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"Stay away from Sam or I'll make sure your life at the SGC becomes very difficult",
Jack glared at him,
"What",
"It's quite clear how you feel about Sam, stay away from her, or I promise you'll wish you had",
Pete smiled smugly and pointed to the bag,
"I'll take that into Sam shall I?"
He took the bag from Jack and started to walk off, stopping he turned and looked at Jack and laughed,
"It must be hard to be in love with a woman like Sam and not have her love you back, but then I wouldn't know about that would I".
He smiled smugly
"You're her Colonel, and that's all you'll ever be to her"
Pete stepped closer to Jack, leaning over to speak into his ear,
"I'm the one who gets to fuck her till she can't walk straight"
Jack clenched his jaw and took a deep breath trying to control his rising temper and the sudden wave of jealousy.
Pete laughed before he turned and walked away, leaving Jack to think about what had just happened.
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Chapter: 9
Pete knocked on Sam's door,
"Pete",
Pete noticed that she looked shocked,
Recovering slightly, she frowned,
"Pete what are you doing here"?
He smiled,
"I thought you might need these"
Holding up the bag of groceries that Jack had bought, she gave him a small smile,
"Oh, thank you",
Pete walked into Sam's house and put the bag on the table,
"Do you want a coffee?"
Sam asked,
"Yeah please",
He pointed to the bag,
"You want me to put them away for you"
"No it's ok; I'll do it while I make the coffee",
"Ok",
Pete nodded walked into the living room and sat down. Sam picked up the bag of groceries and headed into the kitchen to make the coffee and put the groceries away. Sam started to unpack the bag she frowned at a few of the contents.
(How did he know that I needed this?)
She thought looking at a tube of toothpaste noticing that there was something else in the bag she reached in and pulled it out she frowned when she saw that it was a four pack of Guinness she laughed and shook her head,
"Jack",
(Why didn't he bring them in himself, and why did Pete tell me he brought them when he clearly didn't? I'll have to call Jack later to thank him.)
She finished making the coffee and walked into the living room, handing Pete a cup she then walked over to the other side of the room and sat in the armchair.
"Thanks for the groceries again Pete, by the way how did you know I needed any, you seemed to buy everything I needed",
Pete shrugged,
"Just a lucky guess I suppose",
Sam scowled at him, he was lying to her and she knew he was. They sat in silence, as they drank their coffee, Sam watched him.
Sam looked at her watch for the forth time in five minutes, before looking past Pete and out of the window again. Pete sighed and scowled at Sam,
"Are you expecting someone Sam"?
He asked but got no answer, Sam was too deep in thought to hear him,
(Why didn't Jack come in, and why did Pete tell me that he bought me the groceries, why didn't he just tell me that Jack got them).
Sam bit her lower lip as she stared into her empty coffee cup,
"Sam",
Pete called a little louder snapping her out of her thoughts; she looked up to him,
"Are you expecting someone",
Sam frowned,
"What makes you say that",
Pete sighed,
"Well you've looked at your watch four times in the last five minutes and you keep looking out the window",
"It's just that Colonel O'Neill was supposed to be coming around on his way home"
She looked at her watch again then out of the window,
"He said he was going to finish early today, and he should have been here by now",
She glanced towards Pete, who frowned at her,
"I didn't know that Colonels made personal house calls to their second in commands"
He said in a very hostile tone, Sam glared at him,
"They do when they're a very good friend as well as your Colonel"
She looked out of the window again,
"I'm a member of his team and I was injured, the well being of his team is very important to him"
"Maybe I'll call the base see if he's left yet"
Pete huffed as Sam stood and walked over to the phone. After a few minutes of listening Sam gave up and hung up the phone,
"Well there's no answer so he's not in his office, he must have left already",
"Maybe he's just not in his office"
Pete said,
"No",
Sam said shaking her head,
"He called me a few hours ago and said that he would be here soon, he just had a few reports to write up then he was coming straight here",
"I'll call the front desk see if he's still on base"
Sam muttered as she picked up the phone again, after speaking to the SF at the front desk she hung up,
She bit her bottom lip and frowned,
"I don't understand, he signed out over two hours ago, he should be here",
Pete smiled
"Maybe he was on his way here but got an offer he couldn't refuse",
Her frown deepened,
"Maybe he left if he saw you coming, probably felt like he would get in the way",
She turned to him; you didn't see him when you got here did you"?
Sam watched him carefully; Pete shook his head,
"No, he wasn't here when I got here, maybe he changed his mind and just couldn't be bothered coming round"
Sam glared at him,
"Jack's not like that, he would have called me"
Pete scowled at her,
"Since when did you start calling him Jack"?
Sam frowned and shrugged nonchantly,
"He asks all of SG1 to call him Jack when were off base or on downtime"
Sam walked into the kitchen and Pete followed her,
"I'm making another coffee do you want one"?
Pete nodded,
"Sure"
Sam made them another coffee and they stood in silence in the kitchen,
"So what happened on your last mission to put you in the infirmary for so long?"
Sam winced,
"The Alpha site was attacked and we had to set off the base self destruct, my dad and I we're getting hunted down by a super soldier".
