"Jack, I'm home." Sam called as she entered the house. She dumped her bag
on the table and the lasagne she had picked up for dinner on the kitchen
counter. "Jack?" She knew he was home because his car was in the driveway.
"Jack?" She was about to head upstairs when she heard a clunk on the roof.
She made her way outside and climbed up the ladder to the roof. "Jack?"
"Hi." He said looking up from where he was cleaning his telescope.
"Hi." Sam replied.
"I got your note." He went back to cleaning.
"Yeah, I was going to come and find you to tell you I was leaving but I was running late."
"Where did you go?" He asked.
"To see Emily."
"The shrink Emily?" He asked looking up.
"Yes."
"Why?"
"Because I needed to talk about what happened when you were in the X-301."
"You could have talked to me."
"I needed to talk to an impartial third party."
"And what conclusions did you come to?" He asked.
"That I love you, you're a keeper and I'm not ready to let you go yet."
"I see and you didn't trust enough to tell me where you were going?"
"I didn't want to worry you. Besides it's not about me not trusting you because I do. It's about me not trusting myself." She sat down next to him.
"What?"
"I don't trust myself to cope if anything happened to you. So I hold you at arms length to protect myself."
"I see. And what does Emily suggested to do about that?"
"That I tell you everything, even if it's only something little that's bothering me. And I trust that you're not going to freak out or run away, because you love me."
"She's right you know. I love you and I'm not going to leave you whatever you happens."
"Logically I know that, I just have to tell my heart that. But here goes with the honesty thing. The reason I was so grouchy yesterday was because after we talked, I couldn't get to sleep. I fell asleep on my keyboard for half a minute. And when I finally decided to take a break and go to sleep General Hammond called me to the control room to help Dad with the hologram box. I was over tired and bitchy and I was taking it out on you and I'm sorry."
"If you couldn't sleep you should have woken me up, I would have told you a bedtime story or helped you count gate permutations or something."
"I'll remember that for next time. I have another confession."
"Well they say confession's good for the soul."
"I spent the whole drive back here thinking about all the incredibly sweet things you've said and done over the last couple of years. And I came to a conclusion."
"And what was that?"
"I love you and I want you right now." She kissed the side of his neck.
"Okay, that wasn't what I was expecting. But I can get behind the idea. Just let me put this away." He tried to pack up the telescope, but Sam kissed him knocking him to the ground.
"If we break it I'll buy you a new one."
"What about the neighbours?" Jack asked.
"Who cares? They shouldn't be looking anyway." She kissed him again.
"You're a bad influence Samantha O'Neill."
"I had a good teacher."
TBC
"Hi." He said looking up from where he was cleaning his telescope.
"Hi." Sam replied.
"I got your note." He went back to cleaning.
"Yeah, I was going to come and find you to tell you I was leaving but I was running late."
"Where did you go?" He asked.
"To see Emily."
"The shrink Emily?" He asked looking up.
"Yes."
"Why?"
"Because I needed to talk about what happened when you were in the X-301."
"You could have talked to me."
"I needed to talk to an impartial third party."
"And what conclusions did you come to?" He asked.
"That I love you, you're a keeper and I'm not ready to let you go yet."
"I see and you didn't trust enough to tell me where you were going?"
"I didn't want to worry you. Besides it's not about me not trusting you because I do. It's about me not trusting myself." She sat down next to him.
"What?"
"I don't trust myself to cope if anything happened to you. So I hold you at arms length to protect myself."
"I see. And what does Emily suggested to do about that?"
"That I tell you everything, even if it's only something little that's bothering me. And I trust that you're not going to freak out or run away, because you love me."
"She's right you know. I love you and I'm not going to leave you whatever you happens."
"Logically I know that, I just have to tell my heart that. But here goes with the honesty thing. The reason I was so grouchy yesterday was because after we talked, I couldn't get to sleep. I fell asleep on my keyboard for half a minute. And when I finally decided to take a break and go to sleep General Hammond called me to the control room to help Dad with the hologram box. I was over tired and bitchy and I was taking it out on you and I'm sorry."
"If you couldn't sleep you should have woken me up, I would have told you a bedtime story or helped you count gate permutations or something."
"I'll remember that for next time. I have another confession."
"Well they say confession's good for the soul."
"I spent the whole drive back here thinking about all the incredibly sweet things you've said and done over the last couple of years. And I came to a conclusion."
"And what was that?"
"I love you and I want you right now." She kissed the side of his neck.
"Okay, that wasn't what I was expecting. But I can get behind the idea. Just let me put this away." He tried to pack up the telescope, but Sam kissed him knocking him to the ground.
"If we break it I'll buy you a new one."
"What about the neighbours?" Jack asked.
"Who cares? They shouldn't be looking anyway." She kissed him again.
"You're a bad influence Samantha O'Neill."
"I had a good teacher."
TBC