


The Me I Am

by Seshat0120



Category: Quantum Leap
Language: English
Status: Completed
Published: 2005-10-28
Updated: 2005-10-28
Packaged: 2013-05-24 01:20:16
Rating: K
Chapters: 1
Words: 545
Publisher: www.fanfiction.net
Story URL: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2637683/1/
Author URL: http://www.fanfiction.net/u/159290/Seshat0120
Summary: We all wonder who we are.





	The Me I Am

**The Me I Am**

_by Seshat0120_

_Disclaimer: Quantum Leap and all related characters are owned by Belisarius Productions and Universal. No profit has been made off of the writing or distribution of this piece of fiction._

As the blue light of the leap faded away he looked and around and realized he was alone. That was somewhat unusual. He almost always was thrust into unknown situations with others all around him. This time, there weren't any others.

He had time to look around - to get his bearings. He was in another time, another place...another face. But he was still himself, wasn't he? Despite all of the leaps wasn't he still Sam Beckett? But if our identities are formed by the lives we live how could he still be himself after all of the lives he'd experienced. Was he still the same Sam Beckett today as he was the day he leaped? Would he even recognize his own face in the mirror? Did Sam Beckett still really exist or was he just an empty shell of a man destined to spend the rest of his life as a vessel for the identities of others? Who was he?

"Sam."

It was one simple word, one name but coming from the mouth of the man in front of him it gave him his identity. He WAS Sam Beckett. No matter how many lives he leaped into and no matter how many identities he assumed, he would always be Sam Beckett. Always, as long as he had the one constant in his life to remind him of who he was - his friend Al.

**REVIEWS**

I like it. I like the somberness of it. – _lea724 (Live Journal)_

I like it. It doesn't go overboard, and it gets across Sam's feelings. It also answers his question. I'd say you've done very well. – _boomc98 (Live Journal)_

Oh my goodness.  
That was an awesome piece. I never considered that Sam might doubt his identity like that, but it makes so much sense.  
And the ending...I'll always be an Al girl at heart *grin*. That made my day.  
I really hope to see a lot more fic from you. Much, much more. – _freedomriddle (Live Journal)_

Well, if that's the product of 5 minutes, I'd love to see what you could do with 10 mins, 15 mins, or an hour! That was a great little piece! – _McDuck (Al's Place)_

Julia, if you scribbled this in 5 minutes, please take more "5 minutes" and continue. Your subconscious must have a place to take this, or you wouldn't have written this much. Don't even worry about a plotline-just stay in Sam's mind, let us see the world through his eyes, and Sam will tell you what's going to happen. That's the most intriguing part about writing that non-writers can't understand. Your characters will tell you where they want to go, if you let them. – _Joanne (SBFF)_

Excellent!  
As McDuck put it, we'd love to see what you can come up with given longer.  
Get to it girl! – _Leaper1 (Al's Place)_

very well written, you painted the picture perfectly. :) nice insight into sam's point of view. – _imsupergirl (LJ – Dr. Beckett Community)_


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