A/N-- I now realize that there's a small discrepancy in Kiaras age. So from now on she is 7 in the year 2005. I know that makes her a little older in the beginning but I'll go back and fix it...Thanks, Fawna
In-between -o- Grandpa Carter?
April 30, 2005
"Jacob, so good to see you" Hammond said as he walked into the gate room smiling at his long time friend. Jacob nodded his head and smiled at him.
"It is" he said walking over to him. They shook hands and Hammond led him from the gate room. "How is every one here?"
"Oh fine" he said nodding his head. Jacob didn't know that Sam and Jack had gotten married because he had been on a long time undercover mission for the Tok'ra. "Sam has some big news for you, but I'll let her tell you"
"Oh?" He asked smiling at Hammond. "Where is she?"
"She's not here, she's had the last few days off, spending some time with Jack" Hammond said smiling at him, of course that time was spent on their honeymoon, but he wasn't going to tell him that. Hammond walked with him to his room on base and waited out side while he put on civilian clothes.
"How's Kiara doing?" Jacob asked as he came out a few minutes later. Jacob had only met the little girl a few times over the years, but like everyone else he fell in love with her the first time they met.
"Oh she's fine" Hammond said nodding his head. "Janet and Daniel's first daughter was born last month, she's quite the cutie." He said smiling at him.
"Does Sam know I'm here?" He asked as they walked out to the base cars.
"No, she's going to surprise you; I thought turnabouts far play" Hammond said smirking at him.
"You know, some times I think you've been around Jack to long" Jacob said smiling at him. "So is she home?"
"I just talked to her, called her with a question about the stargate" Hammond said as Jacob got into the car. "So see you on Saturday?"
"Why what's Saturday?" He asked smiling.
"It's their monthly BBQ" Hammond said with an evil smile on his face. "You came just in time"
"I guess so" He said nodding his head. He waved out the window as he drove away. He wondered what it was that Sam had to tell him. There were only two things he could think of, she either got married or is pregnant, he'd be happy with either one. Though if she was married he wished he could have been there for it.
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"Mom" Kiara called as she walked down the stairs. Sam came out of the kitchen with flower on her face and a spoon in her hand. "What are you doing?" Kiara asked smiling at her.
"I'm trying to show your father how to make a cake" Sam said shaking her head and sighing. "It's not going so well"
"Well did you try putting the flower in the bowl?" Kiara asked smirking at her mom.
"Oh you think you're funny?" Sam asked giving her one of those don't-make-me-come-up-there looks. "You want to clean the kitchen when we're done?" She asked smiling at her now.
'Ding-dong'
"Oh!" Kiara said smirking at Sam. "The door, I'll get it!" She said running down the rest of the steps and around the corner to answer the door. She swung it open and screeched when she saw who was on the other side of the door.
"Kiara what's wrong?" Sam asked as she came running in to see Kiara who was now being hugged by Jacob. "Dad?" Sam asked smiling at him with relief.
"Hey there kiddo" He said putting Kiara down. "You have a little something on your face" He said pointing to the flower that covered at lest 70 of it.
"Oh you're funny" She said nodding her head. "You can help Kiara clean the kitchen" She said smiling at him. "And just for that I'm going to give you a hug" She said running over to him and hugging him around the middle.
"Sam who's here?" Jack asked as he walked in, covered in flower as well.
"Geez, you guys have a flower fight?" Kiara asked smirking at her father.
"Jake" Jack said smiling at him. "Good to see you, we weren't expecting you were we?" He looked worried for a second. "I didn't forget to pick you up or something did I?"
"No I'm here spur of the moment" He said smiling at Jack. "You didn't forget anything"
"Oh, good" He said nodding his head. "Well it's good to see you" he said holding out his hand. It was then that Jacob saw the ring and his smile grew.
"So finally did it then huh?" He asked looking over at Sam's hand. "I'm sorry I missed it" Sam looked down at her hand and tears sprung to her eyes.
