Author's Note: Here it is as promised the Wedding. This are one of the funnest parts of a story for me. I love to come up with different ideas for their wedding. This one was originally much simpler but thanks to Alimoo1971, my wedding planner, it is what you see here. I changed my mind. I'm posting this now. I'm having too much fun but no more till Monday, well maybe we'll see how soon you guys want the next one.

Thank you to Alimoo for pointing out the typo I miss. In an earlier draft they got married at the Courthouse not the Academy Cadet Chapel as you will read here. This version was much nicer.

Next one on Monday. Then we are half way done this one. Cross your fingers that I will have another one ready when this one is all done.

dp (); Thank you as always. Hope you like this one too.

The meeting with the General was short and to the point, Jack quickly filled the senior General in on what he had ordered and why. George promised to follow up on the exams with Janet while Jack was on leave. They went over a few more protocols then George held out his hand. "You head off to the chapel, this will be your chair soon enough. I'll be right behind you."

Jack shook his hand, "I'll see you in a while then. It was good serving with you Sir. I've served with a lot of men, and you were the best." Jack stood at attention and saluted his former commander.

After leaving the mountain, Jack met Sam and the children at the Air Force Academy Cadet Chapel. On their shopping trip the day before, Jack and Sam had separately bought rings for the ceremony tonight. Sam was already in her own service dress and Jack couldn't help but be reminded of the day they met. He leered at her long legs and smiled.

When Sam handed Jack his uniform, she kissed him softly on the lips. "Go change, you're late."

His grin got bigger as he said said, "You need to do the same, off to the bride's room." he nodded to where Janet was motioning her to come. He had arranged a surprise for Sam with Jake and Janet's help.

Jacob stood to the side, trying not to watch them, studying the wall, the windows, anything but the two of them. Jack and watched her as she headed to where all the girls were gathered. The he pulled Jake aside to see if he had been able to manage his part of the plan. Then he stopped and collected his thoughts there was something he had to tell the older man before he could marry his daughter.

"I'm sure that you hate this. I know I'm not worthy of Sam, but for some reason, she loves me and those children need us. I'm not going to ask your permission because Sam and I are getting married with or without it, but I do ask your blessing. I love Sam and she is everything to me. I can't promise that it will be easy. The two of us have been through a lot and so have those kids. I will treat her right, that I can promise you."

Jake studied Jack and then looked over at Sam, "You're wrong Jack, you're everything I wanted for Sam. You let her be who she is, and you love her all the more for it." he pulled a surprised Jack into a hug. "You have my blessing and my love. Make her happy Jack, that is all I ask."

A stunned Jack turned and walked over to where the chaplain stood and made sure that everything was set. With nothing left to do Jack headed into the room set aside for him to change. Charlie was already inside changing into his navy suit. The teenager looked so grown up but he was struggling with his tie.

Jack let Charlie try a few times on his own while he dressed in his service dress. When he got to his own tie he said, "Charlie watch me." Charlie came and stood beside him and mimicked Jack's movements.

With a smile Jack was able to correct Charlie's mistake and tie the tie. He straightened the tie and said, "Are you ready for this?"

Charlie nodded, "What about you. The last time we did this you threw up."

Jack looked over at his son, "You're lying."

The teenagers face broke into a smile, "Yep I am, but you did lose the ring. Do you know where it is?"

Jack pulled out his dogtags to show Charlie the white gold wedding band on the chain. He slipped the ring off and handed it to Charlie, "Will you be my best man?"

Taking the ring the boy nodded, "I would be honored, Dad."

Jake knocked on the door, "It's time Jack."

Sam let Janet lead her into the bride's room, "Janet stop it, I'm already dressed I don't need to be in here." Sam protested as Janet tugged her into the room.

Janet rolled her eyes, "You can't get married in your service dress no matter how quick the wedding was arranged. You are marrying the man of your dreams and you are going to do this right." Janet sounded annoyed but she had a huge smile on her face that ruined her gruff words.

Cassie was helping Morgan into a cute little flower girls dress. It was white with little capped sleeves with navy blue banding around the skirt and waist. As Cassie stood up to zip up Morgan's dress Sam got a look at what Cassie was wearing. The dress had a square neck line and fell to just below her knees in a bell shaped skirt. It too had little cap sleeves but it was navy blue to match the banding on Morgan's dress.

Looking down at her service dress Sam thought that she was going to be under dressed. She turned to see Janet putting on a dress similar to Cassie's. Janet caught Sam looking at her uniform and smiled, "If you don't want to wear that I have something you can wear. You just have to wait for it to get here." Just then there was a knock on the door and Cassie went to answer it.

Sam tried to see who was at the door, but Cassie blocked her view. Whoever it was handed Cassie a garment bag and the door closed. "Mom, can you help me with this?"

Janet who had finished getting her dress on came over and help Cassie carry the large bag. They hung it on one of the hooks on the wall provided and opened it up to show Sam the dress. It was a cream satin gown that buttoned up the front from the waist. It fell all the way to the floor in a wide bell skirt with full sleeves.

Sam just stared at it until Janet nudged her, "My mother's dress. Where did it come from? I thought it was gone." she looked at Janet and then Cassie.

