A/N Thank you for the reviews of the last chapter and the story following, it means so much that you are enjoying this little story of mine. There is another 8 chapters left including the epilogue. Enjoy!
Chapter 20-
Lying in bed, Sam's head was resting on Jack's chest, their legs intertwined. Jack was drawing lazy circles with his thumb on her back.
"Jack..."
"Umm"
"We need to talk more about the wedding" she said, lifting her head up to look at him.
"Sam, whatever you want is fine with me!" He told her, giving her a kiss on the forehead, his lips lingering against her until she pulled away
"Are you sure?" She asked him, knowing that they had discussed a lot of things about the wedding over the phone previously but not the location.
"This is your day Sam; just tell me where I have to be"
"I was thinking since I am being reassigned to NORAD, we could get married at the Air force Academy" she said.
"If that's what you want Sam," he told her kissing the top of her head.
"This is your wedding too Jack, I want you to care Jack!" She said getting frustrated with him, with the fact he was letting her make all the decisions, that he simply agreed with her all the time.
"Samantha I do care, all I want is to marry you, I would marry you right here in this bed, if I could. All I want is to have Charlie there, and I am happy, okay?"
"No..." She said removing herself from his embrace, and getting out of bed, forgetting for a moment she was naked. "I want you to help Jack; I can't do this all by myself. I want you to tell me what you want, not just agree with me all the time" she said turning to face him, with her hands on her hips, to notice him staring her. "Damn it Jack!" She snapped at him, knowing that he is staring at her as she stood in front of him naked.
Looking into his dark chocolate eyes, that were filled with love, desire and lust for her, Jack reaches out to her and pulls her back into bed with him. Rolling her underneath him, he nibbles at her earlobe causing Sam to giggle, and pressing a kiss into her neck, smiling against the skin that his mouth rested on.
"I do care" he murmured into her neck, as he planted little kisses before looking into her blue eyes. "I am marrying the most... Beautiful... Sexy... Hot... Woman in the world!" He said between kisses. "All I need is Charlie with us, and I will marry you anywhere you want" he said thrusting his tongue into her mouth, and kissing her hard.
"Okay" she said breathlessly, looking up in to his chocolate brown eyes, and finding herself lost in them as his mouth fused with hers.
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Several hours later, Jack awoke to a cold empty bed, groaning he reached over to grab his t-shirt off the floor, and walking out of the bedroom, that they shared and he could hear Sam talking to someone in the kitchen. Jack was aware that he just had boxers and a t-shirt on, so he went back to the bedroom and grabbed a pair of jeans out of his duffel bag. Once he had brushed his teeth, he made his way to the kitchen, and saw an older man sitting at the table who seemed familiar.
"Jack... You're up!" Sam said in surprise, she was hoping to have gotten rid of her father before he did, she hadn't even told her dad that she was seeing anyone, let alone that she was engaged.
"Jack, you remember my father General Jacob Carter?"
"Of course, we met outside the pentagon, it's nice to see you again, sir" he said, holding his hand out to the older man, he seemed hesitant to take it but he did so.
"Dad, this is Jack" Sam said biting her bottom lip.
"Lieutenant Colonel wasn't it?"
"Yes sir" he said, as Sam passed him a cup of coffee. "Thanks Sam" he said giving her a grin, before sitting down on the chair next to Sam. He could see how nervous Sam was by the way she was shaking, only slightly, her father was probably not even aware but Jack was. He squeezed her knee underneath the table to let her know that it was alright. They didn't need words to communicate.
"So, how long are you in Washington for?" Jacob asked him, watching the man that he had met the previous year, Jacob had a feeling then that something was going on between the older man and his daughter.
"Sunday night I go back to Colorado"
"You based at Peterson AFB?" Jacob asked.
"Yes sir"
Jacob never failed to noticed how nervous Sam had seemed when he first arrived, but he was concerned that she might have gotten back with Jonas Hansen because of how quiet and secretive she had been especially this past year, and he can't say that he was best pleased if this looked like what he thought it was. He noticed how Sam brightened up as he came into the room, and the way that her body automatically matched his, the look of love that she gave him; and the way Jack's eyes never left Sam, but he still didn't think this man was good enough for his daughter, but then no man ever was. It wasn't like they were going to get married or anything.
"How long have you been seeing Jack, Sam?" He asked turning his attention back to his daughter.
"Over a year, dad" she told him, grasping Jack's hand under the table.
"And you never thought to tell me Sammie?"
"Dad, it was never that easy" she told him.
