Thank's to Lauriesf for the translation! :)
Until death reunites us – Chapter 2
Five hours earlier...
Sam was getting ready for the mission. She sighed as she was reminded that her CO would be coming along. Couldn't he leave her alone ? He didn't make things easier for her, she had made so many efforts, tried every possible way to forget him... No, this was not what she meant : forgetting him was impossible. She well knew he would always be part of her life but she had hoped that at least her feelings would be changed into friendship, or respect, anything else but that !
And in the process, she'd been selfish, to Pete most of all... She was now realizing she had only felt friendship for him, a profound friendship yes but no love.
And she had made him suffer. Leaving him only days before the wedding, after he'd bought her the house, after she'd totally conquered his heart. She didn't know until then she could be that cruel.
And then, what ? What did she expect ? That Jack would wait for her ? That he would welcome her back, with a broad smile on his face and say : « Sam, let's forget about the regs, come into my arms » ! She wasn't even sure he loved her. .. His feelings might have changed since the Zatarc test, most certainly so. Seeing him with agent Johnson from the CIA had broken her heart. He had gone on with his life, which was quite legitimate. He owed her nothing. But she had learnt the hard way about heartaches. She had dated a few guys in high school or in college but she had never cried over them.
She deeply sighed. Why on Earth was he insisting on coming with them ? She pasted a casual smile on her face and headed for the gateroom. She was not surprised to see Cameron and Jack already waiting for her. They were trading jokes. When Mitchell saw her, he couldn't help try a riddle on her.
_Hey, Carter, how do you make a blonde laugh on Friday ? he asked her.
Sam winked at her CO. She had heard hundreds of them.
_Tell her the joke on Monday , she nonchalently replied, hoisting her backpack on her shoulder.
Her friend's smile disappeared and he looked stunned.
_What did you think ? She had to bear my jokes for eight years kiddo, Jack added, thrusting his hands in his pockets.
_I know them all , she snorted, amused.
_Indeed..., said Teal'c who had just arrived with Daniel.
Jack came to stand in front of Daniel who looked at him quizzically.
_You have a stain...just right here , the General whispered, pointing at the archeologist's chest who looked down.
_Gotcha ! O'Neill chuckled, pointing his finger at Daniel's nose.
_ Jaaaack... , the latter sighed while the other members of the team were guffawing.
At the same moment, General Landry ordered the iris to be opened and told Walter to punch the coordinates for P4X-501.
_I'd told you so ! It works every time ! Every single time ! the General whispered to Mitchell who was laughing heartily as the vortex was rushing out over the ramp.
A voice resounded in the gateroom :
_Jack, for Christ's sake, it is recon : don't screw it, Landry casually begged.
Jack nodded and smiled.
_We'll try , he whispered, winking at Colonel Carter.
Sam saw the glimmer in his eyes, the one that never failed to appear each time they were walking toward the pond.
She would never, ever be able to put space between them. Whatever she did, he always came back into her thoughts. That was the cross she had to bear.
To be continued
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