Jack and Sam crept out of bed early the next day; silently they opened the door to Jack's spare room. Sam sighed quietly at the sight that greeted them. Sasha had turned away from Daniel through the night, but Daniel had kept his arms tight around her, his head resting in the space between her head and shoulders; Jack grinned at the half smile on Daniel's face.
"We should let them sleep" Sam whispered.
"They'll be up soon, Daniel can smell coffee even in his sleep" Jack chuckled pulling Sam from the room.
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Daniel stirred first, looking around he remembered the night before, the whispered conversation with Sasha and the kissing…oh the kissing was burnt in his memory. He gently kissed her shoulder before beginning to slip out of the bed.
"Where are you going?" Sasha mumbled.
"I smell coffee" He laughed softly, "I wanted to let you sleep some more"
"No, I'm fine" Sasha smiled at him, "I'll get up too"
Daniel gulped when Sasha climbed out of the bed, her body complimented her underwear beautifully, and lucky for him she wore a singlet to bed. Pulling on his clothes they made their way to breakfast, that judging by the smells had already begun being made.
Entering the kitchen Jack greeted them smiling, he handed coffee to Daniel, "Morning campers"
'Thanks, and morning" Daniel grumbled slightly.
Sasha looked at Daniel and laughed, "I'll take a cup too thanks Jack"
"Sure, and don't worry about him, he doesn't start up properly without coffee" Jack laughed handing her a mug.
"Don't start with me Jack, I swear"
"You always do, I'm still waiting for the day you actually do something about it"
"He did remember" Sam smiled walking in, "P3X-586, you drank the last of the coffee before Daniel woke up, you were bruised for days!"
This anecdote caused Sasha to laugh even more, "You stop laughing" Daniel grumbled.
"Make me" Sasha dared him.
Daniel put his cup down carefully, rose from his seat and slowly began to walk towards Sasha. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean it!" Sasha laughed, begging.
"Too late, you asked for it" Daniel grinned, backing her up against the fridge he kissed her, thoroughly. Backing away from her, he walked back to the kitchen bench and began drinking his coffee again.
Jack and Sam stood rooted to the spot, jaws hanging. Sasha on the other hand was still slumped against the fridge, panting slightly.
"So" Jack broke the silence, "What was that?"
"Shutting up Sasha" Daniel mumbled, "She asked for it"
"You and I need to talk later" Jack stated to Daniel.
"About what?" Daniel shot back.
"This…you and Sasha" Jack gestured.
"Don't know what you mean" Sasha replied, "We're just friends"
"Oh come off it, friends do not kiss like that!" Jack exclaimed.
"Just leave it Jack" Daniel warned.
"Jack" Sam whispered, shaking her head, "Leave it ok?"
"Fine" Jack flipped a pancake, "Who's up for breakfast?"
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Back on base the next day, Daniel still hadn't talked to Jack about what was going on; Sasha had kept it from Sam as well. They kept to themselves what was happening, which had begun the rumour mill around the base, and angered some of the nurses, whom it seemed had formed crushes on the archaeologist.
"Sam is still asking questions" Sasha sighed sitting down next to Daniel, "What have we got here?"
"Jack's asking as well" Daniel replied, "An ancient text, it seems to have basic Malayan characters, but there is an archaic dialect that I can't figure out" Daniel replied.
"Let me look" Sasha took the scroll, "Oh there's you're problem, it's not Malayan, it's Mayan and the archaic dialect is an obscure dialect formed throughout some regional Aztec areas. It's not common and is actually really rare, only about two or three community groups shared this dialect" Sasha replied. "The communities were cut off from the main Aztec dialect because they had been too far south for the culture to fully form, so they altered it, it's only a slight deviation but enough to create a completely different dialect"
"That's right; they were in the lower quadrants, now it makes sense! The world it came from was advanced but still very primitive. Like their language for example was odd because their technology was so advanced, but the written language was primitive; whereas, the spoken language was just as advanced as the technology" Daniel explained.
"What have you two brains been talking about?" Jack asked walking in.
"The new scroll that Sg-13 found actually, Sasha figured out the dialect so now I can decipher the words, well characters" Daniel smiled.
"Right, ok then…I'll leave you to it then" Jack turned and walked out.
"Was he checking up on us?" Sasha laughed, "I mean really?"
"Probably, since what happened yesterday morning"
"Yea, yesterday morning" Sasha mumbled, "What is going on there?"
"I don't know" Daniel replied honestly, "The more I try and figure it out, the more confused I get"
"Yea, confusing" Sasha sighed, "So, onto other matters…"
"No, not other matters" Daniel faced her, "What do you think is going on here?"
"Like you I don't know" Sasha lied.
