AN: Hi everybody! Sorry for taking so long with this update, but you know... Life and work and holidays... Yeah I had to go on holidays... But I'm not sorry for that ;-)

So, here we go with the next chapter. But before I let you read thank you so much for reading and rewieving and following - I'm so happy that you seem to like this story! And I'm pleased that there are still new followers, welcome to you :-)

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When Sam awoke the next morning she was still lying in Jack's arms and she felt so safe. She felt Jack's breath on her neck and a shiver ran through her body. He appeared to be awake, because he moved behind her and before she could say knife, he began placing feathery kisses on her neck. Sam squirmed a little under his touch, but at the same time she enjoyed this proximity that she didn't want to miss since the day yesterday. Jack didn't let himself distract by her movement and continued caressing her neck, which drew Sam a soft moan after a little while.

"Good morning", he whispered between two kisses.

"Morning", Sam replied with another moan. "Jack, what are you doing?"

"What do you mean?", he replied dryly and remained his activities unflinching.

"You know exactly what I mean", she sighed and couldn't resist another low moan to escape her throat. What was he doing to her? No man had ever caused such feelings inside her and she enjoyed his tender touches so much.

"I show you how much I like you." Sam felt him grinning behind her and turned around in his arms to look at him. "Don't you like it?", Jack wanted to know immediately.

"I do...", Sam replied and added softly, "very much, actually". So she put her hand around his neck and pulled him down to her to kiss him. Jack responded immediately to this kiss and soon this first tentative touch of their lips became more passionate. Jack turned himself, so that Sam was below him. She had spread her legs and Jack pressed himself close to her. They still kissed passionately, their tongues fought incessantly with each other and drew both Sam and Jack a groan.

She realized how much Jack was already aroused, because something hard pressed against her abdomen. And that just turned her on even more. They still kissed but then, however, separated shortly to take a breath. Jack looked down at Sam and as their eyes met the tension between them was palpable.

Sam looked into his brown eyes that watched her with so much warmth and in which she could get lost. But besides the warmth she also saw something else. She saw passion. A fire was blazing in his eyes and she was happy that it was her who caused this passion in him.

"What?", Jack asked. But Sam pulled him toward her and kissed him again.

When they broke, she gently stroked his cheek and whispered "I love you, Jack. I want you to know that. And I want you remember that, no matter what will happen afterwards."

Jack looked at her, startled. What should he say to that? He didn't know. The only thing he could think of in this situation was to kiss her again – so he did. And this kiss was not wild and passionate. It was instead gently and tenderly and reflected all the feelings he wasn't able to utter. When Jack broke off of her once more, he was unsure of what was going on with Sam. She was crying, again. But why? What had he done wrong?

"Sam ... What is it? Have I... Have I done something wrong?", Jack asked and he looked worried at her. When Sam shook her head he was relieved shortly. Nevertheless, he still didn't know why she was crying. He gently brushed the tears from her cheek and asked her what was going on.

"I just want you to know what I feel for you. I never before have had such deep feelings for someone else and I so much want to have a future together with you. But..."

Jack examined her, still uncertain. "But?"

Sam took a deep breath before she said "What if things don't work out as planned? Then maybe you don't remember it anymore. Or we both don't remember it..."

Jack still stroked her cheek gently and looked at her lovingly. He was sure that everything would work out as planned and he told her so. He trusted her and somehow he knew she would manage it. He was about to kiss her again when someone knocked on the door.

They still held each other's gaze. The sexual tension between them was still there, but the pleasure that had controlled them a few minutes ago was somewhat given away to something that went deeper. Neither of them said anything, they just continued to look straight into the other's eyes when they heard another knock on the door followed by a voice.

"Jack, are you awake?" It was Jacob.

"Déjà-vu", Sam whispered softly, and she left this so familiar brown of his eyes and looked to the door. Sam had a déjà vu.

"You should open the door, Dad can be very persistent", Sam whispered softly.

Jack, who still looked intensely at her twisted his mouth slightly and started to smirk. "If you say so..." But rather than stand up and walk to the door, he got closer to her and kissed her again gently before he breathed a "I love you too, Sam" in her ear.

Sam hadn't expected that. But before she could say anything Jack was already up and on the way to the door. But before he opened it, he looked at Sam again and said "Maybe you get up or do you want your dad to find you in my bed?" He cocked his head slightly, smiled and waited until Sam was up on her feet. Then he opened the door and looked into the face of the man who was with him yesterday. So this man was Sam's father.

Sam was a little nervous when she saw Jacob. He looked back and forth between her and Jack and then he frowned. Had he noticed anything? If he did, he didn't show it. He cleared his throat instead, wishing both a good morning. He told them that Anise wanted to set to work on downloading Jacks memories as soon as possible and that he was there to pick them up for breakfast. Sam and Jack exchanged a quick glance and then followed Jacob out of the room. But then Jacob suddenly stopped and turned to face the two.

