75

After dinner they all got up and mingled for a bit. Jack noticed that Sam had left the room and he knew that she had gone outside for some air. Jack was sitting down with a coke in his hand when Lizzie and Jason came up and sat next to him.

"You love Auntie Sam, don't you?" Lizzie asked.

Pete and his parents heard what she said. He turned and looked at Lizzie who was the spitting image of Sam, all blond hair and blue eyes.

"Yeah, I do."

"Well then, why don't you do something about it? Jason and I, we like you and we know that Auntie Sam loves you. She told us all sorts of stories about Daniel, Teal'c, Janet, Cassie, and Uncle George and about Grand dad too, but mainly about you."

"Really? What are some of the things she told you about me?"

He raised his eyebrows and was wondering what she had been telling them and he also knew that Pete and his parents were just behind them.

"Oh, that you had been asking her up to your cabin and that you had to pull her away from her work, so she could eat. She said that you told her that her smart brains needed fuel and so does her stomach" and they giggled.

"Well, that's true. After all, she loves to work on one project or another and she forgets about time when she is so engrossed with her work."

"We know; she said that when she talks and talks about something you called it ah…"

"Technobabble; you know I can't understand ninety percent of what she is talking about, but I do let her keep talking, it makes her happy."

"And you are bored; we know, she told us." Jack smiled at the two kids in front of him.

"Can I ask you two a question?" they both nodded.

"Do you want to see your Auntie happy?"

"Yes, I know that you can make her smile and laugh and that you don't like her giggling."

"Well yes, that is true. Does Shanahan make her happy?"

"Why are you talking about me behind my back?" Jack turned around to see one pissed off Pete.

"I was just asking the kids some questions. After all, I do worry about Carter."

"Well, from tomorrow onward you can keep you nose out of our personal life."

"Is that right" Jack stood up and was now facing him, as cool as ever.

"Yes, that is right."

"Now why should I? After all, you did a background check on her when she told you that her job was classified and told you to back off." Pete was stunned that he knew.

"Yes Shanahan, I know all about how you got a friend in the FBI to find out what Sam did, even if she told you she couldn't."

"Pete, is this true? You had Sam checked out?" his mother asked.

"Yes, all I wanted to know was what she did, so I could understand."

"What did you find out?"

"It was classified."

"What did you do Pete?" his father asked,

"I followed her."

"You were stalking her?" his mother said.

His mother was shocked by what she was hearing. Sam walked back in to the room after Lizzie went and got her. Everyone was looking at them.

"All I wanted to know was what she did."

"Are you going to tell them about how you got the scar?" Jack said.

"Get out! You are not welcome at the wedding tomorrow."

"I'll tell you how he got the scar," Sam said, as she walked over to them.

"Sam, shut up! You know what will happen if you don't."

"For starters" Sam took off the ring and put it in Pete's hand.

"One, the wedding is off and it has been for months now. Second, how he got the scar? He followed Colonel O'Neill's team last year to a stake out. He almost ruined it and the woman in question shot the gas tank of the van and it blew up, after she saw him. That is how he got injured and almost got me killed."

"What? Pete, how could you? You could have gotten both yourself and Sam killed. What were you thinking?" he father said.

"What do you mean; the wedding has been off for months."

"He has been blackmailing me for the past three months. Then, last week, he sent me a video recording of me sleeping with General O'Neill and told me if we didn't get married he would make sure that Jack got Court Martialed. You see, he broke into Jack's house and put hidden cameras in his bedroom and video taped what ever he was doing."

"Sam, why were you sleeping with him? Won't you both be Court Martialed?" Sam smiled for the first time that evening.

"Well, he can try but he will be the one with egg on his face. I think this would make the Air Force news, 'Denver cop tries to get two married Air Force officer's Court Martialed for sleeping together'."

"What? I don't under stand."

"Your son taped my husband Jack and me making passionate love last week and he then tried to blackmail me with it." everyone who didn't know about what was going on, were shocked by this information, including Pete.

"You two got married? Where, when?"

"The play last month and then two weeks away on our honeymoon" Jack said, grinning.

"The high school play? That was real?"

"Yep and we are not going to be Court Martialed because Sam was temporarily transferred to another base, for about three mouths before and after the wedding. This way she wasn't under my command."

"This is not over Sam. I warned you what would happen." Janet then stepped forward.

"Sam, I thought you might be interested in this" Janet passed her a folded up piece of paper. She opened it and smiled.

"Jack, I'm pregnant."

"What? Pregnant?"

"Yes, we are going to have a baby" they both smiled and hugged one another and then he kissed her right in front of everyone. Their friends cheered them on.

"Sam dear, are you really happy?" Pete's mother asked.

"With Jack, yes I am. I'm sorry about the way everything has turned out. I'll return the dress to you tomorrow."

"Sure, but there is one thing you should know; it wasn't my dress. It is my twin sister's wedding dress. I eloped when I got married" Sam was surprised and grinned.

"I'm really sorry about all of this."

"Well, better now than tomorrow."

"True but I cancelled everything last week and I'm pleased that this nightmare is over."

"Actually, it's just beginning; you have this pregnancy to go through."

"At least I'll have my loving husband next to me all the way plus family and friends, who will be there to support us."

"That is good to hear and congratulations to both of you."

"Thank you."

"Hey, Shanahan; do you remember when you showed up at my place last week and you got me out of bed. Remember what I told you about the naked woman in my bed? That was Sam who I was talking about" he said grinning.

By this time Jack had passed her her wedding ring and slipped it onto her finger and then she slipped her engagement ring on. Pete was in shock.

"That was you? You were in his bed?"

"Yep" he said.

Pete walked out. He was pissed off with the way things had turned out. His family apologized to Sam and wished she and Jack the best for the future. They all understood why she had done it and that told her that they weren't happy with Pete. Then it was just Jack, Sam and their family and friends left. They were all happy for them. Then Jack's cell phone rang and he answered it.

"O'Neill… yes… yes… what? Ok we will be there" then he hung up.

"Sam, someone has broken into our new house and there has been some damage done to the place."

"Oh god, we better get over there."

"We will follow you so we will all know where you two live" Jacob said.

"Cassie knows where it is, you can follow her. I need to get some gas for the truck, see you then"

"Okay."

They all left the restaurant; Cassie gave them Jack and Sam's new address and told them what would be waiting for them when they arrived there. Fifteen minutes later they all arrived at the new house and quickly went inside, only to be greeted by more personnel. There were also more people out back, since they all couldn't fit in the house. Cassie kept an eye out for when Jack and Sam arrived.