A/N- just FYI there will be a little, um, well I guess the only word for it is Pete bashing in this chapy. So if your big fans of Pete, well then...um...Sorry...sort of. He may be a little OOC but this is how he is in this fic. Hope you like it.
Chapter Five -o- BYOB
"Kiara come here please" Jack called up the stairs.
"Coming daddy" She yelled as she ran down the hall. She stopped at the top of the stairs and looked down at him. "Look what I made" She said holding up a picture of what Jack could only assume was SG-1 fighting a Goa'uld.
"That's very good" He said smiling at her. "Will you come to the kitchen I have something we need to talk about before every one gets here"
"Ok" She said nodding her head. He smiled as she ran back to her room to put the picture away. When she got down there Jack was working of the fruit salad Cassie liked so much.
"Hi there" Jack said picking her up and setting her on the counter.
"Hi" She said smiling at him. "Am I in trouble?" She asked looking at him.
"No" He said shaking his head. "Honey you know how you don't come from earth?"
"Yeah" She said nodding her head. "I was born on Edora, but mommy died so I came here through the stargate to live with you."
"That's right" he said nodding his head. "Well the stargate is a very big secret, do you know what a secret is?"
"Sure" She said rolling her eyes at him in a way that reminded him of Sam. Already she was a bad influence on his daughter. Jack chuckle at the idea and smiled at her. "Secret like how I'm not 'post to tell Sam about what you said last night?" She asked with a mischievous grin.
"Right" Jack said nodding his head and wondering what that smile was about. "We can't talk to any one about it" He said handing her a slice of apple.
"What about Sam? And Teal'c and Danny, can I talk to them?" She asked looking down at the apple and taking a bite.
"They're ok, but you should always ask first" He said smiling at her. "If you ever have questions and you want to talk about it you should ask me if we can talk about..." Jack trailed off trying to think of something that would be easy for her to remember. "About your home in Minnesota. Ok?"
"My home in Minnesota?" She asked smiling at him. "Ok, I can remember that" She said nodding at him. "Can I go now? I want to get my picture so I can show Danny"
"Sure" Jack said helping her down. "I'll call you when Danny and Janet get here with Cassie."
"Sweet" She said making him smile even bigger as she ran out of the room. He turned back to his fruit salad and started whistling.
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"Teal'c you didn't" Jack said smiling as he eyed the super soaker Teal'c had under his arm.
"She must be armed" He said smiling slightly at Jack and walking into room. Teal'c knew Jack had a large supple of water guns but he thought it only right the girl have her very own. Sam came in behind Teal'c with a bowl full of something. She always brought something to these things, most of the time it was edible, most of the time.
"So what did you bring this time?" Jack asked closing the door behind her.
"Bean dip" Sam said smiling at him.
"Janet, Daniel and Cassie are in the back yard trying to explain to Kiara the finer points of a slip-in-slid" Jack said smiling at her. "Hammond is bringing his granddaughters with him."
"That should be good for her" Sam said walking into the kitchen with him.
"Yeah I thought so too" Jack said nodding his head. "They're a few years older then she is but I think they'll get along anyway"
"Yeah" Sam said putting the dip in the fridge and turning to Jack. "Look si..." She trailed off at the look he was giving her. "Jack there was something I wanted to ta-
"Daddy!" Kiara yelled running into the kitchen from the back yard. "Did you see what Teal'c got me?" She proudly showed him the super soaker that was almost as big as she was. She didn't seem to have any problems holding it though.
"Yeah I did" he said nodding his head at her. "Why don't you go show Danny how it works?" he asked smiling at her. She nodding her head and ran out of the room.
"You were saying Sam?" Jack asked turning to her, he seemed to not having any problems remembering to call her by her first name.
"Right" She said looking over at him. "I wanted to talk to you about las-
"Ding dong!" The door bell rang cutting Sam off again. Jack smiled at her and walked into the living room to let the general and his granddaughters in.
"Hi Jack" Kayla said beaming up at him.
"Where's you daughter?" Tessa, Hammond's oldest granddaughter, asked smiling at him.
"She's in the back yard; did you bring your swimsuits?" He asked stooping down in front of them.
"Yep" They both said at the same time showing him their bag. He led them back there and called Kiara over from attacking Daniel with the water gun.
"Kiara these are Hammond's grandkids" Jack said smiling at her.
"Hello" She said smiling openly at them. She looked over at the slip-in-slid and smiled. "We're playing in the water; did you bring your swimsuits?"
"Yeah" Both girls nodded there heads at her.
"You can change in my room" She said looking up at her dad. "Right?"
"Yeah" he said nodding his head. "Why don't you show them the way?"
"K" She said nodding her head and smiling at them. "Come on I'll show you" She said heading for the hose with the girls right behind her.
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An hour later and Jack had joined their little fire fight. He and Teal'c had teamed up and were at the present moment being assaulted from all sides by the four girls (Cassie couldn't help joining in.) Sam, Daniel and Janet where just laughing while the General chided them for being such poor solders.
