Now that it's over...
Jack walked back to his office with one of Sam's gadgets and stopped when he saw Jacob. He was sitting on a chair.
"Hi Jack."
"Hi," Jack closed the door and sat down on his chair.
"You weren't here so I came and sat down."
"Oh, okay."
Jack started pulling the gadget apart. It was a small rectangle with mini crystals inside. Jacob looked at it.
"Is that one of Sam's?"
Jack didn't answer.
"Jack?"
"It was on her 'spent-hours-on-it-and-can't-get-the-damn-thing-to-work-so- Colonel-O'Neill-can play-with-it' pile," Jack smiled, "you here for a reason?"
"I wanted to talk to you about something," Jacob smiled.
"No wonder!" Jack exclaimed.
"Sorry?"
"This thing, Carter put two crystals in the wrong place."
Jack took them out; they were both yellow. He swapped them over and they glowed. He put the lid on it again. Just then the door opened and Sam came in without knocking. Jack quickly hid the device.
"It's polite to knock Carter."
"Where is it sir?" Sam demanded.
"Where's what?"
"The device you've taken from my lab."
"What's it look like?"
"Sir, you know what it looks like, give it back."
"I haven't got it, go ask Jonas."
"Hi Sammie," Jacob smiled.
"Has he got it dad?"
"Got what?"
"A rectangle thing with mini crystals in it. I'm trying to figure out why it doesn't work."
"That's because two of the crystals were in the wrong..." Jack stopped himself.
Jacob tried not to laugh. Sam glared at him and held out her hand.
"It works now."
Sam snatched it off him and left, slamming the door behind her. Jack turned back to Jacob.
"What ya wanna talk about?"
"Sam actually."
"Why?"
"Well, it goes like this..."
Two hours passed and Jack still didn't understand what Jacob was trying to get at.
"Sorry Jake, but I have absolutely no idea what you're on about."
"I'll try again later," Jacob sighed and to up.
"You do that!" Jack called as Jacob shut the door behind him.
Jack got up and grabbed a small bag. He went to Sam's lab; she wasn't there. He put lots of the gadgets and doohickeys into the bag and left for his office again. He sat down behind his desk and pulled out the first thing; it was the one he'd already fixed. He pulled out another like it, swapped two crystals in it and put them side by side.
"Now what?" he asked himself quietly.
Jack shrugged and pulled out the next doohickey, it was the same. He looked in the bag and saw they were all the same. He fixed them all and they all gave off different colour lights. Jack made a wall of them at the edge of his desk with the lights facing the door. He left a gap so that he could still see the door. Sam and Janet came in, Jack ducked under his desk.
"Sir, I won't shout at you for taking them so you can come out," Sam smiled.
The yellow lights made the word 'hi', even though he hadn't planned it.
"You sure?" Jack peeked over the top.
"Yes I'm sure," Sam and Janet sat down, "dad said he'd tried to explain something to you and didn't have much luck, so Janet and I are going to try."
"Fine," Jack grabbed a pencil and some paper and started doodling.
"He was trying to get at the fact that now it's all over the rules don't apply," Sam started.
"So?"
After an hour Jack had finished his masterpiece and Sam and Janet had decided to give up.
"We'll try again later," Janet said as they left and closed the door behind them.
Jack looked at his picture and smiled. It was Sam in a bikini on a deck chair sitting on a beach with devil horns and a tail. He put it in the top draw and locked it after he'd closed it. There was a knock on the door.
"Come in."
Daniel and Jonas came in and sat down opposite Jack.
"Nice wall," Daniel smiled.
"Isn't it just?"
"Did you plan for it to say 'hi'?" Jonas asked.
Jack got up and looked at the front.
"No. Ah well," Jack sat down again.
"Anyway, were here because Sam and Janet have asked us to try and get something through you head," Daniel explained.
"Exact words?"
"No. Their exact words were 'through his thick skull'."
"So, what is it then?"
Half an hour passed. Jonas was getting bored of sitting there.
"What we're trying to say, Colonel O'Neill, is why don't you just ask Major Carter out?" Jonas said bluntly.
"So that's what this has been all about!" Jack exclaimed.
"Well are you?" Daniel demanded.
"I was going to anyway," he shrugged.
"You are sooo annoying Jack!" Daniel exclaimed.
"You like me anyway though," Jack smiled, "bye!"
Daniel and Jonas stood up and left.
"Well?" Jacob asked.
He and Janet were waiting there; they'd conveniently found something for Sam to do.
"He said he was going to ask her anyway," Daniel shrugged.
"So we all sat there explaining it to him and we didn't need to?" Janet summed up.
"That's about it," Jonas agreed.
"I give up," Janet walked away.
* * * * * * * * * * * *
"Ladies and gentlemen of the SGC, myself and the joint chiefs have made our decision," the President announced. Jack was sitting with his arm around Sam. The rest of SG-1, Janet, Jacob, Hammond and Bra'tac were sitting in the commissary with several other SG units.
"We have decided that the SGC shall be kept open."
Cheers went up all over the base. Sam turned to Jack and kissed him. Jack's arms wrapped around her. They broke for air and sat smiling at each other.
