The day had been very slow and lazy for all of them. Jack and Sam had spent a lot of time cuddling each other and showing a lot of affection to each other while the children loved hanging on them and playing with them and each other. Suddenly Sam got a phone call from the base and had to go in leaving Jack and the kids. Later that evening around six there was a person at the door…
"Oh, hi, I'm Terrance the new neighbor…you must be the husband. I was just returning a container I borrowed yesterday." He introduced himself seeing Jack standing there clearly claiming his house.
"Jack, Jack O'Neill. And yes I'm the…husband. Where'd you move from?" Jack definitely got an odd feeling from this guy.
"Wyoming, the Laramie area. Work brought me here…hate to cut this talk short but I'm expecting someone at my place that I'm pretty sure is coming down the street right now. So…I'll catch ya later." Excusing himself from their house he turned and walked to his own.
Shutting the door he swiftly turned to go to the kitchen to put the container in the sink before returning to the kids who were making a fort in the living room which he definitely wanted to join in on.
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Sam couldn't believe how long the meeting at the SGC took over a simple little planet another team was going to that she just had to be informed about? Putting the SUV in the garage she shut the garage door and ran to the front door through the storm and through the door to see it was almost midnight. Locking the door behind her, slipping her shoes off, and hanging the keys up she peered into the living room hearing the TV on to see blankets and sheets covering the TV like a dome around it. Knitting her eyebrows together she smirked before quietly walking over to the singing TV. Pulling back the 'door' flap on the fort she found all three of the children swarmed around Jack, all four of them completely asleep while The Simpsons played across the TV screen.
Smiling she got up and went to the kitchen for a glass of water to find Homer laying in front of the sliding door to the porch. Giving Homer a pat on the head she went to the sink for water and took a few sips. She looked over at Homer once again to see him growling at the door but just as lightening struck she saw a figure outside on the porch directly outside the door, gasping she dropped the now empty glass which instantly shattered and stumbled back into the fridge knocking a few things off of it. Next thing she knew Jack was in her face, both hands on her face, stroking her cheeks.
"What happened? Are you alright?" He asked with concern clearly written all over his face.
"I-I saw someone out on the porch!" She stuttered out as Homer continued growling and barking. Jack quickly got up leaving her against the fridge as she sunk down to the floor to find the porch empty with no one in sight.
"Nobody's here Sam…" Jack made sure the door was locked before returning to her side after calming Homer down.
"Somebody was there Jack! I saw them!" 'He doesn't believe me…'
"Well if there was, they're not there now." He started picking up the broken glass and putting it in the trash as she sat on the ground, knees pulled up to her chest, and head resting on her arms.
"I know what I saw Jack." Sam mumbled out, hurt he didn't believe her. Then it hit him…
"Com'ere." He sat down next to her, pulling her into his arms. "I believe you Sam, it's just nobody is there now. It's been a long eventful day for all of us. You were in that meeting for hours…and we're all exhausted." He kissed the top of her head but she just pulled out of his arms and crawled up to her feet.
"I'm going to bed." She simply stated walking out of the kitchen and down the hall to their bedroom, shutting the door behind herself with Homer at her side.
Silently Jack continued cleaning up the mess before going out to the living room and carrying each child individually up to their bedrooms. Once they were all in bed and settled he made his way to his bedroom to find Sam snuggled tightly under the covers, eyes closed. Slipping into bed he leaned over her, kissing her shoulder…
"I'm sorry." He whispered kissing her shoulder one last time before lying on his back, staring up at the rotating ceiling fan. Suddenly he felt an arm wrap around his waist, and felt Sam snuggling up to his side.
"No, I'm sorry. I've been stressed out lately, feel like I'm being watched all the time, and I missed you." She apologized holding him tightly as if he'd slip right out of her grasp.
"I love you." He mumbled kissing her head.
"Love you too." She mumbled back incoherently as she fell back asleep, this time in his arms both forgiven.
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AN: dun dun dun..creeper. What is going on? I realize that chapter was pretty short, that was the last one that's this length. The rest aren't too much longer than this either but they're still not as short either. Hopefully you liked the somewhat 'action' if you consider it that..more like 'thriller'. Either waay hope you liked it and thanks everyone for the reviews! The next chapter should be up tomorrow :]