Chapter eleven
Three days later, they all decided to head back to Earth. So, the next day they packed up everything and made sure they had left nothing behind before they left. Once on the ship, they headed to the Stargate, then back to Earth. Once there, they went forward in time to February 1995.
Jack dropped Sam off at the park, and he told her where the Avis car rental place was in St Cloud. Luckily it was only two blocks away and then he dropped Teal'c off at a road corner, since he knew where Jack's cabin was. Once he did that, he headed to his cabin, since he knew how long it would be before Sam reached the corner of the road where Teal'c would be.
Sam made it to the car rental place. Once she paid for the car; she only hired it for two days, she went to the bus station and got the four bus tickets that they would need. As she was heading out of town, she stopped off at a supermarket and bought some food and drinks for Teal'c. Then she went across the road to a travel agency. She paid for the airfare for the four of them, plus car rental as well as book the hotel that they would be staying at as well book the chapel for them. Once she paid for all of it in cash, and got the tickets for them all, she went back to the car, then drove out of town.
Jack arrived at his cabin five minutes after dropping Sam off at the park. They all unloaded the ship, and sat down for a cup of coffee. An hour later Jack and Teal'c left in the ship once again. A couple of minutes later, they landed the invisible ship on the side of the road. When it was clear, Jack opened the door and Teal'c got out, and then Jack closed the door once again. He waited for about five minutes, just in case something went wrong. Sam showed up, and Teal'c got in the car and they headed off towards Jack's cabin. Then Jack left also. He arrived within a minute. Once the ship was out of sight, he started to relax for a bit. Ten minutes later, Sam and Teal'c showed up. Sam could see how Jack loved his cabin, when she got out; he greeted her with open arms.
"Welcome to my humble abode!" Sam wrapped her arms around Jack's neck and gave him a kiss.
"This place is beautiful Jack, I should have come up here sooner."
"See, I told you would like this place!"
"Well anyway, can you give Teal'c and me a hand with the food? Where are Janet and Charlie?"
"Oh they went for a walk about half an hour ago," Jack said with a grin on his face.
They unloaded the car and then put their bags in it. Jack got Sam a cup of coffee. She showed him their tickets and hotel and car rental tickets also. When Janet and Charlie returned from their walk, they all got into the car and headed back into town. Once there they all took their bags out and gave Teal'c a hug before he left to head back to the cabin.
While they were waiting for their bus, Sam knew that they were running low on money, so she went to where the slots were. She put money in and hit the button three times and nothing, so when she did it one more time, she pressed the device that was in her pocket as she hit the button. She hit the jackpot, she tried to show that she was shocked. She used her top to catch all of the coins that were coming out, Jack showed up to see what Sam was up to, so he helped her with the money.
They went to the counter and the guy behind it was shocked that someone had hit the jackpot. He counted the dollar coins up. Jack knew that they only had five minutes before they had to get on the bus, but they were lucky, the bus was ten minutes late. When the guy finish counting the dollar coins, Sam and Jack had won over eight hundred dollars. Sam knew that it would last them for a little while once it was changed into notes. They left and got onto the bus with Janet and Charlie.
Five hours later, they arrived at Duluth airport; they ate something at the café there before getting on the plane to Las Vegas. Once on the plane, they all relaxed for a while. Jack got some rest because of what he had been through in the past couple of days.
The plane arrived at the airport and they all got in the SUV, which Sam had hired, and then they were on their way to MGM hotel. An hour later they arrived and checked in. Sam paid for their first night there plus for the spa package and for the hire of the chapel and paid for the minister up front.
The woman gave them their keys for their rooms. They were next to one another; the beds were king sized. They were looking forward to sleeping in a real bed. Once they were settled in and all had had a real hot shower and had freshened up, they all went downstairs to the casinos for about an hour before heading to a restaurant for their dinner at the 'craft steak'.
Janet and Charlie went to the slots, while Jack and Sam went to the roulette table. Jack picked a number and Sam kissed the ten dollar chip, Jack put it on 14. Once everyone else had put their bets on the table, the dealer did his thing. When he started, Sam pushed the button and said fourteen in her head over and over till the ball stopped.
When everyone checked, it had landed on fourteen. Jack gave Sam a kiss, they did it five more times and won every time, then they decided to leave the table to try some thing else. They played slots for a bit. Sam put a dollar coin in and won fifty dollars. In the end, they spent ten dollars and won ten thousand dollars. So they called it quits for the time being and had some dinner.
