Hey faithful readers, this is a new alternate Stargate 'verse, if Jack and Sam had met before the briefing room. You'll just have to read on to find more...

Jack was sitting with his beer, but unlike lately, it wasn't in his living room, he was in a bar in town. Kowalski had found out he was in town, and as he was officially single again, since his divorce had been finalized a month ago, Kowalski said it was time to celebrate. Jack didn't really want to celebrate. Why should he celebrate a failed marriage because he had failed Charlie. He wanted to curl in a ball in bed and cry himself to sleep.

And then she walked in. A leggy blond with short hair, blue eyes, she made him want to start over. Nah he thought, why would a babe like that ever consider being with an old fart like him.

Kowalski noticed Jack's eyes had lit up. Looking in the same direction, he saw the girl that made Jack seem just a little bit alive by walking in the room. She looked in their direction, "Jack, offer to buy her a drink! Start up a conversation. You don't have to marry her or anything!" Kowalski whispered in her ear.

Jack, being slightly suicidal at the moment shrugged his shoulders, why not. Standing up off the stool his did the geek thing, "Hi, my name's Jack."

She smiled, "Hi Jack, I'm Sam."

"Sam, care if I buy you a drink?"

"Sure why not."

An hour later, they were really talking. He couldn't believe he was talking to this woman that he had just met, like he was talking to someone he had known for years. "So, your in the Air Force too, huh."

"Yup, I'm the egghead who understands Astrophysics."

Jack laughed, "And I'm the muscle they send when no one else will go. I'm pretty much retired now. Trying to decide what to do next. So are you working up at the Mountain. Don't worry, I've got security clearance."

"Yeah, but what I'm working on is top secret."

"That's okay, most of my missions don't exist."

Sam smiled, "I think this is the start of a great friendship, perhaps more?"

Jack Sighed, "I think you should know that I'm just getting over a divorce, it was only finalized a month ago, so do you mind going slow with this?"

Three Hours Later

Jack slammed Sam against the wall of the hotel room on the way to the bed, she was so beautiful, her hands were in his hair caressing his scalp, his hands were caressing her breasts, while they kissed non stop. "Your not a rebound." He said between kisses.

"I'm not worried." She gasped back. She pushed him on the bed, strattled him, and leaned down kissing him while undoing one button at a time. When his chest was exposed, Sam let her tongue drag down his chest until it reached his pants.

Jack grabbed her then, "stop, will ya, do you want me to misfire or something!" He pushed Sam onto her back, "My turn!" Jack constantly kissed Sam on the mouth while pulling up her tank, and stopped just long enough to get it over her head, then he traveled down and started suckling on Sam's right breast, at which Sam arched in surprise, gasping with pleasure. She reached for his pants, undoing the belt, while he pulled down her skirt and panties.

"Now, Jack" Sam said between gasps.

"Yes Ma'am." Jack answered, and gasped himself going inside this beautiful, talented, genius of a woman. In that moment he saw his present and future, in this woman.

A Month Later

Jack was sitting at his telescope when Sam showed up. He smiled at her, "I love you, beautiful."

She smiled back at him, "I love you too, handsome." That was their greeting that they had used ever since they had fallen in love. Jack cherished every moment that he had alone with Sam, as she spent so much time at that Base working on the Stargate program. He knew about it, and she knew he knew about it, but nyther one of them talked about it. To them, they didn't want to ruin the innocence of their relationship.

Sam knew that he wasn't truly over his ex-wife, but she was willing to help him move on, and she could see more life in his eyes day after day. She had had boyfriends before, but this was the first one who she saw a future with. For one, he wasn't intimidated with the fact that she was a Captain in the Air force, he was a Colonel before he retired. And another, she had read his file, he has security clearance on everything she was working on, when the time came they could talk openly about her work.

Just then, a car pulled up in Jack's driveway, and an Air Force officer climbed on the roof and inquired, "Col. O'Neill?"

"Retired." Jack responded.

The officer nodded, and then noticed, "Captain Carter?"

She blushed, but Jack, doing the knight in shining armor thing, "We've been dating for a month, what can I do for you?"

"You've been called back to duty on Cheyenne Mountain."

"When do I report?" Jack said.

"Tomorrow 0800 hours." Jack nodded, and the officer went back to his car and drove away.

"There's some sort of big meeting going on tomorrow. I didn't even know what it was all about. Something about the Abados mission."

Jack sighed, "Well, whatever it is, lets not worry about it tonight, I am going to introduce you to a few new stars tonight."

"I have been studying stars since high school, I probably know most of them all ready."

"Well, I am going to teach you about stargazing that doesn't involve homework."

Later that night Jack leaned over and kissed Sam gently and whispered, "Move in with me."

"What?" Sam said surprised.

"Oh, I'm sorry, am I moving too fast? I just thought, you have been spending so much time over here, and now with us working together, I care about you so much, and It seems so natural. Us being together. Maybe you could just keep some of your stuff here and still keep your own place?"

Sam place a finger over his mouth, stopping his rambling, "I would love to move in with you. But right now, it's getting late, and we have a big meeting in the morning. Good night." She leaned down and kissed him.

"Good night, my love."

The Next Morning 0800 Hours

Jack was sitting in the Briefing room. He had just been told that he was the new commander of SG-1. The new frontline team. "And, I would like to introduce you to your 2IC, Dr. Sam Carter."

"Sam Carter? There might be a problem there."

"I know Jack, you don't like scientists."

"Sir, that's not the problem. I know Sam, she's my..."

"His girlfriend." Sam finished, entering.