CHAPTER 7
Samantha Carter answered the door to her five bedroom house that her mom and dad had left her. She looked out the screen to find a very handsome man standing out front with two suit cases. When she saw his eyes her heart began to race and she stared at him. He looked familiar but she couldn't place where she knew him from.
She opened the door and smiled "Hello can I help you."
The man smiled "Hi, I am answering the ad you placed for a room to rent. I am new to the area and I start work Monday at a place called Cheyenne Mountain."
Sam looked puzzled "An ad you say?"
The black haired man showed her the newspaper ad with her name and number. Sam looked at him and then back to the article. The man looked suddenly unhappy "Don't tell me this was some sort of a prank your friends played on you. Shit! I am sorry to have bothered you. Just my luck now where am I going to stay?" The man turned to leave.
Sam looked at him "Wait!" The man turned back to her and looked at her "You said you were hired to work at Cheyenne Mountain?" The man nodded back at her "What are you going to do there?" she asked him.
The man walked back onto the porch and set his bags down "I have masters in Mechanical and Electrical Engineering and they need a designer for some heavy duty equipment in the astrometrics Lab."
Sam looked perplexed "That's my lab. Wait who hired you?"
The man smiled "General Hammond."
Sam suddenly laughed "Oh you're that brainy kid who just graduated. General Hammond said that you come highly recommended."
The man looked hurt "I hardly think a twenty-five year old is considered a kid anymore."
Sam chuckled "Don't get all riled up I didn't mean anything by it." Sam looked at him longer than normal and then got lost in his eyes. Before she knew what she said "You have the most beautiful green eyes I have ever seen." Sam realized what she said and then blushed all the way to her neck. "Sorry."
The man smiled "Sorry that you said it or Sorry that I heard it."
Sam looked at him "Not sorry I said it, it's just you look so familiar have we met somewhere before?"
The man laughed "Trust me if we had met I would remember a woman as beautiful as you." Sam's mouth hung open and then she smiled.
The man shrugged "Well as much as I love standing her flirting with you I am currently without domicile and I really need to find someplace to stay. So thank you for your time Samantha."
Sam felt a sense of loss rising in her and blurted out "its Sam."
The man turned to her "What?"
"If you are going to be staying here then you are going to have to call me Sam." She stated with a smirk as she grabbed his other case and brought it in. Harry followed and brought his other bag in. Sam carried it upstairs and to a bedroom across the house from hers. "This house is really big and it is too much for one person." Sam turned to him as she sat his bag on the bed "It is a little lonely without someone to share it with."
The man held his hand out "I am James Black by the way."
Sam blushed "I completely forgot to ask but I remember your resume now. Very impressive work on your master's thesis."
James looked at her "You read it?"
Sam seemed surprised at the question "Yes, of course. We have many leaders in their fields of studies here. We like to get published just like all academics do."
James grinned "Well if this is going to be my room. Is there a certain amount of time I have until I have to find my own place?"
Sam looked at him "Do you have annoying habits?"
James laughed "I am guy and I am sure that I am probable better than most at habits that annoy women." Sam laughed and liked how his eyes sparkled. Something inside of her wanted to just hug him to her and kiss him like crazy. She blushed in response.
She turned away from him "I was just about to go out and jog and then figure out something for dinner. I am not the greatest cook but I can make something edible."
James smiled at her "Then I can reveal my first annoying habit by cooking you something. I have been told I am pretty good around the kitchen."
Sam arched her eyebrows "Really?" Sam looked at him from the door "Do you have a specialty?"
James smiled "What do you like I probable know a recipe for It.?
Sam smirked "Oh really? Let's see then since I plan on running five miles I can splurge a little how about a sirloin, potatoes, and some kind of salad."
James grinned "Would you care for a wine with that?"
Sam smiled "Cocky aren't we? Ok wise guy I am not good with wine so you choose."
James rubbed his fingers "Could you drive me to a market after the run and I shall surprise you and may I join you for the run?"
Sam looked at him "So you knock on my door and now you are going on a run with me and cooking me dinner and here I thought it was going to be another boring night. Are you that sure of yourself?"
James didn't answer as he began to take off his shirt and placed it on a chair James turned to her "You are going to go running now right?" Sam looked confused "Shouldn't you go change or something?" James smirked at her and then stated "Or perhaps you want to watch me change and then I can watch you change."
Sam blushed profusely and then began to stutter. James turned her around and pushed her out the door as he closed it on her and laughed which made her blush even more. She quickly headed to her room to get her work out clothes on.
When she got downstairs James was outside on the porch stretching. When she opened the door he turned to look at her and then did a double take before turning away before he got caught staring. Sam smirked at him as she clearly saw that his face had turned red.
She began to stretch too and after ten minutes they were standing on the sidewalk James motioned to her "It's your neighborhood so why don't I follow you?"
Sam looked over her shoulder at him "Ok but ne perving on my ass."
James winked at her "What you call perving I call incentive to keep up."
Sam started to chuckle and then took off. She was smiling to herself as very few men could maintain her pace. She ran almost every day and as Jack had taught hertwo miles is just a warm up.