"No, you have a feeling: what is it?" Daniel demanded.
"I don't know!" Sasha exclaimed, "I've never felt this before" she gestured between them, "So if I've never felt this before, how am I supposed to know what's going on?" with that she stormed out.
Daniel sunk into his chair, "Love…love is what's happening" he whispered to an empty lab.
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Sasha stormed out of the lab and made her way around the base, not knowing where she was. She recognised one of the drawings that Daniel had placed on the doors, opening it she found herself in the locker room. Looking around she found her area, crouching inside her small space she burst into tears.
"Someone in here?" Jack's voice called.
Sasha just kept sobbing.
"Sasha?" Jack knelt beside her, "What's wrong? Minutes ago you were fine"
"We had a fight" Sasha said, tears still streaming down her cheeks, "I don't know what's going on between us"
"I don't think he knows either" Jack compromised, "I mean his first girlfriend became a gou'ld, and so does his wife, the man is damaged Sasha"
"Maybe two broken people can't make a whole" Sasha sighed.
"Actually I think two broken people can make a whole, that's if you're both, willing to see past this façade you've got going. Honestly, it's easy for anyone to see how you both feel about each other" Jack leant against the wall next to her.
"What do you see?"
"I see my best friend falling in-love, and it's terrifying him. He doesn't know what to do, or how to act. He only knows the past" Jack replied, "I think his biggest bridge is that he is scared that you might disappear, just like every other woman"
"I'm confused" she stated simply.
"Quite right too, you've never been in-love; you said so the other night. If you've never felt love: how are you supposed to know if this is love or not?" Jack asked.
"That's what I said before storming off" Sasha sighed, "I blew it"
"Not quite" Jack smiled, looking at the door.
"What makes you say that?" Sasha asked.
"Because it takes more than a fight to deter me" Daniel smiled sadly from the door.
Jack rose, "No stay" Sasha begged.
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Jack moved from where he was sitting and closed the door behind Daniel. Sitting on the bench he watched. Daniel sat beside Sasha, facing her. "I'm sorry" she whispered.
"No I'm sorry" Daniel leant over and pulled Sasha into a hug, "I'm so sorry"
Fresh tears seemed to have sprung up in Sasha's eyes because Daniel's shirt was wet when they pulled apart. "I don't know what's going on Daniel; I've never felt this before"
"You're in luck, because I have" Daniel smiled at her, "I'm scared, I've lost so much in my life that I couldn't bear loosing you. I wanted to keep you at arms length so I wouldn't have to deal with being hurt"
Sasha looked away, "Oh"
Daniel pulled her face back towards him, "It didn't work Sash" Daniel whispered, "I want to make this work"
"Friends then?" Sasha asked softly.
"I was thinking more along the lines of being your boyfriend" Daniel blushed. "That's if you…"
"As long as I can be the girlfriend, no matter how bad I may be at it" Sasha beamed.
Jack watched Daniel sweep in and kiss her, seeing that the kiss was getting deeper and leading onto other things Jack coughed, twice.
"As happy as I am about this, can I go now? I mean if you're going to continue the kiss in the direction it was heading, because I seriously do not want to watch that" Jack grinned.
Daniel pulled away from Sasha, "No, no, I think it will wait" Daniel laughed at Jack, "I mean really; what do you take me for? The locker room is something you and Sam would do" Daniel and Sasha walked out.
Jack thought about it, before racing after them, by the time he caught them they were on the stairs leading up to the control room. "That's not fair!" Jack announced half way up the stairs. "Just because the first time Sam and I kiss is because she is under the influence of an alien virus, doesn't mean the locker room is our 'thing'!" Everyone in the control room stopped and stared at Jack, Sam included.
"Locker room thing?" Sam asked him.
"These two…you and me…doesn't everyone have something else to be doing?" He demanded.
Instantly everyone went back to work, but Sam wasn't letting this go. "What happened in the locker room?"
"We were in there and there was kissing involved" Jack replied.
"So you were kissing Sasha or was it Daniel?" Sam asked; everyone was still listening.
"Daniel of course" Jack replied.
The control room burst out laughing, including the Gate Room. Sam was struggling to keep a straight face, "So Daniel initiated it?"
"Yea I was stunned at the gusto of him actually. Why is everyone laughing?" The control room and the Gate Room burst into more fits of laughter. "Seriously what's everyone laughing at?"
Sam couldn't talk she was laughing so hard, in the Gate Room however, there was a game soldier. "General, I thought you had a thing for Colonel Carter, not Daniel Jackson!"
"I…what? I do have a thing for Carter, a very big thing actually" Jack replied, "What's this about Daniel?"
