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It was a pulse, it was there, but weak.
"Daniel, Teal'c Help!" O'Neill called as he held Sam's head between his hands.
"Jack what's happening?" Daniel ran from his tent, putting on his glasses to avoid tripping over anything possible.
"It Sam, she's ill, and I mean really ill" O'Neill looked worried, more worried than Daniel had ever seen.
"We need to get her back to Janet, and find out what's happening to her." Jack shouted at anyone who would listen.
"Teal'c, Teal'c" Daniel called, trying to awake the Jaffa as he leapt over a log. Stumbling, her fell to his knees and crawled into Teal'c tent.
"Daniel Jackson?" Teal'c asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Its major Carter, she's sick, very sick. We need to get her back to the Star gate, and to Dr. Frasier"
Teal'c looked at Daniel and ran out the tent followed by Jackson.
* * * * * * * * * * * *
On the table, Sam had woken. Her eyelids fluttered and she looked up into the brown eyes of a very worried Colonel.
"Colonel?" she murmured.
"Yeah Major, I'm here"
"What happened?"
"You were" he didn't get time to finish before Sam had sat up and knelt forward. As she moved he sat back. Only seconds ago she had been so fragile, so, un-nerved. Now it was like she was a completely different Major.
"Carter, maybe you should take it easy." He placed a hand on her shoulder, attempting to make her lie down.
With her own arm she pushed him off.
"Don't touch me," she almost growled at him. "You are just like, like him" She almost spat at him.
Versuvious came from his tent, walking over to the table,
"Major Carter, what is this uproar? Have we displeased you in any way" he asked, his voice dripping with unwanted and an unexpected genuine concern.
"Maybe it was the unexpected richness of our food and our culture" he said, eyeing the vomit that was spread over the front of her nightdress.
"Maybe it was you" She said, pointing her finger up at him.
"Major, I would never do anything to such a beautiful one as you" he walked forward, till he reached the table. He held his hand out to touch her arm, before she slapped him and recoiled back into a surprised Jack's arms.
"Please, Colonel, Jack. Lets go back to the gate, I feel bad, please" She looked up at him. Her eyes searching his, telling him she couldn't stay here anymore.
"Ok." Jack slid off the table, helping Sam follow him.
Versuvious stepped forward.
"You cannot take her, she belongs here, with us, with me. Through the Star Gate could damage her. It would make her even more ill."
Jack stepped forward, getting defensive. "I am going to remove Major Carter from this god damn planet, and we are not coming back for a very, very long time"
Jack picked up Carter and started towards the cliff face. "Teal'c and Daniel, get the stuff. We are leaving"
"You will not leave with my possession." Versuvious stepped in front of Jack and attempted to take Carter from his arms.
Teal'c stepped forward, next to Jack.
"T." Jack looked to Teal'c and placed her gently in his arms.
"My possession this" said jack as he wielded his fist straight into Versuvious's Jaw.
As he fell to the floor, a surprised Teal'c passed Major Carter back to Jack.
"T, Daniel, we are going home"
Daniel and Teal'c walked over to the tent as Jack pulled Carter tighter to his chest.
"Bare with me Sam, I will get you home, I promise." His face contorted as he started the gruelling walk up the rock face.
"You promised last time, look what happened to me," She whispered into his ear.
"I know. Just, go to sleep, and we will be back with Janet by the time you could count to 10"
She smiled and closed her eyes. The pain was getting stronger, but she knew that there was nothing she could do but groan and complain. Neither of which would make the journey faster or easier for O'Neill.
After what seemed like an hour, Jack started to slow the ascent on the face.
"O'Neill, let me carry Major Carter the rest of the way. You are tired and need to rest." Teal'c said mater of factly.
"No, T I can manage, I just need a break" Jack sighed; the tiredness was getting to him. As light as Sam was, she wasn't the lightest thing he had ever carried, especially up a wall of almost sheer rock.