After a mile Sam turned and found that he was right behind her and off to one side "A man with endurance hmm." Sam smirked and then quickened the pace. To her complete surprise Harry passed her up and just maintained a steady pace just to her front. She told Harry when to turn so they didn't get lost.
After the second mile James smirked at her "Nice view back there?
Sam smiled "It is pretty good incentive and you take directions from a female pretty well."
James let her run to the side of him "Some men are known to read a woman so well that they don't have to be given any direction they just know what to do."
Sam chuckled and then pulled ahead "Yes and the training we women have to do to achieve that is long and arduous." She distinctly heard James laughing behind her.
Sam went an extra mile and James stayed right with her. When she called out this is the last mile. Harry raced to get beside her "So crunches or sit ups?"
Sam grinned "What?"
"Race you to your house and the loser owes an extra twenty."
Sam gave her determined look "Oh your on." She sped away.
James called out "Hey you didn't say go!"
Sam smiled back "Quit whining and go already."
James smiled and then kicked it in gear. He was not overtaking her very quickly but he was starting to make ground. He had given Sam a small lead and he was in no hurry to change the view in front of him.
Sam heard him right beside her and she could also see her house just up ahead. She would not let him win so she kicked it up another notch. James was almost laughing at her faces of determination. He looked at her "Be careful or one of those looks could stay."
Sam tried to hold it in but fell in her front yard and began to laugh. James was laughing and catching his breath. He looked at her and then leaned over "Come on beautiful or your legs will cramp up. Let's walk and stretch them a little.
Sam looked over at him "I know this may sound weird but I feel very comfortable around you and you are in great shape."
James smiled "Were you perving on me while we ran?"
Sam quickly turned on him to stand in front of him "What if I was? What are you going to do about it?"
James kissed her nose and then smiled "I shall not feel so guilty about perving on you. You have a fantastic back side."
Harry turned back towards the house and had a smile on his face a mile wide. Sam stood there looking confused as she watched him walk away. She kept thinking to herself "Why do I act this way around him. For gods sakes I am not a slut that drops her panties and flirts like this. The other part of herself looked at his butt and legs and moaned that he had a nice ass.
James stopped and turned to her "Are you done looking so you can open the door as I don't have a key yet."
Sam jogged up to him "Who are you and why do I find myself wanting to jump you in the worst way?"
James looked lost and then answered with a smile "My name is James Black and it is obvious that we feel an attraction to each other, is that so bad?"
Sam looked at him and into his green eyes. She had to admit they were the nicest green she had ever seen and then before she knew what she was doing she leaned in and kissed him. Sam looked shocked at herself "Oh god I can't believe I just did that."
She began walking to the front door "I am not a slut." She threw open the door and then went into the kitchen and got some water. She was mumbling to herself and looking quite out of place. James stood there with a smile.
Sam turned on him and looked "You don't have to stand their looking so smug and… sexy. God I want to do things with you." Sam turned to the sink and grabbed it with both hands. She suddenly felt hands around her waist and her reaction was to lean back into the embrace.
She heard James whisper into her ear "I will not do anything you don't want me to and all you have to do is say stop." James kissed her neck and then worked his way up to her earlobes. Sam was moaning from the time his lips first made contact and she couldn't have stopped herself if she tried.
She turned to look at him "This feels way too good to be wrong and even if it is I can't help myself."
James picked her up bridal style and carried her to her bathroom. Sam didn't say a word as he turned on the water and then turned to undress her. He kissed his way around her neck until he looked into her eyes "You are so beautiful." He whispered to her as he kissed her. She didn't remember much until she looked up and found him on top of her in the bed. They were still damp from their shower and she wrapped her long legs around him.
She remembered screaming out Harry's name as she came and then looked up at him. You are not James, you are my husband Harry. What happened today?" Sam started crying "How could I forget you. I have loved you from the moment I saw you fighting those four guys two years ago."
Harry leaned back "It was my fault; it is always my fault that things happen in my life. Hammond said I should stay away from you but I just couldn't I missed you all afternoon and I couldn't stop myself from coming over here. I need you Sam and I can't live without you."
Sam set up in bed "You cast that fidelus thing today didn't you?"
Harry laid his hands over his eyes. Sam did something that she had never done before she hit him and knocked him out of bed "Harry it was always suppose to be me and you together. You didn't take me with you. How could you do that?"
Harry looked up with tears in his eyes "Because Hammond said it was the best way to protect you and I was stupid enough to believe it." Harry wiped his eyes "I couldn't do it because I was afraid that later you would hate me for it and I need you so badly."
Sam sat down on his lap and held him as they both cried. Sam wiped her eyes and then looked at him "I am happy this stupid plan didn't work. Harry Potter whatever life throws at us we are together. If you ever do this to me again I swear I will kill you."
Harry smiled and then laughed "I couldn't even last three hours without you. Does that give you your answer?"
Sam smiled at him "You just love my brain."
Harry smirked at their little joke "Don't forget what a nice ass you have."
Sam kissed him "You are such a perv Potter." Sam stood up "This doesn't get you out of cooking me dinner." Sam looked at him with a smirk "To make it up to me you have to do it without clothes."
Harry pulled her into the bathroom "Now who is the perv?"