Title : Someday
Disclaimer : I don't own them, if I did Jack and Sam would be together by now :-P
Spoilers: None
Pairings: Sam and Jack
Season: Not decided, between 4 and the end of 7. O'Neill is still a Colonel.
Chapter 1 - Everybody Needs Somebody
Jack twisted the blue cap back on the jar.
"Switching to decaf?" daniel joked, coming through the doorway.
"Nope, not for me," Jack smiled and then returned his attention back to the drink.
"Jaaack?" Daniel narrowed his eyes suspiciously - he knew Jack was up to something.
"Carter's not been out of that lab for 3 days, Daniel!" He stated, as if it answered everything.
"So what do you plan to do?" He asked.
"I plan for Carter to fall asleep then I'm gonna drag her outta there.." he thought it was a great plan.
"Well she won't budge you know... when she realises she fell asleep she'll make sure she stays awake. Falling asleep will make her less likely to leave. She's a workaholic, Jack. Its how we work," Daniel finished with a proud smile.
"Well I guess I'll have to carry her out of there!" Jack gave an amused smirk. The only part Daniel was amused by was how Jack didn't realise how stupid his plan was. There's no way he'll pull it off, he thought, and if he does he's gonna regret messing with a tired Sam.
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Sam was in her lab fiddling with some 'doohickey' and was so deep in thought with her work that she didn't register Jack's presence in the doorway to her lab. She looked up to visualise an equation in the air while she worked it out and jumped when she noticed him.
"Surprised to see me, Carter?" he asked with a mischevious grin on his face. She smiled back politely.
"Yeh. Sorry Sir, you startled me." He walked over to her and placed a mug of coffee on her desk. "Thank you."
Then, off he went to his corner to sit on 'his' stool that she left there for him whenever he got bored of his own office and paperwork - which was pretty much always.
"You know it hurts me that you only visit me because yo have nothing better to do, Sir," she joked. Damn I'm losing my touch, thought Jack, she's getting cocky... but for that smile, its worth it, he decided.
"Well Carter, I thought you didn't want me," he played along with mock hurt on his face. Pah. If only he knew how much i love his company, she thought.
"Always a pleasure to have you here to destroy my 'doohickeys', Sir," she laughed lightly.
"Well, I do try..." he let out a breath of air as if it was an effort and they left it at that. For the next half hour they sat in comfortable silence. Jack played with his yo-yo, looking up every so often to gaze at Samantha. He loved to watch her work. He found her concentrating face...cute. Wait did i just think of carter as CUTE? I'm going soft... He looked up at the clock, 1205.
"You know Carter, as of 5 minutes ago we're officially on downtime," he pointed out.
"I'm aware of that, Sir," she could tell where he was headed. He huffed loudly, so she would hear. Daniel was right, she was gonna be tough to move. So he waited. He tried watching her to see if there was any change in her concentration. The time finally came 30 minutes later when she banged her head down on her arm in frustration and after 10 minutes, still hadn't moved.
"Umm...Carter?" He said softly.
"Carter?" He said slightly louder. Sweet.
He walked over to her and, ready to put his plan into action, lifted her up into his arms. He was grateful when she didn't wake up - this would be a hard one to explain. With that, he made his way to the surface.
He had just stepped in the lift when someone spoke.
"Colonel O'Neill?" He spun around at the man's voice.
"Yes, Sir?"
"What are you doing?" questioned General Hammond.
"Well Sir, you ordered me to get Carter off base for once. She's a workaholic Sir, decaf was my only way."
Jack was grateful when the General let out a laugh.
"Sir, please. You'll wake Sleeping Beauty," he joked.
"Sorry, son," he lowered his voice a little, still laughing, "enjoy your down time and good luck for when she wakes up!" He walked off laughing. I'm gonna need it, thought Jack.
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They had arrived at Sam's house and Jack walked round to the other side of his truck to retrieve the beautiful blonde asleep in his front passenger seat. He let them in with his spare key and lay sam out on the couch. He went in to the kitchen to grab a beer and returned to find a rather dazed looking Samantha Carter.
"Colonel?" she looked at him, "how did I get here?"
"I figured you needed some actual time off," he reasoned.
"No Sir, how did i get here?!"
"Well you fell asleep, I carried you to my truck and well.. drove you home."
"You did what?!" she shouted.
"Carter," he warned,"General Hammond said to get you off base." She gave him a death glare.
"Hey, no way am i apologizing, you've been in that lab for 3 days Carter-"
"I had a big pr-"
"Ah ah ah!" He cut her off. "Down time," he said slowly, "fun," he said even slower, as if she'd never heard the word before. She huffed and slumped in to the couch.
"Fine," she gave in. He smiled, satisfied.
"So..." he broke the silence.
"So," she repeated.
"What's this?" he asked, spinning a CD on his index finger that he'd found on coffee table.
"Not sure, might be one of Cassie's or Janet's."
"Sweet. Let's get drunk and listen to cringey songs." Sam, laughed lightly.
"You best get me a beer then." He went to get her one from her fridge.
He put the CD into Sam's stereo and pressed the play button. He pressed and the introduction to a very familiar song started playing throught the speakers.
We're so glad to see so many of you lovely people here tonight, and
we would especially like to welcome all the representatives of Illinois'
Law Enforcement Community who have chosen to join us here in the
Palace Hotel Ballroom at this time.
Jack laughed and sighed. "Come on, up on your feet."
"No way, Sir."
"The name's Jack," he said calmly, looked her in the eye, smiling and pulled her up off the couch.
We do sincerely hope you'll all
enjoy the show, and please remember people, that no matter who
you are, and what you do to live, thrive and survive, there are still
some things that make us all the same. You, me, them, everybody,
everybody.
Everybody needs somebody
Everybody needs somebody to love (someone to love)
Sweetheart to miss (sweetheart to miss)
Sugar to kiss (sugar to kiss)
I need you you you
I need you you you
I need you you you In the morning
I need you you you When my soul's on fire
He twirled her around the living room and rocked her back and forth, happily jigging to the music. She was laughing so hard as she was thrown around. At each 'you' he would poke her in the belly, making her laugh more.
Sometimes I feel
I feel a little sad inside
When my baby mistreats me
I never never never have a place to hide
I need you
Sometimes I feel
I feel a little sad inside
When my baby mistreats me
I never never never have a place to hide
I need you you you
I need you you you
I need you you you
I need you you you
I need you
He carried on twisting and turning with her, now she'd actually gained some control. She still couldn't help the huge grin on her face. He loved that full blown grin, the one she reserved only for his bad jokes and funny antics.
You know people when you do find that somebody
Hold that woman, hold that man
Love him, hold him, squeeze her, please her, hold her
Squeeze and please that person, give 'em all your love
Signify your feelings with every gentle caress
Because it's so important to have that special somebody
to hold, kiss, miss, squeeze and please
At the words 'love him' he turned her so her back faced him then wrapped his arms around her, squeezed her, lifted her and then stopped to hold her all in time with the music. It was as if he'd rehearsed this dance and found it on purpose. But Jack O'Neill was too unpredictable for that. She screamed happily when he lifted her, which made his heart skip a beat and put the biggest grin on his face he'd had all week. Actually for a lot longer than that he was sure...
Everybody needs somebody
Everybody needs somebody to love
Someone to love
Sweetheart to miss
Sugar to kiss
I need you you you
I need you you you
I need you you you...
They danced through the final chorus until Jack spun her out again and she collapsed into the couch. He stood laughing at her lying there in hysterics. When she'd calmed down she let out a huge content sigh and he plonked himself down next to her.
"Having fun?" he grinned.
"More than you know," she grinned back.