"Jack" Sam gasped, "You just said you and Daniel were kissing in the locker room"
"No I didn't, I said Daniel and Sasha were kissing in the locker room" Jack replied seriously.
"So what was with the yelling about the locker room?" Walter asked.
"If everyone must know, Daniel said they weren't going to, do it, in the locker room because that was only something Carter and I do. If everyone remembers back to the beginning of our great base, we were all infected with the alien virus that had us go primitive overnight?" Everyone looked blank, "No one remembers? Come on Carter you've got to, you jumped me in the locker room" Realisation dawned on her face, "Yes see…I was talking about that, us, you and me, not Daniel and me"
"Sorry Jack" Sam grinned.
"You all thought Daniel and I were kissing?" Jack asked everyone.
A collective no resounded around him, "But it was funny that you kept going" Siler chuckled, "Even Doctor Jackson was laughing"
"Sorry Jack, you put your foot in it"
"Oh that's it, I'm going into my office and no one better follow me" Jack stormed through the briefing room and into his office. He moved the flags so that they blocked the faces of anyone coming to see if he was still angry.
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"I'll go" Sam sighed, "He won't kill me…I hope"
Sam made her way slowly towards Jack's office, knocking softly. "I said no one was to follow me!"
"It's me" Sam called walking in.
"What do you want?"
Sam closed the door and locked it, "Time alone would be nice" she smiled.
Jack looked up from the paperwork he was staring at, "Sam?"
She walked towards him, "I hate everything being so secretive with us, and then you go an spurt to everyone that you have a big thing for me, Jack are you trying to get us court-marshalled?"
"No, I was proving a point, if I didn't say what I said; he would've been all over you. I hate the way they look at you Sam"
Sam rounded his desk, turning him to face her; she squatted in front of him. "I'm yours Jack, always have been and I always will be"
Jack pulled her onto his lap, "I just want to be able to show everyone how much you mean to me"
"I know" she smiled kissing him softly; "I left because I knew" she kissed him again; "I came back because I knew" another kiss hit him; "I'm still here because I still know".
This time Jack kissed her, pulling her more flush against his body, "I want you Sam, only you" Jack let himself relax into the kiss, enjoying the closeness of her body, her scent overpowering him, sending him beyond reason.
Which is what he'll plead if found in this compromising position; Jack had lifted Sam from their position in the chair, sitting her on the edge of his desk his fingers traced circles on her skin under her shirt. Sam unbuttoned Jack's shirt, sliding it off his shoulders. Who then proceeded to slip Sam's shirt off, lying her down over the paperwork, he unbuckled her pants and his own. "Sam?"
"Yes Jack" she pulled him down to her, locking her legs behind his back. He only had one choice; slowly they began to move together, memorising every touch, every kiss and every movement of their bodies. The outside world dissolved as they gained momentum. Noise wasn't a problem, Jack's lips stayed locked to Sam's; swallowing her moans. Everything came crashing over them as Jack thrust once more before collapsing with Sam on the floor of his office.
Tangled up in each other, naked and sweaty, Jack held Sam close. Tears had fallen from his eyes and were now rolling down Sam's bare breast. "I love you Sam" he mumbled into her hair.
"I love you too Jack" she replied, equally as quiet as she snuggled into his chest. "We could get court-marshalled for this"
"It was worth every moment" Jack replied.
"Really?"
"Anything with you is worth every second" Jack looked at her, "I'm retiring"
"Jack you can't"
"I can, I can work here as a civilian, it's the only way we can be together Sam"
"I thought we were just 'together'" She grinned.
"I can marry you if I retire" he stated plainly.
"Is that where we're heading?" Sam asked.
"That's where I'm hoping we're heading" Jack whispered.
"I can handle that" Sam snuggled closer, "I'll have to leave soon"
"I know" he held her tighter, "Until then, let's just sit here"
Jack and Sam sat on the floor behind his desk for a little longer before Sam gathered her clothes and got dressed. Jack smiled at her as he began yelling at her, nothing better then having everyone think they were talking and it ended in a fight, then everyone knowing they made love.
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Sam stormed out of Jack's office crying, everyone looked upon her with sympathy. Sam made her way to the locker room to shower, tears flowing the entire time. Sam was having difficulties keeping a straight face when she heard comments like:
"Damn the General is always harsh to her"
"They'll never get together if they keep fighting"
"Poor Carter, Jack's always going to hurt her"
Disappearing into the locker room, Sam grinned throughout her shower. Some people were thick, namely the entire base. Daniel; however, was an exception, he'd find out what really happened, especially when in a few days the General would become retired.
A/N: I tried to keep the love scene to a minimal graphic for my younger readers…I hope it was too graphic…
People tell me about Daniel and Sasha, is it sweet enough?
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