Over the next few weeks a lot of things happened. Jacob went to visit Mark and had a long chat with him; he stayed for a week then came back to stay with Sam and Jack for a few more days. Sam was transferred to the labs and was watching Cleo as well.
Life was slowly getting back to normal; Sam had a few sessions with the psychologist and was making great progress. Jacob had to return to the Tok'ra, but promised to return soon. Two weeks after Jacob left, Jack was on a mission with SG-1 and Sam and Cleo were sitting in her lab when there was a knock on the door.
Sam looked up when Cleo called "Unkie Dave."
Colonel David Dixon bent down and picked up Cleo "hello sweetie" he said and kissed her head then turned to Sam "Carter, or should that be O'Neill?" he said smiling.
"No sir, it's still Carter…for the moment" she said "What can I do for you sir?"
"Oh, Sib wants you and Cleo to join us for dinner; she knows Jack is on a mission tonight so…" he said "Oh and don't worry she cooks like Lea," Sam smiled.
"How can I resist that, what time?" she asked.
"Seven, seven thirty"
"Ok"
That evening was great fun and Dixon was right, Sib did cook like Lea. His family, like they had done in Ireland, made Sam feel like she was one of them; which technically she would be in a few months.
SG-1 came home around noon the next day and Jack went to Sam's lab. Both Sam and Cleo were there, "hello, how are my two favorite ladies?"
"Unkie J" Cleo called and ran up to him and hugged him "missed you."
"I missed you too;" he picked her up "Did you take care of Sam?"
Cleo nodded "and we had dinner with Auntie Sib last night."
Jack looked at Sam "Dixon asked me yesterday and I said yes" she shrugged.
Jack smiled "well it must have been good since you went by yourself and came back alive."
She whacked him gently on the arm and then kissed him on the cheek "have you had lunch?" she asked.
"No not yet,"
"Good we were just about to go" she said and they made their way down to the mess.
All the base personnel had gotten used to seeing Cleo around; she was usually with someone from SG-1 or Janet and on a couple of occasions even the general. The man loved the little girl; she was so quiet and loved to just sit there and watch what was going on. Cleo didn't know fully what was going on but knew it was a secret and not to tell anyone.
Four months after the incident in Ireland, Jack, Sam, Dixon, and General Hammond were in Washington DC for Pete's trial. It was difficult week for Sam, but Jack was always by her side. John was also there as a witness.
After all the testimony was completed, it took the jury less then two hours to convict Pete of all charges. He was sentenced and taken away. Sam moved to the bailiff and handed him the engagement ring and asked if he would give it to Pete. He stated that he couldn't do that, but that he would have it put with his other belongings. "Thank you" she said and then moved back over to Jack who wrapped his arms around her.
"You ok?"
"I am now."
They all went out to lunch to celebrate, then headed for Bolling Air Force Base to catch the transport that was waiting for them. Dixon needed to get home because Sib's due date was fast approaching and with twin on the way, they all knew she would be early.
Two days after getting home Sib gave birth to two beautiful little girls; Anna and Caitlin or Cat for short.
Three months after that Sam and Jack got married; Sam wore a beautiful satin princess cut gown with a square neckline and lace over her shoulders and down her arms. Jack had given her a diamond and pearl necklace and matching earrings the night before that she also wore.
Cleo and Emily, Mark's daughter, were her flower girls; they wore the cutest satin and tulle sleeveless dresses. The necklines were accented with multi-coloured embroidery.
Janet was Sam's matron of honour and Cassie, Sahara, Sib, Mel and Jennifer Hailey were her bridesmaids. They wore strapless satin A-line dresses with elegant beading in a soft pale pink
Dixon was Jack's best man and Jennings, Daniel, Teal'c, Mick and Feretti were groomsmen. They all wore there uniforms except for Teal'c and Daniel who wore tuxes.
It turned out to be a fairly large wedding; most of the SGC came as well as all of Jack's family. Mark and his family even made the trip. They had the wedding at the romantic Cheyenne Mountain Resort. It was an absolutely beautiful wedding with Sam the centre of it all; Jacob gave Sam away and Jack was almost overwhelmed as they were walking down the aisle.
For their honeymoon they went up to Jack's cabin for a week while Cleo stayed with Sib and Dixon.
They had been on their honeymoon for a couple of days and were lying in bed one night. Jack was running a hand up and down Sam's back while she lay on his chest "Sam?"
"Hum"
"Can I ask you something?"
"Of course."
"I've been wondering about this for a while; when we were in Ireland, what did my mum say to you that made you more relaxed?"
Sam looked up at him and smiled "She told me that there was no reason to be afraid of anyone anymore; that she had raised her sons to be gentlemen, to treat women well and to never, ever strike one. She also said that all of you knew it was your responsibility to protect the ones you love, and do anything in their power to keep them safe. And if she knew anything in this world, it was that you loved me." Sam paused then said "you have shown me that this is true not just in the past six months, but for the last six years."
Jack kissed her "I would do anything to make sure you are safe."
"I know, and I love you even more because of it."
"I love you too."
They snuggled down and fell asleep
When they arrived home things went back to normal. Two months later Sam went to see Janet. She had Cleo in her arms when they walked into the infirmary.
"Hey Sam what can I do for you?" Janet asked.