"Come on now" he said shaking his head. "I trained you better them that!" He yelled smiling at Jack.
"You think there's something funny Carter?" Jack asked walking over to her soaking wet. He looked at her like he was waiting for her to answer as he tapped his foot, which made Sam laugh even harder.
"No Sir" She said shaking her head as a small giggle escaped her mouth. She looked up at him and laughed. He pulled his water gun up and aimed it at her. Daniel, Janet and the general all stood and walked away from the table, none of them wanted to get caught in the cross fire.
"You wouldn't shot an unarmed woman, would you?" She asked playing innocent. He looked at her and smiled.
"No of course not" he said looking over at Daniel who smiled back. Daniel picked up the water gun on the ground by him.
"Sam?" He said causing her to turn to look at him. "Catch" he said throwing the tiny water pistol at her. As soon as the gun was in her hand Jack brought the water gun back up just as Sam turned to face him. She opened her mouth to say something and got a face full of water. She shook her head as she glared over at Daniel. She then looked at Jack and smiled.
"You are so going to pay" She said as he turned and ran. Sam turned when she heard Daniel snicker. "Oh don't think your getting away so easy" She raised the gun and fired at him. She hit him right between the eyes. Then she turned and ran after Jack.
"Well" Janet said smiling as Daniel wiped his face off. "I guess that'll teach you for fraternizing with the enemy" She smiled at him.
"Enemy?" Daniel asked turning to her with a smirk on his face. "What would make you think Jack was the enemy?" He asked pulling out his own water gun and smiling.
"Don't you dare" Janet said backing up a few steps. "Daniel I swear if you shot me with that I'll be forced to- She was cut off when some one from behind pelted her with what she could only assume was a water balloon. In a flash she had reached out and disarmed Daniel and turned to fire on who she guessed was Jack. She was right; she also hit him right in the head.
"I hope you like needles" She said grinning at him. "Big fat needles" She said holding her hands apart to show him just how big. "Because so help me Colonel I am so going to- again she was cute off as water hit her in the back of the head. She turned to see Daniel smiling at her with a new water gun.
"Come on Janet" Sam called from where she was standing with the other girls. "We out number them, we can so take them out" Janet smirked at Daniel and turned and ran towards where Sam was.
"Here Sir" Jack said handing Hammond a water gun. "You'll need this"
"Oh I don't think I'm going to be- He was cute off when a water balloon hit him in the back of the head. He looked up at Jack, who had a huge smile on his face. "Give me that" He said taking the water gun. He turned around to see Kiara snickering behind her hand.
"This means war" He called smiling as he, Jack, Daniel and Teal'c all charged the girls.
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Another hour later and they were all seated around the big picnic table in the back of Jack's yard. Their water gun war had ended when the boys had finally given up. The girls all had very proud grins on their faces. They were all almost dry as they ate their burgers and hotdogs. Sam's bean dip had been really good and when Jack had said so Sam had admitted that her next-door neighbor had made it. Now Jack was telling Kiara about his cabin and how he was going to take her up there soon to teach her how to fish.
"Not that that will gettcha anything" Sam had said smiling at Kiara. "There aren't any fish in that lake"
"Sure there are" Jack said shaking his head and looking over at Kiara. "Don't listen to her, there are, I just haven't caught any yet"
"S- Jack the day you catch a fish in that lake is the day I stop working with my doohickeys" Sam said smiling at him.
"Well anyway" Janet said smiling at them all. "I think it's about time for some more good news" She said looking over at Daniel who smiled and nodded his head. She put her left hand up on the table and looked over at Sam.
"Is that an engagement ring?" Sam asked smiling at her friend.
"It is" Janet said as her smile got bigger and bigger.
"So who's the lucky man?" Jack asked smirking over at Daniel.
"You're so funny" Daniel said shaking his head and taking Janets hand. "We know it hasn't been long since we started dating but, well I love her and in our line of work its best not to waste time"
"Hear, hear" Jack said nodding his head and smiling at his best friend.
"When?" Sam asked reaching out and slapping Daniel's hand away so she could see the ring.
"We were thinking around Christmas" Janet said smiling at Cassie. Jack looked over at Cassie and saw a small smile on her face.
"You're being awful quite" Jack said as every one turned to look at her.
"I knew" She said as her smile grew.
"And you didn't tell me?" Sam asked feigning shock. "I can't believe my ears" She said shaking her head and smiling at Janet.
"I promised I wouldn't" She said smiling at Sam.
"Well if you promised, I guess I can forgive you" Sam said. Every one started to ask questions about the wedding. They told them where they were going to have it and all the other little things. After they were done eating Jack brought out the dessert and sat down and listened to every ones conversations. After about twenty minutes of this Jack saw that Hammond was doing the same thing and decided maybe now was a good time to have a talk with him.
"General I wonder if I could have a word?" He asked standing and smiling at him.
