Cameron Learns a Thing or Two

A/N: We are almost to the end of season 9 and TPTB still haven't told us whether Sam and Jack got together or not! So, here's another scene suggestion to let Daniel, Teal'c, Cameron and the fans know the status of Sam and Jack's relationship.

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It had been five weeks since Lieutenant Colonel Samantha Carter had spent a weekend with her husband, Major General Jack O'Neill. They had joked about getting Asgard transportation stones from Thor, but the reality was that they had to travel the same way other Americans did - either by commercial air or MAC flights. Since commercial flights offered more choices and times that fit their schedules better, that was the route they usually took.

It was Friday, and Sam had gotten permission from General Landry to leave the base at noon. After changing into civvies, she drove directly to the airport in Denver. By the time she parked the truck and found Jack's arrival gate it was a little after 1400 hours.

Sam checked her watch then looked at an arrival monitor to see if Jack's flight was on time. The monitor showed that flight 697 from Dulles was on time and would be arriving at gate 36 at 1515.

With slightly over an hour to wait, Sam went to Starbucks, got a cup of coffee and had a seat at one of the small tables. She passed the time by reading a book, but kept checking her watch and had trouble focusing on what she was reading.

Finally, it was time to head to the gate to meet Jack. She didn't have to wait long as the General was one of the first passengers off the plane. Dressed in Dockers and a light blue short sleeve shirt, Sam couldn't help but think he looked hot!

Jack immediately picked Sam out of the crowd of people waiting for their friends and loved ones to disembark. She was wearing jeans and a pink sweater and Jack thought she was the most beautiful thing he had ever seen. He pulled her into an embrace and held her tight as he whispered in her ear "Hey, beautiful! I'm glad to see you!"

"Me too, Jack!" She whispered back.

I was close to 5:00 PM when they arrived back at the house in Colorado Springs and the first thing they wanted to do was make love.

After nearly two hours of passion, playfulness and fulfilling each other's desires, the couple was fully dressed and discussing dinner options when the doorbell rang.

Sam was still fixing her hair and make up so Jack went to answer the door.

"Mitchell." Jack said as he found himself looking at the Lieutenant Colonel who was standing on his door step wearing jeans and a polo shirt.

"Uh...General O'Neill?" the Colonel stammered. He looked over his shoulder at his two friends waiting in the SUV, shrugged in their direction, then looked back at the General in confusion.

"Um, General is Sam here?"

"Yeah, what's up?"

"Well I, ...that is Daniel, Teal'c and I stopped by to see if she wanted to go out to eat with the team."

From somewhere in the house Cameron heard Sam's voice. "Who is it, Jack?"

The General turned to answer her "It's Mitchell."

Suddenly Sam appeared at the door beside Jack. "Hey, Cameron, what's up?" She asked.

"Ah..., well, we..." he waved a hand in the direction of the car "just wanted to know if you wanted to go out to eat with the team."

"Where are you going?" she asked.

"O'Malley's."

Sam looked into Jack's eyes and he said "I haven't seen Daniel or Teal'c for about 5 months. It could be fun."

"Ok," Sam said to Cameron "we'll meet you there."

Cameron walked back to his SUV trying to put the pieces of the past year into place. Sam telling him that she had her reasons for requesting the job at Area 51, her initial reluctance to come back and join SG1, her occasional use of sarcasm and frequently not being interested in doing anything with the team.

Mitchell was still deep in thought as he climbed back into the car.

"Was that Jack?" Daniel inquired.

"Huh? Oh, yeah, that was General O'Neill."

"Is O'Neill going to join us at O'Malley's?" Teal'c asked.

"Um, yeah, they're going to meet us there."

"Good. I have not spoken to O'Neill in quite some time. It should be a pleasant evening."

"Am I the only one who is surprised to find General O'Neill at Sam's house?"

"Um, yeah..."

"Indeed."

"What's going on with those two and why didn't I know anything about it?"

