Chapter 2: Back in her room, Sam stared at her favorite staring wall, unbelieving.
Carter, watch out!
..if it's the last thing I do... Jack.
Sam, I love you.
You can't leave me now dammit!
Memories, all painful, stung her. She closed her eyes, praying that it would all be a dream, that Jack would still be dead. That....
Wait a minute! What am I thinking? How could I leave the room like that? I love that man, and now that he's back from the dead, I'm just going to run out on him like I'm scared? I've seen worse things happen then see a dead man return tot he land of the living!
She opened her eyes. The wall still gave no answer.
"He's alive..." it was the first time she had spoken those words.
MY JACK'S ALIVE!!!!
"See anything interesting?" a voice startled her from her reverie.
She rose and turned to see Jack leaning in the door frame. Her heart jumped to her throat. She was sure her temperature rose 3 degrees. Her aqua-blue eyes held tears.
"Colonel... I didn't see you...." her voice cracked. "Oh, Jack! I can't pretend anymore!"
Instantly he was by her side.
"Sam."
She shivered with delight as he said her name.
"Say it again, oh, say it again! My name, I love to hear it on your lips!"
"Samantha."
"Oh, Jack!"
She threw her arms around his neck, and he pulled her close. The passionate kiss ever made took place just then.
She was the first to pull away.
"Jack.. I.."
She looked at the ground, her hands, her feet, anywhere but his face. She was sure those gorgeous eyes were staring at her with as much love as she had for him.
The wall still told her no answer.
"I know."
She collapsed into his arms once again, wishing the moment could last forever.
"Jack..."
She felt his heart beat underneath the fabric of his shirt. The warmth that radiated from him gave her new life. She was sure that her heart had died when Jack did, but now...
"Sam.."
"Yes?"
She looked into his face with innocence and the purest love.
"Things will be different from now on."
"What do you mean?" She pulled away abruptly. She looked at the wall, her staring wall.
The wall did not respond.
"I'm resigning from the Air Force, and the SGC."
"WHAT!!!" Sam gasped, her heart nearly breaking through her chest.
Is he doing this for me? It's all my fault if he gives it up! I can't let him do this!
"I have nothing that I want to stay for, Sam. I want you, and I can't have you if I stay in the Air Force."
"I'll quit! You don't have to; Jack, this is your dream!"
"No, Sam. Just before I died, I realized what my dream was. The dream that I had been ignoring all of my life."
Sam looked into the face of the man that she had loved since the day they met, willing his answer to be the one she expected.
"You."
She grasped his hands within her own, vowing to never let go.
Jack bent onto one knee, and letting go of one of her hands, reached into his pocket for the black velvet box that he knew was there.
"Jack..." Sam said warily, knowing what was coming next.
He opened the box, revealing a stunning diamond engagement ring.
"Oh.. Jack...!"
"Sam, ever since the day I met you, I have loved you with all my heart. I thought I could never love again, but I did. What I'm saying is, Samantha Carter, will you marry me?"
~*~
The suspense; can you take it?
Reviews, Reviews, Reviews! I'll finish chapter three then!!!
Carter, watch out!
..if it's the last thing I do... Jack.
Sam, I love you.
You can't leave me now dammit!
Memories, all painful, stung her. She closed her eyes, praying that it would all be a dream, that Jack would still be dead. That....
Wait a minute! What am I thinking? How could I leave the room like that? I love that man, and now that he's back from the dead, I'm just going to run out on him like I'm scared? I've seen worse things happen then see a dead man return tot he land of the living!
She opened her eyes. The wall still gave no answer.
"He's alive..." it was the first time she had spoken those words.
MY JACK'S ALIVE!!!!
"See anything interesting?" a voice startled her from her reverie.
She rose and turned to see Jack leaning in the door frame. Her heart jumped to her throat. She was sure her temperature rose 3 degrees. Her aqua-blue eyes held tears.
"Colonel... I didn't see you...." her voice cracked. "Oh, Jack! I can't pretend anymore!"
Instantly he was by her side.
"Sam."
She shivered with delight as he said her name.
"Say it again, oh, say it again! My name, I love to hear it on your lips!"
"Samantha."
"Oh, Jack!"
She threw her arms around his neck, and he pulled her close. The passionate kiss ever made took place just then.
She was the first to pull away.
"Jack.. I.."
She looked at the ground, her hands, her feet, anywhere but his face. She was sure those gorgeous eyes were staring at her with as much love as she had for him.
The wall still told her no answer.
"I know."
She collapsed into his arms once again, wishing the moment could last forever.
"Jack..."
She felt his heart beat underneath the fabric of his shirt. The warmth that radiated from him gave her new life. She was sure that her heart had died when Jack did, but now...
"Sam.."
"Yes?"
She looked into his face with innocence and the purest love.
"Things will be different from now on."
"What do you mean?" She pulled away abruptly. She looked at the wall, her staring wall.
The wall did not respond.
"I'm resigning from the Air Force, and the SGC."
"WHAT!!!" Sam gasped, her heart nearly breaking through her chest.
Is he doing this for me? It's all my fault if he gives it up! I can't let him do this!
"I have nothing that I want to stay for, Sam. I want you, and I can't have you if I stay in the Air Force."
"I'll quit! You don't have to; Jack, this is your dream!"
"No, Sam. Just before I died, I realized what my dream was. The dream that I had been ignoring all of my life."
Sam looked into the face of the man that she had loved since the day they met, willing his answer to be the one she expected.
"You."
She grasped his hands within her own, vowing to never let go.
Jack bent onto one knee, and letting go of one of her hands, reached into his pocket for the black velvet box that he knew was there.
"Jack..." Sam said warily, knowing what was coming next.
He opened the box, revealing a stunning diamond engagement ring.
"Oh.. Jack...!"
"Sam, ever since the day I met you, I have loved you with all my heart. I thought I could never love again, but I did. What I'm saying is, Samantha Carter, will you marry me?"
~*~
The suspense; can you take it?
Reviews, Reviews, Reviews! I'll finish chapter three then!!!