A/N: This is only my second Stargate fic, please be nice!
Diclaimer: I do not own nor possess the rights to anything to do with the Stargate trademark or cast and crew. Pairings: Sam/Jack and Sam/Daniel friendship
Set after the victory over Antartica, Jack didn't leave the SGC, Sam did and Daniel didn't. Jonas will make guest appearances and I'm thinking of adding Mitchell...maybe
On with the fiction!
She sat at her desk; filing reports was not something she enjoyed, but she did it. Looking up she noticed it was around dinner time, placing the final report in her out box, she rose; leaving her quiet office. She had been there now for 2years, it wasn't exactly home yet, not like there had been, she was at home in an instant, maybe it was because of him, maybe not. Yawning she reached the commissary, lining up she grabbed the nearest salad and a diet coke; one thing she missed was the blue jell-o they made at home. There she was once again calling the SGC home.
"Hey Sam, want to sit with me?" the cheerful voice of Lieutenant Rodgers sounded from behind her
"Ah sorry Lieutenant, didn't see you there, sure" she smiled softly sitting at a table, she remembered the SGC tables were spread out more, not uniformed, that was because of him as well.
It had been 2 years since she had said goodbye to her home, her friends and him. "Something on your mind" Rodgers stated rather than asked
"Just taking a stroll down memory lane" she sighed nibbling at her salad
"Oh? Still miss the action at the SGC?" he laughed
"That too" she whispered, slipping back into her mind
"I'm leaving"
"Why? Thing just got easier here"
"I was offered a position at 51, easier hours; especially with Cassandra"
"So you've accepted?" his voice was hopeful
"Yea, I accepted it. I finish up end of this week" she sighed, this was getting harder
"What can I do to make you stay?" his voice now defeated
"Nothing" she lied
"Oh" the pain evident in his voice
"Earth to Sam" Rodgers waved his hand in front of her eyes
"Sorry" she blushed
"Hey this should cheer you up, someone from the SGC is coming later today, something about a new device they've found…might be someone you know" he smiled reassuringly
"Yea, maybe"
"I'll only be a phone call away if something goes wrong" she hugged him, "Goodbye Jack"
She walked away, hearing the faint whisper of his voice, "Goodbye Sam"
A51A51A51A51
She had now been sitting in her office for about 3hours before word hit her, some handsome officer from SGC had arrived, "Sam come on, his coming" her new friend Major Sasha Jennings whispered
"Coming" she sighed following Sasha to the corridor
She stopped dead, it was him…how could no one tell her it would be him! "Look Sam, his coming this way!' she whispered ecstatic
He stopped in front of them, "Colonel" he nodded
"General" she replied softly, his eyes seemed sadder these days
"How have you been?" his question came out impersonal, that shocked her
"It's not jumping into danger, but it pays the bills" she replied, his steeled persona making her uneasy, "You?"
"Inundated with scientists" his joke softened the atmosphere
"Then why come? We're all scientists here" she replied
"Daniel's on a dig, Teal'c seeing his son and Jonas trying not to blow up the labs" his lips curved upwards as her face broke into a smile; one of her mega watt ones.
"Please tell me he isn't in…"
"No one is" he cut her off; suddenly serious again, "Had lunch?"
"Kinda" she shrugged
"Show me to the cake then" he smiled softly at her
"I'll be back" she whispered to Sasha who was yet to close her mouth
A51A51A51A51
Sasha stood watching them leave, "Wow"
Rodgers appeared besides her, "Yea that was awkward"
"What do you mean…awkward?" Sasha asked
"You mean you didn't know? Sam came to us from the SGC, she was on SG1, he was her CO" Rodgers explained, "The story goes that there was always something between them, but because of the regs nothing happened. Now she's here and he is there, they haven't spoken in the two years she's been here; well that's what the rumors say"
"I also heard rumors of a betting pool at the SGC, it is supposedly still going" an SF added from his station
"There are also rumors that the late Dr. Frasier and Teal'c overheard them admit their feelings" another SF joined in the conversation
"Wow, so they know each other…weird she's never mentioned him" Sasha sighed going back to work.
A51A51A51A51
They entered the commissary; silence took over the room as they saw that it was Jack O'Neill. "Well, this is weird"
"No kidding" she sighed taking a seat
Jack lined up, knowing what Sam ate from memory, he grabbed himself a sandwich, some cake and a coke; he grabbed Sam a chicken salad and diet coke. "They don't make jell-o here" he stated sitting down
"Yea" was all she said
"Something's wrong" he stated
"Yea, why are you here? You don't like anything that has to do with the logical or scientific side of our jobs" she burst, everyone still silent
"Well maybe if a certain blonde hadn't left and refused to call, maybe I wouldn't be here"
"Oh don't go blaming this one on me Jack!" she rose
"Ah sit down Sam, we need to get this out without you leaving!" he spoke before she left
"Get what out?" she hissed
"This" he gestured between to two of them, "Us"
"I am not going to talk about that in the middle of the commissary!"
"Oh I'm sorry, you feel it necessary to tell me that you're leaving in the middle of one, but not to discuss what everyone already has figured out? And they said you were the one with brains"
"ME! You're blaming that on me? I asked if we could talk outside and you said no…by the way you could have called me" she sat glaring at him
"Unlike you, I have a world to protect; calling for a personal chat wasn't on the forefront of my mind"
"Then why get angry if I didn't call?"
"I missed you! That's why"
She faltered, she hadn't thought her argument through, which was usually the case when arguing with him, "You could've emailed"
He saw her defeat, "I couldn't, it just hurt too much"
"I didn't think you cared, I mean Daniel emails me constantly, he even taught Teal'c so send them, but nothing from you"
"I thought that if I let you do what you wanted to you'd see that I was only doing this for you" he whispered
"It didn't help, and now I have Rodgers breathing down my back asking me for dates"
"Rodgers?"
"Lieutenant that works in the cataloging section"
"Wow, great job…didn't we break into that place like four or five years ago?"
"Yea, there are actually still gun shot holes in the walls from where they missed" she smiled
"Come back" his voice barely audible
"Why?"
"I need you there, Walter won't stop yakking at me, the scientists are driving me nuts and Daniel is still moping around"
She looked around, everyone was trying to hear what they were saying and none of them cared if they were noticed, "Thing's won't change"
"I'll retire"
"The SGC needs you"
"I'll work as a civilian, like Danny boy"
"The Air Force is your life"
"I've given it up before"
"Only because you lost Charlie"
"I've lost you, what's next? Daniel? Teal'c?"
"Jack"
"Sam, just think about it"
"Okay, I'll think about it" she whispered, "I should get back to work" she smiled before rising and leaving him in the commissary, her lunch untouched and the shreds of her heart trailing before her.