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Janet didn't know quite what to expect as she opened the infirmary door at 8am the next morning, she only hoped that Sam had done the right thing. She was moved by the scene that greeted her inside the room - so moved that she half wanted to leave the infirmary all together. But instead she moved to her office and glanced over the pile of files on her desk and out of the window to where Jack and Sam were in each other's arms. She'd never seen either of them look so at peace and they'd been in the infirmary quite a few times since she had started working here.
It just looked right and Janet knew she shouldn't think that way, she was military too but she knew these people and had watched them deny and repress their feelings for over five years. It must have been hard and she'd only really realised the situation because she knew Sam and there was that incident with the Tok'ra's truth telling device.
So as Janet got to work she wondered if things would start to change and wether it would be harder or easier for them.
* When Jack awoke the next morning it took him a few seconds to remember that he was safe. Safe and lying with Sam on the bed. The steady rhythm of her breathing and the feel of her fingers still clasped around his own allowed a sense of peace and intense relief to wash over him.
The pain of the last week seemed distant when she was there and it was because of that that he realised he'd have to spend some time on his own. He didn't want to risk using her - no matter how much he loved her they'd just have to wait.
Sam stirred next to him and opened her eyes.
She smiled at him as she woke up, it felt wonderful to wake up this close to him and Sam knew that she had done the right thing. Although what she was supposed to do now she wasn't sure but that didn't mean she was in any hurry at that particular moment to leave. "Morning."
"Yeah it is isn't It." the tone in his voice was telling her that he didn't want this to end.
"You sleep OK?" she asked watching him watch her.
"Yeah you?" he replied and the weirdest thing about it was that neither were uncomfortable about the situation it felt normal and almost instinctive.
"Better than I have in a while." Their heads were still touching and he held her a little tighter.
"What time to you have to be in work?" Jack asked ruffling her hair as he spoke. "Nine AM." She replied.
"Do you know what time it is?" Jack asked and Sam lifted their clasped hands to her.
"Ten past eight." She said as she lowered their hands back down again. "You want me to go and get breakfast? Cause infirmary food kinda stinks." He nodded, bumping heads with Sam as he did. "I'll go get it then." But she made no attempt to leave.
"Your still here." Jack whispered in a voice that was surprisingly intimate.
"I know." She replied, they were nose to nose.
"I'll still be here when you get back." Sam was finding it hard to speak but she finally managed to say.
"Fruitloops or oatmeal?"
"Fruitloops." She nodded and looked down at their hands - she didn't want to let go and even sitting up required a lot of will power. She just wanted to sink back down and be in his arms. But Sam knew that she had to go - he did too.
"OK I'll be back in a few minutes." She stood up and released her hold on him and headed towards the door. Sam didn't see Janet as she left the room but Janet saw the look on her face - sometime soon things were going to change for the better.
*
"You look a lot better this morning Colonel. Did you sleep well?" Janet asked.
"Yeah." Jack said blinking as she flashed that pen light thing in his eye for the 10th time.
"It might take a while for you to get yourself back to normal and get your head sorted sir and I know that you won't want to talk to a professional about it but talk to someone if you need to."
"Your the doc." He replied without arguing which Janet thought was weird as she made notes on his chart.
"Right well um..." Janet began but noticed that Jack wasn't looking at her, he was looking behind her and Janet didn't need to turn around to know who he was looking at.
"Just eat something and relax. You can go home a little later on depending on how you're feeling sir." He shifted his attention to her but by that time Janet had given up. "Right well I've got paperwork to do so I'll leave you to It." she took her file and walked past Sam smiling.
"What?" Sam asked her under her breath. She knows, she knows.
"Nothing, just glad to see that he's better and you look a lot happier this morning." Sam glared at her.
"Janet!" she said under her breath before walking past Janet and towards Jack. For a while the two of them ate in silence but soon a conversation started up.
"The doc said I can go home in a few hours." Jack said in between mouthfuls of fruitloops.
"That'll give you some time alone to think."
"Yeah." He muttered staring down into his bowl.
"Oh I have to go, it's five to nine." Sam swung her legs around the bed and stood up. Then as if realising something she sat back down. "Jack, you know I meant it last night." She was reaching for his hand and he placed it in hers.
"Sam." He wanted to say so much but she shook her head.
"You need the time to think but if you need me I'm here." She told him knowing that he wouldn't ask for her help – he was a man that liked to deal with things like this on his own – to prove that he could.