"Of course" Hammond said nodding his head and standing to walk into the house behind Jack. Jack walked over to his couch and sat down, the general sat across from him and waited.
"General I wanted to-
"Wait" Hammond said holding up his hand. "I'm in your house, eating a burger with you; I think you can call me George"
"Ok" Jack said nodding his head and smiling at him. "George, I wanted you to know how much I have learned working for you in the last few years" Jack looked down at his hands and Hammond was sure his suspicions were right, Jack was retiring.
"But now I have Kiara and there're just too many things that could go wrong. I know others with kids put there lives on the line every day, but..." He trailed off and looked up at Hammond.
"But you've earned the right to a long life with your daughter, she doesn't need to lose another parent" Hammond said nodding his head. "I understand, I'll be sorry to see you go, but I understand" He watched the relief in Jack's eyes and smiled. "But it's not just Kiara right?"
"No its not" Jack said shaking his head. "What Daniel said in there is so true, I've wasted a lot of time, and I'm not going to waste anymore"
"Well frankly I'm a little surprised it took you this long" Hammond said smiling at Jack. "When are you going to tell her how you feel?"
"I have a little surprised planed" Jack said looking to the arch way that led to the kitchen. Hammond nodded his head and smiled.
Sam smiled as she backed away from the archway. She was sure that Jack hadn't seen her standing there. She didn't mean to eavesdrop on them. She had been about to walk in to ask him something when Hammond had asked him when Jack was going to tell 'her' how he felt. Sam walked back out to the yard with a little smile on her face.
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Sam walked into her house and kicked off her shoes. Her feet were killing her and her head felt like it might just fall off. Jack had turned in his retirement papers yesterday and was now retired. Hammond had refused to take his key card and clearance though, he was sure that Jack would come back every once in a while. And while Sam was happy for Jack and his new little family she was really going to miss her CO. She was just picking up the phone to call for a pizza when there was a knock at the door.
"Coming" Sam called walking over to the door. She opened it to find a young man with a vase full of red roses. She smiled at him and he nodded his head at her.
"Samantha Carter?" He asked looking down at the little clip board.
"That's me" She said nodding her head.
"Sign here please?" He asked handing her the clip board. She did and he handed her the roses.
"Thanks" She said smelling them. He nodded his head and walked back towards his truck. She walked into the living room and pulled the little card out.
'Sam, 8:00 at The Moonlight Cove. Just tell the Host who you are, they'll know where to take you. Dress up.' It was signed 'Your secret Admirer.'
Sam smiled as she looked down at the hand writing. It wasn't Jack's. 'He must have called the delivery in, they would have had to write the note' Sam thought as she ran up the stairs to her room. She opened the closet and looked at all her stuff, she didn't know if she had anything good. She looked down at her watch, she only had two hours.
"Ok" Sam said to no one. "What to wear, what to wear?"
An hour and a half later she was showered, her hair was dry and she was dressed and ready to go. She looked down at her watch again. It only took 15 minutes to get to the Moonlight cove form her house so she had to wait. She walked over to her mirror and looked herself up and down. She looked pretty good. She was wearing a very light blue dress; one that Jack had seen once at a Christmas party and said looked really nice on her. She had gold earrings on and a bracelet Daniel had given her for her birthday the year before. She looked down at her watch again and sighed.
'Ok' she thought grabbing her keys and coat. "I'm just going to have to be a little early' she thought walking out the door to her car. She had only ever been to the Moonlight Cove once with her father years earlier but she new just where it was. She turned the radio on to her favorite station and smiled when 'I can't be your friend' came on. This was just what she was hoping Jack was going to say to her tonight. They had waited so long, and now it was over, they could finally really live.
Sam pulled into the parking lot and found a spot right by the door. She turned the car off and took a few deep breaths. Two hours ago this seemed like it would be so easy but here she was sitting in her car trying to psych her self up. She smiled gave herself the once over and then got out of the car. She walked up to the doors and smiled at the man who opened the door for her.
"I'm um...Samantha Carter" She said smiling at him. She felt a little silly as he nodded his head.
"Right this way madam" He said leading her through the restaurant towards the back. "He wanted a more privet setting" He said smiling.
"Oh" Sam said nodding her head as he opened the door to the privet dinning room. She walked into the room and stopped half way to the table. Jack was not sitting there in that seat. Jack had not sent her the roses and this was not Jack's surprise.
"Pete?" She said giving him a weird look.
"Hi" he said smiling at her. He got up nodded to the host; he nodded back and walked out the door. "Here let me get that for you" He said pulling out the chair for Sam. She nodded her head and sat down still a little shock and very sad that this wasn't Jack.
"You look very pretty" He said sitting down across form her.
"Huh...oh thank you" She said looking up at his big smiling face. 'Well this is going to be fun' she thought taking a deep breath. "How did you get my address?" She asked as a waiter came in and poured wine.
