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After a very interesting conversation with the president Jack tapped on his ear piece to hang up and he walked towards Carter who was still talking to General Landry.

"No, I have put the rest of Major Lorne's team on a break un till the Major has had all his surgery, so his team won't have to worry about him when they are off world.

"That's a good call, Colonel." General Landry said.

General Landry saw Jack appear in the screen and he said to him: "Jack, at what time will you be back tomorrow?"

"Well Hank, I originally planned to dial in at 15.00 hours but because of Major Lorne's accident I haven't had time to talk to the science team. Therefore I'm going to need a little bit more time so I'm going to dial in at 20.00 hours. Please ask Walter to get my plain ready at 21.00 hours." Jack said.

"Of course Jack, no problem." Landry answered. "Jack, Col, I have a call from the chief of staff, I need to get this." He said and they broke the connection.

At that moment Daniel and Teal'c entered the control room of the SGC.

"Hi Danny-boy, T how are you guys doing?" Jack greeted them.

"Hey Jack, Sam we're doing fine." Daniel answered. "Sam how is your leg doing?"

"It's a lot better now that I'm relaxing a bit more. The General is making sure that I don't work too much." Sam said.

"O'Neill has a lot of experience in relaxing you Col. Carter." Teal'c said.

Sam looked at Jack and gave him a shy smile . "Yeah I suppose he has." Jack just looked back at Sam and smiled at her.

That moment General Landry walked back in the controlroom. "Jack, the joint chiefs want to talk to you when you get back tomorrow night. Colonel keep me updated on the status of Major Lorne."

"No problem sir. Daniel, Teal'c we'll be in touch. Atlantis out." Sam said and she nodded to the sergeant. He shut down the gate and the screen went black.

"Carter, I'm going to have a look around this beautiful city of yours. You are going to sit down and you can do some work, you are staying off that leg! And that's an order." Jack walked away.

"I'll bring by some lunch in two hours." He added and vanished around the corner. He was feeling good. His talk with the president wasn't exactly how he planned it. But still, he got what he wanted. Jack walked towards McKay's lab.

He wanted to get the worst part over with first, the only scientist he was able to have a normal conversation with was Sam anyway. They would talk so fast about stuff he wasn't really interested in that he normally would start to doze off after a few seconds. But when Carter talked to him he had something interesting to watch. And usually when she finished he would just ask her to simplify what she just said.

He reached the last hallway en approached McKay's lab. He stopped in front of the lab because he heard something inside. It seemed that McKay was babbling incoherently about something probably unimportant.

"Well... uhm... that is to say... if you have nothing else to do... not that I think that you have nothing else to do... uh.. uhm... I mean…" Rodney said.

Jack stood still at the door so he could listen to what it was that made McKay ramble on about nothing. It did seem to make him very nervous.

"Rodney, what is it?" Jennifer asked.

"Doyouwanttocomewithmetotheparty?" Rodney asked.

"What?" Jennifer asked confused.

"Well." Rodney took a deep breath.

"Will you please, if you're not to busy and, of course, not that you can't find anyone to go with, but I mean you know about that party tonight?" He took another deep breath "So do you want to go with me to this party." He said really trying to be casual.

Jennifer answered with a simple "yes."

I'll contact you when to pick me up." She added and she exited the room with a small smile on her lips.

Jennifer walked past Jack and she greeted him. Jack entered the lab and he saw McKay standing fully still with a dumb grin forming on his face.

"McKay, hey McKay! I need to talk to you." Jack said and he tried to get the attention of the stunned scientist.

"McKay, I get that I'm not your favorite person to talk to and knowing you, you probably think I'm wasting your time. But it are president orders and that must be more important than staring in to the air." Jack said and he waved his arms in front of McKay.

"Air in my lungs is infinitely more valuable than the sound of your voice in my ears." McKay snapped out of his daydream and was very much annoyed that it was interrupted by the General.

"What can I do for you General, and make it quick otherwise the president of your country is wasting my time by sending you."

"Well McKay I am putting together a report about Atlantis and the teamwork between the scientist department and the military so I want your full and detailed opinion about the matter." Jack said the second and he stopped talking McKay started to insult the military personnel besides Sheppard. When he reached Sam, Jack's face turned into a warning so he directly jumped to Major Harsels. After he was done insulting the military he started to tell him about the incompetence off the scientists under his command.