And sure enough, a week later, Jack was released from the infirmary and was back on his feet. He was walking down the corridor when he ran into Daniel and Teal'c.
"Hey Jack, how do you feel?" Daniel asked.
"Good, great. Thanks for asking. And thank you for everything." Jack said.
"No problem." Daniel replied.
"When will you be rejoining SG-1? Teal'c asked.
"Hammond's given me a few days R&R." Jack said.
"You deserve it. It's been a rough 2 weeks. Do you want to come to a movie tonight?" Daniel asked. Jack shook his head apologetically.
"Can't. I have a dinner reservation with a beautiful blonde. Excuse me." Jack said. Then he walked away. They watched him.
"I didn't know he was dating anyone." Daniel said. Then they ran into Sam. "Hey Sam, wanna come to a movie tonight?"
"I can't. I have dinner reservations." Sam said.
"With Pete?" Daniel asked. Sam raised her eyebrows.
"Oh God, No. Thanks for the offer." Sam said. Then she rushed off.
"Do you think they're…" Daniel began. Then he realised what he was saying. "Nah, they wouldn't, would they?" He looked at Teal'c.
"I have noticed that they do possess feelings for each other." Teal'c said.
"I know, but still…." Daniel said. He began to wonder.
Xxxxx
Later that night, the date was going really well. He was being the perfect gentleman. They hadn't spoken about the SGC or the events of the last 2 weeks. They had finished their meal.
"Do you wanna dance?" Jack asked. Sam looked at him.
"You dance?" She asked, sounding surprised.
"Yeah, you want to?" Jack asked again.
"Gladly." Sam asked. He took her hands and lead her to the dance floor. It was a slow song. She had her arms around his neck and he had his hands around her waist. The song playing was 'Alone'. She rested her head on his shoulder.
"This is perfect." Sam said.
"I know. It feels right." Jack said. She looked into his deep, hazel eyes, which sparkled with life again and Jack looked into her emerald eyes, which sparkled as beautiful as she looked. They moved closer and closer until their lips met with a passion that had burned for years. They got wrapped up in it. Then they broke away and listened to the song.
"You don't know how long I have wanted
To touch your lips and hold you tight.
You don't know how long I have waited
And I was gonna tell you tonight."
"Sound familiar?" Jack asked.
"Too true." Sam said. They kept on dancing and listened to the song some more.
"Till now, I always got by on my own
I never really cared until I met you,
And now it chills me to the bone
How do I get you alone?"
Xxxxx
At the end of the night, they went back to Jack's place.
"Jack, I had a wonderful night, thank you." Sam said. They smiled at each other.
"Do you want me to drive you home?" Jack asked.
"No." Sam said instantly.
"Do you wanna drive yourself?" Jack asked, unsure of what he was asking.
"No. I want to stay here." Sam said. Jack looked and raised his eyebrows in a Teal'c-like fashion.
"You do realise that this is our first date, right?" Jack asked.
"I know, but you can't say that you don't want this." Sam said. Jack seemed to ponder his response.
"I can't. Though I am a little nervous. I mean its you, it's us." Jack said.
"I know, and I'm scared too, but I think we're ready." Sam said. They began to kiss passionately. They lost themselves in it. They some how made it to Jack's bedroom. Sam couldn't believe this was happening, but she didn't want to stop either. She could feel his warm, strong hands against her smooth, soft skin. His touch often made her tingle. She could feel the strength and firmness of his torso pressed against her. Then things led on from there.
Xxxxx
Jack woke up in the morning and was still quite tired. He looked at Sam, asleep in his arms, then at the clothes scattered around the room.
"Wow." He breathed. He kissed Sam's blonde hair. She looked so beautiful when she was asleep. He didn't dare move in case he woke her. But, as if on cue, Sam woke up. She looked up at him and smiled.
"Morning." She said.
"Good morning, how did you sleep?" Jack asked.
"Quite well, for the most part. You?" Sam asked.
"For the most part." Jack replied with a cheeky grin. Her head was resting on his well-tanned, muscular chest while his hand was running around her back and waist.
"This is perfect. I'm so comfortable, as if I belong here." Sam said.
"That's because you do. We both finally have what we wanted and last night let out all the passion we had stored for each other." Jack said.
"I know, and it showed." Sam said.
"So, what did I miss when I was dying?" Jack asked.
"Where do I begin? Everyone was threatened with a court-martial because of insubordinate behaviour, General Hammond for unlawful imprisonment of NID officials, Janet for punching one, namely Simmons," Sam began.
"That would have been worth seeing." Jack said.
"It was." Sam said.
"What about you?" Jack asked.
"I threatened to kill him, in fact my exact words were 'you have no idea how much I want to shoot you,'." Sam said.
"All of this for me?" Jack asked.
"They wanted to take you away and experiment on you. Everyone at the base cares about you too much to have let that happen. Especially me." Sam said. Jack smiled at her.
"So how did everyone get off the hook? I'm assuming they did." Jack said.
"General Hammond called the President and told him the situation. He had no idea and he apologised to Hammond and pardoned everyone. Kinsey's in trouble and Simmons lost his job." Sam said.
"I'd have loved to have seen that." Jack said.
"Well, you'll just have to settle for me." Sam said.
"I can live with that." Jack said. He kissed her.
"So what do we do about the regulations and General Hammond about this?" Sam said.
"We'll deal with that when we have to. Right now, here is where I wanna be." Jack said. They smiled at each other. Then, they just lay in each others arms.
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Well, that's it for this story, but keep watching, I may have more to come.