"Your brother" he said smiling at her. He was taking her shock as a good thing. "I thought it would be a fun surprise"
"Right" Sam said making a note to herself to have a little chat with Mark. "Listen Pete" She started as he took a sip of his wine. "I'm sure you're a nice guy-
"Oh geez" He said looking up at her. "You have to be kidding me" He said putting his glass down and staring at her.
"I'm sorry Pete I'm just not interested" Sam said trying to smile at him. "This is all very sweet and I'm sure you're a real nice guy but-
"It's that Jack guy huh?" He asked interrupting her again. She took a deep breath and nodded her head. "He's like 20 years older then you" He said looking shocked now.
"Actually its 15 years and what business is that of yours?" Sam asked giving him a look that clearly said 'Well I'm waiting?'
"I well, I just, he's just a little old for you isn't he?" He asked not liking the way this was going. "Come on Sam, you don't even know me, give me a chance?"
"That's right" Sam said nodding her head and standing. "I don't know you"
"Come on Sam" Pete said standing too. "Do you know what he did?" He asked walking around the table in a last ditch effort to get her to stay.
"What are you talking about?" Sam asked looking over at him as she grabbed her purse.
"He let his 10 year old son shot him self" Pete said nodding his head thinking again that she was shocked because she didn't know this.
"How do you know that?" She asked taking a step towards him.
"I...uh...I checked up on him" Pete said not liking the look on Sam's face.
"You what?" Sam said in a calm quite voice, he would have preferred she yelled, because this was much scarier. "You have no business, I repeat NO business 'checking up on people' that I know" She was about a foot away from him now. "If I ever see you again you will be very sorry, and if I ever hear that you spread that around, or if I hear someone who shouldn't know that say something, I'm going to come find you and then you'll wish I had let Jack have you, he'd be so much nicer then me" And then just for that little something Sam picked up the wine sitting on the table and poured it over his head. "Have a good night" She said walking out the door just as the waiter walked in.
Sam walked out to her car and opened the door climbed in and set her head on the stirring wheel. She looked back up at the restaurant and felt a little bad for what just happened. Man he had seemed so nice at the mall. She shook it off and started her car. She would call Janet when she got home and talk it out with her, that should help. Man she had so wanted that to be Jack.
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Jack walked around his living room. It was about ten a clock at night and Kiara was fast asleep. Step one in his surprise should arrive at Sam's sometime tomorrow. He hoped she liked it. He had spent two days agonizing over it and had finally asked Kiara what she thought. The little girl, happy to help, had told him just what she thought and Jack had done it. Now he was starting to have doubts. What if she didn't feel that way anymore? What if she had a boyfriend and just hadn't told any of us about him?
"Munchkin to Oz are you there Oz?" Jack heard over the radio. Kiara had heard Jack and Teal'c taking about code names and then had insisted they have them for the walkie-talkies. Which Jack just thought was the coolest thing in the world. He walked over to the walkie-talkie and picked it up.
"Oz here" He said smiling when he heard her giggle.
"Daddy go to bed, she's going to love it" He heard Kiara say. He smiled and nodded his head.
"Ok munchkin" he said walking up the stairs. "Love you"
"Love you too Oz" She said running into her room as soon as she heard him head up the stairs. "Sweet dreams"
"You too kiddo" he said smiling when he heard her door close. He walked to his room and closed the door behind him. He walked over to the receipt on the dresser. 'Man I hope you like it' He thought smiling to him self.
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Sam was just starting the coffee when there was a knock on her door. She sighed when she saw it was another delivery boy, well at lest there're no flowers. She opened the door and smiled at him.
"Morning" He said smiling at her.
"Morning" Sam said hoping this wasn't something else from Pete.
"Sigh here please" he said handing her the clip board. She did and he smiled and nodded his head. He bent over and picked up a box with holes all over it. He handed it to her and smiled. He looked down at the clip board and frowned. "Oops, I'll be right back" He said running back down to his truck.
"Meow" Sam looked down at the box and smiled. A cat? Who would send her a cat?
"Here you go mamma" He said setting another box at her feet. "Have a good day."
"You too" She said picking up the box and caring them both inside. She opened the box with the holes and smiled at the tiny black and white kitten inside.
"Hello there" She said reaching in and pulling it out. "You're pretty cute" She said setting the cat down.
"Meow" The cat said in agreement.
"Let's see what else we got" She said opening the box and smiling. There was a litter box cat food all kinds of toys and at the very bottom there was a note.
Hi, my names Doohickey and I have no home. Can I stay here with you? I'm a very good kitty, I won't tear up your couch and I'm sure I'll get the potty training thing down sooner or later. I have had all my shots and am a boy; Please let me stay with you.
Sam smiled down at the cat and reached out to pet him as he climbed around scooping out his new surrounding. 'It must be Jack' She thought remembering the day she had told him she had never had a pet growing up and had always wanted a cat.
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"Well one of the ladies I lived with had like fifteen cats" Daniel said smiling at them. "I was forever tripping over them. And boy did they make my allergies run haywire" He said smiling. It was a Friday night SG-1 get-together and they had just finished watching 'Homeward Bound' Jack's pick, though no one knew why.