"I Know Sam."
"Fell better Jack." She told him and then without really thinking she leaned over and kissed him briefly before standing up to leaving the room.
Jack just stared at her, startled by her actions and by the look of surprise in her eyes she was too.
"Ah I've go to um..." she said nervously backing towards the door.
"Yeah have a good day." He shouted after her more than a little taken back and wondering where this was all going to go.
* Janet was heading to Sam's lab, mainly because she hadn't seen her all week. Sam had been in her lab nearly every hour of the day and Janet guessed it was because she was trying to keep herself busy and to keep her from thinking about a certain airforce Colonel. Janet knocked on the door and waited for an answer.
"Come in!" Sam shouted from inside and Janet opened the door.
"Hey Sam, I just popped down to see how you are, I haven't really seen you all week."
"I've been busy working on the Naquadah reactor but I'm just about done." Janet nodded. Sam looked OK, a little jumpy but she guessed that she must have a lot on her mind or rather one certain person on her mind.
"Janet are you here for a particular reason because you're making me nervous." Sam wasn't stupid and she knew that Janet was up to something.
"OK so I'm here to see how you are after last week." Sam looked at her questioningly.
"I saw you, in the morning."
"Nothing happened Janet we just slept on the same bed we didn't - " Sam was speaking very precisely and had started to fiddle with the files on her desk.
"I know that Sam but something happened." The risk of involving Janet put her in danger as well as the two of them but Sam hadn't started the conversation Instead she looked at Janet kind of confused. "You changed something. Both of you and I'm guessing you've been waiting for him to call you or something ever since he went home."
"Janet!" Sam sounded shocked but then nodded. "Yeah sort of but really it's better if I don't talk about it."
"I understand that Sam but I just wanted to check that you were alright and to remind you of something. The military isn't all that there is and you two won't be in it forever, sooner or later priorities will change."
"They already have Janet." Sam muttered very quietly missing her friend's eyes on purpose she could hardly believe what she was considering herself, she didn't want to see Janets reaction.
"Well I hope that you know what you're doing and good luck. I have to go." Janet left and Sam sat there for a while in silence before saying to herself.
"I hope so too."
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Janet didn't know quite what to expect as she opened the infirmary door at 8am the next morning, she only hoped that Sam had done the right thing. She was moved by the scene that greeted her inside the room - so moved that she half wanted to leave the infirmary all together. But instead she moved to her office and glanced over the pile of files on her desk and out of the window to where Jack and Sam were in each other's arms. She'd never seen either of them look so at peace and they'd been in the infirmary quite a few times since she had started working here.
It just looked right and Janet knew she shouldn't think that way, she was military too but she knew these people and had watched them deny and repress their feelings for over five years. It must have been hard and she'd only really realised the situation because she knew Sam and there was that incident with the Tok'ra's truth telling device.
So as Janet got to work she wondered if things would start to change and wether it would be harder or easier for them.
* When Jack awoke the next morning it took him a few seconds to remember that he was safe. Safe and lying with Sam on the bed. The steady rhythm of her breathing and the feel of her fingers still clasped around his own allowed a sense of peace and intense relief to wash over him.
The pain of the last week seemed distant when she was there and it was because of that that he realised he'd have to spend some time on his own. He didn't want to risk using her - no matter how much he loved her they'd just have to wait.
Sam stirred next to him and opened her eyes.
She smiled at him as she woke up, it felt wonderful to wake up this close to him and Sam knew that she had done the right thing. Although what she was supposed to do now she wasn't sure but that didn't mean she was in any hurry at that particular moment to leave. "Morning."
"Yeah it is isn't It." the tone in his voice was telling her that he didn't want this to end.
"You sleep OK?" she asked watching him watch her.
"Yeah you?" he replied and the weirdest thing about it was that neither were uncomfortable about the situation it felt normal and almost instinctive.
"Better than I have in a while." Their heads were still touching and he held her a little tighter.
"What time to you have to be in work?" Jack asked ruffling her hair as he spoke. "Nine AM." She replied.
"Do you know what time it is?" Jack asked and Sam lifted their clasped hands to her.
"Ten past eight." She said as she lowered their hands back down again. "You want me to go and get breakfast? Cause infirmary food kinda stinks." He nodded, bumping heads with Sam as he did. "I'll go get it then." But she made no attempt to leave.
"Your still here." Jack whispered in a voice that was surprisingly intimate.
