Chapter 4: Friendship & "B" Movies
She followed Daniel and Sophia halfway listening to their animated discussion about the newest digs in Egypt. Sam smiled knowing the conversation alone would give Jack a reason to run the other way arms flailing about. "Sam! Are you home?" Daniel snapped his fingers in front of her face. "Oh, ah! Level 19" she said standing in the elevator. "Major, we wanted to know if you wanted to go and see if they had any blue jello." Sophia smiled knowingly. Sam blushed while Daniel nudged her playfully "Don't worry Sam, your secret is safe with us" he smiled. She thought to herself 'With friends like these who needs enemies!'
"You two better keep a secret, I can always tell the Colonel about your secret." she said smiling evilly. The pair looked at each other wondering what their 'secret" would be. "The two of you attended Comic-con as Indiana Jones & Marion last month…." Sam said as she exited the lift to her level with a grin. Daniel and Sophia just stood there wondering how she knew as the doors closed.
Major Carter entered her lab and turned on the lights to see can of Diet Coke. She walked over to it knowing it wasn't there when she left for the briefing. There was a piece of paper under the can that read "I'm sorry, please forgive me and look in your fridge". Sam started to tear up knowing Jack would be the one to take the blame. It was her fault for going out with the idiot in the first place. She knew it was a mistake but perused a relationship anyways. Her actions hurt Jack so badly that he stopped coming to visit when 'Bored".
Sam looked in her fridge and found not 1 or 2 cups of jello, but four. She sank to the floor crying knowing that Jack loved her enough to let her go. Sam vowed to tell him ASAP about her break up with Pete. If Jack forgave her she'd wait till hell froze over to be with him. Janet was on her way to let Sam know her yearly physical was coming up. She heard quiet sobs upon entering. Janet quietly walked over to Sam "Honey, what's wrong" she asked sitting down beside her. Janet followed her gaze to the 4 blue jello cups and the note. Janet thought to herself "He loves you more than his own life, you're a very lucky woman."
Janet had heard what Major Rollins did this morning. The Majors actions guaranteed extra long needles for hurting her friend. She watched Sam reach for the jello knowing what lengths Jack had to go through for it. "Janet, do you think we can talk latter? I have a confession to make that can't be talked about on base. Sophia should be there too." she said with her tears drying up. "Sure Sam, we can make it a girls' night before you wrap up your mission." Janet replied. "Cassie is staying at a friend's house tonight so we can talk freely." she continued.
'Sam was enjoying the jello as if it was a gift from God. Which in this case it was, a God named Jack O'Neill" Janet thought to herself. The good doctor reached for a cup of jello when her friends hand lightly slapped hers. "Mine, all mine" Sam said sticking her tongue out with a grin. The two friends just laughed as Sam handed Janet the cup she was reaching for and enjoyed the desert of Gods. Sam was beginning to act like Jack more every day.
Jack had finished his report despite popular belief that he didn't do paperwork. He jumped on the internet to check for messages at 'MOVIE ORBIT: EVERYTHING FOR THE 'B' MOVIE FANATIC'. Jack checked here periodically for some opinions of his favorite B movies. One such message caught his attention. The message read: "Starskey, I agree with you on the movie 'ARMY OF DARKNESS'. It was good enough to be a mainstream movie. The critics are wrong most of the time. However, your fascination with 'The Wizard of OZ' is beyond me. Its clearly a B movie.
There's A tornado following Dorothy and it takes her out of Kansas. Cheesy plot if I ever saw one. Hutch:" Jack read the message twice before printing it out. He shut off his computer and walked / ran to General Hammond's office. The general motioned him in and Jack closed the door behind him. "Sir, Permission to leave early for a personnel matter." he requested while sliding the print out over to the general. George looked over the message. He masked a disturbed look before asking his 2IC "Is the problem going to interfere with your duties tonight son?" Jack responded after thinking a bit. "No Sir, It won't. I just need to help one of my war buddies with his son. He needs some advice is all". The general recognized the code they worked out long ago. "Let me know how it goes Colonel, your dismissed". Jack promptly left the base forgetting all about Carters invitation. His concern for her safety being foremost on his mind.