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Nation's Reward
by Adelie King
Chapter Three: The Next Day
Sam opened her eyes to the sunlight coming in her bedroom. She had a minor headache from the night before. "Boy what a night." She commented as she sat up, "What a dream." She tried to remember what happened as she got out of bed. Sam noticed she was in her pajamas and her uniform was neatly placed on her dresser.
She walked over and saw her Lieutenant Colonel wings and recalled the ceremony and celebration. Sam was confused and then the rest came back. The frat regs being waved and Jack kissing her and that's when she lost time. She looked at her bed confused and looked at her pajamas again.
"I was with Jack the last time I recall." Sam walked into the bathroom as she retraced her steps trying to figure out how she got home but she couldn't remember. She decided to shower and wake up. Then she was going to make a few calls and find out what happened. Sam recalled Jack promising her the night of her life and then he kissed her.
She smiled wondering if something happened but she knew Jack would be in bed with her or cooking breakfast for her if it did. So that theory was out. Sam decided to head over to Jack's to surprise him with coffee and maybe he'd tell her what happened. She dolled herself up in that sexy sun dress of hers and headed out.
An hour later Sam pulled into his driveway next to his truck and parked. She got out with two tumblers from the coffee shop in town and headed up the stairs. Sam knocked on the front door a couple times. No response so she jimmied it open and then stepped inside, "Jack." Then she found Jack lying on the floor asleep. Sam looked around and saw his beer bottle in his hand and couldn't help smiling at him lying on the floor.
She set the tumblers on the entry table, closed the front door and kneeled down next him. Sam decided to have some fun with this assuming he passed out drunk on the floor. She leaned down and kissed him on the lips, parting them and sliding her tongue in his mouth. Jack stirred and cringed with a groan. She pulled back and smiled as he opened his eyes, "Have a little too much last night Brigadier General Jack O'Neill." Sam teased a bright smile on her face.
Jack looked around confused for a minute seeing he was lying on the floor. "Not that much." He grunted as he pushed himself up, "The last thing I remember was something hitting me in the face." He touched his jaw and stretched it. Jack cringed, "Ow." He told her, "I think it was your boyfriend." He got up off the floor slowly.
Sam picked up the bottle it was half full. "Pete came over here." She set the bottle on the table and picked up the coffee. He nodded and she handed the tumbler to Jack, "Here I brought you some coffee."
"Thanks." Jack took it and took a sip. He finally noticed her dress and the cleavage it displayed, "You look nice." He took another sip.
"Thanks." Sam smiled. "So did he say anything?" She asked sipping her own coffee to ease her own hangover.
"Nothing, I opened the door and a fist came flying at me. Then I woke up when you were kissing me." Jack recalled taking another sip. Then he added, "Reminded me of when I kissed you except you fainted." His brows went up.
"I fainted?" She repeated in disbelief.
"Yeah I had to carry you off base and take you home. I even put you to bed." Jack filled in her lost time drinking more coffee, "I must've been a really good kisser for you to faint like that." He smiled at her.
"I fainted." Sam smiled turning red, "I still can't believe that." She looked away from him, "We finally kiss for real not some alternate reality or timeline and I faint."
He nodded and commented, "I just hope you don't do it while I'm making love to you." She looked at him embarrassed again. "I was going to sneak back over and check on you, surprise you with breakfast." Jack told her behind his cup, "Instead I wake up in my entryway with a head and jaw ache." He mumbled, "With you thinking I passed out drunk."
She smiled and corrected, "Not anymore, the bruise on your jaw proves that." Sam paced and said, "I can't believe Pete would just punch you out like that." She paused and added, "Without even confronting me first."
"You obviously don't know men all too well Carter." Jack observed, "Or seen a cock fight." She looked at him bug eyed. "We're dangerous when jealous and he obviously proved that." He strongly suggested, "You'd better have your talk with him before this gets worse." Jack finished off his coffee and carried the empty container in the kitchen. "Have you eaten yet?"
"No I was hoping we'd go get something together." Sam came in the kitchen after him sipping her coffee, "Why do you think I got all dolled up for you?"
