Daniel closed the leather covered journal and sighed deep in his chair. Three months. It seemed like just yesterday Sam had shown up at Jack's, and now she was gone, out of their lives. He pulled his glasses off his nose and rubbed the dark patches where they sat.

Normally, he'd be excited about reaching new civilizations, talking with them, finding out the similarities between the cultures and Earth's mythology, but he hadn't been able to take a mission seriously since Sam's disappearance. It was hard on him too.

A soft knock on his door brought him out of the state of deep thought he'd recently found himself in.

"Jack?" He looked dejectedly up at his friend, standing there in the doorway. He could tell Jack had something deep on his mind. Something he wasn't sure he wanted to bring up.

"Daniel." He didn't know where to start. Making his way to the doctor's office had been hard enough as it was, but this was just like admitting she was dead.

"Can I help you with something?"

"We, uh, got some news in from the Joint Chiefs." Okay it was a start. It wasn't exactly what he had meant to talk to him about, but maybe it would work for now. Jack shifted on his feet, keeping his left hand tucked neatly in his pocket. He picked up a pencil he found on the desk, tapping it against the metal top.

"Oh?" This peaked Daniel's interest. Even if it wasn't good news, it showed that Sam hadn't been completely forgotten about.

"They decided that her resignation won't be accepted-"

"WHAT!" Daniel nearly jumped out of his seat. If they didn't accept her resignation, that would mean she was AWOL and would never be allowed back at the program, even as a civilian. Her entire career would be over.

Jack's hand flew up in his face, motioning him back into silence. "They also aren't going to declare her AWOL just yet. They're going to decide once this is all taken care of. If her information about the Goa'uld is deemed pertinent, and she still wants to resign, they're going to accept it. If they decide she just used it as an excuse to just run off, she'll be AWOL and I'll most likely be court marshaled for our actions."

"Okay. Well she's safe for now then, right?" Daniel's worry became evident at this point. Jack could see that everybody really did care for Sam almost as much as he did.

In the past three months, the truth about he and Sam had been given to Daniel and Teal'c so they would know what to expect from Jack, regarding Sam, and her, when they found her. Of course, neither man had seemed surprised. Why would they? They had been expecting something like this for years.

"Right. Well, there's something else I would like to discuss with you after the mission, before I go to Hammond with it. I think you and Teal'c should be involved with this decision." Jack turned and left the room before Daniel could reply. Now what was that all about?

A/N: Okay so this might be it for a little while, i would like to type up a few more chapters before i post some more, thanks for all your reviews