"Well, we don't know for sure what's going on with them, but we're definitely not surprised to see them together."

"Indeed. I have long suspected that Carter and O'Neill are in a relationship."

"Well, how come I'm the only one who doesn't know about this?" Cameron complained.

"For one thing," Daniel began explaining "you didn't work with Sam and Jack for eight years. And then there's that whole thing where you wanted Sam to come back from Area 51 and rejoin SG1. Now, as I understand the Air Force regs, she was legal to date him while she was there, but now that she's back on SG1 she's in Jack's chain of command again."

"That would explain why she has not told you of their relationship." Teal'c added helpfully.

"Do you think Landry knows?" Mitchell asked.

"That I do not know."

"Sam can keep a secret pretty well, but it's not like either of them to blatantly break the rules."

"Perhaps we should not speculate, but rather ask them when they join us at O'Malley's." Teal'c stated.

"Yeah, I guess so."

The three members of SG1 arrived at O'Malley's and asked the hostess for a table for five in the non-smoking section. Shortly after they were seated Sam and Jack entered the restaurant and were shown to SG1's table.

Daniel, Teal'c and Cameron immediately rose upon seeing Jack and Sam. Daniel shook hands with O'Neill and said "Great to see you, Jack!"

"You too, Daniel."

Teal'c firmly grasped Jack's forearm, bowed slightly and said "I am pleased to see you well, O'Neill."

"Back at ya, T."

"Um, yeah, well, have a seat." Cameron indicated the two chairs side by side that they had reserved for Sam and Jack.

"Thanks Cameron." Sam said as she sat down.

Soon everyone was getting caught up on the events of the past year and reliving past missions.

The alcoholic beverages were flowing freely and the group was relaxing and having a good time.

"Hey!" Daniel began after a particularly funny story about Urgo, "do you remember the time we all turned into Neanderthals on the Broca Divide planet?"

"I did not turn into a Neaderthal, Daniel Jackson."

"Yeah, just because you had a symbiote!" he retorted.

"Well, the only thing I remember about that whole ordeal was this sweet little cut off tank top a certain Captain was wearing..."

"Jaaaack!" Sam was blushing now, despite the fact that she had already had several beers.

"Whoa! Wait a minute General. I didn't see anything about this in any of the mission reports I read! Fill me in!" Insisted Cameron.

Jack grinned evilly at Sam and before he could say anything Daniel said "Well, Sam contracted the Broca virus and she tried..."

"Daniel!" Sam nearly shouted, but everyone was having too much fun to stop the story.

"She forcefully attempted to seduce O'Neill." Teal'c finished.

"Man! Why don't these things ever happen to me!" Cameron lamented.

"Of course there was the time when O'Neill and I were the only ones aware that we were stuck in a time loop..."

"Teal'c ..." Jack shot Teal'c a warning look, but the big man ignored it.

"Daniel Jackson suggested that we could do almost anything since every 10 hours the day would start over again and there would be no consequences for our actions." Teal'c continued.

"T, I don't think they need to know about this..." Jack gave the big man a warning look.

The Jaffa ignored the look and continued his narrative. "O'Neill chose one of the loops to hand his resignation to General Hammond."

"You resigned? Why?" Asked Carter.

Before Jack could get a word in, Teal'c continued "So that he could kiss you, which he did in front of General Hammond, myself, and all of the gate technicians that were present."

"So, that's why you kept looking at me that way!"

Jack shrugged.

"I've just got one question," Sam continued "did I kiss you back?"

"Oh, yeah!" He said and everyone laughed.

Just then the waitress brought the check and asked if anyone would like anything else.

It was Teal'c who answered "No, I believe we shall be going now."

"I hope you guys have a designated driver." The waitress said.

"I am the designated driver," the Jaffa stated.

It took very little for Teal'c to convince Sam and Jack that they should leave their truck at O'Malley's and allow him to drive them home. Once the group had arrived at Sam and Jack's home, everyone was having such a good time that it seemed too early to end the party.

