Title: Do You Know How To Dance?
Rating: PG
Spoilers: "Chimera" Season Seven
Season: Post "Chimera"
Summary: Sam gets dance lessons for her birthday but she doesn't have a dance partner, until fate intervenes.
Disclaimer: Okay I don't own Stargate SG-1 or anything to do with it's universe, you know that and I know that so lets not bring it up. I do own the plot and all of the original characters in it.
Author's Note: Chapter four! Thanks to everyone for the overwhelming support thus far! Please tell me what you think at the end by reviewing :)
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"Alright! Now everyone watch Sam and Jack as they demonstrate the first step. Now Jack you are going to put your weight onto your right foot as you step forward with your left. Sam you're going to do everything Jack does but on the opposite foot." Rosa announced as the class watched Sam and Jack intently. Jack did as he was told, transferring his weight and stepping forward as Sam did what she was told - the exact opposite of Jack. Once they both got into position they both realized what they must have looked like, Jack had his body pressed up against Sam's from thigh to chest.
Before either of them had a moment to really react Rosa started up again, "Good. Now Jack, rock back on your right foot before you bring your left foot back. Don't transfer the weight."
Jack felt his chest heave in a deep breath as he stepped back from Sam. They were only pressed together for a few moments but it was enough to make his body feel cold where her body heat had moments before warmed him. The dance studio wasn't even drafty but suddenly everything felt colder without Sam's warmth against him.
"Now Jack, transfer your weight to your other foot and step back with your right. Sam this time you lean into him." Rosa said as she watched the pair.
Sam didn't want to appear eager but technically she wasn't doing anything wrong. They weren't doing anything truly against the regulations because Daniel had set this up. Besides Sam had worked beside him for seven years and never given into an urge to touch him inappropriately - she had always remained the consummate professional. Her heart wouldn't get in the way of what she needed to get done...most of the time. So what the heck right? Besides her body ached for the weight of his body again - to feel something so solid, something that she could truly trust with all of her being against her made her feel more content that she ever believed she could be.
"Good Sam good. Now Jack - rock forward on your left foot without taking the weight off and then bring your right foot up." Rosa said, eyeing her new pupils with fixed concentration. Sam and Jack did as Rosa said and she stood back and smiled. "Very good. Now class I want everyone to try this first without music - once you get the basic movement down we will progress to music."
The class all turned back to their partners and began the routine that Sam and Jack had been the example for.
"Shall we?" Jack asked as he raised up an eyebrow at his 2IC.
"Certainly." Sam smiled as she took her position and they began to practice. The first few times they remained slightly rigid - both waiting for the other to relax before they did but after about the third time they both loosened up simultaneously. They continued the moves and soon they looked like two tides brushing up against each other - fighting for dominance.
Rosa returned by then and noticed Sam and Jack, who were so focused on each other that they didn't notice they had an audience - the entire class.
"Fantastic." Rosa grinned as she walked over to Sam and Jack. "Beautiful."
Sam and Jack both stopped and realized that they had gotten themselves an audience before Rosa continued on, "You two are exceptional - you move like the sun and the moon...two completely different entities that coexist in balance and dance in a heavenly spectrum." Sam blushed slightly and even Jack could feel the tips of his ears turn red.
"Now! We try with a beat." Rosa said as she gathered a large stick from its post - leaning on a wall and walked back over to Sam and Jack. She began hitting the ground with it in rhythm. "Let's see if you truly have a gift for this."
Sam and Jack looked at each other as if it were their clue to get ready - they were going to try again. They both got into position and took a moment before Jack felt himself catch the beat in the pounding and started them off. Sam followed his lead at first - still trying to catch the beat for herself but when his body leaned into hers she suddenly found the beat somewhere within all of the noise and no longer needed Jack's lead, though she followed it.
They finished the eight steps that they had learned and Rosa stopped beating to give them another grin, "Perfect. You two are truly one soul."
"Excuse me?" Sam asked - the statement completely threw her off.
"In many cultures around the world it is believed that if you find the other piece of your soul - your soul mate as some call them, you are able to move as you and Jack do. Now some people are capable of dancing like that after much practice but you two learn it in such a quick time that it is all I can think of." Rosa answered, her dark eyes sparkling like a proud parent at Sam and Jack.
Sam glanced up at her CO to find the same perplexed, embarrassed and excited look on his face that she knew was on hers. They made eye contact for a brief moment before they both simultaneously looked away. This time Sam could feel the tips of her ears redden as Jack felt a flush of heat run over his face.
"Now, let the entire class practice with a beat! Take up your positions!" Rosa called as she once again began to bang on the floor in an odd rhythm. Sam and Jack both stood uncomfortably next to each other for a few moments before they made eye contact again. They both recognized the fierce look in the other's eyes and once again went into position.
