"Morning sir." Sam said as he woke the next morning. She'd been curled up
in a chair watching him sleep while sipping a cup of coffee.
"Morning." He yawned.
"I made you some coffee." She pointed out the cup of steaming coffee that was sat on the table.
"Thanks. Sorry for falling asleep on you." He sat up and grabbed the cup.
"No sweat, it's not like you've not done it before. Did you sleep well?"
"Yeah, your couch is remarkably more comfortable than most places we sleep."
"It's a prerequisite for a couch, the ability to be able curl up on it comfortably and that it matches the rest of the décor. Beside it helps when your CO falls asleep on it."
"I tend to do this a lot don't I?"
"I don't mind, it's what friends are for. Did you want some breakfast?" She got up, her baggy cotton pyjama pants settled into their original position rather than scrunched around her legs. She tugged at the bottom of her tank top so it covered her stomach.
"Sure. What are you making?" He asked.
"You trust me to make breakfast without poisoning you?" She asked.
"I survived the barbeque I think I can handle breakfast."
"Scrambled eggs, bacon and toast okay?" She asked as she moved to the kitchen.
"Sure." He said as he followed her. "So Jacob up?"
"Yeah. He went out about an hour ago. Selmak means he doesn't need as much sleep as the rest of us. He kind of gets restless, so he went for a walk. I think he just likes the principal of being back on Earth."
"Well who wouldn't if they lived in tunnels most of the time." He joked.
"The SGC is a bit like that. I mean sometimes it's nice to go to green planets with lots of trees so just to get out of the base." She said leaning against the counter while she waited for the pan to heat up.
"You know you could leave anyway. You don't have to work twenty hour days."
"You know, you wouldn't know I was at the base so if you weren't there so much yourself sir."
"Yeah, well I'm old, I have no life and I have lots of paperwork."
"It's not that much paperwork sir." She said biting her lip to hide a smile. He shot her a glare. "And you're not that old either. Teal'c is at least twice as old as you and he's in great shape."
"That definitely makes me feel better. Beside which Teal'c has junior to take care of him."
"And we have Janet who'd like it if we didn't get shot and die so often."
"Well I tried to talk to the System Lords about that but they're really picky about what they put in treaties." Sam tried her hardest to contain a fit of the giggles but couldn't.
"I'm sorry sir." She managed. "I'll be okay in a minute." She said still giggling.
"That's a nice sound to hear first thing in the morning." Jacob said walking in. "Morning Jack."
"Morning Jacob. Nice walk?"
"Yeah. So what's for breakfast Sammie?" Sam tried to speak but couldn't.
"Hey Carter, remember what I said about giggling?"
"Sorry sir." She tried to contain herself. "Be back." She left the room.
"What is it with you too and the no giggling thing?" Jacob asked.
"Long standing private joke."
"Really?"
"Let's just say my sense of humour isn't all it's cracked up to be when I'm freezing to death."
"Ah, Antarctica, hated artic training, got to be worse when you have a broken leg and no idea where you are."
"Tell me about it. Right I'm cooking." He got up and started cooking the breakfast. Sam returned a few minutes after gaining her composure and getting dressed.
"Better now?" Jack asked.
"Yes sir." Sam said sitting down. "Sorry about before, I can usually contain it."
"No problems. Jacob, how do you like your bacon?"
"Doesn't matter as long as it's cooked." Jack nodded.
Half way through breakfast the phone rang.
"Excuse me." Sam said getting up and taking the cordless phone into her bedroom.
"So, better than Tok'ra breakfast?" Jack asked.
"Yes. So what've you got planned to do today?" Jacob asked.
"What I planned to yesterday before I got a call for a rescue. Mow the lawn; pay a few bills that aren't direct debit."
"Then prepare to save the world again tomorrow?" Jacob prompted.
"More mineral surveys and rocks for Daniel to look at. It's been nice and quiet, no Jaffa trying to kill us. Or any mission that seem like suicide missions."
"Sounds like you miss them."
"There are only so many times you can hear lectures about new races or the levels of naqquadah found off world. But I wouldn't miss it for the world."
"Didn't think you would for a minute. So are you looking forward to the party?"
"Any party is good for morale. The ball Sam organised a few weeks ago was fun, even if they did make me dance."
"She felt guilty about making us wear heels, so she convinced Hammond that it would be good for us. Although she did cut out early because she had to work early the next day. She made a speech and everything. Everyone forgave her, pretty much instantaneously after she danced with all the team leaders."
"She can be quite enchanting when she wants to be. But most of the time she hides behind military bravado."
"I think we're all a little guilty of that at times. I'll just wait for her to get off the phone then I'd better get going, I've taken up enough of your weekend as it."
"Don't worry about it Jack, any time she spends off the base is good with me. She works too hard as it is."
"Sorry about that. Janet says hi by the way." Sam said as she came back.
"I've got to go." Jack said getting up. "Things to do."
"I'll see you out." Sam walked him to his car. "I had fun yesterday. Thank you sir."
"We should do it again sometime." He hesitated. "Invite Daniel and Teal'c too."
"Yes sir. I'll see you tomorrow. Enjoy the rest of your weekend."
"See ya."
"So?" Jacob said as Sam came back and started to eat her now cold eggs.
"So what?"
"Is there something going on I should know about?"
"No that I know of." She shook her head. "So what did you want to do today?"
~ ~ ~
"George, do you have a minute?" Jacob said after he had seen SG-1 off the next morning.
"Of course, let's go up to my office."
"George, is there something going on between Jack and Sam?" Jacob asked bluntly.
"Officially, I wouldn't know. SG-1 is still the best team, I have and they are functioning better than ever."
"And unofficially?"
"Dr Fraiser, Teal'c and anyone else Dr Jackson roped in are giving them a nudge in the right direction. We're working on the 'don't ask, don't tell' principal. As long as it doesn't affect their working relationship in a negative manner I have no problem with it, and I have no knowledge of it. They deserve to be happy."
"Do Jack and Sam know that?"
"No. They never asked. If something were to happen one of them would come and tell me. I'll tell them then, until them I have no knowledge of what you're talking about. The President agrees with me, the frat regulations are a grey area when it comes to the SGC. 'Don't ask, don't tell' is the best way to deal with it. Besides if anything did happen in the next six months I would be in for a lot of money."
"There's a pool going?" Jacob questioned.
"There is always a pool going. It just happens this is the longest standing one that hasn't been resolved yet. See Major Ferretti if you want in on it."
"So everyone else knows we're just waiting for them to realise it?"
"Yes. We'll just have to wait and see how things go at my birthday party on Saturday night."
"How did you know about that it was supposed to be a surprise?" Jacob asked.
"Cassandra phoned and told me not to make any plans for Saturday night and Colonel O'Neill asked if he could borrow one of the storage rooms because he wanted to lay out an attack model across the floor so they could plot ways to sneak up on the enemy. It tends to make a General suspicious. Besides why do you think I scheduled all the teams to be on world for the weekend?"
"You'll have to feign shock, this was all Cassie's idea, she roped Jack and Sam in to help. It would be a shame if she thought you knew what was happening before hand."
"I know."
~ ~ ~
"Did you have a nice weekend Jack?" Daniel asked. Teal'c had accompanied Sam so she could do her soil samples. