Well here is the next chapter. I am pretty sure where this is going, I hope you all like it.
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"Thank you." he replied as he straightened himself. "Colonial Carter, when General O'Neill contacted me to plan this charade he seemed quite anxious and even more protective of you than I have usually observed him." With that said he sort of smiled and continued "congratulations and enjoy the rest of your evening." When he finished speaking he disappeared in a beam of white light.
Seconds later another beam of light appeared and Jack arrived right next to Sam, still dressed in his tux and wearing a grin from ear to ear.
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"Surprise" he said with a mischievous grin.
"This is a wonderful surprise," said Sam as she reached over and gave him a big hug and a kiss. "You had me worried there for a minute."
"You'll never be bored" he said as he pulled her over to sit closer to him.
"That I am certain of" she replied with one of her special smiles.
"So, are you ready for a fantastic evening out on the town?" he asked as he took her hand in his.
"Are you sure that is a good idea?' she asked. "We are trying to keep this incognito aren't we? Isn't that why you asked Thor for that big favor?"
"Well sort of. Are you ready for your next surprise?" he asked with a big grin.
"I don't know if I can handle much more, but shoot."
"Well my little charity donation was thanks to a promotion, I had a meeting with Henry Hayes the other day," he said with a bit of a worried look. He was not certain of what her reaction was going to be to his next news.
"The Henry Hayes, you mean President Hayes?" she asked.
"Yup, the one and only"
"What are you about to tell me? And why do you look really nervous all of a sudden?" she asked.
"Well, it's like this," he started. "George wants to retire, and by retire I mean oversee a fleet of new star cruisers. Well, he needed someone to take over his job." At this moment Jack paused, giving Sam a second to put two and two together. "And President Hayes came to the table with some really good bargaining chips."
"And they are?" she asked, still waiting for the big surprise she could sense was around the corner.
"Well at first I turned him down, I mean things are going so great here. But then out of the blue he said, without even blinking mind you, that he had found a way for us to come out of the closet."
"He said WHAT?" she sort of yelled, practically knocking Jack off of the seat.
"Well, I guess George still has his ear in the SGC grapevine, that and I guess we have not been doing the fantastic job we thought we were keeping us a secret."
"Well," she said "don't keep me in suspense, what is his solution? You heading up Homeworld Security won't exactly take me out of your chain of command."
"He wants to transfer you to Area 51 to head research and development and lend you out to the SGC for special cases." Jack smiled as he said this. He knew that if Sam could have her choice of jobs anywhere. That would be the one. He was excited for her, especially knowing his next surprise.
"Area 51!" she shouted this time, actually knocking Jack over when she hugged him. "I've always wanted to go to area 51. I mean sure I would miss the away missions, but to be able to spend all the time I want in my lab…." Then she stopped. "Jack you do realize that D.C. and Nevada are several thousand miles apart. When would we see each other? I don't think I would like being that far away from you…"
"Here" he said as he handed her a small white oval crystal. "It matches mine."
Sam took the crystal. "Is this Asguard?" she asked, already knowing it was a transportation crystal.
"A gift from Thor, he said to call it early wedding gift."
"Oh Jack how wonderful… Wait did you say wedding gift?" This night was turning out to be a little more than she could handle.
"If you'll have this worn out old soldier, yes?" he asked. He then reached into his breast pocket and pulled out a small velvet box. "What do you say, wanna' get hitched?"
Sam just smiled, "let me see, I get to work at Area 51 right?"
Jack pretended to look hurt.
"Sure, why not" she said with a giggle as she leaned over and gave him a kiss.
"Hey, no giggling colonial" he said against her lips as he pulled her even closer.
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