"I had two dogs" Jack said smiling. "And I probably went through about 30 or so fish"
"I had not animals" Teal'c said looking at them. "Owning animals is not practiced on Chulak."
"I can't believe you never had a pet" Jack said shaking his head. "What about you Carter, what kind of pets did you have?"
"I never had any pets either" Sam said smiling at him. "Dads allergic to almost every thing, or well he was" She said smiling. "I always wanted a cat though. I always thought that would be fun, I don't know why I haven't gotten on yet"
"Carter I swear you are a lost cause" Jack said shaking his head and making a mental note of this little fact.
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"Well looks like I have a new room mate" She said smiling. "Doohickey, well you're definitely from Jack" She said smiling at him.
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"Sam, when did you get a cat?" Janet asked walking into the kitchen where Sam was fixing popcorn.
"He came in the mail" Sam said smiling at Janet.
"He what?" She asked looking down at the kitten weaving himself between her legs.
"I have a sneaking suspicion that Jack sent him." Sam said looking down at the cat. "He's names Doohickey" She said smiling at Janet.
"Was that your doing or Jack's?" Janet asked as they walked into the living room the little cat trailing behind them.
"Jack's" She said handing Janet the letter that had come with Doohickey the day before. "How do you think I knew he was from Jack?"
"Right" Janet said nodding her head. She picked the cat up and smiled at him. "Hi Doohickey"
"Meow" He said licking her nose.
"Oh I think he like you" Sam said smiling. "He licks me all the time, I think that's why Jack got him."
"Well that wouldn't surprise me" Janet said smiling.
"So tell me more about your wedding plans" Sam said sitting down on the floor by the fire with Janet.
"Can I ask you something first?" Janet asked looking up at Sam.
"Shoot" Sam said nodding her head.
"Will you be my maid of honor?" Janet asked as the cat climbed up to the couch and watched to two women.
"Oh Janet really?" Sam said smiling at her. Janet nodded her head and then so did Sam. "Of course I will" She said nodding her head again and hugging Janet. "Oh this is going to be so fun"
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"So what is Jack up to" Janet asked Daniel later that night as they settled in for bed.
"Up to?" Daniel said looking all innocent. "I don't know what you're talking about"
"Yes you do" Janet said nodding her head. "Come on now, you know you want to tell me, I won't tell Sam, scoots honor"
"Janet you weren't in the scoots" Daniel said smiling and shaking his head.
"Well, no I wasn't" Janet said smiling at him. "Please?"
"Nope" Daniel said getting under the cover and kissing her forehead. "Don't know a thing"
"Fine" Janet said faking a pout. "Just be that way then"
"Janet?" Daniel said as he turned the light off.
"Yes?" She asked putting her head on his shoulder.
"I love you" He said pulling her close.
"I love you too" She said closing her eyes and wondering about what was in store for Sam next.
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"Hello" Sam said as she opened the door to a new delivery boy. Man they were going to know her address by heart soon.
"Hi" He sad smiling at her. "Someone in the dog house?" He asked smiling at her.
"Nope" She said shaking her head and taking the clip board. "Just a...friend" She said smiling at him. He handed her the flowers and took the clip board.
"Right" he said nodding his head not believing a word. "Well have a good day"
"You too" She said walking into the room and taking a deep breath of the flowers. That was much better then the roses, she had never been a huge fan of roses. She looked down as Doohickey wove him self between her legs and meowed. She bent down and picked him up.
"Man I could get use to this" She said laughing as Doohickey reached out to swat on of the leaves. "I think I need to have a talk with a certain retired Colonel, can't have him spending all this money on me" She said shaking her head. "At lest not till we're dating" Sam said smiling as she put the cat down and took out the card.
Sam,
The time has come for us you see
We have waited very patiently
Come fly among the stars this night
They shin in the sky so very bright
Just close your eyes and wait for me
We'll take a trip over the sea
Meet me at O'Malley's at 9:30 on Saturday. I'll take you on a trip you won't soon forget. Dress warmly; it's a little cold at night.
Sam smiled down at the little kitten and sighed. She put the flowers on the counter in the kitchen and walked up the stairs with Doohickey right on her heels. Saturday was only three days away; she had to find something to wear.
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Jack was in the back yard watching Kiara play with the new swing set he had just put up. It was starting to get a little chilly out side. August would be here soon, then Sam's birthday. Speaking of birthdays...
"Kiara" he said walking over and sitting down on one of the swings. "When's your birthday?" He asked looking up at her on the slid.
"Um..." She slid down and walked over to him. "Almost winter" She said trying to remember what her mother had told her about the earth months. "Um...sec...sep...sem...uh"
"September?" Jack asked smiling at her.
"Yeah" She said nodding her head. "Mother told me that you told her about the months, she said I was born in what you knew as September" The little girl frowned a little at the mention of her mother. Jack picked her up and put her in his lap.
