A/N: Okay, here is a longer chapter to hold you guys over for a little while. I just wanted to thank my reviewers : Adri1577, nana lee, Raine24, and- of course!- DragonsSexyMistress! THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH!!!! YOU ROCK! I dedicate the first part of this chapter to Adri1577, since you are obviously a huge fan of Jack (I am too!)!!! Don't worry, my other reviewers, you are not forgotten! You will be dedicated to, too! Especially you, Dragon- lol, you know where I live, so I will definitely dedicate to you soon! Anyway, on with the show!
"Come in!" Jack called at the sound of the knocking on his office door. Thank God- a distraction! He hated doing paperwork, even on the computer thingy that Chris had given him. Oh, and speaking of the devil- "Hey, Chris!"
"Hi, Jack! What are you up to?"
"Paperwork, as usual. Hammond has me locked in my office until I am up to date on my reports…" he said with a groan.
"Oh, too bad, and a new version of SoCom just came out, too….would have been perfect on your palm pilot…" she said and he glared at her.
"Yeah, yeah…how is Daniel?"
"Doing better. Janet says he can come back and do very light work on base in another week or so."
"Great! I am getting sick of the new guy we got to replace him. Idiot keeps touching things he isn't supposed to. Took me 5 years to get Danny to stop doing that, as much, anyway. So, how long before he can come back to the team?"
"Well, that is kind of what I am here about." Chris said, shifting back and forth. Jack glared at her hard.
"Out with it."
"He needs another 4 weeks."
"WHAT?! 4 weeks?! Why?" Jack cried, dismayed. Chris didn't answer outright at first, instead trying to figure out how to phrase herself. "Chris?"
"Well…um…This is why." She said and showed him the ring on her hand. Jack broke into a huge grin and stood up to embrace her.
"About damn time! Congrats to you both!" he said warmly and Chris beamed at him.
"Thank you, Jack. That is why he, and I, need more time off. He has two more weeks before Janet will clear him for active duty of any kind. Plus you already have the replacement for him, anyway. So, we decided that it would be a good time to go ahead and get married and just take two more weeks for a honeymoon."
"Two weeks? That isn't much time to get ready for a wedding."
"No, but we just want a small ceremony, anyway, so it will be okay. We decided we just wanted you guys and maybe a few others- nothing big at all. Daniel doesn't have any family to speak of, and my mom and step dad are off in Europe for another couple of months. Which brings me to the other reasons I am here…"
"Just spit it out, kid." Jack said.
"Well, I had a personal request…Since my dad passed away, I was wondering if you would walk me down the aisle…" she asked and Jack blinked, dumbfounded. He knew that Daniel would possibly ask him to be his best man, but this?
"Wow…Chris, I, um…I would be honored to give you away." He said and she smiled at him as she threw her arms around him in a hug.
"Oh, thank you, Jack!" she said and he hugged her back.
"No problem, as long as I don't have to pay for the wedding!" he joked and she laughed as she pulled away.
"No, no, but there is one more favor we needed."
"Shoot."
"We were thinking about having the ceremony at your cabin. It is secluded enough that any non-earthlings would still be comfortable, and I have heard it is rather pretty this time of the year."
"Are you kidding?! It would be perfect! Sure, and you can stay there during the honeymoon if you want."
"Oh, thank you! I'll talk to Daniel about it. We hadn't decided where to go yet." She said. "Thank you, Jack!"
"Anytime, kid. Now, go tell Carter! She has been waiting for a long time on you two to finally get engaged."
"Okay, thanks again, and see ya later!"
"Hey, Sam!" Chris said a few minutes later and the Major looked up from her computer.
"Hey, Chris! Back to catch up on that mountain of requests?" Sam asked and Chris grinned.
"Not exactly, although I probably should do that." She replied.
"Well, I am glad you are here. You know, I have been working on that video loop from when Dart was poisoned and I found something." Sam said and Chris went over to look at her computer.
"You did? What?"
"Well, it isn't much, but there is a glimpse of someone walking in the door for a split second before it begins to loop. But I am having trouble getting any detail on who it is. Just that they have blondish hair and are wearing green fatigues."
