So, Doctor Carter, what did you like in Doctor Rush ? Didn’t it feel like you were cheating on O’Neil for years ? Wasn’t it awkward to have the Colonel flirting heavily with you and even kissing him from time to time, while having a fling with Dr Rush ?

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You said you liked alternate ending two, so I’m going to answer this as if it’s after that 🙂

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Wow that’s a lot of very personal questions …

However, clearly someone is spreading rumors and I want to set the record straight. General O’Neill – Jack, and I never acted on our feelings until we were free from the regulations. After Anubis and the replicators were defeated, I transferred to Area 51. We were no longer in the same chain of command, and finally free to pursue a relationship. We had our first kiss at the cabin so we definitely never kissed while I was seeing Nick. There was no inappropriate flirting either, we were strictly professional, friends and colleagues – nothing more!

I don’t think I would class what Nick and I had together as a fling either, it was a relationship, though admittedly a long distance one, and no I didn’t feel like I was cheating on Jack. Why would I? We weren’t together, and we made no promises to one another. Jack saw other people in the intervening years, though it never lasted long. I suppose we were both biding our time.

Yes I had feelings for Jack before I met Nick, but they were safe feelings because nothing could happen due to the regs. I suppose I compartmentalized them because they never went away. It’s likely that my feelings for Jack are why I couldn’t ultimately commit to Nick. However, I didn’t realize that when we broke up. Anyway, it doesn’t matter now, he’s moved on and Jack and I are together.

I will always think of Nick fondly. We split up but we stayed friends, even if that sometimes surprises people. I suppose he does have a prickly personality for those that don’t know him. What did I like about him? His intelligence, his smile, the sweet gestures he’d make and how embarrassed he would get when I noticed. Then there was his unconditional acceptance of who I was, the fact that we could be together and not talk, I never felt uncomfortable with him. He never made me feel like he wanted me to be someone else, a perfect woman, he just wanted me. Oh and he was fairly amazing in bed /blushes.