Chapter 15: Celebrations

Sam had been up for a couple of hours and was cleaning up the dishes she had used for breakfast when Jack finally came down. They had stayed up late the following night just talking and celebrating. When she had waken she had thought she had just dreamt the previous day but then she had seen the appointment card Dr Rushnor for her first scan and she knew it had been real.

"Morning gorgeous" Jack said when he walked in to the kitchen. He walked up to her and gave her a kiss. He then bent down and spoke to her stomach. "Morning baby."

"Morning Jack you do realise it is only the size of a peanut at the moment." She informed him before giving him a kiss. "What would you like for breakfast?"

"I'll make breakfast you go and rest." He said guiding her away from the cooker.

"Jack I've already eaten and I don't need to rest I'm fine. Save all the worrying for when I start having morning sickness or even save it for when I go into labour."

"I can't help but worry you are my pride and joy." She smiled and went red with embarrassment. He stroked her cheek and gave her a kiss.

"Well I think I better go and sit down in the living room."

"Are you ok?" he said looking worried at her sudden change of heart.

"Yes I'm fine I'm just going to leave you to eat breakfast and go and read in the living room." With that she kissed him again and headed for the living room as reached down to pick up her book. There was a knock at the door.

"I'll answer it." She shouted in to Jack as she headed for the front door. She opened it to find it was Cris. She invited him in and lead him into the kitchen where Jack had just sat down to a bowl of cereal.

"Hi Jack."

"Hi Cris, what you got planned today?" Jack asked in between mouthfuls of cereal.

"Nothing, why needing a ride somewhere?"

"No just wondered if you would like to hang around for a small celebration."

"Yea sure what we celebrating?" he asked looking at them suspiciously. He had taken Sam to the hospital yesterday but she had never told him why. Jack looked at Sam and she nodded.

"We are having a baby!" Jack told Cris excitedly once he had Sam's approval.

"Congratulations" Cris said with a shocked look on his face he hugged Sam then shook hands with Jack. "Is there anything you need me to do?"

"Nope I think we have everything sorted just be back here for 7 and bring your family we would love to meet them." Sam told him.

"Yea sure, I'll see you at 7." He smiled, bowed then left. Sam shut the door behind him then heard a crash from the kitchen. She ran in to see Jack swaying unsteadily the crash had been him knocking his bowl off the counter. She ran over to him and helped him to a stool.

"Jack! Are you ok? Jack!" she looked at him panic stricken. He stopped swaying and gave her a reassuring look. She noticed a tear rolling down his face and wiped it away for him. He kissed her to enforce that he was ok. "Do you wanna talk about it?" she asked him.

"Yea, it was a memory of my son and wife." He saw that she had started crying and placed a hand on hers. "Sorry I should have said ex-wife, we had gotten a divorce after my son killed himself."

Sam gasped. "Oh god." She covered her mouth with her free hand.

"It was his death that had gotten me involved in the Stargate program, a government program for…"

"the means of retrieving alien technology in which to defend the planet from the goauld." Sam cut in as she slowly started remembering everything.

"Yea, are you starting to remember too?"

"Yea now that you have started it's slowly coming back to me. Oh god!"

"What?"

"I just remembered why I felt like it was wrong for us to sleep together that first night. It's because we could both be arrested if we ever have a relationship." She said starting to cry again.

"Well it's a bit late now. Who cares they can't stop us now and I doubt they would?" he said trying to reassure her.

"Jack it's against the law."

"Sam we had no memories and personally I couldn't care less about the law its stupid. Now that I have you I'm never letting you go no matter what anyone says. And you have to admit what's the likely hood of us ever going back to that place." He looked at her and kissed her passionately.

She knew he was right and they couldn't do anything about it now anyway knowing it was wrong just made it feel more right.

At 7 o'clock Cris had turned up with his mother, Jules, father, Glen and his younger sister, Hysta. They had all been introduced and were now sat around the dining table eating, talking and being merry.

"So Samantha how long have you two been married?"

"Mum!" Cris shouted at Jules.

"It's ok Cris. We aren't married. Not yet anyway." She held Jacks hand and looked at him lovingly.

"Oh right. Well that's up to you."

"We just want to deal with one good thing at a…"

"Actually Sam." Jack cut in. He stood up and walked around to her getting something of Cris before he reached her. He got down on one knee and held out a little box he opened it to show a beautiful ring with a single diamond set in the middle of two emeralds. Sam looked at him shock as everyone else looked on smiling.

"Samantha Carter, I love you more than anyone should love someone and I love you more and more everyday. I can't imagine my life without you and that is why I want to ask you to…"

"Yes" Sam shouted before he could finish everyone laughed at her eagerness.

"Hey let me finish will you. That is why I want to ask you to marry me." He finished with a smile on his face. He put the ring on her finger as she repeated yes and when it was firmly in place she hugged him tightly. Then he kissed her as Cris and his sister stood up to congratulate them and Jules and Glen looked lovingly into each others eyes.

Jack broke away from her and shouted "I got the girl" at the top of his lungs. She laughed and then kissed him again.