Summary: They get married!!! Category: Humor, Romance, Series Season: future Season Pairing: Jack/Sam Rating: PG Warnings: none Disclaimer: Stargate SG-1 and its characters are the property of Showtime/Viacom, MGM/UA, Double Secret Productions, and Gekko Productions. I have written this story for entertainment purposes only and no money whatsoever has exchanged hands. No copyright infringement is intended. The original characters, situations, and story are the property of the author(s).
Author's notes:
Alright, before you start reading the last part of this series, I have to say thanks for all the great, encouraging reviews from you!! Would have never thought that I was going to write seven parts (seven, right??) You are great and I hope to be able to read more of your reviews to my stories in the future!!
Wanne say thanks to Susan for the great beta-job! Hugs go also to Sandra who helped me big time!
/()/()/()/()/()/
"How do I look guys?"
Daniel looked up and watched Jack standing in the doorway of the living room... or better bouncing up and down in the doorway of the living room.
A huge grin covered the better part of his freshly shaved face and something like a gleam shimmered in his (very) happy eyes... Daniel hadn't seen Jack in such mood for a long, long time. And he was really glad his friend had finally found his old spirit... was about time he'd stopped whining about being old!
Daniel smiled briefly, before allowing his gaze to wander over Jack's form.
Jack was wearing a plain black suit and a white shirt with a black tie. The dark polished shoes reflected the light of the morning sun. It was always amazing to see what a good military training could make out of dull black leather.
"Great, Jack. You look really good."
"Indeed. Colonel Carter is most fortunate to marry you, O'Neill."
Jack grinned cheekily and turned, making his way back to his bedroom. Daniel listened for while as Jack rummaged through several drawers, obviously searching for something, before he had enough and re-assumed his task of un-knotting the bundle of cloth (formally called tie), that was currently suffocating him.
"May I be of assistance Daniel Jackson?" "Sure Teal'c... I guess I'll never learn how to tie those things properly."
Teal'c raised an eyebrow and practically yanked it off from around Daniel's neck. Making a face, the younger man rubbed the back of his neck and watched Teal'c straightening the silky material.
It was then, that Daniel heard something from outside Jack's house. Frowning, he got up from the armchair and walked over to the front door of the house. He was just about to open it when somebody knocked sharply, making Daniel jump... gating to unknown planets and facing aliens on an everyday-basis wasn't exactly the best way to lose one's fear of strangers.
With a swift movement of Daniel's hand, the door flew open. "Um, hi... ."
To his surprise, Daniel was facing a man, a woman (both in their early forties) and two kids (a boy and his older sister). The two youngsters had obviously just stopped short of attacking each other and their mother (she had to be their mother, 'cause Daniel was sure no other woman could look 'that' way and still stay calm) was glaring down at them, making even Daniel flinch.
"Hi, my name's Mark Carter and I thought my sister Samantha Carter is living here, but as I can see you're not Sam..." He was in the process of turning when Daniel stepped out on the front porch to prevent the man from leaving.
"Wait... Sam Carter 'is' actually living here, but she's not here right now... my name's Daniel Jackson, I'm one of her friends and a colleague." "Oh." The other man smiled and extended his hand towards Daniel, who shook it immediately.
"I'm sorry that I just turned up, but the hotel we checked in burned down this morning and we didn't know where else to go. Unfortunately I couldn't find the phone number of Sam's new residence and so we had no other choice but to just drive to this address and hope she'd be here."
Daniel frowned.
Had to be a gene that made the Carter family members talk with such a speed! Maybe he would ask Janet about his theory...
"Sure, no problem. Just come in and I'll get Jack... Sam's fiance." He could swear a dark shadow hushed through Mark's eyes... very strange!
Daniel opened the door further, to allow the four people to enter the house fully and closed it behind them. The two kids were standing beside each other, watching him expectantly with their huge eyes.
Definitely a Carter-family-thing.
"Jack? Sam's brother's here!"
Suddenly something fell and hit something that obviously hurt a lot... considering the fact that Jack started swearing...
