"Jack, get out of the car. My dad is a perfectly nice guy. The only time you'd have to worry would be if you were a new boyfriend, which you're not, so don't worry. Come on," Sam reassured him.
"Fine, but if he bites me, it's your fault," Jack replied sarcastically.
Sam unlocked the back door and walked into the kitchen; Jack followed her and looked around.
"So, where's you dad?" Jack asked good naturally.
"I don't know, stay here," Sam said as she started to leave, but was stopped by her father.
"Hey Sammy, ready for dinner?" Jacob Carter said as he walked into the kitchen.
"Sir!" Jack gulped as he came to attention.
"At ease Major. You've done me a tremendous favor today. And we're both off duty. Its just Jacob, but only tonight got it?" Jacob told him.
"Yes sir, Jacob," Jack amended. "You said your father was a friend of Colonel Carter's Sam."
"If you can't be friends with your self, life would be a living hell," Sam pointed out. She had a mischievous smile on her face.
"You tricked me!" Jack exclaimed.
"That's my girl. Sammy always did things like that when she was younger. I thought she grew out of it, but apparently I was wrong," Jacob teased his daughter.
"I'll keep that in mind if she ever shows up on base again. I'll definitely steer clear of her," Jack decided he might as well join in on teasing Sam.
"Hey, if you're both going to tease me, I'll kick you out. And you know I can do it too," Sam threatened.
"All right, all right, we'll stop," Jacob gave in. "How about some burgers?"
"Sounds good Dad," Sam agreed.
"I agree with Sam," Jack added.
Jack spent the rest of the evening at the Carter house. He had become much more relaxed after teasing Sam with her father. He knew that it was probably a one time occurrence, so he enjoyed himself. He finally said he had to leave around eleven thirty.
"Thanks for inviting me Sam, Jacob. I enjoyed it quite a bit. See you tomorrow Sam?" Jack asked.
"Meet you at the gym at seven?" Sam answered.
"Great. See you then. By sir," Jack said as he walked out the door. He had called a cab to pick him up.
"Bye Jack!" Sam and Jacob called after him.
"As Jack walked out to meet the cab, Jacob turned to his daughter.
"'Meet me at the gym at seven'?" Jacob asked.
"He's going to teach me some of the basics for boxing and sparring at the base gym," Sam explained as she headed inside.
"Boxing Sam? Since when did you like boxing?" Jacob exclaimed.
"Dad, you don't know a lot about me. I just always thought boxing was exciting. Jack's just going to show me the basics. I'll have a head start at OCS. I'll be fine Dad. Goodnight," Sam kissed her father on the cheek and headed upstairs to go to bed.
"Night Sam," Jacob called after her. He put away some papers on his desk before heading upstairs himself.