What Dreams May Hold
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To borrow a phrase: Stargate SG-1 no mine......no money, no sue, please?
"We were told that the protector would be a woman. In the past twenty years since the announcement the status of women has been much elevated"
"Well, that's...good" Daniel replied with a patronizing smile.
"Unfortunately, Moog, Ms. O'Neill still cannot go with you" General Hammond added. Moog was a young man from a planet called Pestora. SG-7 brought him back from their last mission. Apparently, Pestora had been chosen by the Ferlings as the planet Jackie would be hidden on. Moog had been quite willing to relay all the information he had. However, it hadn't been much. The Pestorians had been visited by the Ferlings a few months after Jackie had been 'taken,' and were told they would be charged with the protection of the Protector. They had also been told that the necklace the Protector would wear would be of great power and was going to save the entire universe.
Moog wanted Jackie to go back to Pestora with him. He'd been trying to convince General Hammond to let her go for the past two hours. When Daniel informed him that Jackie wouldn't want to go anyway, he asked if he could simply have the necklace then. They had been forced to explain that the necklace wouldn't come off. Ever since, Moog had been trying to come up with any reason he could think of to convince them that Jackie should go to Pestora.
"But..."
"No" General Hammond restated, much more firmly. Moog swallowed the rest of his sentence and stood.
"I see. May I make one final request, then?" he asked.
"Of course" Hammond nodded.
"May I at least meet the Protector?" Moog requested, "It would...be a great honor"
"I think we can arrange that" Hammond answered, "We'll have her here in the morning"
"I thank you, General Hammond" Moog bowed slightly in the General's direction.
"Meanwhile, Doctor Jackson will show you to a room"
"Yes" Daniel said, "If you'll...come with me" He led Moog to a room and ordered some food brought up to the man before leaving him. Sam caught up with him walking back toward the elevator. "You doin' anything tonight, Daniel?" she asked as she hit the button. "Uh, actually I have a date with Jackie" Daniel answered. Sam's eyes lit up as she noticed the slightly embarrassed look on her friend's face. "You're going to ask her" she said. Daniel was slightly surprised by the certainty in her voice, but then he supposed women could tell these things.
"Yes" he replied hesitantly as the elevator doors slid apart and they stepped inside. "Did you tell the Colonel yet?" Sam asked. "Nope" Daniel replied, looking straight ahead. Sam just laughed as the doors closed.
"Jack, do you have a minute?" Daniel asked, poking his head inside the Colonel's office. Jack was throwing paper balls through his mini basketball hoop. "Yeah, sure, you betchya" Jack answered, frowning as his paper ball just missed the net. He swiveled around in his chair to look at Daniel. "I..uh...had something I wanted to tell you" Daniel started.
"You're going to ask her" Jack said with a tilt of his head and a twitch of his lip.
"How did you know?" Daniel asked suspiciously. Maybe his friend wasn't talking about the same thing. But then, what else would he be talking about?
"Little bird told me yesterday" Jack answered. Daniel gave him a confused look.
"But, I didn't tell anyone until just now" he said.
"I know" Jack replied. Daniel shook his head. Fine, whatever, he wasn't going to ask.
"So..."
"It's about time!" Daniel was only getting more confused.
"Excuse me?" Jack got up and picked up his misguided paper basketball.
"I said, 'It's about time'" Jack repeated, "I was wondering if you were ever going to get around to it." He held his hand out and Daniel shook it, still astonished at how this meeting had gone. He wasn't one to look a gift horse in the mouth however, so he just turned around and started walking. He almost ran directly into Teal'c as he turned the corner.
"Daniel Jackson, congratulations" Teal'c said immediately. Daniel closed his mouth. He wasn't even going to ask.
"Thank you, Teal'c" was all he said and then headed off toward his own office. He still had a few hours yet. Hours he would spend considering how fast news traveled on this base, and how he was going to seek his revenge if Sam had blabbed to Jackie.
