She'd loved him so much and watching that mirror shut off had broken her heart. She'd never shared how much it had hurt with anyone. Not even Daniel. She remembered watching Jack nod to Kawalsky and then the mirror had gone dark. She could remember the thoughts that had run through her head during those moments. What had happened? Was it a malfunction? Would the mirror come back no in a few moments? Did he want that to happen?
Over seven years she'd gotten over it. Or she thought she had. Until the minute she'd seen him. Although she had been mad when she'd watched him hurt Vala but when she'd interviewed him she'd realised he total regretted it and was sincerely sorry.
Sam gave up figuring out a way of sending them home from the SGC she knew that they had to go back to the planet . but first she wanted to speak to Jack O'Neill and find out if he was hiding something or if he really didn't know anything about how he and Doctor Carter had gotten here. It wouldn't be the first time they'd been lied to.
Walking into the viewing room above the isolation room, where Doctor Carter had been placed, Sam found Jack. He looked exhausted and sick with worry but he would be. He didn't look up at Sam's entrance but he did take notice of her when she put and portion of jello in front of his face.
"Carter!" He smiled at her but she only nodded in way of greeting. "Do you know anything yet?"
"About getting you home?"
"Yeah."
"Not yet. We think we need to go to the planet you arrived on. But I need to ask you. Do you honestly not know anything about how you got here?"
"No! why does no one in this place trust us?"
"we've been deceived by people from other realities before."
"Ok maybe if you've been deceived then I understand the lack of trust but come on Carter do you really think I'd take you for a ride?"
"I don't know sir. I don't really know you so I honestly don't know what to expect from you."
"Carter that's a lie you do know me. It's only been a year."
"Maybe for you but a lot has changed here. A lot changed right after you left."
"What changed right after I left?"
"well for starters Sha're died. Teal'c had to kill her when she tried to kill Daniel well Amonet did. We also got Klorel out of Skaara thanks to the Tollan and Tok'ra."
"How are the Tollan anyway. Still in love with themselves."
"their dead."
"Dead?"
"Yes. They made a deal with the devil and it backfired."
"What about the Tok'ra?"
"Fine but our relations aren't as strong as they once were. All the Tok'ra we were close to are dead."
"Dad?"
"Two years ago. Selmak died of old age and my dad held onto him for to long and he died to."
"Oh carter I'm sorry." he truly was he could see the tears she held back. And he had an urge to hug her which he suppressed.
"I have to go and talk to General Landry and Cameron. Enjoy the jello."
As Sam walked away she barely held back tears. Telling him that stuff had made he want to cry those memories weren't happy but at least it had only been a few memories. She hadn't even told him about Abydos.
Jack stared after her. Wondering how much more he had to learn. What about Marty. That Tok'ra she'd been close to? She'd said all the Tok'ra they were really close to had died. What had happened to him. Jack also wondered if he'd upset her. It was pretty clear, event to him, that she'd been close to tears. These memories where blatantly hard for her to relive. Narim must have died too. Carter was close to him too. Jack had never liked him but then he'd never liked Marty either. Jack pushed those things out his mind and focused on his life now.
Jack had seen many things in his life but seeing his wife in the condition she was had to rank up there but it had just been complicated. Because of her. Carter. She was just like Samantha only she hadn't learned his attitude. Didn't act like him the was Samantha did.
Samantha had done this since he'd got there. And he figured that she'd got it from her realties real Jack.
He had to stop it!
Even after a year he still called the reality he'd been in until a few days ago, her reality, Samantha's reality. And the Jack that had died, the real Jack.
And it had just gotten harder due to the blonde who had just walked out the room telling him to enjoy the jello.
Jack smiled to himself a little, picking up the spoon he tucked into the jello.
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