Disclaimer: Stargate isn't mine (unfortunately).

Spoilers: Meridian and anywhere up to season 6

A/N: This is my second fic!Thanks to my best pal/editor Amanda! Well, I hope you like this and please leave me some feedback! I've already finished the next chapter,I just need to fix it up a little, so I'll add it soon! Enjoy!!

"Amends"

Sam swiped her ID card and waited for the elevator. When it finally arrived, the doors opened and Siler stepped out.

"Major," He smiled as he walked by her.

"Hey Siler," Sam replied as she walked into the elevator and pushed for level 27.

"Wait up!" A hand made it through the opening before the doors closed, and a grinning Colonel O'Neill stepped onto the elevator with her, "Hey Carter!"

"Hi Sir." She replied, giving him a small smile. "I was looking for you earlier."

"Oh? Teal'c and I were in the rec. room playing a few rounds of table tennis. I kicked his butt of course."

Sam knew that Teal'c had probably been the one doing the butt-kicking, but she didn't say anything.

Jack looked at her. Usually she'd reply with a smart little comment and they'd joke around, having one of their playful little banters; where was that now? "So, you were looking for me?" He asked, breaking the silence. Something was obviously up.

"Yeah, I wanted to talk to you."

"About…"

"Daniel." She looked at the elevator panel and watched the numbers slowly get larger as they descended further into the mountain.

Jack's body froze. He was trapped. He couldn't get out now. "I don't want to talk about it."

"You need to… I need to." Her voice was slightly shaky and she cautiously stole a glance at him.

"He's dead Carter. What else is there to say?" As soon as the words escaped his mouth he wished he could take them back. The look on her face brought a knife to his heart, but he couldn't find the words to apologize.

"So you just forget about him? Pretend he never existed?!" Her voice rose slightly. She couldn't believe he'd just said that! Was this the Jack O'Neill she'd known for the past 5 years? Tears sprang to her eyes.

Jack saw them. He wasn't prepared to deal with a crying Major. "People die Carter! That happens in our line of work! You move on, do the job!" He was yelling, and he knew he shouldn't be. God! How slow does this damn thing go?!

"Daniel wasn't just a co-worker; he was your best-friend! He's family! If you were truly his friend, you'd actually care!" Sam yelled. "I thought I knew you. Obviously, I was wrong! You're just a heartless, son-of-a…"

"Major!" Jack shouted furiously. "That's insubordination!"

Finally the elevator reached its destination and the doors opened. Sam shot Jack a fierce glare, "So court-marshal me. At least I won't have to see your face again!" She stormed out of the elevator towards the briefing room.

Jack's jaw dropped open. He'd never heard or seen her so mad before, or heard her swear, well almost swear. The doors began to close again and he quickly stepped out. He began walking to the briefing room after her. Her words struck a cord in him, but he wasn't about to let this go.

Sam marched into the briefing room and sat in her usual seat. Teal'c and Jonas were already seated on the opposite side of the table. They shared a look in which Teal'c raised his eyebrow slightly.

"Is everything alright, Major Carter?" Jonas asked.

"Fine!" She snapped. Sam knew that Jonas hadn't done anything to deserve her anger, but she was too mad to really care.

Jonas frowned and averted his gaze to the table. Teal'c knew something was wrong with his friend, but also knew better than to cross her when she was mad. He would question her on her behaviour once she has calmed.

At that moment, Jack walked into the room looking equally as furious. Sam set him with a cold glare, just daring him to speak to her. He raised a finger and pointed it to her, then opened his mouth, ready to let her have it.

"Good afternoon, SG-1!" Hammond walked in, interrupting Jack, who dropped his hand and tore his eyes from his 2IC to look at his superior officer.

"Sir," he nodded and sat down in his usual chair between Carter and the General.

If Hammond noticed the tension in the air, he chose to ignore it and proceeded. "What do we have, Jonas?" He asked, looking at the newest SG-1 member.

Jonas grinned, "On SG-13's latest mission to P4X-204, they encountered a civilization whose technology is slightly less advanced than that of earth's…"

Jack tuned out of the conversation. He didn't care for the details. Something about some boring cave with writing on the walls. Wasn't it always about writing?

