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Take 100: Groundhog Day

Category for this take: Romance / Humor

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"This is great."

"I told ya!"

"I can't believe we didn't do this years ago."

"Yes, well, let's not dwell."

"Didn't that tape say there were no fish in your pond?"

"Close enough."

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"Soooo, Carter... Sam... I was thinking we shouldn't wait any longer. You never know if we might be stuck in a time loop. This might be our only chance. If it is our only chance, we better take advantage of it."

"Nice line. It's the 'world is coming to an end' line with a stargate twist."

"Did it work?"

"It just might have, except you do remember we destroyed the device on P4X-639. Don't you?"

"There might be another device. The Ancients were the galaxy's biggest litterbugs."

"However, they only seemed to create one of each of these failed projects. I doubt there is another time looping device out there, Jack."

"Or we could be stuck in that Gamekeeper's virtual-brain suck thing, forced to explore the infinite possibilities."

"Of course that means there is no hurry-"

"Ok. Bad example. So back to this idea of time loops. Maybe it is a slightly different ancient time loop device... Maybe we're in one that requires two people who are meant to be together to get everything right and fulfill their destiny."

"That line is even less plausible. But no worries. You're a lot sexier than Bill Murray. I'm sure you won't have as much trouble as he did. Speaking of Groundhog Day, the stargate event, not the date or the movie… What did actually happen last time? I know you did something. We must have done something. I remember the smirk."

"I resigned in the control room, dipped you, and we kissed. That's all. I promise."

"Oh."

"You sound disappointed. You know I wouldn't have taken advantage of you."

"I know. Believe me when I say you wouldn't have been taking advantage if we did more."

"You're disappointed that we didn't do more?"

"No. It's not like I would have remembered. It just... if we kissed just that once, it must not have been that great, considering we haven't kissed since."

"Sam, believe me when I say that even though that kiss was interrupted by a restart of the time loop, it was memorable enough to sustain me for over four years. I can't wait until we ditch the guys and pick up where we left off."

"Do you really want to do this now?"

"You can't seriously be thinking of waiting another night."

"Jack, I just thought we shouldn't risk it, in case we are in this hypothetical time loop. We might think we only got together because of the apparent lack of consequences."

"Sam, we could think of a hundred ways of finally getting together. The truth is I love you and the way we get together doesn't matter."

"I love you, too. You're right, Jack. All that matters is that we are together. "