"Sam?" Jack said as he climbed the ladder to the roof.
"Annabelle gone to bed?" Sam asked.
"Yeah. What are you doing up here?"
"Admiring the view. Emily suggested it."
"Can I join you?"
"Pull up a seat" She shuffled.
"So Emily suggested sitting on the roof?"
"No, she suggested when everything seemed to be piling up to stop and look at the stars, not from scientific point of view but as a reminder that it's a big empty galaxy and what I'm seeing isn't really what happening now. I think basically she's saying I should step back and look at the big picture rather than focus on just me."
"How do you think she'd take it if you told the galaxy wasn't that big and it wasn't that empty?"
"Think about it if you hadn't seen it with your own eyes would you believe it?" Sam questioned.
"Probably not. But then again I'm pretty much a black and white kind of a guy."
"Actually I think you have plenty of shades of grey." She lent her head against his shoulder. "You're just good at hiding them from everyone except me."
"Damn and here I was thinking I had everyone fooled. So what's really wrong?"
"Nothing."
"Sam, the truth. We made that whole honesty deal a few weeks ago."
"I was just thinking about my Mom and the fact that she never got the chance to meet you."
"Do you think she'd have liked me?" Jack asked.
"Umm, can I think about that one?" Sam teased. "She would have loved you. She only ever wanted to the best for me, besides she had a thing for sarcastic Air Force Officers."
"I know she would have been proud of you and everything you've accomplished."
"I think she would have preferred grandchildren to particle beam accelerators but thanks for the thought."
"I'm kind of partial to particle beam accelerators myself." He joked.
"I think that was when I realised that I wasn't going to get past what I felt for you even if I tried. That I needed you back so I could keep an eye on you even if nothing ever happened."
"Forever is a long time."
"Mom used to say that love is the simple and purest of emotions, it's everything else around it and expectations that complicate it. Love transcends everything, including space and time. As long as she knew my Dad loved her she could cope with the distance and if anything ever happened to him at least he knew he had people who loved him and that was the most important thing in the world."
"Sounds like your Mom was a very wise person. You know emotionally I think your eyes always gave you away. You have very expressive eyes, I always knew if I did something you disagreed with because your eyes gave you away even if you were yes sir-ing me. It was just the technobabble that confused me."
"Sometimes I used it as a defence mechanism."
"I know." He kissed the top of her head. "Sometimes you just do it to annoy me too."
"There has to be some perks to the job."
"I can think of some better perks."
"I told you not while Annabelle is here." Sam reminded him.
"Actually I was thinking of the constant supply of free blue Jell-O, but if someone must have a dirty mind."
"You know this is one of the reasons I love you."
"What is?" He asked.
"The ability to make me feel better about myself and to cheer me up."
"All part of the deal. And I love you too." She shuffled so she was more comfortable and looked up. "Still haven't figured out which constellation is which is which yet have you?"
"I can tell everything you ever wanted to know about the stars but I can't pick out a constellation to save my life."
"That's why you've got me and if you're really lucky Danny can help you join the dots and General Hammond will go let us play."
TBC
"Annabelle gone to bed?" Sam asked.
"Yeah. What are you doing up here?"
"Admiring the view. Emily suggested it."
"Can I join you?"
"Pull up a seat" She shuffled.
"So Emily suggested sitting on the roof?"
"No, she suggested when everything seemed to be piling up to stop and look at the stars, not from scientific point of view but as a reminder that it's a big empty galaxy and what I'm seeing isn't really what happening now. I think basically she's saying I should step back and look at the big picture rather than focus on just me."
"How do you think she'd take it if you told the galaxy wasn't that big and it wasn't that empty?"
"Think about it if you hadn't seen it with your own eyes would you believe it?" Sam questioned.
"Probably not. But then again I'm pretty much a black and white kind of a guy."
"Actually I think you have plenty of shades of grey." She lent her head against his shoulder. "You're just good at hiding them from everyone except me."
"Damn and here I was thinking I had everyone fooled. So what's really wrong?"
"Nothing."
"Sam, the truth. We made that whole honesty deal a few weeks ago."
"I was just thinking about my Mom and the fact that she never got the chance to meet you."
"Do you think she'd have liked me?" Jack asked.
"Umm, can I think about that one?" Sam teased. "She would have loved you. She only ever wanted to the best for me, besides she had a thing for sarcastic Air Force Officers."
"I know she would have been proud of you and everything you've accomplished."
"I think she would have preferred grandchildren to particle beam accelerators but thanks for the thought."
"I'm kind of partial to particle beam accelerators myself." He joked.
"I think that was when I realised that I wasn't going to get past what I felt for you even if I tried. That I needed you back so I could keep an eye on you even if nothing ever happened."
"Forever is a long time."
"Mom used to say that love is the simple and purest of emotions, it's everything else around it and expectations that complicate it. Love transcends everything, including space and time. As long as she knew my Dad loved her she could cope with the distance and if anything ever happened to him at least he knew he had people who loved him and that was the most important thing in the world."
"Sounds like your Mom was a very wise person. You know emotionally I think your eyes always gave you away. You have very expressive eyes, I always knew if I did something you disagreed with because your eyes gave you away even if you were yes sir-ing me. It was just the technobabble that confused me."
"Sometimes I used it as a defence mechanism."
"I know." He kissed the top of her head. "Sometimes you just do it to annoy me too."
"There has to be some perks to the job."
"I can think of some better perks."
"I told you not while Annabelle is here." Sam reminded him.
"Actually I was thinking of the constant supply of free blue Jell-O, but if someone must have a dirty mind."
"You know this is one of the reasons I love you."
"What is?" He asked.
"The ability to make me feel better about myself and to cheer me up."
"All part of the deal. And I love you too." She shuffled so she was more comfortable and looked up. "Still haven't figured out which constellation is which is which yet have you?"
"I can tell everything you ever wanted to know about the stars but I can't pick out a constellation to save my life."
"That's why you've got me and if you're really lucky Danny can help you join the dots and General Hammond will go let us play."
TBC