"General Hammond kept the things that really mattered to your father at his house. Jake had him bring it with him so you could wear it today. The General managed to have it cleaned and it is ready for you to wear. Unfortunately there is no veil it wasn't with the dress." Sam was still just staring at the dress. "We don't have a lot of time get out of those clothes and into this." Janet ordered and Sam began to undress.

They had just got Sam into her dress and fixed her hair putting small white flowers in it. There was a knock at the door and George said, "It's time ladies."

Janet fussed with the dress one more time and then stepped back, "You look beautiful Sam, now all you need it this." From a box on the vanity she took out a bridal bouquet, "This was mine when I got married. I would love for you to use it. We didn't have time to get you flowers but you need to have a bouquet or else everyone will see you fidget with your hands."

Sam took the bouquet and hugged Janet, "Thank you." grabbing a Kleenex she dabbed at her eyes so she didn't ruin her makeup. With one last look in the mirror Sam opened the door and let everyone proceed her out the door.

The ceremony was short and to point. When the time came to exchange rings, Jack took the ring from Charlie and slipped the ring on her finger, "Sam, I'm not good at telling people how I feel about them. When I lost my son, I shut myself away. I was afraid of being hurt like that again. Then you stormed into my life and challenged me to an arm wrestle. You made me feel again, made me love again."

Sam was all choked up as she slid took his hand and slid the ring onto his finger, "I never thought we'd ever make it here. There was so much standing in our way. I almost lost you so many times and you me, but somehow in the end we always came through. Somewhere amongst all of that, I found myself loving you. It was my choice for us to lock it away in that room, but I was wrong, so very wrong. I love you Jack, thank you for loving me enough even though I was so stupid." and she slid the ring on to his finger.

The chaplain smiled, "You may kiss the bride."

Jack cupped her face between his hands, "I can do that." and bent his face to meet her upturned one. Their lips just touched when Morgan tugged on Jack's uniform jacket. "Does this mean that Mommy's an O'Neill again?"

Sam and Jack smiled at each other, "Yes, it does. She's ours again, and we're not going to let her get away. Isn't that right Princess?" Not letting go of Sam, he lifted Morgan into his arms and hugged her and Sam tightly.

The little girl saluted him, "Sounds good General."

Everyone had smiles on their faces as the new family left the walked back down the isle together to begin their new lives together.

George, Cassie and Janet waited for them outside the chapel. Morgan fought Jack's hold and asked to be let down. She ran over to George and hugged him, "My Mommy is an O'Neill again."

The older man smiled and looked over at the other two officers. "You be a good girl and you can come over and play with my granddaughters soon. They would love to see you."

Morgan hugged him again, "I would love to, I missed them when they went with you to the Beta Site with Janet and Cassie."

Not sure how to respond, he turned to Charlie and shook his hand, "You are a fine young man. You've done all your parents proud. I understand that you wanted these. They're for you and Morgan." He handed Charlie a thick envelope.

The boy looked at Jack and Sam who stood close together and then back at the General before he ripped open the envelope. Inside were all the documents that Morgan and Charlie would need to settle into their new life. They wouldn't be able to go by O'Neill, at least not officially yet. On the paper their last name was Sullivan. They were Jack's friend's children, who had just lost their parents and come to live with Jack.

With these, he would be able to attend school and have a normal life. Not really thinking, Charlie threw his arms around George. "Thank you Grandpa George. This is better than I thought." Charlie realized that this man didn't know him and he pulled back.

Smiling, George took the boy's hand and shook it, "It is fine Charlie. I'll see you soon."

Letting go, he turned to Sam and kissed her cheek, "Bye for now. Be happy Sam, you and Jack deserve it."

Unable to stop the tears, she hugged the almost retired General, "Thanks for everything Uncle George."

The smile that crossed the older man's face was not one they had seen before. Pulling back he said, "So long Scout. You grew up to be a wonderful woman."

Next he offered his hand to Jack, "When I first met you, I was ready to dislike you as an officer and as a person. I knew you had lied in your report and to me, there was no excuse for that. In the end, I understood your reasons. You showed me that there was a point and time in an officer's life that he had to learn to bend the rules and orders or lives would be lost. You taught me a few things over the years. You're a good officer and those same qualities will make you a good General. Godspeed." he saluted Jack and nodded to Jake before turning and walking away.

Charlie watched Janet and Cassie walk to their car. It had never occurred to him that Cassie would be here too. In his universe the two of them had been good friends. He had never known what happened to the Cassie from his world.

Ever since she had been rescued from her planet and almost blown up by Nirrti, the two of them had been good friends. In the last few months, that friendship had grown into something more. They were just starting to find out what it might be, when their lives had gone to hell, destroying his life and dreams.

She and Janet had been on their way to the gate. He could only hope that they made it to the Alpha Site and were safe, but there was a chance that she might be dead, just like his parents. It hurt so much just to look at her.

He hadn't said anything to her and she hadn't talked to him but she had seen the way she watched him. Charlie knew that he would have to talk to her again sometime and he only had to figure out what to say.

There you have it chapter nine. Leave a review and make me smile. The next chapter is one of my favorites. ;0) It was so much fun to write.