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Chapter 8, Pete and JJ.

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When they arrived home, Sam turned to unbuckle Jack and found him still asleep. She smiled, now if only she could keep him asleep. Sam got out and quietly shut the door. She then opened the back door and carefully unbuckled Jack. His head was resting on the seat next to him. She gently lifted him up into her arms, without waking him up.

She left the door opened and walked up her pathway to her front door. She must have forgotten to lock it because it was unlocked. She walked into her bedroom and laid Jack on her bed, she pulled the blanket over him and very quietly shut the door. She hurried out to her car and shut the door.

"Hello Mrs. Carter." The elderly nosey lady next door said as she sprayed her green lawn with her garden hose.

Sam turned to her neighbor. "Hello Mrs. Brown," she said with a false smile. "It's Miss, not Mrs.," She added.

Mrs. Brown smiled. "Oh course dear, I'm sorry." She said turning off the water and walked up to Sam's hedge. "So, you are baby-sitting?"

Sam looked toward her house. "Yeah," she answered. "I have to go-"

"He seems like a precious little guy…" Mrs. Brown said leaning closer.

"Uhh-" Sam nodded. "I guess you could call him that."

Mrs. Brown smiled. "Who is he? Why is a women like you baby-sitting him?" she asked.

"Um, my CO was in a little trouble, so I offered to watch him…" Sam said. She could have come up with another story, but this way she wasn't lying.

"He's you CO's son?" Mrs. Brown asked wide-eyed.

"I'm sorry, I think I hear him crying… I have to go! Nice talking to you!" she said, then rushed into her house. "Neighbors." She muttered.

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"Good afternoon," Sam said as Jack walked tiredly out of her bedroom. "Sleep okay?"

Jack shook his head. "I 'don wanna go back to sleep." He said as he rubbed his eyes. "Not tired…"

Sam smiled. "I meant did you sleep all right?"

Jack didn't answer her, he walked over to her and hoped on the couch and sat next to her.

"Jack- sorry… JJ would you-"

"I need water." He said as he began to get teary eyed.

Sam, who couldn't stand it if he began to cry, rushed into the kitchen to get him a cup of water.

Jack smiled. He liked it here. He could get whatever he wanted by throwing a tantrum or start crying. Sam ran back into the room and handed him a cup, he took it and took a gulp, water fell out of his mouth onto his shirt. He wiped his chin with his arm and smiled. "Thanks!" he said as he sat it down on the coffee table.

"You're welcome." Sam said.

There was a pause. "Can we pay?" he asked sweetly.

"I don't have any games JJ." She said.

Jack looked down disappointed, he wasn't ready to cry, but he was getting there.

"But, we can go down to the ninety-nine cent store and find something." Sam said as she ruffled his hair.

Jack looked up eagerly. "Can we go now?" he asked.

Sam nodded. "I guess," she said. "Do you want to walk there? It's only a block or two away."

"Which one?" he asked. He narrowed his eyes.

"Which one which?" Sam asked, her forehead wrinkled in confusion.

"One or two." He said as he held up the numbers on his hands.

Sam thought for a second. "One and a half." She said as she held up 1 ½ fingers.

Jack giggled. "O'tay!" he said happily. "Can I get my spyman shoes on?" he asked.

"Spiderman shoes… yes you may." She said as she stood up. "Hurry! Shoo!"

Jack smiled and ran down the hall.

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Sam held Jack's hand the whole way down to the ninety-nine cent store, and he didn't mind, in fact, he seemed to be really happy just being able to hold her hand all the way down there. What surprised Sam the most is that he behaved himself.

They walked into the small building and headed over to the toy section, Sam picked up a basket. Jack ran straight for the bow and arrow plastic toy. "I want this peas!" he said as he held it up to her. Sam smiled and put it into the basket. "My 'buhver has one of these." Jack added with a smile.

"You're what?" Sam asked.

"Buhver!" Jack shouted. "He's bigger then me."

"B-brother? You have an older brother?" she asked.

Jack smiled and nodded. "Yep! His name is Matt!"

Sam nodded slowly. "I didn't know you had a brother…" she said as she patted his head.

Jack nodded. "Yep! He's five older them me!" he said as he held up five fingers.

Sam smiled. "That's nice…" she said. "Do you want anything else?"

Jack nodded and ran back to the wall of cheap toys, he picked out a package of cars, a coloring book with coloring crayons, a spaceship that came with a couple of aliens and glow in the dark stars and planets. Sam also bought him a bag of skittles, and a toothbrush.

After they had their bags in their hands, they headed back to Sam's house, Jack was smiling happily, it was nice to see him so happy, his hands were stained in different colors from the skittles.

As soon as they arrived at Sam's house, Jack began to open all his toys.

By the end of the day, he had already broken a couple of his cars, he had broken Sam's lamp that used to belong to her mother, and had misplaced one of the aliens.

They were sitting down at the table at seven o'clock. Sam pulled out one of the mini pizzas from the oven; she was about to pull out the other one when the doorbell rang.

"AHH!" Jack shouted as he looked around. "What's that?" he demanded.

Sam shut the oven door and hurried over to the front door, maybe it was Daniel, maybe they had found out a way to turn Jack back into his regular age. But to her surprise, it wasn't Daniel standing at the door, it was- "Pete?" she asked confused.

Pete Shanahan smiled. "Hi Sam," he said as he held out a bouquet of flowers. "Here."

"What are you doing here?" she asked as she took the bouquet of flowers from him. She had forgot all about the conversation she had had with him at the clothing store.

Pete looked a little disappointed. "Remember? You me… a date?"

Sam's mouth dropped open slightly. "Pete I uhh-"

"Hi Pee!" Jack giggled as he poked his little head out the door.

Pete looked down at Jack confused. "Sam, who's this?" he asked.

"Uhh…" Sam looked down at Jack who was smiling happily up at her. "This is JJ." She said.

"Hi!" Jack greeted moved to behind Sam.

"Hello," Pete parroted, clearly still confused. "Sam, who is he?"

"Colonel O'Neill." She said a little above a whisper.

"What?" Pete whispered. "That is not possible!"

"IT'S JJ!" Jack shouted. "JJ! JJ! JJ! Did you hear me Miss Sam? JJ!"

Sam sighed. "I hear you… Pete, I'm sorry, I tried to tell you, but you had to go, and I forgot to call you." She explained.

Pete blinked slowly. "Sam, how-"

"You know I can't talk about it, Pete, I'm sorry."

"Can I go wiff you?" Jack asked sweetly. "I'll be good, I promise."

Sam looked from Jack to Pete. "We can do this another time…" she said firmly.

"No, no, no, no…" Pete said as he shook his head. "I have reservations for 'The Blue Star'."

"Oh," was all that Sam could say, those were some pretty hard reservations to get.

"Can Daniel-"

"No, Pete… I'm sorry," she said.

"It's fine… I guess the little guy could… tag along." Pete said as he nodded.

Jack smiled. "Hurray!" he shouted.

"Just give me a minute, and we'll both be dressed." Sam said as she took Jack's hand and started to pull him.

"Sam!" Pete almost shouted. "You're going to dress him?"

Sam looked over at Pete. "Yeah, unless you want to…"

Pete cleared his throat. "No, you go ahead…"

Sam smiled and hurried down the hall.

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So, JJ and Pete, huh, what do you think is going to happen?

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