Chapter Fifty Eight
A week later Mark and his family returned to warm San Diego. Jacob went with them to spend a week before returning to the Tok'ra; with three cakes this time. Jack returned to the Alpha site and SG1 started going off world again on missions.
The next six months had been very busy for both Jack and Sam; getting everything arranged for their wedding when Jack was on earth. They went to see the Chaplain at the Air Force Academy Chapel when he and Jack and Sam had time. They could only meet once a month to talk about such things as marriage, their wedding vows, etc.
Once they had all of the arrangements for their wedding settled, they were able to relax before the big day. The week before the wedding the men of the SGC threw Jack a bachelor party and the women had a bachelorette party for Sam.
The men took Jack to dinner first, then to a couple of strip clubs and after that, to a couple of bars before returning him back home, sort of drunk. The women went out for dinner first, then to a male strip club before returning back to Sam house for some games and drinks, for the rest of the evening.
The women left ten minutes before Jack arrived home. She helped him upstairs to their bedroom and stripped his clothes off until all he had on was his boxers and t-shirt and then she helped him into bed. Once in bed he was out of it, so she got ready for bed a few minutes later. The night before their wedding, they had a rehearsal dinner party with family and close friends.
Later that evening Jack drove Sam to the Sheraton Colorado Springs hotel for the night. They hugged and kissed in her room until his watch started to beep.
"I better go."
"I know, just think that this time tomorrow we will be married."
"I know, I'm looking forward to seeing you in the afternoon."
"Same here" they kissed once more before Jack left.
A few minutes later Sam was in bed looking at her ring before turning out the light and rolling over and falling asleep thinking about Jack. The next day was going to be very busy for Sam.
Janet and Cassie arrived early and they had breakfast in her room before leaving for the spa for a couple of hours. After the spa, they went to the beauty parlour for their hair and makeup, before heading back to the hotel to get ready for the wedding. They had had a light lunch before getting dressed for the wedding.
When Jack woke up in the morning, he lay there thinking about Sam and wondering what she was doing. After putting sweat pants and an old Air Force tee shirt on, he went down stairs to see Mark's wife Joan cooking breakfast for Jack, Jacob and her family. Jack got himself a cup of coffee before sitting down at the breakfast bar.
"Wow, something smells good."
"Thanks; the kids will be up soon"
"Ok, where are Mark and Dad?"
"Outside talking, at the moment"
"Ok"
"How are you feeling this morning Jack?"
"Good not nervous, at least, not yet anyway."
"That's good. So what are you going to do this morning?"
"I'm meeting Teal'c and Daniel at the barbers in an hour for our hair cuts. Then heading to the dry cleaners to pick up Dad's and my dress blues and then to the florist to pick up the boutonnières. On the way back from the florist we will stop at the hotel to drop off my overnight bag before returning here."
"What about Sam, what if you should run into her?"
"She will be at the spa most of the morning so she won't be there. Just in case, I'm sending Daniel to the room."
"Good idea" then they heard the kids coming down the stairs, still in their pyjamas, and they sat one on each side of Jack.
"Morning kids" Jack said
"Morning Uncle Jack, morning mom, what's for breakfast?"
"Food" Jack said, causing the kids and Mark's wife to giggle.
"Pancakes"
"Yummy" then Mark and Jacob walk in
"Morning Jack, morning kids"
"Morning grandad"
"Morning Dad"
They sat down at the breakfast bar as soon as Joan put a large platter full of pancakes on the counter. They all helped themselves to pancakes, butter and maple syrup. They talked about the day while enjoying their breakfast.
"Joan that was great, thanks" Jack said leaning back and patting his stomach.
"That's good, its not that often we have pancakes for breakfast"
"Oh, ok"
Jack got up and started putting everything into the dishwasher once everyone was finished. The kids went to get dressed before going to play some games for a while.
Jack went and got changed before heading downtown to meet Daniel and Teal'c. Daniel and Jack both had their hair cut and then went to the dry cleaners to pick up both Jack's and Jacob's dress blues. A stop was made at the florist to pick up their boutonnières and then headed to the hotel.