The Relationship: The Kiss by John O'Connor Disclaimer: Stargate SG-1 and its characters are the property of Stargate (II) Productions, Showtime/Viacom, MGM/UA, Double Secret Productions, and Gekko Productions. This story is for entertainment purposes only and no money exchanged hands. No copyright infringement is intended. The original characters, situations, and story are the property of the author. Rating: R. Part 1: The Kiss With a loud sigh, Janet Fraiser sat back in her chair and tightly pinched the bridge of her nose. After working on reports and requisitions for the last few hours, her eyes were very fatigued. But the last sheet of paper she had to pass along was in her Out tray. She stood and stretched, joints popping as tension was created. With a moan, she pushed her arms out as far to her sides as she could. Then she reached behind her back and her hands gripped each other. Her shoulders were still tight. Janet rocked her head back and forth before rotating it on her neck. A little better but still... A hot shower with the water beating down on her upper back. That was what she needed. And with Cassie on at her friend's for the evening, Janet had no reason to hurry home. She hung her lab coat on the hook inside her office door and flicked off the light. Saying goodby to the Beta shift personnel, she strode into the corridor and headed for the communal locker rooms. When she had started at the SGC, there was only a single communal locker room. That wasn't too much of a problem as there were only a few women stationed at Stargate Command. As the personnel base expanded, and more women ended up working in the Mountain and on field groups, another, newer locker room and shower facility was created. It was designated for the women to use, and the grumbles from male personnel about their old facilities died when they realized they didn't have to follow any schedule anymore. Janet still found habit hard to beat as she almost headed towards the Men's Locker Room. Snapping her fingers and shaking her head, the young officer headed the other way down the branch corridor. As she neared the Women's Locker Room, she heard the sound of a shower flowing. 'Wonder who that could be?' she thought as she went to her assigned locker. In a matter of minutes, she had her uniform clothes and underwear in her locker. Repinning her hair to try to keep it dry, she grabbed her towel and shut the locker door. She padded naked to the shower room, the tiles cool on her feet. As she was about to enter, Janet froze in the doorway. Staring at the figure under one of the shower heads, she felt her pulse quicken. 'Sam,' Janet thought, 'Why did it have to be her?' For the last few years, Janet had become more and more friendly with Samantha Carter. They had become best friends in fact. However, for the last few months, Janet had been feeling more than friendship for the tall blond major. What she felt for Sam was definitely outside of Air Force regulations, so she had kept it all to herself, bottled up inside her. "Janet?" The voice broke through her thoughts. Janet realized she had been staring at Sam's nude body in a way that was beyond simple friendship. When Sam turned around, the sight took Janet's breath away. "Janet?" Sam repeated, confusion and surprise in her voice over seeing her best friend standing nude in the doorway and staring at her. "Is there something wrong?" Janet shook her head, stray locks of brown hair falling loose to frame her face. The action also had a two-fold effect of clearing her head and letting this vision know things were okay. Setting her towel on a rack inside the door, Janet strode up to Sam. Seeing Sam about to ask a question, Janet laid her finger across her lips and said, "Ssh!" before placing that finger across Sam's lips. "Don't talk." Janet placed her hands on Sam's shoulders and turned her around. Reaching up, she gripped the taller woman's shoulders and began to knead the bunched muscles. "You are so tight!" Janet whispered. Sam wasn't sure what how she felt at that moment. She had felt horribly exposed to her friend's steady gaze. But now, the soothing fingers on her shoulders were helping her loosen up. When she felt Janet's breath on her skin, she felt a thrill go up her spine. What was going on? Janet's fingers trailed up to Sam's neck, bringing a soft moan of relief from Sam. The magic Janet was doing was causing her work-related tension to melt away. As her muscles relaxed finally, Sam felt a rush of warm feelings for the caring woman at her back. She also realized how much, how desperately she had missed the warmth of human contact. Turning around, Sam looked into Janet's brown eyes and again asked, "Janet?" "Ssh!" Janet repeated before silencing Sam again, this time by pressing her lips against Sam's. Without hurrying, Janet simply held her lips pressed to Sam's. She could feel the warm softness of the blonde's lips. Smiling slightly when she realized Sam wasn't pulling back, she slid her tongue across Sam's lips, tasting her. Sam instinctively opened her mouth, accepting Janet's supple invader. She felt the shorter woman slide one arm around her slender waist. The other cupped the back of Sam's head, fingers trailing through her short golden hair. Still somewhat surprised by Janet's actions, Sam slowly wrapped her arms around the petite brunette and pulled Janet's body tightly to her, holding her close. Her tongue began moving with a sinuous grace along Janet's welcome intruder. They stood under the cascading water and continued their long kiss; their tongues sliding together and thrusting against each other, slipping in and out of each other's mouth. It was soft and tender. It was wet and exciting and full of promise. This was the most quietly passionate kiss either woman had ever experienced. As the kiss intensified, their bodies molded together warmly. It felt good. It felt right. It felt so natural. Time passed slowly, as the women became totally lost in each other. But, as all things must, the longest, most exciting kiss either of them had ever experienced ended. Janet leaned back in the strong arms wrapped aroung her and looked lovingly into Sam's blue eyes. Sam returned the gaze with equal intensity. They both smiled happily at the other. "Come home with me?" Janet asked. "Of course," Sam replied as she cradled this special woman in her arms. (c) John O'ConnerComments May Be Mailed Here