"Oh we tried to get you here" Sam said shaking her head. "But you were undercover, some big thing for the Tok'ra, we couldn't postpone, I'm sorry" She said shaking her head. Jacob put his hand on her shoulder and smiled at her.
"I'm just so happy for you" He said squeezing her shoulder a little. "Both of you" He said looking over at Jack. "So what are we cooking?"
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"Whatcha doin?" Jacob asked a few hours later as he walked into Kiara's room. Her room had changed since the last time he had been here. There was no longer any pink on the walls or flowers on the bed spread. She now had her room painted white with two strips going around the middle, one red and one blue. There were also a number of posters on the walls of hockey players; one in particular player was featured the most.
"My homework" She said turning to smile at him. She was working at a computer with some math on it. "It's e-mail math. Our teacher send some of us extra math and we do it and send it back, its extra credit."
"Right" Jacob said nodding his head. "How's that going?"
"I'm done" She said swinging around in her chair. "How's the cake coming?" She asked with a smirk on her face.
"Well he didn't burn it" Jake said smiling at her. She nodded her head and then her face got a little serious. "How is...Selmak?" She asked looking up at him. When she had first met Jacob and Selmak she had been scared out of her mind when Selmak talked. Now they had conversations together, she made Selmak laugh.
"Good, happy to be here, wanted to see you again" Jacob said smiling at her. Her head came up with a smile on her face.
"Really?" She asked turning back to her computer. "I wrote a story in creative writing last week, it got an A, my teacher thinks I should be a writer" She said reaching into a drawer and pulling out a pile of paper. She handed it to Jacob and he smiled when he read the title.
"Against Ra" Jacob said reading the title out loud. "What's it about?"
"It's about bad aliens that pose as earth gods and the good aliens that appose them" She said smiling big at him. "I had dad read it before I turned it in, I didn't use any of the real names or anything...except Ra and Egeria, who is of course the good guy, or in this case good girl." Kiara said smiling at him. "She beats Ra in the end"
"As it should have been" Jacob said nodding his head. "My I read it?"
"Of course" Kiara said nodding her head. "Tell me what you think when you're done? You and Selmak?"
"Of course" He said nodding his head. He stood up kissed her on the head and walked out. Kiara turned around and opened a new file.
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"Have you read this?" Jacob asked Sam the next afternoon after he finished Kiaras story. He put the story down on the table and looked up at her. Kiara was in school and Jack was at the SGC.
"I have, good story huh?" Sam asked smiling at her father. "She showed it to Jack and Hammond before she turned it in. They were both very imprested."
"It's a good story" He said nodding his head. Sam nodded her head and looked down at the book she was reading.
"You know I had a talk with Kiara a few weeks ago" Sam said putting her book down and looking up at her father.
"Ok" He said nodding his head. "About what?" He asked knowing he was suppose to.
"Well we were talking about mom" Sam said looking up at him. He nodded his head and she continued. "Well she wanted to know what she was like, so I told her everything I could remember but, it's not a lot. You know both Jack's parents are dead, that means your Kiaras only grandparent"
"I noticed that Kiara calls you mom now" He said nodding his head. "I'll have a talk with her when she gets home"
"Ok" Sam said nodding her head. "We should go see Daniel; you know he just had a baby right?"
"I had heard" He said nodding his head. "I'd like to see her, how old is she now?"
"She's a little more then a month now" Sam said smiling. "She such a beautiful baby" Sam said smiling wistfully. Jacob could tell what was going through her mind and wondered when her and Jack were going to get around to having kids. "I'll call Janet tonight; see if they want to have dinner tomorrow."
"Ok" he said nodding his head. "I'll let you get back to your book, I want to take a walk" He said smiling at her.
"Have fun dad" Sam said smiling back. He nodded as he stood up and walked to the door. He didn't know this area all that well but he did know there was a burger place not far from here and Selmak loved French fries.
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"What are you going to tell her?" Selmak asked startling Jacob. Jacob shrugged his shoulders.
