"Hey Cass, Carter." Jack said as they got out of the car, he'd been looking
out the window for twenty minutes waiting for them to arrive but he didn't
want them to know that.
"Sir." Sam replied.
"Hey Jack. Have you ordered the pizza yet I'm starving?" A confused look came over Sam's face.
"She didn't tell you I was planning on feeding you did she?"
"No sir."
"I thought I'd wait until you got here as I thought Carter would probably end up working longer than she said and I didn't want it to get cold." He said turning to Cassie. "Besides which I didn't know what you wanted on it. Why don't you go and call them? The menu is by the phone."
"Okay." Cassie skipped off leaving Jack and Sam alone.
"Did she tell you what this was about?" Jack asked.
"No sir, she just said she needed to speak to us without Janet listening in."
"That's what she told me too." Jack confirmed. "She's definitely learned the military idea of revealing as little as possible until absolutely necessary."
"You taught her well sir." Sam shot him a gleaming smile. "I have to get her home by ten."
"Well you'd better come in." Jack let Sam walk up the steps in front of him.
"It'll be twenty minutes." Cassie said as she hung up the phone.
"What did you get?"
"A large four toppings pizza. It has different toppings on each quarter I thought we could all pick the one we liked best."
"What ever you want kid. Do you want a soda while we wait?" Jack offered.
"Yes please."
"Carter?"
"Yes, thank you sir."
"Sam can't you call him Jack, your not at work now." Cassie asked.
"I've tried that one." Jack said before Sam could reply, "It takes her about two minutes before she reverts back to calling me sir or Colonel."
"It's a sign of respect of his rank Cass."
"But Mom calls him Jack when they're off duty." Cassie pointed out. Jack hid a smile as Cassie out foxed her.
"Yes well Janet has seen a lot more of the Colonel than most people on the base and she did stick her hand inside his stomach, she probably needs to distinguish in her head when she needs to be Dr Fraiser instead of just Janet." Sam countered.
"I still think it's stupid."
"That's life kiddo. Tell you what I'll call him something other than sir or Colonel if you can convince Teal'c he can call me Sam when were not at the base instead of calling me Major Carter all the time."
"That'll be easy, I'll just lend him by Buffy videos."
"Bribing Teal'c with sci-fi I don't Carter but we should have thought of this one sooner."
"I did, where do you think he got the first series of Enterprise from?"
"What did you need to bribe him for?"
"That would be telling sir. So Cass what did you want to talk to us about?" Sam said changing the subject.
"It's General Hammond's birthday in three weeks time and I think we should throw him a surprise birthday party."
"It a nice idea Cass but why didn't you want Janet to know?" Sam asked.
"Because I need you to do a little reconnaissance for me and I need your help setting the party up the less people who know about it the less chance of Uncle George finding out."
"What kind of reconnaissance?" Jack asked.
"We need to find out what type of cake he likes what type of party he'd like. I can make the invitations on my computer but I need you to help me make a list of people to invite because I don't know everyone on the base and there are probably some people at the Academy he'd like to invite but if we have it at the base we can only invite people who have security clearance. You both know all this stuff. Besides you both good at keeping secrets."
"It's what we get paid for Cass."
"But Sam doesn't do it for the pay; she does it because she gets to play with all those cool gizmos and gets to make cool discoveries."
"She also a workaholic, she doesn't ever take vacations, she works through all the time we have off, she never leaves the base at a decent hour and she usually lives off coffee like Daniel." Jack added.
"She's also standing right here." Sam added.
"Sorry Carter but you know we're right."
"I like my job, it's not a crime sir."
"Never said it was, but it is a problem when you work too hard we don't want working so hard you make yourself sick, I need you around to help save the world occasionally."
"I'm sorry Cass, I've just remember I've got to call my brother tonight, I have to go."
"Come on Sam can't you just stay until the pizza gets here."
"I'm sorry Cassie but I need to call him before his kids go to bed, they get cranky when the phone wakes them up."
"How am I going to get home?"
"I'll take you after we've eaten."
"Goodnight sir." Sam said in the politest tone she could manage.
"Night Carter, I'll see at the briefing tomorrow."
"Yes sir." With that Sam let herself out of the door.
"What was all that about?" Jack asked Cassie as they heard Sam's car drive away.
"I could tell you but if you think about it you'll figure it out yourself."
"All I said was she works too hard."
"You really don't understand women do you Jack? No wonder you haven't got a girlfriend."
