Bumper update today seeing as I won't be able to post from Saturday to about Tuesday... and I might be late with Jackson Junior: Past and Present. Enjoy. : )

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Daniel stood at the front of a packed Church full of Jacksons, Ballards, Carters, fire-fighters, Air Force personnel, and other friends. Standing next to Robert, his best man, he said quietly, checking his watch as he glanced up at the Priest who smiled at him,

"She's late."

Robert replied, sniffing a little, "I'm sure it's nothing, Daniel. Don't panic."

"What if Sarah's cracked and taken her hostage?"

"Relax. You and I both know she won't do that. She refused to come anyway. Now stop it."

Daniel took a deep breath to calm himself, and then glanced back to see a blonde middle-aged man in a dark blue suit quietly slip out. T whispered, noticing the confused look,

"Daniel."

Daniel turned to look at where T was sitting with Shauna, and their two children, a beaming Janet next to them, and the big guy continued, "Mark isn't running away – he's just gone to wait for Sam."

Daniel nodded in acknowledgement and turned back to the front, waiting for his bride and trying to ignore the butterflies having a raucous house party in his stomach, micro-moments of doubt interspersed by sniffs from his best man.

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Sam swallowed past her own butterflies as their car pulled up outside the Church, and she smiled on seeing Mark standing outside, his hands in his pockets. She pointed him out to Madison, the little girl sceptical at first before turning over in Cam's hold to see that her Aunt had been telling the truth. The little girl's excitement managed to make her nervousness a little easier to handle, and Jack turned around to look at the bride, asking,

"Carter, you ready?"

Sam nodded and replied, calming herself, "I think so, Sir."

He smiled slightly and got out as Cam and Tessa opened their doors, Madison excitedly running into the arms of her father. Mark gently set his daughter down after hugging her and then approached the open car door, offering his hand to his sister as he said with a smile,

"It seems so surreal."

Cam muttered, remarking as he raised an eyebrow at an amused Jack, "Not one for gracious words."

The elder Carter gently helped Sam out of the car as the Jacksons and Nick and Jonas got out of the car that had pulled up behind them, Melburn approaching to take a few photos of his soon-to-be daughter-in-law. Sam hugged her brother, saying,

"Thanks, Mark."

"Hey, no problem, Sammy. You look wonderful. It's almost like looking at the pics of Mom on her wedding day. You ok?"

She nodded and Jack said, "Ok folks, I'm the honorary father of the bride, so everyone else get in before they wonder whether we've been abducted by aliens…"

After one more round of hugs and wishes of good luck, everyone else entered the Church in pairs, Tessa holding Madison's hand and gently briefing her on what she had to do; Claire on Cam's arm, Jonas with Mark, and a rather disgruntled Melburn with a smug Nick.

When they had gone in, Jack asked Sam, "Are you sure you're ok?"

"I'm fine, Sir… still nervous."

"That's normal. Baby ok?"

She nodded, glancing down at her bump that had been carefully concealed by Shauna earlier, and he asked, "Ready to go in?"

She nodded again, this time after a moment's hesitation, and he said, taking her arm, "Deep breath, Carter."

She took a deep breath and then with a little smile, he led her into the Church slowly, remarking, "This better be the right Church or you're going to be marrying someone completely different."

"Sir?!"

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Inside, Daniel turned around as the remaining guests came down the aisle in pairs; his parents, his grandfather, his sister, his soon-to-be brother-in-law, his soon-to-be niece, his 'technical' soon-to-be brother-in-law, and his fiancée's former colleague. Jonas joked with a grin when he and Mark had reached them,

"She's way too good for you. You might as well go home now."

Daniel smiled nervously and Mark said, patting the Psychologist on the shoulder, "I couldn't be prouder. Welcome to the family."

Daniel nodded in thanks, and a proudly smiling Melburn said, "Good luck."

Claire kissed her son before Melburn gently ushered everyone other the bridesmaids to their seats, and Daniel returned his gaze to the front again. A few seconds later, the sound of Mendelssohn's Wedding March had the heads of all present turning towards the doorway, Daniel's too as a proudly smiling Jack slowly escorted a nervously smiling Sam down the aisle.

Daniel didn't notice the camera flashes or the gasps as he gaped at his stunning bride, losing all track of time and space. Their eyes met and Sam's nervousness appeared to dissipate as she focussed on him; her fiancé, the man with whom she was overwhelmingly in love with, the father of her unborn child.

