Here is the next chapter! Only one more after this, although a reviewer suggested I write from Jack's point of view after this - an idea which I am seriously considering - we'll see how it goes. Otherwise, I'll post 2010 and possibly an epilogue if I can get my act together, lol. Just an update. Enjoy!
2009
Sam was getting ready to start a family. She and Joe had been married three years she finally agreed, much to his approval, it was time for them to have a baby.
She tried to use this new development to keep her mind off of her run-in with Jack the year before. She hadn't been able to stop thinking about it. She couldn't say she regretted staying in Colorado, but the more time passed, the more she wished it hadn't played out like it did.
She wished she could see the future of what that decision would have meant. She wished she knew how it would play out. Then she could have chosen accordingly.
She loved Joe. More than she loved anyone else she'd ever dated, or even been engaged to. She married him, for crying out loud. But what about Jack? Did she love him? Could they have a future together, if the circumstances were different? Sam admitted she would never know.
She could still feel the kiss he gave her. It was unlike any of the kisses she and Joe had shared pre or post-marriage. She wanted to go that night, drop everything and leave with him. She couldn't explain why. She knew she shouldn't feel that way, but she did. And if he had asked before she was married, maybe even if he had asked on her wedding day, she might have agreed. She wondered what it would be like.
She resolved not to think about him, not if she could help it. She needed to stop over-analyzing it. She still couldn't believe he'd asked. He was showing a side Sam had never seen at the SGC. The more she thought about it, the more she regretted staying. And the more she regretted staying, the harder it was not to drop everything to go see him.
So? What do you think? The next chapter will be up eventually and I'll try and see if I can get my muse to agree with Jack's POV... Anyway, thanks to all my loyal readers and reviewers - I really appreciate it you guys! Thanks for reading!