WITH FIREWORKS AND KISSES

CHAPTER 1

TITTLE: "With Fireworks and Kisses"

CHAPTER: One.

AUTHOR: fresitaazul

RATING: OLDER TEENS for sexual situations and sexual innuendo.

CATEGORY: Angst/Romance

PAIRING: Sam and Jack

SPOILERS: Season 9 (Camelot)

SUMMARY: Sam has a party at her house to celebrate the Forth of July.

WARNINGS: language, sexual situations and sexual innuendo. Read further at your own discretion.

DISCLAIMER: The characters used in this story, DO NOT belong to me; I'm just borrowing them for fun. I am not gaining any money for this and don't expect to either.

FEEDBACK: Always welcome, thank you!

AUTHOR'S NOTES:

This story came about while I was thinking of a story where SG-1, Jack and Cassie could get together during a relative present time (Season 10). Then, when I realized July 4th was around the corner, I had just the right inspiration to write a fun, sappy story. I tried my best to keep them in character, so I hope you like it!

Thanks to my mom and my husband for their continuous support and to all of you for stopping by and reading my story.

Like always, enjoy the ride!

"Hurry up, Sam!" Cassandra Fraiser yelled while she stood by the gray car parked outside the grocery store.

"Cassie, you need to learn a thing or two about patience," Sam said as she approached the younger woman, pulling a cart filled with groceries. "Now, help me load these in the trunk." She picked two large bags from it and smiled.

"I can't be patient, Sam." The girl continued in her defense. "I haven't seen any of the guys since forever!" She grabbed two large bags herself and set them in the trunk as instructed.

"God knows how long we'll have before any, if not all of you, are called back to work." She turned and stared at the blonde Lt. Colonel by her side. "Especially you."

Sam rolled her eyes and sighed. "We'll do our best to stay away. It's a special occasion after all, isn't it?" She wrapped one arm around the other's shoulders and whispered. "It's not every day you get a much deserved scholarship after a tough school year, Cass." Her voice was filled with happiness and pride and a wider smile appeared on her face.

Cassie blushed slightly and looked at Sam. It had been a difficult year for all of them, indeed. After much struggle, she had finally finished her first year at UCLA while majoring in Graphic Design. Three years after her mother's death, she had new hope in her life and things were falling into place at last. She and Sam had spent one month in Nevada before she left to start her dream in California; soon after, Sam was called back to the SGC and then inevitably she rejoined SG-1.

Sam had returned just a couple of months ago from their latest space battle with the Ori, where she and the rest of the team almost died; this not to mention how close they had gotten to an aggressive direct attack on Earth. Cassie remembered the night she called Jack for their weekly chat and he announced Sam was missing…

"Hey Jack!" Cassie said cheerfully as he answered his phone.

Jack swallowed the lump in his throat. "Cassie... Hi." He had tried to mask his worry but at that point, all he had heard from General Hank Landry was bad news. The young girl's voice made things even worse.

"Jack?" Cassie asked feeling her own worry grow. "What's going on?" After not getting an answer from the other end, she felt tears gather in her eyes. "Is it Sam? Jack, where is she!" She finally yelled.

Jack rubbed his eyes hard and leaned back on his chair, while he stared emptily at the window in his lonely office. "I don't know, Cass." Was all the reply he could manage.

"What do you mean?" The girl said between quiet sobs.

He took a long deep breath and stood up again, while picking up his coat from where it hung behind his chair. "Last we heard, she was outside the ship… they lost her after that."

"No! That can't be. I won't accept that and you shouldn't either!" She screamed.

"Who said I had accepted it? I'm on my way to Colorado as we speak." He was already at the door when he froze and looked down at his shoes, desolation and concern quickly overwhelming him.

Cassie read the pause between them and closed her eyes as she tried to regain some control over her emotions. If there was someone who would not give up on Sam, it was Jack. "Hey," She began. "you and I know Sam will make it. She's SG-1 remember? You trained them well."

A sad and faint smile appeared on his face as the words on the other end of the phone succeeded to bring some hope into the desperate situation. "Thanks Cass. You're right."

"Please call me when you get there?"

"You know I will. First thing." He said, and after opening the door and closing it behind him, he put his sunglasses on hiding the redness in his eyes while he crossed the hallway towards the elevator. "Bye, Cassie."

"Bye Jack. I love you. You get her back." Came her hopeful voice.

"Love you too, Kiddo." He then closed his cell phone and climbed into the waiting elevator.

Now, she stood looking at her blue ayes after their miraculous survival from the attack. Sam was recovered from space by the Asgaard, along with all the others. They had succeeded in delaying the attack, but they knew soon enough the Ori would try their assault once again. Cassie pulled Sam into a crushing hug as she remembered the events not that long ago and how scared she was for her life.

