Title: Oh.
Author: Englemyer
Spoilers: Anything from season four and before and of course the promotions of any SGC officer.
A/N: Ok, this is the second last instalment. This will be at Jacob's funeral. I am taking a punt on Sam's family. I don't know what her brother's like and that she didn't have any other family as well. This is going to be really long. So I hope you all enjoy it!
Chapter 3!
Sam placed a dress on her bed. She was still in her PJ's. She looked at what she was going to wear. It didn't seem right. She went back to her wardrobe and took out a pair of black pants and a black shirt. She stared at herself in the mirror.
"I can't do this." She said to herself.
"Mummy, are you ok?" Grace asked as she entered her mum's room. Sam sat on the end of the bed with tears rolling down her cheeks.
"Yes Gracey, I will be." Sam said as she patted the bed guiding Grace to sit down next to her.
"Why are you crying?" Grace asked.
"Well, you know that Grandpa's not coming back, and I guess I'm a bit sad." Sam said tucking her daughter's hair behind her ear.
"But you said he will still watch over us?"
"Yes he will." Sam sniffled and smiled at her daughter, and hugged her.
"Now, off you go downstairs and finish getting ready. Then you can watch some TV while after your done. I will be down in a minute. Your Dad will be home from work soon."
"Ok. Can I watch the Simpson's?" Sam smiled.
"Sure." The little girl bounced to the lounge downstairs.
Sam sat and looked at her clothes on her bed. She picked the black shirt with black pants and her black boots. She got dressed and headed to her dresser. She picked up the gold bracelet her dad had given to her for her last birthday. On the inside of the bracelet it had been engraved. 'To my Sam, be happy; don't ever let anything stop you.'
Sam put it around her wrist. She wanted to cry so badly. She missed him. She wanted him to be there for her. Tears started flowing down her cheeks again. She sat down on the bed and held a pillow close to her chest trying not to shake.
"Sam?" Jack called from down the hall. She quickly wiped her tears from her eyes.
"In here." Jack entered and saw her on the bed.
"Hey." Jack sat next to her and put his arm around her.
"You'll be ok, you'll get through it." Jack reassured her.
"I don't think so, not this time." Sam trembled.
"I'm here now, and I will help you. Your dad would've wanted you to be happy." He kissed her hair.
"I know, it's just I miss him so much." She hiccupped as she cried.
"I know." Jack had no idea what to say. But he knew by him being there made her feel better.
"I love you." Sam whispered.
"Thankyou for being here. For me and Grace." She looked him in the eyes. She kissed him tenderly on the lips.
"Always." He pulled her into a tight hug and brushed his lips against her neck.
"We better go." Jack said as he pulled away. They both stood and headed for the lounge room.
"Mummy, daddy look what I made!" Grace squealed with a piece of paper as she jumped into Jack's arms.
"Now let me have a look at that." Jack turned the picture side ways as he held his daughter.
"Silly daddy, it goes the other way!" Jack chuckled and Sam smiled.
"Right, I see it now." It was a picture of her mum and her grandpa. (A/N: Dad's always no what you draw regardless if there stick figures and completely incomprehensible, he he he lol.)
"It's beautiful kiddo." Jack gave Grace to Sam and placed the picture on the fridge.
"Shall we go?" Sam asked unnervingly.
"Yes, you ready Grace?" Jack asked.
"Yep!" The three exited the house and headed for Jack's truck. It had a bench seat in the front so all of them would fit.
"We'll be meeting my brothers there." Sam assumed.
"Right, well we better hurry up." Jack said turning the key in the ignition.
The trip wasn't very long but was fairly silent. Grace could see how much her mother was upset, so she sat there quietly and looked out the window at the passing objects.
When they arrived there were loads of people at the cemetery. Sam smiled as she saw some familiar faces. The three of them departed the truck. Grace held Jack's left hand as his right was around Sam's waist.
"You ok?" Jack whispered in her ear.
"Yeah." She sounded back and held him tight.
"Ready when you are." Jack stated as they made there way to the gathering of people.