He glanced at Carter out of the corner of his eye. She was concentrating on what Jonas was saying. Slowly, he was cooling off from their little argument. This is going to be a fun mission! He thought glumly.

A few hours later, Sg-1 was geared up and ready to go in the 'gate room. The 'gate was active and he turned to look at Hammond, raising his eyebrows expectantly.

Hammond chuckled to himself and leaned over the microphone, "You have a go, people!"

"Excellent!" Jack grinned and turned back towards the 'gate. "Let's go." He walked up the ramp and was the first to walk through the event horizon. He still hadn't talked to Sam, and he did feel a little bad. He hadn't meant any of what he'd said to her. Of course he cared the Daniel was… well not here anymore. He thought about it every damn day. Daniel had been like a brother to him. Jack just didn't want to talk about it; didn't want to think about it. Yet he could see it in her eyes every day that she was hurting. He wanted to tell her everything would be OK, and hold her while she cried. He couldn't do that, though. There were the regulations, and the fact that if she confided in him, she'd expect him to do the same. And Jack O'Neill wasn't a man of sharing his feelings. He'd been in the air force for years, and had lost comrades on more than one occasion. Always, he'd dealt with them, but Daniel's death had hit too close to him. It reminded him too much of a loss he'd experienced not too long ago.

When he stepped through the other side, he surveyed the area. "Ahh… trees… Why are there always trees?" Yes, it was an old joke, but anything to lighten the mood was welcome in his books.

"Because planets wouldn't be habitable without them." Carter remarked as she walked by him. The coldness in her voice sent a shiver down his spine.

"Yes, well…" He shrugged and turned to the two aliens, unable to supply a cutting remark, "Which way Jonas?"

They made it to the city half an hour later, and Sam and Jonas headed off to the caves, while Jack and Teal'c explored the city.

After another half an hour of being led around, their tour guide excused himself after being called to the Capitol and left Jack and Teal'c alone with directions to their temporary quarters.

"What's up with Jonas? This is the first I've actually seen him without a smile plastered on his face 24/7." Jack commented as they walked along.

"I do not think that you would wish to the know circumstances of Jonas Quinn's behaviour, O'Neill." Teal'c replied.

"Well, T', if I didn't want to know I wouldn't have asked."

Teal'c bowed his head "Jonas Quinn is upset because earlier, when Major Carter entered the briefing room, he questioned her on her well being and she yelled at him in response."

Jack sighed, now there was something he didn't want to get into, and he could see that Teal'c was about to ask him about it. So he opted for changing the subject. "Does anything feel… off to you Teal'c?" He looked around at the people walking the streets. He couldn't place his finger on it, but something was wrong.

"There does not appear to be any members of the female species." Teal'c replied.

"What?" Jack looked at every passerby and confirmed the Jaffa's statement. "Hey! Excuse me!" He smiled at a young man as he approached them. "Have you seen a woman? She has long brown hair, green eyes, sexy legs, about yay high?" He held a hand up to his eye level.

The man looked at him surprised and shook his head. "What are you talking about? No women are permitted to step outside of the Lower Levels. Everybody knows that."

Jack looked at Teal'c, then back to the stranger. "Right, I knew that. Thanks." The man bowed his head in Teal'c fashion and walked away.

"Who is this brunette with legs you are referring to, O'Neill?"

"The women of my dreams!" He grinned as Teal'c raised his eyebrow in confusion. Jack wasn't about to admit that the women of his dreams was actually the opposite with blonde hair and blue eyes. The part about the legs was true though.

"Colonel O'Neill, should we not attempt to contact Major Carter?" Teal'c broke Jack from his very interesting train of thought.

Jack shook his head free of his thoughts and grabbed his radio. "Carter, come in." He paused and waited for her reply. After 20 seconds he tried again. "Carter? If this is because you're mad at me…" He looked to Teal'c for help.

"Major Carter, please respond." There was still no reply.

A feeling of dread crept into Jack as he once again reached for his radio. "Jonas?!" Teal'c and Jack looked at each other, and then ran towards the caves.