Chapter fourteen

"I could get used to this" Jack said, after a few minutes of silence.

"Yea, I know what you mean. This feels so good."

"Mmm, it does alright. I've got our son on my right and the beautiful women who I love on my left with our other son in her arms." Then Jack kissed Sam's forehead.

They both heard the doors open, they opened their eyes to see Daniel there with a camera, and he had just taken a picture of the four of them on the one bed. Then he walked in with a grin on his face.

"Why did you just take a picture of us Daniel?"

"Well you guys looked so cute together like that, I just couldn't help it. General Hammond is collecting all the information on the three guys as we speak."

"Ok, is there anything else?"

"Well, what are you guys going to do about your houses and the kids?"

"We haven't had a chance to talk about it, I think." Jack said.

"Oh, Ok. Well, I'm going to do some research, so talk to you guys later, bye." Then Daniel was gone.

"We should talk about it Jack."

"What, our homes?"

"Yeah, both of our homes are too small for our family. Perhaps, when we get out of here, we could go house hunting, and I should think about getting a bigger car also."

"Ok, how about this afternoon when we get out of here, and let's take the kids with us."

"We will need both cars then, won't we?"

"I could ask Hammond if we could use one of the big SUV wagons till we get things sorted out."

"Ok, we will need to buy car seats for Jon and Jacob and we will need pram for the twins and those baby carrying packs also."

"What are they?"

"They are like backpacks but they are designed to put babies in and you carry them on your front, like where George is now. They can fall asleep in them during the summer months and your hands will be free."

"Ok, if you say so."

Then Teal'c and some airmen showed up with their breakfast. They both carefully put the twins on the bed and wrapped them up in their blankets, while they went to the next bed to eat their breakfast. Jack and Sam thanked Teal'c and the airmen for getting their breakfast. Then they left the room. Teal'c got them pancakes, bacon and eggs, with toast, juice and coffee.

When their breakfast was finished, a nurse took their trays away. Sam went to check on the twins. They both were asleep as she smiled at them. Then Jack got off the bed and stood behind Sam, wrapping his arms around her waist, putting his head on her shoulder whispering,

"What are you thinking about?" Then he kissed her ear. Sam put her hands on Jack's hands, and then leaned back against him.

"The twins, they look so beautiful, so innocent."

"Yeah, they do alright."

"Anyway, I was thinking about getting Daniel to go into town for us, to get the car seats for the boys as well the pram. I know I brought back some brochures from the baby shop where we got the basinets. We could have a look through them together and choose, what do you think?"

"That sounds like a good idea, Sam, but we need to get some money first."

"Yeah, I wonder how much money we brought back?"

"Well, we could go and check our bags."

"Ok, let's go."

Jack let go of Sam, they both put on the robes that were on the chairs next to their beds. Sam went to let the nurse know that they were going for a walk to stretch their legs and to ask her to look after the twins, which she agreed to. They both walked to the elevator when the doors opened. It was Daniel who walked into them, as he was reading a book at the time.

"Oh! Sorry guys! Ah, what are you up to?"

"Daniel, can you come with us for a minute, we will explain along the way! " Jack asked.

"Ah yeah, ok." Then they were back in the elevator once again. Jack noticed that Sam was shaking.

"Sam, are you ok?" Jack turned her to him so he could look at her.

"I just got a flash of a memory of when we were last in here, when we were electrocuted." Jack wrapped his arms around her.

"It's ok now Sam. Everything is going to be ok." Then he kissed the top of her head.

Then the doors opened. They walked to Jack's quarters first. He went through his bags and he found ten thousand dollars in cash. They were all shocked.

"Well, at least we have some money here. Let's go to your room, Sam."

Then they went to Sam's room. Sam also found Ten thousand dollars. Once she had that, she also got the brochures then they headed back to the infirmary. On the way there, they asked Daniel if he could get them the car seats for Jon and Jacob, plus the pram. Daniel agreed to do it for them. When they finally arrived back at the infirmary, General Hammond was there.

"Sir, is everything ok?" Jack asked as they all sat down.

"I have found out who the three men are. Here are their profiles." He passed the files to the three of them to read.

"Jack, we can't leave the base yet." Sam said

"Why, Sam?"

"Well, our driver's licences, our passports, our Air Force ID passes all have our photos on them."

"Crap! You're right Sam. Sir, is there anything you can do for all of us?"

"That has already been taken care of. The only thing they need is a photo, so the Air Force photographer is on her way now. So you will need different clothing for it, like your dress blues for one and any other tops you can wear for the photos."

"How much time do we have sir?"

"Half an hour. It will be done in one of the rooms on level two."

"Ok, thank you sir."

"That's ok. I'll leave you to read the profiles while I let the others know that we are getting the photos done this morning, so by this afternoon you should have you new driver's licences, passports, and Air Force ID passes as well."

Then the phone rang, the nurse answered it, and then she put it down and walked over to where they were.

"Major Carter, it is your father on the phone for you."

"Thank you LT."

Then Sam went over to talk to her Dad. Both Jack and General Hammond watched her for moment, then she hung up, and then walked back over to the beds with a grin on her face.

"Is everything alright Major?"

"Yes sir, Dad was calling from Las Vegas."

"Las Vegas, what is he doing there?" Jack asked.

"His friend found out that the key belongs to a safety deposit box at one of the banks there, he just called to let us know that he is on his way back and he wants us to meet him at Peterson Air Force base tarmac."

"Do you know how long before he arrives back?"

"They are leaving in five minutes sir, so it will take them about ten minutes to get to Peterson, sir."

"Ok, I'll see what I can do by getting you two released from here."

"Thank you, sir," they both said.

