The Trip Home Part 7

Sunday was the last day of their holiday, Danny was going to miss John and Rose. He'd missed out on having grandparents his first time as a kid, you couldn't really call Nick a grandfather, and he quite enjoyed being fussed over. He got up and opened his laptop. He hadn't done any work the whole time he'd been away. He looked at pictures of an artifact they'd found on PSC 471. It was a variation of Latin. He was half way through translating it when Jack came in.

"You're up early," Jack said.

"Well some person decided I had to go to bed early."

"Could have been worse, you could have been going to bed with a sore behind."

"Very funny, Jack."

"Whose joking."

Danny reddened. "About that Jack, I really don't think it's appropriate for you to do that or put me in my room or send me to bed early. I am an adult you know."

"Hey, do the crime, do the time."

"But I'm not 6," Danny shouted angrily.

"Daniel, you're 6, now I know it's difficult for you to accept it but a lot of the time you're acting 6."

"I am not. You just enjoy making me do what you say and now that I'm small I have to. Just cause you're bigger than me."

"I was always bigger than you and it would be great to say that now you're small you'll do as you're told but you've proven this week that that doesn't happen. You need someone in your life to make some rules and that's me."

"But I don't want rules, rules are for kids."

"Your point being. Look we may get back and they'll have found a way to change you back and that'll be great but if they haven't you're going to have to live with it. Now mom wants us to go to church with her and dad so get dressed." Jack left.

Danny was so mad, so Jack was going to treat him like a kid, well if that's the way he wants it that's what he's going to get. See how he likes having a 6 year old. However Danny didn't want to spoil his last day here so although he started making plans he wasn't going to carry them out until he got home. Jack O'Neill was going to be one sorry Colonel.

Danny enjoyed being at church, he could see Carrie, Johnny, Michael and Brigid. They were having lunch with them after church and Johnny had whispered to him that they had a surprise for him.

Rose and John were happy introducing Danny to all their friends who complemented them on having such a well behaved grandson.

They went to Carries house and had a great lunch, she served all of Danny's favourite foods and after wards they all played outside in the yard. Danny was amazed how much he enjoyed playing with Johnny, when he'd first met Johnny he'd thought they'd have nothing in common.

Just before it was time to leave Johnny handed him a big parcel.

"Open it Danny."

Danny pulled off the paper, inside was a backpack. It had pyramids on it and hieroglyphics.

"It's cool, I can put my books in it. Thanks."

"Look inside," Michael said.

There was a pencil case filled with pencils, pens, ruler, eraser and sharpener. All of them had something to do with Egypt. "Thanks, this is great." He ran and gave everyone a hug.

"Come back soon Danny," Carrie said giving him a kiss.

"I'd like to."

When he got back to the house he went up and packed his bag. He had so many things to take with him. Rose and John came in, "We've got something for you." They gave him a book about Egypt that he'd looked at in the book shop. They also had some shorts and t shirts. "For summer time," John said," And we want you to come back and spend part of your summer holidays with us."

Danny threw himself at both of them. He gave them a hug and a kiss. To think he'd never really liked people even touching him and now he loved being hugged. "Thanks, Grandma. Thanks Grandpa."

"You're welcome."

That evening they played another game of Scrabble, Danny won. Mind you he had a suspicion that they weren't trying very hard. Jack said he had to go to bed early because they were leaving early. He didn't mind because both John and Rose read to him and gave him a kiss goodnight. He was getting too used to this he thought as he snuggled down.

The next morning he found it very difficult to leave, he kept running back to give them another hug. And for some reason his eyes kept watering. Jack turned the radio on and he must have fallen asleep because when he woke up they were already home.

The End

TBC in Off to work we go