AN: Hey guys!
Here we go with the next update, this time a longer one. I'm not quite happy with this chapter, but it doesn't help... I hope you like it anyway.
And before I let you read a big thank-you for reading and reviewing and following. By the way I find it quite funny that there are so many German readers as well reading this story, because you could read the whole story in German, too - but I won't complain ;-)
So, enough words... Enjoy reading :-)

Sam sat next to Jack on the bed and was wavered of what to do now. She was so close to him and Sam would have liked to kiss Jack right now, but she couldn't do it. He didn't even remember her.

She felt tears gathering again in her eyes and wiped them away quickly. Then she felt Jack's arm wrapping around her shoulder and pull her closer to him. She leaned her head on his shoulder and enjoyed this familiar gesture for a brief moment. Shortly after that she noticed that Jack moved, so she looked up at him and realized that his head was approaching to her. And suddenly his lips lay on hers. She didn't think and returned his gentle kiss. He kissed her as if nothing had happened and Sam put all her despair in this kiss. They kissed more passionately until Sam broke the kiss abruptly.

"We shouldn't do that", Sam said softly. "Not under these circumstances. You don't even remember us", she added sadly.

"But I'd like to remember us. Can you help me?", Jack asked.

Sam looked at him with big eyes. She had wished for such a reaction from him, but didn't dare to hope.

"I can try. We have an idea how to get your memories back into your head. But there's no guarantee that it really works. Therefore, we'll run a small test before we start", she explained to him.

Jack asked her what their plan exactly was and she explained it to him in detail. Sam was surprised by how patient and attentive he listened to her.

"And you're sure this will work?", he asked skeptically when she had finished her explanations.

"Well, absolute certainty doesn't exist", said Sam.

"All right. If you say so", answered Jack, grinning at her with a slightly cocked head which caused Sam smile slightly.

"Can I attend the test run?"

Sam said yes and so they made their way together to the lab.

The others were surprised when the two of them entered the laboratory together.

"Jack, how are you?", Daniel asked.

"Well, as good as possible when you can't remember anything", he said in his usual way.

Daniel smirked, this was clearly Jack O'Neill.

"Sam told me what you're up to do and I wanted to be here when you start the test run", added Jack.

"Sam?", Daniel said and all others also looked at her. But Sam just shrugged her shoulders. Then she went to Anise and asked whether everything was prepared for the test run. When Anise answered her question positive they initiated the last steps. They had to ensure that Colonel O'Neill's memories were not overwritten unintentionally. Anise wired Sam and told her again that she had to stay calm in any case.

"Okay, let's start", said Anise. "Major Carter, please show me what you've had for breakfast this morning."

It took a few seconds and then a projection of the table on which they'd sat this morning appeared on the screen; and they saw a coffee cup and a chocolate bar from the emergency rations. After this memory was saved, Anise loosened the connection between Sam and the computer.

In the next step they would transfer the memory back. Anise made a few entries on the computer while Jacob and Janet carefully looked her over her shoulder. The scientist didn't like it but she preferred to say nothing.

"Well, I think we can try", said Anise and connected Sam to the computer. "Are you ready?" Sam nodded at her.

Jack looked a little worried at Sam, but she smiled at him encouragingly. "Yes, let's start", she said.

The procedure didn't last long. When the transfer was complete, Anise asked again what Sam had eaten for breakfast. Sam thought about it and on the screen appeared the same image as before. All exhaled noticeable. It had worked. But then a different picture appeared on the screen. It was a different perspective of the table and it showed someone who had stuck his finger in the coffee cup. The crumpled paper of a cookie lay on the table.

"What happened?", Daniel and Janet asked simultaneously.

"Why has the picture changed?", asked also Teal'c.

Sam had the explanation ready pretty quickly. "Because it's not my memory..."

They all looked scared to Sam and then back and forth between her, Jack and Anise.

"What?", Daniel asked.

"What do you mean Sam?", Janet also wanted to know more. She didn't really know what had just happened.

"It's not my memory ... It's the memory of Colonel O'Neill."

"And ... I assume that wasn't intended, right?", Jack asked a little naïve in the round.

"No, it was not", said Anise.

Now also Jacob joined the conversation. "Do you remember something else from Jack's life?"

Sam shrugged. How should she know? "Ask me something that only the colonel may know. Then we might find out", Sam suggested.

"Okay, what do you know about the first mission to Abydos?", Daniel asked quickly to prevent that one of the others may ask a question. Sam looked at him with a frown, so Daniel explained his question. "You weren't part of the mission, Sam. If you remember details about this mission, we can probably assume that not only Jack's breakfast has been uploaded into your head."

