AN: A little nod to my head canon...

Wedded Bliss

Sam looked fondly at the large framed family photo from the wedding over her couch. The photographer had called anyone who was family to the bride and groom to step up to be photographed with the wedding party. They had urged George over to stand between Jack and Sam. While Mark, Kim and the kids moved to stand with Sam, Teal'c got down on one knee for Grace to perch on while Jack fetched Jon. Jon had shaken his head slightly but Jack had effectively ordered him to come stand on his side and bring his girlfriend who was trying very hard to hang back and not be noticed. Jack had given her a pointed remark and she'd dutifully walked over to Daniel's side and stood between Daniel and Jon, out of Mark's view. Lisa had asked later why she looked so familiar and Jack and Sam had both given her blank looks and shrugs. Later, they laughed hysterically as Jack told her later how that conversation had gone.

"Come on, kid, time to pretend we're normal."

"Right because that's a thing."

"Keep it up and I'll tell your TO to give you KP duty."

"You're a real jerk, old man." Jon had groused making his date bite her lip and giggle.

"You too, Shorty." Jack said to Jon's date.

"I am not short!" She had huffed at him.

Jack looked from her to Sam. "So far you are. Did Thor mess up? Shorty?"

She narrowed her eyes at him.

"If you stand between Jon and Danny he won't see you. Now come on. You're family too unless you changed your mind about marrying this idiot." He grinned darkly. "If that's the case you can go stand by Carter and explain things to Mark."

"Like hell." She'd muttered marching up to the wedding party.

Sam started to giggle just thinking about it.

It had been a lonely three months without her daughter, Auntie Marge, Daniel and Teal'c. Jack had come by nearly every weekend except the one when he'd gone to Colorado for Grace's birthday. Sam had been unable to get away but she'd called her that morning to wish her a happy birthday. Grace was starting that moody stage Cassie had gone through and Sam dearly wished Janet were still around to help her navigate this nonsense.

Marge and Daniel were driving out this weekend with a box truck full of Grace's things. She had several gifts from friends and a computer from Daniel not to mention the stuff Mark and Kim had left at Marge's for Grace after the wedding.

Jack managed to sneak out of DC a couple days early so he could go to Sam's ultrasound. And then he'd seduced his wife on the counter still in his class As. He had to admit, there were definite upsides to this married thing. He didn't have to sneak around to have sex with Sam, for instance.

"We should probably get cleaned up. Auntie Marge and Daniel will be here any minute… and you smell like sex, General." Sam chuckled.

"You're one to talk." Jack told her as he nuzzled her neck. "We should tag team the shower though just in case. With our luck, Grace's first introduction to her parents being married to each other would be seeing them having sex in the shower."

Sam snorted. "We'll need to be a bit more discreet now with all of us living together."

"I said I'd wipe the counter." He grumbles and helps her down. His hand strays to her belly for a moment. She's had to switch to a larger pant size to accommodate her growing belly. He honestly doesn't care if the kid is Pete's or not. He cares that it's healthy and has all his or her fingers and toes. If the Shrub stepped up as a dad that was fine. If he tried to use the baby as a pawn, Jack was very adept at chess himself. And he didn't tolerate people using kids to control their ex.

Sam gives him an enquiring look.

"Shower." Is all he says.

Grace looked up at her new home. It was mission style with a tile roof, a pair of arches on the porch and a stepped back upper floor. She knew she'd been born in DC but she didn't remember any home but the Colorado Springs bungalow and she supposed Aunt Margie's duplex and dad's craftsman, too. But this was the first time she remembered moving. Ever. Indian Springs didn't have a school for the gifted so she'd be going to junior high instead. It was a good thing she was pretty tall thanks to her parents. But she'd still have to deal with kids older than her that still didn't get it. Of course those same kids didn't have a grandfather with a symbiotic alien or a cousin who was actually a clone of her dad. Uncle Mike had died of crib death when dad was little. Not that dad knew she knew that. She was pretty good at discreetly snooping when motivated.

"Ready to start a new chapter in your life, doll?" Marge asked her tall great niece.

"My hair is already sticking to my neck." Grace complained.

