Foolish Games
By: the female apophis
A/N: Inspired by a song of the same name by Jewel.
Archive: Sure, just make sure you ask me first
Disclaimer: Define owns...
Pairings: I hope you can figure that one out on your own.
Rating: uh...it should be listed on the page in which you linked to this...so...yeah.
Songs: One may happen to appear...if you see one, then...you see one. It may be here, and then again it may not.
Summary: No, Sam's not happy at all.
Spoilers: Please, please, let me know if you see one.
Other stuff: Yeah, you may see some other stuff that isn't Stargate SG-1 related, but don't worry. It was put into the story for a purpose.
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They stood around in the small cabin, glasses raised and listening to the speech being given. Daniel looked around the room in search of Sam, but she wasn't there.
Not surprising considering what was going on.
He excused himself from Janet's side and walked as quietly as he could out to the dock.
Sure enough, she was there. Her head was raised to the moon; he could see the beer bottle in her hand. Her jacket was pulled tightly against her to ward off the cool breeze that suddenly popped up.
"Sam?"
She turned to face him and gave him a half-hearted smile.
"Hey Daniel."
"What are you doing out here?"
"Do you really need to ask me that?"
"Right. I knew that. Wanna talk about it?"
"Not really."
"Okay."
They stood there in silence for a moment, just watching the clouds lazily float across the vault of heaven.
"It's just...I never expected it to be like this."
"Sam, how many beers have you had so far?"
"This is my fifth."
"Your fifth? Sam, the party started an hour ago. I think you should take it easy."
"Why? Why should I take it easy, when I have to think about that. At least the alcohol helps take away some of the pain."
"Will you please talk to me about it?"
There was silence again for a few moments before she spoke to him again.
"The man I love just got married, and I'm not the one wearing the matching wedding band."
She slowly sunk to the dock, and he soon joined her.
"Go on."
"Two weeks. Two weeks more and none of this would have happened."
"What do you mean two weeks?"
"I gave my resignation to Hammond two weeks ago."
"You're leaving the SGC?"
"No, I'm leaving the Air Force. It'll become official in two weeks. If he had of just waited that long..."
"Then none of this would happened? Sam, it could have happened anyway. We all knew that he was dating, none of just expected it to get this serious."
"Damn right about that." She drained the last of her beer and set the bottle on the wood beside her.
"Oh, by the way. Congratulations Daniel; I heard about you and Janet."
"Thanks."
"And I mean that. You two deserve happiness. I guess I'm just the one who doesn't."
"Don't say that Sam. You'll find someone. One of these days, it'll happen. You just wait."
"The only man who could do that now belongs to another."
"Quit taking this out on yourself Sam. I mean it."
She shook her head sadly before rising to her feet. Daniel followed suit.
"Daniel, I honestly don't know how I got through these last eight years. I don't think I would have been able to without you there."
"Don't mention it."
"I just wanted to tell you. You, Janet and Teal'c are all I got left. The three of you are the best friends a girl could ask for. Thank you."
"Anytime Sam, anytime. Let's get you out of here."
"Okay."
She took his hand and gave it a gentle squeeze before releasing it.
As they reentered the cabin, Sam made her way to the general.
"Sir, I just wanted to let you know that I'm leaving for the evening."
"I don't want you driving Sam."
"I'm not. Daniel said that either he or Janet would give me a ride."
"Okay. Well, take it easy. I don't want you to hurt yourself."
"Would I do that sir?"
He just gave her a look before smiling.
She wrapped her arms around him and whispered, "Thank you sir."
"Anytime Major, anytime."
She leaned back, gave a gentle squeeze to his arms, and made her way over to Teal'c.
"Major Carter."
"Teal'c. I just wanted to let you know I'm outta here for the evening."
"Very well. I hope that you find sleep easily tonight."
"Thanks. You too."
"Goodnight Major Carter."
"Night."
As she made her way back to the door, she said her good-byes to the various personnel.
She took one last look around the room and regretted all the times she told him no.
"Hey Daniel? You seen Carter?"
"Janet took her back to the hotel about an hour ago."
"Damn. I was hoping to get to say good-bye to her before she left."
