Chapter fifteen
They got back into their BDUs before heading back to their quarters. When they arrived there, they were empty; both of them were. So Jack called Hammond about what had happened to their quarters. General Hammond had had a couple of airmen move Jack's and Sam's things into one of the VIP rooms so they could be close to the boys, just after Jack and Sam left to pick up Jacob.
Jacob was already at Peterson when he called Sam. Jacob waited for five minutes before calling General Hammond, to tell him that Sam's plan did work and suggested that he move them to one of the VIP quarters since they were now married, which he did do.
After they sorted their things out, they went to check on the boys. They were happy to see their mum and Dad. Jack and Sam stayed with them for about an hour when General Hammond and Jacob showed up.
They were all on the floor tickling Jack, including Sam. They were all laughing together like a family. Then Sam stopped when she heard the door open and saw the two Generals walking in. Sam smiled at her father, who smiled back.
"Hi Dad" Sam said. Jack looked up from the floor.
"Hi, Dad! Hey kids, get Grand dad! I hear that he is really ticklish!" Jack said with a grin on his face.
The two young boys looked at both George and Jacob then they looked at Sam. She nodded her head, then they got up on to their feet then ran over to both George and Jacob, who then also got down on the floor. The two young boys didn't have a show, both generals had them rolling around on the floor laughing when they tickled them. Then Charlie and Janet walked in. When they saw what was going on, they both laughed.
"Hey Sam, where's the camera?" Janet said.
George and Jacob stopped what they were doing to the twins and looked up to see Janet and Charlie standing in the doorway, with big grins on there faces.
"Hi, Janet! Come on in you guys!"
At that time the twins got up and attack both Generals by trying to tickle them both. Jack got up and watched the two Generals playing with the twins. They were all laughing.
"Jack, we better get into town and get the shopping done."
"Yeah we should alright!"
"Janet, do you think you can handle this bunch while we are away?"
"Sure, no problem,"
"Ok, thanks."
Jack and Sam left them to look after the kids. General Hammond called for a car and driver for them before he left to go back to his office, leaving Jacob playing with the twin boys. Jack and Sam got changed into their civvies before leaving the mountain.
When they reached the surface, there was one of the SUV wagons waiting for them. Teal'c was the driver. Fifteen minutes later, they arrived in town. They parked outside one of the baby clothing shops. They went in and bought heaps of clothes for the four boys, then walked down the street to another shop to get Charlie some clothes.
As they were walking outside, Sam spotted a real estate agency. So, while Teal'c put the bags into the wagon, Jack and Sam went to check out the homes that were for sale.
They found one that they liked. It was an old bed and breakfast place and it had a huge back yard, plenty of bedrooms and space for everyone plus guests. They also noticed that it needed alot of work done on the place.
So they went in to find out some more details about the place. They both decided to buy the place together, so they put both of their home up for sale.
Once the papers were signed, Jack called the Air Force lawyers to take care of the paper work for the homes for them. Once done, they headed back to the wagon where Teal'c was waiting for them.
They all went to another part of town to buy the car seats, the pushchairs for the twins, as well as the baby carrier packs. While there, they also bought two high chairs for the twins. Once they had finished with the shopping, they put the cash into both of their accounts, they split it in half.
Once done there, they went to the mall in town. Teal'c dropped Jack and Sam off there and then headed back to the base. Jack said that he would call they when they wanted to be picked up. Teal'c said that he would pick them up when they were ready.
Once he was gone, Jack and Sam did some more shopping, this time for themselves. While going store to store, they bought a few things together, then it was lunch time, so they went to one of the cafés there. After lunch, Jack went to the men's room that was five shops away from the café, so Sam sat there and waited for him to return. She overheard two guys talking behind her. She was shocked to hear what they were talking about.
"Hey, did you hear what happened to Detective Shanahan a couple days ago?"
"No, what happened?"
"He got a broken arm?"
"How did he do that?"
"Some woman by the name of Samantha Carter broke it."
By that time, Jack had shown up, Sam put her finger up to her lips then pointed her thumb over her shoulder. Jack sat down and also listened to what they were talking about.
"Wow, she must have been pissed off with him! Do you know what she looks like? She must have been real hot for him to go after her!"
Sam was trying not to laugh to what the guy said, and Jack did a small nod when the guy said that Sam was hot, which made Sam's eyes widen when she looked over at Jack.
"Well, Shanahan said that she is in her late thirties, has short blond hair and blue eyes. Oh, he said that she was in the Air Force."
"Wow, a hot Air Force blond! You don't see many around here, what rank is she?"
"Major!"
"Wow, anything else I should know?"
"Yeah, he transferred here from Denver a couple of weeks ago and he borrowed some listening devices just last week, but he didn't say what they were for."
Sam eyes widened with what she just heard. Even Jack was shocked. Then they both remembered the devices that Sam had put into a container with water and then into the freezer. Then she tried not to laugh at the memories of that day. Jack looked at her puzzled, so Sam got piece of paper out of her purse and a pen and she wrote down:
'Listening devices that are in the freezer'
Then she showed him the note and he remembered what Sam did and he smiled at her, then nodded.
"Would you like some cake, sweetheart?"
"Yes, thanks Jack." Sam said,
Jack got up to get them both some cake and some more coffee and then she heard some more from the two men behind her.
"Wow, this Major must be special for him to transfer to here."
