Disclaimer implied-but I'll state it anyway. Stargate SG-1 is not mine
C.J. was in a tizzy. She had no dresses and Sam offered to let her borrow one of hers. She was standing in front of Sam's closet in green satin bikini's, and a green push up bra. Sam was sitting on her bed, laughing at C.J.'s distress.
C.J. threw a dirty look at Sam. "I want to look great! No, fabulous! But not desperate." Sam got up and pulled out a sleeveless silk shell in a deep blue, and a matching floral blue skirt with a flirty ruffle. "Here, put these on, Daniel may be on time for a change." C.J. gave a shriek of panic and took the clothes, putting them on quickly. She raced back to her room for shoes, giving a moan when she realized she didn't know what box they were in. Sam followed with a pair of strappy sandals, "I hope you're a 7 ½." C.J. gave Sam a hug, and heard the knock at the door, and slipped on the shoes. "Great, tell him I'll be out in a minute."
C.J. heard Sam open the door and make small talk with Daniel. She was in the bathroom, looking in the mirror, adding a couple of loose curls to her hair. She then quickly added some blue eye shadow, lip gloss and checked her teeth. With a bracing pep talk, she walked into the living room to greet her date.
Daniel was standing, talking to Sam by the island in the kitchen. He was wearing pressed khaki's, tasseled loafers, and a burgundy shirt and tie. He looked good enough to eat.
Daniel saw movement out of the corner of his eye, turned his head and stared. C.J. was wearing a blue something (typical guy, we agonize and they may notice the color if we're lucky) that left her arms and legs bare. Her eyes sparkled, and all he could think was "Wow."
Sam rolled her eyes at the delighted C.J. then took the flat of her had and smacked Daniel on his head, causing him to jump.
"Hey!" he protested, rubbing his head. "Geez, take the woman to dinner before you drool all over your shoes Daniel." Sam said.
The restaurant/conference center was formerly a Scottish castle that a millionaire bought and had dismantled then had moved to Colorado Springs. The owner saw eagles nesting in the valley as he was building and called his new home Glen Eyrie, Scottish for valley of eagles. After a relaxing dinner Daniel and C.J. wandered through the spectacular gardens hand in hand. She knew a lot about flowers and pointed some of the more uncommon ones out for him.
Daniel stopped, pulled C.J. into his arms with a Fred Astaire flourish, causing her to giggle. The kiss that followed was anything but light hearted. He pulled back, looked into her eyes and kissed her again, this time gently biting her bottom lip, then as she opened her mouth, deepened the kiss until they had to pull back to breathe. Applause was heard from the deck behind them, causing C.J. to giggle, and Daniel to bow. He laughed and took her arm so they could walk back to his car.
He gently pinned her to the side of his car, kissed her lightly and asked, "Do you want to see my artifacts?" She rolled her eyes, "Very original. I thought it was etchings." She said playfully. He kissed her again, and when they were both breathing unsteadily, she shook her head regretfully.
"I have Gate room duty tomorrow. Very early, then I need to go out and find a house or something, I can't live with Sam forever." She closed her eyes and wrapped her arms around his waist, laying her head on his chest and enjoying the sound of his heartbeat. He kissed the top of her head, enjoying the feel of her against him. "Ok, maybe a rain check?" he asked hopefully.
"Yes, a rain check would be dandy." She kissed him gently, and he opened the door so she could get in the car.
C.J. was in the guardroom, entering security reports on the computer. She was aware of the gate activation a bit earlier, and knew that SG-1 was due home. Since she wasn't on Gate room duty she didn't know if they were ok or not, but had a standing promise from Dr. Frasier to call if there was a problem. She didn't want to seem like she was hovering.
Daniel was grimy and tired, but he had to see C.J. first. He leaned against her doorway, watching her type, a little line between her eyebrows as she concentrated.
"Hey gorgeous." He said. Her head came up, eyes alight with a welcome that made him feel warm and wanted. 'Something that he had missed for a long time.' He thought privately. She stood, checking him out for any obvious injuries. "So, no broken bones this time?" she smiled, watching him narrow his eyes. "You're getting Jack's sense of humor, you better watch out." He said as she sat back down.
"Yeah, yeah." She waved off his remarks. "Get a shower and I'll take you to dinner." C.J. smiled. "Now blow Dr. Jackson, I have reports up the wazoo." Daniel laughed and went to find Janet, clean up and brief the General. With any luck it shouldn't take too long.
She smiled; glad he was back in one piece. A sudden thought struck her and she got up and jogged to the Gate room to check out her hunch.
She muscled open the heavy door that was built to withstand explosions, letting the hydraulics close it. Her eyes narrowed thoughtfully seeing how long it took. The doors needed a photoelectric eye, maybe with a face recognition program, and an automatic system that could be controlled manually from either the control room upstairs or the gate room. The doors needed to speed up in the case of emergency too, maybe another computer program for that. She would need to discuss it with Sam…"
As she stood there, concentrating on the problem in front of her, the intercom went off. "Watcha doing Davis?" Sgt. Siler smiled down from the control booth, laughing as she jumped.
"Geez, shoot me next time. It easier than having a stroke at my age!" C.J. complained. She shook her head, "I have an idea for these security doors that I want to pass by Major Carter and.." all of the sudden there was a bright light and she was gone. Sgt. Siler stared then pressed the emergency alert button.