"When do I have time for a girlfriend? I work erratic hours, I'm gone for days a time and I end in the infirmary with your mother stabbing me with needles for injuries I could never explain gaining when I'm supposed to work in deep space radar telemetry whatever that is."
"You could always date some at the base they'd understand your hours and why you injured."
"Cass pretty much all the women who work at the base are military and none of them of a similar rank or besides which as 2IC of the base they are all pretty much under my command. So nothing could happen anyway with any them with out breaking several regulations."
"Come on there must be someone at the base you like? I'm good at keeping secrets too, like the fact I was born in Toronto." She winked at him. "Come on you can tell me."
"Cass, you're not trying to set me up with Janet are you because."
"Mom." Cassie said with a chuckle. "No, Mom likes Daniel always has done, she gets worried every time he goes off world."
"The Doc and Danny, hey why not?"
"Don't say anything to Daniel though he doesn't know. Mom's working up to telling him."
"So another secret. So are you going to tell me what's wrong with Carter?"
"No. You're going to get the door the pizzas here."
"How do you know that?" He asked as the doorbell rang. Cassie gave him 'you need to ask' look. Jack opened the door and paid the pizza guy. "So about Carter?" He said as they sat eating the pizza.
"Jack, come on your not as dumb as you make out. By the way if you want her to start calling you Jack maybe you shouldn't call her 'Carter' all the time."
"I'll try to remember that. If you're not going to help me out how you tell me your ideas for this party."
~ ~ ~
"How did it go?" Janet asked as soon as Jack had left from dropping Cassie home.
"Not well. Sam left abruptly and Jack can't figure out why."
"Why did she leave?" Janet asked knowing Sam was not one to leave abruptly.
"Because he stupidly called her a workaholic and said the only reason he need her around was to save the world."
"Ouch, no wonder Sam left. I'd better call her later and let her vent."
"I also found out that the only reason Jack doesn't have a girlfriend is because of the hours he works and being unable to explain being injured all the time when he's suppose to analysis radar telemetry."
"Really. What else did he say?"
"That he couldn't date anyone on the base because it would break regulations, then he asked if I was trying to set him up with you. Which I assured him I wasn't." She quickly added.
"But he doesn't suspect what's really going on does he?" Janet asked.
"No. He was more concerned with figuring out why Sam left."
"Well it's time for bed for you young lady, you have school in the morning."
"Okay, night Mom." Cassie kissed Janet's cheek before heading up the stairs to bed.
Janet picked up the phone and dialled Sam's number.
"Carter." Sam said as she picked.
"Hey Sam it's me. Cassie just told me what happened are you okay?"
"Nothing happened Janet I just left. I've been up since five this morning I have be at the base tomorrow early because we're going on a mission tomorrow afternoon. I need to go to bed."
"And you're leaving had nothing to do with Jack being an idiot?" Janet asked.
"He's always an idiot, he just happens to be my boss and this is nothing I can punish him for by inventing another phase in the training scheme. There is nothing in the world that can kill the idiot gene."
"It wouldn't annoy you so much if he wasn't your friend."
"Yeah well lines blur when you're in deadly situations but sometimes you need to re-establish certain boundaries."
"Sam you don't mean that. SG-1 is one of the closest teams I've ever seen in my life you all work so well together because you are all friends and you know that you'll all move heaven and earth to help each." Janet stated.
"With Daniel and Teal'c it's different, they're like my brother's, Daniel and I have petty squabbles but I know he'll be there when I need him. Colonel O'Neill on the other hand, is my CO and the military has problems with people being this close. I thing we need to establish those CO and 2IC boundaries again. I've got to get to bed, it's getting late."
"Okay, I'll see you in the morning."
"Goodnight." With that Sam hung up.
Janet quickly dialled Daniel's number.
"Hello." He muttered sleepily.
"We have a problem."
~ ~ ~
"Hey Jack what did you do to Sam?" Ferretti asked as he joined Jack at a table in the commissary.
"If I knew I'd tell you. Why?"
"I'm telling you if looks could kill there would be a trail of dead men around the corridors of the SGC. You didn't give her an idea for more torture did you?"
"I couldn't tell you one minute we were having a conversation about her working to hard, the next she was walking out and Cassie wouldn't tell me what I said to upset her."
"Well you don't have to worry Jack." Daniel said as he sat with them. "She's going to go back to being the perfect soldier, you say jump she ask how high."
"What did she say to you?" Jack asked.
"I haven't seen her yet, Janet called after she talked to her last night. She said she was tired of the blurring military lines with friendship that she was going to do her job and that's it."
