A/N: Okay, due to high demand for this chapter after the 'cliffhanger' in Chapter 5, I have decided to post this chapter. The consequence is that I don't have much after this written so it may be a while before you see more added to this story. I offer this as a token of my good faith to my reviewers, whom without their words I would have a hard time writing!

So go on and read this little chapter and I hope it will satisfy your cravings for this story. But remember, you have been warned about waiting after this!

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"I can't work alongside you anymore," she whispered.

Jack's jaw dropped as his eyes went wide. "What? Why not? We need you on SG-1! We haven't had any problems on the team… Did I say something or do something wrong? Whatever it is, I'm sorry!"

Sam shook her head, "You don't get it…"

"Explain it to me then! Please!"

Sam looked up, "I can't lie to myself anymore, not after what I saw."

"What would you be lying about?" he asked her in exasperation.

"You mean too much to me to put the team at risk," she still couldn't come out and say what was on her mind.

"I already told you Carter, you're not a liability to the team."

"I'm not talking about that," she practically yelled at him. Jack was stunned at her outburst. Sam closed her eyes as her face fell, when she spoke it was in whispers, "I can't hide my feelings for you anymore… I can't leave them in that room anymore…"

Jack's jaw fell as he strained to hear her confession. He continued to stare at her silence not knowing how to respond.

"I just couldn't deny how I felt anymore… I had to tell you…" Sam continued. When she looked up, Jack was still shocked and confused. When he still hadn't said anything after a few minutes Sam started to panic. 'Uh-oh, he doesn't feel the same… I guess it was good that I requested a transfer from the SGC… there's no way I'd be able to be anywhere near him after what I just told him….' Sam tried to backpedal over her words, "Look, it doesn't matter… I'll either be stationed somewhere else or retired by the end of the week, so just forget about it," she told him as she started to get up.

Her movement broke Jack's trance. He stood up and faced her as he reached her forearm, "I can't…"

'Shit!' Sam screamed at herself, 'He really doesn't feel the same for me!'

Jack saw the panic on her face and forced himself to stall for time, "I can't forget about it…"

"Why?" she asked him dreading that he would stick to the regulations and tell her that he would have to report her and get her kicked out of the military.

Jack stared at her in silence for a long ten seconds.

They say that right before you die your life flashes before your eyes. Some think it happens at any major crossroads in your life as you look back on the life that brought you to that point. And now Jack stood at a crossroads. And he did see his life before his eyes. He saw Sam at work at the SGC- saving people, offering hope, her loyalty to her comrades, her determination to never give up, her compassion. He saw her smiles. He saw his own fear for her life when it was in danger, his pride in her, and his faith in her. He recalled his own feelings of jealousy from the last few days, of seeing her with Jason and thinking that they were involved in a relationship.

As his life flashed before him he realized something- the life he saw was only of the past four years, starting with the day he had first met Captain Samantha Carter. Her presence in his life had brought him to life. All that mattered as he stood at this crossroad was the life that she had instilled in him when she had joined his team.

As he considered what he saw and what he realized he asked himself, 'Is it love? … I don't know… But it's a start.'

And then Sam saw the life return to Jack's eyes just before he spoke, "I can't forget about it because I don't want to… I don't know what it is that we actually have, but… But I know that I don't want you to leave."

Sam blinked, "Really?"

"Yeah… I… My life started again when I first met you… And I can't imagine my life without you," he confessed as he took hold of her hands.

Sam looked down at their intertwined hands. She closed her eyes and a tear escaped and fell to their hands, "Me either." When she finally looked up he could see the relief in her eyes as he brought their hands up and wiped away her tears. She chuckled as she watched their hands. They stared into each other's eyes for a long time.

"So what now?"

Jack blinked. He knew what he wanted to do, but he knew they had to wait. "Let's go talk to Hammond."

TBC