Here's today's chapter. Hope you all enjoy it. Due to some wise reviews I've gotten the first few chapters have been redone so the characters are more in character. My brain has just been fried because I've been working on a fifteen page paper for a class. I may not be able to update everyday now since I'm reworking some of the chapters I had written, but I'll update when I can. Cheers

Anything recognizable is not mine.

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Sam absently fingered her Great Serpent ring as she sat on her bed. Six months had passed since she had arrived at the White Tower. In her third month she had been tested for the Accepted level and had easily passed.

During her second month at the Tower she had made friends with three girls who were about five years younger than her: Elayne, Egwene, and Nynaeve. They had become fast friends, the three young women reminding Sam of Jennifer Hailey.

Sam stared at the ceiling and practiced the weaves she would need to do in order to test for the shawl of the Aes Sedai. As she created the weaves, her mind drifted to some of her first lessons…

"Using saidar means that you will be making weaves," the dark haired Aes Sedai told the group of novices. "Weaves are made and allow the One Power to become physical. Some of the more complex weaves can prove fatal if you are not careful in your weaving of the flows."

The sister looked at them all. "There are five elements that make up the One Power. They are Earth, Air, Water, Fire, and Spirit. Basic weaves will rarely require anything above two or three elements. The more complex weaves you do require multiple elements woven just so." The novices watched, the younger and newer ones in awe, as the Aes Sedai opened herself to saidar and made a simple weave. When she was done a small ball of fire was floating in front of her.

"I want you all to practice the weave I just did. Do not try to tie it off. You will learn that ability later." She nodded and the novices began practicing the weave, few getting it at first but by the time the lesson was over they had all managed to make a small flame…

Sam sighed and let the weaves go. She was anxious to take the test and get out to see the world that was now her home. She was still adapting to her new life and always hoped in her heart that her friends were coping well without her. She yawned and changed into her bedclothes. She pulled back her covers and crawled into bed, closing her eyes and letting sleep come.

Sam opened her eyes and blinked in confusion. The stark gray walls of the SGC surrounded her. She turned and saw the Stargate behind her. "I'm home…" she whispered softly. She slowly made her way through the halls and to her lab.

She walked into her lab and ran her hands over the tabletops and her laptop. "Carter?" a voice asked.

Her heart began pounding rapidly in her chest and she turned. "Colonel…" she whispered, not wanting to believe what she was seeing. He was suddenly in front of her, his arms wrapped around her tightly.

"I thought we lost you," he whispered into the top of her head. "We searched for you for months."

"The Gate must've overloaded and dumped me out at another address on the way. I would've come back immediately, but there was no DHD," she said.

"Then how are you here?" he demanded, looking at her.

Sam stared into his dark eyes, pushing her tears down. "This must be a dream."

"Then lets not wake up," he said.

She held his face with her hand. "We have to Colonel. Earth still needs you and SG-1. I'm making a new life for myself on the world I'm stranded on."

"I can't lose you again Samantha," he whispered.

Her name on his lips made shivers run down her spine. "You'll never lose me Jack," she told him. She stretched up and kissed him gently on the lips…

Jack woke up and looked around. "Sam?" he called softly in the darkness. He reached over and turned on a light. Only his messy room met his eyes.

He sighed and pulled out a picture. Sam's face was smiling up at him, her arm around Teal'c and Daniel while Jack was giving Daniel rabbit ears. He sighed and flopped back down on the bed, staring at the ceiling. His lips still tingled from where Sam had kissed him in his dream.

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If you couldn't tell by this chapter, yes! This is going to be a Sam/Jack story. The voices in my head made me write it as such...that and it fit. Now please be kind and review. Reviews make the voices in my head happy and when they're happy they give me ideas for this story hinthint.