"I don't know" He thought "I want to tell her all about Rebecca, it's just...hard"
"I know" Selmak thought "I can help if you want, I could tell her about Rebecca, it is all here in your head"
"That's nice of you" He thought smiling. "But I need to do it"
"Ok" She thought "I like her story"
"I do too" He thought smiling as he remembered the story. "Jack's got quite a story writer on his hands"
"Indeed he does, you should ask her if it would be ok if we copied it, I'd like to take it home with us"
"I will" He thought nodding his head. "I'm sure she's love that" They were both silent the rest of the way to the restaurant and when they got there all Selmak wanted to talk about was the food. Jacob was sure she was trying to let him think it over on his own, which was a little hard to do sometimes.
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"Sam?" Jack called when he got home from the SGC. "Where are you?" He asked coming around the corner. He found her asleep on the couch with a book in her lap. He put the flowers he brought home on the table and walked over to her.
"Sammie?" He said kissing her lightly on the lips.
"Hey there Jack" She said before she opened her eyes. "Do I smell lilies?"
"Maybe" He said smirking at her as she opened her eyes. She looked over her shoulder and smiled.
"They're beautiful" She said pulling him down and kissing him again.
"Ew!" Kiara said shaking her head. "None of that" She said walking into the room. Jack smiled at her and she ran over to him. "I have something really cool to tell you, where's Jacob?"
"He went for a walk he should be home...now" She said as he walked around the corner. "Hey Dad" Jacob smiled at her and looked down at Kiara.
"So what's your news kiddo?" Jack asked as he sat down.
"My story" She said grinning wildly, which made her look even more like Jack. "My teacher is going to have it published in a book the school is putting together for some fundraiser!"
"Wow" Sam said smiling at her. "That's wonderful!"
"Oh cool!" Jack said reaching out and pulling her into a huge. "I'm so proud of you!" He said smiling at her. She turned to Jacob and smiled at him.
"What did you think? Did you like it?" She asked smiling at him and waiting.
"It was wonderful" he said nodding his head. "And Selmak and I are very proud of you"
"Thanks" She said smiling and turning back to Jack. "There's going to be a ceremony and I get a plaque, you'll come right?"
"Wouldn't miss it for the world" he said smiling at her.
"Me too" Sam said nodding her head. "I can't wait"
"I think this calls for cake" Jack said smiling at Kiara.
"Dad you think the sun coming up calls for cake" Kiara said smirking at him. "We could have the one you made"
"Um...how about I run to the DQ and get an ice-cream cake?" Jack said smirking at her.
"Yours' not eatable, huh?" Kiara said smirking at him. Jack rolled his eyes and smiled at Sam. "Ok, DQ is cool. What's for dinner?"
"What do you want?" Sam asked smiling at her as she stood up she ruffled Kiaras hair. Jacob smiled to himself, he use to do that to Sam when she was young.
"Lasana!" Kiara said jumping up and following Sam. "Can I help?"
"Course you can" Sam said smiling as they walked into the kitchen.
"That's some kid you got there" Jacob said turning to smile at Jack.
"Yeah, you too" he said smiling back at her. "How long are you planning to stay?"
"About a week, unless the Tok'ra call" Jacob said smiling. His head fell and Selmak took over. "Though I told them unless there was a major disaster not to call" Jacob nodded his head and smiled. "So we should be ok"
"Good" Jack said nodding his head. "So what do you say about Friday?"
"I say 'what about Friday'?" Jacob asked looking at Jack suspiciously, he know that look. That was an I-have-a-plan-up-my-sleeve look.
"For the renewing of our vows" Jack said in a low voice. "The way I see it, every father should have the chance to walk his daughter down the aisle." Jack said looking into the kitchen where Sam and Kiara could be heard laughing. Jacob just sat the on the edge of the couch staring at Jack. How did Jack know how much that had meant to him?
