She wanted to feel his arms around her at least once more. She wanted to feel his warm, reassuring embrace and hear his soft voice cry out to her again.
Just one last time.
Time had a cruel agenda. It liked destroy and take away everyone she had ever loved.
She knew she had to move on. But it was hard. Her emotions were telling her that she was making a bad decision, that he really loved her.
But logic told her that no matter what happened, she would never be who he really wanted. And that hurt more than anything.
His heart would never fully want hers.
She wanted to be the one he thought about as he fell asleep at night, dreamt about. She wanted to be the only one he needed, wanted. But she knew that his heart belonged to someone else. Deep down, it wasn't hers.
And when his team came and "rescued" him, she saw the way he looked at Samantha Carter. It was never the way he had looked at her. She was Laira, the woman who made Jack feel welcomed on world not his own, and that would not change.
No matter how hard she wished upon a star, she would never be Samantha Carter. She would never be the love of Jack's life.
No matter how hard she wished upon a star, he'd forget her in a matter of moments.