"So you already knew him" Sasha stated as she sat back at her desk
"Used to" She sighed
"What happened?"
"Regulations" She stopped working; she just sat there, "He asked me to go back to the SGC"
"Wow, you should go back; it seems like that's more home than here" Sasha smiled sadly, "You don't even have a picture of your dad on your desk"
"I can't have a picture of him"
"Why not?"
"All his pictures are classified!" She exclaimed, the secret nature of her previous job, had stopped her from revealing too much to her new friend, and it drove her nuts.
'Thank you sir'
'For what?'
'For being here for me'
'Always'
"Hey Sam, everything alright?" Sasha asked softly
"Yea, I guess so" she look back at her computer, she couldn't concentrate, she knew he was still sitting in the commissary, hoping she'd come back today. The beeping of her computer brought her to life again.
To: Carter, Sam Lieutenant Colonel
From: Jackson, Daniel Civilian
Subject: Hey
Hey Sam,
Just got back from my dig and Jack's missing, word is he is over there. Listen to what he has to say Sam, I know he will ask you to come back but there is a good reason for it, he misses you like crazy! He had your lab closed until such time as you come back, no one is allowed in there, and everything was left as it is…which is why you were probably wondering a last year why that artifact hadn't been sent over that you were working on…it's locked in the lab.
He isn't good with words Sam, that's why he hasn't called, he didn't know what to say because I kept saying you were happy, please Sam talk to him and hear him out…how ever long it will take him, listen to him please, for all our sakes!
Daniel
End of message
She stared at her screen for what seem to be the hundredth time that day, "Hey Sash, I'm going to go talk to him ok?"
"Sure, take your time" she smiled warmly at her friend
She left her office, dodged Rogers twice and finally reached the commissary 10minutes later, as she had thought he was still sitting there staring at her lunch. She sat gently into the seat across from him; the commissary was empty by now, "Hey"
"Didn't think you'd come back" he looked away
"I'm here aren't I?"
"Are you? It could just be another trick of my mind" he sighed
She reached over, gently taking his hand, "I am here Jack"
He looked at her the pain still evident behind his mask, "For how long?"
"I can't just decide today, but Daniel emailed me" Jack pulled his hand away
"It's always Daniel!" he burst
"Hey! I am here because of you, he said you had something to tell me" She took back his hand
He looked at her, squeezing her hand, she was real, she was there…with him. "I've missed you Sam, I've missed you since the Za'tarc testing" his eyes dropped, "You haven't been the same, and then I felt like you were coming back to me you left again!"
"I couldn't handle it Jack, I'd lost him, broken up with Pete, I needed time and space"
"You've had two years" Jack stated bluntly
"Yea, two years of forgetting and I'm still in the same position as when I left" She looked at their hands; they knew this was wrong but it felt so damn good, "Thing's wont change will they?"
"The regulations? No they wont change" he saw her fold into herself, "Us however, we could change, we can make it work this time Sam" he waited for her to look at him, "I can change it, I don't need to be Air Force to run the base"
"I won't argue, we've done that already, but why you?"
"I'm older, my time has come and gone, yours is just beginning" Jack smiled
"You really want this don't you?"
"You don't?"
'Don't let rules stand in your way'
'What are you talking about?' she looks puzzled
'You joined the Air Force because of me'
'I love my job'
'Mmm' Jacob strokes her cheek, 'You can still have everything you want'
'I do, Dad' Jacob sighs in frustration, 'really'
"Thinking of your dad?"
He knew her too well, "Yea, Sasha was asking about him"
"Sasha?"
"Friend in my division"
"Ah" Jack looks at her, "He was happy"
"I know" She sighed, "He just wanted me to be happy"
"You are aren't you? Here I mean you're happy here"
Sam looked away, as tears pricked the back of her eyes, "Yea"
She looked at him, the tears successfully blinked back, "All he wanted me to do was to follow my dreams, my heart; he even told me not to let rules stand in the way" She laughed softly
"Why are you then?" he asked, she knew he wanted her now, he wanted her to not ust go back, but back to him.
