So, here´s a little longer chapter for you, as an apology for not updating sooner. You forgive me, right?
Life´s just crazy right now; my brother´s wedding is getting closer and you all know how things are. The bride-to-be is stressed out, the groom (my brother that is) is being too calm for her liking, and I am still trying to find perfect shoes to fit my new dress... argh!
You enjoy!
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It was raining again. The darkness was already falling, the day turning into night.
They sat on the couch, close to each other. The lazy movement of his hand against her arm was slowly lulling her into a sleep. Sometime during the movie they were watching, he had reached to pull a warm blanket over her and she had snuggled even closer to him.
"You still awake?" He asked softly, glancing down at her as the end credits were rolling.
"Yeah." She replied sleepily, straightening a little. "The movie end already?"
He chuckled quietly, placing a small kiss on the top of her hair. "Yeah."
"Was it any good?"
"Not really."
She pulled away from him, shivering slightly at the loss of his warmth. "I didn´t mean to fall asleep like that." She said smiling a little.
"It´s okay." He assured her, moving his hand to pull her back against him for a kiss. She sighed as their lips met, and her hands snaked around his waist.
They broke apart slowly and he reached to brush back a lock of blonde hair from her eyes. "I should go." He said softly, placing a little kiss on her lips again.
"Why?" She looked at him surprised.
"Because I don´t want Jacob to find me here in your bed when he comes back."
She chuckled softly at him. "You´re afraid of Dad?"
"No, I´m not afraid of your dad. I´m just... not comfortable about being found in his daughter´s bed when he gets home."
"You´re afraid of him." She teased him, grinning as he stood up and pulled his jacket on.
"I am not afraid of him. But just for the record, that snake did teach him some nasty moves."
She stood up too, wrapping her arms around his neck. "Well, then. I´ll see you tomorrow at the base." She leaned to kiss him, slow and sweet.
His arms wrapped around her waist, pulling her even closer to him. "You´re making this very hard, Carter." He whispered as they pulled apart and her hands sneaked inside of his jacket and under his shirt, fingers caressing his back.
"Well, I am trying to." She giggled a little. "I really don´t want you to go."
"Think about your dad. We need to tell him first." He said, leaning to kiss her again.
She pulled away and made a face at him. "Well, that´s s mood killer for sure." She sighed, trying to hold back a smile.
"Oh, come on, Carter." He grinned at the look on her face, taking her hand and walking toward the front door.
"Call me later." She said softly when he opened the door and let the cool night air sneak inside the house.
"The second I get home."
He leaned to kiss her one last time, his hand brushing against her cheek. "Sweet dreams." He whispered against her lips.
"You too." She replied softly before closing the door after him.
The dark car parked right behind his and he glanced back before opening his car door. A familiar face made him sigh and he tucked his hands deep in his pockets and waited as the engine was turned off.
Jacob Carter looked suspicious as he stepped out in to the rain and slammed the door closed after him. "Jack!"
"Jacob."
"What are you doing here?"
"Nothing, really."
The old general glanced up to the dark sky, the rain falling hard on them. The soft sigh leaving his lips was too quiet for Jack to hear. "I see."
"Yeah."
"Okay, let´s go inside. We´ll get pneumonia in this rain."
"Ah, actually, Jacob, I was about to leave."
"Actually, colonel, you were about to go back inside. We need to talk."
Jack sighed and turned to lock his car again before walking back to the house he had left just a few minutes earlier.
Jacob used his own key to get inside and pulled off his wet jacket. "You probably know around the house so you don´t need a tour. Sam!" He left the younger man to stand in the hall and headed into the kitchen to look for his daughter.
"Dad?" Her voice was surprised as she looked up from the ice cream she had been eating. "You´re back." She stood up to hug him. "How´s Mark? And the kids?"
"Fine, fine. Missing you though. You really should visit them more often."
"I know." She sat back down.
"I saw Jack outside." He started, studying carefully at her face.
"Yeah, he just left."
"Actually..."
"Hey Carter." Jack walked into the kitchen, giving her a soft smile.
"I thought you left." She looked at him curiously, bringing a spoonful of ice cream in her mouth.
"Ice cream, huh?" He ignored her question.
"I wanted chocolate." She replied softly. "This was the closest thing I could find."
"You want me to get you some?"
"You would do that for me?"
"Of course."
She shook her head, smiling almost shyly down at the empty bowl before standing up. "I´m going to take a quick shower and then we should talk."
Jacob watched her leaving, narrowing his eyes a little as he saw her passing Jack a little bit too close, their fingers touching briefly.
"Okay, Jack." He said when she had disappeared into her bedroom. "We need to talk."
