Author's Note: Some more drama from the O'Neill clan, as I have said: Ben and Lauren as well as Jack's brothers were all made up in my head for the sake of this story since there was never an official mention in the Canon about his parents one way or another. Thanks for reading and pretty please review what you like and if you had your way (wink wink, nudge nudge) what possibly storylines would you like to see the O'Neill-Jackson clan have to deal with. I am taking anything into consideration!

Chapter Nine: Grandparents Visit

Jack stood in the airport waiting impatiently for his mother and father's arrival. Their plane had arrived and was deplaning and Daniel was at home with the kids. The archeologist was working from home for the last couple of weeks before the kids started going to school. Jack and Daniel had already gone through the craze of getting all the requirements for each child and Johnny was going to be in special programs to help him with the sign language and Greer was not going to join the others yet, Daniel was hoping to get him up to speed with a few more weeks of work, which meant Jack was going to be focusing much of his attention on Greer as well as Daniel would in the afternoon. Since Greer was raised in a world where education was based on magic and survival, he was still struggling to understand.

"Jackie!" his father shouted, bringing Jack's attention back to the airport around him and found his father coming towards him, followed by Jack's mother. They each held a small suitcase as well as a rolling suitcase pulling behind them. Jack smiled and reached out to hug them both.

"How was your flight?" he asked them, smiling.

"It was fine, I cannot wait to see my grandbabies so can we go?" Ben asked and Jack laughed. He leaned close to kiss the side of his mother's head, noticing that she was pretty quiet. Jack was taking them to the nearby hotel to drop off their bags as well as get a rental car for them then he would lead them back to the house. His parents had been to his house once or twice after he moved there but it had been a long time and Jack and Daniel had been forced, with the addition of six children to build on their house and change some aspects of the house. All the boys still remained in the upstairs room and the girls still slept in the den/bedroom. Their living room was a little cramped but it was still beautiful weather so the kids and everyone were probably going to be spending some of their time outside.

As Jack pushed the suitcases into the back of Daniel's jeep and helped his mother into the front seat, his father was climbing into the backseat, which was surprisingly absent all the car seats. Daniel and Jack decided not to shove Ben and Lauren into the small cab of Jack's truck. Plus being able to put their suitcases in the jeep instead of in the back of Jack's truck.

"This is not your vehicle is it?" Lauren asked.

"Nope, this is Daniel's, he is home with little ones right now as he is working from home for the next two weeks while you are here and before the kids start school."

"Did you think you would so quickly be getting them into school?" Ben asked Jack.

He shook his head though it was more in amazement than disbelief. "With Daniel as their teacher and Daddy, I had no doubt they would be incredibly intelligent but it was kind of a whirlwind the last couple of months."

"He is indeed a wonder," Lauren said and Jack looked sideways at her, sensing her subtle sarcasm. Even after his mother's acceptance of their relationship, Lauren O'Neill seemed forever saying things that could be considered cruel or sarcastic. Daniel never said anything but Jack had heard more than one unkind dig against his beloved partner. Jack didn't know what to do besides leave Daniel alone to deal with it how he would plus Daniel was his own man and didn't appreciate when Jack played the knight in shining armor. At least she was no longer trying to convince Jack to leave Daniel and split up their kids.

When he parked in the lot of the nearby hotel, he allowed the bellman to grab their bags and they walked in to check in, Ben appreciated the tickets but he told Jack that he would not allow Jack and Daniel to pay for the entire trip for them so Ben was paying for the hotel as well as the car they would be taking even though with Jack's discount for being military made it almost a laughably low rate.

After about ten minutes Jack watched as his parents were led to a minivan, which surprised Jack, but he realized his father's intention was to spend time at the house as well as out and about in the Springs with the kids and that would require a larger vehicle. It made Jack smile at the thought of his father such the proud grandpapa.

Then he drove out of the lot with the dark blue van pulling out behind him, taking the shortest route back to the house and parked in the drive way and his dad pulled in behind him. They walked up to the front door and Jack opened it, hollering into the house that they were here and the herd of children sprang forth from every direction to give hugs and kisses to their grandparents, again Jack frowned when his mother was acting quite reserved with all of them and when Zale and Zada hugged her, there was some skin contact and they pulled back as if burned. Jack scowled at her and their reaction. He stepped out quickly and hugged Johnny, waylaying the little boy from Lauren until he could speak to her because as the twins usually had to reach out for other people's thoughts and feelings, Johnny did not and he'd already had an interesting couple of days since the strange lockdown at the SGC and watching Daniel get hurt once more.

"Papa, Daddy is sad," Johnny whispered into his mind.

