"WHAT!" Jack leapt to his feet, cascading a the bowl of potatoes he was currently peeling to the floor with a loud crash.
"You heard me, Jon and Alison were brought up to Thor, then sent down to the briefing room. When I asked Jon how she happened to be in contact with his skin during the transfer to Thor, all he said was that I had to ask Alison because he doesn't kiss and tell." Sam calmly picked the potatoes up as she re-explained the situation. Jack was barely containing his anger. He couldn't understand how Jon would be so stupid as to not make the connection between Samantha and Alison CARTER. Hell, Alison even shared some resemblance to Sam.
"I'm gonna go find the little bastard and set him straight." Jack huffed out before Sam stood up and blocked his path.
"No you are not Jonathan O'Neill, you are going to stay right here and help me finish dinner. We are not going to freak out about this until we have clearance to tell Ali everything, then she gets to make the decision for her self, and if we don't like her decision we can always ground her, and forbid her from seeing him." Sam smiled at Jack and gave him a sweet peck on the lips. Alison decided at that moment to make her presence know, for she had heard the entire conversation from her place on one of the landings of the stair case.
"That is completely ridiculous, not to mention condescending. You can't tell me whom I may or may not see, you're not my parents. By the way, wasn't it against the rules for the two of you to be together? Now you think you can tell me what to do? Sorry but I am not nor will I ever be an officer in the air force or any other branch of the military, therefore you don't have any authority to give me orders!" Not only were Sam and Jack shocked by the outburst, but immediately after her tirade ended Ali gasped and her hand flew to her mouth. Jack and Sam did there best to keep calm.
"I may not be your father, hell I'm not even related to you by blood, but you will not treat myself or your aunt with that kind of disrespect. " Jack coolly responded. Ali took a deep breath.
"I apologize, I didn't mean for my response to come out so… angrily." Ali looked back and forth between the adults. "But that still does not give you any right to decide what I do with my life. It's not like I'm a miscreant, I have a good head on my shoulders, and I'm an excellent judge of character. Granted I may not have known Jon as long as the two of you seem to, but I think I should be allowed to learn from my own mistakes and not have the two of you make them for me, and it's not like he's dangerous or something… right?" When neither adult answered Ali jumped to the most horrible conclusion in her mind.
"Oh my god, he's one of those girlfriend beaters isn't he. And I fell for all that sweet bullshit. God I'm such an idiot!" Ali smacked the heel of her hand into her forehead.
"No no no no, Jon has never laid a hand on a girlfriend, I can guarantee you that. We're just concerned because he's-" Sam jumped in, not sure what Jack would say.
"So much older than you." Ali cocked an eyebrow.
"Sam, he's only a year older than me. Jack, how much older are you than Sam? Really, that's poor argument and you know that. Besides, they say girls mature faster than boys anyway, so were about on the same level mentally." Sam could barely contain her laughter. Jack eyed her warily. Of course he knew he acted like a goof ball a lot of the time, but mostly it was so he could make her smile, that and it really sucked having to act like a grown up all of the time.
"I understand where you're coming from, but we just don't want you getting hurt." Ali sighed deeply.
"But, god, why am I even going to say this" Ali muttered under her breath. "I can't help but be drawn to him. He's the only guy at school who doesn't treat me like some shiny new toy, plus he actually listens to me, he makes me laugh. He make me almost forget that my world has been completely turned upside down." Ali whispered as her eyes started fogging over with tears. Sam wished she could comfort Ali, tell her she knew what she was going through, tell her that everything was going to be all right, instead Sam walked over and wrapped her arms around Ali's shoulders.
"I guess when you put it that way I cant really argue. I just don't want to see you get hurt." Sam said softly as she held her niece.
"It's a part of life Sam, I know that we wont be together forever, hell I don't even know if he wants there to be an us. I just know that I like being around him, and I'll stay there as long as he wants me to." Sam's eyes filled with tears as she locked eyes with Jack. How many times had she felt the exact same way over the years. That feeling of longing for something that you know you can't have.
"Alison, though I don't agree with your decision, you do deserve to make your own choices and I'm not going to get in the way of that." Sam finally said.
"Thanks Sam. That means a lot." Ali looked at the still unfinished dinner that was laying on the table. "You guys want any help with this?" Jack smiled.
"Sure kiddo, you can help me finish peeling these potatoes."
Yeah, I know its taken far to long to get this posted… but I actually lost the file that I had saved this under…. I really need to finish this up… unfortunately I don't know how quite yet.