"What the hell did you say to her? I mean Sam is the only one I know who can keep with you and put up with you and your sarcastic sense of humour." Ferretti asked.
"All I said was that she worked to hard, didn't take enough vacations and that I didn't want her to get sick because I needed her around to save the world."
"That's it?" Ferretti asked.
"Yeah." Jack confirmed.
"I know why she's mad at you. I'd probably be too. Daniel can you convince her that it's not the rest the bases fault that she has Jack for a CO?"
"I'll try but I don't know how receptive she'll be. I mean the first two phases were basically Jack's fault. Besides which she's got the Carter stubborn streak. According to Jacob once she sets her mind on something it's pretty difficult to change it."
"Did someone want to tell me what I did wrong?" Jack butted in.
"I think you need to figure this one out yourself and do it quickly Jack for everyone's sake."
"Guys what is wrong with telling her we need her to save the world? She does it every time we endanger it."
"Jack, we'd better go we've a briefing in twenty minutes."
"You're taking her off world." Ferretti exclaimed. "You'd better watch your back Jack otherwise she's liable to shoot you."
"She wouldn't shoot me too much effort with the paperwork."
"I wouldn't count on that." Ferretti muttered before winking at Daniel. They're hastily agreed upon plan was working. Jack was becoming paranoid about why Sam was mad at him and that would drive him crazy until he figured out why and went to apologise.
~ ~ ~
"Major Carter, you said you had some concerns about this mission?" Hammond said as they sat in the mission briefing.
"Yes sir, I ran more in depth tests on the data from the initial MALP and on the one we sent this morning, I have some concerns about the breathablitity of the atmosphere, I'd recommend we put the mission on hold for 24 hours while I can check the results and possibly send a UAV for longer range testing and to get some more air sample data."
"Is that absolutely necessary?"
"I think so sir, I've talked to Doctor Fraiser about this and she isn't happy about the oxygen levels. She'd like more details before she can determine whether it would be good for us to go physically, she doesn't want to have another situation like the one where Daniel shifted out of phase."
"She thinks the atmosphere will shift us out of phase?" Daniel questioned.
"No, while you were out of phase the radiation made Colonel O'Neill, myself and Teal'c to some extent sick. She doesn't want it to happen again."
"You've convinced me, this mission is put on hold for review in twenty fours while Major Carter performs the necessary tests."
"Thank you sir."
"Colonel I suggest you use this extra time to finish your backlog of reports that are overdue."
"Yes sir." Jack said reluctantly.
"Dismissed."
"Hey Carter wait up." Jack called as Sam made her way down to the control room.
"Did you need something sir?" She asked in a respectful tone.
"Yeah, I wanted to know why you left last night?"
"Colonel, I have a job to do, so could we restrict our conversations to subjects connected to that."
"Sam."
"Colonel, if there wasn't anything else, I need to run some tests." She turned and continued down the stairs.
"Ouch." Siler muttered.
"What was that Sgt?"
"Nothing sir. Sorry sir I need to go and help Major Carter."
~ ~ ~
"Doc, you here?" Jack said as he entered the infirmary.
"Colonel, was there something I could help you with?" Janet said as she walked in carry a clipboard.
"Can you tell me what I did to piss Carter off?"
"I don't think it would be my place to interfere Colonel."
"Doc do I have to order you to tell me?"
"Maybe we should talk in my office." She let him lead the way. "Permission to speak freely sir."
"Go ahead."
"From what Cassie and Sam told me, it seems the main problem stems from you say you needed her around to save the world."
"What's wrong with that? It's what she does best thinking up insane solutions to problems no one else can think of."
"Sir, it's kind of like saying the only reason we keep you here is so you can get shot and not me."
"Huh?"
"In simple terms, you made it sound like saving the world was the only thing she does around here and the only reason she's here."
"It's not the only reasons she's here."
"I know that, you know that, but the way you put it that's how it sounded to Sam. That's why she's pissed at you. She don't think you appreciate all the other work she does here. Sam is one of the hardest working people here, she is not only on a field team, she's the head scientist and has to run her lab, she's in charge of the training scheme, she's in charge of maintaining the gate and updating the computer software, she has to keep track your paperwork as well as her own, this and a whole lot more and she has to do this while being a women in the Air Force."
"When you put it like that this place would have a hard time running this place without her."
"You're supposed to be here friend as well as her CO, so when you don't appreciate her of course she's going to react."
"So how do I fix it?"
"That's for you to figure out sir. Now I really have to get back to the infirmary."
