CH 91
When the plane landed and they walked off, Mark asked where a phone is, so one of the guys showed him where a public phone is. Mark thanks him before the guy leaves. So he called Sam hoping she got her cell phone with her.
Sam, Jack, Tracey and Ann were all out side just as the sun was starting to set when Sam cell phone ring so she pick it up and answered it
"Hello"
"Sam it Mark"
"Hi, Mark, how Washington?"
"We not in Washington, ah we are on a base at fort worth can you ask Uncle Phillip to come and get us, I'll explain when we get to the ranch"
"Ah sure, hang on" then she moves the phone away
"Uncle Phillip, can you take Jack to the air force base which is just outside of fourth worth. Mark and Ann are there"
"Sure, I know the base, come on Jack lets go and get the two love birds"
"Ok" he stood up and bed over and gave Sam a kiss
"Hey come on she will be here when you return" then they left
"Mark uncle Phillip and Jack are on their way"
"Ok, thanks Sam, talk to you soon"
"Ok" then they hung up. Sam put her phone on the table and sat back looking at it
"Sam what wrong?"
"I won't know till they get here, the only thing I can think of is that they disapprove of the marriage, well dad would, he would think that they are to young"
"Well he should talk look at him and Elizabeth, he was twenty seven and she was nineteen when they got married"
"Yeah and look at you and Uncle Phillip high school sweethearts" she said smiling
"True and look at you and Jack"
"I know"
When Jack and Phillip got to the base, Jack show he guard his air force ID
"Captain sir, what is your purpose to come on base?"
"We are here to pick up two air force personal that arrived on a plane from Andrews air force base"
"What are their names?"
"Mark Carter and Ann Cole"
"You may go through, they would be in building five"
"Thank you" then they drive in and over to building five. Jack got out and walked into the building, when he saw them
"Hey kids come on, let get you two back to the ranch, knowing Sam will have a lot of questions"
"I bet" they pick their bags up and walk out of the room.
While Phillip was waiting, he looked around and was shocked to see Jacob walking past his car, he was still in his dress blues and talking to some major. He watches him walk away till he is gone.
When Jack, Mark and Ann walk back out, they all get into the car once their bags are in the boot, then they are on their way back home. Jack talked to them for a short while till they returned back to the ranch. It was Ann's first time to visit the ranch.
"Hey Mark you should show Ann the hill in the morning"
"Good idea Jack"
When they arrived and the car was in the garage, they all got out and Phillip got the maid to take the bags into the guest's rooms. While they were doing that the four of them walk out and walk around to where Tracey and Sam are. When Phillip walk around the corner he got hit by a water hose
"What the" then he heard Sam and Tracey laughing. Jack quicklystepped back before he got wet stopping Mark and Ann.
"Samantha Carter, you are in so much trouble now young lady" then he step ford and got the hose out of her hand since he couldn't see her, he stop
"Tracey"
"Well it look like you needed cooling off"
"Is that right" he said with a grin then he turned the hose on her.
Jack, Mark and Ann walk around the swimming pool and stop to see whom it was with the hose. Sam saw them and walked around the pool to give Mark and Ann a hug
"Ann welcome to the mad house as you can see" she gesture with her hand
"Yes and thanks" they all laugh when Phillip scoop Tracey up in his arms and walk to the pool edge
"Phillip Carter don't you dear"
Then he leans over and lets go but she grabs his shirt as she went in causing him to go in as well. They all laugh and walk around to where the table and chair were still laughing. Sam walked inside and spoke to the maid then walked back out again.
Phillip and Tracey were splashing each other then stopped and looked at the four who were still laughing. Then they got out of the pool just as the maid walked out with a tray of drinks in hand and robes over her arm.
She put the tray down on the table then she walked over and passed the robes to them then they walked around the corner of the house while the four sat down and picked up a drink each.
"Well that was some welcome," Ann said
"Well we can get crazy during the summer months"
"I can see why" she said smiling. They talk for fifteen minutes when Tracey and Phillip walk outside again in dry clothes. They pick up their drink before they sit down.
"Mark what's going on?" Sam asked
"You mean with mum and dad?"
"Yeah, didn't it go well?"
"Dad transferred to Texas, I don't know where, there was a young couple in the house, the colonel told us that he transferred to Texas a month ago"
"And they didn't contact you" she sat back in her chair
"No" he said sadly
"I saw Jacob" they all look at Phillip
"What where, when?" Tracey asked
"Tonight while Jack was getting you two" he looked at Mark and Ann
"He didn't see you?" sam asked
"Yes he did but carry on walking"
"Sounds like he hasn't changed" Sam said Jack put his hand over Sam's, she turned and looked at him, knowing that he was there for her.
"Mark, Ann have you had any dinner?"
"Yes thanks"
They talk about other things for the next two hours before turning in for the night. Mark showed Ann which one is her room and where his is before giving her a kiss goodnight before they walk into their own rooms. Sam was lying down in bed and Jack was sitting on the edge looking down at her
"Are you ok?"
