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2007
It was their first anniversary. Sam had been Mrs. Faxon for an entire year. A huge milestone and Joe wasn't there to share it with her. He had some business to take care of with the Aschen. Sam understood completely. After all, Joe had to cancel so many dates and events they had planned because of Sam's research, so she could be a good sport when his job called him away. Still, this felt different.
She had dreamed of a romantic dinner... she'd been dreaming about this anniversary for a long time. Unfortunately, she was forced to spend the evening eating Chinese food out of the carton and watching The Wizard of Oz on tv. And where there was Oz, there was thoughts of Jack. She couldn't help it. They had spent many a team night debating Star Wars vs. Oz.
Jack. This anniversary also meant it had been a year since he'd kissed her. Not influenced by aliens and it was really her, not an alternate. It was all him... all his emotions. That kiss meant everything to her, he just had bad timing. Why he couldn't have kissed her before she'd decided to marry Joe? Sam couldn't figure it out. Maybe it was his last attempt to stop the wedding.
She also couldn't figure out if he just didn't want her to marry Joe or if there had been more reasons. Did he want her to marry him? Did he ever have feelings for her? If he did, were those feelings still there? They'd left it in the room all those years before... those four walls standing between them. Words left unspoken, feelings left unsaid... It was as if the door couldn't be unlocked.
She didn't want to leave it in the room... she wanted to face the feelings, to test out if it could work between them. But it was all too late for that now. She wished she had told him, given him permission to act on how he felt. She couldn't help but feel like she'd stopped him somehow. And now, since her husband wasn't there, she couldn't help but feel like she'd made the wrong choice and it killed her to know she couldn't fix it.
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