Disclaimer: Stargate is not owned by me, I don't make any money from this, MGM/Gecko etc etc own the rights to Stargate etc etc

Rating: K

Enjoy :D

Arriving back at the SGC the next day, they had been greeted by warm smiles by everyone in the SGC. Both had a funny feeling that their secret was already out, and this was confirmed when Daniel cornered them as they stepped out of the lift.

"Guys, I'm so sorry, Jacob told me in the Commissary that you were planning on proposing, and I…uhhh, got a little excited and kinda screamed 'he's proposing' at the top of my lungs" Daniel said sheepishly as he shrugged his shoulders apologetically, "So, within about 5 minutes everyone on base knew…and just about everyone off base as well."

"Daniel, seriously, calm down, it's okay that the whole base knows, saves me from having to announce it." A huge smile gracing Jack's face as Daniel flung Sam into a hug.

"Congratulations Sam, you finally got your man!"

This message was repeated many times of the days, weeks and months that followed. The news that General Jack O'Neill had finally got his Colonel was big news, and not just on Earth, but right throughout the Galaxy. With representatives from the Jaffa council, the Tokra High council and the Asgard High Council all making themselves available for the auspicious and highly anticipated (and in most people's mind, long overdue) event.

Sam, after 5 months of physical therapy was finally cleared for active duty, but decided to resign from SG1 and take up residence as a Scientist, whilst still being in the Air Force she was able to concentrate more heavily on research of new technology instead of being the front line.

Wedding preparations went along swimmingly, mainly due to Cassie who stepped up when Sam looked lost and confused when she was flicking through a magazine and mumbling something about 'being able to blow up a sun, how hard can a wedding be to organize?'. Finding a place to host the actual wedding was proving to be quite difficult, with the Jaffa, Tokra and Asgard all being present they couldn't hold it in a church, or in public, and there wasn't room in the SGC. So after a rather lengthy discussion with The President, Jack was granted permission to find an empty planet to host the wedding on.

With Jack having no living relatives, apart from cousins in Ireland, there wasn't going to be much in the way of blood relatives at this wedding, with only Jacob and Mark and his wife (their children were considered a liability as little kids don't really understand 'classified') on Sam's side being invited. Mark had thought it was the best practical joke ever when Sam and Jacob told him, but was quickly assured that it wasn't a joke when a passing Thor beamed them up, said hello gave Mark a good view of planet Earth from Orbit and took him for a quick spin around the solar system.

When it came to picking a planet, they had sent a half dozen scouting missions back to planets that had been uninhabited when first visited, and only two of them still were, with Sam and Jack deciding on a planet that looked very like the wilderness behind Jack's cabin in Minnesota, the Stargate lead out into a wide open grassy plain, with a lake shimmering 100ms to the left of the Gate, and the tree line 300m to the right of the Gate, and gave them quite a lot of room to have a wedding and a reception.

Sam and Cassie went shopping in New York for a wedding gown and a bridesmaid gown, after a half dozen bridal shops Sam finally found 'the one'. It was white with a slender bodice that flared out into a small skirt and had a mini train after it, what made this dress breathtaking was the delicate floral design that was sewed into it, when Sam brushed her fingers across the silk material her stomach had fluttered with excitement imagining Jack doing the same thing. After Sam had paid for the dress, and it had been pinned for the tiny adjustments that needed to be made they had gone hunting for a dress for Cassie, which turned out to be much simpler than either of them though, finding 'the dress' on the first store that they tried. A simple strapless white dress with a bow around the mid section. Tears welling in Sam's eyes as she hugged the younger woman.

"You're going to knock 'em dead Cass." Sam said as she thought of the little girl who had been the only survivor of a virus that had swept her planet and had come to planet Earth only to have her adoptive mother ripped away from her all too soon. "Janet, you'd be so proud of your little girl." Sam thought as she let go of Cassie.

"Hey, you're the one who's supposed to knock 'em dead, and believe me, you will!" Cassie said as she ducked back into the changeroom, "Now we just need shoes!"

The day grew closer and closer and Sam's days were filled with organizing arrival times on the designated planet, with so many people gating in from different planets they didn't want any hold ups or mishaps to occur, as well as organizing equipment to be taken through and assembled on the other side.

When it had come time to find someone to perform the service, they had trouble finding someone with the necessary security clearance and it had fallen to Daniel, who shocked everyone by informing them that he was an ordained minister and had performed several services on various digs before his SGC life, with the minister dealt with Teal'c had had to stepped in as best man, though kept insisting he was not the best man and that as it was Jack's wedding he really should be the best man.

And then, it was 'the day'. The marquee was up, the chairs were lined up, the flowers were hung, the champagne was chilling and the guests were starting to mill in the Gateroom as a harried looking Walter was shouting instructions through the Stargate to the planet as he was trying to adjust his tie and check things of his list at the same time, somehow managing to tie his pen into his tie.

"Jack, you ready?" Daniel asked as he pulled his jacket on and moved to halt a certain General who was pacing his room and muttering to himself, and every so often grabbing a piece of paper from his pocket and scratching something out and replacing it with something else.

"I've been ready for 8 years, Spacemonkey." Jack said as he straightened the jacket of his dress blues, and making sure all his medals were straight before he marched out the door towards the gateroom.

"Sam, you ready? Cassie asked as pinned the last of her hair up, Sam was sitting behind a desk writing furiously, crumpled up pieces of paper surrounding her.

