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They were out in the back yard, Daniel throwing an old, chewed tennis ball to the dog who fetched it and carried it back over Daniel, waiting patiently for him to throw it again.
"A baby, huh?" He asked watching the dog run after the ball over eagerly.
"Yeah." Jack smiled. "A baby."
"Well, I´m happy for you two, I really am." Daniel turned his head to look at the other man, reaching to clink his beer bottle against his.
"As am I." Teal´c said from his other side.
"Thanks guys."
"So, thought about how to tell Jacob?" Daniel threw the ball across the yard, making a face at the dog drool he had in his hands before wiping them on his jeans.
"Uh, no."
"Oh, well, I bet that he´s just over-whelmed about this." Daniel grinned and took a sip of his beer.
"If MajorCarter were to be my daughter, I would be most unpleased to hear the news, O´Neill. It is not only you, I would think that there would not be a man who would be good enough for my daughter, not in this galaxy, or any other."
"Jeez, thanks Teal´c. That made me feel a lot better."
"How ever." The jaffa continued without blinking. "If I would be forced to make a choice, it would be you, O´Neill."
"Hey, what about me?" Daniel asked, ignoring the dog that dropped the tennis ball in his lap.
"You would be a good choice as well."
Daniel narrowed his eyes suspiciously. "You are just saying that, aren´t you."
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"Have you told your father yet?"
"Um, no." Sam smiled. "He´s still visiting Mark and I didn´t want to tell something like this over the phone."
"He´s going to be thrilled."
"Yeah, I can believe that?" Sam chuckled.
Janet smiled at her. "He probably knows already. Not about the baby, but about you and Jack."
"You think so?"
"Well, I knew. And Daniel knew. Both Teal´c and Cassie suspected. This really wasn´t a big surprise, Sam. These feelings between you have been there for years. We have had time to watch you two trying to ignore your feelings for each other for a long time."
"Yeah." Sam agreed quietly. They had spent years of trying to deny, keeping everything locked up in that room.
"Sam, I wouldn´t worry about Jacob." Janet placed two tea mugs on the table and sat on the chair opposite Sam. "Have you thought how to tell the general?"
She sighed, reaching for the mug and bringing it onto her lips, blowing slowly in it to cool it down. "No." She shook her head.
"He´s a good man, Sam. He will understand."
"Who´s a good man?" Cassie asked walking into the kitchen.
"General Hammond." Janet replied, sipping her tea carefully.
"Uncle George? He´s a teddy bear." Cassie grinned taking the spoon from the counter and tasting the food from the pan Janet had prepared for late lunch. "Mmm... really good, mom."
"I´m glad you approve my cooking." Janet said flatly, but smiled at the face the teenager gave her in reply. She stood up and looked at her daughter. "Go and tell them the lunch is ready." She nodded toward the back yard where the three men were sitting.
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"We need to tell the general soon." Sam said softly, her fingers entwining with Jack´s under the table, bringing their linked hands on her thigh.
"We will." He replied.
"What´s the big deal?" Cassie asked, slipping some meat under the table to the dog that lie on her feet. "I mean, you have saved the world, what, six, seven times..."
"Eight times, CassandraFraiser." Teal´c interrupted her.
"What? Okay, eight times. Eight times, people! That has to give you some privileges." Another piece of meat was slipped under the table despite her mother´s disapproving look.
"Don´t feed the dog from the table." Janet sighed, knowing that she had done that since she had gotten the dog from Jack.
"And besides, I personally think that those rules are just dumb." Cassie continued, wiping her fingers on the napkin.
"I agree with CassandraFraiser." Teal´c said. "I too find those rules and regulations... dumb." He looked at Cassie who nodded approvingly at his choice of words.
"Dumb." She hit her fist on the table, earning a look from her mother and grinned at her in return. "Oh, and Teal´c. I would really appreciate if you would stop calling me CassandraFraiser," she lowered her voice, mimicking the jaffa when saying her name, "and call me just Cassie like the others." She looked fondly at the big man.
"Never gonna happen, Cass." Jack said chuckling before taking a sip of his second beer that day. "You don´t mind of me drinking?" He leaned to whisper to Sam who shook her head smiling.
"No."
"Are you sure?"
"Yeah, I´m sure." She smiled as his lips brushed against her cheek.
"You will be taken off from the field, Sam." Daniel interrupted the moment and Jack pulled away from her.
"Yeah." She nodded. "Janet already did that."
"Seriously, Sam. Uncle George wouldn´t court marshal you and Jack, would he?"
"It might not be up to him, sweetie." Janet stood up to gather the dishes from the table.
Cassie hurried to help her, a worried look on her face. "What will happen if..."
"We don´t know, Cass." Daniel said, smiling at her reassuringly. "Don´t worry about it now."
"But..."
"Daniel´s right, Cassie. You don´t have to worry about it."
She wanted to say that she was going to worry, no matter what they said, but she nodded her head. "Okay."
"So." Daniel started, smiling at Janet who sat back down next to him and reached to take his hand in her own. "We have news too. We´re getting married."
Jack took a long sip of his beer, emptying the bottle and placing it on the table. "Yeah, we kinda know that. You told us when you proposed her."
Janet grinned at the small frown that left her fiancé's lips. "I meant that we are getting married soon."
"How soon?" Sam asked.
"Well, we are thinking about a few weeks."
"What?" Cassie shrieked excitedly. "When did you decide that?"
"This morning actually."
"Oh my god." The teenager sunk down on the free chair around the dining room table almost dramatically. "Is there anything else you want to tell me? Anything at all? Sure?" She glanced around the table. "Because now would be a good time to tell while I´m sitting."
"No, that´s it." Daniel chuckled at her drama act.
"Okay, then." She leaned to hug her mother who sat next to her. "I´m really happy for you, mom. And for you too, dad." She whispered over her mother´s shoulder to Daniel who reached to take her offered hand, smiling as she squeezed it tightly before letting him go and pulling away from her mom.
"Well, one thing is for sure, we need to go shopping. For the wedding and some baby stuff. Oh, it´ll be great."
Jack chuckled and wrapped his arm around Sam´s shoulder as he heard her sigh at the teenager´s excitement.
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...and what was that one little thing you were supposed to do now? Yes! Hit the button!