TITLE: In These Arms

RATING: PG-13

CATEGORY: Romance, Angst

PAIRING: Sam/Jonas, Sam/Jack

TIME FRAME: First and Second Season

DISCLAIMER: Stargate SG-1 and its characters are the property of MGM, World Gekko Corp and Double Secret productions. I don't own them.

WARNING: bit of swearing - nothing major.

A/N: My thanks to X_tremeroswellian for giving me permission to borrow a scene from one of her lovely fics.

My thanks also to my beta, the female apophis!

This fic is dedicated to a great friend who I shared some special times with --"In These Arms" I will never forget those times or that song. Thanks S.

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Captain Samantha Carter woke up slowly to the weight of a warm, strong arm wrapped round her waist of her sleeping bag. It took her a second to realised it was not her fiancée and that she was offworld. This had been the second time it had happened. The Colonel some how in the night after his shift, he had spooned right up against her. Despite how wrong this was, she felt so safe and secretly found it cute that the Colonel like to snuggle up and hold her, as Jonas had tended to sleep as far from her as possible. She was relieved to find Daniel had a made wide gap in between her left side and was snoring away near the corner of the tent. Teal'c liked to Kel'no'reem outside and never like to be in the tent, so there was no chance of someone walking in on them. Deciding it was time that she had a look at her watch and get out of her awkward situation. She carefully removed herself from the Colonel's embrace and made her way quietly out of her green sleeping bag and out of tent, not wanting to wake the other occupants.

*****

Hours later, the day had ended badly for Sam and SG1, as the local natives on 487, decided to attack and chase SG1 with arrows. Sam got hit in her upper left arm, arrow going straight into her flesh. She stumbled, as the burning pain surged up through her. Jack, who had seen what had happened, came to her side and helped her all the way back to the stargate. He hugged her to him, whilst holding her arm protectively before jumping through the gate as he did so she didn't fall badly on the other side.

Sam sat on the end of the infirmary bed, dressed in her civilian clothes her left arm was nicely wrapped in a white sling.

"How's the arm?" The Colonel asked, as he came in and took a seat on the bed opposite Sam. He was now on downtime and was ready to go home.

"Its better, thank you sir" Sam drank in the Colonel's appearance, tan pants, tight white shirt revealing his great body and black leather jacket opened. She could see why the nurses and the SGC women had developed crushes on him. *This is the Colonel and I am engaged remember*

"You needing a lift home?"

"Its alright sir, Daniel offered to take me home"

"Oh...hey...Daniel just left with SG9, seems they found some kind of statue with some sort of writing. He was practically dancing all the way to the gateroom." Jack replied, sounding bored.

"Nice of him to tell me" she muttered, while rubbing her sling. They both knew Daniel had a bad habit of getting over excited at artefacts. He tended to forget everything else, especially Sam who was waiting for him.

"Got your stuff, Captain?"

"Yes, thank you sir" Sam nodded.

"I'll take you in my truck. We can drop your car off later," he said, as he twirled his car keys in his hand.

*****

Sam unlocked the door to her and Jonas's house and stepped inside and she shut the front door behind her, being careful not to knock her arm. Putting her bag and folders down on the floor, she looked around the room and smiled brightly when she spotted the site of a single red rose lying on the lounge room table. Picking it up, she took in its beautiful scent. Taking it with her, she made her way to the kitchen and found a bottle of expensive wine with two long stemmed glasses beside it. Looking at her watch, she saw it was only 7:20pm, it was the earliest time she had been home in months. Jonas has obviously wanted to surprise her. Now she could surprise him by not only being home early, but she had a weeks downtime too.

Walking to their bedroom, she opened the door only to be greeted by her worst nightmare. Jonas was lying on the bed half naked, kissing a red-haired woman passionately. Sam was frozen at the sight. Both stopped in horror, as they heard there was another person in the room. Sam dropped the rose in her free hand, tears started to sting in her eyes and she quickly backed out and shut the door and went to the lounge pulling her sling off her arm and throwing it away.

"Oh God...Sam!" Jonas came running out of the bedroom in his boxers to her. "I...didn't mean..." he started, but was cut off by Sam.

" You SON of a BITCH! Didn't mean for me for what? To come home to THAT?! Why Jonas? How could you do this to me? WHY?" Sam demanded, as tears made their way down her cheeks, she made no effort to wipe them away.

Jonas looked down at the floor, guiltily "Sam, your never HERE! When you are gone, you never tell me where you are and it can be days not hearing for you. There is never a moment where you are not at that DAMN mountain. Everything in your life always comes before me! Your work, your family, your friends. You have never been here...." Jonas tried to continue but just ended up repeating himself.

"How long...how long has this been going on, Jonas?"

"Since you started working at the mountain...I tried to tell you...."

"GO!" *11 months, 11 goddamn months* she felt sickened.

"Samantha..."

"Go on, get the hell out! Take HER with you!" Sam took her engagement ring off and threw it at Jonas feet angrily. "Don't think of coming back!"

Without thinking to pick it up, Jonas went back to their bedroom. Sam sank to the side of the couch shaking. It wasn't to long when a fully dressed Jonas and the red-haired woman returned. "I am so sorry, Samantha" was all Jonas could say before he closed the door.

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Jack, Daniel and Teal'c were sitting comfortably at a table in O'Malley's Bar and Grill, eating and enjoying their steaks they had ordered. Soft country music was surrounding them, the dim lights giving a warm atmosphere in the place. Daniel was busy in a conversation with Teal'c, who was listening attentively. Jack sat playing with the label of his untouched beer. He couldn't help feel there was another presence needed at their table. Jack had asked Sam, while on the way to her house, but she declined as she wanted to spend time with Jonas and to rest after her arm injury. A disappointed Daniel, had come back through the gate only to find the statue had most markings rub off making it very hard to translate and his expertise was not needed anywhere else. He was lucky that Jack and Teal'c were just on their way to O'Malley's and rung and said he would met them over there and to order for him.

After the trio had finished their meals. Jack got up and went to the men's room before leaving. He did a double take as he was sure he had seen Jonas Hanson, Sam's fiancée, at a table getting very intermit with another women with long red hair. She was definitely not Sam.

*Nope, it can't be* he thought going past.

Jack headed out to his green ford where he was going to drop Teal'c off at the base, he caught one confused and angry Daniel coming out of O'Malley's

"Jack!"

"I saw Daniel"

"Aren't we going to do anything?! That bastard is cheating on Sam! Don't you EVEN care?" Daniel anger was rising.

"Daniel, Of course I care, but what do you want me to do? Go in there and punch the guy?" Jack let out a breath, he tried to keep down the anger burning inside of him. Hell, he wanted to do more than just punch him. It took more will power to walk past Jonas a second time, without going over there.

"I will hold him down, while you do it!" Daniel said, seriously. "Oh God, what are we going to tell, Sam?"

Jack was stricken at the words. What were they going to tell Sam? She sounded so happy in the truck, that she was going to be spending time with Jonas and now this.

"Look, Daniel take Teal'c back to base. Can you do that for me?"

"What are you going to do?" Daniel questioned Jack.

"I have to tell her, she deserves to know"

"I'll come too"

"Let me talk to her first, okay. I will ring you" Jack stated.

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