Title: Is Life so Simple?

Author: Katmellie (Katmellie17)

Email: Katmellie@AOL.com (Katmellie17@Yahoo.co.uk)

Category: Future Story

Spoilers: None

Season: Future

Rating: G

Summary: Is life so simple?

Archive: Sure why not. Yes, SJD

Disclaimer: Stargate SG-1 and its characters are the property of Showtime/Viacom, MGM/UA, Double Secret Productions, and Gekko Productions. I have written this story for entertainment purposes only and no money whatsoever has exchanged hands. No copyright infringement is intended. The original characters, situations, and story are the property of the author.

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We tried. I tried. But nothing I could do could stop it from happening. I couldn't stop her. She'd made her mind up and that was that. Never mind how everyone else felt. How I felt. She went right ahead and did what she wanted to do. Threw everything we've worked for away, threw the love we were growing away.

It was a slap to the face when they came and told me that cold morning. I stood there on my front doorstep in my boxers, listening to Daniel cry for no reason and tell me something while I dug the sleep out of my eye. She'd gone and done it. She'd gone off on her white horse just to get her own way.

She was never coming back. Major Carter was gone for good. Why didn't she listen to me? I mean surely we could've worked something out. There were more options than what she decided to do. Cutting off everyone is not my idea of a future. But she's gone now. Down those cold dark six feet, always staying an angel in my eyes.

Everyone was stood round the mount of dirt she was under. Cassie clung to my arm crying into my shoulder, asking a silent why to me to which I couldn't answer. I'd sworn I wouldn't. This was how Sam wanted it and that's how it was going to be. Daniel stood proud in front of Sam, controlling his feelings unlike him. It was me who wasn't showing how I felt.

The rain came slowly but heavily down on everyone, forcing the other mourners to trail back to there cars. One by one we all left. I waited a few minutes hearing the last of the cars leave. My car would be here soon. Why though, did she have to go about it like this? Why did we have to do this? Was the wait too long for her? For us?

With a toot of the horn of the car, I ambled back down the rows of tombstones knowing I should've been laid there, a long time ago. The rain patted on the grey stones, marking them with streaks of water. Rubbing at my thoroughly wet through hair I yanked opened the door of the car, and dropped into the passenger seat beside her.

"How was it?" She asked setting the car into motion.

Glancing across at her I tugged my tie loose, throwing it onto the back seat. "How'd ya think it went?"

Silence came over the car as she stopped to turn into the street. I leant onto the edge of the door, sighing into the palm of my hand. "It was terrible. Cassie will never forgive us. None of them will ever forgive us if they find out".

"Jack, its for the best. Thor needs us to go with him. The others are more needed here." Sam confirmed for me again, knowing I needed to hear it.

"Yeah, I s'pose." I rubbed at my forehead, sinking down in my seat. "Wake me, when we get to the pick up point"

She touched my thigh without a second thought, driving up into the woodland where the pick up would be. I slowly fell to sleep, wondering if by some chance we'd ever come back to earth. To live the rest of days out together and see our friends again, or would we always be fighting the Goa'uld. Was life that simple?

The End