"No date though?" He asked. She nodded his head and thought about it. "How about September 24?" Jack would have to have Hammond change her date of birth on her 'birth certificate.'
"Ok" She asked smiling at him. "When is September?"
"It's in a few months" He said smiling at her. "Then you'll be five"
"Wow" She said putting her head on his shoulder. "Daddy, tell me a story?" She asked as he started to swing a little.
"Ok" Jack said nodding his head. He told her about Snow White and the Seven dwarfs. By the time he was done she had fallen asleep. He picked her up and walked into the house.
"Big mean queen" She said in her sleep and she moved to grip his shirt.
"You tell her" Jack said setting Kiara down in her bed. Kiara rolled over and opened her eyes. "Daddy" She said yawning. "I like Sam" She said smiling a sleepy smile. "I think Mother would have liked her too"
"Yeah" Jack said nodding his head. "Go to sleep"
"K" She said closing her eyes again. Jack leaned down and kissed her on the forehead. "Love you" She slurred out as she fell asleep.
"Love you too kiddo" he said standing and walking to the door. "Sweet dreams"
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"Hey Janet thanks for coming" Jack said ushering Janet into the house. She smiled at him and nodded her head.
"Kiara's not sick is she?" Janet asked looking up the stairs.
"Huh, no she's fine" Jack said walking into to the kitchen. "She's with Teal'c at the moment; he said something about taking her to the park"
"Oh" Janet said nodding her head a little confused. "So was there something you needed then?"
"Yes" Jack said smiling at her. "How is Doohickey getting along?" He asked smiling at her. "Daniel told me you were there the other day."
"He's good" Janet said sitting down at the kitchen table. "Sam just loves him; she really wants to thank who ever sent him."
"Does she?" Jack asked sitting down and handing her some coffee. "Well I hope she gets to"
"Yeah" Janet said nodding her head and taking the coffee. "So you wanted...?"
"Right" he said nodding his head. "You have a key to her house right?"
"Yes" Janet said nodding her head. "Why?"
"I need you to go there, when she's not home and pack her an over night bag." Jack said smiling at her.
"Ok" Janet said nodding her head.
"That's it?" Jack asked looking skeptical. "You don't want to know what I'm planning?"
"Nope" Janet said smiling at him. "What ever it is I'm sure she'll love it" Janet said looking up when the door front opened.
"O'Neill" Teal'c said walking into the kitchen without Kiara.
"Where's Kiara?" Jack asked looking behind Teal'c. Kiara popped her head around the corner and smiled at him.
"Hi daddy" She said not coming into the kitchen. Jack could see she was hiding something behind the wall.
"Whatcha got there Kiara?" Jack asked looking up at Teal'c who had a small smile on his face.
"It was all alone in the park daddy, it would die out there in the cold and I didn't want her to. She doesn't have a collar and she's so cute" She said stepping out from behind the wall with a little almost totally white kitten. "Can I keep her?" She asked smiling brightly at him. Jack looked over at Janet who had a big smile on her face. Then smiled and shook his head.
"I don't see why not" Jack said smiling at her. "But you'll have to help me take care of her. She'll have to be feed and cleaned."
"I will" Kiara said nodding her head and beaming at her father. "You hear that Cotton you get to stay" She said looking down at the cat.
"Meow" She said purring as Kiara stroked her.
"Cotton?" Jack asked looking at Kiara.
"Well yeah" She said walking over to her dad. "See she's all white like the cotton balls Janet has at the..." She trailed of and got real close to her dad and whispered "At the base" She whispered making Jack smile and nod his head.
"Yeah she is" Jack said turning back to Janet. "Oh, I was also wondering if you'd mind watching Kiara on Saturday night?"
"No problem" Janet said smiling. "We'll have a slumber party with Cassie" Janet said smiling. "Sound like fun?" She asked turning to Kiara.
"Yeah!" Kiara said nodding her head and turning to Teal'c. "Did you hear that? I get to keep Cotton and have a sleep over"
"I did indeed" Teal'c said smiling at her. "You must take good care of her"
"I will" She said nodding her head and looking solemn.
"I'll bring that over night bag to you on Friday" Janet said standing up. "And I'll see you on Saturday"
"Ok" Kiara said nodding her head.
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"Hello? Janet?" Sam said walking into Janet's house on Saturday evening. "Hello, any one home?"
"Sam!" Kiara said running into the room with red goop on her face. "We're having a sleep over."
"I see that" Sam said nodding her head as Janet and Cassie walked in, both with goop on their faces.
"What are you doing here?" Janet asked looking at the clock on the wall. "Your suppose to be at O'Malley's in an hour"
"I know" Sam said smiling. If Kiara was here that meant Janet was babysitting, always a good sign.
"So?" Cassie asked smiling at Sam. "What are you doing here?"
"Well..." Sam looked down at little Kiara and smiled.