"Go and thanks Janet."
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A/N: Any suggestions on how he fixes the situation are welcome
"Sir." Sam replied.
"Hey Jack. Have you ordered the pizza yet I'm starving?" A confused look came over Sam's face.
"She didn't tell you I was planning on feeding you did she?"
"No sir."
"I thought I'd wait until you got here as I thought Carter would probably end up working longer than she said and I didn't want it to get cold." He said turning to Cassie. "Besides which I didn't know what you wanted on it. Why don't you go and call them? The menu is by the phone."
"Okay." Cassie skipped off leaving Jack and Sam alone.
"Did she tell you what this was about?" Jack asked.
"No sir, she just said she needed to speak to us without Janet listening in."
"That's what she told me too." Jack confirmed. "She's definitely learned the military idea of revealing as little as possible until absolutely necessary."
"You taught her well sir." Sam shot him a gleaming smile. "I have to get her home by ten."
"Well you'd better come in." Jack let Sam walk up the steps in front of him.
"It'll be twenty minutes." Cassie said as she hung up the phone.
"What did you get?"
"A large four toppings pizza. It has different toppings on each quarter I thought we could all pick the one we liked best."
"What ever you want kid. Do you want a soda while we wait?" Jack offered.
"Yes please."
"Carter?"
"Yes, thank you sir."
"Sam can't you call him Jack, your not at work now." Cassie asked.
"I've tried that one." Jack said before Sam could reply, "It takes her about two minutes before she reverts back to calling me sir or Colonel."
"It's a sign of respect of his rank Cass."
"But Mom calls him Jack when they're off duty." Cassie pointed out. Jack hid a smile as Cassie out foxed her.
"Yes well Janet has seen a lot more of the Colonel than most people on the base and she did stick her hand inside his stomach, she probably needs to distinguish in her head when she needs to be Dr Fraiser instead of just Janet." Sam countered.
"I still think it's stupid."
"That's life kiddo. Tell you what I'll call him something other than sir or Colonel if you can convince Teal'c he can call me Sam when were not at the base instead of calling me Major Carter all the time."
"That'll be easy, I'll just lend him by Buffy videos."
"Bribing Teal'c with sci-fi I don't Carter but we should have thought of this one sooner."
"I did, where do you think he got the first series of Enterprise from?"
"What did you need to bribe him for?"
"That would be telling sir. So Cass what did you want to talk to us about?" Sam said changing the subject.
"It's General Hammond's birthday in three weeks time and I think we should throw him a surprise birthday party."
"It a nice idea Cass but why didn't you want Janet to know?" Sam asked.
"Because I need you to do a little reconnaissance for me and I need your help setting the party up the less people who know about it the less chance of Uncle George finding out."
"What kind of reconnaissance?" Jack asked.
"We need to find out what type of cake he likes what type of party he'd like. I can make the invitations on my computer but I need you to help me make a list of people to invite because I don't know everyone on the base and there are probably some people at the Academy he'd like to invite but if we have it at the base we can only invite people who have security clearance. You both know all this stuff. Besides you both good at keeping secrets."
"It's what we get paid for Cass."
"But Sam doesn't do it for the pay; she does it because she gets to play with all those cool gizmos and gets to make cool discoveries."
"She also a workaholic, she doesn't ever take vacations, she works through all the time we have off, she never leaves the base at a decent hour and she usually lives off coffee like Daniel." Jack added.
"She's also standing right here." Sam added.
"Sorry Carter but you know we're right."
"I like my job, it's not a crime sir."
"Never said it was, but it is a problem when you work too hard we don't want working so hard you make yourself sick, I need you around to help save the world occasionally."
"I'm sorry Cass, I've just remember I've got to call my brother tonight, I have to go."
"Come on Sam can't you just stay until the pizza gets here."
"I'm sorry Cassie but I need to call him before his kids go to bed, they get cranky when the phone wakes them up."
"How am I going to get home?"
"I'll take you after we've eaten."
"Goodnight sir." Sam said in the politest tone she could manage.
"Night Carter, I'll see at the briefing tomorrow."
"Yes sir." With that Sam let herself out of the door.
"What was all that about?" Jack asked Cassie as they heard Sam's car drive away.
"I could tell you but if you think about it you'll figure it out yourself."
"All I said was she works too hard."
"You really don't understand women do you Jack? No wonder you haven't got a girlfriend."
"When do I have time for a girlfriend? I work erratic hours, I'm gone for days a time and I end in the infirmary with your mother stabbing me with needles for injuries I could never explain gaining when I'm supposed to work in deep space radar telemetry whatever that is."