"I don't know. He had been asking her out on a date, but she kept turning him down."
"Perhaps she already has a boyfriend or something?"
"Well, he did mention that a guy keeps showing up at her place at odd hours of the day and night."
"What, are you saying that Shanahan is stalking her?"
"Well, it does sound like it and it seems that he is jealous."
Sam was shocked with what she just heard. As soon as Jack got back, she wrote down on the same peace of paper:
'Pete's been stalking me. He's been watching my place and he knows when you come over'.
When she showed it to Jack, she could see that he was getting angry. When he sat down, he tried not to show it, but Sam could see it in his eyes and by his hands, the way he squeezed them into a fist. Sam reached over and put her hand over his first then wrote down:
'Broken arm' with a smiley face next to it.
When he saw it, he remembered what George told him about the phone call he got from Jacob. Then he unclenched his fist and held on to one of Sam's hands with a smile on his face. Sam knew she could make him smile.
"Yea, he must be alright, but why is he interested in her for, if she is already seeing someone else?"
"I don't know, unless it is his imagination thinking that there is a Major Samantha Carter here."
"Yea you might be right."
"I overheard him a couple of months ago when he was down here on a case, he was calling the F.B.I.!"
"Why?"
"He got a friend of his to do a background check on her."
"What! He must be nuts! From what I was told, they work on deep space radar telemetry."
"If that is what you want to believe."
Sam and Jack listened to what the two men were talking about. They were in shock while eating the cake and having their coffee. When they finished, Jack noticed that Sam had been thinking again, so just as they both stood up, Sam turned to talk to the two men behind her.
"Excuse, but my husband and I couldn't help overhearing your conversation about detective Shanahan."
"Yes, do you know him?"
"Well sort of! My advice to you is that you report him to your boss. It seems that he must be sick or something if he has been stalking the Major, and doing a background check on her. What sort of cop would do that?"
"I don't know ma'am."
"Well, I think you should tell his boss about it and also tell the Major about it, although I think she already knows about it, now."
"What do you mean? Do you know her?"
"Yes, I do know her," Sam said, with a smile on her face.
"Oh well, perhaps you can warn her about him then," the other cops said.
"You already have, thank you, good bye," Sam took a couple of steps away from the table.
"What is your name miss?" Sam smiled at Jack before turning around to look at both cops.
"My name is Major Samantha Carter O'Neill, the guy you were talking showing up at my place at all hours is my husband here, Col. Jack O'Neill."
Jack stood beside her, putting his hand into hers. The two cops were shocked at what they had just heard.
"You're Samantha Carter?"
"O'Neill, yep!" Sam said with a smile.
"Well, from what he told us, you were older and had short hair. You don't look like how he described you."
"Well, he must be a nut case. Anyway, we better get going, we've got to finish shopping before picking up our sons."
"Sons, how many children do you have, if you don't mind me asking?"
"That's ok, five boys, a thirteen year old, eighteen months old twins and two months old twins."
"Wow, five boys, there's bit of an age gap, don't you think?"
"My older boy was from my first marriage," Jack said.
"Oh ok, well we better head off ourselves. We are due on duty in a couple of hours. It was nice to meet you Major O'Neill, Col. O'Neill."
"Well, at work I go by Carter so everyone there won't get us messed up."
"Yeah, we know what that is like. We have two Johnson's there also, we know what you mean,"
"Ok. Well, good bye," Sam said.
"Bye!" Then Jack and Sam walked out of the café.
"Sam, I just can't believe what you just did back there!"
"Yeah, I know what you mean Jack. Come on, let's get out of here,"
"Where to?"
"Your place."
"Ok, let's get a taxi."
They left the mall and found a taxi, fifteen minutes later they arrived back at his place. Once Jack paid for the fare and they got their bags out, they went inside the house and sat on the couch next to one another after putting their bags on the other chairs. Jack put his arm around Sam as she was leaning against him.
They both talked for a while about their new home. What they were going to do, what paint they were going to use everything. They both looked at the paint samples sheets that were in front of them, plus the different showers, toilets, baths, hand basins, kitchen sinks, the pantry, everything.
Two hours later, they both started kissing, then before long they both ended up in Jack's bed making passionate love to one another. They lay there with Sam's head on Jack's chest and her arm across his waist. Jack got his arm around Sam's head with his hand in her hair and his other hand on top of hers.
"This feels good," Sam said after a moment of silence.
"Yea, it is alright. One thing I would like to do and that is for us to get a new bed, get rid of our old ones."
"That sounds like a good idea, same with our fridges. We will have to buy at least two of them and a big freezer as well."
"Yeah, but how? Most of the money went for buying the house and when both of our homes are sold, that money is going to fix up the new home." Jack said.
"Everything will work out Jack. Anyway, how about calling the base to see if they can get someone to drop off the kids at the park, say in about hour. That will give us a chance to get ready ourselves."
"Ok, how about a shower after the call?" Jack said, flicking his eyebrows at her.
"I'll start the shower, you make the call."
Sam gave Jack a kiss before getting up, she went into his bathroom and closed the door. While she was in there, Jack called the base. Once he finished on the phone, he heard the shower running, and then the door opened.
Jack got out of bed and headed into the bath room. Sam was already in the shower when he joined her. They both washed one another, then they made love again while in the shower. They stayed in there till the water went cold, then they both got out and got dressed. Then they made the bed before leaving.