I am so sorry for the delay in updating - I just didn't have time to finish this chapter before I went away, hopefully updates will be a bit more frequent now that my life is back to it's usual level of chaos. Also once again thank you so much to everyone who has reviewed and put this story on their favourite or alert list, you have no idea how much it makes me smile to know that people are enjoying reading it.
"Well that was fun – not." Jonah said as he flopped back on the bed.
Thera smiled. "C'mon, it wasn't that bad."
Jonah looked at her disbelievingly. "You're kidding right? 'Where did you meet? How long have you known each other?' Yada Yada Yada." Jonah picked up the Playstation controller. "I hate all that touchy feely emotion crap."
Thera climbed on the bed next to him. "I know you do, I'm not a big fan of talking about my feelings either but it's a small price to pay for what they have given us."
"Ah yes cake." Jonah grinned and wrapped his arm around her. "Ah Thera, is there any reason my Palystation isn't working?"
Jonah sat up to check the main console near the television and saw that is was in parts all over the floor. He turned to the woman in his arms. "Care to explain?"
Thera had the grace to look a bit sheepish. "I was bored earlier." She said by way of an explanation.
"You were bored?" Jonah asked incredulously. "So you decided to break my stuff?"
"I was curious. I just wanted to see how it worked."
"And did you? Find out how it worked that is." Jonah asked sarcastically.
"Of course." She answered with a slight frown as if to say was there any doubt of the fact.
"Then do you think you could put it back together now?"
Thera grinned wickedly as she moved to sit astride Jonah's lap. "Well I could." She drawled seductively as she leaned forward and kissed him, "or we could come up with an activity we will both enjoy." She wiggled her hips slightly.
"Mmmmm an activity we will both enjoy you say, you have anything in mind?"
"I'm sure if we put our heads together we can come up with something." Thera began to unbutton Jonah's shirt.
Jonah knew she was way smarter than him and she just proved it once again. He smiled widely and began to unbutton Thera's shirt, loving the way her breath hitched slightly. "You are going to fix the Playstation though right?"
Thera laughed. "Yes Jonah I will fix your Playstation." As she finished speaking Jonah began to rain kisses down her neck. "Later."
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Janet was sitting in General Hammonds office waiting for him to return from a meeting. It had been four days since Jack and Sam had their first meeting with McKenzie, she smiled ruefully at the fact that neither of them made it to a second individual session proved to her they were not faking this memory loss in any way.
"Doctor Frasier" General Hammond greeted as he entered his office.
"General Hammond." Janet stood and addressed her commanding officer as he entered the room and sat behind his desk.
"Has there been any progress?"
"No sir. Jack and Sam attended a joint session with Dr McKenzie, after which he said, and I quote, 'they are both stubbornly sticking to their stories'." Janet cringed as she told the general McKenzie's initial assessment. What little respect she had for the man completely disappeared after that comment but as the base psychiatrist she had little choice but to refer SG personnel to him.
"As you can imagine, with that type of attitude, Col. O'Neill didn't even make it halfway through his first individual session before storming into my office and informing me that he would rather take his chances back on P3R-118 than have to sit through another moment with, again I quote, 'that quack."
General Hammond sighed not really surprised at the outcome. After all it was Jack O'Neill, regardless of memory loss, he was still in possession of the same personality traits. "And Major Carter?" He asked.
"Lasted until her second session, but McKenzie insisted on calling her Major Carter and she clammed up and refused to speak to him at all."
"So what do you suggest we do next doctor?" The General asked. He not only wanted his two officers back but he also wanted his two friends back.
"I was thinking about taking them to their homes and seeing if the familiar surroundings may help their memories. I know you wanted to confine them to base Sir but other than Sam's blood pressure there is nothing medically wrong with either of them and, well, I guess we need to face the fact that they may never regain their memories and if that happens we can't keep them here forever." Janet finished quietly. Although she was growing to like this 'new' version of her friends who were openly loving and happy she couldn't help but want their true selves back, she just hoped they could find some way to combine the two.
"What exactly did you have in mind?" The general asked knowing his CMO would not have bought up this course of action without a plan already in mind.
"As you are aware neither like to be parted from the other for any length of time but I thought if I offered to take Sam shopping for things for the baby and then 'drop in' to her house on the way back. I thought Daniel and Teal's could offer to show Col. O'Neill a house that he and Sam might like to consider living in."
General Hammond sighed. "It's almost like they don't want to remember." Janet looked up startled. "Don't get me wrong I certainly don't think they are doing it deliberately, but their lives are certainly simpler at the moment, I was just thinking that subconsciously it must hold a certain appeal for them."
"I don't disagree General, my concern though, is. how they are going to deal with the situation if and when they get their memories back."
"You have a go doctor and make sure you keep me apprised of any change, no matter how small."
Janet stood. "Yes sir".
As he watched his CMO leave George Hammond felt his gut knot even more tightly than it had been for the last few weeks. He too was worried about the ramifications of Jack and Sam's time on the planet. He had made sure the powers that be understood that the officers had no idea of the military regulations they were bound by and therefore was assured there would be no charges bought against either one, but he knew the emotional toll of this mission was going to be a hard one for either officer to recover from.