"I know." She replied, they were nose to nose.
"I'll still be here when you get back." Sam was finding it hard to speak but she finally managed to say.
"Fruitloops or oatmeal?"
"Fruitloops." She nodded and looked down at their hands - she didn't want to let go and even sitting up required a lot of will power. She just wanted to sink back down and be in his arms. But Sam knew that she had to go - he did too.
"OK I'll be back in a few minutes." She stood up and released her hold on him and headed towards the door. Sam didn't see Janet as she left the room but Janet saw the look on her face - sometime soon things were going to change for the better.
*
"You look a lot better this morning Colonel. Did you sleep well?" Janet asked.
"Yeah." Jack said blinking as she flashed that pen light thing in his eye for the 10th time.
"It might take a while for you to get yourself back to normal and get your head sorted sir and I know that you won't want to talk to a professional about it but talk to someone if you need to."
"Your the doc." He replied without arguing which Janet thought was weird as she made notes on his chart.
"Right well um..." Janet began but noticed that Jack wasn't looking at her, he was looking behind her and Janet didn't need to turn around to know who he was looking at.
"Just eat something and relax. You can go home a little later on depending on how you're feeling sir." He shifted his attention to her but by that time Janet had given up. "Right well I've got paperwork to do so I'll leave you to It." she took her file and walked past Sam smiling.
"What?" Sam asked her under her breath. She knows, she knows.
"Nothing, just glad to see that he's better and you look a lot happier this morning." Sam glared at her.
"Janet!" she said under her breath before walking past Janet and towards Jack. For a while the two of them ate in silence but soon a conversation started up.
"The doc said I can go home in a few hours." Jack said in between mouthfuls of fruitloops.
"That'll give you some time alone to think."
"Yeah." He muttered staring down into his bowl.
"Oh I have to go, it's five to nine." Sam swung her legs around the bed and stood up. Then as if realising something she sat back down. "Jack, you know I meant it last night." She was reaching for his hand and he placed it in hers.
"Sam." He wanted to say so much but she shook her head.
"You need the time to think but if you need me I'm here." She told him knowing that he wouldn't ask for her help – he was a man that liked to deal with things like this on his own – to prove that he could.
"I Know Sam."
"Fell better Jack." She told him and then without really thinking she leaned over and kissed him briefly before standing up to leaving the room.
Jack just stared at her, startled by her actions and by the look of surprise in her eyes she was too.
"Ah I've go to um..." she said nervously backing towards the door.
"Yeah have a good day." He shouted after her more than a little taken back and wondering where this was all going to go.
* Janet was heading to Sam's lab, mainly because she hadn't seen her all week. Sam had been in her lab nearly every hour of the day and Janet guessed it was because she was trying to keep herself busy and to keep her from thinking about a certain airforce Colonel. Janet knocked on the door and waited for an answer.
"Come in!" Sam shouted from inside and Janet opened the door.
"Hey Sam, I just popped down to see how you are, I haven't really seen you all week."
"I've been busy working on the Naquadah reactor but I'm just about done." Janet nodded. Sam looked OK, a little jumpy but she guessed that she must have a lot on her mind or rather one certain person on her mind.
"Janet are you here for a particular reason because you're making me nervous." Sam wasn't stupid and she knew that Janet was up to something.
"OK so I'm here to see how you are after last week." Sam looked at her questioningly.
"I saw you, in the morning."
"Nothing happened Janet we just slept on the same bed we didn't - " Sam was speaking very precisely and had started to fiddle with the files on her desk.
"I know that Sam but something happened." The risk of involving Janet put her in danger as well as the two of them but Sam hadn't started the conversation Instead she looked at Janet kind of confused. "You changed something. Both of you and I'm guessing you've been waiting for him to call you or something ever since he went home."
"Janet!" Sam sounded shocked but then nodded. "Yeah sort of but really it's better if I don't talk about it."
"I understand that Sam but I just wanted to check that you were alright and to remind you of something. The military isn't all that there is and you two won't be in it forever, sooner or later priorities will change."
"They already have Janet." Sam muttered very quietly missing her friend's eyes on purpose she could hardly believe what she was considering herself, she didn't want to see Janets reaction.
"Well I hope that you know what you're doing and good luck. I have to go." Janet left and Sam sat there for a while in silence before saying to herself.
"I hope so too."
Chapter three will be up soon. Please review! Positive comments welcome