What's Next?
"I remember something. There's a man, he's bald and wears a short sleeved shirt and somehow he's very important to me. I think his name is…Homer."
"Doesn't ring a bell."
"You?"
"Just a lot of vague images."
Sam placed her head on Jack's shoulder.
"You know there are things about this place that I like."
"Really?'
Sam looked lovingly at Jack. He raised his eyebrows and silently said 'Oh!'
"Would it mean anything if I told you I remember something else?"
"What?"
"Feelings."
"Feelings?"
"I remember feeling feelings."
"For me?"
"No, for Tor."
Sam laughed.
"I don't remember much more but I do remember that."
"So?"
"So, I'm just saying………"
"Then I feel better."
Now for the missing scene.
"What should we do about these feeling?"
"I don't know Jonah. What do you want to do?"
"Well……"
Jack looked down at Sam and enveloped her in a hug. Sam cuddled him back.
"Jonah, we have to be careful. We can't be seen together."
Jack stood up and reached out for Sam's hand. Helping her to her feet he led her down a dark corridor.
"Jonah, where are we going?"
"Shh. Just follow me. I promise you'll like it."
Smiling, Sam held onto Jack's hand and let him take her to wherever he wanted to take her. Truth be told, she'd follow him to the ends of the Earth. Jack led her down one corridor after another. Finally they came to a rusted door. Using his shoulder, Jack pushed the door open. Ushering Sam in ahead of him Jack turned on the lantern that was sitting on the table just inside the door. He closed the door behind them.
"I found this room a few days ago and I've been coming here to think."
"Well Jonah, now that we're here. What are we going to do?"
"I thought that we could explore those feelings a bit better in private."
Taking her in his arms Jack gave Sam a kiss. It started off gentle and soft. He rubbed his hands up and down her arms. Jack smiled at Sam.
"Did you want to discuss it any further?"
"Oh, definitely." Sam cupped Jack's face and kissed him, "I could discuss it all night long."
Jack smiled at Sam and she smiled back. Taking her hand again he led her over to the mattresses that were stacked in the corner. He removed the top two and placed them on the floor and put them next to the others. Jack lowered Sam down and sat beside her.
"You know Brenna won't be happy if she finds out that we're here."
"Then we won't tell her. We've got all night to discuss things. As long as we're back in our beds by morning, everything will be fine. Karlan will cover for us."
Jonah, I've wanted this for a long time. I don't remember much but I remember having feelings for you as well. I didn't know whether to trust them or not but I'm glad that I did. Every day I would watch you work and I would find myself thinking……. Well you know."
"No Thera, I don't know. What were you thinking?"
Smiling and slapping his shoulder, Sam leant against him.
"Jonah, I wanted to be with you, like this, but more. The more I watched you, the more I wanted you."
"Oh Thera, me too."
Gently laying her down, Jack lay next to her and kissed her. The kisses were gentle at first, like the last kiss, but soon he was overcome with long denied passion. He could no longer restrain himself. As he thrust his tongue into her mouth he was met with her tongue thrusting its way into his mouth. Rolling so that Sam was laying beneath him Jack raised his head.
"Thera, are you sure? I can still stop if you want me to."
"No Jonah, don't stop. I need you. I need you now!"
Jack quickly removed her clothes and kissed her all over.
"Jonah, I think you're a little over dressed don't you think."
With that, Sam helped Jack to remove his clothes. When Jack's clothes had joined hers on the floor, he once again lay next to Sam and took her in his arms. Kissing each others bodies all over they brought each other to the brink time and time again. Finally Jack placed himself between her legs and slowly entered her. Thrusting into her again and again he brought her to the pinnacle and watched her fall over the edge. Only then did he allow himself the release that he had been barely holding on to. Rolling off her he took her in his arms and kissed her forehead. As he spoke he smiled.
"Well, now that's what I call a discussion."
"Yes it was. I could stand a couple more discussions like that."
"Oh yeah? We'll start a new dialogue right now."
Well into the night Jack and Sam made love. Revelling in the feel of each others arms they did not want to return to their own beds but knew that they must or else they would be detected and separated. As they walked back to the bunk room Jack held onto Sam's hand as if he never wanted to let her go. As they rounded the last corner they found Daniel waiting for them.
"Hurry, Brenna's men are looking for you. I sent them to the east sector but they'll be back soon."
