JACK
We
had been sitting in my house, no one actually watching the television
that
was
on when the call came. Sam and I were called in to the General's
office, and
all
six of us got up to go. I think we all realized that this will be the
final
time
we do anything together, as the family that has made SG-1 so strong.
Sam
and
I enter General Hammond's office together and stand stiffly at
attention
side
by side.
"Please
Colonel, Major, sit down. It has been brought to my attention that
the
two
of you have been carrying out a relationship that is against
regulations.
Would
you like to tell me how long it has been going on?"
"About a month sir." I start.
"After the zat'a'rac testing we spent months knowing how we felt about each other and doing nothing about it. Do you remember our mission to P3X-4KS?" I pause and he nods his head.
"Well we almost didn't make it. After that I realized that life was too fragile to let love pass you by. So I went to Sam and told her I couldn't keep it in the room anymore, and I guess neither could she. Sir, you can court marshal me if you'd like, but please don't do anything to put a black mark on Sam's record. We've been completely professional both on base and off-world. Please sir I'm begging you.." I trail off hoping my plea is enough to keep Sam's spotless record.
"I'm
not going to court marshal either of you. However, that's on one
condition: You
both hand in your resignations by 1200 hours tomorrow. If you do,
both of your
records will be clear of this little indiscretion." He gets this
extremely pained
look on his face for a second before continuing. "You're both
like children
to me, I don't think I could love you more if you were. The
military
part
of me doesn't understand why you would do something so potentially
damaging to
your careers. However, the human part of me, the part that IS a
father, and believe
me that part is more than the majority, not only understands it, but
is actually
HAPPY the two of you have done this. That part of me is glad you
didn't let
love pass you by. Although if you had waited only two more months you
would have
been able to stay how you are. You could have both kept your
positions on SG-1.
The SGC will have it's own set of regulations due to extenuating circumstances.
I talked the president into having the frat rule left at the
discretion
of the C.O. of the base due to the fact that you can't talk about
your
life to anyone you meet outside of the SGC. In this case it would
have been
me,
and I was going to allow the two of you to pursue a relationship.
After all
how
could I deny my children a chance at happiness? I believe it would
have only
served
to make your team stronger, not weaken it. I'm so sorry I have to
do this
to
the two of you. Maybe I can find a way to bring the two of you back
when we
get
our new book of regulations." As he ends I can see the sincere
sorrow in his
eyes,
and I'm unable to despise him because of it. I can see he doesn't
want to do this,
but he has to.
SAM
We
both looked at the dormant gate that day before we left. We knew that
it wasthe
last time we would see it for at least two months. I believe that
somehow we knew
that we would never see it again for much, much longer, and that's
if we
were
to ever see it again.