"Shit!... God, bloody hell... I'm coming Daniel, just a sec!" The archaeologist bit his lower lip and watched his toes curling up in his grey socks... the silence that surrounded the group in the corridor was thick and very uncomfortable.
When he heard somebody stumbling down the stairs, Daniel sighed inwardly with relief. "Hey... sorry, I let you wait, but I had some...uh, problems."
"Don't worry... my name's Mark Carter and this is my wife Kate, my daughter Michelle and my son Brian." They smiled warmly in Jack's direction, before the two kids started throwing death-glares at each other again.
"Nice to finally meet you Colonel."
"Jack."
"Yeah, Jack... I'm afraid I don't know as much about you as I'd like to." Jack cleared his throat soundly and his eyebrows ceased slightly as he tried desperately to find a way out of this more than embarrassing situation.
"I know this whole getting-married-thing appears a bit rushed, but I assure you, Sam's the woman I've been searching for my whole life. I love her and if you give me a chance I'll show you that I'm worth your trust."
Silence.
Daniel's eyes flickered nervously back and forth between the two men.
"I never said I don't like you... I do. But I don't know anything about you! Alright, Sam told me she's loved you for a very long time and that the two of you couldn't risk a relationship, thanks to some stupid military regulations, but I still don't know your full name, what you did for a living before you joined 'Deep Space Radar Whatever'... let's just say, that Sam has been very vague about you."
"My full name is Jonathan Michael O'Neill and I've been a soldier in the service of this country for more years than I'm willing to admit."
Mark grinned and offered Jack his hand. Jack noticed the similarity about his and Sam's smile and took the other man's hand eagerly.
"Nice to get to know my soon-to-be-brother-in-law." "Same here."
"O'Neill. Colonel Carter has called you on your mobile phone." Jack frowned and shared a look with Daniel, before excusing himself and running down the corridor to where Teal'c was standing with a cell phone in his hand.
"Sam?"
Daniel strained his ears to grasp something that was being spoken, but unfortunately he could barely hear Jack's part of the conversation and didn't quite get what this was all about. He shook his head in defeat and eyed Sam's brother standing quietly beside him, trying not to look like he was eavesdropping.
Another Carter-family-thing. Neither Sam nor her brother were able to pretend not to be listening. Which was in Daniel's opinion really amusing. Not able to prevent it from happening, he started snickering.
"It's alright Sam... Yeah, they're fine, stop worrying Colonel, that's an order!... Love ya, too... I don't think so Ma'am... Ok, bye." With that, Jack hung up and smiled down at the cell phone grasped tightly in his hand.
"Um, Jack? What did she want?" "She just heard about the hotel and that most guests had already checked into other hotels. She didn't know what happened to you Mark and couldn't reach you on your mobile, so she called me to get me to find ya."
"Yeah, about that...it would be really nice if you could show us another hotel where we could stay for the next few days."
"I guess that's not an option. Sam and I think that it would be the best that you and your family just stay here... You can have the guest room and our bedroom...should work for the time being."
Mark turned to where his wife was waiting patiently with her two kids and shared a knowing smile with her.
"Thank you, we really appreciate this." Daniel grinned, glad Jack's first encounter with the last important Carter family member had gone so well. The young man knew just too well what an ass Jack could be at times...especially when it came to meeting new people. As if he hadn't had his own fair share with his special moods!
"So Mark... there are some tiny little things about Sam I'd 'really' love to know..."
Oh boy...
/()/()/()/()/
'Oh no, Janet! Don't even think about it!... Dammit!' Sam watched helplessly as her best friend stood in front of her in her pale pink dress and that lovely little rose grasped tightly in her folded hands... with which she was currently covering her quivering lips.
She was crying... and just wouldn't stop! 'Like some waterfall', Sam thought not really happy with Janet's overflowing eyes...
And that Cassandra was standing beside her mother with the same beautiful dress, and with the same little rose and with the same state of smudged make-up was 'so' not helping to prevent Sam's own tears of joy from cascading down her face.
But she had to be strong... another session with Miss 'Your-eyelashes-could-never-get-enough-mascara' was not going to happen! She was a soldier and not some wimpy woman!