Sam invited them all in and they gladly accepted her invitation.

As everyone found a place to sit in the living room, Jack passed out beers to his guests while Sam put out bowls of chips, nuts and pretzels.

"So, Jack," Daniel began "why don't you tell Cameron about the time we were all brainwashed and forced into slave labor producing power for the domed city on that ice planet."

"No, how about I tell him how you became addicted to the sarcophagus PX whatever it was and left us to die working in the naquada mines."

"Um, yeah,...well, I'm sure we can think of a happier story than that."

The beer continued to flow freely as did the stories of past exploits. Cameron tried to impress the group with some of his stories, but he had an uncanny lack of skill at story telling.

After a time, Sam excused herself to go to the restroom, and Daniel took that opportunity to ask the question that had been on his mind for a long time. "So, Jack, remember Harlan's planet?"

"How can I forget! What was that he always said? Come try out?"

"Cometrya." Teal'c supplied.

"Whatever."

"Well," Daniel began again, "remember when we first met our 'copies' and Sam's copy said that she was identical to Sam right down to the mole... well, did you ever find where that mole is?"

"Daniel! I can't believe you would ask something like that!" Jack replied in mock indignation, then added "and a very cute little mole it is too!"

"Hey, I've got a question!" a very inebriated Cameron began, not wanting to be left out. "So, tell me, General, is Sam good in bed?"

Daniel and Teal'c froze. They stared at Colonel Mitchell for a moment before Teal'c spoke.

"Cameron Mitchell, that is not an appropriate question to ask a superior officer and certainly inappropriate when the other person in question is your teammate."

Cameron laughed. "Yeah, but it's Sam. I have been curious ever since I met her years ago. I could never get anywhere with her and I..."

"Mitchell," Jack said in his most stern General's voice "you are talking about my wife."

Daniel seized that opportunity to both change the subject and lighten the mood. "Your wife? You didn't tell me you guys were married! How come Teal'c and I weren't invited to the wedding?"

"Because, Daniel, we had to get married quickly before she came back to the SGC; basically, while it was still legal." Jack said in his most irritated voice.

"Ah. That would explain why we weren't told about it." Daniel stated.

"Weren't told about what?" Sam asked as she came back into the room.

"O'Neill has just informed us that the two of you are married. Congratulations, Samantha." Teal'c said.

"Uh,... thanks. But, you guys know that you can't tell anyone about this, right?"

"Yeah, sure, Sam. We understand." Daniel said..

"Perhaps I should take Mitchell and Daniel Jackson home now." Teal'c said as he stood up.

"Um, yeah, we should probably be going..." Daniel added as he stood up.

"Hey, you guys find out that Jack and I are married and you want to run off? What's up with that?" Sam asked.

"It's not that," Daniel began "but Cam has had too much to drink and he's becoming more obnoxious than usual..."

"Hey!" Mitchell interjected but Daniel continued "and you really don't want to be around him when he's this abhorrent."

"That is so. And I must go to Dakara early tomorrow morning as well."

"Ok, well thanks for dinner. It was a lot of fun." Sam said.

"Good to see you again Daniel." Jack said as he shook the archeologist's hand. Then he turned toward Teal'c, grasped his forearm with his right hand and put his left hand on the big man's shoulder. "Take care T."

Teal'c bowed and said "Congratulations to you and Samantha."

"Thanks, T."

"Um, good night, General." Mitchell said sheepishly.

"Night, Mitchell."

The three members of SG1 left the house. Jack looked at Sam and detected a worried look. "C'mere," he said as he pulled her into a hug.

"You don't think they're going to..." Sam started to ask.

"Nope. And even if they do, the president already knows, so what's the big deal?"

Sam pulled away from him just enough to look into his eyes. She smiled at him and said "I guess you're right."

"Of course I'm right! So, you wanna go make babies?" he asked as he waggled his eyebrows.

"Jaaack!"

"Ok, well we can just practice making babies!"

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