Short again, I know. Here's some Jack.
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Chapter 3
"Close the iris," Jack ordered, and made his way back to his office. Once there, he shoved a pile of paperwork off his chair, and sat down heavily. SG-23 had another 24 hours until their next check in; he'd given them that much time to get something worthwhile. And meanwhile, he had paperwork. He sighed. He hated paperwork. Maybe he would go down and talk to Carter. No. He cut off that train of thought. Pete. He could not go down and flirt with Carter. Not anymore. Maybe he'd go bug Spacemonkey. Yes, that was a much better idea.
Jack opened his door, and almost walked into Walter.
"Sir—"
"Walter, I'm taking a break. It can wait."
"Uh…yes, sir." As he walked away, Jack couldn't help but feel sorry for him.
oOo
Jack stepped into the elevator, and without thinking, punched sublevel 19. 'Daniel' he reminded himself. 'Going to bug Daniel' He punched the correct level and managed to make it to Daniel's lab without being stopped. He peered into the lab to see Daniel bent over about five books with his glasses perched precariously on the end of his nose.
"Daniel!" Much to Jack's disappointment, the younger man's glasses didn't go flying.
"Jack."
"Daniel."
"What do you want, Jack?" Daniel asked impatiently.
"Nothing!" protested Jack. "Can't I come visit when I'm bored?"
"Sam not in her lab?"
"I don't know," muttered Jack. Daniel looked up at him sharply.
"You're not still avoiding her, are you?"
"Who said anything about avoiding anyone?"
"Jack, you never come down here unless Sam's here or unless she's off base." Jack glared at Daniel. This wasn't going at all the way he had planned. Besides. He wasn't avoiding Carter. He was giving her space. "Now unless you're willing to give me an extra day to finish this…"
"Okay, okay. I'm going." Jack backed out, and Daniel sighed. He really wished that his two friends would at least stop avoiding each other. He didn't really like Pete that much either, but Sam could make her own decisions. Still. He hated the awkwardness between them. Maybe he should go talk to Sam about it. But it wouldn't really make a difference. She could be just as stubborn as Jack when it came to their relationship. Hopefully it would fix itself in time. At least they were better than they had been when Pete had first shown up.
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One thing that I've always noticed; Jack has only ever called Daniel "Spacemonkey" once, yet in FanFics, he does at least half the time it seems. Just too good to resist I guess. As you can see I obviously couldn't. Please, please review. They are food, and you really don't want me to starve.