Part 7

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 "Pete"

As soon as he heard her say his name his heart fell into his shoes. He was the last person he wanted to see at this moment. They were finally going to talk about their feelings and then the good detective decides to show up.

"What are you doing here?"

"I wanted to surprise you. Surprised?"

"You have no idea" she muttered under her breath

"Are you going to invite me in?"

"Pete, as nice as this is you should have called"

"Colonel" Pete greeted the man as he came up behind Sam in the doorway

"Pete, I'll see you at work Carter" he said moving to leave when she stopped him

"Wait, sir"

"Thanks for dinner" he said never looking back before getting into his truck and pulling out of her driveway.

Slamming his hand repeatedly on the steering wheel, Jack cursed at his stupidity. How could he just walk out? It wasn't her fault he just showed up and she obviously wanted him to stay. What the hell had he been thinking? He was still cursing when he pulled into his driveway.

Slamming the cab door and practically kicking open his front door Jack cursed again when he knocked a picture off the wall. Closing the door he leaned down and cleaned up the broken frame, depositing the glass in the trash can in the kitchen. Sighing heavily he stared out his kitchen window into his backyard.  The blackness of night only added to his depressed state. Sighing again he went to frig, pulled out a beer, popped the top and took a long swig. Pulling the bottle away from his lips he resigned himself to the fact that he was going to spend the rest of the night getting drunk.

Somewhere around his third beer there was a soft rap at the door. "Seems to be the theme of the night" he thought to himself as he went to open the door. Pulling back the door he was shocked to see Sam standing on his doorstep.

"Carter, what happened to Pete?"

"Sent him home"

There was a long pause as they just stared into each other's eyes as if waiting for the other make a move. Finally Jack did. Moving swiftly he grabbed the back of her head, pulling her to him where he kissed her with all his might.

Stumbling into the house Sam wrapped her arms around his neck and pressing her body close to his. She moaned in protest when his mouth left hers, only to moan again when she felt his warm lips latch onto her neck.

"Bedroom?" she asked in a husky voice

Pulling his mouth away from her neck to look her in the eye "you sure?" he asked still trying to get his breathing under control which was proving hard considering what she had just asked him

"Yes" she whispered before kissing him softly

Picking her up without breaking the contact of their lips Jack carried her down the hall to his bedroom.

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Hours later they lay sated snuggled under the sheets of his bed. Sam lay with her head on his chest, aimlessly tracing patterns on his chest while did the same to her back. The first time had been frazzled and quick, a fast release of seven years of pent up sexual frustration. The times after that had been slow, sensual explorations of each other's bodies.

"That was…"

"Wow"

"Better than wow" he replied pulling her close and breathing in her sexy scent

"So what happens now?"

"Well we sleep because I don't know about you but this blonde I know totally wore this old man out"

"You're not old. But seriously what do we do, we broke the regs"

"I'll retire. I'm almost there anyway"

"You'd hate it within a day and I would never ask you to do that"

"We keep it a secret"

"I can't do that Jack. We keep too many secrets as it is and this one doesn't just affect us, it affects Daniel and Teal'c also"

"Alright, then we go talk to Hammond together. If we can't work anything out then I will retire because I am not letting you go now that I have you"

Placing her chin on his chest Sam saw nothing but unconditional love shining in his deep brown eyes. "I love you"

"I love you too, never forget that" he replied kissing her on the top of her head "Now sleep"

"Yes sir" she replied before letting her eyes drift shut

"Witch" he muttered before sleep claimed him as well

When he next woke he noticed he was alone in the bed. Panicking, he shot up in bed scanning the room for her. Scared she may have changed her mind and left he searched the floor for his boxers, pulling them on he raced out of his room towards the kitchen.

His fears were soon squashed when he found her sitting at his kitchen table in nothing but his shirt, drinking coffee and reading the newspaper. She looked so natural sitting in his kitchen, it was as if she had always been there.

"Hope you didn't go outside like that?"

She looked up and graced him with one of her mega watt smiles that seemed to be reserved solely for him "Hey, I thought you'd never wake up. And no I didn't go out in just this" she said indicating the shirt "I put my coat on first" she finished matter of factly as he joined her at the table "You thought I left?"

 "No"

"Jack"

"Ok, so maybe I got a little nervous"

"A little nervous?"

"So I freaked for a second, you happy now?"

"Yes" she replied before going back to reading the paper.

"So what happened with Pete?"

"I told him the truth; I cared about him but I wasn't in love with him. Actually he figured it out before I had the chance to tell him" To be honest she was surprised Pete was so calm about it.  He told her that somehow he just knew that they would never be together but he was thankful that she chose him to spend her time with until she realized what she wanted. True, he wanted it to be him but as long as she was happy that was all that mattered.

"Huh?"

"He knew I was talking about you. Said he hoped I would be happy and not waste my chance at happiness, so I didn't"

"Boy am I glad you didn't" he kissed her passionately. Their kisses became more heated and intense. One of his hands snaked under the shirt she stole from him and he was pleasantly rewarded with a moan that emanated from deep in her throat. He was just about to pick her up and take her back to his bedroom when the phone rang. Groaning in frustration he broke the kiss and yanked the phone off its cradle "Hello?"

"Jack, its Daniel"

"Yes, Daniel"

"Jack, do you know where Sam is? I've been calling her all morning and haven't been able to get her. I'm a little worried"

"I'm sure she's fine Daniel" he said giving her a little smirk

"How do you know?"

"I just know"

Seeing that Daniel was not going to let up on Jack, Sam grabbed the phone out of his hand before he had the chance to protest "Hello Daniel"

"Uh…Hi Sam"

"You were looking for me?" she replied nonchalantly as Jack began nibbling on her neck

"Yeah, um SG-16 brought back this artifact and I think it may be related to the Ancients"

"Really. Why?"

"Well that is why I need you. The writing on the outside is in Ancient but I can't seem to get it open. Plus Siler says it is emitting low levels of energy"

"We'll be right there. Oh and Daniel"

"Yeah Sam?"

"Not a word to anyone."

He knew exactly what she was talking about but decided to tease her anyway "Not even Teal'c?"

"Daniel" she warned

"Ok Sam see ya soon"

"Bye" she replied before hanging up the phone and giving it back to Jack

"Well that was subtle"

"I told you I don't want to keep secrets from them" she said before giving him a quick kiss "Now get ready we need to go to the base"

"Yes ma'am" he gave her a mock salute. She merely stuck her tongue out at him before racing down the hall to his bedroom

They decided it would be best to go talk to the general straight out. Sam was adamant that she didn't want any secrets and this would be a doozey to keep. Jack reluctantly agreed but was adamant that if it came down to it and one of them needed to leave it would be him. The rest of the ride to the base was made in silence.

TBC…