He looked her over completely with that sexy side smirk of his, "And you certainly did that." Jack lowered his voice tone, "I've wanted to see you in a dress like that for years." He warned, "We need to go out or it's going to come off." He winked and walked by her, "Make yourself at home while I get cleaned up. Think of some restaurants you want to eat at." Jack headed to his master bedroom to take a shower.
Sam smiled her heart racing as she looked around his house passing the time. She wandered into his office and saw his 'I love me' wall and heard the shower going then she heard him singing. Sam couldn't help smiling and got snoopy. She walked down the hall in the direction of his bed room to his door. It was half open.
The water turned off and she heard him grumble, "Damn I forgot to get a towel." Sam jumped back in his office and he came out naked in the hall. Her eyes grew and her jaw dropped her breath caught in her throat. She got a full frontal view of Jack as went to the linen closet. Oh my God. The man was hung like a bear and that was in his relaxed state.
Sam peaked between the bend of the door and door frame watching him pull a bath towel out and wrap it around his waist before he walked back in his bedroom this time the door closed. She let out her breath her heart leaping out of her chest. Sam sighed with relief closing her eyes a minute. She leaned against the wall calmed herself then finally went back to his living room to sit and wait for him.
She couldn't calm her heart or her hormones at this point. Jack was a God sexually and boy she couldn't wait to make love to him. Sam was about to jump him now but he had the perfect weekend planned. She bit her lip and her hands fidgeted out of nervousness. They were allowed to be together openly by presidential order now. "What is wrong with me?"
Sam began to pace the living room unable to sit still any longer just from anxiety and excitement, "Get a hold of yourself Sam gees." She sat down again taking deep breaths.
Jack finally came in down the stairs dressed in his light pants and a button up light blue shirt and high-top shoes his windbreaker in the bend of his arm. "Hey." She looked up suddenly blushing. "You ready to go?" He smiled looking her over.
"Yeah." Sam got off the sofa, "I'm hungry." She put her purse over her shoulder, "Let's go." She gave this cute naughty look as they ascended the stairs to the front door.
Jack looked her over hungrily feeling his manhood waking up and a new hunger starting to emerge. The way she teasingly strutted didn't help him either. It was clear that what she was hungry for wasn't food but food was what they needed to have the energy for their other hungers.
He opened the door and Sam moved in front of him deliberately rubbing her behind teasingly across his groin. Then she crawled into her seat and put her belt on. Jack was hard already and she felt him. He got in the driver's side and shut the door "waffle house?" Jack suggested with a smile.
Sam nodded with a bright smile, "Sure."
"Come here." He leaned across the seat cupped her face and kissed her a couple of times. Her legs tingled with excitement then he pulled back. "Didn't faint this time." Jack teased.
"Well I'm going to if I don't get something to eat." She said her tingling nerves consuming her whole body.
"Then I guess I'd better feed you." He remarked with a smile starting the engine and stressed, "You're going to need the energy the rest of the day." Jack shifted the gear and the truck roared out of the driveway onto the street.
Pete was sitting back watching as they left Jack's house. He then followed them to the restaurant and pulled over to wait for them to go inside before he would start observing them. He saw them seated at a window spot on the other side of the building so he pulled his car in a spot in front so he could watch them from the back seat.
Inside Jack and Sam ordered two breakfasts and sat looking at each other. "Never thought we'd be in here like this did you?" Jack remarked.
"No." She shook her head and couldn't help smiling, "At least not without Teal'c, Daniel or some other escort."
He took her hand in both his hands and brought it to his lips kissing it, "Which reminds me one of the requirements of the exemption is we have to get married within six months or Hayes wouldn't have agreed to it." Jack looked her in the eyes.
"I know." Sam agreed containing her excitement, "I have no objection to marrying you…" She assured him, "Whatsoever." She didn't want to say yes outright because she wanted him to do an actual proposal.
"Are you sure Sam?" He asked her seriously, "You think you could spend the rest of your life with a pain in the ass dumb bore loser like me." Jack said cynically, "I mean Pete seems like a way better choice for you than…"
Sam kissed him passionately across the table to shut him up. She pulled back and told him, "I love you way more than I love Pete. I only went out with Pete because I was hoping to be with someone I could have." Sam added, "And I didn't believe that you loved me anymore."