"Jack, let Teal'c take her, you are tired," Daniel piped up, agreeing with Teal'c.
"Daniel" Jack said firmly,
"Jack" Daniel replied. He didn't like to push his luck by being bossy, but Jack was getting close to falling.
"Be careful with her" Jack said as he passed Carter to Teal'c, watching her like she was his most precious position.
"She will be ok O'Neill. Doctor Frasier will look after her" Teal'c replied, walking in his determined pace.
"I will be along in a minute, just need to.. close my eyes.and lay down.just for a minute"
"Jack, we will sleep when we get through the gate. It's just up the rest of the way, and across the three fields.
"Three to many fields"
"Yeah. But when we are done, we will sleep and eat and sleep some more. Now stand up and we will keep going"
Daniel pulled, or attempted, to pull Jack to his feet. Jack followed Daniel till he was walking at the same pace as the Jaffa.
* * * * * * * * * * * *
"T, is she ok?" Jack asked for the umpteenth time as they had finally crossed the second field.
"Her breathing is below satisfactory, but she is alive" Teal'c replied, the same sentence he had said, 5 minutes ago, and 5 before that, and 5 before that.
"Are you sure?" He asked,
"Yes Colonel O'Neill, I am positive." Teal'c replied, his usual straight un- angered tone becoming a little frustrated.
They carried on walking in silence, ignoring the occasional noises that echoed across the expansive plain.
"Oh for crying out load" Shouted Jack as yet again his boot slammed down into yet another hole. "This planet has a more than sever problem with gophers or summat"
Daniel laughed, "Always a joy"
"Yeah" Jack smiled sarcastically.
"O'Neill, Daniel Jackson, The Star gate is ahead"
"How far?" Jack pulled his binoculars from his bag and raised them to his eyes.
"About half a mile" Daniel said, his binoculars also raised to his eyes.
"Not to far then" Jack sighed as he forced the binoculars back into his bag. "So that means no resting then"
Daniel nodded.
* * * * * * * * * * * *
"Dial the coordinates for home and let's get out of this shi"
"Jack, the last coordinate is stuck"
"Stuck, what do you mean stuck?"
"I mean it wont press. It's almost frozen"
"Daniel, stop playing, dial home"
"It wont work. We are stuck"
"Stuck, we cannot be stuck. That's impossible"
"Looks like it isn't"
"Damn, let me have a go" Jack walked over the control panel and attempted to press the last button finding it stuck fast he sighed.
"Typical" he slammed his fist on the control panel
"Jack don't break it."
"We need Carter. She can get us out. She is a frikin astrophysicist for crying out loud" He walked over to where Teal'c was laying Sam. She looked so un-naturally pale, except for the fact that her cheeks were unnaturally red. She looked feverish, and very ill.
"Major Carter should not be woken up"
"Well you try and fix it T" Jack said, looking heated.
"O'Neill" Teal'c said simply as he lay Sam's head on the blanket that they had taken from the tent that Jack was sleeping in before he had realized Carter was so ill.
Nodding Teal'c walked over to control panel. Looking at it for a few minutes he folded his large arms, and then folded them the other way. It looked as if he were seriously contemplating a decision.
Smiling, he dialed the coordinates for home again then when he got the last coordinate, he slammed his fist into it, dislodging the button and causing the Gate to power up.
"O'Neill" he said again as he re-folded his arms.
"A.." he was speechless. Was that almost a smirk on Teal'c's face?
"Let's go home" jack smiled as he ran over to Sam.
"Just a few seconds Carter"
* * * * * * * * * * * *
"Sir, its Sg-1's code"
"Open the iris" Hammond commanded as he walked down the stairs from the control room.
* * * * * * * * * * * *
"Medic, get Dr Frasier" Jack called as he carried Sam into the base through the water-like gate.
"Colonel, you are two days early"
"Major Carter is ill" Teal'c said as he followed Jack through the gate.
