It had been two weeks since the Stargate was buried. At least that was her theory. If it was destoyed the explosion would have been massive, it would have left mor that just a crater. But no matter how hard she and Jack tried they just didn't have the tools to penatrate the solid rock. It could take a life time to get through it all. So while her and Jack still put time into digging daily, that time was getting less and less everyday. I think we are just starting to accept the fact that they weren't going anywhere till a ship came. She and Jack, it still felt a little strange calling him Jack but he had insisted after only a few days, still had hope of rescue but also understood the reality that they were very far away from earth and that a rescue could take a year or more to get here. Depending on how long it took to even get ahold of their allies. Jack had decided that they should probably stick together, so as the rest of the town was rebuilding, they were also helping jack build a house for them to live into to. It was going to be two bedrooms, but still she was nervous. Without all the Sirs and Colonels, lately things have been getting very friendly between them. She was so comfortable in his company. It was so easy to forget who they were here. The things that kept them apart, the regulations and the impropriety of a CO and a 2lC being envolved, didn't seem so daunting. But of course, she had no idea how Jack felt. She knew she had feeling for him for a ling time, but how he felt was still a mystery. So for now she was his friend. They were each others last link to the world they left behind.
Jack stood back in the trees and watched as Sam stared out at the lake. She really was a beautiful woman. He had always known that, but the time spent on Edora seemed to soften her somehow. Her hair was a little longer and she wore the dresses that Laira had given her. She had even tanned a bit from all the work out in the sun trying to help rebuild the town they would no have to call home indefinitly. He was drawn to her, always had been, but now her pull was even stronger on him andhis defenses were weakening. All the reasons and barriers he used to distance himself from her didn't seem to apply here. He still stood there though, unable to take that next step. He knew he was kidding himself with thoughts that he had a chance with a women like Sam. So he contented himself with watching from afar. Happy in the knowledge that eventhough trapped on an alien world, light years from earth, this place had it's good points. They were safe from the Goauld and most of all, at least he was stranded with Sam.