Name: Golden Wedding

Author: AthenaIcaGoddess

Pairing: Jack / Sam

Rating: T

Humor/ Romance

Spoilers:

Disclaimer: I don't own Stargate. If I did, Jack and Sam would be married and happily living in Minnesota, but since they aren't...

Chapter 2

( Sam's POV)

Sam and Jack pulled into General Hammond's driveway. They had agreed that their former commanding officer would be one of the first to be invited to their wedding. Sam's nervousness had disappeared earlier, when they had informed the SGC of their upcoming nupitals.

She slid her hand into his larger one as they walked up the path to Hammond's door and Jack rang the doorbell a couple of times.

Hammond's granddaughter answered the door. "Jack!" She flung her arms around his waist, and he grabbed her in a one armed bear hug. Sam smiled. He really was great with kids, and that got her thinking about some of their own...

Before she could pick out names, though, George came to the door. "Who are you talking to?" He looked at Jack and Sam, then at their clasped hands, but refrained from commenting.

"Come on in. I was just making some coffee." He pried his youngest granddaughter off of Jack and led them into his cozy, southern inspired kitchen. After setting down cups of coffee for his guests, he sat down across from the couple.

" So what brings you here?" Hammond asked, eyes crinkled in a smile. Sam grinned radiently at him.

"We're getting married, General." He coughed into his cup. "You're what?" He asked, staring quizzically at them.

"Getting hitched, tying the knot, joining together in holy matrimony?" Jack replied. Hammond blinked once, then smiled at his former subordinates.

"That's great. About time you two gave in, I'd say. When is the wedding?" He asked, genuinely happy for them.

Jack looked at his fiance' for the answer. "April, you said, right?" At her nod, he continued. "Yep. April. She's doing all the planning, so you'll have to ask her for any details. I'm just gonna be showing up. And paying for it all." He said, sticking his finger into his cup and pulling out a hair.

"Have any sugar?" He asked. "In the third cupboard. When did all this happen?" Hammond asked Sam, who tore her eyes away from Jack to answer George's question. "Just a few days ago, actually. We told everyone at the SGC earlier, and Jack's made Daniel the best man. Teal'c had apparently done some reading about western weddings when he first arrived on earth, and he wants to be the ringbearer." She chuckled as Jack sat back down and dumped copious amounts of sugar into his coffee.

She looked down at her hands, suddenly shy. "Normally, I wouldn't ask this, but since my father can't do it, I was wondering if maybe you would- I mean, if you don't want to, that's fine-" Hammond reached across the table and took her hand.

She took a deep breath. "I was wondering if you would give me away." He was silent, and she looked up, worried that he was offended, but he was quickly blinking away his tears.

"I would be honored, Sam." She got up and hugged him, surprising herself. "Thank you." She quickly returned to her seat, relieved.

"At the rate that this is going, we'll be able to have the wedding next week." Jack joked, putting his arm around Sam's shoulder.

If someone had told Sam two years ago that she would be marrying her C.O., she would have laughed, not thinking that he felt the same way about her. Even if he did, the regs barred them from acting on their dormant feelings. Then she had met Pete, and thought that maybe she could be happy with him, but she kept going back to Jack.

"Where are you going to live? Minnesota?" Hammond asked, jarring Sam from her thoughts. The couple looked at one another.

"Uh, we haven't discussed that yet." Sam said, while Jack shook his head. "Nah. The cabin's a place to go to relax. We'll get a new house, or move into mine, since it's bigger."

Sam sighed in relief. As much as she loved it in Minnesota, she didn't want to live there 365 days a year. She looked at her watch as it beeped. "Oh shoot, if we're going to make it to lunch with Daniel and Teal'c, we have to go now. Would you like to join us?" She asked George, who shook his head.

"My grandkids are here, and they're staying the night." he got up and shoed them to the door, hugging Sam.

"I'm happy for you two. You'll be great together. Stay in touch, all right?" He told them,a nd they nodded. "Yasureyabetcha!" Jack said, and they left for lunch at a small diner.

A/N: Sorry this is so short, but I wanted to put something up, and I this was all I had time for.

Next Chapter: Sam goes offworld, and Sg-1 returns without her and no memories of what happened.