Jacob still wanted to know precisely why Daniel of all things asked for this memory. So Daniel explained that the mission was a few years ago and should also not include too personal memories. To him it was quite important to give both Sam and Jack some kind of privacy - within the possibilities. After all there were five individuals standing in the lab who didn't necessarily have to know anything about the personal memories of Jack or Sam. This made sense to Jacob, so he nodded and obviously was satisfied with the explanation.

They turned back to Sam and Daniel asked her again what she could remember about the said mission. Sam closed her eyes and hoped that nothing would happen. But something happened. Images came to her mind's eye. When she opened her eyes she looked at Jack. On the screen appeared different images of Abydos, Ska'ara, Sha're and also of Ra, who they were able to defeat then. Now they had the evidence. Jacks memories were apparently fully uploaded into Sam's mind. No one said anything until Jack spoke.

"What do we do now?", Jack asked, his gaze still directed to Sam.

"Can we reverse it?", asked Janet and turned to Anise. After all, she had the medical responsibility for the team.

Anise decided ultimately that she wasn't taking any more risk and would check the computer again before they would try anything new. So she dismissed them all of her lab, only Sam should stay there and help her.

After a few hours they finished their work and Sam decided to look for Jack. She found him in his quarters. After she had entered the quarters she asked Teal'c, who had taken the watch over Jack for the moment, to leave them alone for a moment. But she quickly asked where the others were. Teal'c told her that Daniel and Janet had traveled back to Earth to update General Hammond to the latest facts. Then Teal'c left the quarters.

Jack immediately wanted to know how Sam was. He was worried about her. She told him that his memories had to be downloaded again from her brain as quick as possible, because two whole lives with experiences and memories were too much for a single human brain. And if this doesn't succeed, all the memories could be lost forever. Jack looked at her concerned. That didn't sound good.

He sat down on the bed and asked Sam to sit next to him. When she sat Jack instantly took her hand in his. As she hadn't expected it, Sam winced at this familiar gesture. Jack had noticed it and wanted to let her hand go again, but Sam stopped him. She enjoyed this contact, entangled her fingers with his and leaned against his shoulder. She just needed this closeness at this moment.

"And what happens now?", Jack asked into the silence that had come between them.

"Well, we checked the computer again and hope that we can fully download your memories from my brain in the next attempt."

"And if that doesn't work?", Jack wanted to know more.

Sam moved and finally looked at him. She took a deep breath and then lowered her gaze again. "Then it could be that I lose all my memories, too."

"But that doesn't sound very reassuring. Are you sure you want to risk that? "

Sam looked up again and looked Jack in the eyes. "I have to do it. Otherwise you'll never get your memories back."

"But if it makes you lose your memories, it's not worth the risk."

"Well, in the end I have no choice. I need to get rid of your memories. And I want you to get them back. So, we'll try", Sam replied.

"And when will you start?"

Sam told him that they would try it as soon as Janet and Daniel had returned from Earth. However, since it was already late afternoon, they would probably have to wait until the next morning.

Daniel and Janet actually returned from Earth only in the evening. They reported that the meeting with General Hammond had taken longer because the general wanted to know all about it. General Hammond was also worried about the situation in which his two officers were.

When it was time to go to sleep, they said good bye and Jack asked Sam if she might tell him something about himself. Sam agreed and offered to take over the night watch for the colonel. The others didn't think about it and accepted Sam's offer. So they parted and the two went into Jack's quarters.

Once in Jack's quarters, he set back directly on the bed. Sam was wavered where she should sit and finally headed for the chair that was located opposite the bed. It would probably be better to keep a little distance to Jack. But he obviously saw it different because he called for Sam. When she turned around he held out his hand for her. She paused briefly before she finally took his hand and let herself be pulled in the direction of the bed by Jack.

"You wanted to tell me something about me. That just as well goes over here", said Jack, smiling a bit embarrassed.

Sam looked at him in astonishment. He sat down on the bed and indicated her to sit beside him. Then he turned to Sam and asked her to tell him something.

"What exactly do you want to know?"

"Who am I? I know that my name is Jack, apparently. And that I am a soldier. But there has to be more that you can tell me, especially since you carry all my memories."

Sam looked at him. She loved his simple way of thinking. He drew logical conclusions from a situation, simply looking at it like it was and without thinking too much about it. This had already been the solution to their problems so many times. She thought about what to tell him and immediately thousands of thoughts and images came into her mind. She tried to order these thoughts and simply told him some of the things that she saw in her mind's eye.