"Oh, well, that's only about half of the people who work in the mountain."
"It's stranger than that, though. Whoever did the looping on the cameras in there did it to all of the cameras on base for a full hour."
"What?" Chris asked, surprised.
"Yeah, so we can't even track people leaving their offices or even who was in the commissary. The only people it couldn't have been was anyone not on base for that whole hour, and that was a couple of SG teams."
"When does the hour of looping start?"
"About three hours before you were called to go to the kennel. There's no telling who it was. Even when I watched the videos of all the cameras, people are milling around and at any point someone could have gotten to the cameras if they were good at hacking. You know, it almost reminds me of the hack job done to your computer back when Kinsey was messing with you."
"Ugh, don't remind me. Think it is the same person?"
"Well, they certainly have the same characteristics, but there isn't much to go on. Whoever did it was good at their job." Sam replied.
"Well, keep trying, Sam. I'm sure that you will figure it o-"
"Oh my God, Chris!" Sam suddenly squealed and Chris jumped back.
"What?!" she cried, afraid something was wrong. Sam reached out and snatched her hand, staring at the ring. "Oh! Yeah! Daniel and I are engaged!"
"When did he ask you?" Sam asked, hugging her friend tightly. "Give me all of the details!" Chris laughed and told her everything, Sam going very girly and squealing in delight at the good parts. Chris asked if she would be her maid of honor and Sam happily accepted and they called Janet at home to tell her the good news. Next thing Chris knew, all three were going out for lunch to discuss wedding plans. It was going to be a very busy two weeks!
"Okay, so who do we have on the list?" Daniel asked two days later.
" Sam, Jack, Teal'c, Janet, Cassie, General Hammond, Thor, Jacob, Debbie-you're assistant- and Devon –my assistant." Chris listed.
"Not bad. Do we really want our assistants there, though? I mean, I like Debbie and Devon and all, but…"
"Daniel, they are the ones who are going to be doing all of our work for the next 4 weeks. I think they deserve an invitation."
"True. Okay, they can come, I guess." Daniel said pulling her closer. "But they don't get any cake."
"Daniel!" Chris admonished with a laugh. "And we agree that having it at Jack's cabin is the best place?"
"I think so, yeah. As for the honeymoon, I have other plans, though."
"Oh? Where?"
"It's a surprise." He said cryptically and Chris scrunched up her face. She loved surprises, but hated waiting for them!!!
"Oh, tell me! Please?" she begged, giving him her best puppy-dog eyes. Normally he would have melted at that look, but stood firm on this point.
"Nope- nothing doing. Not even a hint. I want it to be a surprise. I think you will like it, though."
"Okay…" she sighed, giving in, for now. "Well, I have to go meet Sam and Janet for lunch again. They are going to decorate for us, too. "
"Well, have fun. Janet said yesterday when I went in for my check up that I could start driving again, so I am going over to Jack's and hang out for a while. Do you want me to take Dart?"
"Sure, if you want. What are you two going to do?"
"Just watch a hockey game. I have been cooped up here for so long that even hockey sounds good!" Daniel said and Chris looked at him in mock-shock. "Besides, I was going to see if he wanted to be my best man."
"Oh, that's sweet."
"Chris, guys aren't sweet. We are macho and tough and…" Daniel teased.
"And you have been around Jack too long! Have fun and please be careful."
"I will. You, too." Daniel said as they stood. "Oh, and Chris?"
"Yeah?"
"I love you." He said, kissing her sweetly.
"I love you, too." She replied, melting at the look he gave her. Thank God Janet had also cleared him for other activities, too! They had celebrated that last night- carefully, of course, but it was beautiful what with their engagement and the time since they had been able to be together like that. Although, it did make separating from each other that much harder! With a farewell smile, Chris left to finish up the plans to start the rest of their lives together.
A/N: Yes, the wedding is coming up, along with some surprises. Don't try to guess, just let it come! Lol!!! REVIEWS, PLEASE! BLURP BLURP!