"Sam" Kiara said pulling on her shirt. "Who's watching Doohickey?"
"How did you know about Doohickey?" Sam asked smiling down at the little girl. Kiara looked stumped for a second then smiled. "Janet told me, huh Janet?"
"Yep" Janet said nodding her head and smiling at Sam.
"I have a kitty too now" Kiara said proudly. "Daddy said she'd be ok alone"
"Yep, so will Doohickey" Sam said smiling.
"We should introduce them" Kiara said looking thoughtful. "I bet they'd be good friends"
"I bet they would" Sam said nodding her head.
"So Sam, you're here for...?" Janet asked smiling at her.
"I don't have anything to wear" Sam said shaking her head. "I'm hopeless"
"Come with me" Janet said shaking her head. "We'll help you wont we girls?"
"Sure will" Kiara said nodding her head.
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"Your table is right this way" The hostess said smiling at Sam. Sam followed behind her thinking about what Jack could have planed. The hostess stopped and pushed back a curtain to the privacy booth and smiled again at Sam. "Have fun" Sam sat down and saw some things sitting on the table.
There was a blindfold that had a little note on it. 'Put me on' Sam smiled. There was also what looked to be flight wings and pink Lilies and a drink. Sam took a sip of the drink and then put the blind fold on. Seconds after she had it on she sensed some one slid into the seat across from her.
"Hello" He said making her smile, man she would know that voice anywhere.
"Hi Jack" She said wondering why she had the blind fold on.
"So you ready?" He asked smiling at the perplexed look she had on her face.
"What's with the blindfold?" Sam asked reaching up to take it off.
"Hey" he said reaching across the table and stopping her. "No peeking"
"Ok" She said smiling at him. "Well I'm ready then" She said.
"Well let's get a move on then" He said taking her hand and pulling her out of the booth. He lead her out to a car and helped her in, buckled her set and just stood there smiling at her for a second.
"Something wrong?" She asked wondering what he was doing.
"No" He said getting ready to back away when her hand came up and cupped his cheek. She ran her hand up and through his hair. She let her hand drop and smiled at him.
"Well what are you waiting for then?" She asked smiling at him. He leaned over and pressed his lips lightly to hers. It was a very light kiss but it left Sam's lips tingling with electricity. He pulled back and smiled down at her.
"Hands on your lap, don't want to squish any fingers" Jack said grinning from ear to ear. Sam smiled and put her hands in her lap. Jack shut the door and walked around the other side and got in. He started the car and the radio came on. Sam smiled when the song started to play.
"Jack, where are we going?" She asked looking over at him even if she couldn't see him.
"It's a surprise" He said reaching over and taking one of her hands.
"Ok" Sam said nodding her head and squeezing his hand. "You know I got a cat" She said smiling at him.
"Did you?" he asked smirking at the tone of her voice. "When did you do that?"
"He came in the mail a few days ago" She said rolling her eyes behind the blindfold. "His name is-
"Doohickey?" Jack said smiling.
"Yeah" She said nodding her head and smiling at him. "Thank you Jack"
"For what?" He asked playing dumb.
"For...everything" She said smiling at him and closing her eyes. They rode the rest of the way in silence. Sam wondering where they were going and Jack hoping she'd like it. About 25 minutes into the trip Jack stopped and turned the car off.
"Are we there? Can I take this off?" She asked looking over at him.
"No and no" Jack said opening the door and stepping out. He walked over to her side pulled two bags out of the back of his truck and helped her out. "We're about half way there, sort of" He said leading her as they walked away from his car.
"Well where are we?" She asked looking up at him.
"Can't tell you" he said smiling when someone walked up to them.
"Colonel O'Neill" He said smiling at them. "And this must be Major Carter" He said smiling at her. "It's nice to meet you"
"Nice to meet you" She said looking towards the sound of his voice. "Who are you?"
"Oh right" Jack said handing someone else their two bags. "This is Mr. McFaddas. He owns this place" Jack said being vague on purpose.
"And this place would be...What exactly?' Sam asked looking around.
"Can't tell, it'd ruin the surprise" Jack said smiling at Mr. McFaddas. "Thanks for having everything ready"
"Your welcome" he said smiling at them. "You have fun"
"We will" Jack said nodding his head and smiling at him. Mr. McFaddas walked away and Jack walked Sam forwards.
"Jack do I hear water?' Sam asked looking up at him.
"Yes" Jack said nodding his head. "It's a small man made lake" Jack said smiling at her. He stopped took her hand again and Sam could tell he had just gone down a level or something. "Let me help you" He said picking her up and then putting her down.
"So we're in the water now?" Sam asked feeling the sway of the boat. "Can I take this off now?"
"Nope" Jack said loving the frustration in her voice.
"Fine" Sam said sitting down as the boat lurched forwards. "Are we staying on the boat or-
"Ok" Jack said as the boat came to a stop, they couldn't have gone for then 20 feet. "Every one out" He said helping her up. "Watch your head" He said as he helped her up and into a small door.