Two hours later, Janet and Charlie went back to their room for the night, so Jack and Sam went back to the slots for a while before going to bed themselves. On their way to their room, Sam had one more go on one of the dollar slots and won the jackpot. They won a hundred thousand dollars. It was put into chips for them, and put into both of their names. Then they both went to their room and then they went to bed for the night.
The next morning they ordered room service for breakfast, before heading down to where the chapel was, so they could fill out the papers before the wedding. Once done there, they all went shopping and checked out different casinos for a few hours before heading back.
They went to three different casinos and won some money in each of them. Janet and Charlie won ten thousand dollars in all, while Jack and Sam won over three hundred thousand dollars, so they decided to put all of it into a bank safety deposit box. When they arrived at one of the banks, they had to open up an account which they did do.
Then they headed back to their hotel rooms for about an hour's rest. Jack noticed that Sam had been quiet, so he knew something was wrong, so he asked her as they were lying on the bed snuggling in one another's arms.
"Sam are you ok?"
"No!"
"What's wrong, sweetheart?"
"This Jack, we, I, have been cheating."
Sam showed him the device. He took it from her hand to look at it closely.
"What is it, what do you mean cheating?"
"Well, it started last year when we got back from PX4 826 with all of the gadgets that were in my lab. I was playing slots on my computer one night when I picked it up. I pressed the button and it glowed at the same time I thought to my self, it would be nice to win the jackpot. At the same time, I accidently hit the mouse key, and what I saw I couldn't believe. I won, even though it was for fun at the time. So I tried it again thinking of something else like four aces, I pressed the button and it dealt four aces. So, one night, I went into a casino in town to try it out. I won twenty thousand dollars!"
"How many times have you used it since then?" Jack could see that Sam was starting to cry.
"The next time I used it was when Janet won that money at O'Malley's. I'm sorry Jack, I'm really sorry! You shouldn't have to marry me. I should have been honest with you before we left Earth!"
Then Jack could see she was really crying. He held her in his arms, and he kissed her forehead.
"Sam, why did you do that?"
"Well for one, to help Janet and Charlie out till they could get on their feet, and for us to help the boys out. After all, we do need to buy a new house. When we were at the bus station, I knew we were running a bit low on cash, so that is why I used it then. I know I should have told you Jack, but now we are getting married in a few hours, I just wanted to honest with you, get it of my chest. If you don't want to go through with it, I'll understand."
"Sam, look at me!"
Sam looked at Jack, she looked into his eyes. All she could see was love and understanding. Jack bent over and kissed her.
"Sam, I love you! I will always love you! I can see what you were trying to do here. Have you paid for everything?"
"Yes, the flowers, the cake, the second night here, the Champaign and chocolate for tonight, the meals we had last night as well for breakfast, the drinks we had at the mini bar, the same for Janet and Charlie."
"Ok, so all we have to pay for is the meal tonight and breakfast?"
"Yes, but you still haven't answered my question Jack, about marrying me after what I have done!"
"Sam, you have been open and honest, I know you too well. I knew something wasn't right with you the night we were at O'Malley's, so I waited for you to talk to me about it, and the answer is yes, I still want you to be my wife. So tomorrow when we go back to the bank, I want you to put that thing away, ok? And also, with the money we won here, we will put all of it onto one number, ok? If we win, we win, ok?"
"Ok, I don't know if you will ever trust me again?"
"Sam, I love you and I will always trust your judgment, ok?" Then he gave her another kiss and a hug on the bed.
"I love you too, Jack!"
"I love you too, Sam!"
They both hugged and kissed one another till there was a knock on the door. They both realised it was time. They both got up and grabbed the suit and dress that were in their bags with the other things that they would need.
"Sam, we will keep this between us. We won't tell the others about it ok?"
"Ok, let's go to the spa!"
Sam gave him a quick kiss before opening up the door, where Janet and Charlie had been waiting for them. As they all were in the elevator, Jack asked,
"Ok, what package did you get us Sam?"
"The works!" Sam said with a grin on her face.
"Ok, this is going to be interesting, what about the cake?"
"Chocolate ghetto with white chocolate icing on top and with a white bride and a blue groom," Sam said.
"What? I'm a blue groom?"
"Jack, you are going to be wearing your dress blue uniform so I had to find a groom wearing a blue Air Force uniform."
"Ok, chocolate cake, yummy!" Both Janet and Sam giggled, then the doors opened, they walked out and headed to spa.