A/N: Just remember, you asked for it.

Six years was a pretty long engagement by any standards, but after a viewing of Guys and Dolls, Sam and Jack decided that six years is rather short compared to the fourteen years Adelaide had to wait for her band of gold.

By the time Jack's graduation came around, Sam and Jack had been living together and doing everything a married couple would do (except sharing a bed – something about honor and having Jacob beat the crap out of Jack) and the pair was even the talk of the Academy professors and Cadets. They were a perfect example of loyalty, love and devotion. Professor Monroe always enjoyed watching the pair interact when they were in class together. It broke his heart to see Sam's forlorn expression as she resumed classes after Jack's graduation.

Of course Jack was stationed at Peterson Air Base and the two still spent all the free time they had together, talking about anything and everything they could think of, and sometimes just enjoying the company. Jack received more than one ribbing from those he had made quick friends with at Peterson, but as soon as they met Sam in person, all of it stopped and suddenly Jack was considered a hero. It was no small matter that the gruff, entertaining, down-to-Earth Lieutenant O'Neill was engaged to one of the hottest, smartest women in the Air Force – and had been for four years!

Without Jack's amusing presence during classes, Sam was left somewhat depressed and lonely when she didn't have her mind on an objective. That was how Janet Fraiser found her one day in the library.

Janet had been struggling through the Calculus 2 class that she had to pass to graduate ever since she had begun taking it at the start of the term. Now here she was with two other students who were struggling trying to study for the big test that was coming up next week.

Sam didn't even look at whom she was sitting by when she sat down at the table, the book Jack had proposed to her in clutched in her hands possessively. Cameron Mitchell, one of the Cadets Janet was studying with, noticed the title of the book and recognized Sam from a lecture or two. He nudged Janet and when she saw who it was she caught her breath – Sam Carter was rather infamous in the realm of Dr. Monroe, having won every award he'd nominated her for and gotten the best grades possible on every single assignment. Not to mention her relationship with Lt. O'Neill.

It was the third Cadet sitting at their table who finally got up the courage to make their presence known to Sam, "Um…Cadet Carter?"

Sam looked up at her name, "Yes?"

"Hi," the young man said, "I'm Cadet Sheppard, these are Cadets Fraiser and Mitchell."

"Hello," Sam said, really wanting to just look at the words Jack had written to her four years before. But she was a polite Cadet, and polite Cadets talked with other Cadets, "Aren't you three in my Calculus class?"

Janet responded, "Yeah, we are. And my name's Janet, I hate being called Fraiser."

Sam's face bore a ghost of a smile, "I'm Sam. So, what's up?"

"Well," Janet asked, hesitantly, "You know the mid-term that's coming up next week?"

Sam's smile transformed into a smirk, "Need help studying?"

"Yeah," Mitchell said, a little unable to function now that he realized all those rumors about how pretty Sam Carter was were true. Then he looked down at her hands as they put down the book she was holding and noticed the ring on her left hand … apparently those rumors had been true as well.

"Well, first I'm going to have to know your first names," Sam said, getting into her 'element' with ease.

"I'm Cameron," Mitchell said.

"And I'm John," the other man said with a slight smile, "It's nice to meet you, Sam."

Sam smiled quickly before it disappeared, "Nice to meet you, too. Now, what are you guys having problems with?"

When Sam arrived home that night, she was pleasantly surprised to find the house encompassed in a wonderfully delightful smell: Jack was barbequing and the sliding back door was open. Of course, considering it was still winter, it meant that the house was getting incredibly cold and Sam briefly wondered what had compelled Jack to cook outside in the cold weather.

Sam pulled her jacket closer as she walked through the house and out into the backyard where she found Jack in his jacket cooking steaks on his grill. She walked up behind him and wrapped her arms around his waist, kissing his neck as she did so.

"Hey," she said softly, a smile playing on her face.

"Hey," he replied, turning around to look at her face. "How was your day?"

Sam shrugged, "Some Cadets in my Calculus class actually asked me to help them study in the library. It was rather amusing to see their expressions when they saw me sit down next to them."

Jack looked at her in mock concern, "You didn't bombard them with a whole bunch of words they couldn't understand, did you?"

Sam grinned at him, kissing the look off his face, "After having to help you and your friends get through that class, I'm pretty skilled in 'dumbing down' my 'technobabble', Jack. And it wasn't exactly that hard. They were pretty smart, just needed stuff broken down to simple terms for them."

Jack smirked at her, "God, I have no clue why you're with a guy like me, Sam."

Sam smiled warmly at her fiancé, "Because I love you, Jack. And because you love me."

He cocked his head to one side, "You make it sound so simple."

Her smile grew, "That's because it is when you get right down to it. So, what's with the barbeque? It's the middle of winter."

Jack shrugged, "The sun's out, and steak doesn't taste the same if you cook it inside."

"But the house stays warmer if you close the door while cooking steak."

"I left the door open?" Jack asked, now rather concerned.

Sam nodded, "The house is freezing, Jack. Those steaks better be good."

Jack smirked again, "They will be. I promise."

"Good."

A/N: Tehe. Sorry, I couldn't help myself with adding in those ... special three people into the story! At least it's not Daniel and at least I didn't make Janet go to the same high school as them! This is a very plausible scenario.