"I...Thank you Jack" he said smiling at him. "That would mean a lot to me"
"Good" Jack said smiling now. "I'll call Janet and start planning"
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Lots of cake and many hours later the four of them were watching a movie. Kiara was in-between Jack and Jacob fast asleep. Jacob looked down at her and smiled.
"I'll take her to bed" He said standing and picking her up and carrying her off. The last thing he heard was "Sam I have some plans for Friday..." He walked up the stars with Kiara in his arms. When he got to her room he put her down on the bed and tucked her in.
"Jacob?" She said when he stood up.
"Yes honey?" He asked smiling down at the half asleep Kiara.
"Are you my grandpa?" She asked blinking her eyes a little. He smiled down at her and nodded his head as he sat down on the end of her bed.
"I am if you want me to be" He said pulling her into a hug.
"I'd like that very much" She said nodding her head. She looked up at him with questioning eyes. "So does that make, I mean is...
"Yes honey" he said nodding his head. "Rebecca would have been your grandma, and I'm sure she'd be happy if you thought of her as one"
"Ok" She said nodding her head. "Sam told me about her a little, but she doesn't remember her like she use to, I wish I had known her"
"I do too" He said nodding his head. "She was a wonderful woman" He said nodding his head. "Sam is a lot like her mother in so many ways Rebecca was so smart just like Sam..." he told Kiara all about Rebecca till she had fallen asleep then he just sat there thinking about his lost wife.
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"Jack" Sam whispered pulling Jack over and smiling. Jacob was sleeping on Kiaras bed with one of his legs hanging off, he had his arm around her and she was asleep on his chest.
"Should we wake him?" Jack asked smiling down at Sam.
"No, let them sleep" She whispered. She smiled up at Jack and took his hand. "I can't wait till Friday" She said pulling him into their room.
"Yeah your dad sure is looking forward to it" Jack said as they got ready for bed.
"This is a very nice thing your doing for him" She said smiling at him. "Hey I just thought of something" She said as she climbed into bed after him. "Does this mean I get another honeymoon?"
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Friday Afternoon
"You look so pretty" Kiara said smiling up at Sam as she put on her shoes. Sam was wearing a beautiful full length white dress with spaghetti straps and light gold flowers going down the side. It was more a prom dress then a wedding dress but Sam didn't want to wear the full length gown to this backyard ceremony.
"Thank you Kiara" Sam said smiling down at her. "You look very pretty too" She said smiling at the beautiful bun Cassie had put in Kiaras hair with little white flowers. Kiara was wearing the dress she wore at the first wedding; it was a flowy white and pale blue dress with little white flowers on it.
"Sam" Cassie said coming into the room, she too was wearing her dress, just like Janet. "It's time" Sam nodded her head and Janet, Kiara and Cassie all got their flowers and headed out the door.
"Are you ready?" Jacob said walking in behind the girls and stopping. Sam was surprised to see tears in his eyes as he walked over to her. "You look so much like your mother"
"Thanks dad" Sam said whipping the tears from her eyes.
"I'm so proud of you" He said taking her hands in his. "This world owes you and your team so much" He said kissing her on the cheek. "I love you"
"I love you too dad" Sam said smiling through the tears running down her face.
"Here now that's no way to walk down the aisle" He said pulling out a hanky and wiping her eyes and cheeks. "So are you ready?"
"I am" Sam said nodding her head and taking her fathers arm. He walked her down the aisle to the man standing tall at the end. He watched as they read their vows again and cried silently after the 'I dos.' He cheered along with the rest of their friends when they kissed and laughed as they ran down the aisle. He followed behind every one with a big smile one his face. In the last week he had gained another granddaughter and walked his daughter down the aisle, so all in all not a bad week.
A/N- Hope you all liked this one, more coming as the ides come to me. If there's any story line you'd like to see written out, first Christmas, ballet, or something like that let me know and I'll see if I can make a story out of it...
This is the dress Sam was wearing to the renewing of her vows...well they wont let me put a link so if you want to see the dress sam wore let me know...I'll send it to you.