Chapter Twenty-Eight

Three hours later Sam woke up still snuggled up to Jack. She also noticed a blanket over them. She then opened her eyes to see a four-year-old girl with blond hair and brown eyes looking at her.

"Hello" Sam said

"Hello, are you going to marry Uncle Jack?"

"Ah, I don't know. Who are you?"

"My Name is Elizabeth O'Neill but everyone calls me Lizzie"

"Hello Lizzie. My name is Samantha Carter, every one calls me Sam"

"Can I call you Auntie Sam?"

"Why don't you call me Sam, for the time being, ok?"

"Ok"

"Lizzie, what are you doing in my room?" Jack said, with his eyes still closed. Lizzie giggled

"Hello Uncle Jack, are you going to marry Sam?"

This time Sam giggled and buried her head in Jack's chest. Jack opened his eyes and looked at where Sam was, then turned his head to see Lizzie standing there with a toothless grin on her face.

"Come here you little squirt"

Lizzie climbed up on the bed to give Jack a hug. By this time Sam looked up to see what was going on. She smiled when she saw him hug his only niece. Sam remembered that Jack said that he had only one niece and six nephews. Sam noticed that Jack was watching her.

"Sam, are you ok?"

"Yea I am, just thinking about what you told me about your family"

"Ok"

He started tickling Lizzie which made her laugh, and then he hugged her one again. Then they heard a knock on the door.

"Lizzie, I hope you didn't wake you uncle and his girlfriend up"

"No" Sam heard a male voice; she rolled over to see a guy looking at them

"Hi, you must be Sam, I'm David"

"Hi, yes I am" they both shook hands
"Hi ya Jack. I hope Lizzie didn't wake you?"

"Na, she's a good kid. I think she was more curious than any thing else, just like you were at her age David" Jack said smiling.

"Anyway, everyone is waiting for you two to show up and dinner is ready"

"Ok, we will be down in a couple of minutes"

"Ok, come on Lizzie, we are having lasagna for dinner"

"Yuck" she said as she got down from the bed.

"Lizzie"

"Yes Sam"

"If you and your brothers and cousins eat all of your dinner tonight, I'll take you all out for ice cream for dessert if it is ok with your parents"

"Me too Sam?" Jack asked, with a puppy look on his face

"Ok and any one else, remember all of it gone or no ice cream"

"Ok" Lizzie, said, with a grin. Then both David and Lizzie left them alone.

"Sam you are amazing with Lizzie, I heard you two talking. You are going to be a great mother one day"

"Thanks, you are going to be a great dad one day yourself" then Sam leant over and kissed him.

"We better get up and head downstairs"

"Ok" they kissed one more time before getting up.

Sam found out that Jack had a bathroom off his bedroom. Once finished in there, they both headed downstairs to greet the rest of the family.

When they arrived in the dining room, Jack introduced Sam to his family. Then Jack's Father John walked up to her and gave here a big bear hug.

"Easy dad, remember her back. Sam, are you ok"

"Yes, Jack, I'm fine"

"Sorry there, Sam I forgot about it. Jonathan told us about what happened to you and how lucky you were"

"Thank you for having me here"

"Hey no problems Come on dinner is ready. Lizzie said something about you buying ice cream afterwards?"

"Yes, I said that I'll buy everyone who wants ice cream after all the lasagne is gone"

"Ah, a bribe, well Jonathan know a great ice cream shop in town we all could go to afterwards"

"First thing first, the lasagna"

"Of cause, shall we?" He points to the table and chairs.

They all sat down as Heidi and Laura showed up with the lasagna which was in two large dishes. Laura gave Sam a wink that confused Sam.

They all had small amounts on their plates. Then John said grace before every one looked at their meal. Sam tried a small bite first, then realized what Laura had done; it was her recipe that she used.

"Laura this is good"

"Thank you Sam"

Jack looked at Sam, then tried to remember what he saw Sam writing down, it was her family recipe. Then the others tried it and loved it. They all went back for seconds, except for Sam.

"Mom this is the best lasagna I have ever had. Did you add something to it?" David asked

"Oh a bit of this and bit of that" Sam started to giggle.

"Sam, is this?" Jack asked and Sam nodded.

"Ah, well then I better make some room for dessert"

Every one enjoyed their dinner. Within a half an hour all the lasagna was gone. They sat at the table for a while, talking, until Lizzie spoke up.

"Sam, can we get some ice cream, please?" every one went quiet.

"Well, it is up to you all"

"How about now, then we can all go to the park across the street and eat them and walk off our dinner" Jack said. They all agreed.

Once the dishes were done, everyone got into their cars and truck, and headed to the ice cream parlor. When they arrived there, everyone choose what ice creams they wanted.

Once Sam paid for them and they returned to the house, they all went across the street to the park to eat them and watch the kids play for a while.

The adults sat down at one of the large picnic tables and talked. They asked Sam lots of questions about her family. Why she joined the Air Force, how she met Jack. They were there for half an hour before heading back, since it was getting dark and the younger ones were getting tired.

They all said their goodnight's to the family and thanked Sam for the ice creams and then they parted ways. When Jack and Sam returned back to his parent's house, they had some Irish coffee with John and Laura. They all talked for a while before heading to bed, since it been a long day.