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Sam arrived at the meeting the next morning in no better mood than the night before. Pete had woken up just as she was getting out of the shower and tried to make HER feel guilty about what had happened. Being in no mood for a fight Sam had left without responding and was not looking forward to the reception she was going to get when she got home.

She entered the briefing room and was shocked to see a woman, maybe a year or so younger than herself, reach up and give Jack a kiss on side of his lips. And straighten up as she noticed Sam in the room. Sam looked at Jack with a questioning expression on her face before either of them made a move.

"Carter, good morning. This is Kerry Johnson. She's new." Jack told Sam.

"Colonel Carter I presume? It's a pleasure to meet you." Kerry said extending her hand. Sam shook it quickly, hoping she did not seem rude.

"Nice to meet you. Wait a minute, Johnson, you're on the new oversight committee." Sam said finally placing where she knew the name.

"That's right Colonel. Well if you'll excuse me I have my own meeting to get to. I'll have that report sent through this afternoon General." Kerry said looking at Jack with a highly unprofessional glint in her eye.

Sam and Jack took their places at the table as they waited for Daniel, Teal'c and SG 5 to join them. Sam could not hold back the urge any longer.

"Have a good night Sir?" Sam asked. Jack turned to face her unsure how to respond. After a minute he thought he had it right.

"Yes."

Sam looked at him waiting for him to elaborate but she could tell he was not going to say anything.

"Look Sir, I know it's none of my business but you could have brought her a long, it would have been nice." Sam said unconvincingly.

"Would it?" Jack asked.

"Well I think so."

"Yeah." Jack replied.

"Yeah." Sam said.

"It's nothing serious. We got a drink last night. She's nice." Jack said unable to look at her.

"She seems it Sir." Sam said opening her folder up pretending to read the words in front of her.

"One of those awkward moments again." Jack said.

"Yes Sir." Sam said shutting the folder over. Jack was about to say something else when the rest of the people arrived.

The entire thing passed with little or no problems. Daniel spoke about some of the latest news from the off world allies regarding Baal and the latest Intel they had received. As well as outlining the upcoming mission the two teams were going to be taking together. Sam and Jack sat across from one another, occasionally their eyes would meet and cause one of them to turn away.

The entire hour of the meeting Sam found it hard to concentrate on what was going on, or the words coming form Daniel's mouth, something was niggling at her. She put it down to her fight with Pete, but that was not it, she had been in many fights with boyfriends and fiances and not felt like this. She was mad, but this was different. She counted the days in her be hormones she thought, but she did not have that craving for ice cream and melted snickers bar she normally had around that time.

It was bugging her, this feeling that she could not pin point but could not forget or move passed. She sat trying to focus on Daniel when she looked up she happened to catch Jack's profile, he was looking up at Daniel, the expression of a 'pretending to be interested' big brother on his face.

Sam studied him, her eyes resting on his forehead, moving down over his eyebrows and the bridge of his nose, down his nose to his lips over his chin.

When she got to there, he seemed to sense he was being watched and he turned to look at her. Their eyes met once again but this time neither good look away. Every thing between them, every moment, memory, feeling, it all seemed to pass by Sam as she looked into the eyes of her best friend.

She dropped the piece of paper she was holding but could not stop looking at him. He went to say something when Daniel broke the moment.

"Ah Sam, are you ok?" He asked taking a step toward her.

Without another word, Sam stood up and ran to the bathroom down the hall. Locking herself in a stall she sat down on the closed toilet and began to silently cry when she realised exactly what it was she was feeling. She needed Jack O'Neill, and they were both seeing other people, and she had lost him for good.