Thanks for all the reviews, I know you're all patiently waiting for the real S/J action to begin so here goes…

When Sam had gathered all of the necessary food and drinks they would need for the evening she returned to Jack who had sat up on the couch to make room for her and now had his legs propped against the coffee table. He took the beer she offered gratefully and allowed her to sit own next to him and make herself comfortable before asking her what was wrong. "So what did you need to ask me?"

"There was nothing wrong with the computers, the reason Gen. Hammond called today was because Martouf had come to see me."

Jack had not been expecting this, "Oh," he said surprised, "what did ol' Marty want?"

"He came to tell me that my dad's been captured by a system lord."

"Sam I'm so sorry." Jack said putting his arm around her genuinely concerned.

"Thanks, he's been sent to a world that resembles Hell."

"Well that's a bit over dramatic isn't it?"

"I know but that's not the whole story the Tok'ra need my help to get dad out because Jolinar's the only person ever to escape from there."

"Well why didn't they just ask her when she came back?" Jack said his voice laced with sarcasm, "and I thought hey were supposed to be the more advanced race." Sam looked at him amazed at the way his mind worked.

"I dunno."

"Ok then so do you just need to draw them some plans of the lay out or what?"

"I have to go to the planet with Martouf, find my dad and hope that the necessary memories have surfaced in order for us to escape."

"So when do we ship out?" Sam looked at him strangely "You didn't think that I was going to let you go alone did you?" he said obviously hurt.

"I'm not going alone, Daniel and Teal'c are going with me."

"So you had a briefing about this and failed to mention it to me despite me being in charge of SG-1?" Jack said angrily, he removed his arm from around Sam and stood up.

"Jack you're not getting how dangerous this mission is, there's a good chance that I may not return from it. Now I need to go, he's my father I can't just leave him there to die slowly and painfully but our kids don't deserve to lose both their parents again I just couldn't do that to them. If we both went that fact would always be on my mind and I wouldn't be able to do my job properly but if you stay here I'll know that they're safe and I can concentrate on getting home to them…to you." She said grabbing his hand and willing him to understand what she was going through.

Jack took one look into her eyes and saw all of the pain she was going through. "I'm sorry Sam" he said kneeling down and pulling her into a hug ignoring the protests of his knees as she clung onto him for dear life. "I'm so sorry." She said rubbing her back to try and calm her down as she broke down in his arms.

"No I should be the one saying sorry, I'm the one that's leaving you after we promised that we'd bring up the children together as a team." Jack placed his hand under her chin and brought it up so she was looking straight into his eyes.

"Listen to me Sam you're not going to be leaving us, ok? You're going to be coming home and then we can carry on with the parenting thing, together. Where ever we are we'll never be alone, I'll always be with you and you'll always be with me ok? Now lets eat and watch the film you must be starving." He smiled and moved next to Sam putting his arm around her, she snuggled into his chest feeling safe for the first time since she had learnt about her father.

They fell into a comfortable silence both enjoying the film and each others company. They stayed this way through of most of the film, it was Sam who broke the silence first. "Do you think you could do this alone?" she said her voice barely above a whisper.

Jack looked at her and instead of one of his trademark sarcastic answers he took his time to think about the question and give her a sincere answer. "I didn't think that I'd be able to but I don't feel like that any more. I may completely screw up from time to time but I guess that's what it means to be a parent, but I won't have to do it alone because you'll be coming back." Sam was taken aback by his words no matter how much she felt she knew him he always found a way to amaze her yet again.

He grinned suddenly, the mood changing instantly. "Now it's my turn to ask you an exceedingly personal question." Sam thought carefully about this, with Jack you never quite knew what he was going to com up with next so he could ask anything."

"Ok then" she said nervously.

Jack's tone of voice changed again, this time he sounded quite nervous and even fragile and insecure. "Do you ever wish that you could change all this." He paused trying to find the right words, "I mean one minute you're young free and single and then the next you're a mom with 3 kids, you've sold your house and are living with an annoying, sarcastic and battered old man you can't tell me this is the life you envisioned for yourself?"

Sam looked into Jack's eyes forcing him to return her gaze; she brought her hand up to stroke his face. "Do you know what I say to myself every day? " Jack shook his head afraid to speak. "I think how did I get so lucky to have 3 children I love and adore with you, Jack O'Neill? There's not a day that goes by where I don't thank whoever it is for brining these children to us, they're all I wanted since I've known you and got to know you. So if I do have one regret it's that we've had them however long we have and still we sleep in separate rooms and that I can't remember their conception." She grinned shyly not knowing quite why she was being so forward with him over some of her deepest secrets but feeling she needed to get everything out in the open so if she did not come back he would still know how she felt.

Jack's face had the largest and most infectious grin on it she had ever seen. "That's two regrets, but I guess you can't be right all of the time" he said bringing his mouth just a few centimetres from hers, "and all you had to do was ask and I'd have gladly shared my bed with you." He finished, his voice no more than a whisper before capturing her lips with his.

The kiss was full of every emotion possible, not only love and passion, but lust, fear and regret. As the kiss intensified Sam angled her head to allow Jack better access into her mouth, they broke away breathlessly. "Bedroom?" Jack asked.

"Bedroom" She replied as he pulled her off of the couch and into his arms once again and kissing her. "Jack" she giggled as he assaulted her neck with his lips, the sound was like music to Jack's ears which only served to spur him on. He reluctantly let go of her grabbed her hand and dragged her upstairs and into his bedroom closing the door behind them.

I'll leave it up to your imagination as to what happens next, it's the whole less is more delio. Hope you liked.