N/A Hey guys thank you for reviewing the last chapter. I had fun writing it, this particular chapter was harder for me to write. About betaing I tell you the truth. I don't won't to lie to you guys or make excuses...You have to trust the person that Beta your works alot and there's no one I particularly trust enough to Beta my work. Expect my friend April who happens to be moving to Ontario, Canada. So all of my works are unbetad . If that bothers you, then I suggest that you don't read my stories. I'm not trying to be mean, I just want to be honest. Anyway this piece should be about ten chapters long. Oh, by the way Sann, that is sooo awesome that you actually got married at Garden of the God's. I saw it and I really thought it was the perfect place (instead of the gate room.) Again suggestions on what mayhem that I should put our favorite couple in is always appreciated.

Chapter Three

(The engagement party)

"Beer...check. Ribs...Check Hotdogs...Check...Chips...Check." Jack said looking over the supplies for the barbecue that was due to start in less than an hour. He had already got the grill up and running, and the only thing he was waiting for was for Teal'c and Daniel to get here (AKA-his bodyguards.) Sam was buzzing around do god knows what, and he was left his future father in law. Talk about uncomfortable. He checked over the supplies one more time, trying to get from under Jacob's unflinching stare. Which by the way was starting to really creep him out.

"Hey Jack you look a little under the weather." Mocked Jacob. For you see Jacob already knew that something was up with Jack and Sam. "Um...Jake I'm fine." Croaked Jack. Jacob inwardly chuckled at the look of terror that quickly appeared in his eyes, replaced by the Special ops mask. Jack was like a warrior that was about to go to war. Jacob shook his head at Jack. It didn't take a genius to figure out that his daughter was happy about something (and ten guess as to why...hmmm) It was like an aura that glowed around her features, making her look so much like an angel. His angel. Times like this he missed Jennifer the most. Selmac, tried to comfort him. After almost twenty years after his wife's death, these important times he missed her the most. Jacob put filed that thought away for another day. Right now, he was perfectly content on stirring Jack up. (his favorite pass time, by the way.)

"So what's up, Jack?" Selmac starting her inter ranting about not torturing Jack, but an old man had to have his fun too. And this was so much fun.

"Aww, you know...Saving the planet, kicking Gauold ass...same old, same old." Jacob narrowed his eyes at the younger man. He knew something was up, and Selmac (who for the last four years thought of Sam as its daughter, too ) wanted answers. And Jacob was going to get it if he had to kick Jack's ass to get them.

"Jack, what's going on between you and my daughter?" Abruptly Jack dropped the bottle of beer on the floor. His whole body instantly taunt with tensions, his face pale as a ghost. Another confirmation that Jacob was on the right trail.

"JAAACK!" cajoled Jacob.

"Okay, Okay, but I've got to call Sam in here first. SAM, COME HERE FOR A SECOND!" Jacob, (who raised both eyebrows at Jack calling his daughter Sam) snatched a beer from the counter, he had a weird feeling that he was going to need it, even though Selmac hated beer he was going to ignore that today. Jack took Jacob's led, and grabbed a beer and stepped over the mess that he was going to clean up after this discussion, it would be an excuse to leave the conversation if he had to.

Suddenly the bathroom door opened to reveal a Sam, wearing those tight low rise jeans he loved so much, paired off with a silk chamois shirt. As she walked she took in the scene that was before her. Jack, looking like he wanted to run screaming from the room, and a very amused looking Jacob Carter. And like everyone who knew Jacob well, knew that when Jacob had that look on his face, it was time to run for cover.

"What's going on here?" she asked quietly. Jacob looked over his daughter, then to Jack and she figured it out in ten seconds flat. Her father, knew something was up. You see, for the last five months, she rarely saw her father only for a couple moments here, a couple moments there. She understood of course, that he was a Tokra, and that duty sometimes came first to spending time with her, but she missed him all the same. And now that he spent sometime in a non professional setting he could see beyond the illusion of being plutonic that they had set up months ago, so no one could see what that their relationship once again had changed.

"Guys?" he prompted. Jack instantly knew this was going to be worse than the stunt he pulled with Daniel a week earlier. "Jacob, there is no easy way to say this so I'll just say it..."

