Author's Note: I love to post and to get your reviews so I'm just going to post when ever I feel like it now. I have the whole story so I can do that. You will get no more than one a day. This story has ten chapters left after this one so sit back and enjoy.

After returning to the house, everyone changed into more comfortable clothes, and Jake, Sam , Jack and the kids all went out to dinner to celebrate Sam and Jack's marriage.

It had been a long time since Jack had taken children to a restaurant and he'd forgotten how frustrating it could be.

Charlie was fine, in a detached teenager sort of way, but Morgan didn't want to sit still. Five minutes after they had sat down, she crumpled up the place mat that was supposed to entertain children and threw it on the floor with the crayons, "This is boring. I'm hungry." Then she folded her arms and pouted.

Sam and Jack exchanged looks, not sure what to do. It was Charlie who saved the day, "I spy with my little eye. I see something that is blue."

That game entertained Morgan for a while longer, but soon she climbed out from under the table and headed off running. When Jack caught her, she shouted that she wanted to look at the pretty pictures. Jack set her on her feet and held her hand while she studied one picture after another.

Finally the food arrived and they were able to eat. When the plates had been cleared, the staff brought out a beautiful cake. Written on the top were the words, 'Congratulations Sam and Jack.'

Sam's eyes flew to her father, "You did this, didn't you?"

Jake smiled, "Guilty, but it was Charlie's idea. I didn't think that Jack could have a real wedding without cake. Now let's get some pictures of the two of you cutting the cake.

They felt a little foolish as they posed for the pictures, but to Sam it made the wedding much more real. Then, when Jack picked up a piece of cake and held it up to take a bite, she braced herself to have cake mashed all over her face like she's seen happen so often, but what happened surprised her even more.

He waited for her to take a bite and then dropped the piece of cake back on to the table and kissed her, stealing a taste of the cake from her instead of waiting for her to feed him.

Standing there in O'Malley's, where a little over two years ago they had almost destroyed the place when they were wearing the Alterian armbands, Jack and Sam were making a another spectacle of themselves, this time in a totally different way.

It was only when Jake cleared his throat, that Jack pulled back slightly, but only enough to whisper in Sam's ear, "That was the best cake I have ever had. Shall we head home now."

Sam shivered at his words and nodded. Grabbing his hand, she turned to her Dad and the kids. "It's getting late, shall we go home now?"

Jake smiled at the two of them and Jack knew that they were being too obvious. He wasn't sure that having two children, and his father in-law, all under the same roof with his wife on their wedding night was what he wanted, but there seemed to be no other choice. Besides, they hadn't really talked about that part of their new lives yet.

Charlie, on the other hand, reached into his pocket and passed Jack a hotel key to the Broadmoor Hotel, "I know it is not much, but I wanted to give you guys something to say thank you and that we love you." he nodded to Jake and took Morgan's hand, "We're going to head home now. Grandpa will stay with us tonight. We'll see you tomorrow sometime. You guys take the truck. We'll go home in a taxi." as the left the restaurant.

Jack and Sam exchanged looks and then Sam grabbed Charlie, "That was sweet, thank you." she looked at Jack who nodded, "and we love you, too. Thank you and we'll see you tomorrow."

Once they had disappeared outside Jack stared at Sam, it had all seemed so clear when Jake and the children were still here, but now that he and Sam were alone, doubts crept in.

He could feel the card in one hand and Sam's hand in the other. He wasn't sure what to do, he and Sam hadn't had any time to talk about this part of their relationship before they got married. They had really only decided to do this less than forty-eight hours ago.

They had made progress in repairing their relationship, but were either of them ready for this?

Sam watched Jack, having his emotions flit across his face was such a new thing. Even though he still managed to shut them down quickly, she knew exactly what he was thinking about. Even if nothing happened between them tonight, they had to leave together or it would hurt Charlie's feelings.

He seemed to be following her lead on those things, so she squeezed his hand and said, "Let's go Jack." and tugged on their joined hands as she headed toward the truck.

Stumbling a step as she pulled him off balance, Jack fell in step beside her. Unsure what to say, he said nothing as he followed her out of the restaurant. "Keys Jack." Sam held out her hand and Jack slapped the keys into her open palm.

She unlocked the door and climbed behind the wheel. Before closing the door, she called, "Get in Jack. It's time to go."

While he crossed to the other side of the truck, she thought, this was the next step, she was ready for this and she just hoped that Jack was too. Glancing at him, she put the truck into gear and headed out into traffic.

The hotel wasn't that far away, but to Jack, the ride was too short. Sam pulled into a parking spot and turned off the truck. They sat there for a long time, neither of them moved.

Finally, she turned to him. "Jack, I uh-" she stopped, suddenly unsure of herself. Of all the ways she considered spending her wedding night with Jack, sitting in a truck outside the hotel wasn't one of them. Someone had to make the first move.

Their eyes met and Jack said, "I meant what I said, you stormed into my life and made me whole again. I love you, but if you don't want to do this, I don't expect it."

Sam reached over and grabbed the front of Jack's shirt, "Shut up and kiss me."

Not wanting to argue with his new wife, Jack leaned over and cupped her face with both hands and brought her lips to meet his. During the kiss, Sam all but climbed into his lap. It was only when someone tapped on the window that they broke apart.

Embarrassed, Sam buried her face in Jack's chest, while he rolled down the window. "Hello?" he said jovially to the policeman standing beside the truck.

"You want to take this inside?" the officer asked politely and pointed at the hotel.

"Yes, sir officer. We got married tonight and we got a little carried away. We'll be heading inside now." then he rolled the window back up and kissed Sam again.

Once he was finished, he opened the truck door, "Shall we go inside, Sam?" he offered her his hand.

