The next morning, Jack awoke first to find Sam curled up next to him. He smiled as he looked at her peaceful face. He kissed her forehead and she stirred. As she opened her eyes to find him leaning over her, she smiled. "G'Morning." She muttered, sleepily.
"Good morning to you too!" He said, chuckling.
Her body tensed as she stretched, but instantly relaxed back into his embrace. "You are a wonderful sight to wake up to, ya know?" She asked.
He smiled. "Thank you. So are you."
Just then, the doorbell rang and Jack groaned. "Who comes over at-" He looked at the clock on the nightstand. "Eight-thirty in the morning on a Saturday?"
She grinned. "Well, you have…"
He grimaced playfully. "I was about to ask you not to answer that question."
The doorbell rang again. She got up to get dressed and answer the door, but Jack stopped her. "I'll get rid of them faster than you will…"
He threw on some sweat pants and walked into the entry to the door as he heard Daniel knock on the door. "Sam?"
Jack opened the door. "Danny."
Daniel and Teal'c stood on the doorstep and couldn't help but notice Jack's…absent shirt and backward sweats. "Uh…sorry. Did we come at a bad time?"
"What do you need, Daniel?" Sam asked, coming out in an ankle-length terry-cloth robe.
"Uh…we were just…wondering if…you enjoyed…last night." Daniel said, very uncomfortable.
Sam gave Jack a sexy grin and he flashed his own version back. Then, they turned to their friends. "Dinner…was great."
"But dessert was better." Sam added.
Jack almost blushed. But Daniel's face was flaming. He didn't want to think about his friends…
He decided to leave that sentence unfinished. "Well, if everything's all right here…I think we'll get going…"
"What about the inquiry that you were to conduct, Daniel Jackson?" Teal'c asked.
"What inquiry?" Sam asked.
Daniel turned almost purple. "Um…it's nothing. It had to do with P4X 789, and I can see that you two aren't thinking about work…" Bad images, bad images…he thought as images entered his mind. "So, we'll just be going."
"He was sent to inquire about the length and type of your relationship." Teal'c continued.
"Well, we've been dating for a year, we've known each other for eight years, and…" Sam looked at Jack, a sparkle in her eye that rivaled the one that reverberated off the ring on her left finger. "Jack proposed last night."
Daniel looked almost catatonic with surprise. "You've been dating for HOW long?"
"A year…and she said yes." Jack said.
"A year and we didn't know?" Daniel asked.
"May I offer my congratulations on your upcoming nuptials." Teal'c responded, clasping one hand over Daniel's mouth.
His captive's eyes widened before he wriggled free of Teal'c's grasp. "She said YES?"
"Yes, Danny. Carter and I are getting married."
"Today." Sam added.
Jack turned. "What?"
"Don't you remember? Last night you asked me when we should get married, and I said today."
He was drawing a blank. He could not for the life of him remember that…oh wait, he did…
"Right…today. At ten-o-clock at the SGC, I think."
She smiled. "Yep. You guys are invited. And afterwards, we're going to watch the game at Jack's place. Pizza and drinks included."
"Uh, I think we'll come to the wedding, but skip the afterparty…" Daniel said, his head still spinning.
"Well, if you could get the word around, we'd appreciate it. After all, Thor's coming in to perform the ceremony. And Dad's already here."
"You guys really don't waste any time, do you?" Daniel asked.
"Well, when you've waited eight years for regulations to be suspended, you're reluctant to believe that they're really gone, so you figure you could at least plead insanity if they were never really suspended." Jack quipped.
"All right. I guess we'll see you in an…" Daniel looked at his watch. "hour and a half!"
They grinned. "I guess we should be getting ready!" Sam said, giving Jack a feral grin.
Daniel closed his eyes and quickly left the house while Teal'c smiled. "May I offer my congratulations once again?"
"Anytime." Jack said, as the Jaffa exited the house.
Sam turned to her fiancée. "So…meet you in the shower?"
