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Once the plane touched down Jack, Sam, Daniel and Teal'c were immediately transferred by shuttle to their hotel. Once they received keys to their respective rooms and agreed to meet later at the hotel bar, they all decided to spend the next hour settling in and organising what they were going to wear for tomorrow nights big event, or at least that's what Sam was planning on doing. First however, was a long hot shower…

She took a moment, with the hotter than usual water surrounding her, to think about the man in the room opposite her. Why had he come back? Why did he have to say goodbye in the first place? Why hadn't he been in contact with her or at least made some sort of acknowledgment that she was still alive..

Turning the water off and rubbing a hand over the steamed mirror so she could see her reflection she mumbled to herself "You know the answer Sam, the reason he didn't come back for you because you never asked him to… What did you honestly expect from him, he is your CO"

Drying herself off and covering herself with one of the white oversized white hotel bathrobes, she made her way to the king size bed, and sat back with her head against the propped up pillows. Just as she closed her eyes to gain a moment or two of peace from her thoughts she was disturbed by a soft tapping at her door. She sighed, and lurched off the bed to see who it was.

After flopping down on the bed and making sure that The Simpsons were not on TV yet, Jack too decided to take a quick shower, the difference being however, that he needed a cold one..

Seeing her again, Carter… Sam, was in a word, hard. After the president had told him the news about the party his first thought was about seeing her again, not one day had gone past in the last 5 months when he had not thought about her. Her beautiful blue eyes, her amazing smile, and her incredible ability to make him feel so comfortable and at ease.. He didn't regret the decision he made about moving to Washington, but he did regret not staying in touch with her. The truth is, he just couldn't, what would he say. He was still in her chain of command, the same rules and regulations that had kept them apart for 8 years still apply..

Stepping out of the shower and getting dressed into his civvies, he decided that he should go and talk to her and explain why he did what he did….

As he opened the door to his room to step the three steps across the hallway to the opposite room, he stilled. Daniel…. "damn him" he muttered and closed his door quickly. He had opened his door just in time to see Sam let Daniel in and close it behind him.

"So Daniel, what's up" Sam asked whilst sitting back down on bed and making sure she was adequately covered by her robe. Not that she was really that worried, Daniel was like a brother too her and made her feel entirely comfortable in any situation.

"Nothing Sam, just wanted to see how you were doing" he asked whilst taking a seat at the desk next to the bed.

"I'm fine, why"

"Well just with Jack showing back up and the party and everything, I mean I noticed the two of you barely said five words to each other on the way plane, I just wanted to know if everything was ok… with you two I mean"

"Daniel, everything is fine" she reinstated. "Really"

He looked at her then, completely unconvinced by what he was hearing.

"Daniel, honestly, I'm a bit taken aback by it all, I mean we haven't heard from the General in over five months, and then he just walks in, tells us to jump and we do it"

"It's our job Sam, plus, you never questioned his orders in the past, why would you now?"

"Well we weren't exactly ordered to come Daniel, I think it was more along the lines of a request, its just….Aah, I don't know what it is"

" You missed him Didn't you, he was the reason you transferred to the Pentagon"

Sam sat still, shocked over the sudden statement made by her best friend. Daniel didn't move, he kept eye contact with her and he saw the frustration in her eyes, he knew he was right, she didn't need to answer..

Without waiting for an answer Daniel stood, replaced the stool under the desk and moved towards the door. Whilst reaching for the handle with his back still to her he spoke.

"You know Sam, no matter what happened five months ago, the fact is he is here now, and this may be the last chance you have to tell him how you feel"

With that, Daniel shut the door leaving Sam to fall backwards onto the bed and close her eyes, willing the tears that she could feel building up to stay away.

Sam spent the next ten minutes lying on her bed not moving. How could he, she thought, how could Daniel come in here and question me about the General, he wasn't the reason I went to the pentagon, well… maybe part of it, but definitely not the biggest part, Oh come on Sam, why are you letting this bother you, it's not like your still in love with the guy…. Is it?

He is the most arrogant, self centred man you have ever met, but yet he is also the most caring, comforting and most handsome man you have ever met…

Damn it, Damn him…. I hate how he makes me feel.

She rolled off the bed and began to get dressed for dinner.