A few hours later Sam woke up and was shocked to see she had fallen asleep for two hours, it was now three in the afternoon. Looking down she found Homer still at her side watching TV, looking up at her, and gazing out the window even taking his own naps on one side. On the other and more across her chest than anything she found Grace still fast asleep with her blanky and alien Jabba…which she had Teal'c to thank for letting her children watch Star Wars. They normally go to Daniel or Teal'c to watch the children on the rare occasion it is wanted/needed and they hear a lot about Star Wars when Teal'c watches them. There was a bit of a fight over the name between Jack and Teal'c themselves as Jack tried to convince her to name it Wizard or even Oz…but she just didn't like the sound of it and went with Jabba instead, clearly Teal'c won that round.

"Outside Homer?" Sam spoke softly not to wake Grace but he understood exactly what she was saying and jumped off the chair, making his way quickly to the back door while Sam gathered Grace up in her arms. Slowly she got out of the chair with Grace securely in her arms and placing her on the couch before going to the kitchen and letting Homer out while cleaning a few little things here and there up. Suddenly she heard the doorbell go off, not knowing who it would be she quickly made her way to the door so they wouldn't wake Grace if they haven't already to find a tall, very fit, lightly tanned, young black haired man with bright green eyes standing on the porch.

"Hi, I'm Terrance. I just moved in next door and managed to lock myself out of the house. I was wondering if I could use your phone to call someone to come unlock it." The very attractive man stood casually with his hands in his pockets as he waited for an answer causing her to have a very odd tingly sensation.

"Uhh yeah sure, come on in. I'll have to ask you to be quiet; my daughter is sleeping on the couch at the moment for her nap." Sam replied softly before opening the door for him to come in, once he was in she shut the door behind him and guided him to the kitchen and the house phone. The phone call was actually pretty quick Sam thought as the man turned to her handing the phone back…

"Thank you very much…" Then he realized he didn't know her name.

"Sam. It's Sam." That's a bit embarrassing she smirked realizing she never introduced herself to him as he looked at a picture of the kids on the wall.

"Well thank you, Sam. You have some beautiful children, just these three?" He asked turning back to her sliding his hands back into his pockets.

"Yes, just the three, Jacob, Nicolas, and Grace." Quickly she hung the phone back up before leaning back against the counter.

"They're beautiful. I had a daughter, Brooklyn. She was the world to me." She then noticed the glazed look in his eyes…

"What happened?" Not sure if she wanted to pry or not she decided to, she was an Air Force officer after all, if she needed to protect herself she could.

"Umm her mother was picking her up from school one day and they were hit by a drunk driver…both of them died instantly. The driver had minor injuries and still managed to avoid jail the sick bastard." Touchy subject…

"I'm sorry for your loss…" Awkward silence.

"Mommy…" Grace thankfully managed to wake up at that time.

"I'd hate to kick you out but your help should be here soon and I have to go pick up my sons from school and get my daughter a snack."

"Yeah it's been awhile since the accident, but thank you. And thank you for letting me use your phone. I'll see you around Sam." With that said he let himself out the back door and off he went leaving Sam to tend to her daughter who came in rubbing her eyes.

"Mommy when are daddy, Jake, and Nicky coming home?" She yawned dragging her blanky with Jabba in hand.

"We have to go pick Jake and Nic up at school in a bit, so we'll have snack, get your shoes on, and head out. How does that sound?" She was immediately followed by an excited "Yay!" as she got the snack ready and Grace sat at the table.

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Pulling up in the Silver SUV outside the school, Sam felt like a complete 'soccer mom'. The big car, the three children and husband, it was all…perfect. She just wished Jack was home as she watched the boys move from their sitting positions in the grass under a tree to walking to the car.

"Hey guys!" Sam greeted the two boys as they crawled into the backseat, buckling themselves in.

"Mom I got a A on my spelling test!" Nicolas exclaimed showing her the paper with a perfectly stamped A in red at the top of the paper.

"Good job buddy!" These were the words he and Jack worked on so hard before he left two days ago.

"When is dad going to be home?" Jacob simply asked staring out the window.

"He'll be home in a day or two. I'm not sure Jake, why what's up?" She could definitely tell something was wrong or something happened.

"Nothing. Can we just go home? I'm tired." Lie…

"Yep, Homer and Grace have missed you both all day." Sam smiled brightly looking in the back seat to see Grace give each of her brothers a kiss on the check which they immediately rubbed off with the back of their hands.