Sam followed Jack as he once again found the beat and began to move their bodies to it. His dark gaze weighed heavily upon her and when she finally brought herself to meet it she found a determination that she hadn't really seen before. The determination wasn't as frightening as others may have seen it as - the look melted a small piece of Sam, it was a look of warmth, of a fierce need to not only protect her but to hold her. She had seen variations of the look before, mostly in times that they knew what the other was feeling - that deep burning of desire that neither had ever been able to touch but she had never seen this look. This look told her that no matter what; he would be there for her. He was there for her now even as she dated Pete; he would be there for her for anything - if she needed a shoulder to cry on or a strong, powerful man to protect her.
At the same time Jack found himself searching Sam's sparkling sapphire eyes. He watched as she looked up at him with such open warmth, she recognized the look in his eyes - she didn't see it as something to be fearful of - she didn't see him as anything to be fearful from. He suddenly remembered back to when he and Sara were dating, they had been at a bar when a physically imposing trucker with a bad mullet had come onto Sara. She attempted to politely tell him that she wasn't interested but the guy wouldn't take no as an acceptable answer. That's when Jack had stepped in. He had been a captain at the time and he walked right up to the hairy man who dwarfed him by several inches and gave him a variation of the look that he was giving Sam now. He told the man with his eyes that he *would* back off from Sara. They ended up getting into a fight but when it was all said and done with and Jack looked back at Sara with the same blazing intensity in his eyes that he had at that moment she had flinched - she feared him. She feared that he'd hurt her too. The look broke Jack's heart but now, all of these years later, here he was, giving an even stronger look to Sam but she wasn't flinching - she was giving him the same eyes right back.
A small grin tugged at the corners of Jack's mouth, he couldn't even begin to describe how happy Sam had just made him - he was elated, he was more than that but there were not enough words that existed in the universe to explain it. For the first time with real conviction did Jack believe that he and Sam were truly soul mates.
Sam watched Jack intently as he struggled not to smile, "What are you smiling about?"
Jack watched her with his intent gaze before he blinked and the look was quickly gone, replaced by Jack's normal O'Neill twinkle, "You didn't flinch."
Sam made a confused look that she even expressed with her eyes and was about to ask what that meant when Rosa once again broke her concentration; "Very good class! Now we try with real music!"
Rosa pulled out a CD player and everyone in the room was watching her with the exception of Sam, who was still studying the side of Jack's head - trying to decipher what he meant. He half glanced at her from the corner of his eye and gave her one of his lop sided smiles and she gave up figuring out what it meant. Most of the time that was what she ended up doing with him anyway.
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After Thought: So? Good, bad, ugly? I would love to get some feedback! Please review. And any ideas will be helpful!
Rating: PG
Spoilers: "Chimera" Season Seven
Season: Post "Chimera"
Summary: Sam gets dance lessons for her birthday but she doesn't have a dance partner, until fate intervenes.
Disclaimer: Okay I don't own Stargate SG-1 or anything to do with it's universe, you know that and I know that so lets not bring it up. I do own the plot and all of the original characters in it.
Author's Note: Chapter four! Thanks to everyone for the overwhelming support thus far! Please tell me what you think at the end by reviewing :)
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"Alright! Now everyone watch Sam and Jack as they demonstrate the first step. Now Jack you are going to put your weight onto your right foot as you step forward with your left. Sam you're going to do everything Jack does but on the opposite foot." Rosa announced as the class watched Sam and Jack intently. Jack did as he was told, transferring his weight and stepping forward as Sam did what she was told - the exact opposite of Jack. Once they both got into position they both realized what they must have looked like, Jack had his body pressed up against Sam's from thigh to chest.
Before either of them had a moment to really react Rosa started up again, "Good. Now Jack, rock back on your right foot before you bring your left foot back. Don't transfer the weight."
Jack felt his chest heave in a deep breath as he stepped back from Sam. They were only pressed together for a few moments but it was enough to make his body feel cold where her body heat had moments before warmed him. The dance studio wasn't even drafty but suddenly everything felt colder without Sam's warmth against him.
"Now Jack, transfer your weight to your other foot and step back with your right. Sam this time you lean into him." Rosa said as she watched the pair.
Sam didn't want to appear eager but technically she wasn't doing anything wrong. They weren't doing anything truly against the regulations because Daniel had set this up. Besides Sam had worked beside him for seven years and never given into an urge to touch him inappropriately - she had always remained the consummate professional. Her heart wouldn't get in the way of what she needed to get done...most of the time. So what the heck right? Besides her body ached for the weight of his body again - to feel something so solid, something that she could truly trust with all of her being against her made her feel more content that she ever believed she could be.
"Good Sam good. Now Jack - rock forward on your left foot without taking the weight off and then bring your right foot up." Rosa said, eyeing her new pupils with fixed concentration. Sam and Jack did as Rosa said and she stood back and smiled. "Very good. Now class I want everyone to try this first without music - once you get the basic movement down we will progress to music."
The class all turned back to their partners and began the routine that Sam and Jack had been the example for.
"Shall we?" Jack asked as he raised up an eyebrow at his 2IC.