"After the base self destruct went off and I lost track of my dad, we couldn't use the gate so I had to keep hidden until help arrived, Jack and Teal'c came through the gate, found me, killed the super soldier, and brought me home; I was pretty badly injured from the explosion, so Janet kept me in"
Pete frowned,
"So you could have been killed"
Sam shrugged,
"Comes with the job",
They stood in silence again until Sam spoke,
"I think I'm going to go get a shower and go to bed",
Pete smiled,
"Think I'll join you".
Sam grimaced,
"Actually Pete I'm kinda tired, would you mind if we made it another night"
Pete sighed,
"I guess I could sleep on the couch",
Sam grimaced again,
"Actually I'd kinda like some time to myself, not had much of it lately"
Pete sighed as he put down his cup, he made his way to the front door and Sam followed; he opened the door and turned to Sam,
"I'll stop in a motel for the night and I'll come round and see you tomorrow",
He lent in to take her lips in a kiss but Sam turned her head and he kissed her cheek, he sighed and turned to leave,
"Pete, could you call before you come around tomorrow, I have a medical with Janet to see when I can go back to work",
She winced,
"If she say's I can't go back yet I won't be very good company",
Pete nodded,
"Sure ok",
"Thanks",
Pete turned, got into his car and left.
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"So Janet what do you say, am I fit for duty",
Sam asked cautiously not sure what her answer would be. Janet smiled,
"Ok as long as you stay on light duties, just in your lab, I'm not clearing you for missions just yet",
Sam beamed a smile at her,
"But I don't want you to be pulling all nighters ok",
Sam nodded,
"I won't I promise".
The door to the infirmary swung open and Daniel walked in shaking his head as he crossed the infirmary he looked up and smiled,
"Hey Sam"
He said surprised,
"How you doing",
"Hey Daniel"
Sam stood and hugged him,
"I'm better now that I can come back to work",
Daniel raised his eyebrows at her,
"Really that's fantastic Sam, so when do we get you back?"
Sam turned to Janet, and Janet smiled,
"Tomorrow",
"Great, we'll have to go out and celebrate",
Sam smiled,
"Sure that would be great",
Janet frowned and looked to Daniel,
"What did you come in here for anyway".
Daniel cringed,
"I came in here to hide from Jack for a while, I knew that this is the one place he doesn't come unless he has to",
Sam looked at him confused,
"Why what's up with Jack"
Janet looked at her in shock at the use of her Colonel's given name, and Daniel smiled at her but it soon faded when he realized he'd have to explain,
"Jack's been in the worst mood all day today, yelling at everyone banging stuff around even Hammond's staying out of his way"
Daniel frowned and looked to Sam,
"What happened last night?"
Sam shook her head,
"I don't know he called me said he was going to leave early and he was going to call in on his way home, but he never came round",
Janet frowned,
"And he never called you; that's not like him",
Sam shook her head,
"No it's not, but that's not the only strange thing, Pete came round last night"
She paused and Daniel spoke,
"Well why's that so strange he is your boyfriend isn't he",
Sam grimaced slightly,
"That's not what I meant; when he called round he had a bag of groceries with him"
"Ok so he bought you some groceries, so what?"
"He said he bought them, but when I looked at the things in the bag it was clear that Colonel O'Neill had bought them, not him"
Daniel frowned,
"hmmmm, I see what you mean, that is a little strange, why would Jack call round and give Pete the groceries he bought for you and not come in?",
"And why would Pete tell you he bought them if the Colonel did?
"Maybe someone should go have a talk to him",
Janet said looking to Daniel expectantly; Daniel nodded then cringed when he realized that Janet was talking about him.
"Oh erm well…I…..wha….why me? Sam can't you do it"?
"Sur…."
Janet cut Sam off,
"No, Sam's going shopping with Cassie"
Sam frowned at Janet,
"I am"?
Janet stared at her and spoke through clenched teeth,
"Yes Sam you are, remember you said the next time you were off duty you'd take her out"
Janet nodded urging Sam to go along with it, Sam's eyes widened as the penny dropped,
"Oh, oh yes, thank you Janet, I'd completely forgotten about it",
"No problem Sam",
Sam turned to Daniel and smiled,
"Sorry Daniel looks like you're on your own",
Daniel frowned and looked at Janet,
"Yeah I suppose I am",
Janet looked at her watch,
"Cassie will be at home by now so you can pick her up from there",
Sam smiled,
"Ok",
"Oh Sam when do you want to go out"?
Sam thought for a minute,
"Well Janet's going to keep me on light duties for, I'm guessing about another week",
She glanced at Janet, who was nodding,
"So how about we make it next Friday; we're on downtime that weekend so it'll be perfect"
Daniel nodded,
"I'll tell Jack; maybe it'll shift his mood a little".
They all heard yelling in the corridor and winced; O'Neill was shouting at a lieutenant for something, Daniel gave them a tight smile and shrugged,
"No time like the present I guess",
"See you tomorrow Sam",
Daniel turned and started out of the infirmary,
"See you tomorrow Daniel"
Sam called as he dragged himself out of the infirmary and towards Jack's office, slowly. When Daniel had left Janet turned to Sam and smiled,
"You owe me",
Sam laughed
"What was that all about Janet"?
"Trust me Sam you don't want to see the Colonel at the moment; it's not a pretty sight",
Sam grimaced,
"Really, that bad"?
Janet raised her eyebrows, her eyes widening slightly,
"Oh yes; so you owe me"
Sam nodded,
"Yeah thanks Janet, sounds like you did me a favour".
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