"What's wrong, Sam?" Jack asked, dropping his pole and nearly ending up with a face full of water. It was only Teal'c's catlike reflexes that saved the pole from going into the water. He didn't notice Teal'c saving the pole because he was fully concentrating on Sam, now that she had said that she was not all right. The General went from relaxed to tense in a heart beat, but instantly relaxed again as he realized he was talking to the one person he cared about now.

"I can't believe Dad's dead." Sam, openly sobbing now, said.

"Shh. It's OK, Sam," Jack said, getting up and hugging her. "Daniel, T, why don't you go inside and watch TV or something?" He had a feeling that this was going to take a while and he was not going to let anyone else get in his way when it came to Sam.

"But-" Daniel was about object, until he saw the look on Jack's face.

"Go inside, Daniel. Now." Jack said. The look on his face was that of genuine concern and loss, mixed with determination. Daniel knew that look and went inside immediately. Teal'c remained, but only for a few seconds when Jack spoke up, "It's all right, Teal'c. I'll come get you when we're done."

"Very well, O'Neill." Teal'c said, heading inside to join Daniel.

Jack moved his chair closer to Sam's and stood up. "Come here", he said, taking Sam's hand. She stood up and Jack held her. They were like this for a few minutes, until Jack took her into the cabin and, putting a finger and a look that plainly said "Stay there" to Daniel, walked through the cabin and into his bedroom. Closing the door, he motioned for Sam to sit on the bed while Jack himself pulled a chair over so that he was sitting down facing her.

"Want to talk about it?" he asked, putting a soothing hand on her right knee.

"Yes, I do." Sam said, still sobbing, but breathing better to control the sobs.

"We're all here for you, you know?" Jack asked.

"I know, Sir."

"Jack, Sam. Or do I have to pull rank and call you Colonel?" Jack asked.

"Jack," Sam said, feeling better.

Note: Sorry for the short chapters here, but I wanted to start easy. Please send reviews or e-mail me. Where I'm from, Threads was a new episode last week. Please keep this in mind when writing reviews. More to come soon.