Chapter 6: Girl Talk

SG-1 is not my property at all, in anyway shape or form! Darn my luck!

A/N: My apologies for the late posting. Real life, work and Murphy tend to wreak havoc sometimes. I re-worked this chapter to make it more readable. Let me know what you think. The story itself is 95% done (30 chapters thus far). The other chapters will be posted as their made easier to read. If anyone is interested in being a BETA for me just send me a PM. Thanks for all the reviews. I haven't quite figured out the internal workings yet. Enjoy and review please. All opinions welcome even the ones from off world and ascended beings. Now on with the show…exit stage right!

The three friends settled in their usual spots with big bowls of ice cream and diet drinks. Sam sat on Janet's love seat with her legs tucked in and a solemn look. Sophia and Janet waited for their friend to begin with sad looks. This was going to be tough for Sam. She was like Jack in many ways, keeping her emotions close was a big one thought Janet. "I know I can trust you two to keep this information between us. I don't want anyone's sympathy. What happened in the past is where belongs. I want it to stay there too." Sam said looking at her friends. They both nodded their assurance. "I broke up with Pete last weekend. We had a recurring fight." she said. Sophia and Janet were perplexed on how to react to the news. They both didn't like or trust the man.

Sophia especially because the way he acted like Sam was his property. Sophia had talked the Colonel into allowing "potato head", as he called him, to attend a team barbecue. She wanted him to see how Sam was being treated. The medic remembered the party ending abruptly once words were exchanged between the two men. Jack overheard Sam talking to Janet about Pete insisting that she wear the low cut dress despite her objections. That alone got the colonels Irish temper going. It didn't help that both of then hated each other and were drinking. Sophia shuttered at the memory of what happened next. Pete was bragging about how 'sexy'his BABE looked. He even made a comment about hoping to get 'lucky'.Pete had the audacity to say it in front of Daniel and Murray. Both men were ready to knock his block off but Jack beat them too it. He walked up and informed the potato head that "Samantha was not anyone's property and that he "poking a finger into Pete's chest "was not her keeper!" Jack went on to say that "Sam deserves a man not a pimp!" Pete was furious taking a swing on the black ops trained colonel. Needless to say Pete ended up on the ground gagging for air. Teal'c stopped' his friend from furthering the detectives education. Sam stormed up to both men giving them a piece of her mind. Sam had laid into her commanding officer about butting his nose in were it didn't belong. She also told him to stay out of her personal life. That was after Jack told her what kind of man her boyfriend was and that he was going to hurt her badly, of course Sam didn't believe him. The incident pertly much ended team nights. The fight also ended Jack and Sam's 'non relationship'.

Sophia was brought out of her memory by Janet's question "Why did you break up with him" she asked hoping for confirmation of her suspicions. Samantha looked up from her ice cream letting a tear escape before she continued "I'll start at the beginning" she said. "Jack was right; Pete lured me in with his winning smile and charm. His actions and concerns were about what I liked in the beginning." Sam informed her friends. Janet and Sophia moved over to sit on either side of their friend once they noticed Sam started to shake a bit. With the support of her two close friends she continued. "He took me dancing and to old black & white movies despite his lack of interest. We did things he liked as well. The times I showed I was better at things he claimed to be expert at was not pretty." Sophia lightly touched Sam's leg "What kind of things? She asked. "We went to a cop bar once, he wanted to show me how to play pool." she replied. "Bad mistake on his part, probably trying to a macho man." Janet said with a slight smile. Sam just gave a weak smirk and continued "I beat him 3 games in a row. His buddies gave him hell for it too. Pete let me know how I made him look like a fool in front of his friends during the ride home. He was drunk so I drove his truck. That only added to his anger." she said remembering that night. "I should have seen the red flags then." their friend explained. "That wasn't the only time he acted that way was it?" Janet asked. "No. Not hardly. It got worse from there." Sam answered. "Pete was determined to prove his manliness. He was sniper qualified for the Marines. Pete took me to the police shooting range." She said. Janet gave her a funny look while Sophia just laughed. Sam had a slightly evil grin on her face. Janet was a bit thrown off by Sophia wondering what was so funny. Sam still had a sad look on her face yet a gleam of pride in her eyes. "Okay, what am I missing here." she asked. "Well, the Colonel started taking all of us to the 1,000yrd shooting range. His reason was to Increase our survivability in the field." Sophia answered. "Ja...I mean the Colonel brought out his M-14 sniper rifle for us to train On" Sam explained further. "I'm apparently a natural at long range shooting, Daniel not so much though" Sam said with a snicker. "Let me guess, you and Pete went shooting with his police issue rifle. He thought you were just an Air Force scientist working with NASA." Janet said. Sam nodded while eating her ice cream. "Sam, you showed him up again didn't you!" she exclaimed. Sam took a drink before answering but Janet could tell by the look in her eyes. "Pete didn't like my smiley face I made at 900yrds. He got furious when I told him that the Colonel trained me how to shoot." she explained.

"Another red flag you missed" Sophia commented. Sam lifted her head to the ceiling and sighed. "I missed a lot of red flags. He hated the colonel with a passion. I didn't even have to mention him. Pete would make snide comments about him at least once or twice a night." Janet didn't want to ask but she had too "Did he try and pressure you into doing other things or situations? " Sam let another tear fall before answering. "Pete started leave me subtle hints about…sex and intimacy. I ignored them hoping he'd let it drop." Sam said lowering her head into her hands briefly. Looking back up at the ceiling she started again. Janet and Sophia new the seriousness conversation was coming. "I told him that I wanted to wait for my wedding night whether that is with him or somebody else." Sam said making Jack air quotes without thinking. "He was never satisfied with my reason. He'd back off only to bring it back up later stating that he had a manly reputation to hold up" Sam said with a frown. Sophia and Janet were not happy. They were both thinking of the movie 'Fried Green Tomatoes'.