"You could always date some at the base they'd understand your hours and why you injured."
"Cass pretty much all the women who work at the base are military and none of them of a similar rank or besides which as 2IC of the base they are all pretty much under my command. So nothing could happen anyway with any them with out breaking several regulations."
"Come on there must be someone at the base you like? I'm good at keeping secrets too, like the fact I was born in Toronto." She winked at him. "Come on you can tell me."
"Cass, you're not trying to set me up with Janet are you because."
"Mom." Cassie said with a chuckle. "No, Mom likes Daniel always has done, she gets worried every time he goes off world."
"The Doc and Danny, hey why not?"
"Don't say anything to Daniel though he doesn't know. Mom's working up to telling him."
"So another secret. So are you going to tell me what's wrong with Carter?"
"No. You're going to get the door the pizzas here."
"How do you know that?" He asked as the doorbell rang. Cassie gave him 'you need to ask' look. Jack opened the door and paid the pizza guy. "So about Carter?" He said as they sat eating the pizza.
"Jack, come on your not as dumb as you make out. By the way if you want her to start calling you Jack maybe you shouldn't call her 'Carter' all the time."
"I'll try to remember that. If you're not going to help me out how you tell me your ideas for this party."
~ ~ ~
"How did it go?" Janet asked as soon as Jack had left from dropping Cassie home.
"Not well. Sam left abruptly and Jack can't figure out why."
"Why did she leave?" Janet asked knowing Sam was not one to leave abruptly.
"Because he stupidly called her a workaholic and said the only reason he need her around was to save the world."
"Ouch, no wonder Sam left. I'd better call her later and let her vent."
"I also found out that the only reason Jack doesn't have a girlfriend is because of the hours he works and being unable to explain being injured all the time when he's suppose to analysis radar telemetry."
"Really. What else did he say?"
"That he couldn't date anyone on the base because it would break regulations, then he asked if I was trying to set him up with you. Which I assured him I wasn't." She quickly added.
"But he doesn't suspect what's really going on does he?" Janet asked.
"No. He was more concerned with figuring out why Sam left."
"Well it's time for bed for you young lady, you have school in the morning."
"Okay, night Mom." Cassie kissed Janet's cheek before heading up the stairs to bed.
Janet picked up the phone and dialled Sam's number.
"Carter." Sam said as she picked.
"Hey Sam it's me. Cassie just told me what happened are you okay?"
"Nothing happened Janet I just left. I've been up since five this morning I have be at the base tomorrow early because we're going on a mission tomorrow afternoon. I need to go to bed."
"And you're leaving had nothing to do with Jack being an idiot?" Janet asked.
"He's always an idiot, he just happens to be my boss and this is nothing I can punish him for by inventing another phase in the training scheme. There is nothing in the world that can kill the idiot gene."
"It wouldn't annoy you so much if he wasn't your friend."
"Yeah well lines blur when you're in deadly situations but sometimes you need to re-establish certain boundaries."
"Sam you don't mean that. SG-1 is one of the closest teams I've ever seen in my life you all work so well together because you are all friends and you know that you'll all move heaven and earth to help each." Janet stated.
"With Daniel and Teal'c it's different, they're like my brother's, Daniel and I have petty squabbles but I know he'll be there when I need him. Colonel O'Neill on the other hand, is my CO and the military has problems with people being this close. I thing we need to establish those CO and 2IC boundaries again. I've got to get to bed, it's getting late."
"Okay, I'll see you in the morning."
"Goodnight." With that Sam hung up.
Janet quickly dialled Daniel's number.
"Hello." He muttered sleepily.
"We have a problem."
~ ~ ~
"Hey Jack what did you do to Sam?" Ferretti asked as he joined Jack at a table in the commissary.
"If I knew I'd tell you. Why?"
"I'm telling you if looks could kill there would be a trail of dead men around the corridors of the SGC. You didn't give her an idea for more torture did you?"
"I couldn't tell you one minute we were having a conversation about her working to hard, the next she was walking out and Cassie wouldn't tell me what I said to upset her."
"Well you don't have to worry Jack." Daniel said as he sat with them. "She's going to go back to being the perfect soldier, you say jump she ask how high."
"What did she say to you?" Jack asked.
"I haven't seen her yet, Janet called after she talked to her last night. She said she was tired of the blurring military lines with friendship that she was going to do her job and that's it."
"What the hell did you say to her? I mean Sam is the only one I know who can keep with you and put up with you and your sarcastic sense of humour." Ferretti asked.
