A/N I don't own any of these characters etc...

Daniel smiled to himself as he strode towards General Hammond's office. He had come up with the best birthday present for Jack ever! He had been discussing possible gifts, with Jannet, they had already ruled out the usual, socks, ties, aftershave etc.. And Jannet had joked "if only we could gift wrap Sam"

Daniel knocked on General Hammond's door lightly

"Come in."

Daniel strolled in with a big grin on his face. "What can I do for you Dr. Jackson" Hammond asked slightly cautious of Daniel's slightly cocky grin.

"General Hammond I have a proposal for you" Daniel said still grinning like a Cheshire cat. " Go ahead Daniel" General Hammond indicated the seat opposite him and Daniel sat down. "I have one request before I begin, please let me finish before commenting OK?" Daniel asked politely "Of course Dr. Jackson go ahead" Hammond asked curiously, the suspense was killing him.

"OK, As you know this base is . special, because of its top secret nature and as you said yourself this base is probably the biggest secret this nation has" general Hammond nodded along wondering where he was going with this. "I have spoken to many people in the base and one thing became apparent to me." Daniel paused "What was that Dr. Jackson?" General Hammond was literally on the edge of his seat waiting for an answer. "Each officer commented on the difficulty of pursuing personal relationships with such a demanding job." Daniel paused again trying in read general Hammond's reaction. "What are you trying to say Dr. Jackson?" Hammond asked looking slightly bemused. "Well I was thinking that since this base is so different to any other base within the airforce, perhaps you could bend some of the rules slightly" General Hammond opened his mouth to answer but Daniel continued before he had a chance to comment. "You could confer with the commander in chief of the USAF and the president of course. Both me and Dr. Fraiser believe that the difficulty in finding a person outside of the base who would accept your top secret life style is having a detrimental affect on the mental health of the officers on this base." Daniel drew in a deep breath dramatically and awaited Hammond's reply. "I will approach the commander in chief and the president about your proposal Dr. Jackson." "Thank you sir" Daniel exclaimed jumping up and sprinting out of his office.

General Hammond was true to his word and contacted the necessary people.

Two weeks later on Jack's birthday General Hammond walked into the briefing room where SG1 were waiting. "Good morning SG1, I arranged this briefing so you would be the first to know of the change that will be taking place on the base." "What change sir?" Sam asked with wide-eyed excitement. "Yea sir, you're being kinda.. Vague." "If I could get a word in edge ways colonel" General Hammond glared at Jack. "As I was saying, I had a meeting with the commander in chief and the president and we have decided due to the special nature of the base and the difficulty with personal relationships, to bend some USAF regulations," Jack and Sam exchanged confused glances. "Specifically the ones regarding fraternization."

At that moment Jack and Sam both grinned at each other. Sam Stood up like an excited child and practically sprinted to Jack's side of the table, and put her arms round his neck and stood up on her tip toes and kissed him softly on the lips.

"Happy Birthday Jack" Daniel giggled as general Hammond, Teal'c and himself left the room closing the door behind them.