"Oh God... ." Um, it's the will that counts after all... right? Janet handed Sam a fresh Kleenex and used her own one to catch the falling tears before they had to chance to wash away the carefully applied make-up.
"You look so beautiful Sam... I swear, Jack'll get a heart attack when he sees you." Cassy really knew how to make Sam cry even harder!
It was then, that Janet took a look at her watch. "Oh God... another ten minutes and the limo arrives to pick us up!"
She had to breathe... Sam really had to breathe! Right now, or she'd be unconscious and suffocate. The mere thought of her lying in her wedding dress in Janet's bedroom made her gasp for air. The problem was, that with the oxygen her brain was again able to think... and that was so not a good!
"Janet, I can't do this... I sure as hell will say something wrong... or I'll stumble and hit my head and then I'll have a huge bump there. Or I forget the vows... and what if... ."
"Colonel Samantha Carter, shut up and breathe!" The commanding tone in Janet's voice had the desired effect, forcing Sam's mouth shut and making her straighten.
"That's my good little soldier... so and now we get downstairs and wait for our taxi." Sam (not entirely trusting the nagging voice inside her head to keep silent), merely nodded her head and followed Janet and Cassie downstairs.
They had barely reached the bottom of the stairs when they heard a car pull up in the driveway. She was not going to run away screaming...
Cassie's hand appeared on Sam's bare arm and squeezed it reassuringly. When Sam gazed into the young woman's eyes, she could see the happiness shine brightly in them. It made her smile and nearly forget her first instinct to get the hell outta there...
"Sam, you might be a tough, brainy soldier, but I don't suppose you'd get far with this dress. Believe me when I tell ya, this thing you're wearing hasn't been created to run a marathon with or why do you think did they make it tight and uncomfortable?"
A cheeky grin spread out over Janet's face at hearing Cassie's theory on the 'wedding-dress-
problem', as the three woman had called their more than unnerving Odyssee through various shops in order to find the 'perfect' wedding dress.
"Ya know, I could rip it apart and 'then' run off." "And that after you've paid a small fortune for your wedding, huh?"
Sam shook her head in defeat and made her way to the now open front door, where Janet was already waiting for her and Cassie.
"Janet?"
"Yeah, Sam?"
"I have a really bad feeling about this..."
/()/()/()/()/
"Where the hell is my daughter?"
Jacob stood in the middle of the crowd of invited guests in that small church in the periphery of Colorado Springs. It was really nice here.
No traffic noises, not too many people living around the church, a lot of green forest surrounding the building (Jack may have voiced his disapproval once... or twice...) and the interior was of such a simplicity that it could be called romantic.
"And where the hell is Jack?"
Again nobody bothered to give him an answer and just kept on staring at him.
"I'm already here Jake... stop frightening the people." "God bless you're here, I thought something happened."
Jacob pulled a handkerchief out of his jacket and dabbed his forehead... no matter how practical a symbiote was in everyone's eyes, Selmak was no use when it came to the wedding stress of a father.
"How are the snake...I mean our guests from,um, abroad doing?" "Fine. I explained them the whole procedure and told them not to engage in any earth-related conversations or if nothing helps, they start talking in some language nobody except for Daniel will understand... if anybody asks, they're from some tiny little village in South Africa."
Jack didn't even try to find a smart-ass reply and just nodded.
"Hey, Dad, has been some time, huh?"
Startled, Jacob turned around to find his son standing behind him, hands jammed into his trouser pockets and an almost shy smile covering his lips. It had been some years since the two men had met and a certain distance was obviously still there between them.
"Yeah... how are you doing Mark?"
"Great, Brian and Michelle asked for their grandpa, but unfortunately not even Sam knew where you've been."
Jacob winced inwardly and looked away.
This was so not the time for wildly explained where-have-I-been-and-why and unresolved-father/son-issues... definitely not!
"Um, ladies and gentlemen. It's time to get inside. So would you please take your seats?" Daniel smiled gently and clasped his hands tightly together... this wedding was very stressful and nothing for raw nerves... actually, now that he thought about it, a wedding was absolutely nothing for him. His job brought enough stress and action with it and he didn't need extra problems when he was on earth...