When Jack and Sam reached the altar, the Colonel, unable to stop smiling, gave Daniel her hand, saying as he patted the Psychologist's shoulder, "Take good care of her, Shrink Monkey."

Daniel smiled and Jack hugged Sam, whispering after she had kissed him on the cheek to thank him, "You're almost there. No passing out."

Still smiling, Jack sat down on the end of a pew on the Carter side, next to Sara who reached for his hand, and Daniel whispered as the Priest waited a few moments, "You look absolutely amazing. How are you feeling?"

Sam smiled at him, glancing up at the Priest, "Nervous… you?"

"Same here. I hope I remember your name."

They smiled at each other and, still holding hands, they looked up to the old Priest, who smiled at them warmly and began the service, his voice bearing a soft German lilt, "We are gathered here to today to witness the union of Daniel Andrew Jackson and Samantha Anne Carter in holy matrimony…"

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"If anyone should have any objection to this union taking place, speak now in the eyes of the Lord, or forever hold your peace."

After a pause, while Sam's friends jokingly looked ready to object, all eyes were suddenly drawn to the doorway, where, silhouetted against the daylight stood none other than Sarah Gardener. She walked slowly down the aisle, saying in a slurred voice, looking anguished,

"I… I do. I never really got a chance to say those words, did I? Not with you, Daniel. You led me down the garden path for a year, but never once did you tell me that you loved me or anything. I never met your parents, I never met…"

Noticing the odd looks from everyone, including Sam and Daniel, she continued, "Oh don't mind me… I'm not drunk. Unlike a certain Psychologist, I can handle a glass of wine… or was that a bottle of wine? I don't know. Actually… I think it might have been beer as well."

Cam got up to hold back an angry Tessa as Sarah continued her rant, Jack picking Madison up protectively and passing her down the line to her parents.

Daniel said in a level voice, "Sarah, I think you had better leave. You're drunk."

"No… no, I'm not… Ok, maybe I am a teeny-weeny bit, but who could blame me? We've known each other for so long but you never proposed. I lost to a fire-fighting tomboy who actually likes cats! Who'd ever thought of such a thing?! While we're on that topic, why don't you tell everyone that you're going to be a Daddy soon? Hmm? Yes, a Daddy. You see, she knew that you're an idiot, but she isn't getting any younger, so she bagged you the only way she could think of."

She looked right at Sam, very angry as she asked, "What was it, putting holes in the condoms? Or did you tie him to the bed?!"

The Priest cleared his throat and said reprovingly, "Madam, this is a house of God, not the set of Jerry Springer. Please leave this minute like a lady, or in the next minute, in utter disgrace."

Sarah rolled her eyes and then rushed at the bride as everyone gasped in horror, Daniel attempting, in vain, to protect his bride. Sam instinctively tackled her to the ground, managing to dodge the blows aimed for her face and then, sickeningly, to her stomach. Cam finally let Tessa go, the younger Jackson helping Sam out, and then with Jack and Cam's help, lugging the screaming redhead outside, where Cam arrested her while Jack called the Police.

Back inside, as the gathered guests murmured amongst themselves in concern as some craned their heads to peek outside, Daniel asked an upset looking Sam as he held her hands, "Sam?"

Sam took a deep breath and said, smoothing her bump as she reflected on what could have happened, "That was close."

He hugged her as she began to cry against his shoulder, whispering, "If I hadn't managed to dodge her attack, our baby would have died."

He smoothed her back and whispered in return as her friends and his parents approached them in concern, "Sam, I'm so proud of you. Let's focus on the here and now… our baby's still here and so are you."

A shame-faced Robert approached them and said nervously, "I'm so sorry. I didn't know she was going to do that. I thought she had more dignity than that."

Daniel nodded and Sam opened her eyes to look at the Archaeologist, saying, "It's ok. It wasn't your fault."

Melburn remarked with a slow raise of his eyebrows, "I take it, Danny, that that was the infamous Sarah?"

Daniel nodded again, and he said to Sam when they parted, still holding hands, "I'm sorry Sam."

Sam asked, bemused as he dried her tears, "Why?"

"For getting involved with a nut-case."

Sam smiled and touched his jaw affectionately, remarking, "Stop feeling guilt for things that aren't your fault."

T asked Sam, touching her shoulder, "You ok?"

She nodded, and Shauna remarked, looking uneasy, "What a day for that to happen."

Claire glanced at Melburn, who shrugged, and then Jack, Tessa and Cam returned, Melburn asking them, "Everything sorted?"

