Daniel looked at the infirmary's security camera thoughtfully. "Janet, I have an idea, come with me."
"Daniel?"
"Trust me." They walked to Janet's office and closed the door.
"Janet, the camera over Sam's bed, bring it up." She smiled as she walked around her desk and sat down, before doing as Daniel asked.
"Daniel, are you thinking that the Colonel would go in there with no one around?"
"Well, you have caught him in there when Sam was stuck in the infirmary."
"True, good plan."
"Want some coffee?" Daniel offered.
"Thanks."
"I'll be back." On the way to the mess hall Daniel saw Teal'c walking back towards him.
"Teal'c, going back to the infirmary?"
"Indeed."
"Don't, not yet, meet me in Janet's office … I'll bring donuts." Then he walked away with a smile on his face.
Teal'c walked down to Janet's office and knocked on the door.
"Come in." Teal'c opened the door and entered.
"Daniel told you."
"Indeed."
"Ok, come in and close the door." So he did that and then he stood over in the corner waiting with his hands behind his back.
"Dr Fraiser, do you think that O'Neill is Major Carter's Prince Charming?"
Janet smiled. "Well I'm not sure 'Charming' is the word I'd use, but do the words 'I care about her a lot more than I'm supposed to' mean anything to you?"
Teal'c thought about it, and remembered the Za'tarc incident when O'Neill had used those words. "Indeed."
While Janet and Teal'c were talking Daniel walked into the mess hall and saw Jack at one of the tables eating cake and drinking coffee.
"Jack." Jack looked up.
"If you want to go and sit with Sam you can, Teal'c showed Detective Shanahan to the surface, the choice is yours."
He got the two cups of coffee and a plate full of donuts, and then left, knowing he'd dropped the hint to Jack about Sam being alone. When he got back to Janet's office, he told her and Teal'c about his encounter with Jack.
"I saw Jack in the mess hall, I let him know that Sam is alone."
"So all we need to do is wait and see what happens."
"Yep."
Back in the mess hall, Jack sat and thought about what Daniel had said.
He was surprised that Pete wasn't Sam's true love, her soul mate. He knew he had feelings for Sam, but he couldn't act upon it because of the Air Force regulations. He was wondering if Daniel might be right, that he really was Sam's Prince Charming. Then he remembered Daniel's hint that Sam was alone, and knew he would have only a few minutes until Teal'c returned.
"Well, there is only one way to find out." He mumbled to himself.
He finished his coffee, and stood up and walked out of the mess hall and down to the infirmary. Looking through the glass window, he saw there was a nurse just finished checking on Sam. When she walked out the door Jack flattened himself against the wall, and then slipped into the now empty room.
Jack walked over to Sam, not knowing that he was being watched through the security camera. He stuffed his hands in his pockets and looked down at her as she slept.
"This is crazy, why me Carter, why me, I'm too old for you." He shook his head.
He took his hands out of his pockets, bent over until he was close to Sam's lips, and then he stopped and looked at her.
"Whatever happens … Sam, I'm sorry." Then he gave her a kiss.
When he pulled back he noticed she was starting to wake up so he quickly ran out of the room before she opened her eyes.
Daniel and Janet were shocked when Jack ran out of the room after he kissed Sam.
"Oh my God, Sam's waking up." Janet said.
She stood up and ran out of her office and into the infirmary with Daniel and Teal'c behind her. When Sam opened her eyes she looked around and then she could taste chocolate cake. She didn't remember eating cake while off world. And then she remembered what had happened off world just as Janet and her teammates came in.
"Sam, how are you feeling?" Janet asked anxiously.
"Ok I guess, the drink …"
"It was a drug, Sam."
"A drug …" Then Daniel and Teal'c came into view.
"Sam the woman who drugged you said she could see into your soul. she said 'Only Major Carter's true love can wake her.'"
"What, was Pete here?"
"Yes, he did kiss you, but you didn't wake up."
"Then who did?" Sam looked at them. "Well?"
"It was O'Neill." Teal'c said. Sam was shocked.
"Colonel O'Neill?"
"Yes Sam, we got it on tape, he came in here and kissed you and then he ran out of the room just as you were waking up." Janet said smiling.
"What?"
"Sam the woman who gave you the drink said that you 'love one man more than the other, and the kiss will reveal who her true love, soul mate is'… Jack is your true love and soul mate, Sam." Sam shook her head.
"I… I can't believe this is happening to me."
"We will let you get some rest Sam, sounds like you have a lot to think about." Janet said.
"Yeah." Then Janet, Daniel and Teal'c left the room.
"I'd better go and inform General Hammond." Janet said, and walked away.
"I'm going to go and find Jack." Daniel said, and then he walked away too leaving Teal'c standing there in the corridor.
When Jack ran out of the infirmary he went to the locker room and got changed, and then he left the base and went home. He couldn't believe what had happened to Sam, to him. He didn't know what to do, he knew that Sam was seeing Pete, and he hoped that Sam wouldn't find out about what he did.