"Certainly." Sam smiled as she took her position and they began to practice. The first few times they remained slightly rigid - both waiting for the other to relax before they did but after about the third time they both loosened up simultaneously. They continued the moves and soon they looked like two tides brushing up against each other - fighting for dominance.
Rosa returned by then and noticed Sam and Jack, who were so focused on each other that they didn't notice they had an audience - the entire class.
"Fantastic." Rosa grinned as she walked over to Sam and Jack. "Beautiful."
Sam and Jack both stopped and realized that they had gotten themselves an audience before Rosa continued on, "You two are exceptional - you move like the sun and the moon...two completely different entities that coexist in balance and dance in a heavenly spectrum." Sam blushed slightly and even Jack could feel the tips of his ears turn red.
"Now! We try with a beat." Rosa said as she gathered a large stick from its post - leaning on a wall and walked back over to Sam and Jack. She began hitting the ground with it in rhythm. "Let's see if you truly have a gift for this."
Sam and Jack looked at each other as if it were their clue to get ready - they were going to try again. They both got into position and took a moment before Jack felt himself catch the beat in the pounding and started them off. Sam followed his lead at first - still trying to catch the beat for herself but when his body leaned into hers she suddenly found the beat somewhere within all of the noise and no longer needed Jack's lead, though she followed it.
They finished the eight steps that they had learned and Rosa stopped beating to give them another grin, "Perfect. You two are truly one soul."
"Excuse me?" Sam asked - the statement completely threw her off.
"In many cultures around the world it is believed that if you find the other piece of your soul - your soul mate as some call them, you are able to move as you and Jack do. Now some people are capable of dancing like that after much practice but you two learn it in such a quick time that it is all I can think of." Rosa answered, her dark eyes sparkling like a proud parent at Sam and Jack.
Sam glanced up at her CO to find the same perplexed, embarrassed and excited look on his face that she knew was on hers. They made eye contact for a brief moment before they both simultaneously looked away. This time Sam could feel the tips of her ears redden as Jack felt a flush of heat run over his face.
"Now, let the entire class practice with a beat! Take up your positions!" Rosa called as she once again began to bang on the floor in an odd rhythm. Sam and Jack both stood uncomfortably next to each other for a few moments before they made eye contact again. They both recognized the fierce look in the other's eyes and once again went into position.
Sam followed Jack as he once again found the beat and began to move their bodies to it. His dark gaze weighed heavily upon her and when she finally brought herself to meet it she found a determination that she hadn't really seen before. The determination wasn't as frightening as others may have seen it as - the look melted a small piece of Sam, it was a look of warmth, of a fierce need to not only protect her but to hold her. She had seen variations of the look before, mostly in times that they knew what the other was feeling - that deep burning of desire that neither had ever been able to touch but she had never seen this look. This look told her that no matter what; he would be there for her. He was there for her now even as she dated Pete; he would be there for her for anything - if she needed a shoulder to cry on or a strong, powerful man to protect her.
At the same time Jack found himself searching Sam's sparkling sapphire eyes. He watched as she looked up at him with such open warmth, she recognized the look in his eyes - she didn't see it as something to be fearful of - she didn't see him as anything to be fearful from. He suddenly remembered back to when he and Sara were dating, they had been at a bar when a physically imposing trucker with a bad mullet had come onto Sara. She attempted to politely tell him that she wasn't interested but the guy wouldn't take no as an acceptable answer. That's when Jack had stepped in. He had been a captain at the time and he walked right up to the hairy man who dwarfed him by several inches and gave him a variation of the look that he was giving Sam now. He told the man with his eyes that he *would* back off from Sara. They ended up getting into a fight but when it was all said and done with and Jack looked back at Sara with the same blazing intensity in his eyes that he had at that moment she had flinched - she feared him. She feared that he'd hurt her too. The look broke Jack's heart but now, all of these years later, here he was, giving an even stronger look to Sam but she wasn't flinching - she was giving him the same eyes right back.
A small grin tugged at the corners of Jack's mouth, he couldn't even begin to describe how happy Sam had just made him - he was elated, he was more than that but there were not enough words that existed in the universe to explain it. For the first time with real conviction did Jack believe that he and Sam were truly soul mates.
Sam watched Jack intently as he struggled not to smile, "What are you smiling about?"
Jack watched her with his intent gaze before he blinked and the look was quickly gone, replaced by Jack's normal O'Neill twinkle, "You didn't flinch."
Sam made a confused look that she even expressed with her eyes and was about to ask what that meant when Rosa once again broke her concentration; "Very good class! Now we try with real music!"
Rosa pulled out a CD player and everyone in the room was watching her with the exception of Sam, who was still studying the side of Jack's head - trying to decipher what he meant. He half glanced at her from the corner of his eye and gave her one of his lop sided smiles and she gave up figuring out what it meant. Most of the time that was what she ended up doing with him anyway.
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After Thought: So? Good, bad, ugly? I would love to get some feedback! Please review. And any ideas will be helpful!