This is a story I wrote a litte while back, it has been uploaded on a different website so it's likely some of you will have read this already, I just wanted to have all my stories together in one place hence uploading it here :)

For those of you that haven't read this I hope you enjoy it :)

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Chapter 1

Sam sat in front of her mirror in her wedding dress. Nothing about this felt right. Nothing in her heart yearned to be with Pete the way he yearned to be with her. Had she been cruel to lead him on? Or was she being crueller to herself to give up on her hopes of the only man who had ever truly held her heart?

She heard a car pull up outside, certain it must be her friends to drive her to her wedding, but she didn't want to go. She suddenly had an indescribable urge to hide herself away and cry and cry.

Tears left her eyes, trickling down her face as she heard the door open and suddenly felt sick to her stomach. She didn't want to go. She didn't want to marry Pete. She daren't turn around as she anticipated Daniel and Teal'cs responses.

"You look beautiful."

Jack's voice behind her was a surprise, but also an instant comfort.

"Jack?" she said turning around quickly and standing up to face him.

"Why are you crying? This is your wedding day, aren't you supposed to be…. excited or something?" he joked to try cheer her up. But truth be told he felt like his heart was breaking. He loved her more than he'd ever loved anyone, and he'd been letting her slip away from him more and more with each day that passed. He hated himself for being such a coward. He'd made himself order a taxi to her house rather than taking his own car, because he knew it would deter him from running out before he'd done what he'd come to do.

"It is what it is." She said solemnly, as though already resigned to her fate. "I didn't know if I'd see you today." She said, trying to put a brave face on as she leant back against her dresser.

"Sam…." He hesitated as she stared into his eyes, pleading with him for some sort of truth, some sort of escape from her choice. "Please…. please don't marry him…."

She saw tears come to his own eyes, and he blinked them away. His expression was desperate. She could see the love behind his request, but it wasn't enough. She didn't want to be alone anymore.

"Why not?"

"You know why." He said simply, and watched her lower her gaze to the floor as another tear trickled down her face. She gathered herself and stared back at him accusingly.

"Why now? Why say something now? I thought you didn't care, I thought-" she sighed shutting her eyes and lowering her gaze away from him again.

He took a few steps towards her, wanting more than anything to justify his words but afraid of the consequences, as they had always been.

"Just… please don't marry him." His voice was filled with urgency.

"That's not enough," she shook her head, and her eyes seemed to despise him for a moment. He knew she simply despised the barrier keeping them apart. She hated that neither of them could cross it. She hated that he wouldn't cross it. And most of all, he feared, she hated herself.

He moved even closer, daring to lift his hand to her face and clear away some of her tears. He couldn't believe how compelled he was to get closer to her, but there had always been chemistry between them.

He lifted his other hand to her cheek, his fingertips tracing a path through her tears to her mouth, dancing ever so lightly across her lips. Her heart fluttered and he saw her react to him. She looked almost terrified of the touch. It might seem almost insignificant to anyone else, but to the both of them it was one of the most intimate touches between them. It was completely forbidden.