A/N. Ok has anyone ever noticed that when your supposed to be revising for exams all you ever seem to do is try to find ANYTHING else to do, like cleaning and suddenly remembering that you have a chapter to write up (some thing are nicer than others lol). So I've finished my exams, my brothers wedding is over and my birthday was a blast! Lol, so to celebrate having free time before I go on holiday (woo hoo two weeks in Turkey here I come) I decided to post chapter 13 (or the second half of chapter 12 whichever you prefer). Enjoy!

Chapter 13 – Some people are just born dumb!

"Pete?" Sam said numbly, "No, I mean he's hardly perfect but he's … he wouldn't do that …" she faltered.

"I know its hard to hear Sam, especially about someone you thought you knew. Just look at me with my ex-husband" Janet reminded Sam.

"I just can't believe it, until the point I broke up with him, he always appeared so calm and well … normal"

Jack had debated with the others whether he should tell Sam about the background check he had conducted and that he had recently started the motions of buying a house under both theirs names without consulting her. They decided as much as it would hurt Sam to learn the truth, it would hurt her more to find out another way and that her family had lied to her. So he spoke up and told her the truth but was interrupted half way through telling her about the house.

"WHAT!" Sam exploded, everyone took a step back surprised, "That controlling bastard! I told him I wanted to stay in my house at the time he asked" she was inwardly seething.

"You do?" Jack asked surprised. Sam looked up, confused at the tone in his voice but then realised what was going on.

"Yeah I did, I mean, you knew I was having doubts but I felt that staying in my house would be better and more stable for me than uprooting and moving to a new house. I didn't want to imagine a future with him … I couldn't" Sam got out with some difficulty. Teal'c, Daniel and Janet all smiled at the look of happiness on Jack's face. They all knew they were getting a house together. Jack couldn't help it, he moved next to Sam and put his arm around her waist.

"Ok, so now you know we need to keep you safe until he arrested, right?" Jack told her.

"Yeah" Sam sighed.

"Ok so no leaving the base without me?"

"You're enjoying saying that aren't you?" Sam questioned incredulously.

"Maybe a little," Jack admitted, "But promise me"

"Ok fine, I'll be a good girl and stay on base"

"Sam that's not news, you're always on base, promise me you won't leave without me"

"Ok, I promise"

Later at about 2200, Sam was about to pack up and go looking for Jack so they could go home but her phone rang.

"Carter" she answered.

"Sam?"

"Cassie, honey, is that you?" Sam asked.

"Sam, I need you to listen ok?" she told her, sounding petrified.

"Cassie what's wrong?"

"I'm with Pete at your old house" Sam's heart ran cold. "He won't let me go, he wants you to come here alone" she told her. Sam thought she could hear someone whispering in the background.

"It's ok Cassie honey, I promise, I'll be there right away"

"He says that if he so much as suspects that Jack or anyone else from the SGC are around that he'll kill me, Sam, hurry please!"

"Don't worry, I'll be there right away … Cass" the line went dead. Sam quickly dialled Jack's number.

"O'Neill" he answered.

"Jack, Pete's got Cassie!" Sam yelled as she was getting ready.

"What! Crap, don't worry as I'll gather the troops, meet you at the surface in five"

"Hurry Jack"

Ten minutes later, SG1 and the SG3 marines were being briefed by Jack and Sam with Janet worriedly stood next to them.

"Ok so remember, he can't know we're there, stealth is the object of the game, Samuels I want you and your team to secure the area, Carter will go in and distract him and SG1 will move in. If he tries to escape and gets past us, you know what to do"

"Yes Sir!" Samuels confirmed.

"Ok" he turns to Sam, "Right Carter, you can drive up individually and go on in Frasier, you can wait just around the corner and when Cassie comes out, we'll send her to you"

"Understood" Sam confirmed whilst Janet just nodded.

"Let's move out"

Everything was quiet outside Sam's old house. The front door was slightly open and as she pushed it open further, she saw a light coming from the front room. She walked to it.

"Hold it right there" Pete's voice came from out of the shadows in the kitchen. Sam froze.

"Tell me Sam, did you really come alone," Sam sneered as he walked forward so she could see the gun he had pointed at her.

"Of course I did you prick! Do you really think I'd risk Cassie's life!" she bluffed. Pete frowned slightly.