~fin~
Jack walked back to his office with one of Sam's gadgets and stopped when he saw Jacob. He was sitting on a chair.
"Hi Jack."
"Hi," Jack closed the door and sat down on his chair.
"You weren't here so I came and sat down."
"Oh, okay."
Jack started pulling the gadget apart. It was a small rectangle with mini crystals inside. Jacob looked at it.
"Is that one of Sam's?"
Jack didn't answer.
"Jack?"
"It was on her 'spent-hours-on-it-and-can't-get-the-damn-thing-to-work-so- Colonel-O'Neill-can play-with-it' pile," Jack smiled, "you here for a reason?"
"I wanted to talk to you about something," Jacob smiled.
"No wonder!" Jack exclaimed.
"Sorry?"
"This thing, Carter put two crystals in the wrong place."
Jack took them out; they were both yellow. He swapped them over and they glowed. He put the lid on it again. Just then the door opened and Sam came in without knocking. Jack quickly hid the device.
"It's polite to knock Carter."
"Where is it sir?" Sam demanded.
"Where's what?"
"The device you've taken from my lab."
"What's it look like?"
"Sir, you know what it looks like, give it back."
"I haven't got it, go ask Jonas."
"Hi Sammie," Jacob smiled.
"Has he got it dad?"
"Got what?"
"A rectangle thing with mini crystals in it. I'm trying to figure out why it doesn't work."
"That's because two of the crystals were in the wrong..." Jack stopped himself.
Jacob tried not to laugh. Sam glared at him and held out her hand.
"It works now."
Sam snatched it off him and left, slamming the door behind her. Jack turned back to Jacob.
"What ya wanna talk about?"
"Sam actually."
"Why?"
"Well, it goes like this..."
Two hours passed and Jack still didn't understand what Jacob was trying to get at.
"Sorry Jake, but I have absolutely no idea what you're on about."
"I'll try again later," Jacob sighed and to up.
"You do that!" Jack called as Jacob shut the door behind him.
Jack got up and grabbed a small bag. He went to Sam's lab; she wasn't there. He put lots of the gadgets and doohickeys into the bag and left for his office again. He sat down behind his desk and pulled out the first thing; it was the one he'd already fixed. He pulled out another like it, swapped two crystals in it and put them side by side.
"Now what?" he asked himself quietly.
Jack shrugged and pulled out the next doohickey, it was the same. He looked in the bag and saw they were all the same. He fixed them all and they all gave off different colour lights. Jack made a wall of them at the edge of his desk with the lights facing the door. He left a gap so that he could still see the door. Sam and Janet came in, Jack ducked under his desk.
"Sir, I won't shout at you for taking them so you can come out," Sam smiled.
The yellow lights made the word 'hi', even though he hadn't planned it.
"You sure?" Jack peeked over the top.
"Yes I'm sure," Sam and Janet sat down, "dad said he'd tried to explain something to you and didn't have much luck, so Janet and I are going to try."
"Fine," Jack grabbed a pencil and some paper and started doodling.
"He was trying to get at the fact that now it's all over the rules don't apply," Sam started.
"So?"
After an hour Jack had finished his masterpiece and Sam and Janet had decided to give up.
"We'll try again later," Janet said as they left and closed the door behind them.
Jack looked at his picture and smiled. It was Sam in a bikini on a deck chair sitting on a beach with devil horns and a tail. He put it in the top draw and locked it after he'd closed it. There was a knock on the door.
"Come in."
Daniel and Jonas came in and sat down opposite Jack.
"Nice wall," Daniel smiled.
"Isn't it just?"
"Did you plan for it to say 'hi'?" Jonas asked.
Jack got up and looked at the front.
"No. Ah well," Jack sat down again.
"Anyway, were here because Sam and Janet have asked us to try and get something through you head," Daniel explained.
"Exact words?"
"No. Their exact words were 'through his thick skull'."
"So, what is it then?"
Half an hour passed. Jonas was getting bored of sitting there.
"What we're trying to say, Colonel O'Neill, is why don't you just ask Major Carter out?" Jonas said bluntly.
"So that's what this has been all about!" Jack exclaimed.
"Well are you?" Daniel demanded.
"I was going to anyway," he shrugged.
"You are sooo annoying Jack!" Daniel exclaimed.
"You like me anyway though," Jack smiled, "bye!"
Daniel and Jonas stood up and left.
"Well?" Jacob asked.
He and Janet were waiting there; they'd conveniently found something for Sam to do.
"He said he was going to ask her anyway," Daniel shrugged.
"So we all sat there explaining it to him and we didn't need to?" Janet summed up.
"That's about it," Jonas agreed.
"I give up," Janet walked away.
* * * * * * * * * * * *
"Ladies and gentlemen of the SGC, myself and the joint chiefs have made our decision," the President announced. Jack was sitting with his arm around Sam. The rest of SG-1, Janet, Jacob, Hammond and Bra'tac were sitting in the commissary with several other SG units.
"We have decided that the SGC shall be kept open."
Cheers went up all over the base. Sam turned to Jack and kissed him. Jack's arms wrapped around her. They broke for air and sat smiling at each other.
~fin~