Sam Sat upright in the bed staring at her toes as she twitched the muscles that had woken up in her legs. The movement was sending pins and needles shooting along her leg but she persisted on trying to wake her sleeping legs. She felt groggy from the medication Janet had her on which helped the headaches and the shivering but didn't effect the sight or sound. She was sitting in the dark as the light still burned her eyes.
The most frustrating part was that she was hooked up to a tube which was feeding her starving body. Her stomach still wouldn't accept any form of food and she had noticed that she had to tighten her belt one extra slot before it would hold comfortably.
She had had a tiring day of CAT-scans, MRI's and various visitors curious to test out her supposed 'telemetry'. She swore that if she had one more person come see her she would crack. And luck be it that that moment was the exact moment she heard the distant sound of Jack playing the infuriating words to 'video killed the radio star' in his head. 'Damn it, it's him' she cursed in her head as she lay down and played her best impression of someone in a deep sleep.
Jack came in whistling the tune and stopped by her bed
'is she asleep?' he thought 'nah'
"Get up Carter I know your awake" he said as he plunked himself down in the chair that had been placed beside the bed. She ignored him and continued pretending to sleep hoping he would buy it.
"Quit faking slumber Carter, that's not how you sleep" he nudged her and she sullenly sat upright. She then pulled her laptop over and typed in a word document: what do you mean that's not how I sleep? Jack grinned
"You're never that relaxed when you sleep, you sleep light and are always alert even in sleep. Your on your toes 24-7 Carter." He explained and she typed: you watch me sleep?
"I don't do it on purpose" he defended and she faked a hurt expression making him laugh
'I always watch her sleep; she always looked so innocent and fragile when she sleeps. She's beautiful.' He thought and Carter stared with a wide grin.
Jack saw her look and he slapped his hand against his head 'this is going to be hard, now I have to concentrate on not picturing her… Robert deniro in a bikini, Homer drooling on his donut, Snoopy playing basket ball, anything to stop picturing a scenario" he panicked and Sam burst out laughing but suddenly stopped herself with a startled look on her face.
"I can laugh?" she said wide eyed "oh my god" she smiled "thank you so much" she cried and threw her arms around Jack
"What? What did I do?" Jack asked puzzled and she pulled back grinning
"My voice!" she explained "I have my voice back, I can talk!" she bounced in her words
"Okay then" Jack smiled
"Sorry sir, you have no idea how frustrating it is to have to type everything you want to say" she exhaled
"Try having to watch what you THINK" Jack joked "wait can you still hear my thoughts?" he asked hopeful "I'm thinking of a colour"
"Red" she blurted out before he could think
"Hey I haven't chosen what colour yet" he wined
"I know sir, but it's obvious you were going to pick red because you were staring into my eyes when you said that"
"But your eyes are blue now?" he said puzzled and she sighed with relief and realized her sight had returned to normal.
'Her eyes are so much more appealing when they're blue" Jack thought and Sam sighed in defeat
"What?" Jack asked curious
"I heard that" she muttered and Jack puffed 'for crying out loud, this is ridiculous' he thought and Sam winced at hearing his thoughts.
"I guess I can't get everything at once" she sighed
'I guess laughter really is the best medicine. That's it!' he thought
"What's it?" she asked hopeful
"We just have to make you laugh" he explained "knock knock"
"Who's there?"
"Two blonds"
"Two blonds who?"
"Two blonds walk into a building, would have been nice if one of them saw it"
"That's not how you tell a knock knock joke sir" she said shaking her head at him
'why don't you try one' he thought and she frowned
"I don't know any" she admitted and Jacks eyes went wide
"None?" he asked as he thought that it was typical. She rolled her eyes and went to mock hit him but she felt a sudden wave of drowsiness and found herself falling out of the bed. Jack shook his head at her and picked her up.
"Are you ok?" he asked concerned and she nodded as she started drifting off to sleep. He pulled the blanket up to her chin and then gently picked up an eyelash off of her cheek. She shifted slightly at the touch of his hand and Jack smiled
"Make a wish light sleeper" he whispered but blew the lash off his fingertip himself after making his own wish.
"Stop watching me" she whispered back and rolled over, smiling.