Chapter 7 'JJ!'

Jack and Sam were standing in line in a donut shop, waiting to pick out their donuts, the smell of coffee and donuts floated through the small building. "Hi!" a lady said as she picked up a small pink box. "What can I get for you two?"

Jack walked over to the glass cases with the donuts in them, he pointed to the jelly donut. "Can I have that Miss Sam?" he asked.

Sam nodded. "I'll have a jelly donut and a… apple fritter."

"Anything else?" The employee asked brightly.

"Umm, I'll take one of those orange sprinkles." Sam added. "He might get hungry later," She said gesturing to JJ.

The lady added it to the box. "It'll be one-eighty." She said as she taped the box shut.

Sam rummaged through her purse and pulled out a five-dollar bill.

"Can I pay her?" JJ begged.

She passed him the bill and he handed it to the lady. She smiled at him.

"Can I hold the box pease?"

Sam handed Jack the box. "Careful- don't drop it."

"I won't!" Jack said with a smile. "Bye lady!" he said as he walked out of the door.

"Have a nice day!" The lady called after them.

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They arrived at the SGC a couple minutes later, the pink box of donuts still in Jack's hands; they walked into the elevator to go to Sam's lab.

"What's the red phone for?" Jack asked as he looked at the phone above his head.

"It's just in case the elevator gets stuck." Sam answered as she waited impatiently for the elevator doors to open. "Come on," she said as she walked out of it. Jack jumped and began to follow her. "Daniel!" Sam called as soon as she saw the archeologist wander out of his lab with a huge mug of coffee in his hand. "Anything?"

He shook his head and knelt down to say hi to JJ. "No, so far we haven't found anything."

"Whatcha lookin' for?" JJ asked. "I can help!"

Sam smiled and ruffled his hair. "Ready to eat?"

"YEAH!"

Sam opened the box of donuts and handed Jack one on a paper towel. "Here, don't make a mess please." She instructed.

He grinned at her from Daniel's stool and bobbed his head, his little white teeth already sinking into the jelly doughnut.

"Sam, you-" Daniel stopped upon seeing the apple fritter. "Is that for me?" he asked.

Sam looked up at him. "Sure," she said as she handed it to him. "Have it."

"Thanks." He said practically inhaling it. "The commissary is out of everything but oatmeal."

"What were you saying before?" Sam asked.

"Oh, I was about to say, you don't look so good, you look tired." He said as he began to walk out.

"I am tired." She muttered she looked over at Jack, who was getting jelly all over Daniel's artifacts. "JJ, careful!" She said sharply. A stricken look crossed his face.

"Sowy…I did't mean to!"

Sam put the artifacts in the drawer, ignoring Daniel's rush to save them from such a fate. "It's ok," she said as she picked up the other donut and was about to bite into it when Jack stopped her.

"Can I have part of the doughnut?Pease?" he asked as he looked up, his big brown eyes seeming bigger then ever.

Sam handed the orange donut to him. "Here you go."

"Thank you." He said politely as he took it and began to eat it.

Sam smiled and turned on her laptop. "You're welcome JJ," she said. "Try not to make a big mess, ok?"

Jack nodded. "I try!"

Sam began on what promised to be a lengthy report on what had happened on the planet. She had just finished what she could when Jack tugged on her shirt. She looked down at his face filled with crumbs. "Yes JJ?" she asked as she hit the 'save' button.

"Can I 'pay now peas?" he asked as he put his hands behind his back. "I be good…"

"Uhh, Jack, you can't leave this room, we-"

"NO!" Jack shouted. "JJ!"

Sam's eyes widened. "Sorry!" she said, and then turned off the laptop. "We can't go play on this base JJ." She placed a hand on his shoulder. "Okay?"

Jack shook his head. "I wanna 'pay!" he said. "Pease?"

"JJ… I have to work, we have to help you, ok?" she said.

"Pease miss Sam? 'Pay with me?" he asked as he did his very cute doggie eyes.

