"Hello"
"Mrs. Stephens?"
"Yes'
"This Julie from First Memorial Hospital, I'm afraid your husband has been in an accident.."
"Is he alright?" Sam froze that was all the words she get out.
"Ma'am it would best if you came here, we can fill you in on the details when you get here"
"Ok thank you I will be right there" Sam hung up and grabbed her keys and rushed out the door.
Meanwhile in Colorado Springs Jack O'Neill was trying to enjoy he time off from the SGC they were on leave, he thought best place to start was with a beer. He opened the fridge when he shut the door, that haunting paper stuck on the door by a single magnet glared at him.
Jack had searched and searched trying to find Sam he needed to say he was sorry, tell her that he would give up anything to be with her, he always hoped he would find her and it wouldn't be to late for them. After a year he had found nothing, he didn't for get just tried to accept that she didn't want to be found. Then about 4 months back he received a call.
*******Falshback******
"O'Neill" He answered
"Jack hey this is Carl, I finally got something for you" Jack's heart about jumped out of his chest, Carl had been periodically searching for anything on Sam, any flags that might come up. Well he had finally found one.
"Really, well man what is it?"
" A Sam Carter applied for a marriage lincense, Man I'm sorry but looks like she moved on" Carl saying what he knew Jack didn't want to hear.
"Really? Ok anything else" Jack sounding disappointed
"Yea, I also was able to finally get a cell number on her, you want it?"
"Yea sure go ahead" Jack wrote the number down. And stuck it on the fridge, for safe keeping til he could get his nerve to call.
******End of Flashback***********
Jack thought well to day is a better day than any for some reason he was just compelled to try and calling her. He grabbed his phone and took the paper headed out to the deck.
Sam sat in the waiting room, she had been crying and feeling so alone, Landon had been in surgery for what seemed like hours and still no word of his condition. Then her phone rung she grabbed it not even looking at the caller ID she answered.
"Hello" Sam said softly
"Carter?" Jack's heart almost stopped beating he was so surprised to hear her voice.
Sam being just as surprised, her heart just broke, did he still care that after all this time he would call, and how did he get her number, all this questions started running thru her head. She was so shocked she couldn't find hardly any words.
"Sir?"
"Yeah, I have been looking for you ever since you left, look I need to talk to…"
"I need you" Sam cut him off, it may not have been the right thing to say but it was how she felt, he said he would always be there, and right now she needed him so much.
"ok tell me where you are and I will be there" Jack said not knowing why she needed him but he was going to be there no matter what.
"I'm at First Memorial Hospital in L.A." Sam thought it best not to mention why.
"ok I'm on the next flight out, are you okay…I mean…"
"I'm here for some one else…I'm physically fine"
"ok I will call you when I land, I be there soon ok?" Jack said grabbing his overnight bag and keys and headed out the door.
"ok" Sam hung up the phone, and sat there the tears started falling again, she missed him she missed his friendship. She knew she had some explaining to do but she had to come clean, she just wished it hadn't have ended up the way it did between them. She thought back to the day after the party all those years ago.
*****Flashback*****
Sam woke feeling the effects of the night before, she rolled over to see her C.O. sleeping soundly next to her, then she realized she was not wearing any clothes and neither was he.
'Oh no what have we done' She thought, they had broken the rules, it would end both their careers, but she knew or felt there was no going back after being with him and loving him for so long she wanted this, the question was did he.
She laid there watching him sleep, as he started to stir he opened his eyes, looking her as if looking for answers, then it was like a switch went off he quickly jumped up. Sam set up wondering why he was reacting the way he was.
"Jack what's wrong?" She asked.
"What's wrong? This is wrong what we did, you know the trouble we could both be in, it can't happen again and once again can't leave this room." Jack was stressing something awful, Sam had never seen him so angry and so serious. She couldn't understand why he was being that way.
"Jack I can't do that and I know you can't either, I will resign, I can't hide this anymore" She hadn't gotten to approach him, he pulled away.
" There is nothing to hide it was a mistake, it was just that a mistake, I'm Sorry" Jack turned away from her and headed to take a shower. Sam just stood there in shock she couldn't believe what he had just said. After everything they had been through, and what they had been to each other over the years. With tears frequently falling she grabbed up all her things and left. She headed down the hall, passing Daniel and Janet on her way out.
"Sam? Honey what's wrong?" Janet asked seeing Sam's tear streaked face. Sam just kept walking, went out slamming the door, and spinning tires as she left.
*******End of Flashback*******
