A/N: Thanks again for reading my story. Sorry about the delay, this chapter took a bit for me to figure out, I hope it's not too bad. Ilovesg1: I'd never seen those pocket dragons – they're so cute. Yeah, Rover could look like that, I especially like the one that's reading a book of what looks to me like Asgard symbols. I've purposely been vague in describing him because I figured every dragon lover has their own favorite dragon type pictured in their mind and just wanted everyone to picture him as they wanted. However, if anyone would like to see a picture of my Rover, you can see him at: www geocities com/becrux00 – just change the spaces to dots (.).


Chapter 26 – Another Question

They didn't spend too much more time 'conversing' with Rover. It was quickly apparent that since he was still very young, he was unaware of many things in his world and still learning how to talk to them. He seemed to get fatigued quickly after sharing his flying experience with Sam, so they decided to call it a night and let everyone get some needed sleep.

When Sam had settled into her sleeping bag, Jack moved closer, put his arm around her waist, kissed her on the cheek and said, "Goodnight, Sam."

She smiled and looked down at his arm around her. He looked momentarily where she was looking, "Hey, you made me promise to hold you while you slept. I'm just doing what you asked." With that, she leaned over, put her hand on his cheek and started to kiss him.

The kissing grew more passionate as hands started to roam. Sam started out with her hands around Jack's neck, one moving up to brush her fingers through is hair. She'd been wanting to run her fingers through his hair for so long now. Jack had one hand behind Sam's neck and the other around her waist. He moved that hand up to cup her cheek, then moved it down her neck and across her shoulder. "Agh!"

"Oh god, Sam. I'm sorry." His had had brushed across her burned shoulder and at her cry, he sprang back from her as far as his sleeping bag would allow.

She swallowed hard and calmed her breathing before speaking. "It's ok, Jack. It wasn't your fault."

"I should have been more careful, I'm sorry."

"It's ok. Don't worry about it. I was... I was enjoying myself. But, I guess we should probably just get some sleep, huh?"

"Ok."

She turned to look at him. He was looking at her with concern and guilt etched in his face, still staying as far from her as possible. "Jack, please come back over here. I'd still like for you to hold me while we sleep."

He nodded his head and much more carefully, moved to her side and put his arm around her. Sam leaned into him and closed her eyes. Just before falling asleep, she whispered, "Goodnight, Jack. I love you."

"I love you, too, Sam. Sweet dreams." Jack closed his eyes and fell asleep almost immediately.


The next day they decided they would give Sam two more days to rest and let her shoulder recuperate before walking up the mountain to look for the town Rover said they might find. Wanting to gain her strength before her trip, Sam actually did stay in the cave for the most part and rested, or dozed in the afternoon sunlight just outside the cave. Jack spent the day gathering potatoes and berries to take with them. He also spent some time fishing and smoking his catch to bring that food as well.

The following morning Jack rose early and made breakfast for them. When they had finished, he turned to Sam and said, "Hey, I want to show you something before we leave tomorrow. You up for a short walk? About a click from here?"

"Sure, I'd like to stretch my legs a bit today."

They walked through the woods at a leisurely pace towards the north end of the lake. It was a beautiful day, the sky was a crystal clear, azure color, no cloud to be seen anywhere. There was a slight breeze and the temperature was perfect for a walk. After walking along the edge of the lake a bit, they found a stream that emptied itself into the lake and started to follow its course through the bordering woods. After a short walk, they exited the trees into a clearing surrounding a small, clear pool. On the other side of the pool, about thirty feet from where they stood near the edge of the water was a 50 foot tall cliff face. Over this cliff, a magnificent waterfall fell into the pool. The sun was casting small rainbows through the mist rising from the cascading water. Although she had been on countless planets and been all over Earth, it was one of the most spectacular sites Sam had seen in all of her travels.

She couldn't take her eyes off of the waterfall. "Wow. Where's Daniel's camera when we need it."

"I thought you might like this." Jack was smiling at her. Then his expression became serious. "I was thinking... uh... well... When I found this place, it occurred to me... uh..." At this point his was looking at his feet, toeing a stone on the ground with his left boot.

Sam immediately turned to him wondering why he seemed so nervous, stammering so much. "Jack?"

"Well, it occurred to me, that, well... " He took a deep breath, squared his shoulders and looked Sam in the eyes, her dazzling blue eyes that he always got lost in when she looked at him like that, which he promptly did. When her expression turned to one of concern, he mentally shook himself. "Right. Well, it occurred to me that... that even the richest man on Earth couldn't spend all of his money to find a more beautiful, more secluded spot, so removed from other people, where he could spend his honeymoon."