"To be honest, I had wanted to kill your precious General in front of you but this is actually better, just killing you instead of you both is so much more effective form of punishment for him.

"No you can't do this!" Cassie's voice startled Sam as she then noticed her tied to her chair in the kitchen.

"Let her go, you have who you really want" Sam pleaded. She saw Pete look from herself to Cassie again and noticed the second that he remembered the full significance of Cassie. She almost groaned aloud, she knew she had to keep Pete busy. Turning to face Cassie, he smirked again.

"I had just intended to use you as bait but losing his girlfriend and his god daughter, all in one day will be so much …"

"You mean wife" Cassie smirked.

"What?"

"She married …" Cassie began.

"Cassie!" Sam warned. She looked up at Pete who looked decidedly crazy. He was staring at Sam with a really strange look in his eyes.

"You actually married that bastard" he staked calmly.

"Yes I married him, I love him" Sam told him defiantly. She saw his eyes flicker to her left hand and took advantage of the movement to grab the gun from Pete's hand and twisted it back on him.

"Get back!" she ordered him. When he was at a safe distance she quickly untied Cassie with one hand, all the time keeping her eyes trained on Pete so he didn't move. "Cass, run!" Sam told the young woman as she held Pete off with his own gun. Cassie ran from the room.

"So you marry your boss?" Pete said mockingly, "I always knew you had slept your way up the ranks, there's no way that any woman your age would be at your rank."

"Just so you know Pete, I'm not gonna stop any of the people who are about to come in here from kicking your ass" she smiled as the look of smugness slipped from Pete's face. "Big mistake to kidnap Cassie, a bigger one to try to hurt me as well. In case you hadn't noticed my best friend is a woman with extensive knowledge of human anatomy and drugs and could kill you very easily whist you sleep, my two best male friends are a jaffa and a not timid archaeologist and then there's Jack, a black ops trained commander of the most secret base in US military history" she let this sink in and smiled again as Jack and the rest entered the room, "Not smart," she finished.

"Cuff him" Jack ordered before turning to Sam, "You ok?"

"Yeah, I'm good" she smiled and they watched as Peter was led off by SG3, who were less than gentle and smiled at his screams of revenge. Back at the base, SG1, Janet and Jack debriefed Hammond who had to be getting back to Washington after his extended period away. Jack dismissed everyone including Cassie who had been there too. Sam looked up at him trying to read his very blank expression.

"We're gonna go get something to eat, Sir, you wanna come with?"

"Yeah Jack, I hear there's cake today" Cassie smiled.

"I'll join you in a few minutes guys, I just need to finish up some stuff here" he responded with a fake smile which didn't fool anyone.

"Ok Sir, we'll see you in a minute" Sam smiled, knowing that he needed a few minutes to gather his thoughts. If there was one thing that she knew about her husband, it was that he needed time to understand his thoughts himself and not to try to force him to discuss his feelings before he was ready.

"Thanks guys," he stood up from his seat at the debriefing table and walked into his office, closing the door behind him. Sitting down in his chair, the first thing that he noticed was that his in tray was empty. Thankfully George had been kept busy, so he didn't have to be, next he noticed a new frame on his desk. He frowned at the frame, then a realisation washed over him. It was the presidential letter they had received to confirm they could pursue a relationship. There was a note attached to it.

Jack, I thought framing this was a great idea, George

Jack picked up the frame in wonder and read it through then glanced to his wedding ring. He was married! To Sam Carter! Yeah he had been upset at the thought of letting Sam go into danger where she should have been safe was a scary thought but, and he now realised this fully, he just had to trust Sam and SG1 and the Doc. He knew that non of them would be hurt as long as another member of the group was around to have some say in the matter. The last few weeks had finally brought some major conclusions for them and he was finally ready. Ready to have a relationship with Sam that he knew would last. Ready to finally let Daniel, Teal'c and Janet into his heart fully and ready to face the future. He grinned as the thought back to what had started the events that had taken place.

He couldn't belive what a difference a promotion could make!

The End.

A/N. I am writing up the epilogue tomorrow at some point (hopefully) so it should be up by Wednesday evening at the latest, but don't hold me to it, you guys know what RL is like, lol, I hope you liked this chap, please please please reveiew, thanks luv Nicki.