"Cass, I'm fine! I thought you were too." Sam said after a while as she embraced the younger woman.

"I am. It's just that I don't know what I would do if I lost you."

Sam pulled back a little and brushed a strand of brown hair from the girl's face. "If that happened, you would be fine. I know it." As she saw the fear in her eyes, she smiled reassuringly. "You won't loose me, Cass. I plan on sticking around to torment you for a while longer."

Cassie laughed. "Well, I see Jack is definitely rubbing on you." She teased while she waggled her eyebrows playfully, changing the mood between them.

Sam shook her head and lowered it to hide the pink color that appeared unwillingly. "Yes, well…" She trailed off and walked to the driver side after they finished loading the bags. "Let's go, the guys should arrive in a couple of hours and there's a lot to do, young lady!"

"Yes, Ma'am!" Cassie said with a mock salute as she climbed in the car next to her.

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As Sam pulled into her driveway, she noticed a familiar figure at the door waving. She stood motionless on her seat while she rewarded him with a long, beautiful smile.

Cassie looked at her and rolled her eyes while she shook her to wake her from the daze. "Sam!"

Sam blinked and looked at Cassie, embarrassed and startled. "Don't do that, Cass!"

"Well, if you woke up from your day-dream and realized you almost hit your garage door, I wouldn't!"

"Oh, sorry." She switched off the engine and climbed out of the car. Surely he noticed what she almost did, because she could clearly see the grin plastered in his face from where she stood.

Cassie chuckled and started to unload the groceries from the trunk, giving Sam time to run to the man she was drooling over. An evil grin appeared on her face then.

Walking as coolly as she could, she approached the tall and distinguished man standing at her doorstep and stopped just a few inches from him. Boldly, she admired his silver-colored hair, the tan tone of his skin, and the handsome features of his face.

"General."

"Colonel."

"Two months, huh?"

"Two months, four days, six hours and forty five minutes, to be exact. But hey! Who's counting?" He said, hiding a smile.

She giggled and moved closer. "You're early,"

"Well, I had to see my favorite Theoretical Astrophysicist before she got caught up with this Forth of July shindig she's planning."

"Hum…Are you being possessive, Sir?" She teased while raising an eyebrow.

"Oh, for cryin' out loud, Carter. C'mere." He pulled her to him and hugged her tight.

After a long moment, they separated slightly as he kissed her tenderly on the lips. "Missed you." He whispered intimately in her ear.

"Missed you too." She answered gently and searched his mouth for another kiss.

Cassie came around the car struggling as she carried three heavy bags and stopped behind them to watch the scene; one of the bags ripped and the groceries fell loudly to the ground, making all three of them jump in astonishment.

Jack and Sam turned and stared at Cassie's blushed face. "Sorry!" The young girl said, trying to save as much of what had ended on the floor.

"Cassie, why were you carrying three of those?" Sam argued as she picked the tomatoes that rolled through the grass.

"Because I thought I would have to bring all of it myself while you two made out!" She countered.

"We were NOT making out!" Sam said, indignantly.

"Oh, really?" She turned to look at Jack who was kneeled, picking up the bananas and the loaf of bread. "Jack, making out or not?"

"Yes, I would say it was getting there…" He said without looking at Sam and standing up, while heading towards the car with a smirk.

Sam rolled her eyes. There was no winning when Cassandra and Jack ganged up together against her. The girl followed him to the car and they hugged for a while before they continued to take care of the remaining bags and brought them inside the house.

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"Jack, would you stop picking on the cake already?" Sam said as she caught the man licking one of his fingers with great pleasure.

He raised his eyebrows and looked at her with innocent eyes. "What?" He washed his hand quickly in the sink and then grabbed her by the waist as she walked out of the kitchen.

"The guys will be here any minute," She closed her eyes as he began to kiss her neck sensually.

"We've got time." He continued his exploration of her soft skin with his mouth, while his hands wondered down her hips.

She swallowed as the now familiar arousal awoke in her body. "What about Cassie?"

He had already pulled her all the way to her bedroom's entrance and stopped in the threshold to look her in the eyes. "She went back to the store to get cranberry juice." Then, his gaze burned deep into her soul. "Two months, Sam. Two long months." His voice came gutturally and needy.

Jack knew what he was doing because immediately after and without hesitation, she claimed his mouth with passion and pushed him into the room until his body landed on her bed. She climbed atop and seductively began to strip. Her shirt came off first and she tossed it aside, while he worked on her bra. She pulled at the hem of his t-shirt and forced him up to release the unnecessary piece of clothing. After rewarding him with another arduous kiss, she pushed him down to the bed again and began to caress his chest with her tongue. Once her thorough task was done, she arched back and exposed her breasts fully, something she knew drove him in sane. When he sat up to drown his face on her generous chest, a familiar voice came from outside the house, followed by the startling sound of the door bell.

TBC….