TITLE: What's in a Name

RATING: PG

SEASON: Set during season 9 or 10

SPOILERS: 'Chimera', 'Affinity', 'Threads'… basically anything with the Spud. 'Entity'

CATERGORY: Romance/Humour

PAIRING: Sam/Jack

SUMMARY: Just a short fic about an idea I had for TPTB to finally let us know what's going on once and for all!

WARNINGS: None.

DISCLAIMER: I own nothing. If I did Sam and Jack would be married with a daughter named Grace by now and Pete would never have existed

Daniel plonked himself wearily onto the wooden bench next to Sam as she laced up her sneakers. Their mission had gone as planned with Daniel, as Goodwill Ambassador, doing most of the work whilst Sam and Teal'c kept a watchful eye on the locals.

"Has Landry been cleared for active duty yet? I didn't get the chance to ask Dr. Lam."

It was Sam who answered.

"No he hasn't. Apparently there's no hurry for him to return to work before his leg has healed properly since General O'Neill isn't urgently required back in D.C."

Daniel smiled.

"I guess that's good news for you, right? It'll be nice having him in the same state for another few weeks I'll bet!"

"And for you guys, too." Sam suddenly noticed the look on Daniel's face. "Daniel, you do know that he's planning on spending time with all of us, don't you? Nothing's changed because of our… situation. Between the four of us, I mean."

"I'm sorry Sam, I guess I just assumed that you'd want some time together while you can. Washington isn't exactly around the corner is it?"

Sam cleared her throat.

"Well, actually, we've seen quite a lot of each other since the move." Daniel's brow furrowed. "Let's just say that we received a very special wedding gift from a short, grey friend that has come in very handy."

"You can't be serious! Thor gave you a set of transporter stones as a wedding gift? Is there anyone in this galaxy that didn't find out before I did?"

"Cassandra Fraiser is not aware of Colonel Carter's marital status, Daniel Jackson." Teal'c suddenly piped up from behind his locker door. Sam's head shot up.

"Wait a minute, Teal'c. I thought you said you told Cassie about the ring?"

"I merely pointed out that it did not belong to the man she thought it did. I did not, however, inform her of the owner. I believed that you would prefer to tell her yourself when the right opportunity presented itself."

Sam looked shocked.

"Oh. Well, thank you Teal'c. I appreciate your consideration for my feelings."

"I'm afraid to say that it was not only my concern for your feelings that kept me silent, I also desired to see her facial expression when you told her. Cassandra confided in me many years ago that her greatest wish was for you and O'Neill to one day find happiness together."

"Cassie said what about Jack and I? Teal'c, is this one of your obscure Jaffa jokes because I have to tell you it isn't the funniest one you've ever told!"

"No, Sam, Teal'c's right. She really never mentioned it to you?"

"No, never. Well, I guess there was one time about a year after she came when she asked me about a fairytale she had read about, uh, nevermind. Point is, she wanted to know which one of you was my prince and she mentioned Jack but I suppose I just wrote it off as a little girl's vivid imagination at the time."

"Sam, you need to tell her. Hey, what date is it?"

"Urm, it's the 19th of March. Why?"

"Shouldn't Cassie be on Spring break by now?"

"Yeah, she's staying with a friend in Vegas for a few days and then she said she was thinking of stopping by before going to meet her boyfriend in Denver."

"Oh, come on, Sam! Call her and tell her that you need to see her about something. The longer you leave it the more annoyed she's gonna be when she does eventually find out." Daniel grabbed Sam's cell off the bench and waggled it in front of her nose. "You know you want to!"

Sam threw him a slightly annoyed look before snatching the phone out of his hand and pressing 2 on speed dial. The two men in the room waited anxiously as they heard the ring tone on the other end.

"Cassie Fraiser"

"Hi, Cass, it's me."

Teal'c could hear the shrieks from across the locker room.

"SAM! Hi! How are you?"

"Uh, I'm good, thanks. Listen, Cassie, is there any chance you could swing by sometime? There's something I need to tell you."

"Oh, God, Sam, is something wrong? It's Jack, isn't it? I'll be on the first plane –"

"God, no, Cassie! Hey, I'm sorry if I scared you. It's not that urgent but I don't want to tell you over the phone. I promise you, it's nothing bad." Sam smiled at Teal'c, "Actually, Teal'c seems to think that you'll be rather interested."

"Does he? Hmm… well I won't know until you tell me, will I? Listen, I'm stuck in Vegas for the next few days on account of my friend's brother's wedding but how 'bout I fly down to see you guys on Saturday?"

"Yeah that sounds great! Give me a call when you arrive at the airport and I'll come and pick you up. Enjoy the wedding, honey!"

"I'm sure I will. Thanks Sam and I promise I'll be there as soon as I can get away. Love you!"

"Love you too, sweetie! See you on Saturday! Bye." Sam hung up and took a long, deep breath. "Well, I guess we'll see on Saturday. I hope you two are right about Cassie otherwise I might need your help restraining a violent student!"

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"Hey guys, we're back!" yelled Sam as she struggled to carry Cassie's huge suitcase into her hallway. Half a second later 90 lbs of hungry student barged through the door and headed straight for the kitchen. Cassie quickly searched the counter and grabbed a cookie before heading into the living room.

"Daniel! Teal'c! Hi!" she yelled, around a mouthful of cookie, before throwing herself at each of them in turn and wrapping her arms around them. Before they had chance to speak, another person entered the room.

"Hello, stranger!"

"Jack!" Cassie exclaimed before leaping at him and enveloping him in what, to a man of lesser stature, would have been a bone-crushing hug. "Hey, Sam, why didn't you tell me that Jack was here? I thought he was still in D.C.!" By this point Sam had hung up her coat and entered the living room. She glanced at Jack sheepishly and he cleared his throat.

"Cassie, urm, you know that thing I needed to talk to you about?" Cassie narrowed her eyes to tiny slits and looked suspiciously at Sam.

"Yeah, what about it?"

"Uh, it's actually more of a 'we' than an 'I'- "

"Huh? Jack, would you mind telling me what the heck you're talking about?"

Jack slowly went to stand by Sam's side and slid his arm around her waist. Cassie's eyes went as wide as saucers and she turned to face Daniel and Teal'c who were grinning from ear to ear at her reaction. She turned back to face Sam and Jack.

"Cassie, there's something we've been meaning to tell you…" Sam said quietly, pulling her left hand out of her jeans pocket to reveal a strangely familiar topaz and diamond ring.

"No. Way. No freakin' way!" Cassie whispered as the scene before her clicked into place. And then it hit. Before either of the pair could open their mouths Cassie flung herself at them at 100mph and wrapped her arms around them both whilst jumping up and down shrieking her head off. After about thirty seconds she calmed down to a state where she could almost speak coherently. "Oh, my God, you guys… I can't believe… When? How? Oh, who cares? I can't believe you ever got round to admitting you're perfect for each other!" Cassie glanced up at Jack. "See? I told you when you asked she wouldn't say no!"

Teal'c decided to break up the party.

"I was not disappointed, Colonel Carter."

"So I see, Teal'c! I think she's more excited than I was!" Sam turned to give Jack an apologetic glance and kissed him on the lips, causing Cassie to squee even more loudly than she had previously, "No offence, Sir."

Jack suddenly swept Sam off her feet causing her to shriek. Jack grinned.

"Ah! What have I told you about calling me that off duty, Mrs O'Neill?"

Wrapping her arms around his neck, Sam said:

"That's Colonel O'Neill to you!"

"Yes, Ma'am!"

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