"I will be, I can't believe that they moved without telling Mark"
"I know what you mean Sam, but at least we know where they are"
"True" then she started to yarn
"Well I better let you get your beauty sleep"
"Yeah it been a long day"
"Yes it has" he bends over and gave her a kiss
"Night Sam"
"Night Jack" then kissed her again before he stood up and walked out of the room and walked into his room for the night.
Early the next morning, Mark woke Ann up and took her to the stables to get a couple of horses, and then they went riding since there was a full moon out. When they stopped at a tree they both got off and wrapped the leads around a tree branch then he held onto her hand and they walked around the tree and sat down just as it was starting to get light.
"Mark, why did you bring me up here?"
"You will see. Sam and I come up here the day after we come and visit to see the sun rise and the same again on the day we leave unless it raining"
"So you and Sam do it all the time?"
"Ever since we were little, Uncle Phillip brings us up here every time. When Sam was five years old, she made a bet with Uncle Phillip" he said smiling at the memory
"What was the bet?"
"She told him that she can beat him back to the house, he would take the horses back to the stables. Then run back home and she would run down the hill over the fence through the paddock and over the fence again and back to the poolside before he does. The bet was if she wins she gets ice cream every night after dinner, if she loses she won't have any. They shook hands then he and I got on the horses then we were off one direction and Sam another. When we got back to the house Sam was sitting down with the rest of the family eating breakfast. She said 'What took you two so long' then she took a bite of her toast with a grin on her face"
"Did you find out how she got back so fast?"
"Yeah, the electric fence unit was turned off so she got back a lot faster that way"
"Ah, so she knew about it being off?"
"Yes"
"Smart girl" Mark smile
"That she is and look at her now, she growing up so fast and she is happy"
"Yes she is alright" then the sun started to rise
"Wow, it beautiful" when they saw the hills, everything including the house down below Mark wrap his arms around her waist
"See told ya so"
"Smart Alec" she lean against chest while watching the sun rise
They talk for an hour when they look down to see Phillip, Sam and Jack walking outside, they watch them swimming lengths of the pool.
"Shall we return for breakfast?" Mark asked
"Yeah all this fresh air making me hungry"
"Yes it does alright"
They both got up and went to gettheirhorses, then they got back on them and headed back to the stables, then they walked back to the house to see the three of them still swimming.
So they went in side and into their rooms where they shower and freshen up before breakfast. When they walkedoutside they saw Jack, Sam, Mark and Tracey sitting down for breakfast.
"Morning you two, sleep well?" Phillip asked,
"Yes thanks" They got themselves some breakfast before sitting down to join the others
"How was your swim?" Mark asked,
"Good, how was your ride?" Sam asked,
"It was good" they talk about other things while enjoying their breakfast.
After breakfast they all went and did their own thing. Mark showed Ann around while Phillip, Tracey and Jack played crochet and Sam was doing her studies till lunchtime.
After lunch they all went into town. The women in one car and the men in another, they all went tin pin bowling and played mini golf for a few hours. They even went to a restaurant while in town for dinner. When they returned to the house, they all said their good nights before going to bed.
The next day they were planning on spending the whole day in town since there was a parade and others entertained things happening in Dallas. Jack held on to Sam's hand so he would lose her in the crowd. Mark and Ann did the same.
After the parade there was allsorts of food being sold including chilli Tracey and Philip made up four big pots of it with the chilli beans. All the money forms the sales going to charity. They all had a wonderful time together, even Ann tried some of Mark chilli, and she fans her face and said
"That sure it hot"
"Thatis why it's called chilli?" Mark said smiling.
When they walk over to where games are they look to see what they got there. There was one where they threw softball to hit the target that caused who was on the seat to fall in the water.
"Sam, do you want to have a go?" Jack asked
"Sure"
"Ok" they steppedforward and Jack paid for three balls. The guy took the money and passed the balls to him. Then he pass the first one to Sam
"Go for it" then he step back and watches Sam throw the ball hitting the target and watching the guy fall into the pool
"Good shot" the guy said
"Thanks" when the guy got out of the pool and got back on the seat, Sam did it again, hitting the target
"Have you been practicing?" the guy asked
"Nope first time for me"
"Ok" then she throws the last ball hitting her target
"Well done, you're the first person in the thirty years to hit the bulls eye three times in a row"
"Thanks" then they walk away and play some other games. They walk over to where the chilli sale is. They walk over to see Phillip and Tracey packing up
"Hey why are you packing up so early?" Mark asked
"All our chilli sold out fast, it happens every year"
"Sounds like you need a bigger pots"
"We know, next year we are doubling our chilli"
"Woo sounds strong to me" Jack, said they look at him
"Just joking"
"We know Jack, we know" Sam said
"Having fun you guys?"
"Yep"
"Ok we will meet you over at the fountain at seven then"
"Sure, don't forget to have fun also"
"We will" then they walked away to see what else there was.