He stopped off at a liquor store and bought two six packs of beer and a bottle of Jack Daniels, and then he went home. On the way he realised it was almost six o'clock.
When he got home he put the bag on the dining room table and pulled out a bottle of beer, then he picked up his phone and ordered pizza. Then he hung up and he sat down on the couch thinking about the kiss. Then he remembered other kisses.
The first one he remembered was when Sam walked into the locker room when she was affected by the virus, the second time was during the time loops. He smiled at the memories of that, he lost count of how many times he kissed Sam and the way she kissed him back.
He thought about the other Samantha Carter and the way she kissed him, he knew it was different but it was still Samantha Carter, and she'd lost her husband, her Jack, when he was killed. He remembered what Daniel told him about another Jack and Sam, how they were engaged when the jaffa showed up at their SGC.
It was like someone out there was trying to tell him and his Sam that they were meant to be together, but in both cases Sam wasn't in the Air Force.
Sam was lying in the bed thinking about what Daniel, Janet and Teal'c had just said. She couldn't believe it, she knew she had feelings for him but still she knew that she and Jack couldn't be together.
She knew she needed to talk to him so she pulled out her IV, disconnected herself from the heart monitor, and got out of bed. She went down to the locker room where she got dressed, and then left the base.
She knew where he would be, so she drove to his place to talk to him. Jack was on his third beer when he heard a car pull up so he stood up and walked to the door, thinking it was his pizza being delivered. He had just pulled out his wallet and opened it when there was a knock on the door. He opened it and was shocked to see who was standing on his doorstep.
"Carter."
"Sir, can I come in, we need to talk." Then another car pulled up; it was the pizza that Jack ordered.
"Ah, sure, come in."
Sam walked into the living room to see empty bottles of beer on the coffee table. She sat down and waited for Jack. After Jack paid for the pizza, he closed the door and walked into the living room and put the pizza down.
"Did the Doc let you go?"
"No." He looked at her.
"No?"
"No, I walked out… Daniel, Teal'c and Janet told me everything that has happened."
"Everything?" He was wondering how they knew he was in the infirmary, he didn't see them at the door.
"They told me that you were the one who woke me up by … by kissing me."
"How…?"
"It was on the security camera, they have a copy of it."
"Oh."
"Yes, oh … so you're my Prince Charming." Jack raised an eyebrow at her.
"My true love."
"Carter I'm not -"
"Soul mate." She interrupted him.
She stood up and stepped till she was in front of him without breaking eye contact.
"You had coffee and chocolate cake before you kissed me."
"How did you know?"
"I could taste it when I woke up."
"Oh."
She smiled. "I don't mind."
"You don't?"
"Nope, now that I'm awake and here." She wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him.
He tried to pull away but he lost himself in her kiss. He wrapped his arms around her waist and the kiss deepened. When they broke apart, they looked at each other.
"What about the regs?" He asked.
"Screw them for now."
"Shanahan?"
"What about him, it's over since he couldn't wake me up."
"Are you sure, I mean …" She kissed him again.
"So, you love me?"
"I …"
"Jack, yes or no?" He looked into her eyes.
"Yes … a lot more than I'm supposed to." She smiled at him.
"I love you too Jack … how about showing me how much, I know you're not good with words, so how about showing me?"
"Are you sure? There will be no turning back."
"Yes."
They both kissed and then he pulled back and grabbed her hand, and pulled her down to his bedroom where they spent the next four hours making slow passionate love over and over again.
When Sam snuggled up to Jack's side she was smiling and her whole body was humming; she'd never felt like this before in her life, and she realised that Jack was great when it came to showing her how much he loved her, way more than Pete ever was. She moved till she saw Jack smiling at her.
"Thinking again?"
"Yes, hungry?" She asked.
"Yes … cold pizza?"
She laughed. "Sure, want me to get it?"
"Nah, I'll get it."
He leaned over and gave her a kiss before getting out of bed and walking out of the room, Sam watching. When he returned he was carrying the box of cold pizza and two bottles of water with him.
He passed a bottle of water and the pizza to Sam, who was sitting up against the headboard, and then he got in next to her. Sam took a drink of water, and then opened the pizza box – it was pepperoni. She watched as Jack took a slice and started eating it.
"Aren't you hungry Sam?"
"I am, just watching you eat cold pizza."
"Want a bite?" He put the slice in front of her so she took a bite of it.
"Different."
"True." Sam picked up her own slice.
"You know the Doc will be looking for you?"
"I know, if she was worried she would have called by now." Sam reasoned.
"True, so what are we going to do now Sam?" She looked at him while licking her lips.
"For now, eat this cold pizza, drink my water, and then I'll show you how much I love you." She said smiling, then added:
"As for the regs, we can deal with them tomorrow."
"Ok." They talked about other things until the pizza and water was gone.
Sam got out of bed to take care of the box and bottles and wash, and then came back to bed where they kissed. Sam showed Jack how much she loved him for the next couple of hours before they fell asleep in each other's arms.