"And Jack punched Versuvious" Daniel said as he followed behind Teal'c
"Get Major Carter to the infirmary, then I want you all in my office for the mission briefing" Hammond replied, walking out the gate room.
"Jack, bring her here" Janet called as she rushed into the room with the two male medics and a stretcher.
"What happened?" She continued as Jack gently lay her down onto the fabric.
"We were there, she felt light headed, she went to bed. Then In the middle of the night, I heard her vomit, so I ran outside" He stopped,
"Doc, she looked so ill, so vulnerable. I promised her, and He" Jack clenched his fist as he thought about Versuvious"
"Its Ok Jack, we will run some tests and find out what's wrong with her"
"He did it, he made her ill, and I let him."
"You didn't let him" Said Daniel as he put his hand on the colonel's shoulder.
"We all failed, and we all understand how you must be feeling" As soon as he said it and looked Jack in the eyes, he realized how wrong he was. He could see it. The look of concern and worry, it is only something he has ever seen once before, and before, it was about Sam, and it was when they came back from that same god damn planet.
"Jack, is there anything else you can tell me?"
"Erm," He wracked his brain to try and recall the events of the night. He remembered her feeling lightheaded. And he remembered lying listening to her breathing, then her moaning, then, her running. Then from there it was kind of a blur, he put her on the table then what? Versuvious had come up, and told him that Sam belonged to him, and he.
Jack smiled with the memory of his fist smacking that bastard in the face. Then Sam got angry, and not only accused Versuvious of making her ill, but told Jack he was just like him. She must have been delirious.
"Jack, Jack" Janet had grabbed his arm,
"Sorry, I was remembering the night
"Its ok, how are you feeling?"
"Apart from the pounding head, the pain in my legs and the fact that I am more tired than you could believe. I'm worried" he admitted.
"She will get better, and be back to her old self. I'm not going to lie to you and tell you that she will get better straight away, it will take time, and a lot of patience. She might be angry, as she didn't want to go back to that planet, but followed orders anyway. But bear with her"
"K Doc" he sighed as he watched her lead the two medics and Sam up to the infirmary.
* * * * * * * * * * * *
"Well, what happened out there son?" Hammond asked as Jack, Daniel and Teal'c Stepped into his office, one after the other.
"Apart from the fact that that bastard Versuvious made Carter sick" Jack sighed.
"And the fact that Jack knocked him out because he wanted to keep Sam" Daniel piped up.
"Nothing happened really. The negations were going fine. Just, him and her that was the problem."
"Will Major Carter be ok?" Hammond asked
"Doc says health wise yeah, but she may take longer than that to heal up here" He tapped the side of his head
"Ok. Well, I want the report of this mission on my desk tomorrow. I want to know everything, even the details. And Jackson, I don't suppose you found anything of the civilization did you?"
"No, Sam was right. Nothing. It was empty" Daniel sighed, realizing for the first time, that he had been wrong, and if they hadn't gone, Sam wouldn't be sick.
"Don't beat yourselves up about this" Hammond attempted to comfort them. "Dismissed"
* * * * * * * * * * * *
"Colonel?" Janet asked as she turned around to see a figure standing with his back towards the door.
Jack turned around.
"Well, if you aren't going to complain, then I can let you in" Janet smiled as she tried to lighten his mood.
Jack nodded as he walked through the infirmary door that Janet held open.
"Where"
"She is over there, behind the screen" Janet finished, putting her hand on his shoulder.
"Thanks" he turned away and walked over to her bed. As he walked round the corner of the screen he stopped.
She was lying in the bed looking calm and peaceful. She could be asleep, and there would be nothing wrong with her. But, as he moved the chair that was propped up against the side of the infirmary she moved slightly. Not much, but her hand twitched and her forehead creased. It was the same expression she used when she was concentrating or when he had told a really bad joke. He sat down on the chair that he had turned and smiled.
"Doc, is she really ill?"
"No, she is just asleep"
"Can I?"
"Sure, gently though"
"Thanks" Jack smiled as Janet's footsteps disappeared as she walked down the hall, most likely to get another coffee.
