As soon as she was out Mark spoke. "I wanna see Pete." It wasn't a
request it was a demand as he barely contained his rage.

Hammond and Jacob looked at each other before Hammond nodded, rising from
his seat

It was the early hours of the morning, he was now sitting on a plane on it's way back to the Springs with Cassie asleep next to him.

He had hopped the first plane back after he looked at his phone. There was a message from Dixon and Ferretti telling him to get his ass back ASAP.

He looked out the window, as the pilot came over the intercom announcing they would be landing in a few minutes. He turned to wake Cass only to see her looking at him.

"You ok kid?"

She nodded. "You?"

He nodded not trusting his voice.

As they filed off the plane Jack spotted Ferretti and Dixon coming their way.

"Hi Jack." Dixon said. Words unnecessary Ferretti and Jack simply nodded at each other.

The four piled into the SUV and headed to the SGC.

Hammond, Jacob and Mark stopped out side the brig door while the guard swiped his card to open the door.

"Can I speak to him alone first?" Mark asked.

Hammond and Jacob shared a look before Hammond finally agreed.

Mark walked into the room, when Pete saw him he jumped to his feet and walked over to the bars. "Mark, man am I glad to see you. What's going on? They won't tell me why I'm in here…"

Mark held up his hand up to silence him. "Don't Pete." He paused to control his
anger. "I need to know… and I want the truth…did you hit Sam?"

"No I didn't Mark. How could you think that? If anyone did, it would've been O'Neill." Pete answered. "He probably ordered her to tell everyone I did it."

Mark nodded, turned to leave before turning back. "I set you two up. I thought you'd be good for her. You stand there and accuse one of the people that she thinks of as family…someone who would die for her… you're a worthless pig. I never won't to see again." Turning is back to him and left the room.

When Jack and the other's arrived he turned to Dixon. "Will you take Cass to the mess and get her some food then to see Hammond?"

"Where are you going?" Ferretti asked.

Jack didn't answer just left, hopping into another elevator and disappearing. The Colonel
and Major looked at each other then back to where Jack had just been. Cass just shook her head and grabbed each man's arm. "He went to see Sam. Duh." She explained the obvious and dragged them towards the mess.

Jack made his way to Sam's room. When he got there Dr. Lam was just walking out. "General, your back."

"Since when do you call me General, Carol?" Jack asked.

"Since I became a doctor under your command, Sir." She retorted.

Jack smiled at her. "How is she?" He indicated to the door.

Lam floundered. "As well as could be expected. You can go in if you want." Jack nodded and walked past her, but waited till she had left before knocking. When he didn't received a response he opened the door and poked his head in.

She was lying on her bed with her back to the door, tossing and turning in her sleep. When he realized she was having a nightmare he moved into the room closing the door behind him, and swiftly making his way to her bed.

She was whimpering, saying things that sounded like "I'm sorry" and "no don't".

Jack whispered her name, not wanting to startle her but when that didn't work he spoke louder. She shoot up frantically searching the room before focusing on Jack and launching herself into his arms, trembling. He spoke soothing words of comfort to her until she calmed and looked up at him. It took her a few minutes to speak, when she did it was a whisper.

"I'm sorry, so sorry for hurting you…"

"Carter…"

"No, I know I hurt you… and I hurt you even more by asking you to go to that stupid wedding. I never meant to hurt you. Cass was right, but I was so convinced that I could have a normal life that I couldn't see that he wasn't what I really wanted. No I needed for that to happen."

Jack sat quietly for a minute before speaking. "As long as you're happy, I'm happy."

"But you weren't, that's the point, and I was too naïve to realize that. And don't lie to me, I see that now." Jack had no way of answering her because he knew she was right. He just nodded, and she gave a half smile, before giving a big yawn.

"I think it's time you got some sleep." He started to raise from the bed but her hand stopped him.

"No! Stay, please." Jack hesitated for a millisecond before kicking off his shoes and getting under the covers with her. It didn't take long for either of them to fall asleep