Later, he sat across from her at a table. She was in blue, a color she wore often in different hues, to match the necklace that she could never take off. The blue hadn't become tedious, however, because the color suited her. She would often add highlights of purple or green, which brought out the color in her eyes. Daniel always thought she looked stunning. Tonight particularly so, though perhaps he was biased.
The restaurant he'd chosen was not really her style. She would've preferred, he was sure, a steak house or sports bar. He'd considered it, but it just hadn't fit his image of what this night should be like. Then again, neither did this exactly. He'd tried to think of something more romantic, but nothing had really come to him. He'd even though of asking Jack for ideas, but he already knew what his friend would've said. Keep it simple, be yourself, Jackie's not really a complicated girl. That was one of the things Daniel loved about her. Sha'uri had been a simple kind of girl too, and they both shared an almost child like sense of curiosity and faith.
"What do you think, Danny?" Her sudden question jerked him out of his reverie. He looked up at her, desperately trying to figure out what she'd been saying.
"I'm sorry, what?" he finally asked. She put her menu down and gave him a stern look.
"I knew it" she said, "You haven't been listening to me" He could tell by her expression that she had been speaking about something important to her. He sifted back through the evening, recalling what they had been talking about. Nothing serious that he could think of, so why did she look so serious?
"I'm sorry" he apologized again, "I was thinking about something else"
"I noticed" Jackie replied and picked her menu up again. Where had she gotten it? And when had the waiter come to take away their plates? He noticed his glass had been refilled to. How long had he been dazing?
"I was asking" she told him, "should I get the double fudge brownie sundae, or the angel feather strawberry truffle?" Daniel stared at her for a moment. She'd been asking which desert she should get? He should've known.
"Uh..." was all he could say. The waiter came back again with his pencil out. Jackie folded the menu and handed it to him.
"He'll have the double fudge brownie sundae, and I'll have the angel feather strawberry truffle" she ordered. The waiter nodded and walked off.
"We can share" Jackie said. Daniel almost laughed. Desert was apparently a family tradition because Jack was obsessed with them too. But now Jackie was giving him an intense look.
"What are you thinking about?" she asked slowly, apparently aware that he was thinking about something more serious than double fudge brownie sundaes and angel feather strawberry truffles.
"Uh...a lot of things" Daniel answered. He took a breath to go on but Jackie stopped him.
"Want to skip desert?" she asked, "It's nice out, we could go for a walk" Daniel stopped. Did she know? She hadn't shown any signs so far this evening, but then he couldn't always tell what she was thinking. Either way, he didn't want to do this here, and she was right, it was lovely outside. So, he paid the check and they took off. The restaurant happened to be located across the street from a city park. The stars twinkled down at them through the perfectly clear night air and a big silver moon hung over them, illuminating the park with its magical light.
Jackie immediately took her shoes off and carried them as they walked through the grass. She was leading them toward the children's play equipment. She dropped her shoes in the sand and took up a swing, kicking at the sand with each pass forward and backward.
"Jack used to take me to the park" she told him, "When I was little. I used to think that one day, he'd push me so I high that I'd fly off the swing and go flying through the air, all the way up into space" Daniel took a seat on the swing next to hers as she let the swing come to a stop. She stared up at the sky, an enchanted look on her face.
"Do you ever just look at the stars anymore, Danny?" she asked, "There's so much going on up there, but...they really are rather beautiful, aren't they?"
"Jackie will you marry me?" He just blurted it out. He'd suddenly gotten the urge, with the moonlight highlighting the glow in her eyes and the sudden notion that she was almost too good to be true.
She snapped her head over to look at him. He raised a hand to her cheek but held her gaze.
"Will you marry me?" he repeated. He couldn't remember moving but their faces were so close now he could feel the breath escaping her lips.
"Okay" she whispered. Daniel suddenly felt light and jittery and grounded and calm all at once. It was better than being ascended.
Their lips met and all but the stars above them faded away.
