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Chapter 3

Therapy for Sam was torturous, for someone who was accustomed to being incredibly fit and active, laying in bed whilst someone manipulated her legs to re-generate her wasted muscles was both painful and humiliating for Sam and Jack often would walk in on her after a session beating mercilessly on her pillow and crying tears of frustration.

If it weren't for him, she surely would have gone mad by now, he was always there at the end of a therapy session, always bringing blue jelly from the commissary for her and red for him. And the latest tales of Daniel and Teal'c always had in her stitches, as Daniel did indeed seem to be the most accident prone person to have ever worked at the SGC, well, he seemed to be the person who died the most.

And when her physical therapist had suggested she was ready to begin doing water aerobics, Jack had suggested that he come along too. Of course they had both accepted for their own reasons, Sam just wanted to see Jack out of his element and his clothes, and Jack wanted to be by Sam's side for every single painful step she made on the road to recovery.

That first day at the pool had been painful for Sam, and for Jack who kept his promise and was there by her side, he felt her pain and frustration and how long this was taking her. Jack's breath had nearly been knocked out of his body when Sam had rocked up to the pool in a demure one piece suit, of azure blue that accentuated her figure and highlighted her eyes. It made Jack O'Neill realise something. Lieutenant Colonel Samantha Carter had one heck of a body under those BDU's. Sam too was similarly impressed by Jack's physique, and when he had reefed his shirt over his head to reveal a light sprinkling of hairs over his chest that arrowed down his body and disappeared under the navy blue swim trunks that he was wearing, her breath had caught in her throat at the sight.

Wheeling her chair into the water he had floated in front of her as she pushed herself into a standing position, Jack gently reached out placed one hand on her hip and another on her shoulder to steady as she tentatively took her first step in nearly 9 months. Smiling up at Jack triumphantly as she took another step, her gaze not once leaving his. Later as Sam sat in the chair still in the warm water, her muscles exhausted from what she had put them through she stared up at Jack who was sitting on edge of the pool, he too was staring down at her. And not doing a very good job of hiding where his gaze had drifted to.

"Sir!" Sam exclaimed as she blushed furiously and crossed her arms over her chest. Jack nearly jumped out of his skin when he realized he had been found out, and he too felt a heat rising up his face he smiled sheepishly

"Sorry, Carter." Actually, Jack wasn't sorry at all, he'd been enjoying the view to be honest.

"C'mon, we should get you back to the SGC." He said as he jumped back into the water, causing a wave to swell over Sam.

"Sir, did you have to do that?" she spluttered out.

"Yes." He answered simply as Sam skimmed a hand over the surface and sprayed Jack right back.

"Right, you deserve this Carter." Jack said as used both hands to shower her in water.

Shocked and soaking wet, Sam stood up suddenly forgetting that she was in water that was only hip high when standing she teetered on her feet as Jack rushed to her side, catching her before she fell. With his arms wrapped around her waist, hers immediately went up to wrap around his neck. Her body crushed against his as she stared into his brown eyes and he into her blue eyes. Neither were aware of how long they stood like that, but both were very aware of the signals that they were sending each other. The current that was running between their bodies, was enough to make Sam shiver slightly as Jack gently tightened his grip ever so slightly around her waist, both were also acutely aware when Jack started bending his head down, his lips excruciatingly close to her own as his eyes closed. They were both aware as Sam's own went to meet his half way. All too suddenly the spell was broken as they heard the door open. Quickly coming up with a cover story as to why they were holding each other so intimately

"See, Colonel I told you it was too soon for you to stand up by yourself." Jack gently helped her back into the chair as Sam breathed a sigh of relief as she saw an Airman coming around to help Jack get her out of the pool and to get changed. Both were acutely aware of how close they had come to ending up in a court trying to defend a charge of fraternization. Both were also acutely aware of how much they didn't care about being court marshaled.

Later, as Jack sat in his office, he read and re-read the letter that he had found. One image flitting through his mind. Sam, wearing an azure blue swimsuit, her eyes closed as she finally submitted and allowed her feelings to overcome her military training. Sam too was also thinking of that moment, of when their lips were so close that they could feel the electricity jumping between them. Of when he had looked at her with devotion, and with longing, and with love in his eyes.

Hope you liked Chapter 3.