He sat for a few minutes with his hand hovering above hers, not wanting to touch her, and not wanting to disturb her, but he had to hear from her whether she was going to be ok, and that she didn't blame him for her sickness.
With a small sigh, he placed his hand over hers, squeezing it slowly. With a small grunt, she opened her eyes and looked around the room.
Looking down she saw the Colonel looking at her, holding her hand.
"Hey Carter"
"Sir" she said in barely more than a whisper
"Erm, how you feeling?" This was harder than he thought. To talk to her when she was so ill made him feel weak.
"Tired" She replied simply. "How about you?"
"Yeah tired. How's ya head"
"It was thumping, but now the amount of drugs Janet keeps pumping into me, keeps the pain away"
"Anything you want to talk about?" He asked, holding her hand tighter.
"No" She smiled, "I am fine"
"Are you sure" He asked, again
"Yes Colonel, I am ok" pulling her hand from his she pulled herself up with her arms.
"Need any help?"
"No Sir, I don't need you to fuss over me, I was sick, that's all" Sam said, raising her voice, "I was only sick." Her voice started to shake as she carried on talking.
"Carter"
"Colonel"
"Do you want me to leave?"
"Yes" she paused, he stood up, "Maybe" she said again as he walked past the blind. "No" she sighed as he walked out the door and down the hall; he was too far to hear her. She was alone again. Wrapping the sheets around her, she closed her eyes.
* * * * * * * * * * * *
In the hall way Jack passed Janet as they crossed each other. "Jack, your leaving"
"Yeah Doc"
"But"
"She doesn't want to talk to me"
"So"
"So I'm dropping it here" He said as he walked to find Daniel and Teal'c and have some lunch.
"Sam" Janet called as she walked back into the infirmary, finding no reply she quickened her pace. "Sam hunny?" She pulled away the fabric wall.
"Oh Sam!"
***Out of Sight, yet Never Out Of Mind***
It was a pulse, it was there, but weak.
"Daniel, Teal'c Help!" O'Neill called as he held Sam's head between his hands.
"Jack what's happening?" Daniel ran from his tent, putting on his glasses to avoid tripping over anything possible.
"It Sam, she's ill, and I mean really ill" O'Neill looked worried, more worried than Daniel had ever seen.
"We need to get her back to Janet, and find out what's happening to her." Jack shouted at anyone who would listen.
"Teal'c, Teal'c" Daniel called, trying to awake the Jaffa as he leapt over a log. Stumbling, her fell to his knees and crawled into Teal'c tent.
"Daniel Jackson?" Teal'c asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Its major Carter, she's sick, very sick. We need to get her back to the Star gate, and to Dr. Frasier"
Teal'c looked at Daniel and ran out the tent followed by Jackson.
* * * * * * * * * * * *
On the table, Sam had woken. Her eyelids fluttered and she looked up into the brown eyes of a very worried Colonel.
"Colonel?" she murmured.
"Yeah Major, I'm here"
"What happened?"
"You were" he didn't get time to finish before Sam had sat up and knelt forward. As she moved he sat back. Only seconds ago she had been so fragile, so, un-nerved. Now it was like she was a completely different Major.
"Carter, maybe you should take it easy." He placed a hand on her shoulder, attempting to make her lie down.
With her own arm she pushed him off.
"Don't touch me," she almost growled at him. "You are just like, like him" She almost spat at him.
Versuvious came from his tent, walking over to the table,
"Major Carter, what is this uproar? Have we displeased you in any way" he asked, his voice dripping with unwanted and an unexpected genuine concern.
"Maybe it was the unexpected richness of our food and our culture" he said, eyeing the vomit that was spread over the front of her nightdress.
"Maybe it was you" She said, pointing her finger up at him.
"Major, I would never do anything to such a beautiful one as you" he walked forward, till he reached the table. He held his hand out to touch her arm, before she slapped him and recoiled back into a surprised Jack's arms.