"Let's go Grace." Jack and Sam walked over to the crowd with a skipping Grace beside them. This caused Jack to grin.
The three of them were greeted by Daniel and Teal'c. Daniel and Teal'c gave each other looks as to why Jack was holding Sam.
"Hey Sam." Sam left Jack's grasp as Daniel pulled her into a hug.
"How are you withstanding Colonel Carter?" Teal'c questioned.
"I've been better." Sam looked at Jack and he gave her a smile. Daniel bent down and approached Grace.
"Hey, what's your name?" Daniel asked curiously wondering why on earth she was holding Jack's hand.
"I am Grace." She beamed getting attention. Daniel gave Sam the 'who the hell is she and why are you and Jack joined at the hip' look. Her face was blank and just turned to Jack who reached for her hand and kissed her forehead. Teal'c raised his left eyebrow at Jack's actions.
Grace then turned to Sam and pulled on her arm.
"Yeah Grace, what wrong?" Sam asked picking her up and holding her tightly.
"Can I go play with Hannah and Michelle?" She asked settled on her mother's hip. The two girls were Mark's kids. Since Grace goes to San Diego every now and then she got to know her cousins very well.
"Sure. Be careful though because they are bigger than you." Sam asserted.
"Ok." Grace hopped down and was about to skedaddle until Sam spoke up.
"Hey, what about a kiss first?" Sam asked.
"Oops." Grace went back over to Sam and kissed her on the check as she knew she had been caught.
"And one for daddy?" Sam suggested. By this stage both Daniel and Teal'c's eyebrows had reached knew record heights.
Grace walked past her mum to go to Jack.
"Be good ok." Jack kissed and hugged his daughter.
"Yes daddy, you be good as well?" Grace said with a hint of sarcasm. Jack put her down and tickled her lightly. She started giggling loudly, so Jack stopped trying not to cause a scene.
"Bye." Grace waved and headed over to the other kids.
"Daddy?" Daniel inquired. Sam moved her way back into Jack's arms.
"Not now Daniel." Jack stated.
"Wasn't expecting that one." Daniel muttered to Teal'c. Just as Daniel went for an explanation, her brother's came over to greet her. Mark her eldest brother hugged her first.
"Hey kid how you holding up?" Mark asked.
"I've been better, you?"
"Well I'm holding up as good as I can." Mark turned to look at Grace and his girls.
"Grace has grown so much." Mark stated as he stood next to her talking and reminiscing with Sam.
Jack stood next to Sam's younger brothers.
Jack shook hands with the men.
"Hi, I'm Alex and this is Michael." Alex said. Alex was about Sam's height with red hair. He was about 30 years old and kind of lanky. Michael on the other hand was about 25, tall and was very broad. He had blondish brown hair. He had bright blue eyes.
"Jack O'Neill." Jack responded. As he released his hand.
"Oh, dad talked very highly of you. He said that you were in the air force with him and Sam." Alex mentioned.
"Yeah, I'm a general."
"Oh," Michael said.
"I take it none of you are in the air force?" Jack asked looking at the now nervous Michael.
"Yes sir, I am a Lieutenant sir." Michael stated.
"Oh, at ease. Your not on duty and I am nearly family so don't worry about. Just call me Jack." Jack grinned. He reminded him of Sam when they first met.
"So you're Grace's Dad?" Alex asked.
"Yeah, you didn't know?" Jack retorted.
"We had an idea. Dad used to speak as if you were his own son. And, Sam, every second word out of her mouth would be 'Colonel O'Neill did this, Jack did that, and I saw the general today'. I think you get my point." Jack grinned.
"Well I didn't know until Jacob died."
"So I take it you're making up for lost time?" Michael suggested.
"Yeah, I have never known someone like Sam. To meet Grace was a shock, but I'm glad we've got her."
Mark and Sam walked over to Jack and her two brothers. She stood next to Jack and slipped her arm around his waist. He placed his hand on her back to let her know that he was there for her.
"Hey Alex, Mickey. Not telling any bad stories about me I hope?" Sam asked smiling.
