worried?" Daniel asked his old friend.

"Nah," Jack grinned. "They can handle it. Now, seriously, where's the cake?"

The End.