"Please, Colonel, Jack. Lets go back to the gate, I feel bad, please" She looked up at him. Her eyes searching his, telling him she couldn't stay here anymore.
"Ok." Jack slid off the table, helping Sam follow him.
Versuvious stepped forward.
"You cannot take her, she belongs here, with us, with me. Through the Star Gate could damage her. It would make her even more ill."
Jack stepped forward, getting defensive. "I am going to remove Major Carter from this god damn planet, and we are not coming back for a very, very long time"
Jack picked up Carter and started towards the cliff face. "Teal'c and Daniel, get the stuff. We are leaving"
"You will not leave with my possession." Versuvious stepped in front of Jack and attempted to take Carter from his arms.
Teal'c stepped forward, next to Jack.
"T." Jack looked to Teal'c and placed her gently in his arms.
"My possession this" said jack as he wielded his fist straight into Versuvious's Jaw.
As he fell to the floor, a surprised Teal'c passed Major Carter back to Jack.
"T, Daniel, we are going home"
Daniel and Teal'c walked over to the tent as Jack pulled Carter tighter to his chest.
"Bare with me Sam, I will get you home, I promise." His face contorted as he started the gruelling walk up the rock face.
"You promised last time, look what happened to me," She whispered into his ear.
"I know. Just, go to sleep, and we will be back with Janet by the time you could count to 10"
She smiled and closed her eyes. The pain was getting stronger, but she knew that there was nothing she could do but groan and complain. Neither of which would make the journey faster or easier for O'Neill.
After what seemed like an hour, Jack started to slow the ascent on the face.
"O'Neill, let me carry Major Carter the rest of the way. You are tired and need to rest." Teal'c said mater of factly.
"No, T I can manage, I just need a break" Jack sighed; the tiredness was getting to him. As light as Sam was, she wasn't the lightest thing he had ever carried, especially up a wall of almost sheer rock.
"Jack, let Teal'c take her, you are tired," Daniel piped up, agreeing with Teal'c.
"Daniel" Jack said firmly,
"Jack" Daniel replied. He didn't like to push his luck by being bossy, but Jack was getting close to falling.
"Be careful with her" Jack said as he passed Carter to Teal'c, watching her like she was his most precious position.
"She will be ok O'Neill. Doctor Frasier will look after her" Teal'c replied, walking in his determined pace.
"I will be along in a minute, just need to.. close my eyes.and lay down.just for a minute"
"Jack, we will sleep when we get through the gate. It's just up the rest of the way, and across the three fields.
"Three to many fields"
"Yeah. But when we are done, we will sleep and eat and sleep some more. Now stand up and we will keep going"
Daniel pulled, or attempted, to pull Jack to his feet. Jack followed Daniel till he was walking at the same pace as the Jaffa.
* * * * * * * * * * * *
"T, is she ok?" Jack asked for the umpteenth time as they had finally crossed the second field.
"Her breathing is below satisfactory, but she is alive" Teal'c replied, the same sentence he had said, 5 minutes ago, and 5 before that, and 5 before that.
"Are you sure?" He asked,
"Yes Colonel O'Neill, I am positive." Teal'c replied, his usual straight un- angered tone becoming a little frustrated.
They carried on walking in silence, ignoring the occasional noises that echoed across the expansive plain.
"Oh for crying out load" Shouted Jack as yet again his boot slammed down into yet another hole. "This planet has a more than sever problem with gophers or summat"
Daniel laughed, "Always a joy"
"Yeah" Jack smiled sarcastically.
"O'Neill, Daniel Jackson, The Star gate is ahead"
"How far?" Jack pulled his binoculars from his bag and raised them to his eyes.
"About half a mile" Daniel said, his binoculars also raised to his eyes.
"Not to far then" Jack sighed as he forced the binoculars back into his bag. "So that means no resting then"
Daniel nodded.