Sam was oblivious to her friends' thoughts continued on. "It came to a head last weekend. We were supposed to attend a family reunion in Denver were he's from. Pete informed that WE were going to share a bed and consummate our relationship." Janet and Sophia had a shocked look on their face yet again. "I was taken back to say the least. I walked away from Pete to keep from hurting him." Sam said laced with anger and tears. "He stated the he knew the real reason I wouldn't sleep with him." as she paused wiping more tears away. "He accused me of sleeping with Jack…! I was beside myself." Janet wasn't surprised that Pete would say that given his jealousy. "How did you respond to his accusation?" Sophia asked. Sam held back tears to answer "I almost told him the truth but thought better of it. I realized Jack was right, all of you were right". Sophia and Janet held their crying friend until she was able to continue. Sam straightened a bit then continued "I walked up to Pete telling him to leave and I never wanted to see him again! He left and I haven't seen him since." she finished trying not to cry.

The three women shed tears together for a little while. Sophia seeing that her friend had relaxed asked a question that begged to be answered. "Have you told Jack yet?" she asked thinking about this morning's breakfast. Sam just shook her head 'no' "He left early for some reason. No one I asked knew why. I spoke with the colonel after the briefing asking him to drop by under later in the day. My plan was to tell him then." She answered still fighting tears. "The way he was acting this morning looked as if things were on track to being normal again." Sophia said with hope. Sam looked at Janet then smiled another smile deciding to fill in their friend. "Jack left me 4 cups of blue jello somehow inside of my office. I wonder how that was arranged" giving a pointed look at Sophia. Jack often had her do his dirty work. "I plead the 5th" was her response through a smirk.

Sam then got up and crossed her arms under her chest stopping by the back door. She looked outside watching the wind blow the leaves around. The look on her face grew dim before she continued. "The two of you probably want to know my real reason for not sleeping with Pete. My brother and father don't even know what I'm about to tell you. They can never know especially the colonel." she said not turning around. Janet and Sophia agreed not to say anything. "When I was young and naïve Jonas Hanson swept me off my feet like Pete did. In less than 8 months we were engaged." Sophia was unaware of that tidbit of information while Janet just nodded. Sam was still facing the back yard. "I was on cloud 9. I was going to get married! My father and brother were guarded about Hanson though. They warned me there was something off about Jonas. I didn't heed either of their warnings. My stubbornness always seems to get the better of me. " She said quietly then continued. "I went for my yearly medical finding out that I was 4 weeks along, we were going to have a baby!" Sam started to cry uncontrollably at her confession. Janet immediately went to Sam lending a shoulder to cry on already knowing what happened. Being the CMO made her privy to lots of personal information. Sophia just sat there confused as to why Sam was crying. Then it dawned on her, Sam lost the baby somehow. Sam continued after settling down a bit. "I went home ordered a romantic dinner from our favorite restaurant. I expected Jonas to be happy." She said pausing briefly. Both of her friends knew in their gut was coming next. "He went ballistic and accused me of cheating on him." she said sobbing more letting her friends guide her to the floor. "He gathered my belongings and threw me out forcefully. I went to friends' house to stay that night." Sam finished. Sophia and Janet feared the next words out of Sam's mouth. "I lost the baby later that night because I hit the wall in the walkway too hard." she said breaking into a full blown sobbing along with her friends.

After regaining some composer she continued "When I saw him at the SGC I panicked. I avoided all possible contact with him. Jonas later went rouge thinking he was a god, surprise there." Sam said sarcastically. "We went after him of course. I was scared but refused to show it." She added. "His followers captured me. I was brought before him forcibly. They left us alone then he showed me the shield device." She paused to take a drink while gathering her thoughts. "He then demanded that I figure out how it worked. I told him to 'stuff it were the sun doesn't shine!" Her two friends giggled at her last comment. It was something that the colonel would defiantly say. Sam looked at the pair like they were crazy. "Did I say something funny?"She asked sternly. Janet answered with a smile "That just sounds like something the colonel would say." She answered calming down. Sophia followed suite regaining control. Sam just shook her head and continued. "He handed me a loaded Beretta daring me to pull the trigger. Why he did that I don't know and didn't care. "She said pausing for courage. This next part never made it into the official report. "Jack warned me that killing him was a step closer to becoming like Jonas. I killed him anyways out of revenge, not self defense. Jonas got less than he deserved that day." she finished through tear laced eyes with anger.

The three friends continued to talk for a bit. Sam started to get sleepy finally taking Janet's hint to take a nap before the mission. While Sam slept Janet and Sophia talked. They were both deeply affected by the confession. Losing a child is probably the hardest thing in the world to endure. Children are supposed to outlive their parents. Janet said a short prayer to God for her friend as she read her bible. Sophia reflected on her own personal loss as well. She didn't lose a child but a brother instead. Their life expectancy was all that high given their jobs. Sophia made a promise to herself to live life to the fullest. She also would make damn sure Pete paid for his treatment of Sam. TBC