She was silent for almost all the time; she didn't even pay any special attention to their talks. Although the day was great, she was heavily tired. While the others were discussing their together past, she fell asleep.

Chapter 6

The sun was high in the sky when Teal'c and Daniel left the cabin. Sam was watching their car until it disappeared afar, but she stayed outside much longer. By his departure, Jack triggered an avalanche of events and they couldn't do anything against that anymore. It was done. The original SG1 was released. They all knew that things will change, but that's gonna be much bigger change for her and Jack. She was smiling, while she was overplaying all what happened recently.

While she was sleeping on the couch, Jack covered her with a blanket. He later told her that Daniel had some comments on that, but he didn't reveal what exactly Daniel said. Actually, it was Daniel who woke her up later. She smiled, cause the three men were looking at her, obviously having nothing to say. Than Jack made some joke and wished them all good night.

After few minutes, Sam was on the way to the room. When she was about to open the door, she felt a hand on her shoulder. She gasped, but she recognized him immediately.

„Jack, you scared me," she whispered. He was standing right next to her, but she couldn't almost see his face. It was dark; the moon wasn't enlightening the room enough.

„I'm sorry," he replied quietly. "I didn't want to."

"I hope so," she mumbled. "What are you doing here?"

"Waiting for you." He was gazing at her the way that she found difficult to breathe.

"You wished me good night already," she smiled, trying to keep the light tone.

"I don't think so," he smiled back. She kissed him on the cheek and leaned back. Jack looked at her and touched her hand.

"Come on, Carter," he said. It sounded a bit impatiently.

"Jack, please, do you really have to call me Carter in these moments?" she asked.

„No, I don't," he admitted. „But I like it." He was still holding her hand. She smiled again, but didn't move. When she glanced at him, she saw confusion in his eyes.

„So, you wanna really stay here," he said, pointing to the door. It wasn't easy to stay calm and not to giggle, when she saw his disappointed face.

„You gave me this room," she teased him. Jack sighed and frowned.

„Yup, stupid idea. I had to give you your own room cause of Danny and T. I didn't know that you would really..." he tried to explain at first, but he rather stopped, when he caught her wide smile.

„You are playing tricks on me, aren't you."

„I wouldn't allow that." She was smiling playfully. Jack leant against the wall, watching her amused grin. His eyes got darker; she couldn't resist the intensity of his look. They were looking at each other and the tension was evident. She wasn't smiling anymore.

„You are making me mad," he whispered.

„I know," she said stilly. She realized that they are still in the corridor. She looked around, but fortunately no one else was there. It would be really stupid if they weren't alone.

„No one is here," Jack said and snapped her to him. „Sam." She turned her head to him and met his eyes again. She didn't protest, when he took her hand and lead her to his room. She had no reason to protest. When Jack closed the door behind them, she didn't care about anything.

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Although it was very early morning, Jack was already up. The sun was probably about to rise, cause it was still a bit dark. Sam ignored Jack's amused face when she was opening her eyes and yawning. She was sleepy and didn't react, just wanted to get up. He gave her the clothes that were still lying on the floor. She glanced at him and caught his glimpse.

„What time is it?" she asked, trying to talk about something common.

Jack looked at the watches. „It's gonna be six."

„So why are we getting up?"

„I'm getting up," he smiled softly. „I didn't tell you to get up with me. I have something to do outside. You can go on sleeping, if you want."

„Yeah, that's a good idea," she smiled back. „But I should come back to my room."

He nodded shortly. He waited for her to be ready and than opened the door.

„I told you I would teach you to rest," he noticed, when she passed him.

She giggled. „I didn't rest a lot tonight."

Jack closed the door and turned back to her.

„So didn't I," he said. It was impossible to stay calm if he was gazing at her this way. He kissed her and she responded willingly, putting her hands around his neck.

„Ok, see you later," he said when she pulled away. She smiled and turned round. Suddenly she stiffened. Teal'c was standing in the kitchen just few meters far from them. She looked at Jack. He shrugged his shoulders.

„Hi, T," he started. „What are you doing here so early?"

„Good morning," Teal'c said. „I went for a glass of water." Sam saw a slight smile on his lips. She closed her eyes. The situation was awkward.

„Teal'c." It was Jack who spoke again. „I think that you don't have to tell anyone about this. You know, it's still against the rules." They both were watching the Jaffa, while he was smiling.

„I'm not going to tell anyone, O'Neill. I had a feeling that something changed. But you didn't want to talk about it and I will respect it."

Sam smiled, shaking her head. In fact, she wasn't surprised. Teal'c could be very receptive. More than Daniel, who obviously had no idea.

„Well, we have a deal," Jack noticed. Sam avoided to look at Teal'c again and quickly left. She was sure that she wouldn't be able to fall asleep anymore, but she wanted to be alone. She was grateful to Jack; he tried to solve it instead of her. It wasn't her day.

She knew that Teal'c can fulfill the promise. To be honest, she didn't like the whole situation; that they had something to hide. It could be exciting sometimes but also very nerve-racking. Fortunately, she will be in Area 51 in a few days and then it will be different.

Now, when Daniel and Teal'c were away, she didn't want to go back inside. Jack joined her after few minutes. She realized she hadn't talked to him since the early incident.

„Teal'c will be fine," he said, glancing at her. She nodded.

„Yeah. He always is. And he knows us too well." She smiled. „I should have got to know it."

"Even you cannot know everything," he replied, teasing her. „And we have still a free afternoon, if you remember," he added.

„I remember," she said, smiling. „I was just wondering how much I will miss all of this."

„I know. Trust me, I was wondering about it for a damned long time. I didn't want to talk about it, before I was totally sure. I hope I did the right thing." His voice was serious.

„Definitely," she replied. „We both did."

„And are you really sure about that?" He looked at her, apparently waiting for the answer.

„What?" She didn't know what he was talking about. He looked nervous.

„I mean, when I left, I didn't think about what you want. Just about what I want."

„I want to be with you," she said. She was surprised cause Jack was unusually uncertain.

„Now maybe, but... I just want to say that I was selfish." She didn't understand, what he meant by saying that. She never thought that he might have some doubts too, because he had no reason to that.

„Selfish? You did it for us. I can't imagine anything else you could do." In spite of her words, he still looked a bit dubious.

„I think you don't realize everything," he continued. „I'm not... Don't you think I'm too old, do you? You know that..."

„Jack," she interrupted him softly, but vigorously. „I love you." It was the first time she said that, but she felt no more doubts. She loved him; actually it was very simple.

He gave her one of his gutsy sights, took her head into his hands and kissed her urgently. She was lost again, just put her hands around him and stopped thinking. He leaned back a little, but was still close and his hands didn't move at all.

„I love you too, Sam," he said confidently. He even didn't try to detract the situation. She kissed him back; there was no time to talk. This place had some kind of magic inside and she belonged here, she belonged to him.

She will miss the SG1; that was self-evident. It's gonna be hard not to see her best friends every day. One part of her life was ending, but the new one was beginning and she was persuaded it will be the best one. She grasped Jack's hand and she saw the determination in his eyes. It was their new beginning.

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