He was silent for long minutes. Finally he realized Sam was starting to look a bit concerned by his reaction. In reality he was searching his mind for any memory of the events. He couldn't believe he was never going to remember marrying her and conceiving their first child. Typical Jack O'Neill bad luck. He admitted as much to her and she nodded in understanding.

"On the other hand, if that's the price I have to pay for being here with you now, and getting to see this child be born and grow up, I guess I'll take it," he told her.

She smiled in relief. "If its any consolation this morning was a pretty good recreation of events," she suggested with a satisfied grin.

The news was really starting to sink in. They were going to have a baby. He couldn't stop smiling. "When did you find out?"

"Yesterday, although I still haven't seen a doctor. I figured that was sort of out of the question unless I wanted everyone to know. So I resigned. As soon as I'm officially rehired I'll go to the infirmary for an exam. Since I'm a civilian now Dr. Lynch won't have to report the results to anyone except maybe you, so we can keep it quiet for a bit," she said.

"Eventually everyone is going to do the math," he warned.

"I know. I'll cope," she assured him. "Half the base thinks we've been doing it for years anyway. The people that count will know the truth and be happy for us," she pointed out pragmatically.

"I hope I've said this before. I love you," he told her leaning down to kiss her.

"You have, but I'll never get tired of hearing it. I love you too, Jack," she replied with a sigh. Before things could get too heated again her stomach growled and she laughed. "I was too nervous to eat this morning," she confessed.

"Well let's get you some food. You need to keep your strength up," he insisted hauling himself up out of bed.

He stood there naked and reached out a hand to her. She was tempted to pull him back down but another loud complaint from her stomach had her up and grabbing his shirt to throw on. No sense getting totally dressed she thought as she admired his rear-end when he bent down for his pants. As soon as she had refueled she was planning on getting him right back into bed

As it was they didn't make it out of the kitchen. As they cleaned away the dishes Jack had backed her against the counter for a kiss. As it deepened he lifted her up onto the counter and she wrapped her legs around him after unzipping his jeans and sliding them down around his ankles. A few heated minutes later they finally were just coming back down to Earth when they heard the front door open and a familiar voice call out Sam's name.

To his credit all of Jack's training allowed him to recover quickly and jump into action. He just barely had enough time to pull up his pants and move to block the intruder's view of Sam who was trying to pull together the shirt he had recently unbuttoned before their visitor was upon them. He looked behind him to see a stunned Jacob Carter standing staring at them.

"Jacob, long time no see," he calmly greeted the man. Sam's face had buried itself in his shoulder but now she raised it peer over his shoulder to look at her father.

"Hey, Dad. We can explain," she began.

Selmac's voice responded. "I am currently trying to calm Jacob, Samantha. Might I suggest you go find appropriate attire before I give him control back?"

Jack leaned away just enough to assist Sam in buttoning up and to quickly zip his pants, then he helped Sam scoot down and they both headed towards her bedroom. They were totally silent as they dressed until Jack finally started laughing.

"What?" Sam asked in confusion.

"In the last six hours I've discovered I'm married, going to be a father, and I've been caught having sex with the daughter of a man who could easily break me in two. And the day's only half over!" he exclaimed.

"Is that what we were doing, just having sex?" Sam asked slightly annoyed.

"In general? No. This particular time? We totally jumped each other," he pointed out amused.

She blushed. "Yes we did," she admitted with grin.

"And it was unbelievably mind-blowing right up to the point where your Dad walked in," he said pulling her into his arms for a kiss. "But now we need to face the music. See if I can actually survive this day," he commented.

"You'd better. I'm not done with you yet," she said with a gleam in her eye.

Jack thought of the wild coupling they had just completed on top of this morning's activities. "I hate to be the bearer of bad news babe, but your plans will have to wait unless you have a stash of Viagra in the house. Twice in a day is a lot for an old man like me," he pointed out as he put his shoes on.

"Don't sell yourself short flyboy. On our wedding night it just might have been on the fourth attempt that we conceived baby O'Neill," Sam chuckled and led her stunned husband out to face their doom.