"I don't think that's such a good idea Jack."
"Why not?"
"Jack. You just got married. How do you think that makes her feel?"
"Ah crap."
Back at the hotel, Sam was crying her heart out on Janet's shoulder.
"I don't understand it! The man practically told me he loved me, but then he turns around and marries that bitch. I'm not the only one who thinks she's a bitch right?"
"No, she is definitely a bitch. I still can't figure out what it is he sees in her."
Sam eventually cried herself to sleep that night.
When a knock came on the door, Janet crept over to it and let Daniel in.
"How's she doing?"
"She's sleeping now. But I have a feeling the tears aren't gonna stop anytime soon."
"God, he really screwed up this time."
"Yes he did."
Both turned to look at the woman sleeping on the bed before them.
Without warning, she sat straight up and cried out.
"JACK!"
"Ssh, Sam honey, calm down. It's alright."
"Where's Jack?"
"He should be at the cabin still. Why?"
"I have to get to him. Now."
"You can't go up there."
"Why not? There's something wrong. I have to check on him."
"Sam, he's married now. If anything's wrong, his wife can take care of it."
"You don't understand. His new wife's the problem."
Daniel and Janet just looked at each other. Neither registered Sam getting out of the bed and slipping Janet's keys out of her purse. Before they knew it, she was gone.
"JACK?"
There had been no sign of Elizabeth's car when she got here. But Jack's truck was still parked out front.
Sam raced up the stairs, and soon found herself looking at a body on the floor of the master bedroom.
"Jack?"
The body groaned, but didn't move. Sam made her way to the other side of the bed, and gasped when she saw him.
"Oh, god. Don't move!"
He was bleeding badly from what appeared to be a shot wound in his stomach.
"Carter? Where's my wife?"
"I don't know sir. Her cars not here."
"Dammit. I knew she was gonna leave. She...ARGH!"
Sam winced as he cried out from the pressure that she had to apply to his wound.
"Sir, if I don't do this, you'll bleed to death. I don't know how much you've lost so far, but it seems to be a lot."
"Carter, I'm sorry."
"Don't..."
"I have to say this..."
"Don't say you're sorry. You got yourself into this. I'm not ready to forgive you quite yet."
"SAM?"
"We're up here Janet. Hurry, he's bleeding pretty badly."
Janet rushed into the run and promptly shoved Sam out of the way. Daniel led her back downstairs and they waited together until the ambulance pulled up.
"Well, he's stable for the moment. He's asking to see you Sam."
"Well, here goes nothing."
Sam carefully walked into the room. He was lying there; various machines hooked up to him. She wasn't surprised to see the oxygen tube.
"Carter."
"Sir."
"So. Are you ready to accept my apology yet?"
"No, sir, I'm not."
"Well, you're still gonna hear it, whether you're ready to take it or not. I'm sorry."
"That's it? That's all you have to say for yourself?"
"No. Can I finish now?"
"Fine."
"I'm sorry I did what I did. I'm just so tired of waiting Sam. Not to mention the fact that you haven't really shown any sign of returning my feelings."
"No signs? Oh, please. You don't honestly believe that do you?"
"Yeah, I do actually. You never accept my fishing invitations..."
"For obvious reasons!"
"You never flirt..."
"For the same reason I don't go fishing with you! God, you can be such a bastard sometimes Jack. I can't believe that you're actually arrogant enough to believe that I ever stopped loving you. I don't go fishing with you because I don't trust myself around you. I don't flirt because that could be seen as crossing the line that neither of us should ever cross in this line of duty. I wasn't exactly planning on telling you this, but since you're married. As of 1400 hours next Monday, I will no longer be a member of the United States Air Force. I will be Dr. Samantha Carter. If you had have waited, you and I could do what both of us have been thinking about doing for the past four years. Are you happy now?"
He just looked at her, stunned beyond words.
"I don't know what to say."
~fin~ (for the time being at least)
Okay, review now. I'll post part two depending on the number of reviews I get for this. How do you guys want me to take this? I could continue this the way it is. Or I could make them get together. What do you guys want? Just let me know in one of those wonderful things called a review.