"So do I get a dance with the beautiful bride?" Ferretti asked. Sam was sat
on Jack's knee watching their friends and family interact.
"I don't know about that." Jack said.
"You don't think I'm a beautiful bride?" Sam asked with mock seriousness.
"I think you make a gorgeous bride, I'm just not sure about you dancing with him."
"What do you say Sam are you willing to take the risk?" Ferretti asked.
"I don't know if I should be taking risks at my own reception."
"You married this guy." Ferretti pointed out.
"True."
"And I did bring you a gift to sweeten the deal." He pulled a gift bag out from behind his back.
"You didn't have to get us a gift Ferretti, you chipped in on Hawaii." Jack said.
"It's not from me exactly."
"Then why are you giving it to us?" Sam questioned.
"It's from Kowalski." Ferretti replied.
"Kowalski?" Jack said. "Kowalski has been dead for four years, if you don't count..." He gestured with his hand, not wanting to say alternate reality.
"I know. He bought this after your first meeting, he asked me to give it to you before his surgery if he didn't make it on your wedding day. I forgot about it until last week, then I saw something on TV which reminded me."
"He'd only known me a couple of weeks when he died. How did he?" Sam asked.
"We all knew." Ferretti replied. "Open it; he wanted you to have these." Sam took the bag and pulled the tissue paper off. She pulled out two boxes and smiled.
"What is it?" Jack asked.
"A Barbie doll dressed in Major Matt Mason's astronaut clothing and a GI Joe in BDUs." Sam replied. Jack chuckled.
"Did you get the neat little pack that makes her fly?" He asked.
"That's the bit that's from me." Ferretti pulled a pack from his pants pocket. "Can do without it, can she."
"Thank you." Sam got up and hugged him.
"Keep it professional Major." Jack warned.
"Jack keep a hold of these, Ferretti and I are going to dance." Jack didn't get to say anything as they moved too quickly.
~
"You know Jack is a lucky guy." Ferretti said as they began dancing.
"I know and so does he, but reminding him every now and again doesn't hurt. But you didn't ask me to dance just to tell me that."
"No, I need the inside scoop on Daniel and Doc Fraiser. What's going on?"
"Let's just I'll be adding another twenty to the pool first thing Monday."
"So I should be concerned about paying out for a while? I mean she seemed to be getting pretty cosy for a while with that Navy guy until Daniel asked her to dance. Then everyone's been warned to keep him away from her?"
"Cassie warned him off, she wants Daniel and Janet to get together as much as or if not more the rest of us. Jack was just helping out. Plus the fact that he and Daniel have a bad feeling about Myles."
"What about you?"
"As long as he does his job and isn't NID then I don't care either way. But it's easier to be nice to him."
~
"What've you got there Jack?" Mark asked coming and sitting down.
"A wedding gift from a friend who died." Jack replied.
"I'm sorry, when did he die?" Mark inquired.
"Four years ago."
"How did he get you a gift if he died four years ago?"
"He was at our first meeting, he knew then, so he bought the gift after something Sam said about having a Major Matt Mason doll when she was a kid. So when he got sick he asked a friend to give it to us on our wedding day."
"Jack, I just wanted to say something. I may not like what you do for a living, but you're a good guy and my sister obviously loves you, so you'll do."
"Thank you." Jack felt like he'd scored a major victory.
"But if you ever hurt her...."
"Mark I'd never intentionally hurt her ever, and if I ever did you'd have to fight your way through everyone in this room because the queue would extend several city blocks. I love her and that won't ever change."
"Good. Now we've done the touchy feely bit, can we get some scotch?"
"That would be good." Jack smiled.
TBC
"I don't know about that." Jack said.
"You don't think I'm a beautiful bride?" Sam asked with mock seriousness.
"I think you make a gorgeous bride, I'm just not sure about you dancing with him."
"What do you say Sam are you willing to take the risk?" Ferretti asked.
"I don't know if I should be taking risks at my own reception."
"You married this guy." Ferretti pointed out.
"True."
"And I did bring you a gift to sweeten the deal." He pulled a gift bag out from behind his back.
"You didn't have to get us a gift Ferretti, you chipped in on Hawaii." Jack said.
"It's not from me exactly."
"Then why are you giving it to us?" Sam questioned.
"It's from Kowalski." Ferretti replied.
"Kowalski?" Jack said. "Kowalski has been dead for four years, if you don't count..." He gestured with his hand, not wanting to say alternate reality.
"I know. He bought this after your first meeting, he asked me to give it to you before his surgery if he didn't make it on your wedding day. I forgot about it until last week, then I saw something on TV which reminded me."
"He'd only known me a couple of weeks when he died. How did he?" Sam asked.
"We all knew." Ferretti replied. "Open it; he wanted you to have these." Sam took the bag and pulled the tissue paper off. She pulled out two boxes and smiled.
"What is it?" Jack asked.
"A Barbie doll dressed in Major Matt Mason's astronaut clothing and a GI Joe in BDUs." Sam replied. Jack chuckled.
"Did you get the neat little pack that makes her fly?" He asked.
"That's the bit that's from me." Ferretti pulled a pack from his pants pocket. "Can do without it, can she."
"Thank you." Sam got up and hugged him.
"Keep it professional Major." Jack warned.
"Jack keep a hold of these, Ferretti and I are going to dance." Jack didn't get to say anything as they moved too quickly.
~
"You know Jack is a lucky guy." Ferretti said as they began dancing.
"I know and so does he, but reminding him every now and again doesn't hurt. But you didn't ask me to dance just to tell me that."
"No, I need the inside scoop on Daniel and Doc Fraiser. What's going on?"
"Let's just I'll be adding another twenty to the pool first thing Monday."
"So I should be concerned about paying out for a while? I mean she seemed to be getting pretty cosy for a while with that Navy guy until Daniel asked her to dance. Then everyone's been warned to keep him away from her?"
"Cassie warned him off, she wants Daniel and Janet to get together as much as or if not more the rest of us. Jack was just helping out. Plus the fact that he and Daniel have a bad feeling about Myles."
"What about you?"
"As long as he does his job and isn't NID then I don't care either way. But it's easier to be nice to him."
~
"What've you got there Jack?" Mark asked coming and sitting down.
"A wedding gift from a friend who died." Jack replied.
"I'm sorry, when did he die?" Mark inquired.
"Four years ago."
"How did he get you a gift if he died four years ago?"
"He was at our first meeting, he knew then, so he bought the gift after something Sam said about having a Major Matt Mason doll when she was a kid. So when he got sick he asked a friend to give it to us on our wedding day."
"Jack, I just wanted to say something. I may not like what you do for a living, but you're a good guy and my sister obviously loves you, so you'll do."
"Thank you." Jack felt like he'd scored a major victory.
"But if you ever hurt her...."
"Mark I'd never intentionally hurt her ever, and if I ever did you'd have to fight your way through everyone in this room because the queue would extend several city blocks. I love her and that won't ever change."
"Good. Now we've done the touchy feely bit, can we get some scotch?"
"That would be good." Jack smiled.
TBC