AN: Here we go...

Disclaimer: Not sure how many more ways I can say that I do not own Flashpoint LOL

"I won't ever forget you Jules." Sam whispered as he tucked a stray strand of hair behind her ear. "You, Sadie, the baby...you're my reason for living. You're what's going to get me through the longs days and even longer nights. I love you with every fiber of my being, have since the moment I saw you and you pointed your Remmie at me."

Jules laughed. She remembered that day with vivid clarity. She hadn't realized it then but that was the moment she fell in love with Samuel Braddock, and she hadn't looked back since, even with the roadblocks in their relationship. She loved every moment of life with the man next to her and she sincerely hoped that she was going to be able to enjoy many more years to come. He just had to come home!

Sam and Jules spent the rest of the night and into the early morning hours loving each other. They were desperate to spend every moment possible in each other's arms. As Jules finally fell asleep with her head resting over his heart Sam gently stroked her cheek with the back of his hand.

"I love you Jules. Don't ever forget it!" Sam whispered.

Chapter 10 - Departure

Jules stretched as she slowly woke. She felt like she could still sleep for hours. As she looked at the clock on her bedside table she realized why, she had only been sleeping for about three hours. As much as she wanted to go back to sleep though she knew they would have to be getting up soon.

"Morning handsome..." Jules rolled over and was surprised to find Sam's side of the bed empty.

Jules sat up and looked around, not finding Sam anywhere in the room. She pulled herself out of bed and walked to the bathroom in search of her husband. He wasn't there either. As she walked through the bedroom she pulled on her robe and went down the hall in search of her man. When she came to the door of the nursery she stopped. Inside Sam was sitting in the rocking chair with Sadie in his arms. He was looking at her intently, almost like he was memorizing everything about his baby girl. Jules leaned against the door frame, crossed her arms over her chest, and simply watched her two favorite people in the world. She stood there for a good five minutes just observing her little family.

"I'm going to miss you baby girl." Sam said softly as he gazed into his daughter's beautiful blue eyes. "You be good for mommy while I'm gone, okay. I promise I'm going to think about you every day. I'll do everything I can to be home for your birthday Sadie. Daddy loves you so very much." Sadie cooed as he laid her on his shoulder and simply held her. He closed his eyes, relishing this moment of peace with his little ray of sunshine in his arms. He was going to miss this, so very much! He couldn't help the few tears that escaped as he held his baby girl.

A few minutes later Sam took a deep breath and wiped his eyes. As he settled Sadie back down into his lap he noticed Jules was standing in the doorway. He wondered how long she had been standing there, but once he saw the tears in her eyes he knew that she had to have heard his words to Sadie. He offered her a wavering smiled as she walked into the room and knelt down next to the rocking chair. She took Sadie's hand and smiled at her as Sam placed a hand around her shoulders. They stayed like that for several moments before Sadie started to fuss and Jules realized it was time for her little munchkin to eat.

"I should go change and feed her." Jules commented as she leaned her head against Sam's shoulder.

"Would you mind if I gave her her bottle?" Sam asked, unable to stop looking at the child in his arms.

"Not at all." Jules answered. She had a feeling that Sam wanted as much time with Sadie as possible before he had to leave. After all, he only had a couple of hours left before he needed to meet up with the Unit.

They had both been surprised last night when Williams had texted Sam with the time and place. They had both thought that they would have until noon, but unfortunately their travel plans got moved up once again and they had to be at the airfield by nine thirty. The flight was leaving at ten.

"How about I take care of changing her and getting her dressed while you shower. Then I'll shower while you feed her." Jules suggested as she met Sam's gaze.

Sam simply nodded in agreement. He appreciated Jules' understanding. Jules stood and carefully took Sadie from him, talking to her daughter softly as she did so. Sam then stood and pulled them both into a hug. He gently kissed the top of Sadie's head before heading towards the bathroom.

Sam showered and shaved in record time. He was getting nervous about leaving his family. He had rarely experienced nervousness like this before. Not that he hadn't been nervous, this was just a different kind. He was almost afraid, which had also rarely happened to him. It took him until he finished shaving to realize why he was afraid. He was afraid that he was not going to come home. He was afraid that something would happen while he was overseas that would keep him from watching Sadie grow up, from holding Jules in his arms again, from meeting his unborn child. He so desperately wanted to come home to them. He decided then and there that he needed to pull himself together. His time in the SRU had softened him and it was time to build those walls up again, fortify them. He was leaving, going off to war. He needed to shift completely into being a soldier once again. Only then would he be able to do his job, and come home.

Taking a deep breath he walked into the bedroom and stood before his dresser where his uniform waited. After the space of three heartbeats he started to dress. He donned everything except the top to his uniform. He wore the tan shirt that went under the camo top, but decided to wait until after he fed Sadie to put the camo shirt on. He then made his way down to the kitchen where he knew his girls would be waiting.

Jules had just finished preparing Sadie's bottle when Sam walked up behind her and put his arm around her waist. Sadie immediately turned to him with wide eyes and a smile.

"I think she wants you daddy." Jules smiled as she passed her daughter off to her husband.

"Come here Sadie." Sam said softly as he took her into his arms. He kissed her forehead before moving to sit on a stool at the breakfast bar and settle in to feed her.

As Sam fed Sadie Jules ran upstairs to shower and dress. She took a few extra moments with her hair, makeup, and clothes. She wanted to look good for Sam. She had worked really hard to keep her thoughts from turning dark as she got ready but the closer they were getting to leaving the harder it was becoming. She just hoped that she would be able to hold it together until after Sam boarded his plane and could no longer see her. Taking a deep breath she steeled her nerves and headed downstairs.

