17

Two days later, Jack was with Sam when she awoke.

"Sam?"

"Jack" she mumbled quietly. Despite being drugged up, she still recognised Jack's voice.

"Yeah, I'm here Sam; you gave us quite a scare couple of days ago"

He was holding her hand, and their beds were together so he could be close to her. She turned her head to look at him.

"Jack, it was Colonel Carson"

"I know, Hammond told us, are you in any pain?"

"Yes" so Jack pressed the buzzer.

"You're going to ok Sam; Carson has been put in the holding cells till a lawyer shows up. Hammond wouldn't let me see the tape"

"Cause he knows what you would do, Jack. How are you feeling?"

"Lot better than you, I start physio tomorrow morning, but I still got a long way to go and it looks like the end of my career with the damage done" he finished as Janet walked in.

"Sorry, you wanted to see me Colonel?"

"Yeah, Sam awake" he said cheerily. When Janet saw her, she smiled at her friend.

"Sam, are you in any pain?" the doc asked

"Yeah," Sam groaned

"my head, back, and chest"

"Ok that was to be expected, I'll give you something and I'll let you get some rest"

"Thanks Janet"

Janet went to the cabinet to get some painkillers. When she turned around, she saw Jack leaning over Sam to give her a kiss, which made her smile. She knew that they had feelings for each other, and now that Jack couldn't go through the gate on any more missions, it was going to be hard for them both, for the flag ship team, even for the SGC.

Things would never bee the same again. Janet walked back over and injected something into Sam's IV before leaving the pair alone. She went to write the dosage and time on to Sam's chart before finally leaving the room.

"Get some rest Sam; I'll be here when you wake up" Jack said softly, tucking a stray strand of hair behind her ear

"Ok, any news on dad?"

"No, nothing yet, they could be on the move" Jack could see Sam was trying to keep awake.

"Sleep Sam, I'm not going anywhere"

"I love you Jack" she said as she allowed her eyes to close

"I love you too Sam"

That was the last thing she heard and she felt his lips on hers before sleep took over.