Ok guys - here we go again. Hope you like this one as much as you did Jack's Samantha. I will try to update once a week but no promises.
Is love with the fight?
They had all decided that O'Malley's would be the perfect place to celebrate Jack getting his star for Brig. General and Sam getting her silver oak leaf signifying that she was a LT Colonel. The crowd had gathered and more people had arrived from the SGC then O'Malley's was accustomed to having in one setting but that did not stop them from putting their best foot forward for the crowd and take them on. They were a rowdy bunch but the waitresses and bartenders had dealt with them before and as long as they did not get out of hand, then things would be okay.
Jack and Sam would have done well to remember that the last time they were in O'Malley's together things did not end on a good note. That was the night that they had been arrested along with Daniel for destroying the place. For some reason it seemed in Sam's mind that that was the last time the two of them had actually been somewhere together and had laughed with each other, not worried what others may think. That they were being too close or fraternizing with each other. It was not too long after that night, that team nights seemed to drift off, the going out for breakfast together with Daniel and Teal'c all but ceased. The friendship was being held only by duty, but even staying away from each other had not eased the fact that they loved each other and could never let the world know.
The four of them had been there almost five hours now. Most of the rest of the SGC had congratulated Jack and Sam on their promotions and gone home. The tiny few that remained had eased off into their own corners leaving SG1 more or less alone. They somehow knew this was a change for the leading team. After all Jack would no longer be going off world with them and they knew how hard that was going to be for them all.
Sam had left the table to go play pool and that was where Daniel caught Jack's eyes every time he looked at his friend. Teal'c had decided to stand closer to the pool tables – more or less to watch Sam's back but he would not for the life of him tell her that. Teal'c was not a drinker and Daniel had pretty much stopped after only two beers but Sam and Jack seemed to be an endless well tonight.
Daniel had noticed the looks and snide remarks that had passed between the two of them. He in no way what so ever liked where this was going. They had allowed years of pent up frustration to grow until it was like a cut with infection oozing out of it. If it was not taken care of soon, the heart would have to be cut out. Would his friends allow this to happen? He had seen Jack once when he felt he had no heart, he did not think he could bare to see Jack that way again and he knew damn well there was no way he ever wanted to see Sam with no heart, no life, no laughter. It was close to that now. Something had to change but getting drunk, Daniel thought would not solve this.
Then all hell broke loose. It really was quite harmless the way it started. Jack doing nothing than he had done for the past seven years, watching Sam's back. But for some reason she took offense to it tonight and things begin to get really out of control. Teal'c informed the two young men that had started the whole incident that it would be best if they left and never looked at Colonel Carter again. Leaving would have been an option that would have saved them a butt whooping but sadly not everyone listens to advice and sure enough, Jack saw his chance and took everything he had been holding back out on the young man next to him. Teal'c calmly walked over to the friend and escorted him out of the door, came back to where Jack and the other friend was and after stopping Jack from striking the idiot again, picked him up and disposed of him outside also.
However, the fight had just begun and it was not between Jack and two strangers. Sam was furious and she was letting Jack know.
"How dare you think I cannot handle my own fights! I don't need you acting like you're my guard dog, sir!"
"My God, Carter! The idiot had his hands all over your six! I was only coming over to assist you. I realized you had one of them but there were two of the dumbasses!"
"SO there were two of them! I do believe I have fought off a heck of a lot more enemies then just two at a time! Do you really think me that incompetent?"
"Damn Carter, I wasn't calling you incompetent! I knew they were drunk and I didn't know where they may stop at or who else they may have had with them. I did no more here than when we are in the field. I don't expect you to handle all the baddies and I just stand by. Have I ever given you that impression?"
"So you can come to my rescue when you think a guy may be hitting on me but you can't be man enough and hit on me yourself!"
Jack looked as if Sam had hit him straight in the face – but it only stopped him for a minute. Before Sam knew it, she was backed against the wall and Jack and she were nearly skin to skin.
The two of them were starting to draw a crowd and Daniel was worried. Things could be said in anger that you did not realize you said until too late – they did not need that. There were still some SGC personnel around, some people they did not know that well. Daniel watched the fire in Sam's eyes and the frustration in Jack's. Jack's hands rubbed his face as if he were going to rub it off and Daniel thought he was going to have to stop him. But then Jack bellowed out his next comment and Daniel knew they were in for a long night. He looked over at Teal'c to see what he thought about the whole episode but he was standing there calmly – one eyebrow raised watching but Daniel knew he would be ready to intervene if necessary.
"Oh for crying out loud, Carter! You know damn well why I haven't hit on you! Don't you dare start pointing fingers now!"
"Me pointing fingers! Holy Hannah – you flirt and play around but not man enough to stand up and make a commitment!"
"I do believe Carter that the flirting has long since stopped as has the playing around as you call it. You made sure that stopped when you decided I wasn't what you wanted!"
"Really – well you sure didn't seem to mind when you told me to get a life! I mean after all it was your suggestion that I was just using you as a "safe bet"!"
"What the hell are you talking about? I never told you that! You're the one that decided maybe being a cop's wife was better than being married to me!"
"Being married to you! You, you arrogant, self-centered, conceited …you – you never said anything about being married to you! You just avoided me like I was some disease we had picked up off of another planet!"