"Dad we're getting married." Interrupted Sam, which in return got a glare from Jack. Jacob just blinked at the couple. His mouth hanging open to the floor. His eyes as wide as saucers. He shook his head as to clear it of all the thoughts that filtered in his head at the same time. He was stunned, completely and utterly stunned. Selmac just laughed in cheered in his head. /ABOUT TIME/

"Dad say something."

"ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MINDS! Do you know what this could do to your careers? I mean I know that you lov...care about each other...you have to be blind not to see it, but how do you figure that you're going to get out of this!

They looked at each other and the first time since Jack had gotten himself into this conversation he smiled.

"Look, Jake we are not going to be brought up on charges...you see the former president of the united states pardon us before he got out office. And besides, Hammond is retiring so I'm going to take over his post as director of Homeworld Security. So she won't be under my chain of command, anymore."

Jacob Carter didn't think he could be more shocked that his daughter was getting married to her commanding officer or the fact that they weren't going to be brought up on charges. Jack was a good man, and his daughter obviously loved him, and for all the grief that she had been through all of her life, she dissevered to be happy. And this man obviously made her happy. And to be truthful he wouldn't want any other man to marry his daughter.

Jacob stood up out his stool that he been sitting on. And cracked a lopsided smile at the couple who were holding hands. He put out his hand, and Jack gratefully shook his hand. Sam looked positively relieved Another hurdle down several thousand to go intill the wedding, she thought to herself.

"So now I can safely assume that you're not kill me now..." said Jack in a teasing tone.

"Maybe, Maybe not..." replied Jacob.

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The day after that unscheduled chaos, seemed to go a little easier for Jack and Sam. Everyone came, expect those unlucky people who had to stay on skeleton crew, but hey they worked on a classified military base, so they couldn't complain. Anyway, Teal'c and Daniel shortly arrived with Jonas, and his girlfriend Yasmine to the party. Jack had invited him to this particular party, even though Jonas was wondering why, but he didn't give up the chance to mingle with his old friends from the SGC. Janet also arrived, with Cassie, and her new boyfriend Chris that she met on campus. Which of course, Jack who figured out that his god given duty as 'god father' to put the fear of god in Cassandra's boyfriends. The poor boy during the 'interrogation' almost fainted when he got a look at Teal'c.

Felger and Chloe (who I am happy to report are dating now.) showed up, because Sam felt that she needed to invite him. He looked much happier now being that he wasn't secretly worshipping her from a far, and Chloe looked like she was about to float off in a cloud (isn't love grand?) Gen. Hammond flew in from D.C. and was accompanied by his daughters, Allison and Doreen, and their families (including their dog Bart if, you haven't guessed it, Jack named that him).

Siler showed up with this cute blond nurse, Alissa that worked with Janet. She along with Janet had basically patched Siler more times than they can count. Something must of sparked between the unlikely couple, because they're were looking pretty cozy together sitting on the picking table in the corner.

Reynolds, showed with his wife Beatrice and their kids Lulu and Luke (twins of course). Shortly after the rest of SG-2 showed up with their families. Jack who was grilling the ribs, that he bought earlier looked over the turn out, and dreaded the announcement. He knew that it was something that he had to do, but he hated being the spotlight more than anything. Sam who was sitting on picnic table only a couple meters away from him, caught his eyes, her blue eyes shinning telling him that everything was going to be okay. It was always like that for him. When ever he felt that he was about to fly off the deep end, she was always there with him telling him that everything was going to be okay.

He looked around the scene before him. Kids running after Bart, Allison's daughter Vicki was the fastest of the five other kids. He laughed at the scene, it made him dream of a future where instead of Vicki and Bart running across the yard it was their kids running and playing around his...their yard. If someone had told him eight years ago, after everything that happened with Charlie that he would once again be here in a point of his life he thought he left forever...well he would thought that they had seriously damaged some brain cells.

"Hey Jack are you okay?" asked a voice. Jack turned around and saw Daniel holding a half empty beer in his hand, staring at him with his topaz eyes. Jack shrugged. He was fine, better than okay now. "Yeah, spacemonkey I'm fine." Daniel was in too good of a mood to whine about the nick name that Jack had bestowed upon him the first year of their adventures together. "So when are you going to tell them?" he whispered so that Sgt. Davis who was passing by the barbecue pit with another beer in his hand.

