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Rating: K

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Daniel opened the door to the Iso room that Sam was being kept in, she was doing that thing again, staring wistfully into the distance and threading the hem of her blanket through her fingers.

"Sam?" Daniel asked as he sat down in the chair next to her bed, "You okay?"

Sam looked down at him, a brief moment of panic flitting across her eyes before the usual calm took hold, "I'm…fine…" she said slowly as she moved her eyes to stare at the blanket.

"Sam…?" Daniel pressed, everyone had noticed that she had been distant, confused at times, and short tempered. And when Jack had mentioned that Sam had mentioned that she had 'a dream', but had clammed up when pressed about it, Daniel had put two and two together.

"The dream right?" he asked when he got no reply.

Sam turned her face back to his, sadness filling her eyes as she nodded slowly

"Want to talk about it?" Daniel said quietly as he moved from the chair to sit on the edge of her bed.

"Not really, but I have to Daniel." Sam picked at a loose thread on the blanket, and so Sam had filled him in on what had transpired in her dream, blushing as she skipped over the two incidents that had occurred between Sam and Jack…General. She reminded herself.

Daniel was left mildly baffled when Sam finished, not quite understanding what the problem was.

"Daniel, the dream started in the exact same way that I woke up, with Jack by my bedside…and him telling me what happened." She finished, not looking at Daniel.

"Your scared that what happened in your dream could happen in real life?" Daniel asked as Sam raised her blue eyes to meet his, tears shimmering in them.

"Daniel…being with J…General…it's what I've always wanted, but seeing it…experiencing it all…made me realise what I was missing out on." Sam struggled to get the right words out, "I want it, so very badly…but I've been hurt so many times before, I don't want to go through that again."

"He would never hurt you Sam, he cares about you too much to do that." Daniel said as hope flashed across Sam's face, "You just need to take a leap of faith Sam, tell him how you feel." Daniel said as Sam reached out and drew Daniel into a hug.

"Thanks Daniel." She whispered as she heard a familiar tune floating up the hallway. The Simpsons opening theme, and both knew exactly who it was. Daniel drew back and gave her a reassuring hug and smile before he walked out, sidestepping Jack as he walked in.

Sam gave Jack a weak smile as he triumphantly held up two jell-o containers, one blue and one red.

"Carter, you okay?" he asked, concern lacing his voice as he set the jell-o down on her tray along with a spoon that he proudly produced from his BDU pocket and slid into the seat recently vacated by Daniel.

"I'm fine J..Sir." she said quickly, trying to convince herself that she was fine as well as him she said as she poked the jell-o in her cup, clearly remembering the last time she had had jell-o with Jack, it had ended with both of them in a storage cupboard near Sam's office and she blushed, even though she knew it had been a dream, it was so very vivid in her mind. Looking back at up Jack who was staring at her with confusion etched on his face, which was an all to common expression for him really, but in this instance it only made Sam more driven to talk to him…about them.

"You found my letter?" Sam took her leap of faith, and hoped that Jack would catch her before she fell as she poked her jell-o again, concentrating intently on the rhythmic wobbling as Jack's eyes opened in shock and surprise, his spoon half way between his mouth and the cup.

"I…uhhh….errr…yeah." Jack finally managed to get out as he set his spoon down on the table, not even remembering that there was still jell-o on it and not even noticing when it slid off.

"I do still have one regret Jack." She said, his eyebrows shooting upwards and his mouth opening slightly at the casual use of his first name, "I never did get to chance to hold you in my arms, to touch your face…to kiss you." She finished quietly as Jack unfurled from his chair and moved faster than he had moved in a long time so that he was sitting on Sam's bed.

"I'll be sure that in 5 minutes you'll have no regrets Sam." He said as he leant in to brush his lips against hers, her body responding automatically to his gentle caress, which in her mind was painfully familiar. Her hands came up and cradled Jack's face as he broke away from the kiss, gently stroking his jawline as his skin shuddered under her touch.