* * * * * * * * * * * *
"Dial the coordinates for home and let's get out of this shi"
"Jack, the last coordinate is stuck"
"Stuck, what do you mean stuck?"
"I mean it wont press. It's almost frozen"
"Daniel, stop playing, dial home"
"It wont work. We are stuck"
"Stuck, we cannot be stuck. That's impossible"
"Looks like it isn't"
"Damn, let me have a go" Jack walked over the control panel and attempted to press the last button finding it stuck fast he sighed.
"Typical" he slammed his fist on the control panel
"Jack don't break it."
"We need Carter. She can get us out. She is a frikin astrophysicist for crying out loud" He walked over to where Teal'c was laying Sam. She looked so un-naturally pale, except for the fact that her cheeks were unnaturally red. She looked feverish, and very ill.
"Major Carter should not be woken up"
"Well you try and fix it T" Jack said, looking heated.
"O'Neill" Teal'c said simply as he lay Sam's head on the blanket that they had taken from the tent that Jack was sleeping in before he had realized Carter was so ill.
Nodding Teal'c walked over to control panel. Looking at it for a few minutes he folded his large arms, and then folded them the other way. It looked as if he were seriously contemplating a decision.
Smiling, he dialed the coordinates for home again then when he got the last coordinate, he slammed his fist into it, dislodging the button and causing the Gate to power up.
"O'Neill" he said again as he re-folded his arms.
"A.." he was speechless. Was that almost a smirk on Teal'c's face?
"Let's go home" jack smiled as he ran over to Sam.
"Just a few seconds Carter"
* * * * * * * * * * * *
"Sir, its Sg-1's code"
"Open the iris" Hammond commanded as he walked down the stairs from the control room.
* * * * * * * * * * * *
"Medic, get Dr Frasier" Jack called as he carried Sam into the base through the water-like gate.
"Colonel, you are two days early"
"Major Carter is ill" Teal'c said as he followed Jack through the gate.
"And Jack punched Versuvious" Daniel said as he followed behind Teal'c
"Get Major Carter to the infirmary, then I want you all in my office for the mission briefing" Hammond replied, walking out the gate room.
"Jack, bring her here" Janet called as she rushed into the room with the two male medics and a stretcher.
"What happened?" She continued as Jack gently lay her down onto the fabric.
"We were there, she felt light headed, she went to bed. Then In the middle of the night, I heard her vomit, so I ran outside" He stopped,
"Doc, she looked so ill, so vulnerable. I promised her, and He" Jack clenched his fist as he thought about Versuvious"
"Its Ok Jack, we will run some tests and find out what's wrong with her"
"He did it, he made her ill, and I let him."
"You didn't let him" Said Daniel as he put his hand on the colonel's shoulder.
"We all failed, and we all understand how you must be feeling" As soon as he said it and looked Jack in the eyes, he realized how wrong he was. He could see it. The look of concern and worry, it is only something he has ever seen once before, and before, it was about Sam, and it was when they came back from that same god damn planet.
"Jack, is there anything else you can tell me?"
"Erm," He wracked his brain to try and recall the events of the night. He remembered her feeling lightheaded. And he remembered lying listening to her breathing, then her moaning, then, her running. Then from there it was kind of a blur, he put her on the table then what? Versuvious had come up, and told him that Sam belonged to him, and he.
Jack smiled with the memory of his fist smacking that bastard in the face. Then Sam got angry, and not only accused Versuvious of making her ill, but told Jack he was just like him. She must have been delirious.
"Jack, Jack" Janet had grabbed his arm,
"Sorry, I was remembering the night
"Its ok, how are you feeling?"
"Apart from the pounding head, the pain in my legs and the fact that I am more tired than you could believe. I'm worried" he admitted.
"She will get better, and be back to her old self. I'm not going to lie to you and tell you that she will get better straight away, it will take time, and a lot of patience. She might be angry, as she didn't want to go back to that planet, but followed orders anyway. But bear with her"
"K Doc" he sighed as he watched her lead the two medics and Sam up to the infirmary.