Sam and Jules worked effortlessly together to finish getting Sadie ready to go and load his gear into the car. When Sam backed the Jeep out of the drive he reached down and took Jules' hand in his, rubbing his thumb over her wedding rings.

They rode in silence, neither knowing what to say at this point. Both thought that the trip to the air strip was too short as it felt like they arrived just moments after they left the house.

Sam pulled the Jeep around to where their SRU family was already gathered. The JTF2 Unit was already in the process of loading the gear on the large military transport that was waiting for them. As they got out of the vehicle Cole and Williams came to get his gear and load it for him, telling him to take what little time he had left and spend it with his friends and family.

"Thanks for coming out guys. It really means a lot to me knowing that you're here to support us." Sam said as they walked up to the group. He was holding Sadie once again but passed her off to Winnie when she offered to hold her for a few minutes.

Wordy was the first to approach Sam.

"Sam, buddy, we're going to miss you. Take care of yourself over there will ya." Wordy pulled Sam into a tight hug. Sam was like a brother to him and would be greatly missed by the Wordsworth family.

"Thanks Wordy, I will. Thanks for being here, for being family." Sam said softly. Wordy patted him on the back before pulling away. No other words were needed.

"Sam, you've been a huge asset on my Team and your spot will be there for you when you get back." Rollie said as he approached Sam. The men shook hands and Rollie pulled him into a one armed hug.

"Thanks Rollie. It's been great working with you too and I look forward to coming back to Team Two once we take down Akbar." Sam replied with a small smile.

Sam said goodbye to the rest of Team Two before they left. They had candidates to meet for Sam's temporary replacement today.

Once Team Two left it was just the original Team One and Winnie left. Each member of the Team hugged Sam tightly and let him know that they were going to miss him, that they would watch over his family while he was away.

"I'm going to miss you brother." Spike whispered as he held onto Sam tightly.

"I'm going to miss you too Spike. Take care of Jules, please." Sam pleaded quietly.

"Of course. As long as you take care of you Samtastic."

"I'll do my best." Sam slapped Spike on the shoulder as they pulled away.

"Braddock." Williams called from where they waited near the loading bay of the jet.

"Yes sir." Sam called back, noting that it was almost time for them to leave.

"Sam, remember when you're out there that we've got our hands on your back. We'll watch out for things here until you can return home and care of them yourself. We'll watch out for Jules, Sadie, and the baby and make sure they're taken care of. Don't worry about things here. You just focus on your mission, take out your target, so you can come home to your family." Greg said as he squeezed Sam's shoulder.

"When I first came to the SRU I was a mess. I had just lost Matt, left the Army, I didn't have a real family to care for me or many friends for that matter. But you guys changed all that. Yeah we had a rocky start but you guys took me in, made me family. You guys saved my life." Sam took a deep breath as he took Sadie into his arms once again. "You helped me see the beauty in life. You showed me what love really looked like. You made me a part of your family and for that I will never be able to repay you."

Sam took a deep breath as he held his baby girl just a little bit tighter.

"I know you'll take care of of my family and it means the world to me." Sam said.

Everyone shared one last hug or pat on the back before the Team stepped away to allow Sam and Jules one final moment alone.

"I'm going to miss you Braddock." Jules whispered as Sam took her into his arms. She slipped an envelope into his pocket as he held her before tightly wrapping her arms around him. "Be careful, stay safe, come home."

"I'll do my best Jules. I love you so much." Sam buried his nose in her hair, breathing in her scent, committing it to memory.

Finally, after a long moment he released her and pulled back. He adjusted Sadie in his arms and smiled at her, blue eyes meeting blue.

"I love you Sadie girl. You be good for mommy and I'll be home as soon as I can." Sam kissed her on the forehead. "Daddy loves you baby girl."

Sam then gently passed Sadie back to Jules then leaned down for one last kiss. Touching his forehead to Jules' he whispered "I love you" one last time before taking a deep breath, turning around, and walking to join the Unit on the jet. He didn't look back, he refused to, because he knew that if he did he would never leave, and that wasn't an option.

Williams reached out and squeezed Sam's shoulder as the younger man passed. Sam was the only one in the Unit that was married and had a family so no one really knew how hard it was for him to leave them behind. However, Andy had made a promise to Jules to watch Sam's back and bring him home. He was determined to do just that.

Jules stood with Sadie in her arms and watched as Sam boarded the plane. Moments later the large cargo bay door closed, the engines roared to life, and the plane pulled away. She watched it, her eyes never leaving the large grey transport, until it rose into the air and out of sight. When she finally turned around Greg was there. She fell into his arms and sobbed. The love of her life had just gone to war, and there was no guarantee he would ever come back. She didn't know how she was going to survive!

As the plane rose into the air Sam closed his eyes and took a deep breath. He already missed his family dearly. He leaned his head back and slipped his hands in his pockets. That's when he felt an envelop in one of them. He withdrew it and smiled. Maybe he would make it through this deployment. He had a family to come home to after all, and he would fight with everything that he had every day to be able to come home to them sooner.

AN: Thank you all for bearing with me on another emotional chapter. I know you are all anxious for the action to pick back up but I as I'm a military wife and have seen my husband go away to war twice I couldn't just gloss over Sam leaving. Don't worry, more action is coming up in the next chapter.

I hope you enjoyed the chapter and I look forward to reading your reviews! Thank you all!