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Sam was sitting on the deck with Cleo, Jacob was in his room and Jack was in the kitchen when the doorbell rang.
"I'll get it" Jack called out as he went to answer the door.
"Hey Jack, how have you been?" Daniel asked.
"Not too bad, how have you been, find any new rocks to play with?" Jack asked smiling, seeing Teal'c just behind him and hearing Janet and Cassie pulled up.
Daniel just smiled and ignored Jack's familiar comment and walked past him into the house to be greeted by Jacob who was waiting down the hall.
"Jacob. When did you get into town?" they both shook hands.
"I arrived last night and will be staying for a while" he said smiling.
"It is good to see you Jacob Carter and Selmac" Teal'c said, nodding to the man. "You too Teal'c" replied Selmac.
Then Janet and Cassie walked in the door and said their hellos to Jack and Jacob.
They all went out back where Sam and Cleo were. They all had salad, bake potatoes, corn on the cob, chicken and steak. They talked during the entire dinner, enjoying each others company.
When the meal was finished they sat back and talked before Sam rose and started to clear the plates. Janet and Cass stood up to help while the men sat talking; when the women were in the kitchen Janet turned to Sam.
"When are you going to tell them?" Janet asked.
Sam stopped moving for a second and turned to look at Janet then back to what she was doing.
"I don't know" was her answer as she walked back into the garden and sat down next to her father and Jack.
Cleo looked at Sam and crawled off Jack's lap and onto hers. Sam put her arms around her as she laid her head down on Sam's chest, listening to the conversation going on between the others.
"I don't know Daniel; it seems…what's the word?" Jack asked Jacob
"Out there?"
"No"
"Farfetched?"
"No"
"Lame" Sam said.
"Yes, that's it" Jack said smiling while throwing his arms up in the air and then looking at Sam.
The others around the table noticed the way they were looking at each other, the same way they had all evening. Jack turned back to the conversation but as it continued he reached for Sam's hand under the table.
They all happily talked for a while before Sam looked down and saw that Cleo was fast asleep in her arms, she looked up at Jack
"I'm going to go put her to bed" she said, gently lifting Cleo up in her arms as she got up and went into the house.
As soon as Sam was out of hearing range Daniel looked Jack in the eye.
"What's going on?" he demanded.
Jack, being Jack, acted dumb "She's putting Cleo to bed" he said to Daniel. "She just told us" Daniel frowned at Jack
"Don't act dumb with me, I mean with the two of you."
Daniel looked at the other four occupants of the table; neither Janet nor Cass would look at him. The three men were looking at him revealing nothing, but then it wasn't that unusual for them to be able to hide things, it was what they were all trained to do.
So he turned to Janet "What do you know that I don't?" she looked at him.
"Umm…well, umm…"
"Oh come on, you can stand up to me and you're afraid of Daniel?" Jack asked. She turned and glared at him.
"See, you just proved my point" Jack said, waving his hand at her then mumbled what sounded like "so screwing the doc does get you on her good side."
Jacob had apparently heard Jack's comment and was smiling.
"So what's going on?" Daniel asked again to no one in particular.
"I asked to be transferred to the labs on a permanent basis" came a voice from the patio door.
They all turned to see Sam standing there.
"You what?" Daniel asked.
"I asked to be removed from SG-1 and reassigned into the science labs full time" Sam said.
Not moving from her spot until Jack reached out a hand to her, Sam hesitantly accepted it and moved over to him. He gently pulled her to sit on his lap, which she did without hesitation.
Daniel gaped from one to the other, and then finally asked "when?"
"I am officially off SG-1 as of the end of the week" she answered.
Daniel nodded and pointed his finger from one to the other "and this?"
"And what Danny?" Jack asked.
"How long have the two of you been together?"
"How long have you and the doc?" Jack asked back. Both Janet and Daniel blushed at Jack's question.
Sam gently hit Jack on the arm and glared at him before turning back to Daniel.
"You know what happened in Ireland, right?" she asked and he nodded.
"Well, I finally realised that I was trying to make something out of nothing; Pete wasn't who I really wanted. I was just alone and wanted more in my life, but all I did was end up making it worse" Jack tightened his hold on her a little.
The rest of the occupants sat in silence for a while before Teal'c spoke.
"I am pleased that both yourself and O'Neill have finally found happiness Major Carter."
"And it's about damn time" Cassie said smiling.
They all continued talking and laughing for a while then Janet said she needed to get home because she was working in the morning. The boys said they were going to head out also.
After they left Jacob said that he was going to bed, leaving Sam and Jack alone.
They were sitting on the deck, Sam still in Jack's lap when he spoke.
"Sam will you come with me?" he asked; she nodded and they both stood up. Jack reached for her hand as he led her over to the ladder. They climbed up onto the roof and sat down on the bench with Sam on his lap, her back to his chest.
They sat in silence for a while before Jack pulled the ring out of his pocket and wrapped both arms around Sam's waist.
He sat up so his mouth was next to her ear and whispered "Sam."
"Hum" she turned her head to the side to look at him.
"I love you."
She smiled "I love you too."
"Good" he said and kissed her cheek.
"I want to ask you something" he said.
"Ask way Jack" she said.
Jack hesitated, "I'm afraid you'll run if I ask you" he said.
She turned to look at him and saw in his eyes that he was genuinely worried; she leaned forward and kissed him.
"I won't, I promise" she said quietly after they broke apart.
Jack smiled slightly; "ok" he said looking at her.
"I know this is fast, but I love you so much" he lifted his right hand and opened it so she could see what was in his hand,
"Samantha Carter will you marry me?"
She sat in shock before turning to Jack and kissing him full.
"Yes, I will marry you" she said when they broke apart.
Jack kissed her again and when they separated this time Jack slipped the ring onto her finger and gave her a small kiss. Sam stood up and took his hand in hers then pulled him up from his seat and led him over to the ladder. They made their way back down and into the house.
Jack and Sam locked up the house in silence before moving towards Jack's room. As soon as the door closed behind Jack, Sam was kissing him and he picked her up in his arms and carried her to the bed gently laying her down.
They finally eased their lips apart, but held onto each other; "Are you sure Sam?" Jack asked, looking down into her eyes. Sam reached up and placed her hand against his cheek "yes" she said smiling.
Jack leaned down to kiss her again, relieved and a little anxious with her answer. He wanted so much to make this good for her. He knew she would never forget her abuse at the hands of Pete, but he wanted to start making new memories with her.
They removed one another's clothing and made passionate love for the first time that night. Jack showed Sam how much he loved her and they took it slow while exploring each other bodies for the first time, but definitely not the last time.
TBC…
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