It was awfully quiet for a Saturday morning at 10am as he opened the door to the oddly still house. Putting the bags down and shutting the door behind him before slipping his shoes off he heard the tapping of claws on the wood floor before a low growling occurred. There came the big black beast around the corner of the hallway directly towards him. Once he saw him he immediately went to him approvingly with his tail wagging. With a grin on his face he scratched the dogs head before making his way to the bedroom where the dog had just come from.

Slowly and quietly he pushed the already open door completely open to find the bed completely occupied. Grinning from ear to ear he made his way to the bed while Homer took up his position at the end of it once again. Seeing that blonde head of hair sticking out from the covers he sat on the side of the bed behind her as she laid on her side facing the other three occupants of the bed. Brushing her long strands from her face he leaned down to kiss her bare shoulder and just as he pulled away he saw the ugly, dark bruise with a small scabbing cut on the back of her shoulder. Rubbing it softly with his thumb he stared at it in confusion before he heard a soft sigh and watched as she rolled onto her back before slowly opening her eyes, blinking the sleep away.

"Jack?" She was extremely confused to see him before her but none the less happy!

"Honey, I'm home!" He smirked down at her as she quickly sat up, wrapping her arms around his neck tightly and burying her face there too. "You know someone might think you missed me or something…" He teased kissing her temple as he held her tightly.

"I did!" She mumbled into his neck making him smile from the vibrations of it and the comment alone.

"Well if it makes you feel any better, I missed you too!" He admitted squeezing her sides a bit before she pulled back to kiss him passionately which he greatly returned.

"How were the kids?" He asked nuzzling her neck, placing small light kisses here and there.

"Good, they missed you a lot though. But umm, Jacob found out about…Charlie." That definitely made him pause.

"What?" Pulling back he placed his hands on her hips and stared at her in confusion and concern.

"It's okay, I'll tell you the story later. How was the trip?" Giving him a reassuring kiss and smile she encouraged him to tell her about Washington.

"Eh, same-ole same-ole. Boring people, boring conversations, missing my beautiful wife and wonderful children." He smirked before giving her a light kiss. "What happened to your shoulder?" He nodded at it and saw the embarrassed look in her eyes as she looked down.

"I…I uhh, I woke up last night to a banging noise and found out it was the gate to the fence. I went out to shut and lock it when I felt like I was being watched. So I picked up the pace to the house and slipped on the grass and landed on something…not quite sure what it was. It was too dark to see and I felt uncomfortable and just wanted to get into the house." She explained feeling a bit silly about the whole thing.

"Well are you alright?" He questioned placing his hands on both sides of her face to look her in the eyes.

"Yeah, I'm fine. It's just a bruise. I don't know why I acted like that, I'm in the Air Force for god's sake…but I've never been more scared in my life." She whispered the last part out feeling guilty, and decided to leave the picture part of it out.

"Because this is different, it's home not a random plan-place. It's our place, and it's more than just us we have to think about…we have children to think about and to protect. It has more meaning." He replied making her understand that it was completely normal to feel that way before hugging her tightly and brushing her hair out of her face as she looked over at the clock.

"It's already ten in the morning? I should have been up hours ago." She was completely shocked they slept in that late and that all three of the children were still fast asleep. "I still have to make breakfast, feed Homer, let him out, get myself and the kids ready for the day…" Just as she started to go on Jack kissed her to stop her before resting his forehead on hers.

"You go let Homer out and get him some food and start breakfast, I'll get the kids up and ready for the day. Alright?" He gave her a kiss on the forehead as she nodded and slipped out of the bed and went to the kitchen with Homer.

"Gracie, Nic, Jake…time to wake up…" He tried mimicking his best Sam voice to trick them, but it didn't work very well because they didn't respond. "Wake up!" He suddenly bellowed out as if he was yelling at his team off-world.

"Daddy!" Grace cried out as they were all startle to the living world before throwing herself into his arms hugging him tightly with her brothers following.

"Hey guys! 'Bout time you woke up! I've been waiting all morning!" He teased them giving each of them a kiss and bear hug.

"I'm hungry!" Nicolas exclaimed as his tummy startled growling.

"Well mommy's making some breakfast why don't you go see what she's making?" Nicolas and Grace both took off for the kitchen to their mother while Jacob stayed behind, who suddenly gave Jack a tight hug.

"I'm sorry about Charlie." He told him softly.

"You have nothing to be sorry for Jake, he was a good kid. A lot like you ya know." Jack ruffled the boys hair pulling him into his side for a hug before setting him on his feet. "Let's go check on the others."

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AN: Daddy's hoooome! Jack finally comes into play :]. This chapter was a bit longer than the one before and as long as most of the other chapters will be as well. Hope you enjoyed that tid bit and the next part should be up some time tomorrow :] thanks for the reviews so far, they're great!