A/N last chapter everyone! Enjoy!
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"Refusing an order is insubordination Major…I advise against it…" he almost whispered the last part as he walked closer to her.
"Or what?" she said with mock concern, getting excited for what was about to happen.
"Or you'll be in big trouble…come here…" he said mischievously as he took his last step to reach her and grabbed her waist pulling her down to the ground with him. Sam squealed and giggled with joy, all her worries gone from her mind.
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Chapter 10 - For the Good of the Outfit
Jack woke up from the sound of the Kawoosh of the gate establishing a connection to the planet they were on; they had spent the night in close proximity to the stargate, waiting for the signal from their robot counterparts. Jack knew it was time to return home…he began to untangle himself from Sam who was sleeping soundly in his warm embrace. As Jack zipped up his pants he heard Sam mumble something in her sleep, it made him smile. 'God, I love her so much…' he thought to himself as he was buttoning up his shirt. 'How did this happen?' he thought and more to the point where was this going? 'Are you beginning to doubt your own decisions Jack?' he asked himself. 'What has she done to you? You used to be a Colonel in the USAF…and now…well you're still a colonel in the air force, but instead of being sure of yourself you're…so…uncertain. Had they made the right decisions so far? Was what they were doing really as safe as they made themselves believe it was. As these thoughts were crossing his mind his radio crackled to life, waking Sam up in the process.
"Col O'Neill report back to base immediately!" they both froze as they heard the Generals voice.
'Well, that answers that question...' O'Neill thought to himself. 'Time to bring the curtains down ...'
"Come on Carter, get dressed…its time to face the music…" he told her over his shoulder as he marched himself out of their hiding place.
Sam was up and dressed in record time racing after Jack as fast a she could. 'Was this it?' she thought. 'All this time together just to end up in jail' She wanted to kick herself for being so stupid, and lets face it, she kind of knew it would come down to this eventually…just not so soon. It felt like such a short time ago, she smiled to herself as the image of waking up next to Jack for the first time hit her…and now jut like that it was going to end, they would be all alone. But she knew she would carry the memories in her heart, and not regret any of it…
"Colonel, Wait!" she called out to him as she ran out of their little tree hollow fully dressed into the early morning sun light. He turned to look at her, her eyes filled with tears that threatened to fall.
"Relax Carter…ill take it from here…" he stated. She knew what that meant; he was going to take the blame, as if she was going to let him do that.
"No!" she yelled, not in a pleading voice but a resolute one, a determined 'no'.
"No?" Jack asked raising his eyebrows in surprise as he turned around to face her now standing by the open stargate.
"I won't let you" she said determinedly.
"With all due respect Major, you can't stop me…I've made up my mind." Before he turned to leave they locked eyes.
"Jack, please." With those two words Jack heard everything Sam was saying without her saying it, but like he said, he'd made up his mind.
"Watch it Carter…you're breaking the rules here…" he said with a sad half smile remembering their 'own' rules they had made up to protect themselves. Sam's gaze fell to the ground; she understood there was no other way. Sam felt Jack's hand on her chin forcing her to look up at him. His dark brown eyes studying her features intensely and a second later their eyes locked, Jack's lips were crashing down on her own with such force that she stumbled backwards a few steps with Jack in toe still holding on to her lips with a captivating kiss, thinking it would be their last.
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Colonel O'Neill and Major Carter were now sitting in General Hammond's office. When they stepped through the gate their robot doubles were waiting by the ramp, no words were exchanged only solemn looks as the gate was dialed again and the robots were ordered to leave the SGC.
"'I'm not sure where to start." Hammond said in a disappointed tone of voice. "Or for that matter, not sure what I'm angrier about." They still had no idea that Hammond knows about the gym incident.
"Sir, I would like to…" Jack began but was quickly cut short by the General.
"Colonel, you will both sit here, in silence, and listen to what I have to say, is that understood?" Hammond asked rhetorically.
Yes sir." Sam and Jack answered in unison.
"Quite frankly I'm not sure what to say…" Hammond said almost to himself trying to collect his thoughts. "My two best and most trusted officers I could have…behaving the way you did is not only unbelievable, but downright stupid…" Sam looked down in shame but Jack held his gaze on Hammond keeping his feelings buried like a good soldier should.
"Not only did you endanger yourselves but you also compromised the rest of your team, my command of this base and the entire base itself by your actions…and that's without the tape…"
Sam's head shot up at his last words, looking at Jack with a horrified look on her face. Jack tried keeping his cool.
"Tape, Sir?" he asked Hammond trying hard not to wince before he actually heard the answer.