The mass of people made their way into the church, sitting down on their assigned chairs. Jack slowly walked up the aisle and finally came face to face with a broadly grinning Daniel Jackson. Behind him, Teal'c bowed his head in a friendly manner towards Jack and smiled.
It was time to get it over with... all that was currently missing, was Sam. And if everything went according to plan, he and his love should be married in approximately one hour.
Behind his back, Jack crossed his fingers. Just to be on the safe site...
/()/()/()/()/
"Tell me this is not happening."
Janet did her best to bite back the remark that was burning a hole into her tongue.
"Sam, I gotta get out and see what I can do." Without waiting for Sam's reaction, Janet opened the car door and climbed out of the limo, trying to keep her dress from touching the dirty street. When she had finally managed to get up, she bent down and mustered a brave smile for Sam.
"I hope nothing bad happened to the guy there." Cassie craned her neck to get a better view of the scene the three women had been forced to witness when the limo had crossed the street some moments ago.
Apparently a biker had tried to overtake a car and crashed into its side. The limo driver had immediately stopped in the middle of the street, knowing that he was obliged to help in such a situation... and maybe he had known that Janet was a Doctor in the US Air Force.
Dammit!
"I don't think the guy is injured... he's probably too stupid to even have a scratch. I mean, who the hell tries to overtake a car in a turn? I should get out and beat the crap outta that moron..." "Sam, I call Jack and let 'em know why we haven't arrived yet, alright?"
Sam just nodded, hoping to prevent the swear words in her head from reaching her mouth before her brain had given its consent for their usage.
"Jack... this is Cassie..."
/()/()/()/
"What!" Daniel watched Jack incredulously, brows furrowed as he tried to get the meaning of what Sam was saying on the other end. This was becoming a bad habit...
"Yeah, I hope so too... How's Sam?... Could you give her the cell? But make sure no weapons, stones or inflammable stuff is in her close proximity... alright, thanks Cass, see ya soon..."
For a second, the church was bathed in silence and Daniel swore he could have heard a cricket if one had been there.
"Hey honey, are you OK?... I know Sam and it's alright, really... Stop worrying, this can't be a bad omen... I know, I love you too Sam... now stop swearing, today you're a bride and not a soldier... take care, bye."
Jack handed Daniel his mobile phone and closed his eyes for a moment, his hand sweeping over his strained features... he had known that something like 'that' would happen today, he so had known it!
"There has been an accident on the street that leads to the church and Janet had to help some stupid biker. I guess they should be here in maybe thirty minutes, when everything goes according to plan and Sam doesn't kill the guy for pulling such a stunt on her wedding day."
A chuckle went through the rows of waiting people and Jacob walked up to where the 'special' guests were sitting, isolated from the rest of Sam's and Jack's friends... you could never know with those Tok'ra. They were a really strange folk.
"Is she alright, Jack?"
"Sam's really upset, but it's nothing she can't handle... she's after all trained to survive such or better similar situations."
Jack smiled genuinely and Daniel couldn't help but do likewise, now re-assured that Sam wasn't about to rip the wedding dress apart and mutate to she-Hulk's substitute...
/()/()/()/()/
"She's here!"
Cassie called around the corner of the entrance, before vanishing behind the frame and running back to where her mother and Sam were standing.
Jacob smiled happily and made his way to where Cassie had just been standing. He was so looking forward to leading his daughter to the altar and hand her over to his soon-to-be-son-in-law.
For a second, Jack watched Jacob walk away from him, but suddenly he had the overwhelming need to take a good look at his shoes. Why the hell was he so nervous? It wasn't his first wedding after all!
He was experienced, for crying out loud!
The organ music started and Jack inhaled deeply, hoping to swallow the lump in his throat... he had to be able to say 'yes' without a raspy voice.
A murmur started in the back rows and expanded towards the altar where Jack and his best friends were standing, having seen nothing of Sam yet. When Jack looked finally up, he noticed Mark's daughter walking up the red carpet towards him, her hands scattering rose blossoms all over the floor. She was grinning wildly and finally took position in the front row beside her father.
