Chapter 4 If We Ever Meet Again

"What the hell happened Jacob!" yelled Jack.

"I don't know Jack, it was working then all of a sudden she couldn't breathe, that fact is it shouldn't have happened" replied Jacob as he looked at Sam's comatose body.

"Well it has happened, and we have to fix this" said Jack as he walked over to Sam, picking up her hand as he threaded his fingers locking them with his own.

"There doesn't appear to be any brain damage which is a good thing, but her body has put itself into a coma" said Janet she walked to the opposite side of Sam's bed.

"One good thing I suppose" replied Jacob as he looked at his daughters sleeping body.

"Janet how long is she going to be in a coma for?" asked Jack as he squeezed Sam's hand.

"I don't know, her body is sleeping so it can heal itself, could be days, weeks, months even its up to Sam, and her body as to how long she will be asleep for, all I can do is make her comfortable for now" replied Janet as she looked at Jack.

Jacks eyes filled with fear and remorse, he couldn't help but blame himself for this, and it was his idea in the first place and look where it has put her, comatose and dead to the world.

Jacob sat by Sam's side as Jack left the room to clear his head as he put his hand in his pockets a small package was still concealed, as he pulled out the small velvet box Jack opened it, within contained his future with the woman he loved, and always would love. A diamond ring with crushed diamonds surrounding it, nothing more precious than the wearer itself, as a single tear slipped down jacks face as he thought he may never get the chance to ask Sam for her hand, never get to see her smile that brightened his day, the little things that made her Sam.

Jack stepped into Sam's quarters as he lay on her bed, with her ring in hand, closing his eyes he remembered the times they had spent together, the laughter shared, the heartache felt and the love experienced. Flashback after flashback Jack's mind slipped back to the first day he had seen her, as she walked into that first briefing, her golden blond hair, those legs that could kill a man not to mention the looks and her beauty, but most of all her smile that could warm you up that could kill the anger within. That was Sam; she was a soldier a lover and his rock.

Jack awoke to a knock at the door as Jacob entered know exactly where Jack would be. Pulling a chair up beside the bed he looked at jack's hand noticing the small box, as Jack handed it to Jacob.

"I was going to ask Sam to marry me after you healed her" said Jack as Jacob opened it.

"You loved her for some time now haven't you" replied Jacob as he looked at the diamond ring in awe.

"Love at first sight you might as well say, the first briefing I couldn't take my eyes of her" said Jack as he took the diamond ring and looked down at it. "There was something I saw in her eyes that day, something that I don't know made her different form everyone else, her smile could calm you, it was like looking at an angel" added Jack as he sat up against the headboard of the bed.

"She has that affect on people" replied Jacob with a smile as he listened to Jack.

"She's everything to me, I don't see my future without her being in it, I was going to retire when she said yes, I would give up everything for Sam to be in my life, my career, anything she wanted she would have it" said Jack as he closed the box. "And yet now I may never get that chance, the chance to tell her how much I love her, the chance to see that killer smile, and her gorgeous eyes, but if u don't want me to be with Sam then please tell me, I want her to be happy" finished Jack as he looked at Jacob for his answer.

"If Sam is happy so am I, If she is happy with you than I can't object my one wish is that you don't hurt her, fight for her and be there when she needs you" replied Jacob.

"Thank you, I will always be there for her no matter what, she has made me better than I was before we met" said Jack as he slipped the box back into his pocket. "How is she?" asked Jack as he looked down at his hands, trying desperately to push fear free of his mind.

"No change, doctor Frasier is with her now and Daniel and Teal'c just left as I was leaving, but she won't be alone" replied Jacob as Jack slid his legs over to the edge of the bed.

"I'll go and sit with her now, give Janet some time to rest" said Jack as he stood and headed for the door before he turned to face Jacob. "Thanks Jacob for everything" said Jack.

"Anything for my son in law" replied Jacob as Jack walked through the door.

Walking back into the infirmary Jack looked at Sam's still sleeping body, as he walked up beside her bed, she looked at peace. Placing a hand on her cheek as Jack ran a thumb across it before he sat down.

"You know Sam, we haven't had much luck lately have we?" said Jack as he took hold of her hand. "Just as everything is looking up, just as we start to think it can be fixed, something always goes wrong. I had planned on proposing when Jacob had finished healing your injuries, and if you said yes I was going to retire, I don't and didn't want you to give up SG1 to be with me" said Jack honestly as a tear escaped his eye and fell onto he hand.

"I want to make you happy, and from that fist day I saw you, you made me happy there was just something about you that was different, you had the balls and guts to stand up for yourself, something other people didn't have, you pushed the boundaries, to get the job done we both did, but when u asked me to leave you when the force field I couldn't, I couldn't leave you behind knowing what he would do to you, to get back at all of us, but most of all I couldn't imagine my life without having you in it, you mean the world to me and always will no matter what happens, or where you take me I will be by your side supporting you" finished Jack as he rested his head of the bed next to Sam's as he whispered in her ear "I love you Sam".