Chpt 7

Authors Note. Ok gang. Here is the next installment. I have been thinking a lot about where this is going to go so hopefully we will see things moving along nicely from here.


The next morning Sam rode in with Janet and the two friends soon parted ways; each heading to their respective offices with promises to meet up for lunch.

Sam gingerly pushed open the door to her lab and flipped on the light switch. To her surprise there was a vase and a dozen lavender and pink roses sitting in the middle of desk.

This time there was a note attached. It read:

Sam,

I wanted to say without messing it up how much I enjoyed dinner last night. I hope we can go out again soon. The other reason for the flowers is that by the time you read this I will be in Washington. Hammond called me late last night and requested my presence in bringing ours and the other situations before the President. I really did want to see you today but its likely I won't be home till tomorrow sometime. I'll call you when I get a chance.

Jack

Sam was touched. He had thought enough to get her flowers! She couldn't remember the last time a man had gotten her flowers prior to Jack. She smiled and breathed in the wonderful aroma of the roses. He may not be good with words but he had excellent taste in flowers. She really could get used to this. She was however a little disappointed not to be able to thank him in person for the flowers, but she knew what he was doing was important and not only to them. Their careers and the careers of six other officers hung in the balance.

She carefully moved the vase off to one side and reluctantly started on her days projects, stopping to look ever so often at the roses and smile.

Later that afternoon Sam closed up her laptop and looked at the clock. It read five thirty in the afternoon. She had taken lunch early at eleven but hadn't stopped for a break since. Her stomach was letting her know that it was time to eat. She was more than a little disappointed that Jack hadn't called yet. She wasn't quite sure whether that was good or bad. In the end she decided that no news was good news and she wasn't going to sit and worry about it.

She had already decided she was going to stay on base that night in the VIP quarters she had been assigned. She quickly headed off to find some food. On her way to the mess she ran into Janet.

"Hey, Janet, leaving for the day?" Sam asked.

"Yea…" She started as the alarms blaring.

Over the load speaker a voice stated "Unscheduled offworld activation."

"How many teams are offworld?" Janet asked.

"Only one." Sam replied.

"Daniel." They said in unison and headed for control room.


They arrived at the control room in time to see two members of SG10 helping Daniel down the ramp with Teal'c following behind.

Janet just closed her eyes and shook her head. Under her breath she muttered; "I just thought I was going home."

Sam chuckled as she and Janet went down to the ramp.

"This is getting to be a habit, Daniel." Sam said as she and Janet joined him at the bottom of the ramp. Two medics were wheeling in a stretcher.

"What happened?" Janet asked.

"It's not my fault, Sam. I was climbing up a little higher on the ruins when I stepped on a loose rock. I fell down from there."

"So in other words," Janet put in "you were having another Daniel moment."

Daniel started to respond but instead just closed his mouth and laid down on the stretcher. After a few moments even he had to laugh.

"I'm sure it was a funny sight." He conceded.

"Well, I won't be sure until I xray it but I'm fairly sure you broke it." Janet said looking him straight in the eye. "You're not going anywhere for a while."

"Wonderful." He replied.

"Okay, lets get him out of here." Janet said leading the two medics, pushing a very weary and pain stricken Daniel, out of the Gate room.

Sam turned to Teal'c. "Is Colonel James expecting you back?"

"He is not expecting me to return however I do believe he is expecting the Lieutenants to return immediately." Teal'c replied.

"Dial the Gate." Sam called to the control room and moments later the Gate sprung to life. The two members of SG10 proceeded back through. Moments later the gate was shut down.

"Well it's good to have you back. Gen. Hammond and Col. O'Neill are in Washington D.C." Sam stated heading out the gate room. Teal'c followed her. "I don't know when they're due back."

"Am I correct in assuming that Col. O'Neill accompanied Gen. Hammond to discuss your situation with your leaders?"

"Yes, with the President and Joint Chiefs." She responded.

"Are you concerned, CaptainCarter?"

"I am a little."

"ColonelONeill is a formidable man when he chooses. He will make them see reason." Teal'c stated matter of factly.

"I wish I had your confindence. Let's go see Daniel."


The aforementioned Daniel was laying on a bed in the infirmary as they prepared to x-ray his leg. He was in quite a bit of pain, but he really didn't want another needle so he just kept it to himself. He wasn't doing a very good job of it as he was quickly turning white as a sheet.

One of the medics noticed Daniel getting paler by the second and called for Dr. Frasier.

"Dr. Frasier. Dr. Jackson isn't looking good. He's really pale." Janet looked at the Daniel and was instantly concerned.

"Daniel, are you in that much pain?"

"No it's not that bad…" he tried to say as he passed out.

"Guess he was. Well now we can get that X-ray. Let's move people I want this done before he wakes up." Janet said and two medics wheeled Daniel into the xray room.


Sam and Teal'c had arrived shortly after and were quickly informed that Daniel had passed out and that Janet would call them when they could see him.

Left without anything else to do Teal'c bid Sam goodnight and returned to his quarters. Sam decided to get something to eat and make an early evening of it herself and took her food back to her quarters. It wasn't long before she was sleeping soundly.

She was sleeping so well that she thought she must be dreaming. She kept hearing Jack's voice. She knew it couldn't be him because he wasn't there.

"Sam."

Sam opened her blue eyes to see two chocolate brown eyes staring back at her.

"Jack? What? What time is it?" She asked sitting up groggily. "What are you doing here?"

"Well that's a nice welcome back. Not even a 'hello. How was your trip?"

"Hi, Jack. How was your trip?" She asked leaning back on her pillow again.

"It was good. Productive." He replied not offering any more information.

"And?"

"And what?"

"You know what! What did they say?"

"Oh. That. Well I wish I could tell you but I can't. The general is going to have a meeting with us and the other six officers in the morning. I really would like to tell you but I am under orders not to say anything."

"So what are you doing here in my quarters?"

"I wanted to see you. I meant to call you but it was just never the right time to call, you know."

Sam was more than moved. He came down here just to see her. It caused her to tear up.

"Damn hormones." She said grabbing a tissue from her night stand.

"What's wrong?" Jack asked concerned.

"Oh nothing. That was just really sweet. You coming down here just to see me. I don't normally cry over things."

"Are you sure?"

"Yes, Jack. I'll be fine. Didn't Sarah ever get weepy?"

"She said she did but I never saw it. I was gone through most of her pregnancy."

"Well, you'll get to see all of it this time around."

"So I didn't expect to actually find sleeping. I checked your lab first but you weren't there." Jack commented changing the subject. He had just had an epiphany of sorts and needed to work it out in his head before he talked to Sam about it.

Sam noticed this and just decided to play along. "Yea, I was a little tired and decided to go ahead and call it a night."

"Well, like I said. I just came down to see you. I'll let you get back to sleep." He said rising to his feet. He was almost the door when she called to him.

"I missed you. Good night."

"I missed you, too, Sam." He replied and shut the door. He returned to his office. As he sat down in his chair, the wind went out of his sails. You've gone and done it now, O'Neill. He thought to himself. You went and fell in love with her. He hadn't intended things to move so fast. He had always felt something towards Sam since they met. He just hadn't planned on falling for her that fast. Damn, I have to slow this down. Otherwise I am going to scare the crap out of her. He turned to look at his clock and saw the time. It was well passed midnight. I'll sort this out tomorrow, after I've slept. He left for his on base quarters. He peeled off his dress blues and into some shorts and a tshirt. He crawled into his bed and was asleep almost as soon as his head hit the pillow.


That's it for now. I am already working on the next part.

Thanks!