I have no excuse for not updating sooner. Sorry for the wait, guys. I love your reviews, and I hope to see many more of those in the future.

This chapter is for allaboutthegate, my partner in crime. Oh, and I just have to mention Tirol78, because "The New Ones" is just soo good.

Now, enjoy the new chapter everybody!

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She dreamed.

But her dream wasn´t like the nightmares she had had since their return from PX4-112. The bad dreams brought back the cold and pain. Darkness, fear, desperation. She often had woken up sweaty, breathing heavily, fingers clutched tightly around the soft fabric of her top that covered her pounding heart.

And for a long time after waking from her nightmare, she lie still on her bed, barely daring to move. Movement from the hallway behind her closed bedroom door told her that Jacob had woken up because of her screams.

She needed comfort, but not from her father. No matter how much she loved him.

Then Jack had come, and she slept in his arms through the night. And for the first time in weeks, her dreams weren´t bad. But she still dreamed of the icy planet.

And in her dream, he was holding her, tightly against his chest. His hands moving on her body, touching her the way only a lover would touch. The softness of their kisses, his eyes darkening with passion.

"I love you." She told him.

"I love you too." He replied, and it was cold around them, but she felt warm in his arms.

It was still raining when she woke up and stared up to the dark ceiling. She turned her head slightly to see him lying next to her on his side, one arm wrapped around her waist. He felt so real. Real and familiar. And for a moment she thought that maybe her dreams were more than just dreams. That maybe, just maybe, something had happened between them before and they didn´t remember. She had forgotten other things that happened on the planet.

She tried to think back, her mind offering her only some faint images she couldn´t separate from dream or reality. Sighing a little frustrated she finally gave up when he moved closer to her, an arm tightening around her.

"Is it morning yet?" He whispered sleepily.

She turned to look at the clock on her nightstand. "We have a few more hours."

"Good." He snuggled against her neck and she sighed happily, closing her eyes again, and she fell back to asleep, not able to realize that her dreams were actually memories.

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The morning started out as miserable as the day before, large rain drops drumming against the windows. The sky was grey, dark clouds hiding the sun that was only rising.

But inside the house, lying on the warm bed Jack O´Neill was slowly waking up. The annoying ring of the cell phone was demanding and he resultantly sat up and glanced down to the woman lying next to him.

She snuggled closer to his pillow, but didn´t wake up when he left the warm bed, grimacing as his bare feet touched the cold wooden floor.

"Son of a..." The quiet curse left his lips and he decided to hate the who ever was calling him in the early hours of the morning.

He flipped the phone open without thinking, his voice still hoarse with sleep. "O´Neill."

"Colonel?" At the moment he heard the surprised voice in the other end, he realized he wasn´t talking into his own phone.

"Doc." He replied, trying to sound as innocent as possible.

He knew that she was grinning when she spoke again, quickly recovered from her surprise. "I was actually trying to reach Sam."

"Of course you were." He replied, still kicking himself mentally for his mistake. "Hold on a second."

He walked back into the bedroom and sat down on the bed, reaching to shake her gently. "Carter."

The sound of his soft voice brought back memories from the previous night and a sleepy smile crept on her lips before she forced her eyes open. "What? No breakfast in bed?" She asked sleepily.

He shook his head in apology and gave her the cell phone. As much as he wanted to lie back on the warm bed, pull her close to him and stay there, well, forever sounded nice, he headed into the bathroom and started the shower.

Sam finished her call with Janet, promising to meet her back at the base later. So Janet knew. She had probably figured it out some time ago, maybe even before the two of them. The dream was still in her mind, but she decided to let it be for now. Maybe Janet would know.

She watched him walking back to the bedroom, a white towel wrapped around his waist. A sly grin crept on her lips as he sat down on the edge of her bed.

"Come here." She sat up and wrapped her arms around his neck, pulling him for a kiss. "You smell like my shampoo." She whispered, a soft giggle escaping her lips.

"Didn´t have much choice in there." He replied before kissing her again, lowering them down back on her bed.

"Well, I like it."

"I´m still staying with my more manly products."

She pushed him softly off of her. "I hope you didn´t use all hot water."

"My shower was more cold than hot." He replied grinning at the sight of her naked body disappearing into the bathroom.

The smell of fresh coffee filled the kitchen as she walked in some time later. "Oh my god." She said, pretending to be shocked when she saw him flipping the pancakes.

He turned around, offering her a cup of coffee. "I´m just trying to make a good impression, so don´t get used to it."

She chuckled and took the coffee, leaning to kiss him. "The first impression I got from you was..." She stopped as to think about it.

"Good?" He asked, a small frown on his lips.

"Not exactly the word I would use." Her voice was teasing and she looked him over the edge of her cup, taking a sip of the coffee before the look on her face turned to more serious. "This is not gonna be easy, you know..."

"No it won´t be." He moved closer, wrapping his arms around her waist, careful of the hot coffee in her hand. "Other wise I would have told you long time ago."

"But I still knew."

"Me too."

He leaned down to kiss her softly, tasting the coffee on her lips. "We´ll work this out, Sam." He promised, allowing her to lean away enough to place the cup on the counter behind him before leaning back against him.

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Yes, you know what to do. Hit the button, tell me if you liked it or not. This story is so not going to end like I first planned. But there will be a happy ending for this...probably. Got your attention with that, didn´t I? More to come...