To borrow a phrase: Stargate SG-1 no mine......no money, no sue, please?
"We were told that the protector would be a woman. In the past twenty years since the announcement the status of women has been much elevated"
"Well, that's...good" Daniel replied with a patronizing smile.
"Unfortunately, Moog, Ms. O'Neill still cannot go with you" General Hammond added. Moog was a young man from a planet called Pestora. SG-7 brought him back from their last mission. Apparently, Pestora had been chosen by the Ferlings as the planet Jackie would be hidden on. Moog had been quite willing to relay all the information he had. However, it hadn't been much. The Pestorians had been visited by the Ferlings a few months after Jackie had been 'taken,' and were told they would be charged with the protection of the Protector. They had also been told that the necklace the Protector would wear would be of great power and was going to save the entire universe.
Moog wanted Jackie to go back to Pestora with him. He'd been trying to convince General Hammond to let her go for the past two hours. When Daniel informed him that Jackie wouldn't want to go anyway, he asked if he could simply have the necklace then. They had been forced to explain that the necklace wouldn't come off. Ever since, Moog had been trying to come up with any reason he could think of to convince them that Jackie should go to Pestora.
"But..."
"No" General Hammond restated, much more firmly. Moog swallowed the rest of his sentence and stood.
"I see. May I make one final request, then?" he asked.
"Of course" Hammond nodded.
"May I at least meet the Protector?" Moog requested, "It would...be a great honor"
"I think we can arrange that" Hammond answered, "We'll have her here in the morning"
"I thank you, General Hammond" Moog bowed slightly in the General's direction.
"Meanwhile, Doctor Jackson will show you to a room"
"Yes" Daniel said, "If you'll...come with me" He led Moog to a room and ordered some food brought up to the man before leaving him. Sam caught up with him walking back toward the elevator. "You doin' anything tonight, Daniel?" she asked as she hit the button. "Uh, actually I have a date with Jackie" Daniel answered. Sam's eyes lit up as she noticed the slightly embarrassed look on her friend's face. "You're going to ask her" she said. Daniel was slightly surprised by the certainty in her voice, but then he supposed women could tell these things.
"Yes" he replied hesitantly as the elevator doors slid apart and they stepped inside. "Did you tell the Colonel yet?" Sam asked. "Nope" Daniel replied, looking straight ahead. Sam just laughed as the doors closed.
"Jack, do you have a minute?" Daniel asked, poking his head inside the Colonel's office. Jack was throwing paper balls through his mini basketball hoop. "Yeah, sure, you betchya" Jack answered, frowning as his paper ball just missed the net. He swiveled around in his chair to look at Daniel. "I..uh...had something I wanted to tell you" Daniel started.
"You're going to ask her" Jack said with a tilt of his head and a twitch of his lip.
"How did you know?" Daniel asked suspiciously. Maybe his friend wasn't talking about the same thing. But then, what else would he be talking about?
"Little bird told me yesterday" Jack answered. Daniel gave him a confused look.
"But, I didn't tell anyone until just now" he said.
"I know" Jack replied. Daniel shook his head. Fine, whatever, he wasn't going to ask.
"So..."
"It's about time!" Daniel was only getting more confused.
"Excuse me?" Jack got up and picked up his misguided paper basketball.
"I said, 'It's about time'" Jack repeated, "I was wondering if you were ever going to get around to it." He held his hand out and Daniel shook it, still astonished at how this meeting had gone. He wasn't one to look a gift horse in the mouth however, so he just turned around and started walking. He almost ran directly into Teal'c as he turned the corner.
"Daniel Jackson, congratulations" Teal'c said immediately. Daniel closed his mouth. He wasn't even going to ask.
"Thank you, Teal'c" was all he said and then headed off toward his own office. He still had a few hours yet. Hours he would spend considering how fast news traveled on this base, and how he was going to seek his revenge if Sam had blabbed to Jackie.
