Life's Problem's – Final Chapter

A/N: Thanks to TZMaverick for beta reading my story!! Thanks to Brandie for Beta reading the first chapters of the story!! Sorry for the long delay.

Sam stood on the porch, still amazed by the thousands of stars blanketing the sky. She closed her eyes to let the events of the last year catch up with her. She released a happy sigh. 'Had it really been a year?' She thought. A year ago she was engaged … to another man. She had lost hope and almost ruined the most amazing life she never imagined for herself. A year ago she received an offer to transfer out of Jack's command. She now traveled among the stars as well as walking through the wormhole to explore others galaxies and cultures. She had accumulated so many doohickeys in her lab to keep her busy for the next year. Her life was good.

She heard the door behind her. Her stomach did a little flip when she felt his arms slid around her waist. She closed her eyes and leaned against him. She covered her arms over his and let out another happy sigh.

"What you doing?" He whispered.

"Just thinking." Her eyes remained closed as she let the warmth of his embrace envelop her through the cold night air.

"About what?

"You … me … the events over the last year. I still can't believe we're here."

"I know. I thought you would turn me down again when I suggested it."

She laughed and swatted his arm playfully. She opened her eyes to see the beauty the lake offered, especially as the moon reflected off the water. "Oh Jack. It's so beautiful here."

"I knew you would like it."

"I can see now why you suggested. It's the perfect place for our honeymoon."

"Yeah. It's just took us two months to get here." She could here the smile in his voice, despite his sarcastic words.

She laughed. "You gotta love Thor's timing."

"I still say he could have waited a week."

"Jaaack." She smiled and turned to look at him as he let her go. He walked over to one of the large lounge chairs and sat down. She followed him and sat down in the same cushioned chair. She leaned against him and he once again wrapped his arms around her.

"What? The replicators wouldn't have destroyed everything by then. Besides I gave him a suitable weapon the LAST time I saw him. It's not my fault the … replicator you figured out a force field to protect them against it."

"That was a crazy month. Not to mention the 4 months leading up to that..."

...Events from the Last Year...

SG-1 had been transferred to General Hammonds command. They would remain stationed at the SGC, but once a month they would travel with the Prometheus to explore planets the Gate would not connect to.

News of the transfer spread like wild fire through out the SGC. Everyone watched Jack and Sam like a hawk waiting for some indication they were taking advantage of the situation. However, Jack and Sam had decided that they would maintain their professionalism while at work. A little ironic considering the SGC was the location of their first kiss … one they both remembered. It was also the place where they finally revealed how they felt for each other.

Jack knew Sam's workload had doubled thanks to the transfer. She had her normal workload, with additional reports, research, and experiments she needed to conduct for her position with the Prometheus on top of that. He didn't want to add to her stress with a new relationship, so he decided that they would take things slow and let her get use to all the changes in her life.

Sam thought it was ironic. The one time in her life when work was playing second fiddle to her personal life and she had never been busier in her life. She could spend 24 hours in her lab and still not complete everything she wanted to do in a day. For the first time she didn't worry about every detailed report, the experiments would wait until she had time, and the research would be done in order of importance. She was never happier to go home after working 10 to 12 hours, because now she had a reason to go home. She and Jack were taking things slow. They were taking the time to date, and just spend time together.

Six months after the transfer, the SGC finally got what they were waiting for. SG-1 was on a 10 day mission with the Prometheus, they had daily contact with the SGC. On day 7 there was a weak transmission from the captain of the Prometheus. "We have run into a little trouble … (static) … major problems …" and then the transmission died. Jack's blood ran cold but he remained calm. He tried to contact the Prometheus again only to be answered with static. For the next three days Jack stayed on base trying to contact the Prometheus, and making plans to travel to their last known location by way of an F-302. The only problem was he wouldn't have enough fuel to return home if the Prometheus wasn't there. He was trying to convince General Hammond and the President that it was an acceptable risk.

Three days later SG-1 was scheduled to return. If they didn't return, Jack was finally given permission to find them. At 1830 an unscheduled off world activity was announced. Jack was already standing in the control room; because SG-1 was suppose to return an hour and a half ago.

When the Sergeant announced it was SG-1's code. Jack shouted for him to open the iris and ran to the Gateroom. He was standing at the base of the ramp when all three members of SG-1 plus two walked through the horizon a little tired but uninjured.

Jack raced up the ramp and looking at each member of SG-1 to check for signs for injury. He grabbed the P-90 Sam was holding and handed it to a surprised Daniel. Sam looked at him with concern when he closed the distance between them. She was about to ask what was wrong when his mouth covered hers to stop the words. She was shocked at first. The kiss was intense and slowly softened until they both pulled away for air. Both had forgotten where they were until they heard cheers from those around them.

Jack to his credit had a sheepish grin.

"Wow! That was some welcome home Jack, but we're not that late." Sam said her face flushed from the kiss and all the attention they were getting now.

He just shrugged still smiling "I was worried."

Seeing the worry in eyes, she responded. "I'm sorry. It was a communication glitch."

