A/N: Thanks for the reviews. I'm sorry, obsessedwithstabler, that you're so confused. I hope things become clear, but I really don't know what to say. If anyone else is confused, please raise your hand...

Getting to the planet, and finding Lya was the first easy thing that had happened all day. Teal'c and Lt. Newsman had finally gotten out of their makeshift prison after some techs had blasted the door away, revealing a very pissed off Jaffa and a very contrite lieutenant seconds away from tears.

When Daniel asked Bobby and Alex if they wanted to come with them to find Lya, the pair jumped at the opportunity to travel through the Stargate. Bobby asked Jack what it felt like and he responded by saying, "Well … have you ever ridden in an airplane under heavy fire from the enemy?" At Bobby's affirmative Jack said, "It's way worse than that. Imagine the biggest, least stable roller coaster ride you've ever been on, double it, and add in a freezing cold that sticks to your bones. That's the Stargate."

Alex looked a little green around the edges just thinking of something like that. "I think I'll stay with the ship. Just in case they need someone to talk to Nicole," she added hastily, lest Bobby would catch on about her hatred of roller coasters. It was one of the reasons she hated his driving.

With one last smile, Bobby waved to Alex as the transportation beaming technology kicked in (Bobby had a remote locater now attached to the outside of his jacket) and he was swept away, along with Jack, Daniel and Vala. Alex sighed and turned to the big Jaffa, who had opted to stay on board the vessel in case something happened that required someone to beat the pulp out of Nicole Wallace … not that actually said that – but everyone who knew him knew that's what he was thinking by the way the muscle in his jaw twitched, his right eyebrow raised just a bit and the head tilt. It was pure Jaffa-revenge look at its scariest and finest.

"Teal'c?" Alex asked as they returned to the security room.

"Detective Eames?" Teal'c replied, in his usual, formal tone of voice.

"Are they going to be successful getting this … Lya to help us?" Alex was unusually hesitant, unsure of what she was even doing there. This wasn't something for a NYPD detective to be handling! This was something for the FBI or the Air Force. She was scared out of her mind that something was going to happen to Bobby … or Sam. What if they didn't get Nicole in time? What if Nicole got away again? What if …?

Teal'c cocked his head at her, his calm demeanor soothing the detective while he replied, "Lya has been very helpful to us in the past, Detective Eames. It is unwise to pursue a mediocre vehicle of thought that forces you to see all unwanted outcomes."

Mediocre vehicle of thought? What the hell? Alex scrunched her brow in a frown, trying to figure out what he was saying. It finally hit her like a ton of bricks, "You mean, a train of thought, Teal'c?"

"Indeed, that was the intention my words were meant to relay, Detective Eames." She didn't see it, but there was a slight smile on his face as Teal'c commended himself for sidetracking her mind from the danger she could do nothing about – at least for a few moments of time.

"Call me Alex, Teal'c."

Teal'c bowed his head once as they walked into the security room, "Very well, Alex Eames." They walked into the room to find Hailey on the telephone with someone.

"NO! Don't hang up, please. Here, Detective Eames is here. Do you want to talk to her?" the Captain asked as she saw Alex and Teal'c walk into the room. The person on the other end, whom they could only assume was Nicole, said something, causing Hailey to put her hand over the mouthpiece and turn toward Alex, "She wants to talk to you."

Alex felt her blood run cold as she mechanically took the phone from Jennifer Hailey and put it to her ear, "Hello, Nicole."

"Detective Eames! How wonderful to talk to you. Such a pity Bobby isn't there to witness my triumph … oh well, you'll have to do."

The detective scowled at Nicole's attitude. It was like she thought she couldn't lose. Of course, it wouldn't be the first time she'd proved herself just as capable of evading Bobby and Alex and the rest of the police department, as they were at tracking her. "What do you want, Nicole?"

"Now, now, Alex, no need to get snippy. That won't do our dear Samantha any good, will it? Or maybe you do want the baby to die. After all, she has what you don't – and all that you want in the bottom of your heart."

"You, too, Nicole," Alex shot back as she tried to keep her composition, "She has happiness. That's something you can only dream about. But I don't want her happiness, Nicole. I have my own. I have Bobby."

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"So, Goren," Jack asked as they made their way back to the Stargate with Lya, "What's up with you and Alex?"

Bobby muttered something unintelligible as he continued to walk forward, Lya and Daniel conversing (and amusing) Vala only a few paces ahead.

"What was that?" Jack asked. He needed something to take his mind off Sam – badgering Daniel usually worked, but with Bobby right there … he couldn't help himself.

"She's just my partner," Bobby said again, louder.

Jack nodded, "Yeah, and Sam was just my 2IC. No way, Bobby. I spent eight years trying to hide like that. I learned to read the signs. When did you realize?"

Bobby thought about. He knew when he was absolutely sure that he was in love with Eames … but when he first started to suspect something? "I guess the first time I began to realize was when we were working on this case to bring down a guy who killed four women and was about to kill a fifth. I asked her to go into the interrogation room alone with him, knowing that he was going to hit on her – and she went. When we finally got the guy to confess … she gave me the scariest glare ever. And all I can remember thinking is 'God, she looks sexy when she's mad at me.' Then I offered to take her out to drinks and dinner to make up for putting her in that situation." He turned his head slightly toward Jack, "What about you and Sam?"

Jack smirked at the memory of their first meeting and his first hint at 'inappropriate' feelings for Sam. It hurt to remember that time when she was in so much danger, but he knew Bobby needed to know he wasn't the only fool in the world, "The first time I met her she gave me this big long speech about how women were just as competent and men … then she challenged me to arm wrestle. I was completely lost after that. But I don't think I really realized it until the first time she was kidnapped."

Bobby felt his heart stop for a second, "I don't think I could handle it if Eames was kidnapped," he admitted.

Jack nodded, "It was worth all the pain of not knowing to see Carter kick the ass out of the asshole who thought he owned her."

Lya turned back to look at Jack and Bobby. She stopped talking to Daniel and changed her course to walk back to the two men. The smaller woman stopped in front of the two men, a serine look on her pale face as she said, "True love is rare. Have no more worries, Jack, Bobby, they will be fine."

For a moment, Bobby wondered how she could know that, but he said nothing, because the sincerity in her eyes reaffirmed in his heart that it would turn out all right.

A/N: ...Now, all of you with one hand raised, take your other hand, click the button that says 'OK' on it (when the menu is on the default of 'submit review', of course) and tell me what you're confused about.

All of you that are not confused, please feel free to tell me to go to hell for making all those other people confused.