Hey guys, ok so I've finally got to the point I want to get to so here's the next chap. Please be aware that there is major shippyness in this chapter, lots of fluff so if ya don't like fluff please read anyway because it is vital to the plot (I promise) Enjoy!
Chapter Four –
Shortly afterwards, pretty much the entire of the SGC is congregated in the Gate room for Sam's promotion ceremony and General Hammond was giving a speech about bravery, courage and intelligence.
"… And finally if General O'Neill would like to come and do the honours?"
Jack smiled at Sam as he pinned the Colonel's insignia on her shirt and saluted her. As everyone was applauding, Jack whispered to her, "Congratulations Sam, and don't forget dinner" and he kissed her on the cheek and as they pulled away from each other the entire of the SGC erupted.
"Well, that secret sure lasted a long time!" Daniel laughed sarcastically to Janet who just shook her head in amusement.
Later that day Sam was packing her things away in her lab as Janet and Cassie watched.
"You're actually glowing!" Cassie smirked as Janet attempted to frown at her daughter but couldn't because both Sam's good mood and Cassie's enthusiasm was contagious, "Well it's true!" she defended to her mother. Sam just smiled good naturedly.
"So Janet when are you gonna be free from the infirmary before you know … you go back to the infirmary?" Sam asked.
"Should be out in the few days" Janet sighed, "I'm back on duty next week. Dr Combs is really abusing the fact that he's the CMO over the old CMO, just wait til I start back at work, I'm fine! Honestly, I've seen my test results" she moaned.
"Jeez mum, relax, you have a week off work, not an incurable disease!" they all laughed again.
"Ok well I'm off to get ready …" Sam started before she was cut off.
"For the bigdate" Cassie finished in a dramatic voice as Janet playfully hit her daughter on the arm, "HEY!"
"Leave her alone you, it's my job as the best friend to wind her up" they cracked identical evil grins as Sam rolled her eyes whilst she inwardly grinned. Janet may not be Cassie's biological mother but the two were scarily alike.
"Whilst you two argue over who gets to torment me more, I'm gonna go. Are you coming home tonight Cassie or are you gonna stay here with your mum?"
"I think it's gonna be safer to stay here tonight" Cassie ducked and ran behind her mum for cover however Sam chose to ignore that comment.
"Ok well I'll see you guys tomorrow then," Janet went to say something but Sam was quicker. "Yes Janet will all the details, bye ladies" Sam smiled as she left her lab and walked to the elevator. She hadn't felt this happy in months, she was a Colonel and she was finally dating the man of her dreams. As the elevator arrived she stepped inside and pushed the button for the surface she realised she had been humming, she leaned against the back of the lift and closed her eyes as she began to think about what she would wear that evening. She still hadn't figured this out by the time the car she had borrowed from the SGC pulled into her driveway. She got out of the car and walked to the front door but as she was unlocking the door she suddenly felt uneasy, like she was being watched, the smile instantly vanished from her face as she spun around to survey the street.
It was empty.
There was no one around, there were no people standing in the street or in their gardens, there were no unusual cars and no curtains twitching. Sam gave herself a shake and continued into her home. She locked the door behind her, a habit she had picked up from Jack (he always said, 'you never want to be surprised in your own home so why take the chance'). Sam ran herself a bath and made herself a cup of coffee whilst she was waiting. It felt like heaven to just relax in a bath, (being the workaholic she was, she usually didn't get chance for anything but a shower). Her mind wandered to what Jack might be planning for their first date. He had refused to tell her anything except that it was gonna be a night to remember (which Sam already knew) and that she had to be ready by 19:30. Sam glanced at the clock in her bathroom, she still had two hours to go. There was a knock at Sam's door as she was towel drying her hair. She quickly pulled on a pair of sweat pants and an old Air force t-shirt and then went to answer the door as the person knocked again.
"One second" Sam called as she came down the stairs, she unlocked the door and pulled it open.
"Pete!" she gasped, "What the hell are you doing here?" he pushed his way passed Sam.
"So where's the bastard that thinks it's ok to steal other peoples girlfriends; come out come out wherever you are!" he slurred.
"Pete, have you been drinking?" Sam asked tentatively as Pete looked really mad.
"So what if I have?"
"Alright, get out, go home and sober up. There's no way I'm talking to you like this, actually scrap that, I'm not talking to you at all. It's over, done, finished, caput, finito!" Sam inwardly groaned as she heard herself say that. She really had been spending way too much time with Jack, she was even starting to sound like him now. The next thing Sam knew Pete's fist had connected with her jaw. It was like it had exploded, God he had a killer right hook. At first she was speechless, he had just hit her. Again. The first and only other time Pete had hit her he had claimed that he hadn't known she was standing so close behind him and since he was so apologetic and it hadn't happened again, she had been quite willing to let it pass but this there was no explaining away and the soldier inside Sam was angry.