"Yah, better get used to ponytails." Daniel suggested.

"You first." Grace mutters as she walks to the front door that is opens to her mother and father coming out with happy smiles for her. Well, at least they missed me. She decides. And mom looks way pregnant now.

"Hey kiddo, how was the drive?" Dad asks her.

"Uncle Danny snores." Grace tells him and gives him a big hug. "And he's bad at showering when he thinks no one will see him."

Jack snorts on a laugh. "Yah… I could have probably warned you about that."

"Wonders why no one will date him." Sam mutters from behind Jack which makes Jack chuckle.

"Come on in guys. Have lunch and then Danny and I can hump your stuff upstairs, kiddo." Jack says as he drapes an arm over his daughter's shoulder. "I know it's a lot of changes but I promise your mom and I will do everything to make it go as easy as possible."

"Whatever." Grace said with a shrug.

Sam and Jack exchanged a look. Cassie round two.

Sam was already making faces at waiting for the ultrasound tech to get into the exam room. The Air Force had a fully staffed private military hospital on the Groom Lake compound. Jack had basically pulled rank so Grace could see her little brother or sister. Not that she seemed to appreciate it. She had her nose in a book and was ignoring them.

Jack cut his eyes to Sam who shrugged but shifted impatiently.

"General, Colonel. Sorry about the wait. I'll need you to raise your shirt and lower your pants please." She says to Sam.

Sam blows her bangs out of her eyes and complies. Grace ignores them, her nose still in a book. It's not an Anthony novel this time. Sam notes its Heinlein. "Jack?"

Jack shrugs. "At the level she reads there's really no point Sam."

Sam looks thoughtful. "You might have a point." She agrees while the tech sets up the ultrasound equipment.

"All right, let's see what we have here." She hums absently. "There's the head… and the heartbeat."

Jack curls his fingers around Sam's when he hears the loud swishing of a healthy fetal heartbeat. His heart swells. He's fairly certain the baby is his anyway by Sam's description of things and he'd spent so many years peripherally aware of her cycle that he wasn't worried about it though he knew she still was.

The main reason Jack wasn't worried about it was as far as he was concerned, this was his child. He'd share with Pete if need be but… he remembered something Janet had once told Sam. That she might have fertility difficulties after Jolinar. Sam had cried in his lap and he'd reminded her she still had Grace and difficulties didn't mean infertility, just that she might need to try more. Jack's unusual genetics… might be the reason she got pregnant right away. He looked up at the monitor and smiled.

"So do you want to know the gender?" The tech asked them.

Jack looked at Sam who was notably bright eyed. "Want to put it to a vote?" He grinned.

She laughed a little. "The room is already yellow, Jack."

"Yes, but is it a boy duck or a girl duck." He said reasonably. "Grace, what's your vote?"

"Huh? Okay… I don't know. Mathematically, it's probably a boy." She says with an absent shrug.

"Okay, that's one vote for a boy. What say you Carter?"

Sam thinks for a bit. "She's probably right. It's mathematically likely to be a boy."

Jack nods. "That settles it." He grins and waves his hand. If it's a boy he's positive it's his child. Sara had a bunch of baby books when she was pregnant and one of the things he remembered was how pH effected fertility and the further from ovulation you were at the beginning the more likely it was a girl. Mid to late ovulation usually got you a boy. "I'll throw my hat in that it's another girl just for verity."

"All right, let's see what we have." The tech said and prodded Sam's belly a bit because the baby had rolled over and gone to sleep. They had a good chuckle that he or she was being stubborn.

Jack pointed out that was an issue on both sides which got him a chuckle from Sam and the tech. Grace was reading with a sullen look on her face. He looked at her thoughtfully. They needed to have a talk.

"All right, guys… it looks like… yup. Congratulations, General, you have a son." She grinned.

Jack grinned back. Sam bit her lip with worry and Grace raised an eyebrow and smirked.

"Are we… um… are we done now because if we are… I'm just gonna…"

"Yup, we are done."

"Bathroom is down the hall on the right Carter." Jack says with amusement.

Grace finally giggles at that. Jack smirks. At least she is still her snarky self.