"JJ!" she complained. "Don't do that!"

Jack looked down confused. "Why?" he asked. "Mommy think it cute!"

Sam sighed. "It is," she said. "Too cute,' she added quietly.

"PEASE?" Jack shouted.

Sam looked down at the little boy who was now on his knees with his hands held tightly as if he was praying. "JJ?" she asked. "What are you doing?"

"I'm asking God… if you can say yes." He answered; he squeezed his eyes shut. "He's thinking about it."

Sam bit her lip to stop herself from laughing. "Ok… let's go ask Janet if she wants to take you to the park… and you need a check-up again." Sam said as she held out her hand. "Come on."

Jack looked up. "I 'wuv you!" he said as he threw his arms around her leg. "You nice."

"Thank you…"

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"Absolutely positively not!" Janet said crossing her arms. "I am not going to take him to the park, are you crazy?"

"Janet, I need to get some of this work done now, I-"

"Everyone is on it, JJ is attached to you, not anyone else on this base." Janet reminded her.

"Janet!" Sam said, she leaned closer to Janet. "He's driving me crazy." She whispered.

"Sam, I'm sorry." The doctor said. "I'd take him but…"

Sam nodded, understanding. "Is he alright?"

Janet nodded. "Yeah, you can take him home. I'll let you know if anything pops up, okay?"

"Fine." Sam said. She turned to Jack who was sitting on the bed playing with scissors. She quickly pulled them out of his hands and looked into his eyes. "JJ," she began slowly. "Never ever play with scissors… okay?"

Jack nodded slowly. "I sowy," He said. "Can we go to the park?"

Sam sighed. "Yes, we'll go to the park…" she said. The older Colonel Jack O'Neill was going to owe her so much.

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"Pee-a-boo!" Jack giggled as he poked his head through the little circle window. "I see you miss Sam!" he shouted, he ducked back into the little fort, slowly his head began to appear. "Peek-a-boo!" he giggled again.

Sam smiled. "I see you!" They had been playing peek-a-boo for the last ten minutes. "Jack, do you want to go on the swings? I'll push you."

Jack nodded and slid down the slide and ran to her. "Up! Up!" he said.

"No JJ, you can walk to the swings." Sam said.

"No! I want up!" he shouted as he jumped.

"JJ, come on, do you want to race there?" Sam asked trying to make him think of something other then her carrying him.

Jack nodded. "I'll beat you!" he shouted. "GO!" He shouted, and they were off, Sam had never ran so slow in her entire life, as she was letting Jack pass her. Suddenly, Jack fell face first into the sand.

"JJ!" Sam shouted as she quickly lifted him up. "Oh my god! Are you alright?" she began to check around for something out of place. She dusted the sand off of his head and face.

"Can I do it again?" Jack asked as he smiled. "Pease?"

Sam sighed. He was fine. "JJ, let's go on the swings, ok?"

"I'll still beat you there!" he shouted as he hopped off her leg and ran for the swings. Sam smiled and followed him at a slower pace. Jack hopped on the swing and fell off on the other side. "Oww!" he muttered. "That hurted." He rubbed his head.

"Need some help?" Sam asked as she kneeled next to him.

Jack shook his head. "No! I wanna do it by myself!" he shouted. He swung a leg over the swing seat and fell off again. "Can I swing with you?" he asked as he looked up at Sam.

"Um," Sam began as she looked down at the swing. "I guess so."

Jack smiled.

Sam helped him onto her knee; she kicked off the ground and began to swing. After a couple of minutes Sam asked "Do you want to go home now JJ?" Jack shook his head slightly, his eyes were closed and his head rested on her chest. "Ok…" Sam rested her head on the chain, and slowly stopped swinging; she looked down at Jack who was fast asleep. She smiled and slowly got up and carried him to the car.

She managed to open to the door with her foot; she crawled in the backseat and sat Jack down. She rubbed her forearms then buckled him up and crawled into to the driver's seat. Jack was still asleep, and he stayed asleep the whole car ride home