"Get the hell out of my house, NOW!" she screamed and an evil glint appeared in Pete's eyes.
"And what are you gonna do if I don't?" he sneered.
"I'll kick the crap out of you" a voice said from the door. Sam spun around and saw Jack carrying a bag at wide open front door, looking absolutely livid with anger. He placed the bag on the side board in her hall and started to advance towards Pete but Sam stopped him by grabbing his arm.
"Please sir, just throw him out, I really don't want to spend this evening bailing you out of jail. He's really not worth getting in trouble with the police over and remember he is their colleague after all"
Jack was seething with anger but he nodded in response and Pete grinned.
"Got you well and truly whipped, hasn't she?" That was the final straw for Jack, he lunged at Pete and grabbed him by the scruff of his shirt. He pulled back his fist to hit him but Sam's cry stopped him.
"No Jack!"
Jack growled slightly but didn't hit him, he dragged Pete to the door without further incident and threw him onto the grass that was Sam's front lawn.
"Get the hell out of here, you woman hitting son of a bitch, and if I ever see you here again nothing that Sam says will stop me from kicking the crap out of you!" with that he slammed the door shut and turned to face Sam. A bruise was already forming along her jaw and seeing it both angered Jack and made him want to comfort and protect Sam for ever.
"Come here," he said softly and examined Sam's jaw as she came closer. He bent his head and softly kissed the mark. "I'm sorry Sam, I shouldn't have let you come here on your own yet."
"Oh come on, that doesn't matter, he was obviously gonna turn up at some point, I'm just really glad you didn't hit him. That would have caused way too much paperwork for you, having a General hauled into jail because he beat the crap out of a cop! But I am glad you turned up when you did, I was just about to kick his ass myself, I would have done too but that first punch of his took me by surprise" Jack sighed as the tension he felt melted away. He stared into her eyes, the bright blue meeting the dark brown.
"As long as you're ok" she nodded and kissed him lightly before pulling away.
"You know, it's still at little weird being able to kiss my C.O. and get away with it" Sam admitted.
"I know what you mean Sam" they grinned at each other and kissed, this time more deeply. Jack's arms wound themselves around her waist holding her tight to him as Sam's hands made their way to his hair. As their kiss deepened they fell against the wall in the hallway. Jack moved his lips gently across her jaw where Pete had hit her and landed on her neck on the sensitive area of skin under her ear. She sighed at the sensations filling her and as Jack once again pulled away she groaned with frustration.
"See it's just something you have to get used to" he smirked with a playful glint to his eyes. Sam played along with him as she replied.
"Well I might just have to stop trying to get used to it then"
"You wouldn't"
"Wouldn't I?" she laughed at his indignant face.
"You're evil"
"I know, anyway Jack not that I'm complaining but what are you doing here, I thought it was 19:30 when you were picking me up?" Jack looked sheepish as he replied.
"Well I've had a slight change in plans"
"Meaning"
"I wanted to cook so I bought over some stuff" Sam was shocked.
"I thought you couldn't cook" Jack blushed.
"Yeah well I don't very often but I figured this was a special occasion so I was gonna cook my mothers recipe for lasagne and me cooking would definitely make it a night to remember"
"God, I love you," she pulled him back against her and kissed him again. "Let me show you where everything is" she pulled him towards the kitchen and showed him how to use her cooker and where everything was. "I'm gonna go and finish getting changed"
"Ok, don't forget to change into something fancy for the posh restaurant we're going to" he winked at her. Sam smiled and walked upstairs where she finished drying her hair and applying the small amount of make up she usually wore. She pulled out her favourite red top and black denim skirt that fell just above her knees. She decided against shoes as they weren't going anywhere that evening. She walked downstairs and into the kitchen from which there was a gorgeous smell coming from. Sam looked at the dining table and smiled happily. He had set the table perfectly with what she could only assume was Jacks good china (as she didn't have any) and he had lit candles all around the room and had placed a vase of her favourite flowers in the centre of the table. She smiled slowly as Jack came back into view.
"Hey gorgeous," he smiled, "Wow, you look fantastic, Sam, here have a glass of wine" he passed her a glass and she laughed.
"Wait, Jack only is drinking wine?"
"Yeah, well it's ok if its for a special occasion every now and then"
They sat talking until the timer on Jacks watch went off.
"Dinners ready, " he announced. He dished out the lasagne and bought the two plates to the table. They ate in comfortable silence, simply enjoying each others company. When they had finished Jack bought out the desert and he finally spoke.
"By the way, General Hammond has approved our downtime starting as soon as Janet is free of the infirmary"
Sam's face split out into a grin when she heard this.