General Hammond went to look for Dr. Brightman, leaving Jack and Sam alone.

"Well, since we are leaving here a bit early, we could go shopping for the kids things together?"

"What about the photos?"

"Well, how about we get them done when we get back from picking up Dad?"

"Ok, but we can't drive till we get our new licences done."

"Ok."

Then Jack pulled Sam into a hug and then kissed her. They both heard footsteps and turned around to see General Hammond walking over to them.

"You two can go now. Come back as soon as you can!"

"Thank you sir," Jack said.

"Sir, we will need someone to drive us to Peterson."

"I'll get your transport sorted out now."

"Thank you sir," Sam said.

They all left the infirmary. Jack and Sam went to get changed then spoke to Daniel to let him know that they would take care of the shopping. When they reached the surface, there was an SUV wagon waiting for them. They were surprised to see Teal'c driving. He also had Charlie O with him.

"Charlie what are you doing here?"

" I asked General Hammond if I could go with you guys, he said it was ok. I hope you don't mind Dad?"

"Well ok. You can sit up front with Teal'c. Sam and I will sit in the back."

Once they were all in, they left the base. Ten minutes later they arrived at Peterson Air Force base tarmac.

"Wow, that plane looks so cool! What is it Dad?" Charlie asked, when he saw the X302.

"That there, my son, is the X302. It is the fastest plane on the planet!"

"Cool, how fast?"

"Say you want to go to England? On a normal plane that would take about thirty plus hours, on the X302, thirty minutes" Sam said.

"That is awesome! Did you help build it mum?" Charlie said, still looking at the plane. Jack and Sam looked at each other. Jack smiled at Sam.

"Yeah, I helped design it," she said still looking at Jack, smiling, who grabbed Sam's hand and gave it a squeeze.

"That is so cool! Hey is that your Dad? He's got a big grin on his face. Something must have made him happy!"

Then they stopped next to the X302. They all got out, and Sam gave her father a hug.

"Hi ya, kiddo! Jack!"

"Hi Dad, what are you smiling about?"

"Well, I got everything from the safety deposit box. You guys must have won big while you were there!" he said when they were alone still on the tarmac.

"What do you mean Dad?" Sam look confused.

"Here have a look." Jacob showed them the black bag. Jack put it on the back seat and opened it.

"Oh my god, how much money is here Dad?" Sam asked.

"There is over three hundred thousand dollars in cash, plus there is a savings account with both of your names on it. I had the bank manager update it since it's been about what, eight, nine years. It came back with almost five hundred thousand dollars in the account."

"Wow, there is enough to buy us a big house," Jack said,

"Here, there is more."

Jacob pulled out three boxes and one big envelope. He passed them to Jack and Sam. They opened the boxes first. It was their wedding rings and Sam's engagement ring. They both smiled when they saw them. Then Jack opened the big envelope, he pulled out their marriage licence.

"According to this, we got married on the fourteenth of February 1995," Jack said.

He passed the licence to Sam, who looked at it then passed it to Jacob. Then he pulled out the first wedding photo. It was when Jack and Sam were holding onto one another smiling. It was a close up of the two of them. Jack smiled at the photo.

"Jack, are you ok?" Sam asked.

"What, oh yeah! Sam, you looked beautiful in your wedding gown!" As he passed it to Sam, she gasped when she saw it.

"Wow!" Then she passed it to her father.

"Sam, Jack is right. You do look beautiful in your wedding gown."

Then Jack took out the next photo. It showed them again, this time from head to toe. Jack could see the whole wedding dress with the train, then he passed it on. The next photo was the cutting of the cake and the kiss with it. The next one was with Sam leaning against his chest with their arms around each other. Jack could see both Sam's wedding and engagement ring.

The next photo was the same but the other way round so Jack could see his own wedding ring. There was one of the four of them, one of Sam and Janet, one of Jack and Charlie, and one of Charlie and Janet.

There were four more photos of each of them signing the licence. The last two were of the cake and the centrepiece that was on it.

"Well, it seems that you two look very happy together in these photos," Jacob said.

"Yeah! It's a shame we can't remember the moment," Jack said.

"Well, we could do it all over again Jack with our family and friends around this time."

"That sounds like a great idea Sam." Jack gave Sam a kiss and a hug.

"Jack, what about the rings?"

Jack got Sam's wedding and engagement rings out of the box, and then he slipped them onto her finger. Then Sam did the same to Jack. Then he gave her a quick kiss one more time.

"Well, we better head back. We are getting our photos taken, we don't want to be late," Jack said. Sam noticed something in the bag, so she got it out.

"Jack, it is the centre piece from the wedding cake!"

"Well, we could use it again for the second time round?"

"Yeah, we could! Alright!" Sam said.

They put all the photos back into the envelope and put it back into the bag with the centrepiece. Then they got back into the wagon. Jacob sat in the front passenger's seat while Charlie, Jack and Sam sat in the back. Sam sat in the middle so that Jack could have his arm around her shoulder and so she could lean against him. She was looking at her rings. Jack noticed what she was doing.

"Are you alright Sam?" Jack asked quietly.

"Yeah, just thinking about the wedding that we can't remember. From the look of the photos, we were happy together."

"I know what you mean. When we get back and we got some things sorted out, how about we go to my place for few hours alone and we can talk?"

"Yeah, that sounds like a good idea Jack."

A few minutes later they arrived back at the base. They got the top part of their dress blues for their Air Force ID, then changed again for their driver's licence, then change again for their passports and finally again for their credit cards.

Since they were not allowed to drive for a couple of days, General Hammond always had someone to take them wherever they wanted to go. Sam changed her last name from 'Carter' to 'Carter O'Neill'. Once the pictures were taken and some papers were signed, the photographer left.