"Of course we are." Alex added. This caused Sam, Mark and Jack to smile.
"Well we better go take our seats, the service is about to start." Sam ushered them all over.
They all walked to there seats. There were 5 seats placed next to the grave. The coffin was raised in the middle of the opening. Flowers were placed and arranged on top of the coffin. Many air force officers were there to pay there respects to the great man Jacob Carter.
The boys, Sam and Jack sat on the empty seats that were left for them. They had there names placed on them. Jack was shocked to see his name on one of the chairs, but realized as commander of the SGC it was bound to happen. All those who weren't in the seats stood behind.
Grace sat on Jack's knee. Sam held his hand as she started tearing up as the priest spoke. Grace crawled across to Sam's lap and whispered in her ear.
"Mummy, it will be ok remember he will always watch over us." Sam hugged her daughter tight and kissed her forehead.
The priest dabbled on for a good 20 minutes. It was now Sam's turn to give her farewell to her Dad.
She stood up and looked at Jack and Grace. Sam was covered with tears down her face. She stood up and walked to where the priest was standing. She sniffed and took a deep breath. She looked over to Jack and he mouthed, 'I love you.' She started her speech.
"Jacob Carter was a strong man, a kind man, a father and a grandfather. He loved my brothers and I. He never stopped loving my mother after she died. He used to say I reminded him of her but concluded that I was always more stubborn like himself." Sam wiped away a tear off her cheek. She took another deep breath.
"My father was a hero to all those who knew him and knew of him. He saved me and many other's so many times. He will be missed by all who knew him. Dad was diagnosed with cancer 4 years ago. He beat the cancer and we got to have him around for another 4 years. In those 4 years we became the closest we had ever been. It was a blessing to have him for the time we did." Sam started shaking and hiccuping during her eulogy.
"We love you Dad, and will miss you always. I hope you look down on us from time to time. In last four years you have been my everything dad. I miss you. Because of you I learned how to be happy, how to have everything. I just wanted to let you know dad…I'm happy. I love you and you'll always be in our hearts."
Sam started walking across back to her seat. Every body stood as the music started to play. 6 shots were fired. The flag that was underneath the flowers on his coffin was folded and given to Sam. She past it down to Alex, he passed it to Mick and he passed it down ti Mark. Sam was crying. Jack put his arm around her.
"I miss him."
"I know."
4 X302's passed over head and one broke off. Everybody watched as they flew past.
Later at Sam's house they held a wake. Daniel was sitting on the couch talking to General Hammond about the time Sam and himself and how they had to go find Jacob because Jack and Teal'c were stuck in the X301.
"And he was like 'what am I Scotty?'" They both chuckled.
Jack was chatting with Mark as they hadn't really had a chance to talk all day. Grace was playing with the other kids and surprisingly Teal'c was as well…water guns.
Sam walked through the lounge and saw everyone sitting there. She couldn't handle it. She ran up the stairs to her room. Jack and Daniel saw, they both stood.
"I got this one Daniel." Jack walked up the stairs. For the second time that day same was in a ball hugging her pillow sobbing. He sat down beside her and held her.
"Ssshh, it will be ok. It's over now." Jack whispered.
"I just…I am so sorry for crying I can't help it. You must think I am and idiot or something for crying so much." She wept.
"Don't be sorry, you lost your dad. We all did really. We know how you're feeling. And I don't think you're an idiot, you're smart and beautiful." He moved his hands in circles on her back soothing her as she cried.
"Thankyou Jack."
"What for?"
"For being here for me."
"Always." She turned to face him and kissed him tenderly.
"Are you ready to go back down?" He whispered.
"Uh you don't have to if you don't want." Daniel said standing in the doorway next to Teal'c.
"Coming in?" Jack asked as Sam smiled at Jack's sarcasm.
"Don't mind if I do." Daniel took a seat on the bed and so did Teal'c. Sam looked over to them and wiped the tears from her eyes.
"What can I do for you guys?" Sam asked.