Things were really getting out of control now and Daniel knew it needed to stop. His thoughts were confirmed when he saw Teal'c stand up a little straighter and come a little closer.
"Daniel Jackson, we may have to take matters into our own hands. I do not believe they will be able to control their actions now."
Daniel looked from Teal'c to Sam and Jack. If Teal'c thought, they could get Sam and Jack out of O'Malley's before it got any worse – Daniel was afraid someone would be getting hurt.
"Really guys, I think we need to take this somewhere else!"
"Shut up Daniel!"
Sam's words came out harsh and even though it offended Daniel, he did not shut up. He knew that they had no idea how mad they had become. If even in the back of their minds they may know it was wrong, they were so angry at each other right now that anything might come out of their mouths. It looked as if Teal'c's idea was going to have to be used, no matter how bad Daniel hated to use it.
"You listen to me, I do believe it was your genius idea to "leave it in the room", not mine!"
"Oh wow talking about pushing the blame around. I didn't see you jumping up and down all ready to tell everyone at the SGC and the Whitehouse that you just happened to be in love with your 2IC!"
"Well I was, Miss Smarty har har – but you shut me up really quick! Just like when we came back from the mind stamp, I was ready to hand it all over – but you were quick to remind me that I was your Sir again, all of a sudden!"
"Holy Hannah! I don't believe you! Never once did you ever say that you would quit for me – never did you admit that you loved me enough to hand in your papers. I never remember you admitting that I was any different than the other two people under your immediate command!"
"Colonel O'Neill did admit that he cared more for you then he should, Major Carter."
Teal'c made the comment in such a soft voice that Daniel doubted or hoped that neither of them heard him, but it is surprising what a woman will hear when she is mad.
"Oh so you even need your Jaffa warrior to jump in on your side now! And here I thought I was head over heels over a man – not some wimp!"
"Hey watch it! I don't need no Jaffa, Asgard or Ancient coming to my aide – not like you need dear old symbiote daddy coming to yours!"
"Guys, do you even realize what you are saying?"
"Butt out Danny-boy, this is between me and the Colonel – stay out of it!"
That was it – before Jack even knew what had happened a huge Jaffa fist landed square on his jaw – because Jack was so inebriated the punch threw him back and he was out like a light. Sam, seeing this done to Jack became very offensive and was on Teal'c before Teal'c knew what had happened. Daniel reached up and grabbed her off of Teal'c's back. Teal'c calmly bent down and picked Jack up off the floor and carried him fireman style out of the door, while Daniel, holding a screaming wild cat, followed out behind him. It did not take long for the crowd that had been watching and listening to Jack and Sam to head towards Daniel to "rescue" Sam but one look from the tall warrior looking man and they all backed off. Somehow they knew going against him would be a helpless case.
After getting outside – Sam finally got away from Daniel and started towards Teal'c again. Teal'c looked at her with one eyebrow raised and for some reason she stopped but she was so mad if she had been a teapot you would have heard the whistling all over O'Malley's parking lot.
"Colonel Carter, I believe you and General O'Neill have already made your presence known enough tonight. Do not cause me to do something I will later regret as I have with O'Neill. Now, Daniel Jackson I believe it would be best if we saw these two home and then we did the same."
"I do believe I can drive myself home, thank you very much!"
"Sam, you are not getting behind the wheel of a car and you thinking you can prove just how out of it you really are. I don't care if you think you can fly a 747 right now – you will not get behind the wheel of a car tonight. Now tell me where you want to go and I will take you there and Teal'c can see Jack home."
Before Daniel could stop her, Sam was heading straight for him, fist aimed for his head and anything else they would land on. Just as she got close enough to him that he could almost touch her, she passed out – landing right in his arms. It was as if all fight had left her and when it did there was nothing more for the alcohol to consume and she gave in. Considering her and Jack had been drinking for over five hours inside O'Malley's – Daniel and Teal's was wondering just when one of them were going to pass out. It was not like they were drinking the calm stuff like beer. No, they had moved from beer over three hours ago straight to the liquor. That's when things had started getting ugly. Words and feelings were coming out that they both had held bottled up for over seven years and the pent up frustration finally needed an out.
To say that the two men who were with them felt sorry for them was small compared to how bad they really felt. Daniel and Teal'c both had known Jack and Sam for a very long time – Daniel and Jack had known each other even longer – and both men knew that Jack and Sam had loved each other since the day Sam had been kidnapped from the Shavadai people. Maybe even longer in Sam's case but there was not a doubt about when they started or how deep Jack's feelings towards Sam were. When he saw the pain that Turghan had inflicted upon Sam, in took everything Teal'c and Daniel both had to keep him from killing the man on the spot. Even after Sam had embarrassed Turghan and they had returned to the SGC, Jack had begged General Hammond to allow him to "go back and kill the S.O.B!"
But they had known that there was no way they could ever be together. They loved their Country too much and right now they felt their Country needed them a lot more than they needed each other. Daniel had some bad news for them. They were dead wrong – nobody or nothing needed them as much as they needed each other. Maybe it was time they found each other. Daniel's mind started turning and Teal'c knew it too when Daniel looked at him and said in a very calm voice.
"Teal'c, I have an idea!"