Jack looked at her all the time and listened to her attentively. Sam also told him about Sara and Charlie. She became sad because she reminded so many details and at the same time felt the pain that Jack must have felt at that time. It was almost as if she had been there. Jack listened still attentively and realized that tears were welling up in her eyes as she told him of Charlie's death. He raised a hand and gently wiped away her tears. Sam nestled into this gentle touch and wished that Jack could remember their time together.

"Will you tell me about us? How did we meet?", Jack wanted to know. He was fascinated by the woman who sat next to him. She was incredibly pretty and obviously very intelligent. And he felt as pins and needles inside him whenever she was near him. He wanted to know more about her.

Sam looked into his eyes and smiled. She thought back to how she had met him for the first time in the conference room of the SGC and smirked. She told him what she remembered and that she was under his spell right from the beginning. Although she would have never confessed.

"And can you tell me how I have experienced this meeting?"

Sam hesitated. "Are you sure that's a good idea? These are still very personal memories", she pointed out. Jack looked at her, his head tilted and his eyes narrowed slightly. Sam fidgeted a little restless, so she added "And maybe I don't like what I remember. Maybe you didn't like me or thought of me as totally awful. After all you didn't like scientists. And certainly you didn't want one in your team. And above all a woman..."

"Well, first I don't believe I found you awful, because I even now don't think you're awful.

And basically, I only met you today. And secondly, I think I have a right to know my memories. Don't you agree?" He looked at her again, raising an eyebrow. That made Sam smirk and she nodded slightly.

"All right. You asked for it." Jack also smiled, because he had carried his point. Sam tried to remember the situation and saw that memory in her mind. Before she spoke she began to grin.

"Seems not to be this bad, huh?", Jack said then and waited for her to tell him something.

They chatted for a while and Jack learned many things from his past. But at some point a fatigue was spreading over his body. The day has somehow been exhausting, even if he really could only remember half the day. But the whole information that Sam had given him, strained him. He had a lot to process.

Sam saw that Jack was getting tired and she was exhausted, too. She also had a lot to process. But she could also see something positive in this whole situation. She now felt even closer to Jack than before, simply because she knew his memories. However, she desperately hoped that she would get rid of his memories on the next day. In her head slowly but surely was a jumble of images, thoughts and emotions. Once she thought of something an insane flood of memories appeared in her mind and she couldn't any longer keep apart partially, whose thoughts and feelings it was she actually just experienced.

"We should call it a day", Sam suggested and stood up from the bed on which they both were still sitting opposite each other.

"Where are you going?", Jack asked and watched her.

"You should get some sleep and I offered to take the night watch on you. And I will do", she told him.

"And to do that you have to stand up?", Jack asked totally naïve, but couldn't suppress a slight grin.

"Yes, I'm going over there to make myself comfortable in this armchair and watch over you. Not that you got up to any nonsense, which I wouldn't put past you completely, after all I know about you now", she replied with a wry grin.

"And you don't think that you could take better care of me if you were here with me?", he asked her now with those innocent puppy eyes that made her melt away again.

Sam grinned. "Are you doing this on purpose?"

"What?", asked Jack.

"Well, that. That look... I could never resist", Sam muttered. She was amazed at how open she could talk to him about her feelings since she had his memories. She felt no more inhibitions against him.

"Oh yeah? Good to know", grinned Jack. "Although I have no idea how I look right now, but if you cannot resist it, you maybe should come over here?" He held out his hand for her. Sam hesitated, but then she took it. Jack pulled Sam to him and onto the bed before he lay down. He pulled her to him and she snuggled in this embrace.

They had lain together the same way last night. And yet it was so different at this moment.

"What you're thinking of?", Jack asked. But Sam didn't answer immediately. Jack asked again and Sam told him and while she told him, tears reappeared to her eyes. Jack realized that something was going on but he didn't know what it was. But suddenly he heard a slight noise, it came from Sam. Jack straightened up and looked at her. She cried. Why? He turned Sam a little towards him and gently stroked the tears from her face.

"Hey, don't cry. Everything's okay", Jack tried to calm her.

"How can you say that? Nothing is okay. You don't remember anything. Not your family, your job, your life. And not me…" The last part she only whispered.

"Hey, this will all change tomorrow. And some things I already know, because you've told me. And you know what I also know?" Sam shook her head and still looked at him sadly. "I know that I really like you. And that's also something, right?"

Thereupon Sam smiled slightly and nodded. Even in the worst situations he managed to cheer her up. Even if he didn't know that he possessed this ability. Jack took the opportunity to get closer to her and a few seconds later he kissed Sam gently. Sam enjoyed his touch. The kiss was hesitant at first, but it didn't take long and they intensified the kiss. They didn't go any further that night, it just wasn't appropriate in the current situation. Instead, they drifted into sleep close together and snuggled against each other.