"Well since your both here, Teal'c and I have a few question." Daniel said trying not to sound suspicious. Sam smiled and knew where it was going, and Jack just groaned.
"Daniel Jackson and I have been wondering about the conception…" Daniel interrupted and waved his hands in front of Teal'c.
"I think what Teal'c means is how the hell did we not know about Grace?"
Sam squirmed in her seat as well as Jack did.
"Shall I…or do you?" Jack asked.
"No it's fine." Sam gave him a reassuring look.
"Daniel, Teal'c, Grace is mine and Jack's daughter. I didn't have clearance to tell Jack until a few weeks ago." Sam held Jack's hand.
"So you've known for weeks, and haven't told us?" Daniel said slightly hurt directing his question at Jack.
"No, I found out a 3 days ago. When Jacob…"
"Oh."
"How could we not know about this?" Daniel asked.
"I became pregnant when our memories were erased beneath the surface. I only found out after I came back to the SGC." Sam explained.
"How could you hide this?" Daniel asked curiosity getting the best of him.
"Well, it wasn't hard. I mean when I was in BDU's every day you really can't tell the difference. And you guys don't notice things like that anyway. Plus I didn't really get that big because Grace was premature due to stress and gate travel, and when I did I wasn't really on the base that often." Sam responded.
"When was she born?" Daniel once again inquired. Jack winced at the last one.
"Well Daniel I kind of slipped under the radar for that one. When Teal'c was getting over the whole 'I'm a first prime' when I went into labour at Colorado Springs general. My dad was with my and so was Janet and Cass, so I was fine really. General Hammond knew where I was so everything was ok." Sam finished, feeling better about herself for letting go of some of her secrets.
Daniel leant over and hugged her.
"Daniel I am fine really." Sam reassured him.
"I know." He pulled away.
"I express regret for not noticing Colonel Carter. For that I am deeply sorry." Teal'c added.
"Teal'c I'm fine. I think you made it up to me when Jack went missing with Maybourne, so no need to regret." Teal'c gave her a nod.
"So let's say we go back and join the party." Jack said as he clapped his hands together.
"Ok you guys go ahead; I will be with you in a minute." Daniel and Teal'c walked out as Grace came trotting in.
"Hey mummy, guess what I found!" Grace said excitedly.
"What princess?" Sam asked as Grace sat on both Sam and Jack.
"Oh, you're getting heavy." Jack grunted which made Grace and Sam laugh.
"I found a note on the floor in the closet when I was playing hide and seek!"
"Oh. Can I have a look at it?" Sam asked.
"Sure, its got grandpa's writing on it." Grace said. Sam faced her and then faced Jack.
"Don't just sit there, I can't handle the suspense." Jack joked.
"Ok." Sam read aloud.
'To my dearest Sam.
You are the best daughter a guy could have. You're smart, funny, brilliant and beautiful. You gave me life Sammie and this is why I'm writing this note. Whether I have told you or not, don't let your job stand in the way of happiness. I was happy with your mother, and you deserve to be happy…really happy, not just content. Don't be satisfied, be happy. Love just as much as you're being loved. If you don't get this by now, I know that I have failed as a father. I told you once to be happy on Prometheus, and you found Pete. I am telling you to truly be happy.
Prometheus was really me not a hallucination. I found a way to connect with you through a Gou'ald communication device. I saw what you saw Sam. Tell him what you want. Don't just one day come home and regret, go out and get him. I will always be with you no matter what decision you make Sammie. Tell your brother's I love them very much.
Love Dad.'
Sam looked up at the ceiling. "I hear you dad, and I am happy." She turned and looked at Grace on her father's lap. She kissed Grace's forehead. Jack brushed Grace's hair from her face.
"Daddy are you happy like mummy now?" Jack looked at his Daughter and then at Sam.
"Yep Grace I think I am." Jack turned and kissed Sam tenderly on the lips.
"Wanna go fishing next weekend?" Jack asked Grace.
"Yes, mummy can we go." Sam giggled and turned to Jack.
"That we can do."
A/N: Well one more chapter to go hope you liked it, tell me what you think!