Thanking Daniel, they raced back to their sleeping quarters. Quickly giving her a kiss Jack had just got into bed when two men appeared and ordered them to accompany them to Brenna's office. Sam was with them.
In Brenna's office.
"So, Colonel?"
"Major?"
"That bald man you were trying to remember."
"General Hammond."
"Right."
"He's from Texas you know. It's all coming back."
"Yes sir."
"Sir." Jack said with a devastated look, knowing that nothing would be the same. "Let's go home."
"Yes sir."
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Two days later at the SGC in the briefing room.
"So, Senator Caldwell was going to kill you all?"
"Yes General. He intended to dispose of our bodies out in the ice and snow. All he would have to tell the workers was that we had been transferred to another facility." Jack replied.
"It was only because Teal'c had remembered and placed himself into a deep state of Kelnoreem and therefore able to disarm Caldwell in time. We were then able to disarm his guards. We were then able to free all the workers who had been enslaved by the government and return to the SGC."
"And in all that time, you had no idea who you were?"
Jack and Sam glanced at each other but she quickly looked away.
"No sir, none. It wasn't until that final day when Brenna told us. We all had vague images but nothing of any substance. Daniel had approached Major Carter and I after Teal'c had been taken to their infirmary for the second time. We had begun meeting at night in secret."
"I had been having dreams about the Stargate. Sam was in them so I thought I'd discuss it with them." Daniel concluded.
"Well, Doctor Frasier has given you all a clean bill of health but recommended a few days of leave for each of you which I have approved. You've all got one weeks leave starting as soon as you hand in your reports."
All four members of SG1 tossed their reports down the table to General Hammond. He looked up at them all and declared the de-brief over. Teal'c rose and requested permission to go to Chulak and visit his family. Hammond nodded at this, Teal'c then left to prepare for his departure. Daniel mumbled something about doing some research. Hammond turned and walked into his office leaving Sam and Jack sitting opposite each other at the briefing table. Sam was looking down at her hands. Jack leant over the table and took her hands in his.
"Sam, we need to talk."
"I don't know Colonel. What is there to say? What we did was against all the regs about fraternization."
Holding up his hand he said, "Carter stop. Yes it was against the regs but we were under an alien influence."
"But sir, my feelings were real."
Jack looked around. This was not the place to have this conversation. Standing up he motioned for Sam to follow him. She stood and followed him out of the room. They made their way down to her lab. When they had arrived, Jack closed the door behind them.
"Sir?"
"I think I preferred it when you called my Jonah."
Sam gave him a sad smile and turned away so that he wouldn't see her tears. The time that they spent as Jonah and Thera were more precious to her that anyone knew. They had been able to act upon their feelings for each other with no restrictions or regulations holding them back. Now that they had returned to the real world, those problems had once again been raised. A hand on her shoulder startled Sam. She turned to face Jack. He placed his hand against her cheek and rubbed his thumb across her lips. He lowered his head and brushed his lips against hers before raising his head and smiled at her.
"Just making sure it wasn't a dream."
"No it wasn't a dream. It was real. Everything was real. Sir, what are we going to do?"
"Sam, I don't know. You know how I feel about you but I won't ruin your career. You're too important to this program.
"Jack."
Jack smiled; he liked hearing her say his name.
"You know I feel the same way, so what are we going to do about it? You know we didn't use any protection. Our careers may already be over if I'm pregnant. You know what will happen to me if I am pregnant. The Air Force won't let me continue working at the SGC."
"Do you think that's possible? I mean about you being pregnant." Jack asked with a glint in his eyes. To think that Sam could actually be pregnant with his child gave him mixed feelings. Joy at the prospect of being a father and apprehension about the reaction of the Air Force.
"I don't know Jack. It's a possibility. I don't want to go see Janet about it. I have to go to a doctor off base to have it confirmed. I'll go in a couple of day's time."
"Do you want me to come with you?"
"Ok, I'll let you know when I've made the appointment and you can come with me to see the doctor."
"Sam I know that this is wrong but I would be happy if you are pregnant, for selfish reasons. I would love to be a father again and you would make a great mother. I'm sure that if you are, Hammond would work something out for you."
"Jack, I would love to have your child as well but as you said it could ruin my career and I love the Air Force. I don't want to have to leave the SGC. It's too important."
"Sam, we'll figure it out. I promise you, we'll figure it out."
With that he took her in his arms again and kissed her forehead. She rested her head on his shoulders and he rested his head on the top of hers.
