"This sucks." she says to herself as she stares down at her feet, they swing freely in the breeze wishing to fly off with the wind. The shoes dangle from the straps un-naturally, though the weight distribution is off between the two as her right heel has snapped off. The waters below her are deep. She places the broken heel beside her. She stands and almost slips as she expects the broken heel to still be there. She steadies herself and moves away from the edge. She reaches over and grabs the broken heel and stands ready to drop it into the water. A creak in the floor boards behind her stops her.

"What do you want Jack" she asks gruffly

"Don't call me that. How did you know it was me?" he asks plainly

"Only you would approach with caution" she mutters wiping her eyes "well Daniel might but he passed out an hour ago" she says turning around. There's pain in her eyes that anyone else would freak out over but Jack is blind to her emotion.

"What are you doing out here?" he asks stuffing his hands in his pockets

"thinking" she smiles tossing the broken heel in her hand and trying to catch it like a baseball but it falls and hits the boards of the ferry that the reunion is being held on.

"What's that?" he asks confused

"My heel" she mumbles through tears "it broke"

"Ah, well that's no big deal" he says reassuringly "just take off your shoes and run around barefoot"

"I won't get in trouble?" she asks uncertain and Jack bends down and lightly kisses her on the forehead

"You'd be in trouble if you didn't" Jack jokes and she smiles as she sits down and takes off her heels and then jumps up, handing them to him. He smiles and then scruffs up her short blond hair. She raises her head and looks up at him with her bright blue eyes.

"Thanks dad" she smiles and then hugs him before running off to go play with the other children at the 20 year SGC reunion. Jack smiles at his daughter as she runs. An elegant hand wraps around him and then soft lips kiss the back of his neck.

"Hey I know you" he says spinning around to see his wife and then softly kissing her

"What's up with our little Cheyenne?" I ask as I look over at my daughter

"Cheyenne broke her shoe, she definitely takes after you" Jack grins as he holds up the broken heel.

"Hmm, her teacher says she is toping her class in science and that she has great potential. She apparently was the first to memorize all the planets and moons in this solar system" I add taking the shoes off him

"Great another scientist" Jack groans as he turns to look at his daughter

"It's not that bad, she's doing great in sport" I smile and Jack visually brightens

"She's the best batsmen on her minor-league baseball team" he chimes as he watches his daughter promptly outrun an older boy while he chases her. What his obsession with baseball is I will never know.

"Hmm" I sigh "I can't believe how fast she's growing up, she's almost eight" I explain and Jack pauses contemplating something.

"You know that means we've been married for nine years" Jack states and I looks at him curiously "you and … it, had been married for nine years"

"You're much nicer than …it, Jack" I smile as I hug him and rest my head on his shoulder

"Nicer?" he asks skeptically and I grin

"You top him in every way" I laugh. He always seems to make me laugh

"That sounds more like it" he says proudly as he wraps an arm around me and then lightly kisses the top of my head. I smile and turn in front of him as he slides his arms around my waist. We sway slightly in our step and fall in beat with the music as we dance slowly, our bodies hugging each others. Entranced in the moment, we ignore the children running around us. We kiss and I faintly hear the ewwing of the children in the background. After nine years of marriage and an ongoing love that has lasted the most part of 30 years, I still get a tingling feeling at the very smell of him. He still is the heart of my affections as I am his. And the best part is he still makes me smile, those real smiles that are only for him.

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