Sam didn't move as she studied her hands. She had never done anything like this before, a minute ago she had been sure that this was what she wanted, but now, her fears had taken control.

"Sam?" Jack lifted her chin to study her eyes, "Do you want to step back? I don't want to, but I will for you. Sam, we have fought for this for so long, I'm tired of it. I want you, you want me, is there really anything else to think about?"

Blue eyes searched brown, just what she was looking for Sam didn't know, but she found something. After a minute, Sam decided that he was right; they had tried to pretend that they didn't feel this way for so long that now that they could admit their feelings, it was hard to, but it would only get easier with practice.

She loved this man and she wanted him. Placing her hand in his she tugged gently pulling him with her as she climbed out of the tuck.

The stood together outside the tuck for another moment just looking at each other sharing the emotions that they used to keep hidden. Then Jack brushed soft kiss on her lips and walked toward the hotel's entrance. Without anymore resistance Sam allowed him to lead her inside.

The two them arrived home early the next afternoon. Jake watched the two of them closely with a smile on his face. Both of them were so much more relaxed and happy around each other, it was written all over their faces and in their body language.

He waited a few minutes before he approached Sam with his bad news, "I have to head back to the mountain. Some emergency council meeting and Selmak and I have to attend." he sighed, "I really wanted to stay for a while, but duty calls."

Picking up the keys he had just dropped, Jack said, "I'll take you. Sam, why don't you take Charlie and Morgan and get them registered in school. Then for dinner tonight, we'll do take-out or something. After I drop Jake off, I can stop by your house and move some of your things over here."

Sam looked over at Charlie who nodded, "Sounds good." She stepped closer to Jack and gave him a quick kiss, "We'll see you tonight." Next, she hugged her dad, "Be careful. I want to see you again soon. I hope that you can stay longer next time. I'll miss you."

"Me, too, Sammie. I'll see you soon." Jake said as he hugged her back. Stepping back, he asked, "Have you called Mark yet? He deserves to know about this." he motioned to Jack and the kids.

Sam sighed, "No, I have no idea how to explain all this to him. He's not going to understand and I can't tell him the truth."

Jake held her with his gaze, "Just tell him the cover story and then leave it at that. It's all he needs to know. If he doesn't react well, just give him some time to adjust, he'll come around." He gave her one last hug and then followed Jack out to the truck.

Still unsure about telling her brother, Sam waved goodbye, "I hope so."

Enrolling Morgan in Kindergarten was easy and painless, Charlie, on the other hand, was much more difficult. There were classes to choose and people and teachers he wanted to avoid. Things might not be exactly the same here, but Charlie was certain some things were just universal.

Finally he was done and asked to stay for the last period of the day. Sam agreed and left Charlie at the school to be escorted to his class by the secretary.

It was a strange sensation for him to be led down the halls when he knew exactly where to go. In fact, he knew that there was a shorter way to his fifth period English class, if he cut through the library and headed across the quad.

What he hadn't really expected was to find Cassandra Frasier in that class. He knew that he would run into her again eventually, but she wouldn't know him, although he knew her.

He turned to leave the room, but she called, "Hey, you were at the wedding last night with the little girl. I never heard your name." she held out her hand, smiling at him. Her smile was the same and Charlie took a deep breath as he wondered how much she knew.

Taking her hand, he said, "Charlie O'Neill with two ls, those guys who only have one have no sense of humor." he said, smiling back at her.

She let go of his hand and watched him sit down. Cassie studied him, he reminded her of someone. It wasn't more than a heartbeat later that she remembered Jack saying those same words to her once, "O'Neill as in Jack O'Neill?" she was confused, Jack had a son named Charlie, but he had died before she had come to Earth. Where had this other boy come from, looking so much like Jack?

Charlie let go of her hand, sitting down in the seat beside her. He felt very stupid, of course, she would know this world's Jack very well and she must have heard about his Charlie and how he had died. "Uh, sort of. My sister and I, were just adopted by him. He's an old family friend." he stumbled over the story a bit, and from the look on Cassie's face, she didn't believe a word of it.

He opened his mouth to say more when an annoyed voice said, "Hey that's my seat and my girl." and Charlie found himself being shoved out of the desk and falling onto the floor.

Cassie gasped, "Jimmy, what are you doing? He's new, and I'm not your girl. Most of all we broke up and it's over."

Jimmy stood over Charlie, this was all the new kid's fault. His life was falling apart. He needed to get Cassie back, but he couldn't do that if this Charlie was making moves on his girl. If he let this happen, the new kid would have his spot on the team, and Cassie as well. Something about this kid rubbed him the wrong ways, and he was going to find out why.

Charlie got to his feet, "I'll just find myself another seat. Cas, I'll see you later." he gave her a wave and a smile. He chose an empty one across the room and headed toward it.

Jimmy couldn't believe that Charlie had called her Cas, and that she had no problem with it. She always told him off when he used that pet name.

Charged after Charlie, Jimmy knocked into him from behind. The two of them crashed to the floor in a heap.

At first, Charlie only blocked the other boy's punches, not wanting to hurt him or get into trouble on his first day. Then, one got through and bloodied his nose, and Charlie had enough. Using some of the tricks O'Neill had taught him, he got the upper hand, only to be grabbed by a teacher and hauled off to the office.

As he left the room, he turned and looked at Jimmy. The other boy looked much worse than he did. Then his eyes met Cassie's, and he felt like a jerk. His Cas had hated it when he fought about something stupid, and he was sure that this Cassie would feel the same.

With a sigh, he followed the teacher out the door, knowing he was in big trouble, not only with the school, but his new parents as well.

This is where Charlie kinda hijacks the story and takes over. Hope you enjoy it still. ~Kelleth~