"Jack where are we?" She asked looking around again even though it did her no good. "Are we on a different boat or are we- She cute her self off when she tried to stand and hit her head.
"Ow" Jack said smiling at her. "I told you to watch your head, you alright" He asked walking over to her.
"Yeah" She said shaking her head. 'Low roof, in the water, not a boat' Sam thought rubbing her head. 'Where the hell are we?'
"Here, come sit down" Jack said pulling her over and sitting her down in a chair. "You need some help buckling up?"
"Sure" Sam said nodding her head and smiling at him. "You'll tell me eventually right? I mean I'm not going to wear this the whole time am I?"
"Well no, not the whole time" Jack said sitting down and starting the engine. He put his headphones on and smiled over at Sam. As they started to move Sam started to think maybe she knew where they were and then as it lurched up she was sure.
"Jack are we in a plane?" She asked looking over at him.
"Yep" Jack said nodding his head. He reached over and handed her her headphones.
"Jack are you flying this thing?" She asked a little shocked. She knew he could fly, but she didn't know he did it when he wasn't working.
"Yep" Jack said chuckling a little. "What you trust me in a death glider but not my plain?"
"Your plain?" Sam asked wishing she could see his face.
"Yep" He said nodding his head. "Welcome to the SGC" He smirked a little.
"SGC?" Sam asked smirking at him.
"Yep, the Stargaze Cruiser" Jack said nodding his head.
"Oh" Sam said nodding her head. "Well where are we going?"
"Can't tell ya" He said smirking. "You'll see"
"Not with this thing on" Sam said smiling at him.
"Well you can take it off in about an hour and a half" Jack said watching her looking around and see nothing.
"Fine" Sam said resigned to her fate. "This had better be good"
"That's what I was thinking" Jack said looking over at her and laughing. "Stop being so tense and just enjoy the flight." About an hour later Sam was rudely awoken by a little shutter from the plain.
"Jack?" She asked opening her eyes and then remembering the blindfold.
"Hey sleepy head" He said looking over as she sat up. As she sat there thinks a line from the poem in her card came to mind.
"Come fly among the stars this night, they shin in the sky so very bright" Sam said looking in his direction. "I should have known" She said smiling at him. "It was beautiful"
"Yeah?" Jack asked smiling at her. "Thanks. We should be landing in about 15 minutes"
"Ok" Sam said nodding her head and smiling at him. "Can't wait." Twenty five minutes later they where on firm ground again, though Sam was still wearing the blindfold. Jack walked her along for a few seconds then turned her and pulled the blindfold off.
"I figured this was the only way I'd ever get you here" He said as she looked up at the little cabin nestled in the trees.
"Wow Jack you never said how beautiful it was up here" She said turning so she could look at him. "This is a wonderful surprise, is there food here, because frankly I'm starved"
"This way" he said leading her up towards the cabin.
After a meal of steak and potatoes and some wonderful red wine they were sitting by the fire sitting side by side. Jack had his arm around her shoulder and she had her head on his shoulders. They had been there for about half an hour, nether one saying anything.
"I love you Sam" Jack finally said pulling away a little so he could look at her. "You are every thing I've ever wanted and more" He smiled when she kissed his cheek. "I know it's taken a really long time to get here" he reached over and took her glass and set it on the table. "But what Daniel said the other day is so true, with what we do we only really ever have today. And I don't want to waste any more of them"
"Not good with words my ass" Sam said as she wiped a tear away. "I love you too Jack, so much that it sometimes hurts" She took his glass too set in on the table and smiled at him. "Jack, take me to bed" She said standing and pulling him up. "I'm tired of waiting. I love you"
"I love you too" He said pulling her into his arms. "Right this way." He said pulling her towards the ladder in the far corner. Sam smiled walked over to the table in the kitchen and held up the blindfold.
"Now you can see what its like to be blind" She said smirking at him.
"Peachy" He said smiling at her as he pulled her close. "This should be interesting" She smirked and kissed him. When she pulled back he was just standing there with a smile on his face.
"I'll be upstairs" She said climbing the ladder. "Join me when you're ready" She called down and smiled when she heard him start up the ladder. She laid down on the bed and laughed when he jumped onto the bed pining her down. As she looked into his eyes she smiled.
"I love you Jack" She said sighing in contentment.
"I love you too Sam" He said as he reached over and turning off the light.
The End...For Now
A/N- Ok so what do with think? I hope you all liked it. I'd also like to thank SunStorm for all her wonderful and helpful criticism. Thanks for all your help, with all my stories -)
Daniel: Just for any of you who didn't know BYOB stands for Bring Your Own Beverage
Jack: Its Beer Danny, Bring Your Own Beer
Daniel: It dosnt have to be beer
Jack: Does too!
Daniel: Does not!
Jack: Does!
Daniel: Not!
Jack: Does!
Daniel: Not!
Well they could be at it all night so I hoped you liked the story, let me know what you think. And have fun reading!