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Later, when Janet and Cassie had gone home, Teal'c back to base and Danny was crashed out on the couch, Sam and Jack were having a quiet moment alone on the roof of Jack's house.
"God, I'm so happy, Jack" Sam sighed.
"Well there's one thing I want to do to make to make you happier. Samantha Carter, will you marry me?"
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Sam stood there in shock for a few moments until what Jack was saying finally through to her fogged up brain. Then she flung her arms around him and whispered, "Yes," into his ear. Jack kissed her soundly on the lips, his eyes shining with the love he felt for this wonderful woman.
"I guess we'll have to wait till tomorrow to drop our next little bombshell" Jack said.
"Good! It'll give them time to get over the last one" Sam laughed.
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The next morning, Sam woke up snuggled comfortably in Jack's strong arms. I could so get used to this, she thought. She remembered last night and she smiled widely. She started to get up, intending to go and make some strong coffee for Daniel, who was still asleep on the couch, and some breakfast for her and Jack. However, as she started moving, the strong arms wound round her waist tightened and pulled her back into bed.
"You're not going anywhere" Jack mumbled sleepily. Sam giggled at the sound of his cute, child-like voice.
"I'm going to put some coffee on for us and Daniel."
"Daniel?" Jack asked.
"Yes, Daniel. Remember him? Your best friend, fast asleep in your living room,"
Sam said patiently, a hint of amusement tingeing her voice.
"He's still here?" Jack groaned and turned over.
Sam just rolled her eyes before replying,
"Unless Thor's abducted him in the night, then yes, I'm guessing he's still here. So can I go now?" Sam asked.
"'Spose" The arm around her waist loosened enough for her to get up and put her robe on. Jack rolled back over and fell back to sleep. Sam shook her head and walked down the hall to the kitchen, where she put on the coffee machine. The smell must have woken awakened Daniel up, for ten minutes later he staggered into the kitchen.
Sam grinned at him and said, "Want some coffee, Daniel?"; He just grunted in response. She made a cup each for Daniel, Jack and herself. She took Jack's into their room and put it on the stand next to his bed, before going into the bathroom and getting some painkillers for Daniel. She took them back and plonked plunked them in front of him.
15 Fifteen minutes later, Jack appeared, showered and fully dressed, bringing his empty cup with him and saying, "Morning campers," rather cheerily.
Daniel raised an eyebrow and said,
"Why are you so happy?" before taking a swig of his third cup of coffee.
"Because the most wonderful woman in the world agreed to marry me last night."
For the second time in 24 hours, Daniel choked on what he was drinking, before complaining, "Can't you ever tell me these things when I'm not drinking?"
"Sorry, Danny," Jack replied, not sounding in the least bit sorry.
"Well, congratulations." Daniel had recovered and was now smiling at them both. "I'd better be going, I agreed to be back on base sometime this morning."
"You work too hard Daniel," Jack admonished him. "It'll come back to bite you in the ass one day, when you're old and alone"
"Like you were until very recently," he Daniel replied sweetly, "Especially the old part." And before Jack had the chance to reply with his patented sarcasm, Daniel got up, said goodbye to Sam, and walked out of the house. Jack stood there giving the front door a dirty look, while Sam was trying to stifle her giggles laughter in the back ground.
"What have I told you about giggling, Major?" Jack said, softening and turning to pull Sam close.
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Half an hour later, Sam left Jack's house to meet Janet for lunch downtown. She couldn't wait to see Janet's face when she told her about what Jack had asked her! They met in a lovely little café that was just, set back from the hustle and bustle of downtown Colorado Springs, where both Sam and Janet were well known and the food was excellent.
Sam, of course, arrived early and sat in their usual table by the window and until Janet arrived 10 minutes later.
"Hey Sam."
"Hey, Janet!" Sam greeted the other woman with a smile. They sat and chatted and about everything and anything for about 15a few minutes until, when they were almost ready to ordering food, Janet noticed the beautiful sparkling ring on Sam's left hand.
Janet stopped dead in the middle of what she was saying and went demanded,
"Sam, what the hell is that on your hand?!"
Sam just grinned blissfully. "What do you think it is, Janet?"
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Sorry it's taken so long! I've had no internet for weeks!