Once they pulled into the yard Jake already had his seatbelt off and was practically out of the car before she even stopped. When they had stopped Nicolas did the same and ran into the house before Sam helped Grace out who skipped to the house with Sam following close behind.

"Nic why don't you go start on your homework, Grace can you take your blanky and Jabba to your room please so you don't lose them." She instructed her two youngest while she slipped her shoes off and followed her oldest up the stairs where the children's rooms and a bathroom were.

"Jake…" Knocking lightly on the doorframe Sam peeked into his room to find him sprawled across his bed, face down. When he heard her voice he lifted his head up a little to see her. "Can I come in?" He just nodded before she stepped in, shutting the door behind her.

"What's going on?" She asked walking over and sitting next to him on the bed as he sat up. Jacob looked as though he was going to start telling her but then stopped…

"You know you can talk to me about anything sweetheart." Sam placed a comforting hand on his back rubbing it up and down a few times before he finally lifted his head up and took a deep breath.

"Do…do I have another brother?" Well that came out of nowhere.

"Where did you hear that from?" She simply asked not knowing what was going on.

"Kyle from class said his dad knows dad, and he said dad lost his son. But…I'm here and so is Nic. So he couldn't have lost a son, so Kyle said dad had another son and that his dad wasn't talking about me or Nic." Wasn't that something…

"Jake, before daddy and I met he had a different family. He did have a son…Charlie. But there was an accident and Charlie went to heaven, so in a way yes you do have another brother…a half brother. But he is in heaven now." This was one of the worst things parents had to explain to children Sam thought as she brushed some of Jake's shaggy hair from his face.

"Does dad still miss him?"

"Yeah, he does. He misses him all the time but knows he is in heaven looking down on all of us and that he is happy." With a simple nod of understanding from Jake, Sam pulled him into a hug and kissed the top of his head. "Now how 'bout you go start your homework while I get supper ready. What would you like?" She asked ruffling his hair.

"Umm…pizza!" He exclaimed happily.

"Of course you do. Alright, pizza it is." She gave him one last kiss before walking out, leaving him to his homework and making her way downstairs. She could hear Nic and Grace giggling in the kitchen but also heard another voice…a male voice. Jack wasn't supposed to be home till tomorrow or the next day, but that didn't stop her from bounding in the kitchen with a megawatt smile on her face thinking he came home early to be let down by…

"Terrance? What are you doing here? How did you get in?" She asked seeing him sitting at the table with the kids.

"Hi Sam, I came over to ask to borrow some milk and the kids let me in. Seemed a bit excited there…" He smirked seeing the disappointment on her face.

"I-I thought you were someone else. But yeah I can get you some milk for now." Quickly she walked over to the cabinet and pulled out a container with a top before filling it with some milk and handing it over.

"Guessing you were expecting your husband?" He asked suspiciously taking the container from her.

"Umm actually no, but I wasn't expecting any man to be in my house so I thought you were him. Guess I was wrong." She explained, crossing her arms protectively over her chest.

"Sorry for the letdown I guess. I'll return the container later. Thank you." He nodded at her before walking out the front door over to his own place. Sam followed him to the door and once she saw him at his place she locked the door before going to the back and letting Homer in before doing the same and locking that door.

"Mommy who was that?" Nicolas asked as she started pulling glasses from the cabinet while he sat at the table working on his homework with Grace next to him coloring.

"Our new neighbor, Terrance." She simply stated before changing the subject quickly not wanting to admit her uncomfortable feeling she was getting from Terrance. "What are you working on tonight?"

"Adding and subtracting!" He exclaimed happily before going back to work on the paper before him making her smile. Nicolas was their academic child; he loved school while Jacob on the other hand didn't mind it but would rather be spending time doing something else.

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AN: chapter two finally installed, got a little busy with things and forgot about it til now. Considering it's 3am right now where I am..awesome. I have horrible sleeping patterns. Anywaaays, I've realized I need to fix the ending a bit (or a lot), and glad I don't have much of a life currently since school is out (stress free (for the most part) wooo!) so I can work on that and get these next portions updated and the end will hopefully be satisfying. But what am I doing talking about the end...we haven't even gotten to the middle yet! Well I hope you enjoyed that chapter and the one before. [: if not..I'm prepared to hear your wrath.