Disclaimer: Same as previous chapters.

Warning: Some more M/M kissing between Jack/Xander.

Chapter 9

Jack woke up the next morning and felt Xander still in his arms, he grinned, 'Perfect,' he thought as he nuzzled Xander's neck.

Xander stirred in his arms, he muttered, "Jack, you are awake?"

"Hmm?" Jack whispered, "Yeah I'm awake, didn't you sleep Xan?"

"I am Jaffa," Xander replied, "We do sleep, it's just not very long, I've been awake for the past several hours."

"So you just sat still in my arms?" Jack said looking more than a little pleased that Xander didn't want to move.

"Yes Jack, I was afraid I would've awoken you," Xander said as he got up.

Jack's arms tightened around him and he said, "Xander, wanna keep like this for a bit longer? Then I'll show you around town more."

"Very well Jack," Xander said as he felt Jack nuzzling his neck and soon Jack fell asleep again.

Xander listened to Jack breathe slowly and he found it relaxing, he tried to rest himself but he couldn't. It was going to be a very long day before Jack woke up so he decided to try to think about why so many Tau'ri objects seemed familiar to him; like these Twinkies they had at the food place, the small cakes were familiar like he had eaten them before and the pizza Jack ordered, the word 'pepperoni' was known to him too, it was similar to some dried meats the Jaffa used as rations on long quests.

He sighed as he felt comfortable in Jack's arms, he had no idea how Tau'ri time was measured but he supposed he could not leave yet so he waited.

Jack woke up a while later and said, "Time to begin the day," he turned Xander over and saw that he was still up.

"What do you do in the morning?" Xander asked curiously as he had never seen Jack this early in the morning, just at the base,

"What do you mean what do I do? Jack groaned, "I shower, brush my teeth."

Xander nodded and felt Jack remove his arms and leave, Jack whispered, "You might wanna shower too, we're going to be meeting the townspeople."

"Very well Jack," Xander said as he got up and walked into the bathroom, he sighed again, 'Tau'ri were weird,' and as he showered he wondered some more about them. As he got out he saw a towel and dried himself off, he walked out and saw Jack staring at him.

'Son of a bitch!' Jack groaned as Xander walked out of the shower, 'Jeez, no wonder some of the women on base were waiting at the showers whenever Xan showered and more than a few of the men were there as well,' he'd have to make sure that stopped.

Xander turned red under the intensity of Jack's look, he was quickly finding that Tau'ri were more expressive than Jaffa were. As he was looking for his clothes, Jack said, "Oh, you can use these clothes, we generally wear different clothes everyday."

At Breakfast Xander observed Jack doing something he said was calling 'Nuking the pizza from last night,' he wondered vaguely if this was a typical Tau'ri breakfast.

As they ate Jack told Xander more about what they were going to do today, Xander listened intently as he had no idea what they were going to do, something about a movie.

After breakfast Jack looked at Xander, who was putting his shoes on and smiled, this was going better than he thought; Xander was enjoying himself even though he seemed confused about certain Earthling habits.

"Okay, come on Xander," Jack called, "It's time to go and we got a long day ahead of us."

As they drove to town Jack explained that they were having a small barbecue, it was just going to be them so they needed some things for it.

"Okay," Jack said, "First we're stopping at the supermarket."

"What makes this market super?" Xander asked puzzled again by Tau'ri wordplay.

Jack shook his head and he wondered how things could sound so innocent and yet sarcastic coming from Xander's mouth and he said, "Don't be a wiseass; we really don't need another one."

As they drove Jack rubbed Xander's leg comfortingly, Xander looked at him and Jack said, "It's something people do when they like each other."

Jack sighed, he really had to make sure that Xander and Teal'c knew more about human customs, he'd have to talk to Daniel about that..

"So," Xander said, "Tell me about your first trip through the stargate?"

"Oh," Jack said, "You wanna hear how we handed Ra his just desserts?" and laughed at Xander's confused look and went on to explain the meaning of 'just desserts.'

Jack began to explain about how they first got to Abydos and, by the way Xander heard him talk, it sounded like Jack went to die and he wanted to press a bit further but felt like he couldn't just yet, and how they killed Ra, Xander remembered that day well as those were some of the bloodiest wars in Goa'uld history.

They stopped at the market and Jack pulled Xander out so he could help him shop, as Xander pushed the cart he saw Jack put some large cuts of meat and some red stuff in a bottle

"What is the red stuff Jack?" Xander asked curiously as he picked up the bottle.

"Oh, its barbeque sauce," Jack said and winced; he kept forgetting that Xander wouldn't know what it was, "Don't worry, you'll find out tonight."

Xander raised an eyebrow and muttered, "Indeed, Jack what are we doing after this shopping?"

Jack thought it over and said, "Maybe rent some movies? I got a whole mess of movies that'll you'll probably want to see."

'Hmmm, more Tau'ri entertainment?' Xander thought, 'This will be most entertaining, I hope."

As Xander watched Jack pay for the food he had bought an odd memory flashed into his head; it was of him riding some sort of vehicle and crashing but before he could remember it faded just as quickly as it came. He was getting more and more of these odd feelings more often and he didn't know who he could talk too about them; either his brother or even Carter or Daniel.

