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Chapter 11

Later on that day Jack's rental car pulled up to the mountain. Jack pulled out his I.D as the guard approached the vehicle.

"Good afternoon Colonel; Major Carter it is good to see you again ma'am."

"Thank you Captain" Sam said with a little surprise.

After being cleared Jack drove the car over to the employee parking lot. Once the car was secured he led Sam over to the elevator that would begin their descent into the mountain. As they got closer to the sub level that the Stargate was, Jack could tell that Sam was getting nervous.

"Relax Sam. It is going to be alright."

"You promise?"

"Promise; at worst Hammond will just confine you to quarters for a month or so."

"That is not funny Colonel."

The elevator door opened and Jack directed her to the briefing room and they went inside. When she walked in she was surprised to see everyone there—Hammond, Daniel, Teal'c, Janet and her father were all there waiting for her. Jacob was the first one to pounce, as he grabbed her into a hug as soon as she was in the room.

"Sammy I am so happy to see you. Congratulations by the way."

"Thanks dad. I missed you and I am really sorry that I did not get a chance to tell you about the baby."

"It's okay Honey. I really hate to have to leave but I need to get back; we are in the middle of an important intelligence operation. Besides, I think all of you have some talking to do."

Without another word Jacob was out the door and heading to the gate room. A few moments later they heard the distinct sound of the gate beginning to activate. Knowing that Jacob was well on his way home, there was nothing that prolonged the conversation that needed to be had.

"Major Carter, would you please have a seat." Hammond indicated.

"Yes sir." But rather than taking her usual seat at the table, Sam walked all the way to the very end putting as much distance between herself and her former team. This act did not go unnoticed by the others in the room, but they decided to leave it be for now.

"Major, I just wanted you to know that we have received some new information, both from your father and other outside sources regarding your past. I want to apologize for our behavior and the things that were said to you in this room. I know that it doesn't mean anything to you, but we acted before we had all the information and there is nothing that we will ever be able to do to make that up to you." Hammond said.

"I'm sorry too Sam," Daniel said from his seat. "I like to think that I am the calm and collective one in this group, but when Jack called us in that day I lost any common sense that I may have had. I felt betrayed; I don't know why, I mean we all have our pasts. I should not have acted the way that I did."

"I feel the same Major Carter. It has been rather…dull without you. Colonel O'Neill has been in a rather unpleasant mood since your departure." Teal'c said.

"Thank you. I know that everyone here wants things to go back to the way that they were, but I am not sure if that is going to be possible. Even if we were able to pull off some miracle and get me transferred back out here, I'm not sure that it's what I want.

"Don't get me wrong, I love the SGC, but after everything that has happened I'm not sure it is the best thing for me. The issue of trust will always be between us, as well as the fact that I can't change who I used to work for and what I used to do. And I am not sure that it won't interferer with us again."

"Sam, Colorado is your home; the SGC is your home. And while those issues may be there for quite some time, you need to be here Sam…we need you to be here." Jack said.

"What about the NID? It's not like they are going to just let me go, not after everything they did to get me back."

"You let us worry about that Sam. The question is, are you willing to give it another chance here?"

"I don't think…I'm not sure."

"Not sure about what Sam." Daniel asked.

"I'm not sure that I can go threw this again, especially if the NID ever changed their minds. They know things that could turn you all against me again. I can't do that."

"That is not going to happen again Sam." Janet said

"Yeah, well I thought that was the truth the first time and look at everything that has happened."

"Sam I promise that nothing like this is ever going to happen again. We were foolish enough to let you go the first time—we are not going to let that happen again, no matter what you may have done."

They talked for several more hours, late into the night. Finally they decided to end when it was noticed that Sam was beginning to yawn and fall asleep in her chair. Since Sam no longer had her place in town, General Hammond assigned her to the VIP quarters until she found a place. Jack would have much rather taken her home with him, but he knew that it wasn't time for that yet—they weren't ready for that yet. Besides Jack had something that he had to do before he even thought about taking Sam away from the security that the base provided.

After everyone was settled in, he and the General headed out. They had a visit to someone.