DISCLAIMER: Mine? Yeah right. And you're paying how much for mental help?

SUMMARY: Daniel has fallen in love with and proposed to a young woman he met off world. She wasn't sure how to take the proposal and went to walk away from Daniel. But she's blind and in her emotional turmoil (her father had just been slaughtered by a Go'auld), she forgot that there were steps on the way out of the control room above the Gate room. She fell (Not jumped, Julia ) down the stairs and is now unconcious.

Sam and Jack have decided that they're going to work out a way for the two of them to be together. Of course it isn't going to be easy but they'll get there eventually. For those of you who don't know me, I love conflict and working through it.

SPOILERS: Up through "Affinity". Anything beyond that may or may not be referenced in this story.

A/N: Thank you guys for all the reviews. The muse woke up and started me on this chapter. And yes, JRFOX, she was a bit out of character. But you were right about her slipping back into the way was with Jonas. But also, keep reading, Pete'll get his in a future chapter.

Daniel had not left Shey's side in more than 24 hours. He held her hand and prayed to every god he had ever heard of that she would be ok. That she would wake up soon.

"Daniel, will you please go? I can make it an order if it would make you feel better."

"I can't leave her. It's my fault that she's here."

"No. It's not." Daniel turned.

"Jacob, I didn't know that you were here."

"Daniel, it's not your fault. Sam told me what happened. Shey was under tremendous strain and forgot about the stairs. That's why she's here. It's not your fault."

"That's what everyone keeps telling me. But if I hadn't pushed the proposal the way I did, she wouldn't have felt a need to run from me."

Jacob put a hand on the young man's shoulder. "I understand. I felt the same way about Sam's mother. When she died in that car accident, I blamed myself for years. Still do to an extent. But I've also realized that she knew that I was military. She accepted me for me. Even as much as she may have wanted me to change she knew who and what I was."

Jacob knew what Daniel was going through. He had felt the same way when his wife died. That it was his fault that this had happened.

The two of them stood there quietly for a moment just watching Shey.

Jack was in his office, staring at the computer screen. He had just hung up from talking to General Hammond. Explaining things to George had just brought a chuckle from his commander.

"Jack, as a friend, I saw the feelings between you and Sam a long time ago. I started seeing sparks between you when you first met. The fact that Sam challenged you to arm wrestle her to prove her ability to be on the team told me that she was eager to prove herself to you."

"But when did you suspect ---"

"When I read Sam's report of what happened on Simarka. Your reaction, as well as Daniel's, was well documented. She was not exactly happy with either one of you. But somehow I could picture the outfit you two cajoled her into wearing." George chuckled. "I think I need to present this idea to the President myself. I'll talk to him tomorrow."

"Thank you, George. I'm glad I have a friend like you."

"The same holds for me, Jack. Even though you have given me a fair number of headaches. You've always been a good friend."

After they had hung up, Jack had turned back to his computer. He couldn't believe that it had been that easy. George hadn't even hesitated when he had explained what was going on. In fact, he wanted to come and see how everything else was going and talk to Jacob himself. Especially since his old friend would be on Earth for a few days.

He finished up his letter resigning his commission while offering to remain in charge of the SGC. Then he went to see if Sam was ready to pry Daniel away from Shey's side. Spacemonkey hadn't moved from there since they allowed him to sit down next to her after making sure that she was not in immediate danger.

Jacob and Daniel were both in the infirmary, the elder Carter had tried to leave the room after talking to Daniel and stubbed his toe on the door frame, breaking it. He was having his toe taped when Jack walked in.

"What happened?"

Daniel turned to Jack, trying not to laugh. "Jacob was talking to me for a moment. When he went to leave, he stubbed his toe into the door frame and ahhhh, well, kind of broke it." Daniel blushed with embarrassment for Jacob.

Jack turned to Jacob, grinning. "Don't even start, Jack."

The younger general put his hand over his mouth, trying unsuccessfully to smother his laughter. Daniel got a firm look on his face. "No giggling, Jack. Isn't that what you always tell Sam?"

"How did you find out about that?"

"What are you two talking about?" Jacob was rather curious about the sudden reddness that had come over Jack's face.

"You remember when we told you about how we found the other Stargate?" At Jacob's nod, Daniel continued. "Well, not long after that we heard all about the incident from Sam. She told us about how hard she was trying to get the other Stargate to work and how frustrated she got when she couldn't make it work. She was so scared that Jack was going to die there and she wouldn't be able to save him. Well, at one point, she lay down right next to Jack trying to conserve body heat. Well, something, Sam was never exactly clear what, was said and she started giggling. Jack started giggling too, but it hurt. After all, he did have a broken rib. He told her that there was to be no giggling. It became a running gag between them. It's really gotten to be running gag amongst all of us."

Jacob chuckled a bit at the thought of how well Sam, Jack, Daniel and Teal'c worked together. Then he sobered as he thought of everything Sam had been through and how often Jack had been there while he wasn't. His little girl needed Jack O'Neill, even as battle scarred as he was both inside and out.

"Anyway, Daniel. I told Sam that I would bring to join us for dinner. We have to get going." He turned to Jacob. "Would you like to join us, Dad?"

Jacob looked down where the medtech had just finished up. "Sure. I wouldn't mind having dinner with my daughter."

The three men left the infirmary and headed down the hall toward Sam's lab where she was running a test of some kind on some 'doo-hickey'.

Jack, Daniel, and Jacob stood in the doorway to Sam's lab. Jacob had a look on his face that said that he remembered this scene.

Sam had fallen asleep with her head on her arms on the desk in the middle. She had her head turned to one side and her hair had fallen across part of her face. You couldn't see the bruise on her face because it was resting on her arms. She reminded Jack of that game they used to play in elementary school, 7-up.

Jack walked into the room. As much as he hated to wake Sam up when she was sleeping so peacefully, he knew that Daniel wouldn't want to be away from Shey for too long. He bent down close to Sam and gently kissed her cheek. "Sam. Sam, wake up. It's time for dinner." She squirmed a little bit and settled back down.

"Sammie," her dad called softly from the doorway. "Time to wake up."

"Daddy?" Sam asked, starting to wake up. She lifted her head off the desk. Jack moved back just before her head met his. She stood up quickly and her knees wobbled. Jack caught her.

"Not so fast, Sam. Give yourself a moment to wake up."

Steadying herself, Sam stood up. "I fell asleep at my desk again, didn't I?"

Jacob smiled and nodded. "You sure did, sweetie. Just like in school."

"Did someone say dinner?" Just then, Sam's stomach growled. "I guess I am a little hungry." Everyone chuckled and headed out for the commissary.