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"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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Chapter: 10
When Sam got home later that night, she was exhausted. She laughed to herself as she walked into the kitchen and put her bags on the counter,
(Boy Cassie really knows how to shop),
She made herself a coffee and walked into the hall to see if she had any messages, when she saw the flashing light she sighed and pressed the play button the machine rewound the messages then began to play,
"You have five new messages",
Sam groaned as the machine started to play the messages,
"Hi Sam honey it's Pete just calling to see when I can come round and how it went today, call me when you get home ok, love you, bye".
Sam cringed as she listened,
(I totally forgot that he wanted to come round),
The machine went on,
"Hi Sam its Pete, thought you were going to be home by now, where are you? Call me",
"Message three",
"Hi Sam its Pete again been calling you all night, call me when you get home ok",
"Hi Sam it's Cassie, I forgot to ask you when you dropped me off tonight if I could come round to yours and stop for a few nights? Mum's going to be on lates at the base and I know she's got you on early finishes; it'll be fun we'll eat ice cream and chat, ok call me, bye".
Sam smiled and looked at her watch,
(I'll call her in the morning),
The machine continued to play,
"Sam hi, it's Pete again I know I keep calling you, I don't really know what's going on but if you could call me back I would really appreciate it thanks",
Sam cringed,
(I guess I best phone him tonight),
She looked down at her now empty cup and decided that before she called him she would put away the shopping she had just bought and get herself a refill, after putting away her new clothes and making another coffee she made herself comfortable on the couch and reached for the phone to call Pete. She apologized for not being home and told him about going shopping with Cassie and that she was coming to stay with her for a few days so would he mind not coming round.
She also told him that her team were taking her out to celebrate her coming back to work and that he was welcome to come if he wanted to. He agreed and she said that she would call him with the time and place sometime in the week. He asked if he could come round tonight but she said that she wanted to get a shower and an early night as she was back in work tomorrow; she said good night, hung up the phone and went to get a shower before going to bed.
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Sam was in her lab working on her latest project when Daniel walked in,
"Hey Sam",
Sam looked up and smiled,
"Hey Daniel",
He smiled back,
"What you up to",
"I'm just putting the finishing touches to this",
Sam looked down and carried on working after a few seconds she glanced up to look at Daniel,
"Is everything ok Daniel?"
"Hmmm, oh yeah its fine, erm Janet asked me to tell you that Cassie is waiting in the infirmary for you when your done",
"Ok, thanks I'm just about done here",
Sam stood and started to gather her things, she saw that Daniel looked a bit distracted; she frowned slightly,
"Daniel are you sure that everything's ok"?
"Yeah, yeah, sure",
"Were you able to talk to the Colonel the other day"?
Daniel cringed,
"Erm actually no I didn't, he wasn't in his office when I went there and I couldn't find him anywhere on base",
Sam laughed,
"Did you check the commissary; you can usually find him in there",
Daniel smiled slightly,
"Maybe I'll take a zat gun with me for protection",
Sam smiled and looked at her watch,
"I best get going if Cassie's waiting for me",
"Yeah I guess I'll go find Jack, see if I can find out what's up with him"
Sam nodded,
"Good luck",
Daniel cringed,
"Thanks, I think I'm going to need it",
They both walked out of Sam's lab and headed to their destinations.
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Daniel walked to the commissary, when he entered he saw Jack sat in the corner looking down thoughtfully at an empty cup; Daniel took a deep breath and walked over to him,
"Jack",
Jack sighed,
"Leave me alone Daniel",
"Jack, something's up and you need to talk about it",
Jack raised his voice but never looked up,
"No Daniel, what I need is for you to leave me alone",
Daniel shook his head and sat down across from him, Jack sighed,
"Daniel",
He said warningly,
"Jack, I'm not going till you tell me what's up",
Jack looked up and glared at him,
"Ok Daniel, you want to know what's up, when I went round to Carter's the other day I had a little run in with Pete",
Daniel frowned,
"Sam never said anything",
Jack scowled at him.
"That's because she doesn't know Daniel",
Daniel's frown deepened,
"Well what exactly did he say to you that would put you in this mood",
"He warned me off her, he said that if I didn't stay away from her out side of the SGC then he's going to try and make her leave the air force and the SGC",
"But how?"
Jack shook his head,
"I've no idea Daniel",
"Do you think we should tell Sam?"
"I don't know, maybe",
"Pete even told her that he bought the groceries for her, but Sam knew that you bought them",
Jack gave a small laugh,
"You coming to O'Malley's on Friday, celebrate Sam coming back to work"?
Jack grimaced,
"I don't know if that would be a good idea Daniel",
Daniel huffed,
"Don't tell me your gonna let Pete tell you what to do, you know Sam wants you to be there, she expects you to be there, it wont be the same without you",
Jack huffed again and Daniel smiled at him,
"I take it you'll be there then?"
Jack nodded,
"Can't let Carter down now can I?"
Daniel laughed,
"Nope";
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Sam and Cassie were sat in Sam's living room eating ice cream and talking about Cassie's latest crush when the phone rang Sam groaned but didn't stand to answer it,
"Hi Sam its Pete just calling to say that I might be a little late on Friday but I'm still coming, I'll meet you there as soon as I can ok, bye",
Cassie frowned,
"Sam why don't you just ask him why he lied to you",
Sam sighed,
"He wouldn't admit to it anyway, I asked him if he'd seen Colonel O'Neill here that night and he said no".
"Well something must have happened, because mum said he's been in a *really* bad mood all week",
Cassie watched Sam for a minute,
"You've been really quite all week Sam, are you ok?"
Sam nodded,
"I'm fine Cass",
Cassie frowned at her; Sam gave her a small smile,
"Really, I'm fine",
"Sam you can talk to me; come on tell me what's wrong".
Sam sighed,
"It's just Pete, he's so…..I just…..oh I don't know",
Sam looked down at her tub of ice cream. Cassie smiled slightly,
"He's not Jack Sam and he never will be"
Sam's head shot up to look at Cassie and she shook her head,
"Wha…Cassie what, I don't know what you're talking about…..I know he's……I don't….."
She stuttered and trailed off,
"Sam I know how much you like Jack, it's so obvious"
"Cass"
"It's ok, I wont say anything, but maybe you should talk to him, tell him how you feel",
Sam gave her a small smile,
"Yeah maybe",
Cassie smiled,
"Great, hey are you looking forward to going out tomorrow?"
Sam laughed,
"Yeah should be fun".
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