As Hammond told them of his knowledge about their little gym indiscretion both Sam and Jack's eyes grew wider and wider in disbelief, this couldn't be happening. Jack opened is mouth to speak but the General stopped him.
"I advise you to keep your thoughts to yourself Colonel; it might just get you into more trouble than you already are." That was enough to keep Jack quiet a little longer, and he gave Sam an apologetic look conveying how sorry he was for getting her in to trouble, but Sam wasn't content with taking it quietly.
"Sir, I can explain…" she began but Hammond gave her a warning stern look which made her think twice before she continued talking "We…eerrm…I…its not…" she stumbled over her own words not really knowing what to say. The general raised his eyebrows astonished at Sam's inability to form a coherent sentence, he felt sorry for her, and decided to get to the point, and turned his attention back to Jack when Sam had nothing else to say.
"Colonel O'Neill, it was my understanding that the robots agreed to bury their Stargate and never leave their planet."
"Yes sir..."
"Then it would seem that your robot counterpart is equally as good at following orders as you…although I must admit sending the robots was a clever scheme…" Hammond said the last sentence with a smile.
"What are you saying General?" Jack asked genuinely confused.
Hammond shook his head. "I'm saying that although I still feel that there needs to be some sort of punishment for what happened…I would expect you be more careful…in the future"
"Excuse me?" Jack wasn't sure he heard right.
"I'm willing to overlook your behavior Colonel, I have enough evidence to put you both behind bars right now, but I'm not going to do that. This information will be removed from your records and destroyed forever." Jack and Sam were shocked at hearing those words. "I'm doing this for the good of the outfit, your team and the entire base under my command, you two are just too valuable to throw behind bars, I know this has been going on for a while now and seeing as it hasn't affected your work so far, I'll allow it to continue, but please, don't do anything stupid like this again…you can keep doing what you want as long as no one finds out…I can turn the other cheek, but if this gets out, your on your own."
Sam and Jack just sat there open mouthed and wide eyed, trying to comprehend what just happened, and what it all means when the general continued.
He asked them to be more careful with what they do and where they do it, so as not to repeat the gym tape incident, which he will destroy, eliminate and act as if he never saw it.
"Dismissed"
As Jack and Sam got up and walked over to the door, still dazed and shocked at the situation, Jack turned his head to Hammond and with the biggest grin he said. "Ignorance is bliss" and they both left the Generals office with an extra bounce in their step.
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Col' Jack O'Neill was still asleep in his bed at 07:00 hours. In his arms was a certain blonde Major. This wasn't a dream he knew that much, as he slowly drifted into consciousness, still half asleep, he felt his arm draped across her belly. Without thinking twice he tightened his grip on her and started moving and rubbing against her sleepily, hoping to get some more of whatever they did the night before. Jack felt her stir and opened his eyes, still a bit blurry from sleep; he came face to face with short blond waves of hair. He smiled to himself as he felt her respond to his movements, with a smile of her own plastered on her face Major Samantha Carter was enjoying the wonderful sensation of her CO against her body, after a few moments she slowly turned herself around to face him.
"Mornin' Carter…" he said lazily.
"Good Morning Sir…" she was beaming up at him lovingly.
"Don't you think the 'Sir' is a little redundant by now?"
"Well besides the fact that its part of the 'rules' I kind of like calling you Sir when we're like this…anyway you keep calling me Carter…" she replied mischievously
Jack smiled and tugged her tighter against his worm body while planting soft kisses on her neck…
"You will always be Carter to me…"
"I can't believe we're here…after all that's happened…how did this all happen anyway? Sam was bewildered by it all; Jack stopped the kissing and just looked at her lovingly, held her closely to him and kissed Sam on her head as he began to answer her questions.
"Well, it happened one night…"
The end!
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OMG! I can't believe actually finished it! Me. Finish a story. yay!
I'm so proud of myself!
I hope it was a good story; I was going for easy reading, so hope it wasn't too disappointing for you.
I also wanted to apologize for the high rating of some of the chapters, need I remind you that I began writing this story when I was pregnant, my hormones were all over the place (heehee)…I'm quite shocked at myself for writing such words, but I doubt ill rewrite it…I don't have the time or energy to do that. So sorry again for that.
Wow, I'm still on a buzz from finishing a story, I never thought I would manage it, but it was thanks to all of you who read and reviewed it that gave me the incentive and motivation to continue. So thank you all for that, it made me happy to read your comments and kind words! Thank you
I have many more ideas for stories, most of them are Sam/Jack stories but one or two are team stories with S/J sidelines..I have no idea if and when I will have the time to write them…but I'll figure something out.
Thanks again!