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This is a short chapter that closes out Sam's special day with Jack. Hope you enjoy.

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Two hours later they arrived back at the base. Jack killed the bikes engine and let it coast the last few hundred feet into the parking lot, trying to draw as little attention to them as possible. As it was he had to promise to introduce the gate guard to the camp nurse before the end of the week to get the guy to let them in without writing it up.

"Some honour among brothers code he's got!" Jack grumbled as he walked Sam to her cabin.

Sam walked quietly alongside him her heart thudding hard. What if he tries to kiss me? Then she frowned. What if he doesn't!? She wasn't sure which one scared her more. She knew she wanted desperately for him to kiss her, but at the same time she was scared out of her mind that he would.

Jack noticed that his companion had seemed preoccupied once they'd signed back into the base. He nudged her shoulder with his.

"Hey," he said quietly. "What's up?"

Sam shook her head in reply. "Nothing."

"You know if you're worried that we're going to get into trouble, don't be," he reassured her. "Johnson can be a bit of a dick, but he won't rat us out." They walked a little way further in silence. "And besides," he continued. "It's me they'd rip a new one not you."

They came within a hundred feet of her cabin and Sam's adrenaline kicked into high gear. God why am I so terrified? So lost was she in her own thoughts it took her a couple of steps to realise that Jack had stopped.

When she turned back to look at him he raised an arm and pointed off to his left. "I'm over there," he said.

Sam looked to where he was pointing not really comprehending what he was saying.

Jack smiled. "I had a really good time today Carter," he said. "Thanks for keeping me company...even if it was at the expense of aeronautics and astrophysics."

Sam crossed her arms over her chest a little self consciously. God he must think I'm such a geek! Wait! Oh my gosh! He said he had a really good time! Squeeeeal...stop that!

"Well off you go," he said making a slight shooing motion with his hands. "I'll watch until you get inside."

Sam found she had mixed feelings about that comment. On one hand she was happy that he was concerned for her. On the other she bristled at the idea of him thinking she couldn't take care of herself.

"I'll be fine Jack!" She argued.

He raised a hand to stop any further argument. "You're my responsibility tonight Carter," he reasoned. "So off you go and get tucked in and have happy Carter dreams...of...flying doohickey's...from outer space..."

She raised her eyebrows at him. "Flying outer space doohickey's?"

He shrugged. "What do you want?" He asked. "It's been a long day!"

Sam laughed. "It's been a wonderful day," she said shyly. She bit her bottom lip trying to give herself the courage to do what she really wanted to do.

Jack just looked at her. "Carter?"

Just do it! She urged herself and felt her feet moving under her before she realised she'd told them to move.

One minute Carter was standing stock still looking like she was making some momentous decision, then the next thing Jack knew she had her arms flung around him her cheek pressed to his chest.

"This has been the best day of my life Jack," she mumbled into his shirt.

Then just as suddenly as she'd grabbed a hold of him she let go. Quickly standing on her toes she pressed a light kiss to his cheek. "Thank you," she breathed before she turned and ran the rest of the way to her cabin.

Jack saw her safely inside, and for a moment he simply stared at the outside of the closed door. Well that was...

Unable to find the words to finish the thought he finally dragged his eyes away and blew out a breath as he moved off towards his own cabin. "Who am I kidding?" He mumbled, looking up to the quiet night sky. "I don't know what the hell that was..."