"I thought you finished that last night Sam?"

"It wasn't right…" Sam muttered as she stood up suddenly, handing the note to Cassie to mind until the right time.

As Jack fidgeted nervously, rocking back on the balls of his feet the Stargate suddenly sprang to life and the piano began playing the haunting tune of the wedding march. His breath catching in his throat as first Cassie stepped through, looking exactly like the elegant young women she had become and then Sam, her eyes already focused on Jack as she stepped through, loving his expressions as his mouth opened in a silent 'ohh…' at the site of her in her dress.

Her stride never faltered, and her gaze was firmly on the prize as she came to a standstill behind Jack, looking resplendent in his Dress Blues, his many medals clinking together as he uttered a single word…

"wow…"

Daniel coughed quietly and their attention quickly swiveled around to him, opening the book up he began to read

"Welcome to the marriage of Brigadier General Jonathon "Jack" O'Neill and Lieutenant Colonel Samantha "Sam" Carter." Pausing slightly he looked into the two pairs of eyes firmly riveted on each other again. "You have been asked to gather here to witness and share in the joy of this union, Jack would you like to say a few words?"

Jack cleared his throat as he pulled a slightly rumpled note out of his pocket and read of it
"There was darkness for a long time and then there was light, and that light was you. Your love has given me wings, and our journey begins today. I pledge before this assembled company to be your husband from this day forward. Let us make of our two lives one life. I want you for today, tomorrow, and forever."

Sam looked into Jack's shining eyes as Cassie handed her her own vows
"I have dreamed my whole life of having someone as wonderful as you love me the way you do. I give myself to you as your wife, and I promise here to treasure for all of my days the love we celebrate today. Let us bring together our lives and find ourselves anew each day."

Daniel turned to Sam, "Sam, will you take Jack as your husband, in happiness and with patience and understanding, through conflict and tranquility?

Sam smiled as she answered, "I will…finally"

She gently reached over and picked up Jack's hand and slid the simple gold band onto his finger.

Daniel turned to Jack, "Jack, will you take Sam as your wife, in happiness and with patience and understanding, through conflict and tranquility?"

Jack grinned right back at Sam, "You Betcha!"

Jack slid the wedding ring onto her finger, a sapphire flanked by two diamonds, the exact opposite of her engagement ring.

Daniel turned back to the guests, and smiled at the people dabbing at their eyes and even glanced at Teal'c who was grinning broadly, "In the years which shall bring Jack and Sam into greater age and wisdom, we hope that their love shall be ever young; that they shall be able to always recover from moments of despair. In this hope, may they keep the vows made on this day, in freedom, teaching each other who they are, what they yet shall be, enabling them to know that, in the fullness of being, they are more than themselves and more than each other, that they are all of us, and that together we share joyously the fruits of life on this earth, our home." Daniel paused as he closed the book in front of him, "Inasmuch as Jack and Sam have declared their love to each other before family and friends, I now greet them with you as husband and wife."

"You may kiss." He added as they both looked at him expectantly. Not at all surprised by the way they latched onto each other. This day had been a long time coming, and they deserved to be happy.

Sam gently leant back from the kiss she had planted on his lips, his hands had slid to her waist and her skin had jumped under the feel of his touch through the silk, reaching up with her own hands she cupped his face, "I do love you so much Jack." She whispered as she grinned

Jack placed the phone back on the receiver still in shock at the news that had come from it. She was back. Not totally awake, but slight movement after 8 months of nothing was as good as awake in Jack's mind.

Suddenly springing to life he sprinted all the way from Sam's office to the infirmary, quite a few floors above and he was puffing and panting by the time he skidded into the isolation room.

"Lee!" he barked as he bent over double to catch his breath, "Update."

"Neural responses are up, and she seems to be responding to stimuli, though she is yet to open her eyes." Jack stared at Dr. Lee before he brushed past him to Sam's bed. After 8 months in a bed her skin was pale and waxy looking, and her hair had grown out, now framing her face in ringlets. But to Jack she still looked amazing.

Dragging a chair over he sat down and gently picked up her hand and stroked it lightly.

"Carter?" he whispered as her eyelids fluttered at his touch before he was finally, after so many months of being denied, given access to her bright blue eyes.

"Hey…" he said quietly as he motioned for Dr. Lee to come over, who had been trying to look busy and give them a couple of moments to themselves.

Peering over at her, Dr. Lee finally spoke, "Welcome back to the land of the living Sam." He gave a wide smile as he checked her pulse, and her pupil response time both of which were well within the normal range.

"We'll have to do some scans of course, but they can wait a bit." He said to Jack as Sam continued staring at Jack, as though amazed that he were actually there, "I'll just go off and uhh…check some things." And nodding to his associate bustled him out of the room, leaving Jack and Sam alone.

"I had the strangest dream, sir." She said as she looked at all the machines she was hooked up too, "what happened?"

Jack took a deep breath before he began, "You, Daniel and Teal'c were on a mission…" Jack paused as Sam suddenly gasped and gripped the blanket in a tight fist.

HA! I did a Dallas...and Wizard of Oz on everyone:D blame my friend at Uni for suggesting it, I'm so very evil.

So will Sam do what she did in her dream, will Jack respond the same way? We can only speculate for the time being.

For those of you who are interested, links to images showing Sam and Cassies's dresses are on my profile as my descriptions really don't do them justice.