Part 4

"When you're not off-world with SG-1, then this is where you'll be spending your time." Sam said as she opened the door. "Welcome to your new lab."

"When I'm working in here, if I need anything then I talk to you?"

"Yes. You can either phone me or come straight to my lab."

"How do I get there again?" Tori asked. "I'm a little turned around."

"It's alright. You'll be able to walk these halls with your eyes closed in a week."

Sam showed Tori how to get back to her lab, then showed her around the rest of the base. Finally, they reached the infirmary.

"The CMO is really nice. Try to stay away from Dr. Warner and especially Dr. Mackenzie." They walked into the infirmary and Tori looked around when Sam went to get Janet.

"Captain, I'd like you meet Dr. Fraiser."

"Janet. Oh my god, you're stationed her also?"

"Tori Mucciaccio, I'll be damned. You haven't changed a bit."

"You two know each other?" Sam questioned.

"We had a mutual friend." Tori explained.

"Let me get this straight, Captain, you and Jack went out all during high school, but knew each other since you were little. You're junior year you met Sara. Then your senior year, you and Jack broke up. Jack fell for Sara, Sara fell for Jack and somewhere in between Sara became friends with Janet, who became friends with you." Sam finished in one breath, pointing to Tori. "That would mean that you and Jack knew each other before the Stargate Program." she replied, looking back at Janet.

"Yeah." Janet replied, quietly.

"How are you two doing anyways? I heard that after your divorce you two got together."

Sam just turned around and walked out, her emotions all over the place.

"That was exactly what I was afraid of." Janet whispered, mostly to herself.

"Did I miss something?"

"Jack and I ended it about a month later when we realized we were using each other for the sex. Then we both got stationed here and decided not to say anything. Mainly because me and Sam became friends and Jack and her fell in love."

"I'm sorry, Janet. I didn't know. If I did I wouldn't have said anything."

"It's alright, it's not your fault, it's ours. We should have told her." Janet relied. 'And Daniel.' she said to herself in her mind.

Jack was sitting on his couch watching a re-run of the Simpson's when he heard the front door slam. He heard Sam's footsteps make their way towards the upstairs and flinched when he heard another door slam. He decided to see what the fuss was about.

"Sam." he questioned, through their bedroom door.

"Go away, Jack."

Without warning her, he opened the door to see her hide something and take a sip of water.

"What did you just hide?"

"Nothing."

"I thought we weren't going to keep secrets from each other."

"That's a two way street." Sam countered.

"I haven't kept anything from you."

"Luckily your high school sweetheart showed up or I would have never known."

"What are you going on about? I thought we said Tori wasn't going to ruin our relationship."

"A funny thing happened today. I was showing Tori around and figured that I might as well show her the infirmary." Sam said, staring at Jack and watching his jaw set at the word infirmary. "Anything you want to tell me?"

"Nothing I can think of." he replied, looking past her.

"You son-of-a-bitch." She grabbed the bottle of medication from in-between the mattress and box-spring. "That's my only secret." she said, as she threw the bottle at him. "What's yours?" He said nothing, just stared at the bottle now in his hands. "Why didn't you tell me?"

"What would it have accomplished?" he questioned, knowing what she was talking about. "It was a part of my life I'm not proud of. When we met up at the SGC, we decided to leave the past where it belonged. The month we were together, it was just about sex. No romantic feelings, nothing. We were using each other." he paused. "Why are you still taking these? And who the hell is Dr. Walters?"

"He's my doctor."

"Janet's you doctor."

"Well, unlike Janet, Dr. Walters believes that it's still okay to be on prescribed pain medication. He gave me refills." She got up off the bed and walked out the door.

"These are stronger that the ones Janet gave you."

"The ones Janet gave me weren't working."

He followed her to the kitchen where she grabbed six bags of frozen vegetables from the freezer. She walked back into the living room and situated the bags on the couch just right, then sat down so the bags were under legs.

"What are you doing?"

"I got this book from the drug store. I started reading it during your last mission. This agent had a leg problem and she put bags of frozen vegetables under her legs to freeze the pain away. I figured what the hell, no one is going to know if it doesn't work, so I tried it. It worked."

"How about I rub your leg so you don't thaw out the rest of our vegetables." he said, making his way the couch.

"I don't want you to touch me. Not tonight." she replied, stopping him in his tracks.

"Sam, it was years ago. You weren't even friends at the time."

"She was my friend when we started dating. You didn't think it would be wise to at least tell me?"

"What was I supposed to say? 'I love you Sam, by the way I slept with Janet after her divorce and Charlie's death'?

"I just need space."

"Fine. I'll be at the base." he said, walking out of the house and shutting the door harder than necessary.

TBC...