Epilogue

"O'Neill."

Jack smiled and nodded a greeting to Teal'c as he and Jaffer joined the Jaffa and Jack at the elevator. Then he frowned.

"Teal'c? Why are you holding Binky? That is Binky, right?"

Teal'c scowled.

"It is."

"And you're holding her because...?"

"Because she is not trained to walk at my side as Jack is."

Jack rolled his eyes.

"Why is she with you in the first place?"

"I was asked to cat-sit, and could not think of any reason I could not."

Meaning he'd tried to get out of it and hadn't come up with an excuse quick enough. Jack smiled.

"Where's Sally?"

"She went on a short vacation."

"Why isn't Daniel watching Binky?"

"Daniel Jackson accompanied her."

Ah. Jack looked at the cat that was resting comfortably in Teal'c's powerful arms. She was jet black with a splash of white on her chest, and was craning her head over Teal'c's forearm to look down at Jaffer, who was watching her intently with his tail wagging.

"When are they going to be back?"

"Sometime this week, I am told." He looked over at O'Neill. "Did you enjoy your honeymoon, O'Neill?"

"You have no idea how much, Teal'c." Jack said, smiling. He was deeply tanned from a couple of weeks on the beach, and the sun had felt good – although there'd been a couple of nasty thunderstorms as well. Which was fine, because Jack and Sam both loved to watch storms. "How about you? What did you do while we were gone?"

Teal'c shifted his grip on Binky, who was now struggling slightly in his arms, still looking down at Jaffer, who had craned his head and neck up as far as they could go, trying to get his nose to her.

"I visited Chulak for a week, and upon my return was pressed into cat-sitting duties." The Jaffa scowled when Binky's sharp claws scored a fairly deep scratch along his arm.

"Sounds exciting."

"It is not."

The elevator arrived and the five of them entered it.

"Do you want me to hold her?" Jack asked, finally, watching Teal'c struggle to keep Binky in his arms.

Like he had to ask twice! Teal'c handed the cat over to Jack, who immediately handed her down to Jaffer. The black lab and his blonde brother both sniffed the cat, whuffling happily, but Binky didn't seem to mind at all. As a matter of fact, she rubbed up against Jaffer's nose with her own, as if greeting him.

"Where is Major Carter?"

"Major O'Neill," Jack corrected, with a grin.

Teal'c smiled, slightly.

"Forgive me. Where is Major O'Neill?"

"She's at home, sleeping in. We got home pretty late last night, so I told her I'd come down and check us both back in."

He was also going to make sure General Hammond knew that they couldn't do any missions through the Stargate for at least another week, just in case he and Sam had managed to conceive while they were away. Now that the two of them knew what had kept her from becoming pregnant, they were going to be very careful to make sure if she did get pregnant she wasn't going to lose this baby.

"It is good to have you both back."

"Thanks, Teal'c." The elevator door swooshed open, and Jaffer scooped up Binky into his mouth before Teal'c could reach down and take the cat once more.

"Want us to watch her?" Jack asked.

"I promised Sally I would," Teal'c said, although it was obvious he wanted to Jack to take the cat more than anything.

O'Neill smiled, "We'll take her, Teal'c. She likes Jaffer, and Sam won't mind." Sam would much prefer Binky hanging out with her than she would Jaffer – who drooled on all of Sam's work the few times he'd joined her in her workshop.

"Thank you, O'Neill."

The five of them headed out of the elevator, Jaffer still carrying the cat, who didn't seem to mind being toted around like this at all.

"Where ya going?"

"To the Commissary. Would you care to join me?"

"Nope. I already had breakfast." Besides, he had to check in. "I'll see you later, though."

"Indeed." The Jaffa took another glance down at the cat in Jaffer's mouth, and headed down the corridor with Jack trotting happily next to him. Jack and Jaffer and Binky headed for Hammond's office.

..............

"Colonel O'Neill, how was the trip?"

"It was great, Sir. Thank you very much."

"Good."

Hammond smiled broadly, glad to see his second in command looking so relaxed and refreshed.

"Where's Major Carter?"

"O'Neill, Sir." Jack corrected, smiling. "She's being lazy and sleeping in. We got home late last night."

"Sorry, Colonel. That's going to take some getting used to."

Jack nodded, and Hammond looked down at Jaffer, realizing for the first time that the black lab was carrying a cat in his mouth.

"Is that Sally Longford's cat?"

"Yes, Sir."

"Why is Jaffer carrying it? He's not hurting it, is he?"

Jack shook his head.

"Nah, she likes it. We saw Teal'c in the elevator, getting his arm ripped to shreds by her sharp claws and took her away before he could decide to toss her through the gate."

Hammond smiled, and then looked down at the papers on his desk.

"We have an interesting assignment coming up, Colonel..."

"We?"

The General nodded. He was pretty sure Jack wasn't going to like what he had to tell him – of course, Hammond wasn't all that happy with it, either, so it was mutual.

"The President has decided that since his term is about ready to end, he wants the SGC to be his legacy."

Jack frowned.

"Excuse me?"

"He wants the SGC to be known as the program that was started on his watch, Colonel."

"Is the Stargate going public, Sir?" Jack asked.

Hammond shook his head.

"Not yet, Jack, but it's a huge secret and we know it won't be a secret forever. When it comes public, the President is going to want proof that all the good things that have happened here – mainly the countless times the Earth has been saved – is credited to him."

"And... how is he going to do that?"

Hammond scowled, looking down at the papers on his desk once more.

"With a camera crew that we've been ordered to show around the SGC and allow them to film – most areas. Not all of them, but most."

"What the fu-"

"I'm no more happy about it than you are, Colonel, but it's an order, and we'll do as we're told. Understood?"

Jack scowled, but he nodded.

"When can we expect these camera people?"

"Sometime next month." Hammond sighed. "That'll give us plenty of time to get used to the idea, I suppose."

"Uh huh..." Jack was going to need more than a month.

Hammond looked Jack over, saw that he wasn't quite as furious as he'd expected him to be, and decided he'd send him home, just in case the legendary temper blew later. Sam could deal with Jack a lot better than Hammond could.

"Daniel Jackson is away on vacation – as I'm sure you know – so SG-1 is effectively on downtime until he returns. Go home and spend a little more time with your wife, Jack, and tell Major O'Neill that I'll see her in a week, when Daniel returns."

Jack smiled. Perfect. He wondered if Daniel had done that on purpose.

"Yes, Sir."

He turned and headed out of Hammond's office with Jaffer right beside him, Binky hanging happily from the black lab's mouth. Yeah, the camera guys were something to be annoyed about, and Jack was pretty sure that when he had a chance to think it over he was going to be pretty pissed about the President trying to take credit for a lot of the stuff that he and the people around him had been doing, but that was weeks away. Jack had time to spend some more quality time with Sam, now, and he had time to stop in at the Air Force academy one more time before Shawn arrived there – just to make sure things were going to be a smooth transition for the boy.

There were things to do and people to see, and Jack had a wife to get home to. He smiled at that thought, and headed for the elevator. He needed to stop at Teal'c's quarters and get whatever Teal'c had of Binky's, and then the rest of the week was his. Theirs.

The End

Author's Note: So! There's the wedding (and a taste of the honeymoon) There really wasn't much reason for me to describe the honeymoon in detail. I'm sure you all can imagine what they did beyond the first dance, and I certainly didn't want to turn this into anything higher than a PG-13 rating! The story was focusing on the wedding, not the honeymoon. So what did you like? What did you not like? Favorite line? Anyways! Thank you to all who reviewed, and I hope you liked it.