"Are you two all right?", he asked bluntly. Sam's eyes widened briefly and she looked at Jack before she turned her gaze back to her father. She was about to say something, but Jack cut her off and she was grateful for that.

"Well...", Jack began, "... I don't feel certain with this plan. As Sam explained to me, there's a danger that she could lose her memories, too. And I don't like that fact."

Jacob looked at him sympathetically and nodded. Then he looked at Sam and said "I know Jack. I also have my doubts. Especially looking at the results so far... But what choice do we have?"

Sam was surprised to hear such words from her father. She had expected him to be worried, but that he expressed these concerns to her, and also in front of the Colonel, would never have come to her mind.

"We have no choice. That's the problem", Sam replied. "Therefore, we should just get it over with as soon as possible and hope that everything works out as planned. And now let's have breakfast." With these words she pushed past the two men and went on her way.

After finishing their breakfast, Sam and Jack made their way to Anise' lab. They had discussed with the others that only the two of them and Anise, of course, should be present at the trial. Especially Daniel and Janet had protested to that, but Sam had repeated the clear instructions of General Hammond, namely that only the test person should be present in the room and that privacy needed to be protected. And since it was them, her and Jack, who were concerned and it was about all of their memories, Sam would enforce this order of General Hammond. And she didn't care how strong the protest would raise. Ultimately, she was able to accomplish her will, even with the support of Teal'c and Jacob, although her father also had to be convinced. He wanted to be there and support his daughter. But thankfully Sam was able to talk him out of this.

Now they both sat in Anise' laboratory and were wired. Anise studied the data on the computer that have been sent from their two brains and discovered that there was a very large amount of data available in Sam's brain. This in turn didn't surprise Sam, because - after all - at the moment she possessed all the memories of two whole lives. Anise analyzed the data further and then they already had to face the first problem. Anise explained that she was unable to clearly identify from the data which memories were Jack's and which were Sam's. This information caused Sam to look scared to Anise before she looked to Jack.

"What does that mean?", Jack asked uncertainly.

"She cannot keep the memories apart. She cannot tell which are yours and which are mine. And so she can also make no selection of the memories she has to download", Sam explained to him. Then Jack asked how they would go on and what should happen next.

"I'm afraid I have to download all the memories. Unfortunately, there seems to be no other possibility", said Anise.

Jack listened and said to Sam "But that would mean that you lose all your memories, Sam. I don't want that. It's bad enough that I can't remember anything."

Sam looked at him and then asked Anise for a short break. She needed to talk to Jack. Anise reluctantly left her lab and Sam first freed herself and then Jack from the cables.

"Jack, please, we need to do this. There's no other possibility. If we don't download the data from my head, it will be lost somehow or the other. And I don't know how this will affect me. The only certainty I have is that my brain cannot manage this amount of data for a long time. If Anise can make no separation between our memories, then I can't either. That means, I would also have no control whether I lose memories of you or me. Please Jack, we have to do it."

Jack looked deep into her eyes and took her head in his hands. "Ok... Let's do it. I love you, Sam. I hope you won't forget that", he whispered and kissed her tenderly.

Sam kissed him back and whispered "I love you too!", before they parted. Sam called for Anise to come back inside and she started to download the data from Sam's head. When all the memories were stored in the computer, Anise turned to Jack and explained that she was now able to distinguish the memories of each other and give each of them their own memories back. Jack nodded to her what Anise understood as an invitation to continue. She pressed a few buttons and images, which he didn't know, crossed Jack's mind. However, this was not surprising, since he couldn't remember anything. After Anise had loaded all the information up into his head, she repeated the procedure at Sam. Also with her everything went according to plan.

As the cables were removed, the others were allowed to enter the lab. That they didn't need to be told twice, because they were curious to see if everything had worked. Janet was the first to ask the two how they felt. And both said that they felt quite well.

Jacob ran to Sam and hugged her. "I'm glad that everything went well, Sam." Jacob broke away from his daughter and looked at her. "Sam? Is everything okay?"

"Hmmm... No, Jake, don't think so..."

Jacob looked confused at his daughter and asked "What do you mean, honey?"

"Ummm, Dad... I'm over here", said a deep voice that clearly did not belong to his daughter.

"That's probably a joke, Jack! Right?...", Jacob asked incredulously after he had turned around and then looked for help to Anise. But the Tok'ra just shrugged her shoulders and shook her head apologetically.

"What?", was the only world coming from Daniel, who looked back and forth between Jack and Sam. What did that mean?