Jack responded, "Didn't love you anymore?" He was confused and hurt, "How could you even think that?" He told her flat out, "When you started dating him it was killing me." His eyes showed exactly how he felt, "But I stayed away because I did love you and I wanted you happy."
"He'd make me content but not happy." She clarified, "You'd make me happy and if you asked me to marry you I would without hesitation." Sam's eyes showed how much she loved him.
"I guess I'd better go buy a ring then." Jack smiled and kissed the back of her hand lovingly. Then he stressed, "And you'd better have a talk with Pete and break it off before I propose."
"I'll tell him today. I'll meet him after we eat breakfast." Sam promised him.
"Change the dress. Don't want to give him the wrong idea." He suggested and added, "But put it back on for me afterward when you meet me at the hotel tonight." Jack lowered his voice and told her, "I want you sexy and…" He kissed her hand and wagged his brows, "Tasty."
Sam smiled and giggled. Then their food arrived breaking them apart, "Boy I'm starved." She told him as her plate was placed in front of her.
"Me too…" Jack agreed and hinted, "For more than just food." He looked at her chest in emphasis turning her temperature as well as his own up.
"You'll just have to wait until tonight." She informed him, "I have to break it off with Pete first then." Sam stroked his groin under the table in emphasis and lowered her foot.
"Let's eat quickly so we can get out of here." He remarked anxious, "Make sure and bring some lingerie and toiletries because we're making a weekend of this before I start my new position on Monday."
Sam smiled and assured, "Don't worry Jack I'll bring plenty for us to do." She continued with her breakfast and Jack watched her during the whole meal.
As she ate she glanced over and caught someone watching from the back seat of a car in the parking lot. Sam told Jack, "Jack, someone is spying on us right now." He was going to turn and she said, "Don't look." Then she saw him and identified, "It's Pete." Sam looked pissed.
"I guess we'll both be having a chat with him soon as we finish our breakfast." Jack affirmed and went they went back to their meal while Sam kept an eye on him thinking of what to say.
Pete got out of the car to stretch just as Jack and Sam finished at the restaurant. His back was turned when they came out the front door. He turned around and this time Jack's fist hit his jaw knocking him against the car. "That's for last night." Jack stated and backed up cool and collect.
"Who the hell do you think you are following me around, following us around like that?" Sam demanded angrily her hands on her hips.
"Your boyfriend as I remember." Pete answered angrily, "We've been dating steadily for six months Sam and then suddenly I find you with your CO in a restaurant." He paused and continued, "And then last night he came out of your house giddy."
"I was bringing her home because she had too much to drink and passed out." Jack explained firmly, "Nothing happened."
"Yeah and then in her sleep she said she loved you and wanted to marry you." Pete recalled arguing with him. "And I can arrest you for assaulting a police officer." He pointed at Jack.
"Yeah and you assaulted a General in the US Air Force!" Jack pointed out loudly, "Came on my property and punched me in the face!"
"Well isn't what you're involving Sam in illegal?" Pete asked flat out, "Having an affair with a subordinate is a court-martial able offense as I remember."
"Pete we need to talk." Sam interjected and requested firmly pushing Pete by his back, "Jack go wait by the car. I'll be there in a few minutes" Her emotions showed making Jack obey instantly.
Soon as Jack was far away enough Pete demanded, "Sam what the hell is going on here? Not only are you with your CO you're holding hands and kissing him?"
"Because I'm in love with Jack, Pete." Sam explained beginning to cry, "I've been in love with him for years." Then she apologized, "I'm sorry Pete I do love you but I'm in love with him." She stated, "I'll always be in love with him. You are a great guy Pete you really are but I just don't feel the same about you as I do him." Sam told him the truth sobbing, "You need to just leave and find someone who can love you the way you deserve." She then told him, "Goodbye Pete." And then she walked away from him.
"Sam." Pete's heart broke as she disappeared into Jack's truck and out of his life. He got in his car drove off never to be seen by her or anyone she knew ever again.
Inside his truck Sam told Jack recomposing, "It's over between me and Pete now, let's go."