"Shouldn´t we wait for Sam?"
"No."
Jack followed the other man into the living room and sunk down on the couch.
"So, what..."
"What is going on between you and Sam?" Jacob interrupted him.
´I don´t know what you´re talking about.´ sounded right answer. "I love her."
"Yes, I know that, Jack." The general sighed.
"And she loves me."
"I knew that too."
"Okay, what do you want to know then?"
"Are you going to keep it a secret? What about your jobs? What about defending Earth? There´s lots of ´what abouts´, Jack."
"We´ll figure it out." Jack replied softly. "We still have time before the baby is born and..."
"What?"
"What?" Son of a bitch! How hard it could be? To think before speaking.
"Don´t play dumb with me, Jack." Jacob warned. "What baby? Is Sam pregnant?"
For a split second he thought about denying everything. "Yeah, she is." He said instead.
Jacob leaned back against the soft cushions of the couch, watching the other man sitting across the room. "What are you going to do about it?"
"What?"
"I mean, what are your intentions toward my daughter?"
"I want to marry her."
"Have to told her that?"
"No. Actually you´re..."
"I´m the first to know." He sighed and run his hand over his face. "Okay, Jack. You really should stop doing that."
"I know."
"I mean it. You really should talk about these things with Sam first."
"You asked."
Jacob chuckled. "Yes, I did. My mistake."
"Everything okay here?" Sam stood in the doorway, wearing pajama pants and a tank top, holding three mugs of tea. She sat down next to Jack, placing the mugs on the coffee table and leaning back on the couch. "So, dad..."
"You´re pregnant?"
"Jake." Jack sighed at his blunt question.
"What?" Sam turned to look at Jack who shrugged his shoulders.
"Nasty moves." He whispered. "Didn´t even get up from his seat. Sneaky little bastard."
She chuckled softly before turning to look at her father who was waiting for her reaction. "Yeah, we´re going to have a baby."
A soft smile broke on his face as he stood up and walked to her, pulling her up for a tight hug. "I´m happy for you, Sam. I really am. Congratulations." He whispered to her, glaring at Jack a little behind her shoulders.
"Well, it wasn´t all me." She pulled back. "Jack was there too." Her voice was teasing, eyes smiling.
"Don´t remind me." Jacob sighed. "But seriously, congratulations, both of you."
"Thanks, Jake." Jack smiled.
"Thanks, dad." Sam hugged him again and Jacob placed a gentle kiss on her cheek.
"Oh, and Jack." He said as he sat back down on the couch and reached for the tea. "If you ever hurt her..."
"And here I though I would never have to hear this..." Jack muttered under his breath, loud enough Jacob to hear.
"Just know that as peaceful and calm and nice I may seem..."
"Yeah, those are just the words I would use to describe you..."
Jacob ignored the interruption and continued. "I will kill you."
"Dad." Sam sighed smiling.
"Now Sam, you are my only daughter, this is my right."
"Fine then." She shook her head still smiling. "I´m going to bed now. Play nice you two." She reached to kiss Jack, softly on the lips, her hand moving to touch his face. "Good night. Again." She whispered before pulling away from him.
"Good night, Carter."
"And good night, dad." She stood up and walked to where he was sitting, leaning to kiss him lightly on the top of his head.
"Night, sweetheart."
They watched in silence as she left the room.
"You´re okay with this?" Jack asked softly.
"Yeah." Jacob turned to look at the other man. "I know you make her happy. That´s all that matters to me."
"Thanks, dad."
He glared at him at the use of word he had used for years. "But you do understand that I think you are not good enough for her. There is no man in this galaxy, or any other in the matter of fact, who would be good enough for her."
"You know, Teal´c made that pretty clear for me already." Jack sighed a little frustrated.
Jacob chuckled and reached to take the mug from the table. "You should also know that you would be my choice for her too if it would be up to me."
"Teal´c said that too."
"Good man that Teal´c. Understands things."
"Yeah, he´s just super."
The old general chuckled again. "Don´t feel bad, Jack. If this child of yours will be a girl, you will understand my point."
"And if it´s a boy?"
"Oh, I hope he will be just like you."
"Really?"
"Oh, sure. Do you know how much pain in the ass you can be?"
"Ha ha, very funny."
Chuckling to himself Jacob stood up and gathered the empty tea cups. "I´m guessing coffee is making Sam nauseous?"
"Yeah, even Daniel gave up his coffee."
"I thought caffeine was running in his veins."
"He wishes." Jack chuckled too.
"So, how about some pizza and beer?" Jacob asked. "We still have lots to talk about."
Jack sighed exaggeratedly and reached for the phone to order the pizza. "Sure, and bring lots of beer then."
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