"After we eat." Daniel nodded his head and then headed off to talk some shop talk with Jonas and Felger who was surrounded by Sam's assistants. He looked over to his boss, and his future father –in- law laughing at joking about only god knows what. Sam, Allison, Chloe, Janet, and Doreen talking an excitably about something, which Jack guessed it had something to do with him, because Sam was blushing a nice beet red. He looked over her body, and found himself harding at the thought. She was so beautiful, and she was his (finally). Jack felt lighter than a feather. So deep in to his thoughts he didn't notice that smoke was rising from the grill. A thick black smoke. When finally the smell of fire came to his nose he looked over and saw that his sleeve was on fire. He yelped and the whole crowd stop talking like it was on cue, and stared up in horror as they saw Jack's shirt go up in flames. Sam, was the first to get to him, she got a bucket of ice that was there for the drinks and poured over his body.

She pat him down, making sure that all the flames were out. When she saw that his favorite Hawaiian shirt was now a bunch of burnt rags, instead of a ball flames she finally let herself breathe. "Are...you...are you alright?" He shook his head. Their no burns on him, the shirt wasn't burning for too long (thank god). "Well, we can't even have a normal cookout, without something happening, eh?" he said teasingly. Which was another indication that he was okay.

She playfully slapped the back of his head. The movement wasn't lost on the on lookers. Some looked at each other dumbstruck. This was not the normal behavior of Gen. O'Neil and Lt. Colonel Carter. Something was diffently up. Now for the most of the party they kept themselves separated, but now that they are together they could notice the difference. They're were happy, even O'Neil who was completely had a burnt toast look to him, seemed to be glowing with happiness. Could it be, that those two had finally got their act together?

"Go inside, get yourself clean up." He wagged his eyebrow at her telling her in no certain terms that she could come up with him, and she glared at him, knowing that the announcement of their engagement was minutes away, and that it would spoil the surprise that they had for their friends and family. He winked at her and went inside.

She looked over the people was staring at her.

"Jack's fine, he just needs to get cleaned up. As you were..." she slightly ordered the crowd who broke out in laughter, jeers. George and Jacob looked at each other and shook their heads at each other. "George I hope you brought your video camera with you." The Major General looked to his accomplice and friend and smiled. "You bet your Tokra ass I did." He said as patted his pants pocket.

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One shirt, and 15 minutes later Gen. Jack O'Neil stepped out on to his yard that he was hosting his barbecue. Looking fresh, and not looking worst for ware. He looked around and spotted Sam talking to her father and Gen. Hammond. She was laughing at something, that her father said, and caught his eyes across the yard. From one look she knew it was time. She quickly said something and headed over to the porch. "So it time?" she whispered to him. He shook his head in confirmation. She took his hand in his and took a deep breath.

He took a beer bottle and clinked the barbecue tongs together. Making a sound that obviously meant that it was time for the party to pay attention. Daniel and Teal'c looked at each and took a deep breath in unison. This was it. The moment of truth.

"Hey guys, first of all I want to thank of you for coming, and drinking up all my beer, and food.- The crowd laughed at his weak, and lame joke- But I have an ulterior motive for bringing you guys here today." There was a silence. Even the dog stop moving, and just stared at Jack, like he knew that something was coming.

"It time to tell you guys, that Sam and I been keeping a secret from all of you. For the last five months, Sam and I have been together, but it more than that-he took another deep breath-Sam and I are going to get married."

There was another loud moment of silence. It was so quite that you could hear a pin drop. Sam was on the verge of running, and Jack just waited for a response. Then there was a clap coming from Gen. Hammond himself, which made the whole of the crowd join in. There was a cheering, and laughing. "About Damn time." Said Ferritti who was clapping whole heartily. While Cassie ran to them and hugged them.

Sam beamed, she was relieved that this was over. She took him in her arms and hugged him tight, which gave the crowd another reason to cheer louder, obvious about the neighbors hearing it. Then Ferritti, who Jack promised to hunt him down and kill him later, decided to start chanting "Kiss her, Kiss her." Which Jack, who had been without her most of the day decided to oblige him...this time.