* * * * * * * * * * * *
"Well, what happened out there son?" Hammond asked as Jack, Daniel and Teal'c Stepped into his office, one after the other.
"Apart from the fact that that bastard Versuvious made Carter sick" Jack sighed.
"And the fact that Jack knocked him out because he wanted to keep Sam" Daniel piped up.
"Nothing happened really. The negations were going fine. Just, him and her that was the problem."
"Will Major Carter be ok?" Hammond asked
"Doc says health wise yeah, but she may take longer than that to heal up here" He tapped the side of his head
"Ok. Well, I want the report of this mission on my desk tomorrow. I want to know everything, even the details. And Jackson, I don't suppose you found anything of the civilization did you?"
"No, Sam was right. Nothing. It was empty" Daniel sighed, realizing for the first time, that he had been wrong, and if they hadn't gone, Sam wouldn't be sick.
"Don't beat yourselves up about this" Hammond attempted to comfort them. "Dismissed"
* * * * * * * * * * * *
"Colonel?" Janet asked as she turned around to see a figure standing with his back towards the door.
Jack turned around.
"Well, if you aren't going to complain, then I can let you in" Janet smiled as she tried to lighten his mood.
Jack nodded as he walked through the infirmary door that Janet held open.
"Where"
"She is over there, behind the screen" Janet finished, putting her hand on his shoulder.
"Thanks" he turned away and walked over to her bed. As he walked round the corner of the screen he stopped.
She was lying in the bed looking calm and peaceful. She could be asleep, and there would be nothing wrong with her. But, as he moved the chair that was propped up against the side of the infirmary she moved slightly. Not much, but her hand twitched and her forehead creased. It was the same expression she used when she was concentrating or when he had told a really bad joke. He sat down on the chair that he had turned and smiled.
"Doc, is she really ill?"
"No, she is just asleep"
"Can I?"
"Sure, gently though"
"Thanks" Jack smiled as Janet's footsteps disappeared as she walked down the hall, most likely to get another coffee.
He sat for a few minutes with his hand hovering above hers, not wanting to touch her, and not wanting to disturb her, but he had to hear from her whether she was going to be ok, and that she didn't blame him for her sickness.
With a small sigh, he placed his hand over hers, squeezing it slowly. With a small grunt, she opened her eyes and looked around the room.
Looking down she saw the Colonel looking at her, holding her hand.
"Hey Carter"
"Sir" she said in barely more than a whisper
"Erm, how you feeling?" This was harder than he thought. To talk to her when she was so ill made him feel weak.
"Tired" She replied simply. "How about you?"
"Yeah tired. How's ya head"
"It was thumping, but now the amount of drugs Janet keeps pumping into me, keeps the pain away"
"Anything you want to talk about?" He asked, holding her hand tighter.
"No" She smiled, "I am fine"
"Are you sure" He asked, again
"Yes Colonel, I am ok" pulling her hand from his she pulled herself up with her arms.
"Need any help?"
"No Sir, I don't need you to fuss over me, I was sick, that's all" Sam said, raising her voice, "I was only sick." Her voice started to shake as she carried on talking.
"Carter"
"Colonel"
"Do you want me to leave?"
"Yes" she paused, he stood up, "Maybe" she said again as he walked past the blind. "No" she sighed as he walked out the door and down the hall; he was too far to hear her. She was alone again. Wrapping the sheets around her, she closed her eyes.
* * * * * * * * * * * *
In the hall way Jack passed Janet as they crossed each other. "Jack, your leaving"
"Yeah Doc"
"But"
"She doesn't want to talk to me"
"So"
"So I'm dropping it here" He said as he walked to find Daniel and Teal'c and have some lunch.
"Sam" Janet called as she walked back into the infirmary, finding no reply she quickened her pace. "Sam hunny?" She pulled away the fabric wall.
"Oh Sam!"
***Out of Sight, yet Never Out Of Mind***