"It's what I've always done, let the rules guide me, that way I can't go wrong" she explained
"We've broken rules before"
"We were saving the world then, we aren't now, no we're just saving ourselves"
"What's more important than that?"
"Everything!" she exclaimed, "We have to look at the bigger picture, we have a new threat and it's proving harder than the first"
"The bigger picture includes you Sam" he looked down
"You want it to include me, you want me there"
"So you're saying no?"
"I'm saying I don't know!" Sam looked at him tears rolling softly down her cheek, "I need more time, and you can't just turn up and beg me back"
"Why not? Because Pete didn't?" Jack snapped
"Jack" she cried softly, "I…"
"Don't bother" Jack rose, "I was hoping you'd be coming back with me tonight, but I guess not" he looked away before the pain reached all his features, walking from the commissary he stopped just outside, leaning against the wall as the pain seeped through him, "I love you" he whispered to the empty corridor.
She sat there, staring at the chair he had occupied, "Damn it Jack!" she cried to the now empty commissary, "I was trying to forget…" the sobs hit her body like a tidal wave, she didn't even notice him turn and stare through the doorway, "Great job Sam, just tell him how you feel…yea like that would've worked! By the way Jack I miss you too, I still love you!" she scolded herself, his frame hadn't yet entered into her vision
"I love you too" his reply came so softly through the sobs that she could've sworn it was a figment of her imagination.
"Jack?" she spun around, there he stood, wet cheeks, perfectly ironed blue suit and something else she couldn't quite place.
"C'me here" he whispers softly, she didn't need being told twice, she rose quickly form her seat and directly into his arms. Her sobs dampening his suit, but neither cared, "Come home Sam"
She looked up at him, her eyes puffy and red from crying; "Ok" she whispered before leaving for her office, she wasn't wasting anytime.
Entering her office, Sasha knew that look, "You're leaving"
"Yea" Sam replied looking sadly at her new friend, before Jack entered the office, "I'll just be a minute"
"You must be Sasha" Jack extended his hand to her
"Major Sasha Jennings, you must be Jack" she took his hand
"Ah, what is your job here?"
"Same as Sam, only I work primarily with the artifacts and history of them"
"Ah, another Daniel"
"You mean Dr. Jackson?" Sasha asked
"Yep that's him"
Sam looked between the two, "Sasha's job entails the same as Daniel's but on a more scientific level, could become quite valuable" Sam hinted
Jack took the bait, "One of your fans left the program last month, haven't found someone to replace him yet" Jack stated, "I'll have to call Home world first fro approval of course"
Sasha looked between the two, "I'm sorry but I think I've missed the memo"
She laughed at her friends confusion, "The SGC needs someone similar to Daniel in its ranks, whether or not you go off world is one thing, but the SGC needs you there. I'm just wondering why you haven't already been transferred, a request for someone matching Daniel's qualifications was placed even before I left" She rattled off, watching as he made some inaudible comments to the person at the other end of the line.
"Ok so as far as I know, they are doing a check to see if you are actually eligible for the transfer, then they are going to run it by Daniel to see if he could do with the extra help, then as far as I'm concerned you're transferred. That is of course if you actually want the job" he explained
"I…I uh…well" Sasha couldn't finish her sentence
"Don't worry Sash, I was the same when they offered me the job, and it's become the best part of my life!" She laughed, the happiness now rising within her
"We should go though, I'll be in contact with you in the next few days, if not me than Daniel" Jack smiled warmly at Sasha taking hold of the small box she handed him, "Wow, this is oddly light"
"I left a lot of stuff in my office actually" she blushed
"Well then lets get you back to that beloved lab, then we can figure out everything else" he sighed, "At least I got you back"
"Yea, I'm back" she smiled softly at her friend before following him out of the office, and out of the base.
A/N: Well I personally don't think it's as good as the first chapter...hopefully! Sorry about the angst, I didn't think it was that bad, but at least she's agreed to go back! With the possibility of Sasha...I'm thinking of giving some background to Sasha in a later chapter...what do you think? So this is my second Stargate fic, I've got about 6 or 7 House...but this is Stargate...YAYAY!
Fyre-Anjel