Sam woke up the next morning. As Jack was still asleep she slipped out of
and pulled on a pair sweats and her sneakers. She dropped a gentle kiss on
Jack's forehead and stuck a note on the bathroom mirror before heading out
the door to go for a run.
Sam had gotten used to long treks on planets on a far off planet on the other side of the galaxy and running from the Goa'uld. Over a week of not trekking or having to run anywhere had got to her so Sam needed the change of pace a run would bring.
As she pounded the sidewalks of the nation's capital she thought through some of the problems with the technology on that were probably pilling up on her desk, stress was not something that got to Sam. But she needed to take a break from it all, to relax and she only had thirty-six hours to do it.
Jack mumbled and rolled over, his hand hit the empty side of the bed and his eyes flicked open.
"Sam?" He said, he rolled over so he could survey the whole room. "Sam?" He sat up. The bathroom door was open and she was no where to be seen. "Sam?" He checked the bedside tables for a note but didn't found one.
His level of concern rose. He picked the phone and dialled Sam's cell phone.
'You have reached Major Carter or Samantha O'Neill depending on who you are. I can't answer the phone right now, but please leave a message and I'll get back to you as soon as possible.' Sam's answer message replied.
"Sam, it's Jack. Where are you? I woke up and you were gone no note I'm worried. Call me." He hung up, something was wrong. He grabbed the phone and dialled the number for the front desk.
"Front desk. How may I be of assistance?" The cheery desk clerk asked.
"It's Colonel O'Neill." Jack gave her his room number.
"Yes Colonel how may I help you?"
"I was wondering if my wife had called or had been past the desk in the last few hours."
"I've just come on to shift Colonel, but I can make inquiries for you."
"Thank you. Get back to me as soon as possible." Jack's level of concern rose even higher. The NID had threatened to abduct her once but this time they could have gone through with it especially after Sam had been looking into their organisation and their connections.
"Major Carter?" One of the security guards stopped her as she took mouth full of water as she re-entered the hotel.
"Yes? Can I help you?"
"Ma'am, your husband has been calling down to the desk; he has our security guards checking the surveillance camera footage." He informed her.
"Why?" Sam asked.
"He was concerned you had been abducted."
"I went for a run, I left him a note." Sam replied.
"Maybe you should go and see him ma'am." The security guard suggested.
Sam knocked on the hotel room door as she hadn't taken the key with her.
"Yes?" Jack said as he opened the door. "Sam." He pulled her into a giant hug.
"Hi."
"You're okay."
"I'm fine. Can I come in?" She asked. He pulled her into the room.
"Where were you?"
"I went for a run. You were still asleep." She replied.
"You couldn't have left me a note? I thought maybe the NID had gotten to you."
"I did leave you a note."
"Where I looked?" Sam pushed open the bathroom door and pulled the note off the mirror. "Jack, I needed to clear my head so I went for a run. Be back soon, I love you Sam." She read.
"You left it taped to the bathroom mirror?" He questioned.
"I didn't want you to knock it off the bedside table and I figured you'd use the bathroom find the note. I'm sorry if you were worried."
"I was petrified."
"I'm fine honestly, a little sweaty but fine." He gave her another hug. "I need to take a shower. Then we can talk about this."
"Okay."
TBC
Sam had gotten used to long treks on planets on a far off planet on the other side of the galaxy and running from the Goa'uld. Over a week of not trekking or having to run anywhere had got to her so Sam needed the change of pace a run would bring.
As she pounded the sidewalks of the nation's capital she thought through some of the problems with the technology on that were probably pilling up on her desk, stress was not something that got to Sam. But she needed to take a break from it all, to relax and she only had thirty-six hours to do it.
Jack mumbled and rolled over, his hand hit the empty side of the bed and his eyes flicked open.
"Sam?" He said, he rolled over so he could survey the whole room. "Sam?" He sat up. The bathroom door was open and she was no where to be seen. "Sam?" He checked the bedside tables for a note but didn't found one.
His level of concern rose. He picked the phone and dialled Sam's cell phone.
'You have reached Major Carter or Samantha O'Neill depending on who you are. I can't answer the phone right now, but please leave a message and I'll get back to you as soon as possible.' Sam's answer message replied.
"Sam, it's Jack. Where are you? I woke up and you were gone no note I'm worried. Call me." He hung up, something was wrong. He grabbed the phone and dialled the number for the front desk.
"Front desk. How may I be of assistance?" The cheery desk clerk asked.
"It's Colonel O'Neill." Jack gave her his room number.
"Yes Colonel how may I help you?"
"I was wondering if my wife had called or had been past the desk in the last few hours."
"I've just come on to shift Colonel, but I can make inquiries for you."
"Thank you. Get back to me as soon as possible." Jack's level of concern rose even higher. The NID had threatened to abduct her once but this time they could have gone through with it especially after Sam had been looking into their organisation and their connections.
"Major Carter?" One of the security guards stopped her as she took mouth full of water as she re-entered the hotel.
"Yes? Can I help you?"
"Ma'am, your husband has been calling down to the desk; he has our security guards checking the surveillance camera footage." He informed her.
"Why?" Sam asked.
"He was concerned you had been abducted."
"I went for a run, I left him a note." Sam replied.
"Maybe you should go and see him ma'am." The security guard suggested.
Sam knocked on the hotel room door as she hadn't taken the key with her.
"Yes?" Jack said as he opened the door. "Sam." He pulled her into a giant hug.
"Hi."
"You're okay."
"I'm fine. Can I come in?" She asked. He pulled her into the room.
"Where were you?"
"I went for a run. You were still asleep." She replied.
"You couldn't have left me a note? I thought maybe the NID had gotten to you."
"I did leave you a note."
"Where I looked?" Sam pushed open the bathroom door and pulled the note off the mirror. "Jack, I needed to clear my head so I went for a run. Be back soon, I love you Sam." She read.
"You left it taped to the bathroom mirror?" He questioned.
"I didn't want you to knock it off the bedside table and I figured you'd use the bathroom find the note. I'm sorry if you were worried."
"I was petrified."
"I'm fine honestly, a little sweaty but fine." He gave her another hug. "I need to take a shower. Then we can talk about this."
"Okay."
TBC