N/A: Okay guys thank you guys for reviewing. I didn't think it would be so popular in the first posting. Who knew. Also I forgot to warn you guys that I don't have a beta. So please bare with me. Oh, and I have to give a shout out to Bookworm, because she has been real kind to me to review most of my stories, and I also have to give a shot out to Kody Wright, who I envy! You girl can write you're ass off! I hope that one of your works gets nominated for next year's Stargate Fan Fiction awards. Oh, about the virtual cookies, you are all right...but I put it on a pagan holiday the day of fertility and all that stuff. Its called Beltane in pagan groups. Anyway, I just wanted to say hi to all my readers, and I can't wait to see what my muse throws at me next for this story!

Chapter Two

It took a fifteen minutes for Daniel to calm down enough to do the trek up to Jack's office. He kept running through his mind, when those two could have gotten engaged, and came up empty. How could he not have known, I mean Jack and Sam were good, but weren't that good! Maybe he wasn't paying attention these past month? And how did they get over the regs, which have been the biggest adversary of they're budding relationship? He was so much in his thoughts that he didn't notice the closed door to Jack's office intill he walked straight into it. Flashes of red hot pain developed into his head, and luckily, thanks to advice of a certain Lt. Colonel, he had gotten unbreakable glasses, because if it wasn't for that he would be one blind melly jelly (A/N: I'm southern, so sue me!). Abruptly, the door opened to reveal a very inquisitive looking General O'Neil.

"Spacemoneky, you walked into the door again?" he asked in amused tone of voice. Daniel, who HATED that name with a passion just rolled his eyes and walked passed into his office. Jack, knew what this unscheduled visit was about. He knew that a barrage of many questions was coming. It was Daniel's way of comprehending. So Jack just smiled at the younger man, that he considered a brother and took his seat at his desk. It didn't take long for the first question to flow out Daniel's mouth: "When did this happen?" Jack didn't pretend that he didn't know what he was talking about. It would be useless attempt to get out the hot seat that being secretive had gotten Sam and him into.

Jack leaned back into his chair, trying to give off a meditative air, but failed miserably. He cleared his throat, and Daniel tapped his foot impatiently. "Well..." Daniel prompted. And Jack being usually the impatient one rolled his eyes at Daniel. He did some explaining to do. Might as well start at the beginning. "Okay, Daniel you remember when we took that trip to my cabin a little while ago?" Daniel shook his head in a yes. " Well, that's where it happen. It was night before we had to make the trip back to Colorado..."

Flash back-

Jack Cabin-Four months before.

Everything was cool and calm on a nice calm February day. The lake seemed so peaceful, holding the reflections of the stars. And this night it held a secret. A very beautiful secret, and it seemed that the moon shined its love upon the two figures sitting side by side on Jack's dock. Everything was right with the world. She was happy and whole sitting on his dock, looking over the fish less lake. It was a perfect night.

It had been two weeks since she broke up with Pete and decided to take a trip (finally) to Jack's cabin, with of course also with Daniel and Teal'c, and she felt a strange weight lifted off her. She felt free of the guilt that she carried with her, and she felt her heart overflow for love of this man. A cold breeze fluttered through her body, and she shivered in reaction.

"Cold?" he asked softly. She didn't answer, she couldn't seemed to form the words to speak. Her mind was on his voice, and the way it seemed to flow over her like melted chocolate. Yet Jack took it as yes, and began to strip out his jacket and put it over her slim shoulders. She smiled at him, silently thanking him. He was so close now, and she needed something else to warm against the cold February night. She needed him. So before he could pull out her personal space she took the initiative and pressed her lips to his. He didn't react at first. He was shocked. Jack didn't want to pressure her into something right now, not so soon after Pete. He wanted to make sure she was ready before jumping off the cliff of love, but it seemed that she was so very jump now, instead of waiting.

After a couple of moments, his mouth reacted to her touch, and kissed her deeply and more passionate. Telling her with his mouth of his unspoken love. He told her in no certain terms with his lips that she was the only one from him, that no one could replace her in his heart. He pressed her body closer to his and then he wanted more. so he grabbed her without unlatching his mouth from his and pulled her on to his lap, while he communicated his heart with his kiss, and she was so very happy to reply speaking her feelings that she kept bottled up inside.

For long moments they kissed intill the air in their lungs screamed. They still couldn't speak, so for now, they concentrated on breathing. They're foreheads connected in sign of their deep love and connection. Jack of course was the first to break the silence with a "Wow."

She replied with a quite girlish giggle.

He tisk, tisked at her. "No giggling, Carter." She rolled her eyes at one of his childish rules, and the fact that they just made out and he was still calling her 'Carter'. Another tool of his from distancing himself from her, like sir or Colonel/General was for her.

"It's Sam, Jack." He smiled at her, she called him his name. Didn't call him sir. It was diffently another step in the right direction.

"Okay Sam." And she beamed at him, making him want her all the more. Which was not good, being that she was on his lap, and that she was in very close contact with 'Mr. Happy.' Just then another cold breeze came to justify his point, which he was half disappointed and half relieved about.

"It's getting cold, Sam. Time to go in." She frowned for just a moment. She didn't want this little scene to end, but like all good things everything must come to end. So she got up from his lap, and waited for him to rise from the dock. He rose from the wooden dock, and smiled at her taking her hand in his as they walked up the tiny little hill that the house was founded on. He loved the feel of her hand in his, it felt like it always belonged there. Neither couldn't find anything to say, so they walked up the brief walk up to cabin. Taking in the scenery when---Jack begin to slip and side on something, he looked down—Ice!—Damnit! Like always his first concern was Sam. He tried to guide her to safety but before he could they both slipped and fell on ice, both rolling down the hill tangled with each other.