"All I said was that she worked to hard, didn't take enough vacations and that I didn't want her to get sick because I needed her around to save the world."
"That's it?" Ferretti asked.
"Yeah." Jack confirmed.
"I know why she's mad at you. I'd probably be too. Daniel can you convince her that it's not the rest the bases fault that she has Jack for a CO?"
"I'll try but I don't know how receptive she'll be. I mean the first two phases were basically Jack's fault. Besides which she's got the Carter stubborn streak. According to Jacob once she sets her mind on something it's pretty difficult to change it."
"Did someone want to tell me what I did wrong?" Jack butted in.
"I think you need to figure this one out yourself and do it quickly Jack for everyone's sake."
"Guys what is wrong with telling her we need her to save the world? She does it every time we endanger it."
"Jack, we'd better go we've a briefing in twenty minutes."
"You're taking her off world." Ferretti exclaimed. "You'd better watch your back Jack otherwise she's liable to shoot you."
"She wouldn't shoot me too much effort with the paperwork."
"I wouldn't count on that." Ferretti muttered before winking at Daniel. They're hastily agreed upon plan was working. Jack was becoming paranoid about why Sam was mad at him and that would drive him crazy until he figured out why and went to apologise.
~ ~ ~
"Major Carter, you said you had some concerns about this mission?" Hammond said as they sat in the mission briefing.
"Yes sir, I ran more in depth tests on the data from the initial MALP and on the one we sent this morning, I have some concerns about the breathablitity of the atmosphere, I'd recommend we put the mission on hold for 24 hours while I can check the results and possibly send a UAV for longer range testing and to get some more air sample data."
"Is that absolutely necessary?"
"I think so sir, I've talked to Doctor Fraiser about this and she isn't happy about the oxygen levels. She'd like more details before she can determine whether it would be good for us to go physically, she doesn't want to have another situation like the one where Daniel shifted out of phase."
"She thinks the atmosphere will shift us out of phase?" Daniel questioned.
"No, while you were out of phase the radiation made Colonel O'Neill, myself and Teal'c to some extent sick. She doesn't want it to happen again."
"You've convinced me, this mission is put on hold for review in twenty fours while Major Carter performs the necessary tests."
"Thank you sir."
"Colonel I suggest you use this extra time to finish your backlog of reports that are overdue."
"Yes sir." Jack said reluctantly.
"Dismissed."
"Hey Carter wait up." Jack called as Sam made her way down to the control room.
"Did you need something sir?" She asked in a respectful tone.
"Yeah, I wanted to know why you left last night?"
"Colonel, I have a job to do, so could we restrict our conversations to subjects connected to that."
"Sam."
"Colonel, if there wasn't anything else, I need to run some tests." She turned and continued down the stairs.
"Ouch." Siler muttered.
"What was that Sgt?"
"Nothing sir. Sorry sir I need to go and help Major Carter."
~ ~ ~
"Doc, you here?" Jack said as he entered the infirmary.
"Colonel, was there something I could help you with?" Janet said as she walked in carry a clipboard.
"Can you tell me what I did to piss Carter off?"
"I don't think it would be my place to interfere Colonel."
"Doc do I have to order you to tell me?"
"Maybe we should talk in my office." She let him lead the way. "Permission to speak freely sir."
"Go ahead."
"From what Cassie and Sam told me, it seems the main problem stems from you say you needed her around to save the world."
"What's wrong with that? It's what she does best thinking up insane solutions to problems no one else can think of."
"Sir, it's kind of like saying the only reason we keep you here is so you can get shot and not me."
"Huh?"
"In simple terms, you made it sound like saving the world was the only thing she does around here and the only reason she's here."
"It's not the only reasons she's here."
"I know that, you know that, but the way you put it that's how it sounded to Sam. That's why she's pissed at you. She don't think you appreciate all the other work she does here. Sam is one of the hardest working people here, she is not only on a field team, she's the head scientist and has to run her lab, she's in charge of the training scheme, she's in charge of maintaining the gate and updating the computer software, she has to keep track your paperwork as well as her own, this and a whole lot more and she has to do this while being a women in the Air Force."
"When you put it like that this place would have a hard time running this place without her."
"You're supposed to be here friend as well as her CO, so when you don't appreciate her of course she's going to react."
"So how do I fix it?"
"That's for you to figure out sir. Now I really have to get back to the infirmary."
"Go and thanks Janet."
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A/N: Any suggestions on how he fixes the situation are welcome
