I wrote this story for my friend, Michelle, as a Christmas Present.....

I don't own Daniel or Jack or anyone else from Stargate Sg-1... I just borrowed them.

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"Daniel, you have to come back. You can't just stay here because of some girl!"

"I love her, Jack. And besides… you almost did."

"Almost being the key word." Jack growled. He grabbed Daniel's arm, ready to drag him through the stargate if he had to. As Daniel jerked away, he thought of how they got into this mess.

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One week ago….

"Ahh… fresh air. Breathe it in, Daniel." Jack clapped Daniel on the back as he took a deep breath.

"Oww… no thanks, Jack. I'd rather just get to work. Why aren't Teal'c and Sam with us again?"

"Some stupid Tok'ra thing…. I didn't pay attention." Jack shrugged. Daniel grumbled something under his breath. "Well, obviously you weren't paying attention either since you had to ask." Jack grinned.

"Excuse me, but are you the travelers from Earth that we heard about?" a voice asked. Daniel and Jack spun around to see a blond girl looking at them. Daniel blushed at being caught off guard, while Jack just looked at her with a raised eyebrow.

"You've heard about us?" Jack asked. She nodded.

"Um… my name is Daniel Jackson. This is Colonel O'Neill." Daniel said as he held his hand out to shake hands.

"My name is Michelle… some of my friends call me MarySue. My father owns this town, but he's really sick and will die soon…. So it will be mine. Shall I show you around?" Without waiting for an answer, she turned and led the way into the small town. Daniel and Jack followed close behind.

"Ow!" Daniel whispered as Jack elbowed him in the ribs. "What was that for?"

"Quit it."

"Quit what?"

"Quit staring at her."

"Wh- what? She's in front of us! She's leading us."

"Yeah sure… that's the reason…. Whatever."

Daniel growled and walked ahead of Jack. Michelle stopped abruptly, making Daniel bump into her.

"Uh… sorry…" he mumbled while Jack snickered softly.

"No problem. This is where I live. You both can stay in the guest room if you'd like." She showed them into the house.

"Thanks Michelle, but we have work to do. I'm trying to find a bunch of rocks." Jack said.

"Artifacts," Michelle and Daniel both corrected.

"Um… actually the ancient burial sight that I'm sure you're looking for is the opposite way. Just go back to the gate and go the opposite way."

"Thank you, Michelle." Daniel said sincerely as he dropped his bag on one of the beds in the guest room.

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The next morning, after everyone had gotten a good night's rest, Daniel and Jack were ready to hike out to the burial sight. Jack had his mp3 player and headphones and Daniel had all of his archeology tools.

A knock on the guestroom door, startled Daniel.

"Uh, come in." He called. Michelle stuck her head in.