DISCLAIMER: Not mine. God I wish though. Don't sue, I'm not making any money off this.

SUMMARY: Daniel has met a young woman that he has strong feelings for. He and the rest of SG-1 (including Jack) have helped to break her out of the prison they had been in. He's starting to realize that he's falling for her and that she knows of the emotions between Sam and Jack. What will happen when Pete finds out about all this?

JACK and Teal'c stood back as Da'norn kissed his daughter and wished her a safe journey. He knew that the chieftain was heartbroken to be sending his only daughter off-world this way but he also knew that her father believed it was one way to keep her safe from the Go'auld.

"Father, we will be safe. I pray that the Morrigan will protect you and our people in the future as she has done in the past."

"With your prayers, child, I'm sure she will. Talorn, take care of your sister. Bring her back to us when this is over. We will let you know when it is safe once again."

"As always, Father. I will care for Shey as I always have."

"Go now. Before the false one's guards discover that you have gone."

Talorn took his sister's hand and led her away from the village. "Come, Shey. We have to follow the others back to their world." The two walked away from the village.

SHEY and Talorn stood in front of the Stargate as Sam dialed home. "I feel something. Like a subtle tingling at the back of my neck."

"It's ok, Shey. It's perfectly safe. I've gone through the gate more than a hundred times. There's nothing to worry about." He looked up to Talorn. "May I take her through the Gate?"

Talorn smiled at the look on Daniel's face. "Of course. Just be careful with her."

"Always." Daniel took Shey's hand. He led her up to the Gate which was now active. "It can be a bit unnerving the first time through. Are you ready?"

"I suppose." She sounded kind of nervous. "I've never left the planet before. Father rarely let me go far from the village."

With that, Daniel held onto her arm as the two of them stepped into the event horizon and disappeared. Sam stepped up to Talorn. "Are you ready, Talorn?"

"As much as I would rather stay and help my people fight, I must honor my father's wishes. I am ready."

Sam walked with him up to the Gate and they walked through, followed shortly by Teal'c and Jack.

SHEY stumbled a bit as she and Daniel stepped out into the embarkation room. Daniel held onto her and steadied her. She seemed a bit disoriented. "Are you okay, Shey?"

"I will be. I've never experienced anything like that before." Just then, Talorn and Sam walked through and Talorn went straight over to his sister.

"Shey?"

"I will be fine, Talorn. Daniel warned me it would be a bit disorienting to go through the Gate. I just need a moment." She took a deep breath and stood up straight. "I'm okay now."

Jack and Teal'c walked through the event horizon and the gate shut down. "Are the two of you alright?" Jack asked as he walked down the ramp.

"We will be fine. Thank you, General."

"We'll have someone find you some quarters here on base."

"We are inside, yes?" Shey's question revealed her fear that she would be kept inside like the Go'auld had done.

"Yes. If it would help, I can make arrangements for you to camp out on the surface. As long as you stay within the perimeter of the base."

Shey seemed to relax at Jack's offer. "That would be wonderful, General. Thank you. I would appreciate it."

"Colonel Carter, you have a visitor waiting in the briefing room." Sargeant Siler's voice interrupted the discussion in the Gate room.

"Who is it, sargeant?"

"It's your father. He came through just shortly before you returned. I asked if he would be staying long but he said he just wanted to talk to you for a minute."

"General, if you would excuse me?"

"Certainly, Colonel. In fact, if you would, please tell Dad that I'd like to talk to him when he's done talking to you?"

"Of course, sir." Sam left the room, heading for the briefing room.

"DAD." Sam walked into the room and went straight for a hug from her father. "I'm glad to see you."

"I heard that you had been captured. Are you alright?"

"I'm fine, Dad. Didn't even get tortured. Jack and Teal'c helped us get out of there and we brought some new friends back with us."

"I noticed. The girl is blind, yes?"

"Yes. And she's a powerful empath. It's touch related but she's strong. She touches emotions that people haven't dealt with."

"Well, that's not what I came to talk to you about."

"What?"

"I've heard a rumor that my little girl is engaged to be married."

"Pete proposed. I was going to try to get a hold of you when we got back. I guess you heard before that." Sam hung her head.

"Baby, I'm not mad. I just wish I'd heard about it from you instead of others." Jacob felt bad. He hadn't meant to upset Sam. He didn't know that it wasn't that that had upset his little girl.

She was still thinking about what Shey had said on the planet. She wanted Jack but had settled for Pete. She knew that Pete could never take Jack's place. But she also knew that there was no way she could have Jack. The regulations alone saw to that. If she even had the courage to tell him how she felt.

"So why did you tell him yes?"

"Dad?" Her head snapped up.

"Sammie, I've known you all your life. Did you really think you could hide your feelings for Jack from me? I saw how you were during the X-301 incident. You were terrified. You thought you had lost him. And now you're just letting him walk away."

"Dad, you know the regulations. You know that even if I still ----"

"IF you still had feelings for Jack? Don't you mean even though you still have feelings for him? And yes, I do know the regs. But I also know there's always a way around the rules."

"Dad," she started, closing the door to the briefing room, knowing that Jack was on his way up. "I don't know what to do. That girl that came through the Gate with us? She knew about the way I felt. She knew about the dreams I had after Jack was frozen. I don't know how to work around the rules. I've always just followed the rules and done things the way I was supposed to." She sat down in a chair with her head in her hands. "How can I possibly have Jack? What if he doesn't feel the same way? What then?"

"How are you ever going to know if you don't try?" Jacob lowered his head. Samantha, you know how much your father loves you. Can you possibly doubt that General O'Neill does not feel for you what you feel for him? I have seen the way he looks at you. The way he worries when you are injured. When Jolinar sacrificed herself for you, it was because she looked inside your mind and saw your feelings for Jack. He was so worried for you when he thought you were dying.

Selmack was only speaking from what he knew. What he had seen through Jacob's eyes. But it was enough. It was enough to convince him that Sam and Jack should be together and that anyone who came between them was in the wrong.

Jacob took over. "Sammie, if it's Jack you want, don't settle for anyone else. I can help you find a way around the regs. Settling for Pete wouldn't be fair to any of you."

"I know, Dad. Just give me some time to think about it." She looked up. "By the way, Jack wants to talk to you when we're through."

"Ok. Are you going to be ok now?"

Sam nodded. "I think so. I just need some time to sort everything out in my head." She stood up. "It's been great to see you again, Dad."

"You too, honey." Jacob hugged his daughter once again. "Now, I guess I should go talk to Jack." Jacob left the room with Sam right behind him. As he headed into the Gate room, he bumped into Shey who was leaving the room with Talorn and Daniel.

Shey turned her face up toward Jacob. "She doesn't blame you for her death. Let it go. It's part of the past. She has long since forgiven you."

With that, Talorn took his sister's arm and walked her down the hall. Jacob left just staring after her.

"Hey, Jacob. Just the man I wanted to see."

Jacob shook off his feeling of amazement. How could she see his feelings of guilt so clearly? "So I hear, Jack. What can I do for you?"

"I need some advice. Can we go talk in my office?"

"Sure." And the two of them left the Gate room.

A/N: Ok. This chapter was a lot longer than the others but I had to get to just the right spot. Fair warning to anyone who likes Pete: Major Pete bashing (figurative and literal) coming in future chapters.