They rolled intill they ended at the beginning of dock. Jack felt like his whole body was going to break. His knee's were killing him, and all he wanted to do was take a nice soak in a tub full of Epsom salt. Before he could go deeper into the fantasy of the tub, he heard a soft moan underneath him. He very carefully rolled himself over, so she could be on top. Down boy, get your mind out of the gutter, she could be seriously hurt for cryinoutloud !

She lifted her head from his shoulders, looked around, and noticed her position and blushed deep scarlet. "Sorry s..Jack." she said in almost a whisper.

"No problem, Sam. No problem at all." He replied with his customary 'smart ass' smirk. She playfully hit him on the shoulder. The man could be soooo very wicked sometimes. Yet he always seemed to keep her on her toes, something else that she loved about him: He was never ever boring! Suddenly, she saw something shine in the moonlight. She gave her surroundings a cursory glanced, and found something that it was round and silver. Jack must of saw that look of curiosity on her face because he asked what was wrong. Sam only shook her head and reached over him to pick up what looked like a shinny silver sapphire ring.

"What do you got there, Sam?" he inquired in an amused voice. She looked down onto her palm, careful not to show what she found to Jack. She smiled to herself, she had felt a weight in her or rather his jacket pocket. And she was old enough to know what this ring was. A part of herself should be shocked, or concerned being it was only two weeks after her break up with Pete, but she could only feel a giddy happiness simmer in her soul, and heart.

"Sam?" he asked a little bit more concerned. She opened up her palm to show him what she found, and she heard him gasp. So did mean he knew what this was?! "So Jack, what do you have to say for yourself." She asked in a mockingly chiding tone. He looked at her eyes, and he knew that she wasn't upset, and being as smart as she was knew what it was. He was going to put it in the Cabin safe when she went to bed, but fate obviously thought it was time to show her. He gave her one of his knowing smirks, and then he said something that she knew

"Well?" she asked impatiently.

He suddenly sat up so she was straddling him vertically. He took the ring in her hand. He wasn't thinking, only feeling. Only reacting. Maybe this would be the end of him. Or maybe this was only the beginning.

"Marry me?" She gasped. Sam knew it was coming after she found the ring moments ago, but him saying it made it more real. She looked down into brown eyes. His aged face, and the childishness that hadn't fade over the years. This man who was apart of her, a man who she wanted to wake up to every morning, who made her life more complete and full. Who even when she was mad at him, could steal her heart even then. This man that she couldn't think of being without, of not sharing a life with. Sam was very okay with this.

"Sam?" he asked softly

"Yes." He took his free hand and cupped her cheek. Looking into her eyes, searching for truth. For confirmation.

"Are you sure?" She gave him one his brilliant smiles and shook her head. "Yes, Jack I'm have never been more sure of anything in my whole entire life." He took the ring, and slid it upon her middle finger, which even that seemed to fit perfectly, and then sealed this engagement with a kiss. A kiss that was an open door to other ones that they would have in their future together.

End of flashback-

"Omigod, you guys have been engaged for going on five months!" gasped Daniel in shock. So they had been together for five months and Daniel had no clue. He so wanted to bang his head on the hard surface of the desk in front of him. He would bet his life savings that Teal'c (who knew everything, by the way!) knew all this time.

"Yep, and before you start a sputtering... I just told Teal'c this morning, because I kinda figured out that he knew, already. I was just confirming that for him, and the reason we didn't tell you guys, because we didn't want you to get in trouble for covering for us."

To Daniel, it suddenly made sense. It sounded like Jack and Sam to put the needs of their small team a head of their own needs. And speaking of regs, why are they announcing they're relationship now? They were still Commanding officer, and subordinate. So why now, when of course they were still under threat of charges being trumped up on them? "Why are you announcing this now? I mean you could still be in trouble?" He looked into his friend's eyes, begging for his questions to be answered.

"We got tired of hiding it, so we decided to come clean to the Hammond and the President. And for some reason they were not so surprised—he smiled smugly at this—Hammond had a contingency plan all worked out for this. He already had a presidential pardon signed by the former president as a favor to him. So we can get married any time we want, and besides I won't be Sam's direct commanding officer, anymore. Hammond is retiring so he wants me to take over his position as director of Homeworld Security."

Daniel sat back in his chair, shaking his head trying to assimilate all the information that he was now privy to. Jack was leaving the SGC, Hammond was retiring this time for good, and Jack and Sam were free to be with each other. Daniel had only one word to respond to all this: "Wow". Jack nodded his head in agreement. This last month had been a whirlwind of emotions for Sam and him. Both at some time ended up crying, afraid for they're futures, and then the intense relief they both felt at finally being free to be open about their feelings.

"So you're getting married, Jack." Said Daniel softly. Jack chuckled feeling happier than he had remembered feeling in a very long time. He was getting married to the woman who saved his life, who saved his soul, and who he would love intill they put him six foot under.

"Yeah I am." If he had cigars in his office, this would be a moment to light one up. He felt like celebrating, like dancing around his office, even though he wouldn't do it for the fear of the CC security cameras capturing it on tape. Then something popped into Jack's mind. A question that he needed to ask one of his best friends on this earth. A question for a long time he didn't think he would ever able to ask.

"Hey Daniel?"

The man looked up from his own turbulent thoughts, and smiled at the older man. "Yeah, Jack?"

"Be my best man?" he asked almost timidly. The younger broke out in a wide bright smile, making him younger than his thirty five plus years. Daniel's bright with unshed tears, it meant more to him than anything that Jack could say. In Daniel's mind, Jack was his best man at his wedding to Sha're, even though at the time he didn't know that he was getting married at the time. Daniel stood up out of chair and chuckled in a very childlike way. "I would be honored, Jack."