"I need to ask you for a favor" Sam said. Janet looked at her friend and smiled.
Just then Lt. Hailey walked in "Jen!" Cleo called. Cleo loved Jen; she was really nice and she was her Uncle Dave's 2IC.
"Hey Cleo" the young woman said "The colonel was wondering if you had any aspirin" she said to Janet.
"And why pray tell could he not come and get them himself?"
The young woman just smiled, Janet shook her head and walked over to the cabinet and pulled out some aspirin and handed it to Lt. Hailey.
"Thanks ma'am" she said, and then she began to leave.
"Jen" Sam called.
"Yeah" she turned back.
"Would you do me a really big favour?" she asked,
"Sure"
"Will you look after Cleo for a while?"
The young woman smiled and said "Of course" then took Cleo's hand "Lets see if we can make your uncle Dixon's head hurt more" she said to the little girl as they walked out the door.
Sam and Janet laughed. Then Janet turned to Sam "So you think you're-"
"I don't know" Sam said.
"Ok, well let's get some tests done and we'll see."
Sam and Janet were sitting in Janet's office talking when a nurse came in "Ma'am" she said and handed her a file.
"Thank you" Janet replied and waited until the nurse was out the door before opening it. She smiled and set the folder down; "congratulations Sam, you're a month and a half pregnant"
Sam smiled and stood and the two women hugged "were you and Jack trying?"
Sam nodded "We talked about it while we were up at the cabin; he said that he would like to have kids again, that Cleo has helped him a lot"
"We've all seen that" Janet said "so when are you going to tell him?" Sam just smiled and walked out the room "Sam!" Janet called.
Sam went to see General Hammond after seeing Janet, she told him about the baby, and he was so pleased to hear that she was pregnant.
Just as they were finishing their conversation the klaxons went off. They both made their way to the control room. Walter looked up at them "Its SG-1 sir, they are on time and requesting to return home" he said.
"Open the iris" Hammond said and nodded at Sam; she made her way to the gateroom and was standing at the bottom of the ramp when the team stepped through; Daniel first then Jonas (who had come back to the SGC four months ago after his people started a full scale global war) then Teal'c and finally Jack.
"Hey Sam, wasn't expecting you" Daniel said.
"Yeah, I was talking to the general when the klaxons went off, so here I am."
"Well I for one am not complaining" Jack said moving towards his wife. He pulled her into a hug and then kissed her.
As she held him close she whispered "hello daddy, we missed you." Jack pulled back to look at her.
She took is hand and put it on her stomach; "really?" he asked, she nodded and a huge smile spread across his face.
He picked her up and twirled her around "Jack!" she squealed, but he just said "I'm going to be a dad" then he put her down and kissed her again. Everyone in the gateroom and control room cheered.
When they broke apart Jack murmured "you know twins run in my family right?"
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A year and a half after Jack and Sam had gone to Ireland for Alex's funeral; they stood in the family plot once again, in front of the grave stones of Alex and Charlie.
Cleo was in the middle of them holding a red rose. Jack was holding his two month old son Jonathan Jacob O'Neill, 'JJ' for short, while Sam was holding their daughter Alexandra Elisabeth O'Neill, 'Ally' for short.
Cleo stepped forward "Hello Mummy, hello Daddy" she said "I brought you a flower." She laid the rose on the head stone and said "Unkie 'J' and Auntie Sam are here too." She looked back at Sam and Jack; they both smiled at her "They brought their new babies, JJ and Ally." Cleo sat down crossing her legs; "Grandma says that JJ looks just like Unkie 'J' did when he was a baby. And Grandpa Jacob, he's Auntie Sam's dad, says Ally looks just like Auntie Sam did when she was a baby. We all live in a big, pretty house Unkie Jack bought and I go to school with Hannah and Tim but they're in a different class then me. I have lot of friends, but my best friend is…" Sam and Jack moved closer together listening to Cleo talk.
Jack maneuvered JJ so that he could wrap an arm around Sam, and murmured "you have made me the happiest man in the galaxy, I love you Sam" then kissed her.
"I love you to Jack" Sam said, then they both turned back to Cleo; she was finished talking and was standing up.
"Bye Mummy, bye Daddy, I'll come see you again soon" then looked back at Jack and Sam "Right?"
"Of course honey" Jack said.
"Let's go back to the house now, it's almost lunch time and your grandma will be waiting" Sam said, extending a hand out to Cleo.
Cleo nodded and took her hand. "I'll be there in a minute" Jack said; Sam looked at him and nodded, she knew that he needed to talk to Alex and Charlie as well.
Jack waited until Sam and Cleo were out of hearing range then looked down at the baby asleep in his arms, then to the grave stone. "Thank you, both of you; you have both saved my ass so many times and now you have given me a family." He turned to look at Sam and Cleo and his new baby girl; "I'm sorry that neither of you got to spend much time with Cleo and that you never got to meet JJ and Ally. I know they both would have loved you." Again he looked at the sleeping baby in his arms "but I promise you that Cleo and all my children will know you." He looked at the house and he could just see Sam standing in the door way, then he turned back to the grave. "I have to go now, but as I said to Cleo, we will be back." He laid his hand on the head stone and said "Bye guys."
Then he made his way back to the house, to his family and his future.
The End
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