Chapter 9: Proposals?
Talking to Jacob...
Jesslyn was up and moving around a little, when she saw her dad talking to Jacob. So she decided she might as well ask Jack that question that had been bothering her for a couple of days now.
Jacob, seeing her out of the corner of his eye, told Jack, "You might want to tell her now." and promptly left. Jack stood up to go talk to Jesslyn but at that exact moment Sam came up and tapped him on the shoulder. Startled he jumped and spun around coming almost face to face with the major. -How long has she been standing there...-thought Jack panickedly.
"Sorry I scared you," said Sam, "you wanted to talk to me."
"Ah... yes," said Jack a little nervous, "I was wondering if you'd want to come and watch the sunset with me."
"I'd love to," said Samantha as Jack took her hand and they walked off.
-That was close.... I'm just glad she got there after I was done talking to Jacob,- thought Jack.
--Flashback--
"Jacob" Jack yelled.
"Yes Jack," said Jacob turning around and walking back towards the colonel.
"I.... Um... I wanted to ask you something," Jack said nervously.
-That's funny,-thought Jacob -Jacks never nervous.-
"Sure what's on your mind?" queried Jacob.
"Well... its about your daughter...." said Jack.
"Yes I figured it was. And?..."
"Could we sit down first please?" asked Jack starting to regret the fact that he even started this conversation.
"If its about what I think its about..." Jacob stopped suddenly as Jack decided to cut him off before he lost all his courage.
"IsitalrightifImarryyourdaughtersir?" Jack said really quickly running his words together.
"Wait a minute! Slow down and ask me your question again, please."
Jack swallowed and took a deep breath, "may I have permission to ask your daughter to marry me?"
Jacob looked across the table at him as if he'd just been declared mentally insane, "Jack your nuts, of course you can ask Samantha to marry you."
"And you might want to tell her now," he added seeing Jesslyn before turning and walking away.
--end flashbackâ
Jesslyn watched as her dad and Samantha walked away. She was confused and then very ticked off, at her father for taking off oh so quickly. -Grr! Hes been avoiding me for hours,- truly he wasn't but it just seemed that way, -I need to ask him this very important question and... wait a minute. If that was Sam I just saw him walk off with then... hmmm, maybe I'll talk to her when they get back.-Satisfied with this decision she ran off to go see what Jacob was doing and if he needed her help.
Sam and Jack...
-It really is a beautiful evening for a stroll- thought Sam. "Jack... is something bothering you? You seem to have been distant this last week, almost as if you were avoiding me."
"No, no nothings wrong," he said a bit too quickly, "its just that a lot of things have happened lately. I've had a lot to think about."
She nodded at this, convinced not to pursue it further and that this mood of his would soon blow over. But he obviously thought he needed to explain himself further unwittingly putting his entire identity in jeopardy.
"You know how it is with the Asgard last week and then yals brush with the Goa'uld, and then of course everything that's happened this week... its just a lot to absorb at once." He said.
"The Goa'uld how'd you hear about that?..." she said finally starting to put 2 and 2 together. "I know no one on base told you they'd have assumed you already knew and you weren't at the debriefing because of the Asgard..." she said as her voice started to raise in volume, "you've been totally out of sorts this last week and now that I think about it you've especially been avoiding the infirmary as I know you got out of post-mission exams... what is with you anyway?"
Out of the blue he produced a cricket gun cocked and ready to shoot her, he held his finger over his mouth for silence as she started to open her mouth. "Your not Jack..." she whispered. "No I'm not..." he responded, "but if you cooperate with me I promise no one will get hurt."
"Like hell I'll cooperate!" she said angrily as she quickly kicked him and took off. Somewhere in the back of her mind she heard the shot fire and almost reflexively she dove to the side to try and avoid it but it still hit her in the left shoulder. She cried out in pain as she braced herself for impact with the hard ground. Already knowing the imposter would soon catch up with her as she could hear his footsteps falling in the distance. But just before she hit the ground she disappeared in the blue shimmer we all (human, goa'uld and replicator alike) associate with the Asegard.
-Dammit- he thought, -I better get back to camp she'll come back there if for no other reason than to look for me.-
