"What if he does it again? What if he gets this notion that something else would be better for me, and he…" Sam's voice trailed off.

"Do you love him?"

"What?"

"Do you love him?"

"YES!" Sam yelled. "YES!" She started to scrub her eyes with her fists.

"Love isn't easy."

"It's not supposed to be this hard!"

"Who is making it hard? Jack? He's trying Sam. You are the one who keeps pushing him away."

"He hurt me." She said sobbing, falling to the ground.

"You hurt him."

"It's just not that easy!" Sam screamed into the rain that was pelting her.

"Why isn't it?"

"Why? WHY?!" her screams were drowned out by a crack of thunder. "I waited so long for us to be able to be together. I had almost given up."

"But you didn't."

"No. I didn't." Her body was racked with sobs. "I didn't."

"So why are you giving up now?"

Sam remained quiet, sitting on her knees in the rain.

"Why are you giving up now?" the voice asked her again.

"I can't. What if he decides he's not worth it again? What if he thinks I'm not worth it?"

"Sam, he never thought you weren't worth it."

"Yes he did! It's the only explanation! The only reason why he did what he did."

"He told you why."

"He told me what I wanted to hear."

"Has he ever lied to you before? About something as important as this?" The voice retorted. "Sam, he needs you. More importantly, you need him."

This brought on more tears from Sam. "I do, I do, I do…" She mumbled putting her head in her hands.

"Sam, who are you talking to?" Vala's voice tentatively rang out. She walked over to her, and put her hand on Sam's shoulder.

Sam flashed her a smile, "Myself, I guess." She stood up, and started to wipe the mud off of her knees.

"Come to realizations?"

"I…" Sam's voice trailed off. "Vala, it's complicated."

"That's why you pulled your car off to the side of the road and were having a conversation with yourself? Because it's complicated?"

"Vala…" Sam's started.

"Jack came in and told Daniel that you left. I went to look for you. I had to make sure that you were okay… by the looks of things, I am glad I came.

"He hurt me." Sam tried to fight back the tears again.

"Sam… Daniel hurts me daily." When Vala saw the questioning look in Sam's eyes, she continued. "He tells me to be quiet, he tells me to calm down, he says I drive him crazy. But I hurt him too. I go on and on about things, things he could care less about."

"It's a little more than that."

"Is it? Is it really?"

Sam stood there looking at Vala. "He…" her voice trailed off.

"He loves you."

Sam turned her back on her friend, and looked towards the distance. "I love him too."

"Then why are you stopping this?"

Sam turned back around and just looked at Vala.

"He hurt you. Yes, I understand that. But Sam, you can't keep holding onto what happened. You can't keep saying, 'He hurt me.' Love doesn't work that way. Jack doesn't work that way."

"He…" Sam's voice trailed off again. "He broke my heart." She whispered.

Vala pulled Sam into her, and hugged her. "I know he did. I know too that he won't do it again."

"How? How do you know that?"

"Because, I do. I… just… do." Vala hugged Sam tighter. "Sam, he loves you. He just wants you to love him too. Go to him. Tell him."

TBC