"See, still 2 minutes left and you've only got one regret left." Jack said as he swung his legs onto her bed and squished in next to her on the narrow hospital bed. Sam's arms immediately wrapped themselves around Jack's waist as his head snuggled into her shoulder.

"I love you Jack." Sam whispered as she stared at the beautiful face that was resting against her shoulder, at peace with life.

"I love you too Sam." Jack murmured into her collarbone his breath tickling across her flesh as Jack's arm gently wrapped around he waist and pulled her close to him.

"From this moment, no more regrets."

Daniel and Teal'c smiled as they wandered into the room a few hours later to see Jack and Sam curled into a loving embrace.

"Maybe we should leave them alone?"

"Perhaps, Daniel Jackson, but does O'Neill not have a briefing to attend?"

Daniel sighed as he moved towards the bed and tapped Jack gently on the shoulder

"Jack, you have to get up now."

"But I'm so comfortable." He whined, smiling into Sam's neck as she stirred in her sleep.

"I know Jack, but you got a mission briefing, SG-14 is going to P2X-348, and they've been waiting in the briefing room for 15 minutes already."

Jack groaned as he disentangled himself from Sam's warm body, smiling gently he placed a kiss on her forehead as she opened her eyes, "God those eyes, does she have any idea of how she can melt me with those eyes?"

"I have some things to take care of, but I'll be back soon Sam." He said quietly as she nodded.

45 minutes later Jack was rubbing his temples as he talked to The President, who was calmly explaining to Jack that he couldn't possibly change the fraternization rules for the SGC, as it was unfair to the other military branches.

"You'll find my resignation letter on your desk in the morning, Mr. President." Jack said, as The President was finally silenced into a thoughtful melancholy.

"General O'Neill, I can't possibly change the rules for the SGC, however we have had civilian commanders of the facility…" The President trailed off as Jack grinned broadly.

"If I fax through my resignation now, how long will it take before it's official?" Jack asked as he grabbed his resignation letter and faxed it through to The President's office.

"Anxious much, General O'Neill?"

"Mr. President, I've waited 8 years for this woman…" Jack trailed off as The President chuckled.

"I'm signing the papers now, as of the end of this phone call you are retired from the United States Air Force." The President said, sighing quietly. The USAF has just lost one of it's finest officers.

"Mr. President, if you don't mind, I'd really like to go kiss Colonel Carter now." Jack said, the impatience barely hidden in his voice, as he began to bounce up and down on the balls of his feet.

"You go get your Colonel Jack, as long as I'm invited to the wedding!" The President said as Jack shouted a thanks and hit the 'End Call' button and sped out of his office towards Sam's infirmary room.

Standing in front of the door to her room, he took a deep breath as he pushed it open, and was greeted by a beaming Sam, sitting up in bed and tapping away at her laptop.

"I thought Lee said no work?" Jack said as he strolled in, his hands buried in his pockets as he sat down in the chair next to Sam's bed.

"Briefing go well?" she asked innocently as she shut her laptop down.

"You bet it did!" he said, his face breaking into one of his famous 'Jack O'Neill Cheshire Cat' grins, "I retired from the Air Force." Jack finished with as Sam looked at him with shock

"You retired…why?" her heart thumping wildly in her chest, which was unfortunately hooked up to a machine that measured her heart rate and the machine started beeping faster, Jack smiled and raised an eyebrow as he explained.

"The President wouldn't change the Frat Regs, I told him that I would retire, he said I could and remain as CO of the SGC as a civilian, as long as I invite him to our wedding."

"Wedding?" Sam asked, her face breaking into a smile, in the space of 3 hours, her CO had told he loved her, quit the Air Force and damn near proposed to her.

"Yeah, you know the thing where we get up and say a few words, kiss each other and eat lots of cake!" His amazing grin gracing his face, "I'm thinking of having one, want to join me?"

How awesome was that proposal people!...so very...Jack O'Neill-ish... :D I'm rather proud of that proposal to be honest