Into the Lyons Dens Part 15

Sam, Daniel, and Jacob were standing in the lobby of the airport waiting for Mark. "Dad, Sam." When the three people heard this, they turned around to the direction that the voice was coming from. Daniel recognized Mark from the pictures that Sam showed him one night. Mark's hair was a darker shade of blonde than Sam's and he also had brown eyes. He was an inch or two taller than Jacob.

"Mark" Jacob hugged his son, then Sam did the same.

"Mark, I want to introduce you to my fiance, Dr. Daniel Jackson. Daniel, this is my brother, Mark." The two men shook hands. After gathering everything, the four people headed to the car. Jacob sat in the front with Mark while Sam and Daniel sat in the back.

Once they were on the highway heading to the house, Mark spoke up "Guys, Nicole and I are having a party tonight. If we knew ealier that you were coming out we would of moved it."

"Mark," Jacob started, "it's ok. We didn't know to late that we could. As long as you don't mind us being there, then it's fine."

"Ok." Mark thought about what he neglected to tell them. There was a friend of his, named Pete Shanahan, that he wanted to set Sam up with. He knew that she had a boyfriend, but he wasn't sure if he would like him. But now that he has met Daniel and found out that they are engaged, he can't try to set her up. He knows that when Pete got to the party, that he would try to hit on Sam without waiting to hear an explaination. He wasn't sure what to do. His thoughts were cut short when they arrived at his house.

Mark helped Daniel and Jacob get the lugguge out of the car and into the house. Sam went into the house before them and once inside, she was met by Mark's wife, Nicole. "Sam, hello. It's been a long time." With that Nicole hugged Sam, and she hugged the woman back.

"I know Nicole, too long."

The two women were interuppted by the men coming in. Mark and Jacob took the stuff upstairs while Sam introduced Daniel to Nicole. "Nicole, this is Daniel Jackson, my fiance. Daniel, this is Nicole." Daniel stuck his hand out to shake hers, but instead was engulfed in a hug. Daniel hugged the woman back, already liking her.

"Hello, and welcome to the family. I've heard a lot about you."

Daniel did a quick glance to Sam then looked at Nicole again. "I hope nothing bad."

"I'm sure not. So did Mark tell you about the party tonight?"

By this time, Daniel had moved closer to Sam to be able to wrap an arm around her waist, and she did the same to him.

"Yeah. We are sorry that we didn't let you know sooner."

"It's ok. I know with your work and what not, it's probably hard to get time off. So, about Pete..."

"Pete? who's Pete, Nicole?"

"What, Sam. Mark didn't tell you about Pete?" It was at this point in the conversation that Mark and Jacob joined them in the living room. Nicole turned to her husband. "Mark, why didn't you tell them about Pete?"

"Ahh yeah. Well, you see.."

"Men. Pete Shanahan is a friend of Mark's. For some strange reason, Mark wanted to try to set you up with him, even though I kept telling him not to. Anyway. He'll be here, and I believe that he knows what you look like. So my guess is that he is going to try to hit on you. So just to be warned."

Sam nor Daniel could believe what Nicole just said. "Mark. I know that you want to take care of your baby sister and that, but still. You knew that I had a boyfriend."

"I know. I'm sorry Sam. I'm going to talk to him tonight. I'm just hoping I can talk to him before he see's you. But then, I doubt that you'll look available.. I'm really sorry."

Sam found it hard to stay mad at Mark. "That's fine. As long as you talk to him. And I'm going to say that it probably wont be good if he sees me first."

"I know."

"Ok, I know that our children have been waiting for you guys to arrive. They are in the back yard, so let's go see them. I'm actually surprised they havn't come in yet." With that the five people went out back.

The party went well. Mark was able to talk to Pete before he got to Sam, and explained about Daniel. You could tell that Pete was a bit upset, but he took it like a man, and was civil.

After the party was over, Sam, Daniel and Jacob helped Nicole and Mark clean up before heading to bed.