Then the music changed, the typical wedding tunes echoing throughout the building. Now he had reached the point he had dreamt about for so long.
The first thing he saw of her was her head as she rounded the corner, her Dad having hooked her arm with his and leading the way through the rows of occupied benches. Her blond hair shimmered in the light that entered the church's inner through the multicolored glass windows. White little flowers held the strands of hair in place and a single rose was just above her left ear.
As Jack watched her approach him slowly, he noticed her bright smile and the glistening eyes that looked directly at him.
His heart started beating faster than when he was being chased by a Goa'uld over some planet... he wondered whether he would have a heart attack if it kept the speed up. Well, whatever, at least he'd die with a huge smile on his face.
By now, Sam was merely ten feet away and for the first time, Jack was able to give her a once over and admire the dress she had decided to wear.
Jack was sure he could actually hear it scream 'Sam'. It was white and the silky material was dotted with uncountable little white roses. The garment reached from her decolletage down to the bottom of her feet, where it ended in a small train. The dress was held in place by two thin spaghetti straps, which appeared to cross between her shoulder blades.
In Jack's eyes she looked like an angel.
"Hey."
"Hey."
Why in God's name did his legs feel like Jello?
Somebody cleared his throat and with surprise, Jack and Sam turned to where it had come from... right, Jack knew he had forgotten something shortly after Sam had entered the church... the Minister .
What happened after the man in black had made himself noticed, was still a blur to Jack. He could remember hearing him talk about true love and future and something with flowers and God (well, at least he got the basics...), but he was so lost in Sam's shimmering bright blue eyes that he even nearly missed the part where he had to declare his undying love and say yes... but just nearly!
He had put a great deal of work into finding the right words to describe his feelings towards Sam and had realized in the end, that there weren't enough words to accomplish this mission without lying.
He had told Sam that and the result had been a waterfall of tears that had cascaded down her cheeks at hearing it. She had leant forward and had captured his lips in a sweet kiss as reward... if this was torture, he would be happy to get strapped down...
"I, Samantha Elizabeth Carter, take you, Jonathan Michael O'Neill, to be my lawfully wedded husband."
"By the power vested in me by the state of Colorado..." (When had they reached 'that' part of the wedding and why had nobody told him?),"... I now pronounce you husband and wife."
Jack's throat appeared to be sealed, because he had real problems getting air into his lungs...
"You may now kiss the bride."
Alright, that was something Jack could do without having to think or breathe.
With a wide smile, he moved to where Sam was standing beside him. Her lips wore a million dollar smile and her eyes seemed to sparkle even more than before. Slowly his lips descended upon hers and a mere second after their lips were touching, his brain stopped functioning and he was finally in heaven.
/()/()/()/()/
'Not again'
Sam watched with a bemused grin her best friend crying her eyes out. Janet just couldn't help herself and kept on weeping even as Sam and Jack left the church and entered the limo.
The petite Doctor helped Sam to gather the dress and stuff it inside the car (still in tears) and stepped back to give the limo some room to drive off.
Jack and Sam opened the dark window and waved their goodbyes to the guests standing outside the church. Sam's father and her brother stood side-by-side, Jacob's hand resting on his son's shoulder.
Daniel had decided that enough was enough and walked up to Janet, taking her in his arms and letting her cry against his chest. He allowed his chin to fall onto her head and sighed audibly, his eyes following the leaving limo in which his two best friends were sitting, driving home to get ready for their honeymoon.
He just hoped that no aliens had planned to attack earth in the next few weeks. Otherwise they would have to put up with the wrath of one moody Colonel Sam O'Neill... Sam O'Neill... he definitely had to get used to that.
He sighed again and squeezed Janet tighter against his body.
"I'm goin' to marry!"
Startled Daniel turned his head towards the voice.
Cassie was standing beside him and her mother, a bouquet of lillies and roses grasped tightly in her hands and a cheeky grin plastered on her lips as she watched Janet and Daniel with amused eyes.
Uh oh...
FINIS!!!
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