Obsession

Pam lay on her bed and looked at the walls of her bedroom. There was
a big poster advertising "Stargate SG1" on one wall. She had managed to
get someone to blow up a small picture from the listings magazine and
make it into a poster for her. On the other walls were smaller pictures
also from the magazines and her prize possession a very big, almost
life-size cutout of the team that she had begged from the video store.
Around her mirror were pictures of "Colonel Jack O'Neill". Deep down
Pam knew that he was an actor called Richard Dean Anderson but she
always called him Jack. It was Jack she dreamed about at night. One day
her friend Alice said,
"That man you fancy is on TV tonight. It's a film, he's called MacGyver
in this one."
Pam sat down to watch the film but it wasn't right. She could see a
slight resemblance to her hero but his personality wasn't quite right.
She went to bed feeling let down so she watched one of her videos so
that she could go to sleep happy.

Her dreams always went the same way. She would bump into Jack and
they'd have coffee. He would be so entranced by her sparkling
personality that he'd arranged a date. By the time her alarm went they
were having a torrid affair, which left Pam feeling tired but extremely
happy.
In contrast to her dream life Pam led a very dull and ordinary life.
She worked in an office as a lifestyle manager. Organising other
people's lives was tiring and didn't leave her much time for her own so
she retreated into her fantasy life with Jack. During her time at home
she would cook for Jack and walk around talking to him, asking him
about his missions to other worlds. He was the perfect lover because he
always said the right things; he knew exactly what to say and when to
say it.
Pam really looked forward to the weekends when she could spend more
time with her fantasy, which was boosted by her playing videos of his
programme. Her work colleagues were told about her new lover, but she
told them only that she had a new man in her life who was called Jack,
she knew that she couldn't tell them much about him so she said that he
was in the RAF and his work was secret.
Deeper and deeper into the fantasy world she plunged and soon she began
to resent the real world's intrusion. The exception was the day she
heard that a two-day Stargate Convention was being held not far from
where she lived. Pam came out of her fantasy long enough to organise
her trip to the convention and a stay in a nearby hotel.
When the big day came she was one of the first into the hall. She read
the agenda of the day's activities and almost purred with pleasure when
she saw that HE would be there.
She roamed round the hall looking at the displays and watching some
previously unshown footage when she saw him .He was talking to a young
woman who was carrying a small child. Then he leant over and kissed the
woman. Pam was shocked.
"How dare he kiss that woman?" she thought.
Then she saw him alone and hurried over to him.
"Hi Jack, how are you? "
He smiled and said "Hi," but then moved away towards a group of people.
She recognised most of them. They were the rest of his team SG1 and
General Hammond.
Pam walked up to the group and said,"
"How are you all today?"
It was best to be polite to them she didn't want him to get into
trouble with his boss.
Someone she didn't know said,
" Would you mind waiting a while? We have a few things to sort
out."
Pam was seething but decided that they were discussing the next mission
off world. She hung around patiently waiting for Jack, her Jack, to
finish talking to the others. As the group split up she moved towards
him.
"You look tired my love. How about coming upstairs for a lie
down?"
Whenever she'd said this before he had agreed and it had led to
passionate lovemaking but this time he said,
" I don't think my partner would appreciate me going into your
room."
Pam was dumbfounded. His partner? Wasn't she his partner? Didn't they
share the same bed every night? What was he saying? She touched his
arm.
"But Jack, it's me Pam. Only last night you said that you loved me so
much. You were thinking of retiring so that you could spend more time
with me."
Tears began streaming down her cheeks but all her beloved Jack did was
to shrug away from her touch.
"I'm sorry but I've never met you before."
Pam couldn't believe that he could be so cruel.
"Jack," she screamed, " You love me, you know you do. Every time you
come back from a mission you tell me that it's like renewing your life
to be with me."
She felt strong arms catch hold of her before she could pound on Jack's
chest. Gently but firmly she was led into an office where someone was
talking on the phone.
"Why has he rejected me like this? Is that woman blackmailing him
because of the child? Doesn't he know that it doesn't matter? It
doesn't have to split us up."
Pam ranted but no one replied. Then she was lifted from her chair and
led into a vehicle.
"He must be driving me home," she thought, "How like him to take me
away from that evil woman."

In a different room someone asked who she was.
"Pam Edwards."
"Do you know why you are here Pam?"
"I suppose that Jack has asked you to look after me so that that woman
can't get to me."
"What woman is that Pam?"
"The woman who is trying to split me and Jack up. But she won't
succeed. He loves me and I love him."
"Who is Jack?"
"Colonel Jack O'Neill. He's attached to the SGC unit. Stargate Command.
He leads SG1. You must know him he's famous."
"And you know him?"
"Yes, we are getting married. We live together."
"Do you know Richard Dean Anderson?"
"No. He's an actor. I don't know any actors. Is this going to take
long? I should really get back to Jack. He needs me."
She heard a buzz of voices the a woman said,
" Pam, you're very ill. We will have to keep you in here."
The people left the room and Jack came back.
"Hi sweetheart. I'm sorry about that."

He took her in his arms and kissed her. Pam was happy, happier than
she'd ever been. Jack was where he belonged and all was well with their
world.