"Alright Xan," Jack said, "Let's get those movies," and looked at Xander and said, "Jeez, you know that you brood quite a bit?"

Xander froze, 'Brood? That word seems familiar to me somehow,' a flash of a dark haired man who dressed in the manner of the Tau'ri and he had a feeling that he disliked this man intensely for some reason.

Jack snapped Xander out his deep thoughts and said, "We're here."

Xander looked at the video store and wondered just what kind of movies Jack had in mind; there was the movie last night but Jack told him these movies would be fun too.

As Xander moved through aisles Jack went to the back as he had a couple of ideas for movies that he wanted to show Xander and he grinned, 'Xander wouldn't know what hit him tonight.' As he carried the two videos out he saw Xander stare intently at the Star Trek and Star Wars videos, he looked at Jack and said, "Teal'c and I have both watched these movies and I would like to watch them again."

Jack nodded, "My kind of guy; we go to other planets regularly and you want to watch movies about people who go to outer space."

Xander nodded as they got the movies, he looked at the videos Jack got and said, "What are those videos you have gotten?"

"Don't you like surprises Xander?" Jack grinned at him while Xander looked perplexed; Jack was different than he was on the base he was more at ease and playful, he liked that.

As they headed back to Jack's place Jack looked at him and said, "Damn Xan, I might just have to have you come over more often."

Xander smiled, "I would enjoy that Jack, you are an interesting man."

"Hey," Jack said, "You forgot funny and witty," and laughed as Xander looked confused again, he laughed and said, "You and Teal'c have got to learn more about human culture."

"I suppose we have to," Xander said, "Neither my brother or I wish to cause problems with your people."

"Yeah, there is that," Jack said, "But also; I don't want you to freak every time makes a joke, sometimes people pretend to be angry when they're just kidding."

Xander was trying to figure out what Jack was talking about when they got back to his cabin, he gulped; being alone with Jack still made him a bit uneasy.

He was tossed a couple of bags and heard Jack say, "Home sweet home and Xander bring those bags in, please."

Jack flopped on the couch and watched Xander come in carrying the bags, he turned on the TV and smiled, "Ooh Xander, come here for a minute."

"What is wrong Jack?" Xander asked as Jack pulled him in.

"One of my favourite shows," Jack said, "The Simpson's, c'mon and watch it with me."

"Why are they yellow Jack?" Xander asked curiously.

"It's a cartoon," Jack said as he pulled Xander next to him and he began to explain about Springfield and why the Simpson's were one of the best animated shows out there.

They sat and watched TV for about an hour when Jack looked at the clock and said, "I better cook dinner."

Xander watched Jack start the grill and he was surprised; it wasn't too different from how some Jaffa prepared their meat, he had thought that most Tau'ri used those ovens that he and Teal'c had seen used in the commissary.

Jack explained how some Tau'ri liked to cook this way, when Xander asked him why Jack didn't really have an explanation for why; he just liked the taste of flame grilled meat.

After Jack fixed dinner for them Xander found out that he liked the meat and said, "This is good, you know how to make good food."

As they ate Jack was asking him about his service for Apophis and Xander frowned, he said, "It was interesting but on my first, as you call it, mission we were sent to conquer a world that Ra controlled, I was only twenty if I remember correctly."

"Jeez," Jack said, "And you're what now, like, in your late nineties? Jeez, you've been fighting longer than I've been alive."

"Yes," Xander said, "I've done so much in Apophis's service; I found hosts for my lord," he noticed Jack's frown and continued, "At Apophis's command we rained fire upon worlds that defied him and the Goa'uld, I have much blood on my hands Jack."

"No," Jack said, "The bad guy is the man who gave those damned orders; you and Teal'c are good guys. I mean, if you were a monster like Apophis then you would never have helped us on Chulak and you wouldn't be feeling so damned bad about what you've done," he reached over and rubbed Xander's hand.

"Thank you Jack," Xander said, "But…"

Before Xander could finish Jack said, "But nothing; you and Teal'c are good men, you wouldn't be feeling so bad if you weren't a good man."

Xander nodded and they went back to dinner, afterwards they went outside to watch the stars.

Xander whispered, "The night sky is beautiful on Earth."

"Yeah but Xander," Jack said, "I bet Chulak had some mighty pretty stars," he looked into Xander's eyes and kissed him again, he smiled into the kiss and whispered, "You are pretty beautiful too, you know that?"

"You are very attractive too Jack," Xander said as Jack pulled him in for another kiss.

"Don't mind the gray hair do you Xan?" Jack laughed as Xander shook his head.

"No and I have said before that I am much older than you, so you are the younger in this relationship," Xander said trying to make a joke.

Jack laughed and kissed him again, he pulled towards him and said, "Come on, let's turn in early."

Xander gulped and followed Jack to his room, he sat on the bed and watched Jack undress and heard Jack say, "Come on, let's see you undress too."

As Xander undressed Jack gave a groan of his approval and pulled him close to him, they began to caress each other and Jack whispered, "Xan, I'm going to make this good for you, I promise."

TBC

A/N: Daniel will be entering the relationship later on and Xander will remember his past in a little while.

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