He took a step away from her dropping his hand from her face. He cleared his throat. "OK SG-1 turn in your weapons and meet in the Briefing room in five minutes."

The debriefing was long. The Prometheus had run into problems with their communications due to the planets unique atmosphere. It had knocked several of their communication and electrical equipment off line. That was why two crew members retuned with SG-1 to get supplies and replacement parts. SG-1 and the Prometheus were never in any real danger.

A week later Jack proposed.

After 8 years of flirting and dancing around the truth, and 6 months taking things slow they decided a long engagement was not necessary. Sam always wanted a small church wedding. However, as news spread about their impending wedding the guest list continued to grow. Finally it was decided they would get married at the Academy Cathedral and have a small reception there and then return to Cheyenne Mountain to have another reception, to include all the well wishers from other planets.

Sam wasn't sure how they pulled off a large wedding and two receptions in 4 months, but they did. The wedding was everything she dreamed it would be. Her dad was able to make it to earth to walk her down the aisle. Teal'c and Daniel were Jack's best man. Cassie was Sam's maid of honor. Janet's picture was placed at the altar and was listed as a maid of honor as well. Jack and Sam knew Janet would have been thrilled for them and it just didn't seem right not to include her memory in their celebration.

Sam wore a simple elegant white dress with a long train. Jack wore his dress blues. The Cathedral was filled. However, neither noticed the crowd as they said the traditional vows. A few tears of joy escaped through Sam's eyes as she stood by Jack. He quietly wiped them away and kissed her cheek. The intimate gesture caused a few more tears to escape as her heart swelled with joy and love for the man she promised her life, devotion, and love too for as long she lived.

The ceremony ended with a passionate kiss that was cut short when cheers erupted. They once again realized they were in a room full of people.

The reception at the Academy Cathedral was short and filled with their family and friends that didn't have security clearance. After two hours they left and arrived at the reception in Cheyenne Mountain. They were meet by all their family and friends that did have clearance. They stayed for four hours and decided it was time to leave. As they were saying their goodbyes to all the well wishers, Thor arrived … with bad news.

Instead of Jack and Sam changing into civvies and leaving for their honeymoon they changed into their BDU's and left for Thor's home planet. Jack went with SG-1 at Thor's request, with no objection from Jack or Sam.

They had no time to reminisce over the events of the day. Thor explained that the human form replicators had created a force field to prevent the ancient weapon from being effective. Thor explained the replicator Carter was more than likely responsible for this new development. SG-1 had made the discovery of Sam's replicator twin on an earlier mission. Therefore, they knew Fifth had downloaded Sam's memories into her replicator twin. The replicator didn't have her personality or instincts, but she did have her knowledge, which means she was a huge threat.

The next four weeks Sam set out to determine how to create a force field to stop the Ancient weapons. Once she figured it out, she had to determine how to reverse the process to weaken the force field or strengthen the ancient weapon. It was decided that changing the force field would be her best bet. It was a little like playing a game of chess with yourself. You knew the strategy of the other player, every move you made was quickly countered, and every idea or thought was shared from past experiences. The replicator was still young and she hadn't grasped the complex emotions that humans had. That was the only advantage Sam had or needed. The young replicator grew frustrated quickly. She had not faced such a formidable opponent. Everything the replicator modified was quickly made useless as Sam countered her move. Sam remained patient waiting for the frustration she knew would come. Once the frustration started the replicator began to make mistakes.

In the end Sam won. The young replicator and the force field were destroyed. Unfortunately, Fifth managed to escape minutes before the destruction. It was a great victory, but they all knew with Fifth's survival the war hadn't been won. The Asgard's sent ships to find Fifth while SG-1 retuned home 5 weeks after Jack and Sam were wed.

Jack and Sam weren't allowed any downtime for a real honeymoon for another three weeks. There was too much going on at the SGC to leave right then. There were debriefings to conduct, reports to be typed, and weapons to upgrade based on the new technology they used to defeat the replicators.

Three weeks later Jack and Sam left to go on a much deserved honeymoon to Jack's cabin. This time they were given 14 days of downtime without interruptions.

...Present Day...

Sam lay nestled against Jack looking up at the stars as they finished reminiscing over the last year.

"This is my favorite place in the world." Sam said completely content.

"I told you, you would love the cabin."

"No. I mean here." As she hugged his arms around her a little tighter. She felt at peace and loved in his arms. She didn't have to be the strong Colonel here. She could let down her reserve and just be a woman in love with her husband. No world to save, no great ideas to come up. This was home.

"Ah." He said. "Well you know there might be one other place that might be a little nicer than this."

She sat up and looked at him and saw the mischievous grin. "Really." She said smiling as she stood up and took his hand to help him up.

"Oh yeah." He kissed her as he led her inside the cabin and closed the door.

The End.

Well there you have it. My very first Fanfic! I hope you enjoyed it. It was quite a learning experience. Thanks to all of you for reviewing!!!!! If you have any pointers for ways to improve my writing, please pass them along. Thanks again!!

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