Now facing the man you love and explaining how you came to be married to each other and pregnant while still under his command is one thing. After all it had been as much his doing as yours. Telling your father is a whole different ball of wax. By mutual agreement, they agreed not to bring up the baby part.

When they joined Jacob in the living room where he was seated they could tell by his stillness that Selmac was still in control.

"Thank you for keeping him calm Selmac, but I think you had better let us talk to him," Sam told the Tok'ra.

"Very well, Samantha," came the reply and suddenly Jacob was on his feet and taking a threatening step towards Jack.

"Stop right there Dad!" Sam demanded loudly. To her relief the shouted command caused him to pause. "You had better think very carefully about your next move, because I am not above calling for SF's to have you removed," she told him firmly.

Jacob stiffened and pulled himself to his full height. "You wouldn't dare. Besides being your father I still outrank you," he reminded her.

"You're retired. Jack is an active General with a direct line to the president. And besides being over the age of consent, I also happen to be a civilian. You have no authority here other than what we afford you," Sam informed him. "So why don't you sit down and talk to us as a member of our family," she suggested.

Jack had seen her face Jaffa and Goa'uld, but he'd never been prouder of her than at that moment. She could easily have resorted to screaming at her father, but instead she was calmly controlling the situation. He could see the wheels turning as Jacob tried to process everything she had just said.

"Civilian?" was the part that finally caught his attention. "You threw away your career for him?" he demanded.

"No, I chose to resign so that I could have a life outside of the SGC. I'm thirty-seven years old Dad, and I'm running out of time to start that family I've been putting off," Sam explained still keeping her cool.

That actually shut her father up momentarily. "I didn't know you wanted kids," he complained.

"You never asked," she pointed out.

"And you picked Jack to be the father?" he asked sarcastically.

She was saved from answering by the doorbell, although Jack would have loved to have heard her answer. Instead he offered to get the door so as not to be left alone with Jacob for even a minute. He was only slightly surprised to see Daniel and Teal'c on her front step.

"Jack, thank goodness. We wanted to warn Sam that Jacob's on his way," Daniel exclaimed as the two entered.

"As usual your timing stinks, Daniel. Could have used the warning about half an hour ago though," Jack sighed as he ushered them to the living room where Jacob was still fuming.

"So how long has this been going on Sam? Cause I'm not buying that you just woke up one day and decided you wanted a family and that Jack was a good candidate for the husband/father role. And don't think you are not marrying her, because you are Jack," Jacob demanded.

"Dad!" Sam protested.

"I think we've missed something important don't you Teal'c?" Daniel asked in amusement. He'd put two and two together pretty quickly and couldn't be happier for his friends.

"Indeed. It would appear that there have been major developments since we last spoke to either O'Neill or Doctor Carter," Teal'c agreed, and Jack swore he saw the man's lips twitch as he held back a smile.

"Oh for crying out loud, Sam and I flew to Las Vegas and got married," Jack blurted out. "Sorry guys, but we were in a hurry. We figured we would have a big wedding the next time Jacob was in town. Didn't expect it to be so soon," he explained.

Teal'c was the only one of the three to not be shocked. Daniel opened and closed his mouth at least three times without making a sound. There was a look of confusion in his eyes and Jack could tell he was trying to figure out when they'd had time to go to Las Vegas. He subtly signaled that he would explain later. Jacob had gone all quiet on them again and he correctly guessed that Selmac was having a little heart-to-heart with the man.

"Dad?" Sam queried in concern.

Jacob frowned. "Sorry Sam, I was being nagged at," he explained. Then he looked from his daughter to his new son-in-law. "You never answered my question, how long has this been going on?"

Jack decided that in this matter honesty was the best policy. He didn't need to go into too much detail after all. "Five weeks," he replied meeting the man's eyes. "Before that we never acted on our feelings, Jacob. I would never do that to her," he promised.

"Why now?" Jacob asked his daughter.

"Jack was dying. He'd had the knowledge of the Ancients downloaded into his head. Feelings were admitted, and we decided that if he made it through we'd had enough. After he defeated Anubis and we finally got the Asguard to help him out we had to decide what to do," Sam explained. She also knew that the less detail her Dad had the better.

