Daniel sat in Sam's office absentmindedly listening on in the conversation she was having on the phone. He smiled to himself; he was enjoying this side if Sam, after ten years, she was finally truly comfortable around him. And her new boyfriend, although she preferred 'better half' had brought out a more confident childlike happiness in her. He chuckled under his breath as she twirled the phone cord in her hand, and lent softly against the wall, muffling a laugh. This was Sam carter flirting,
'Cute' Daniel muttered to no one in particular.
She finally looked up biting her lip, suddenly more self conscious, she caught Daniels eye, she coughed nervously and stood up straighter, Daniel laughed more vocally at her modesty. She spoke clearly and factually, in deliberate words extremely conscience of Daniels presence.
'Ok…uh-huh, ok tonight, yes, Daniels here…u-huh he's coming too' she winked at Daniel, who nodded in response.
There was another long pause
'Yes sir…ok tonight' she once again looked at Daniel self consciously and turned to the wall and mumbled her response.
'Yes sir…Kay... Bye. You too' she whispered as she put the phone back down.
She turned and headed for the seat by Daniel.
She bent her head and started writing down some congratulations, something to do with the device brought back from pj4-194; Daniel shook his head and kept trying to translate it.
It was Impossible to concentrate, not knowing the plans for later tonight, Daniel didn't't have family, only his grandfather nick, and since he'd been left on an alien planet, and Catharine, his almost adoptive grandmother had died, sg1 had really become his family, Sam, jack and teal'c and even by extension he would include general Hammond, Cassie and Janet, before she had died. Their family had extended still with Cameron and Vala. But Sam jack and teal'c were the beginning, and would always share a deeper bond. And Sam being the girl was loved and protected as a sister by all the boys. Well not exactly sister, it was a strange family arrangement, but either way Sam and Daniel had always had a connection that ran deeper than just friendship. And he knew that nothing could tear that apart, no single person or alien for that matter, but he supposed something would change after tonight. Still his heart wanted to explode with happiness anyway. But he wanted to suss out if she was ready, something seemed to hold her back.
They sat reasonably close, her hand fiddled with the corner of her page as her other wrote.
His arm rested against hers as he wrote his translations.
She'd always been comfortable with him, being an air force officer, she always acted formally, but when in the company of him when they were alone, she relaxed completely dropping her defenses and never seemed to care for her personal space.
He'd been staring aimlessly at the translations for far too long and finally tapped the back of her hand with his knuckles to get her attention.
'I love you too' he whispered
'Huh?' she questioned,
'Now that's well learnt impassiveness, teal'c, I can't tell if you were not understanding or still concentrating' he said, looking rather distracted himself
'Bit of both actually' she smiled dropping her pen,
Daniel leant over and circled the heart shed drawn on her page.
'How longs it been Sam? 6 months?'
'About that' she grinned 'there's a point, I'm feeling it' she smiled sarcastically
'I love you too'
'Not following Daniel'
'On the phone before. Jack, you can reply with I love you too'
'Ahh' she grinned nervously 'I do' she added turning back to her page.
'Then say it'
'I do'
'When?'
'At home'
'When you're alone?' he questioned
She took a breath ready to defend herself then changed her mind 'yes'
'Why?'
'I don't know,' she held his gaze for a moment and returned to her page
'Because you're still holding back' he accused
She dropped her pen again and turned towards him. 'I've been holding back for the last ten years, I forget not to, when there's others….'Daniel looked skeptically at her, she sat straighter pushing her chin out in determination, before slumping and admitting the truth
'It's embarrassing'
'What?'
'Pete' she smiled shyly
'And?'
'Well, my life is put up on display for everyone, first Narrim, and Orlin, Pete'
'Fifth, NID guy, Rodney' Daniel added
'Rodney!'
'Oh he's always had a thing for you'
She punched his arm playfully. 'What if something happens? I don't want to do that again.
'then well feature it in the SGC newsletter, right next to we destroyed the Ori, and Daniels in the dog house, right under, can major Lorne procreate after vala's kickboxing session, ' Daniel laughed
'aww, I wanted to be next to the important notices, make sure your signs' are up, and Daniel kissed Adria'
'I did not, she kissed me and that was only big bold letters in the previously featured article, Daniels in the dog house.
'She grinned as she began 'I just… '
'It's not a risk Sam, he loves you, besides you take a risk every time you step through that gate, Sam it's worth it, I promise' he interjected
She squeezed his arm 'thanks Daniel' she stood up and headed to the phone.
'Daniel, I know your hell bent on disappearing, all the time, ascending, jumping to alternate realities, turning prior, but don't do it again please, I like having you around' she picked up the phone
'No you like my advice, and I'll see what I can do about the disappearing thing' he chuckled as she dialed the numbers.
'Sir…jack' she began
'No- no nothing's wrong, just…' teal'c and Colonel Mitchell entered the room.
'Oh that's ok…. yes I'm looking forward to it' she stumbled
Daniel raised his eyebrows, and coughed discreetly urging her on.
She frowned at Daniel flickering her eyes to their two team mates and back to him
'Sam' he threw a pen at her, hitting her leg.
'Ja-jack, I was just ringing to tell you….' Daniel had walked over to her by this time and was mouthing the words I love you.
'I just wanted you to know you're not a risk I love you' Daniel had pressed his ear to the phone
'I know Sam' he heard the voice through the phone.
'Well that's all' she shifted nervously
'Sam' the voice called
'Yeah I'm still here '
'I love you too, and tell Daniel who is listening in thanks'
'yes sir' she nudged Daniel away from the phone.'
'Ok I'll see you soon,…bye,u-huh…I love you too jack' she looked directly at Daniel with a wide smile
'That's better' Daniel smiled back
Sam hung up the phone and started collecting the papers on her desk.
'I'm not going to even ask what that was about' cam shook his head
'I concur' teal'c added
'So you kids ready to go yet?' cam asked
'Yeah I think so' Daniel agreed as he slung his arm around Sam's shoulders for a quick squeeze before walking out of the room.
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The four of them met in the car park after changing into their casual clothes and hopped in their cars, teal'c and cam headed straight to o'malleys and Daniel and Sam stopped off to pick up Vala from his house before meeting the others at the small bistro. They were half an hour earlier than planned so they started a game of pool.
Daniel Vala and cam on one team against Sam and teal'c.
Three against two, it was fair though as Vala didn't't really count as she was only playing so she could lean over the table and emphasize her good figure. She waved her butt at Daniel before taking her shot. He rolled his eyes.
Sam laughed and quietly whispered in Daniels ear
'What was that about public affection.' she teased. He rolled is yes and swung his arm around Vala as she returned to its side. She responded by leaning back in to him 'this is nice' she sighed
'yes nice indeed, very nice' jack smiled as he entered the group gesturing to Sam who was sporting a pair of black slacks and a really nice blue v neck that made her eyes seem notably wider.
'Thanks' Sam felt her cheeks redden
'Thanks sir' she smiled as she shared a quick hug with him, he kissed the top of her head before letting her go, keeping hold of her hand. As the six of them simultaneously put down their cues and moved towards their table.
They ate their dinner quickly as they laughed and joked. Between Vala and teal'c there wasn't't a single everyone decided that there wasn't't a single thing that they hadn't ordered. The two aliens still relished in the variety of food, on earth.
Eventually they packed up, and decided to continue their night at jacks.
