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They stopped for some lunch for half an hour before continuing with their work. Four hours later they returned to the SGC. When they arrived back, they had there post ops exams and showers before the debriefing. The debriefing lasted only ten minutes and when they were finished Hammond gave them some news.
"I've contacted the NID to let them know who I've got and also to find out why they were watching Major Carter's house. They said they wanted to know how you came into such a large amount of money and I told them it is in her record; that you won it in the lotto."
"They didn't believe you sir?" Jack said.
"No, they didn't."
"They want to know exactly how much I won, don't they?" Sam said.
"That is what I'm thinking also."
"Nosy little bastards. Is there anything you can do sir?"
"I've made some calls and I am waiting for a reply."
"Ok, is there anything else Carter should know?"
"No, not at the moment."
"Thank you for telling me sir. What will happen to the men that are in the cells?"
"They were sent back to Washington two hours ago" Sam nodded.
"If that is all, SG1 is on down time for twenty four hours so you can finish doing your Christmas shopping, dismissed."
"Thank you sir." Jack said and they all got up and left the room and Hammond walked back into his office.
That evening, Jack and Sam went straight into town to shop for an hour before getting some dinner before heading back to Sam's place. He stayed until after eleven and then he headed back to his place for the night.
The next morning Sam went to McDonalds to get a drive through breakfast and then she drove to Jack's place since it was still early in the morning. She let herself in and locked the door behind her and put the bags and drinks on the entry table so she could take her boots and jacket off. Then she picked them up and walked down to his room and when she opened the door she saw that he was awake and smiling at her.
"Morning" he said.
"Morning, I brought us some breakfast."
"Sweet."
He sat up in bed as she passed him his hot chocolate and then put the two paper bags on the bed and she stripped off her clothes and climbed into bed as Jack was drinking his hot chocolate. Sam opened up the bags and took everything out. They ate breakfast and talked about what shopping they still needed to do.
Afterwards, with the rubbish put into one bag, Jack threw it on to the floor, while Sam snuggled down under the blankets. Jack leaned over her and gave her a morning kiss and then they made passionate love and afterwards Sam snuggled up to his side, listening to his heartbeat while playing with the hairs on his chest while he ran his hand through her hair.
"What time do you want to head into town?" Sam asked.
"I was thinking about spending all day in bed with a beautiful, blue eyed blond Major. Why, what time to you want to go out?" she turned her head so she could look at him and smiled.
"Hmm, your idea sounds good but today could be our last day for shopping for Christmas presents and buying food for Christmas, even though we will be buying the fruit, vegetables, bread, milk and things like that on the twenty third."
"Ok, how about we stay here for a few more hours before getting up?"
"Sounds good to me."
They kissed and snuggled closer to each other and a few minutes later they drifted off to sleep. Three hours later, Sam woke up and she felt a warm body against her. She opened her eyes and looked up to see Jack looking down at her, smiling.
"Hey, sleep well?" he asked.
"Yes, you?"
"Yep."
She moved to give him a kiss and then he rolled them both until he was on top of her and then they broke the kiss.
"What time do you want to go into town?" he asked.
"After our morning bed exercise?"
"Sounds good to me."
He gave her a kiss and they made love as they did before. Afterwards they got up and had a shower before getting dressed to go to town. They went to the mall, since there were still some shops they hadn't checked out. They got themselves a cup of coffee in the food court, to plan their strategy, before they started shopping. Two hours later and five shopping bags, they stopped at the food court for a late lunch and rest room break. Then they took their bags back to the car before continuing with their shopping.
They did split up for an hour and half so they could get each others Christmas presents, and they would then meet outside the music shop at a certain time. When they met up they walked in and had a look at the CD they wanted before continuing shopping. When they finished they walked back to Sam's SUV. They also had to stop at the grocery and liquor stores to stock up on food and drinks for over the Christmas holidays.
They had three trolleys with them and Sam had her list out and they started working their way down the aisles, slowly getting everything that they would need, since Mark and his family were staying for two weeks over Christmas and the New Year. All three trolleys were full and they almost had everything after an hour and half. They got into the check out line.
Twenty minutes later, after everything was paid for and loaded into the car, they headed to her place and started putting everything away; groceries first and then they started on the presents. Jack wrapped Sam's presents in the family room while she wrapped his in her office/study. When he was done, he walked to the office door and knocked.
"You can come in Jack, I'm finished" he opened the door.
"Hey, want a drink?"
"Yes thanks; the coffee should be done by now."
"Ok, meet you in the family room."
"Ok."
Sam finished writing on the sticker and put it on the present and then she did the other one. Once finished, she got up and walked down to the family room. She put the smaller package into Jack's stocking and the big one under the tree and then she walked over to the window to see that it was snowing again. She turned around to see Jack walking toward her with two cups in his hands and he passed one to her.
"Thanks; it started snowing again."
"Yeah I noticed it also."
They went and sat down on the couch sipping their drinks.
"Boy am I glad that Christmas shopping is over for the year."
"True; how about next year we shop on the net?"
"Good idea but next year we will need more decorations for the tree."
"Don't worry we will get them."
Sam snuggled up to Jack's side with his arm around her shoulder while they drank their coffee.
"What do you feel like for dinner tonight Sam?"
"I've got a lasagne in the fridge, I baked it last night."
"Nice"
"We can have that for dinner."
"Ok, sounds good to me" then they heard two vehicles pull up in front.
"I wonder who that is?" Sam said.