"I was apparently going to retire again. Of course the Asguard did a whiz-bang job of erasing data, and I didn't remember that part, so when I got offered the SGC post and the promotion to General I accepted. Sam decided she was taking matters into her own hands," Jack continued.

"And you let her?" Jacob challenged.

"Let me? I believe it was my decision, Dad," Sam pointed out.

Jack grinned. He'd married a woman who was almost as pig-head as he was. Life was never going to be dull, although he had a feeling she was going to get her way more often than not. "You know she had good points, Jacob. She always does," was all he said on the current situation.

Jacob finally just sighed his acceptance and stepped forward to hug his daughter. "Well I can't say I'm thrilled that you resigned, but it is your life, as Selmac keeps pointing out incessantly. I hope you are happy," he told her. Then he turned to Jack. "And if she's not I'll hold you personally responsible."

"I am happy, Dad," Sam grinned.

"And I will do everything in my power to keep her that way Jacob, I swear," Jack promised.

"Well I think this is cause for a celebration," Daniel added.

"I agree Daniel Jackson. I believe a toast to the bride and groom is customary?" Teal'c suggested.

"I'm afraid I don't have much in the house. How about we all meet up in a couple of hours at O'Malley's and we can have dinner and plan a real wedding, I don't want anything big, so hopefully we can put something together for while Dad is here. How long can you stay?" Sam asked.

"I can probably swing a week or two, but that's it kiddo," he told her. "If you want a big wedding you can always set a date and I'll promise to make it back for it," he offered.

"Dad as far as I'm concerned I'm already married. I really want this just so that you, Daniel, Teal'c, and Cassie can be there and so we have something a little more visible for the powers that be. As far as I'm concerned I just need to go buy a dress," she told him.

"So let's do this Saturday or Sunday," Jack suggested. "That gives us two days to plan and we can make sure Cassie can get home from college. You should call your brother and see if he can make it too," Jack suggested.

"Yeah, although he's pretty upset with me at the moment," Sam said with a grimace.

Mark had been livid when she broke up with Pete for no apparent reason. Pete hadn't been too happy either but he'd bowed out gracefully when she'd explained that there was someone else. She still felt bad about hurting him, but she was glad it had happened now. She didn't even want to think about what would have happened if this latest crisis hadn't given her the courage to go to Jack that night and she had continued to see Pete. She could have ended up hurting both men a lot worse than she had.

At her father's urging she did try to call Mark, and reached her sister-in-law. Sam informed her of her upcoming wedding and wasn't surprised when fifteen minutes later her brother called her back. It wasn't a pleasant call, and he refused to come even after Jacob got on and tried to calm him down. Luckily Sam was able to follow that call up with one to Cassie, which was a lot more enjoyable. After that Sam decided she needed a nap. At first Jacob was concerned, but Daniel and Teal'c explained about Sam being captured trying to contain the Replicators, and how she was still recovering from the ordeal. Jacob decided that if he was going to be around for a few days he needed some things and borrowed her car to head off to the local Walmart.

That left Jack to be cornered by Daniel and Tealc' who were dying to hear the whole unedited story.

"So when did you guys go to Vegas, or did you just tell Jacob that to get him off your back," Daniel inquired.

Jack watched them closely for their reactions. "From what I've been told, five weeks ago. The day after Hammond came and told us he had been reassigned. Of course my life being just this side of a bad soap opera I don't remember getting married."

Neither of them seemed shocked, but he could tell the instant that the lightbulb went off in Daniel's head. "She was still under your command then," he stated the obvious.

"Gee thanks for pointing that out Daniel. We would prefer to keep that part quiet. As far as most people know we are getting married in two days for the first time, and Jacob doesn't need to know the details of the Vegas wedding," Jack instructed them. "With any luck we will both remember this one."

Per Sam's request he still didn't mention the baby. She wanted to get an exam and be a little further along before she told anyone. Even then only their best friends would know her true due date.

The rest could speculate all they wanted.

Of course Murphy dictated that it just wouldn't be that easy.



End part 3