A/N: Okay to Babmidnight, most of what i pulled out was imagination but yeah it was Beneath the Surface where they were Jonah and Thera.
The next few days flew by in a blur, with both Jack and Sam running back and forth between their house and the various shops. Jack took some time out early on Tuesday to explain their situation to his parents. He'd set up breakfast on the back porch for the O'Neills.
Patrick slipped out the sliding glass door to meet Jack and his mother already eating on the porch. Their hearty laughter had carried to the guest room, waking the elder O'Neill.
"Morning," Jack said sipping his coffee. He held out a plate to his father, the omelet warming in the kitchen. "Your breakfast is in the pan. Didn't want it getting cold." He turned back to face the backyard and continued talking with his mother.
"So, is Sam awake yet?" his mother asked, striking up the conversation once more.
"She left with Janet about an hour ago. Said the three of us should spend some time together." Jack smiled sweetly. "She wanted me to explain. Yesterday we couldn't say anything in the middle of the airport."
"So what's really going on with you two?" his father asked, coming back out to the porch. He sat on the deck chair next to his son.
"Sam was my 2IC for almost 3 years when I was trapped during a mission. She spent 3 months working day and night to bring me home. I hurt her pretty bad when I got back. I didn't realize she felt the same way about me as I did about her. About six months later we got ourselves into a situation we shouldn't have, I wouldn't leave her behind on a mission." He grinned at the memory of seeing the love in her eyes even back then. He wouldn't leave her then, and he never would now.
"About a month after that we were forced to admit what we felt. We agreed to keep it locked away and not talk about it. Not long afterwards, we had a mission that went terribly wrong. We were captured and our minds messed with. We didn't know who we were or why we were there. Sam got pregnant, but lost the baby before I knew about it." Jack swirled his coffee and stared down into the grounds. It was still an open wound for him, having outlived another child.
Eleanor reached across the small deack table and grasped his hand. She felt a tear forming in the corner of her eye, watching Jack relive a painful memory.
"Anyway, six months ago Sam saw something she shouldn't have and after resigning from the Air Force ran to Tennessee. Neither of us knew she was pregnant though we both had separate suspicions. She couldn't come home until we took care of the problem. She came home Christmas Eve. I proposed on the spot. We decided to hold the cerimony before the babies were born because we didn't know when we'd get the chance afterwards."
Patrick swallowed his las bite of eggs and gufawed. "So you're gettin' hitched cuz she's havin' your kids?"
"What the Hell kinda question is that!" Jack stood up, knocking over his coffee mug. The ceramic shattered against the stairs. "You really think I'd stoop that low! Dammit!"
"Jonathan, calm down. I'm sure your father didn't mean it that way, did you Pat?" Eleanor stood with him, her hand on Jack's upper arm.
"Dad, I bought Sam's engagement ring over a year ago. She's a wonderful woman. I'm not going to screw this up like everything else." Jack sat back down, just a little more calm than when he stood. He just wished there was some way he could make his father see just how wonderful their situation was. "We've been trying to find a way to be together without ruining her career for a while now. We really do want this."
"So, she's okay with the fact that you've been married before?" his mother asked gently.
"Yes. She knows all about Sara and Charlie."
"How is Sara by the way?" Eleanor and Sara had always gotten along wonderfully in the past, even after Charlie's death.
Jack laughed slightly remembering the conversation he'd had with one Major Thompson about two years back. Sara had called him up later that night trying to figure out what he'd said to him. "She's doing great. She got remarried and they had a baby girl last May. Her husband works with Sam and me at the base."
"Oh, well you tell her congratulations from us next time you see her." Eleanor smiled at her son, glad that both he and Sara were finally happy.
"Dad, I have to go pick up the rings, would you come with me?"
A/N: Okay So his Dad's a sorta jerk here, lol i just had to, don't know when i'll get another chapter up cuz i'm goin to CT on Wed till likeSat so yeah thanks all!