"Yeah well believe it or not, I'm actually looking forward to it, not the fishing bit" Sam added as she saw the not too convinced look on Jacks face, "No I've been looking forward to getting away for a few days, it's been a while since I've had a holiday and I can't imagine a more relaxed place to go with all my friends" As she finished Jack was quite shocked.
"You know I was expecting to at have to least have to give you an ultimatum" Blackmail was such an ugly word to Jack, "I didn't think I'd be able to get you to go up to the cabin with such an old man"
"You're not old Jack," Sam smirked as she finished off the sentence with "Or do I have to prove it to you that you still have what it takes?" she stood up and reached for his hand. Jack was shocked for a second but he finally reached up and took her offered hand, grinning like an insane person. This was the side of Colonel Sam Carter that he loved to see. He knew that world knew Samantha Carter as the brilliant doctor of astrophysics, the pure genius that could pull new ideas out of her head at a moments notice to save their hides. She was the stereotypical brave soldier who would follow orders to the letter and was not afraid to get down and dirty when the battles broke out. She was passionate in what she believed in and of course the rest of the world saw her amazing blue eyes and fantastic figures with legs that went on forever but he saw the woman behind the soldier, the sexy woman who didn't even realise it. Jack saw the one thing in her that no one else did. He saw the soft side that loved to be wild. The side that cried at sad movies, the playful side that she was showing in full now. The side that longed to be accepted as an officer but she was still a female doctor in a male ego inflated military. As Jack pulled her to him and captured her lips in a kiss so deep and passionate that he actually felt Sam sag in his embrace as her knees gave way. He smiled against her lips as he kept her up right.
"What are you so happy about?" Sam murmured.
"Feeling a little weak are we?"
"No more than you, fly boy" she smiled back as she put her hand behind his head and pulled him back to her lips. Before Sam knew what was happening, Jack had lifted her over his shoulder and walked towards the stairs and started to climb.
"Jack, your knees" Sam only lightly protested as this was a first for her to actually have been carried up her stairs to her room (considering her 5'9" height this wasn't surprising).
"Oh live a little Sam," was Jacks only response as he entered her room and set her down in the centre of the bed. Again Sam reached behind his head to pull his lips back to hers which just so happened to pull his body on top of hers. The next half an hour or so was spent eagerly getting rid of offending clothes and exposing new flesh for each other to explore. Not that they hadn't seen each other in minimal clothing before but this was different.
They were different.
As the final barrier between them was removed, Jack stared deep into Sam's eyes and she gazed back meeting dead on. They tried to show each other so much in that stare before Jack moved over Sam and they were finally one. When they both crashed down into release together a short time after, Jack whispered to Sam.
"I love you" As he pulled her arms around his waist and settled her head on his chest and pulled the duvet over them.
"I love you too Jack" Sam whispered before sleep claimed them both.
When Sam woke up the next morning, she smiled and kept her eyes tightly shut. She wanted to hold onto this moment as long as she could. As happy as she was that she finally had Jack she was still at little scared that she was gonna lose him. She was lying half on her front and half on her side with her right arm draped across Jacks chest and her hand was resting on his opposite shoulder. She was also aware that her top leg was lying in-between his. She now couldn't resist opening her eyes to look at Jack as he slept. Her head was resting barely 20 cms from Jacks and as his face was turned towards her, she could see every detail of the mans that she loves face. He looked so peaceful when he slept. She took in his ruffled silver hair first, she longed to run her fingers through that hair again as she had done last night but continued with her observations. Her gaze swept over his closed eyes. They were moving beneath the lids which told her he was probably dreaming and she wondered what about. She noticed more closely the slight scar that cut through his left eyebrow and the gentle curve to his lips.
"Good morning" he yawned without opening his eyes.
"Good morning, you know I could get used to waking up like this" she smiled at him and he opened his eyes to look at her. Jack suddenly looked uncharacteristically thoughtful as he responded.
"So could I Sam," They were silent for a moment as they looked at each other, remembering the events of the night before, Jack turned to his side to get a better look at Sam and decided that he was going to waste any more time.
"Marry me?" he suddenly asked.
TBC
AN. Hey guys, yeah I know this chapter has been a while but I've practically finished the next chapter its just I like to write on paper and then I have to type it all up and this chapter (although not as long as some I've read) is pretty long. I know its an evil place to leave this chapter and if Jack proposing so early leaves you thinking that it's a bit out of character then to some degrees I agree but we all know how much he loves Sam and I promise I have written in a really good explanation in the next chapter. Also the actual plot should start to surface now I've got Jack and Sam together, but all this a necessary part. Thanx for all you reviews, please please please keep reviewing, luv Nicki.