"Its not exactly hard Sammie"
"After how you reacted to Jonas" Sam said getting riled up.
"And with good reason Sammie, you let the man treat you like garbage" he riled back at her.
"Jack is nothing like Jonas, and besides it is my life, not your's!" She said loudly, not bothering to hide the tears, as Jack pulled her into his arms, letting her sob into his chest.
"Sir, I understand that you want what is best for Samantha, but the two of you yelling at each other isn't going to help. You have no reason to trust me, but I love Sam, and I have done for three years, Sam means the world to me, next to my son, who loves Sam and I know Sam love's him"
"You were married before?" He asked, surprised at this news.
"Yes, I have been divorced for just under a year and a half, Charlie, my son is almost 6" he told her father.
"Dad, it doesn't matter, I love Jack and I am going to marry him" she told her father.
"You! WHAT?" Jacob stood up and yelled.
"You heard me dad, I am going to marry Jack, next month. I would..." Sam started until Jacob stormed out of kitchen and slammed her front door behind him. Jack pulled her in for another hug and sitting her on his lap on the floor, he held her close to him as she cried in his arms. He let her cry it out, he never knew what to do with a crying a woman and Sam was no exception.
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The next day Jack was sat watching the Simpson's whilst he waited for Sam to get back from shopping when Sam's home phone rang. Normally he wouldn't answer it, but since Sam was out and that he had given Sara this number in case anything happened to Charlie.
"Carter's residence" he said.
"Jack... It's Jacob Carter"
"General Carter, sir"
"Jack, I was hoping that you would agree to meet with me, I would like to talk to you"
"Sam isn't home at the moment..."
"I want to talk to you alone Jack?"
"May I ask why?"
"It's not something i want to do over the phone, and I should get to know the man who is going to be my son in law"
"Alright... Where?"
"There is a cafe in Arlington on the main street called Mario's; could you meet me there in an hour?"
"Okay"
"One more thing Jack, don't tell Sam." He said before hanging up, and therefore not allowing Jack to protest. Jack wasn't happy about keeping this a secret from Sam; he had enough of the secrets with the classified nature of their jobs, but he would wait to tell her until after he met with her father. He knew it would take about 40 minutes to get to Arlington from Sam's apartment and that she would worry if he just disappeared, so going to get changed he left her note for when she came home.
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Arriving at the cafe, Jack was surprised to see that he made it there before Jacob did; ordering himself a coffee and finding a table while he waited for General Carter to arrive. He sat and watched as people entered but none of them were Sam's father and glancing down at his watch he had already been sat there for 30 minutes. 30 minutes turned into 45 minutes and 45 minutes turned into an hour.
Jack was standing up getting ready to leave when he saw Jacob Carter enter the cafe and he was in his dress blue's and Jack could say that he looked impressive as a Major General, and for a moment he saw him not as his fiancée's father but as his superior until he reminded himself about what happened the day before, and the cold look in Jacob's eyes.
"Sir" he said greeting him.
"Sit down Jack, you aren't on duty" Jacob said, taking off his hat, and placing it on the table before sitting down opposite him.
"What did you want to see me for?"
"Straight to the point, I have to say I like that in a man who is dating my daughter"
"It is a bit more than dating Jacob" Jack said.
"I know that Jack, but that won't be for much longer" he said, coldly.
"Excuse me?" Jack asked, not hiding his surprise for once, he knew around this man he needed to drop the military bravado that he had built around him.
"I am asking you to break it off Jack"
"Why would I do that?"
"Because if you don't, I will have you reassigned to Antarctica, as far away from my daughter as possible"
"You can't do that, you are not my superior officer"
"Oh but I can Jack, I have seen your file, I know what you are involved in"
"I hope all this isn't because I am Black Ops"
"No... it's about the fact that you aren't good enough for my daughter, Jack"
"Your daughter is old enough to make her own decisions, she is a grown woman"
"Maybe, but I do not want her throwing away her life, her career, her future"
"Sam is not throwing away anything, and besides I wouldn't let her. I love Sam, and I am marrying her, as long as she will have me. If she asked me to walk away than I would, but until she does, I will be here and you have to learn to accept that Jacob!" Jack said standing up to leave, he knew that he wasn't good enough for Sam, but she seemed to think that he was and until she changed her mind, he wasn't going anywhere.
"I am marrying her, and I would rather do it with your blessing, not for my sake but for Sam's, she might not admit it but having your support would mean the world to her. I hope that you can put aside the fact, that you don't like me, and be there for Sam" he told him. Putting money on the table for his drink Jack left the coffee shop.