"Why's that JJ?" Jack whispered into his ear, trying not to bring attention to the fact that he was answering a question that had not been spoken aloud.

Johnny shrugged, "He was on the phone with someone and now he's in the living room."

Jack nodded to his father and walked into the living room, which was slightly down a hall from the door to find Daniel moving quickly into the kitchen. Jack put Johnny on his feet and allowed the boy to move to his toys on the other side of the room and he followed Daniel into the kitchen where his lover was clutching one of the cordless phones tightly in hand. He walked up behind Daniel and touched him gently on the shoulder who turned, with face white as a sheet and breathing heavily as if he'd seen some kind of spectral of the past.

"Danny? What's wrong?"

"What? Nothing Jack, are your parents here? I made them some snacks and sandwiches in case they were hungry after their flight." With that Daniel moved quickly to the refrigerator and pulled out a covered platter but Jack tugged him away from his task and pressed a hand to Daniel's face.

"What's going on Danny? I haven't seen you this spooked in a long time."

At Jack's words Daniel gave a startled laugh, which did not make him think it was from humor. Daniel pulled off his glasses and rubbed the bridge of his nose. When he moved his hand, it was shaking and his eyes were shimmering with tears. "That was the lawyer that helped me in the case against Henry."

Jack frowned, "And?"

"They released him, with a warning to stay away from me but he's out of jail for good behavior!" Daniel hissed.

Jack cursed under his breath and pulled Daniel close as his partner shivered with renewed fear and all the stress came flying back from the months after Henry assaulted Daniel on the day Daniel and Jack got married again. Jack just held Daniel, rubbing the back of Daniel's neck in comfort while the archeologist shivered into his arms.

"Jackie, the kids are saying there are some sandwiches…" his dad started saying as he walked into the kitchen and tapered off as his saw Daniel pressed against Jack. "What's wrong Daniel?" Ben asked, walking over to press a gentle hand on the back of Daniel's head.

Daniel shook himself away from Jack, giving a tremulous smile and hugged Ben tightly. "I'm so glad to see you Ben, I have some lunch here for you and Lauren."

Ben frowned, "No Daniel, what's wrong?"

"Henry was released from jail, slap on the wrist for what happened," Jack snapped and for the first time in a very long time, Daniel flinched at Jack's tone. He immediately felt bad about it, the attack was fresh in his mind and it was making Daniel jumpy. Jack soothed Daniel with a gentle hand around the back of his neck while Ben reached out and pulled Daniel close for another hug. Daniel's arms gripped at the back of Ben's jacket, his nose buried into the older man's collar. It would have been almost ridiculous to see a grown man with a spouse and small children huddled in Ben's arms if it wasn't for that fact that Daniel deserved the chance to be lovingly comforted by his father, even if Ben was only a father through marriage.

"He won't come here, he won't come near you," Ben soothed and Jack wondered if he should feel a little jealous since his dad was taking all his good lines with Daniel.

Daniel was nodding into Ben's collar then he leaned back far enough to kiss Daniel's forehead before he grabbed the covered tray and headed back into the living room where everyone else was still hanging out together. Jack pulled Daniel close once again, "Pop's right, he's not going to get to you here. You have me and the kids, the SGC and the rest of SG-1 right down the road. Did the lawyer say if he had a parole officer and all that stuff?" Jack asked but Daniel just shrugged before he pressed his chin into Jack's shoulder once again.

"If he was willing to do that to me, what if he gets his hands on any of the kids?" Daniel whispered.

"Daniel, if my muggle brother gets his hands on any one of our children, they are going to make him wish he'd never been born. They all have defensive capabilities, you know that and they tend to go all wonky when they are scared."

The younger man sniffled and chuckled at the Harry Potter reference, one of the favorites of the kids since they came to live in this time. Daniel had started reading it to them when they first arrived here and had gone through each of the books very quickly. Of course Zale and Zada had more than once thought it was amusing that magic only existed between the pages of these books in their new world. The conversation was also giving Daniel the chance to wipe away the escaped tears and take a few deep breaths and though Jack didn't want to force the man to cry again, he did feel the need to know Daniel's heart in this matter. "Are you okay?"

Daniel smiled slightly, "You're right, he won't get to me here. I'm sure the lawyer will let us know whatever he can. And even if he does, I have a lot of people here for me."

"Especially your own personal General," Jack grinned.

Daniel laughed, "Yes my own personal General Jack." With that Daniel leaned up just enough to slip his lips into Jack's for a kiss. Jack sighed into the contact and let Daniel take a step away and he headed for the living room, leaving Jack alone in the kitchen while he listened to Daniel greeting everyone in a saccharine tone that Jack and the kids would know was forced but Lauren and Ben would get the best of Daniel, as always.