Sam groaned when the doorbell rang at 0745 the next morning.
"Jack get the..." Her hand she had thrown out to nudge him bounced off the bed. Sam opened her eyes when she realised he wasn't there. The doorbell went again; Sam flung back the duvet and slowly sat. She ran a hand through her hair, before picking up a pair of Jack's shorts and pulling them on under the oversized hockey jersey she had commandeered after they started dating. She padded out to the door rubbing her eyes.
"Good morning." Janet said cheerily as and Cassie came through the door carrying garment bags which contained the dresses.
"It's morning?" Sam questioned as she yawned.
"Yes." Janet replied. "How much did you drink after you got home last night?"
"I didn't, I couldn't sleep so I watched a couple of documentaries on the history channel."
"Why couldn't you sleep?" Cassie asked. "Nerves?"
"No, I just got used to having Jack around. Him not being here is the reason I was still asleep when you got here. Even when I don't set the alarm clock, he starts shuffling around about twenty minutes before it usually goes off and wakes me up."
"One of the many uses for Air Force Colonels." Janet agreed. "Why don't you go and take a shower I'll let Jenny and Hannah in when they get there?"
"Okay, put on some coffee as well please." Sam yawned again.
"By the way Sam I like the shirt." Cassie said.
"It's Jack's favourite, I sort appropriated it and never gave it back."
"I'm sure he doesn't mind and that whole sharing all your worldly goods thing."
"I borrowed it before we got married, he's okay with at long as I don't spill anything on it."
"Shower now Major." Janet instructed.
"Yes ma'am."
~
"Good morning." Sam said to the group of women who had made coffee and toast.
"Morning." Jenny said. The phone rang.
"I'll get it." Cassie said grabbing the phone. Sam sat down and grabbed some coffee. "Hello."
"Cassie?"
"Yeah Jack. How are you this morning?"
"I'm good thanks kiddo. Can I speak to Sam please?" Jack asked.
"Jack, I don't know, Jacob's not seeing the bride before the wedding thing, includes not talking to her."
"Cass I wouldn't ask if it wasn't important." Jack pleaded.
"Okay." She held out the phone to Sam. "It's Jack, he says it's important."
"Hey Jack." Sam said answering the phone. "How did you sleep?"
"Did you know Daniel sleep walks when he's at home and makes coffee?"
"Sounds about right." Sam smiled.
"How did you sleep?"
"Let's just say I only just woke up." She heard him softly chuckle. "So what's up?"
"You remember when we sent the dress uniforms to the dry cleaners we took off all the medals and put them in that bowl with the two halves on the dresser?"
"Yes."
"When Jacob took them out when he picked up my uniform, he made a slight error?"
"Slight error?" Sam questioned.
"It turns out I have a couple medals I definitely didn't earn and I think you've gain a few for things you'd never want to earn them for."
"Oh, I can see where that would be a problem, especially in front of General Ryan. I'd have Jenny bring them over once I sort them out but I think she may have a problem finding Daniel's apartment."
"I'll send Daniel over for them."
"Okay. I'll see you later. I love you."
"I love you too." Sam hung up the phone and put it on the table.
"Everything okay?" Janet asked.
"Dad doesn't know what medals I've won so he mixed them up with Jack's and since he's wearing his class A's he needs them. He's sending Daniel over to get the ones he's missing and return the ones of mine he has. I've got to go and sort them out." She got up from the table; she turned back and grabbed a piece of toast. "Hannah, the Simpson's DVD's are on the shelf help yourself."
"Thank you Auntie Sam." Hannah ran into the other room to find something to keep her occupied until it was time to get her ready.
"I'll use the curling iron to put the curls in her hair while she watches." Jenny said.
"Thanks." Janet said. "Cass, sit down and I'll put the curlers in, hopefully we should get some ringlets."
TBC
"Jack get the..." Her hand she had thrown out to nudge him bounced off the bed. Sam opened her eyes when she realised he wasn't there. The doorbell went again; Sam flung back the duvet and slowly sat. She ran a hand through her hair, before picking up a pair of Jack's shorts and pulling them on under the oversized hockey jersey she had commandeered after they started dating. She padded out to the door rubbing her eyes.
"Good morning." Janet said cheerily as and Cassie came through the door carrying garment bags which contained the dresses.
"It's morning?" Sam questioned as she yawned.
"Yes." Janet replied. "How much did you drink after you got home last night?"
"I didn't, I couldn't sleep so I watched a couple of documentaries on the history channel."
"Why couldn't you sleep?" Cassie asked. "Nerves?"
"No, I just got used to having Jack around. Him not being here is the reason I was still asleep when you got here. Even when I don't set the alarm clock, he starts shuffling around about twenty minutes before it usually goes off and wakes me up."
"One of the many uses for Air Force Colonels." Janet agreed. "Why don't you go and take a shower I'll let Jenny and Hannah in when they get there?"
"Okay, put on some coffee as well please." Sam yawned again.
"By the way Sam I like the shirt." Cassie said.
"It's Jack's favourite, I sort appropriated it and never gave it back."
"I'm sure he doesn't mind and that whole sharing all your worldly goods thing."
"I borrowed it before we got married, he's okay with at long as I don't spill anything on it."
"Shower now Major." Janet instructed.
"Yes ma'am."
~
"Good morning." Sam said to the group of women who had made coffee and toast.
"Morning." Jenny said. The phone rang.
"I'll get it." Cassie said grabbing the phone. Sam sat down and grabbed some coffee. "Hello."
"Cassie?"
"Yeah Jack. How are you this morning?"
"I'm good thanks kiddo. Can I speak to Sam please?" Jack asked.
"Jack, I don't know, Jacob's not seeing the bride before the wedding thing, includes not talking to her."
"Cass I wouldn't ask if it wasn't important." Jack pleaded.
"Okay." She held out the phone to Sam. "It's Jack, he says it's important."
"Hey Jack." Sam said answering the phone. "How did you sleep?"
"Did you know Daniel sleep walks when he's at home and makes coffee?"
"Sounds about right." Sam smiled.
"How did you sleep?"
"Let's just say I only just woke up." She heard him softly chuckle. "So what's up?"
"You remember when we sent the dress uniforms to the dry cleaners we took off all the medals and put them in that bowl with the two halves on the dresser?"
"Yes."
"When Jacob took them out when he picked up my uniform, he made a slight error?"
"Slight error?" Sam questioned.
"It turns out I have a couple medals I definitely didn't earn and I think you've gain a few for things you'd never want to earn them for."
"Oh, I can see where that would be a problem, especially in front of General Ryan. I'd have Jenny bring them over once I sort them out but I think she may have a problem finding Daniel's apartment."
"I'll send Daniel over for them."
"Okay. I'll see you later. I love you."
"I love you too." Sam hung up the phone and put it on the table.
"Everything okay?" Janet asked.
"Dad doesn't know what medals I've won so he mixed them up with Jack's and since he's wearing his class A's he needs them. He's sending Daniel over to get the ones he's missing and return the ones of mine he has. I've got to go and sort them out." She got up from the table; she turned back and grabbed a piece of toast. "Hannah, the Simpson's DVD's are on the shelf help yourself."
"Thank you Auntie Sam." Hannah ran into the other room to find something to keep her occupied until it was time to get her ready.
"I'll use the curling iron to put the curls in her hair while she watches." Jenny said.
"Thanks." Janet said. "Cass, sit down and I'll put the curlers in, hopefully we should get some ringlets."
TBC