Later, he sat across from her at a table. She was in blue, a color she wore often in different hues, to match the necklace that she could never take off. The blue hadn't become tedious, however, because the color suited her. She would often add highlights of purple or green, which brought out the color in her eyes. Daniel always thought she looked stunning. Tonight particularly so, though perhaps he was biased.
The restaurant he'd chosen was not really her style. She would've preferred, he was sure, a steak house or sports bar. He'd considered it, but it just hadn't fit his image of what this night should be like. Then again, neither did this exactly. He'd tried to think of something more romantic, but nothing had really come to him. He'd even though of asking Jack for ideas, but he already knew what his friend would've said. Keep it simple, be yourself, Jackie's not really a complicated girl. That was one of the things Daniel loved about her. Sha'uri had been a simple kind of girl too, and they both shared an almost child like sense of curiosity and faith.
"What do you think, Danny?" Her sudden question jerked him out of his reverie. He looked up at her, desperately trying to figure out what she'd been saying.
"I'm sorry, what?" he finally asked. She put her menu down and gave him a stern look.
"I knew it" she said, "You haven't been listening to me" He could tell by her expression that she had been speaking about something important to her. He sifted back through the evening, recalling what they had been talking about. Nothing serious that he could think of, so why did she look so serious?
"I'm sorry" he apologized again, "I was thinking about something else"
"I noticed" Jackie replied and picked her menu up again. Where had she gotten it? And when had the waiter come to take away their plates? He noticed his glass had been refilled to. How long had he been dazing?
"I was asking" she told him, "should I get the double fudge brownie sundae, or the angel feather strawberry truffle?" Daniel stared at her for a moment. She'd been asking which desert she should get? He should've known.
"Uh..." was all he could say. The waiter came back again with his pencil out. Jackie folded the menu and handed it to him.
"He'll have the double fudge brownie sundae, and I'll have the angel feather strawberry truffle" she ordered. The waiter nodded and walked off.
"We can share" Jackie said. Daniel almost laughed. Desert was apparently a family tradition because Jack was obsessed with them too. But now Jackie was giving him an intense look.
"What are you thinking about?" she asked slowly, apparently aware that he was thinking about something more serious than double fudge brownie sundaes and angel feather strawberry truffles.
"Uh...a lot of things" Daniel answered. He took a breath to go on but Jackie stopped him.
"Want to skip desert?" she asked, "It's nice out, we could go for a walk" Daniel stopped. Did she know? She hadn't shown any signs so far this evening, but then he couldn't always tell what she was thinking. Either way, he didn't want to do this here, and she was right, it was lovely outside. So, he paid the check and they took off. The restaurant happened to be located across the street from a city park. The stars twinkled down at them through the perfectly clear night air and a big silver moon hung over them, illuminating the park with its magical light.
Jackie immediately took her shoes off and carried them as they walked through the grass. She was leading them toward the children's play equipment. She dropped her shoes in the sand and took up a swing, kicking at the sand with each pass forward and backward.
"Jack used to take me to the park" she told him, "When I was little. I used to think that one day, he'd push me so I high that I'd fly off the swing and go flying through the air, all the way up into space" Daniel took a seat on the swing next to hers as she let the swing come to a stop. She stared up at the sky, an enchanted look on her face.
"Do you ever just look at the stars anymore, Danny?" she asked, "There's so much going on up there, but...they really are rather beautiful, aren't they?"
"Jackie will you marry me?" He just blurted it out. He'd suddenly gotten the urge, with the moonlight highlighting the glow in her eyes and the sudden notion that she was almost too good to be true.
She snapped her head over to look at him. He raised a hand to her cheek but held her gaze.
"Will you marry me?" he repeated. He couldn't remember moving but their faces were so close now he could feel the breath escaping her lips.
"Okay" she whispered. Daniel suddenly felt light and jittery and grounded and calm all at once. It was better than being ascended.
Their lips met and all but the stars above them faded away.