Jack nodded, looking smug as Tessa replied in relief, "The witch got arrested and they've taken her back to the station."

She looked from her brother to his bride, and asked, "You guys ok?"

The couple nodded, and Claire said, looking at them in concern, "We can reschedule… you had quite a shock, Sam. It can't be healthy for the baby."

Sam gazed at Daniel, the Psychologist gazing back at her, and she smiled slightly, remarking in a shaky voice, "The show must go on."

She turned to Claire, and said, "I think the baby's ok. It was a little scary though."

"Are you sure?"

Sam looked to Daniel and then they both smiled, the Captain replying, "Yes, Doctor Jackson."

Jack remarked with a smirk, "Attagirl."

Everyone resumed their places, calming down eventually, Cam gently hugging Sam before going back to sitting in between Janet and Val. The Priest, taking a moment to laugh now that the danger was over, remarked,

"This has got to be the most memorable wedding yet, and not because my favourite great-nephew is getting married."

Sam smiled at an embarrassed Daniel, and the Priest continued, still smiling, "Now, if no-one else has any objections… By the power vested in me, and the state of New York, I now pronounce you man and wife. You may kiss the bride… but keep it tasteful, Danny – your parents and grandfather are present."

Everyone looked excited and cheered as Daniel whispered with a smile, caressing Sam's cheek, "Well, hello there, Captain-Doctor Carter-Jackson."

She replied with a matching smile before they kissed tenderly, "Right back at ya, Doctor Jackson."

When they parted, gazing at each other lovingly, he touched her bump, whispering, "Hello, baby."

Still smiling happily as the guests left to gather outside, the new couple hugged Daniel's parents, grandfather and sister, and their friends, each of them offering the new couple their congratulations. Claire, crying as well as laughing, hugged Sam tight and said affectionately,

"Oh, my wonderful new daughter-in-law! I'm so proud of you!"

Tessa remarked, "Mom, let the poor woman breathe…"

When an amused Melburn managed to prise his ebullient wife from their new daughter-in-law, Tessa hugged both her brother and her sister-in-law, saying with a grin, "I'm proud of both of you, especially you, Action-Jackson."

Finally, they all left, and Daniel asked with a grin as he held her hand, "Shall we?"

Sam grinned happily back, replying, "Yes, I think we shall."

He hugged her as their friends waited at the doorway, whispering, "I love you so very much."

She replied, caressing his jaw tenderly, "Funnily enough, I love you too."

They gazed at each other lovingly, and he said softly, glancing at the doorway to see Robert waiting with a smirk, "Come on, let's go greet the masses."

Smiling, they walked together back up the aisle to the entrance, where the guests gathered around them as they emerged into the sunshine. They kissed one more time as cameras all-round flashed, and their friends cheered.

After lining up for photos, Sam was about to get into the car when Tessa called, "Sam!"

Sam chuckled, realising why Tessa had called her as the unmarried females of the party gathered around the bride, and she, her back to them, tossed the bouquet in amongst the crowd. She turned around and laughed as some of the women dived for the bouquet, others looking up as it passed them… and then Val leapt into the air, grabbing it before it could reach Tessa. Val screamed in triumph and then kissed an embarrassed Jonas as the other women congratulated her, and Sam winced, sitting down on the edge of the backseat as the discomfort of fluid accumulating in her ankles became too strong to ignore.

Daniel kneeled in front of the open door of the car in concern, asking softly as he held her hand, "Sam?"

She replied, "My ankles are swollen."

"Ah."

Jack remarked, leaning against the door, "Cold steak should do it."

They both looked up at the Colonel in disbelief and then bemusement as he smirked, and Tessa asked, running towards them as Cam followed, "Sam, what's up?"

"Ankles."

"Right. Well, you did pretty darn well, considering. Anywho…"

Sam, smiling, budged up so Daniel could join her, and, when he had closed the door, Jack taking the front passenger seat, the Psychologist lifted his new wife's feet into his lap and gently massaged her ankles. The car pulled away and they both waved at the crowds, and she said with a smile, watching his hands,

"Thanks."

"I hope it helps."

Still smiling, she looked at where her wedding ring sat, above her engagement ring, and she said, leaning her head against the backseat as she gazed at him, "It's been a great day, hasn't it?"

He smiled back at her, replying, "The best."

Jack remarked with a smirk, "Well, it's not everyday your pregnant bride throws a mad woman to the ground, and still wants to get married. Shauna's photos must be hysterical… although some of them may have to be given PG or R-ratings…"

"Jack?!"

"Sir?!"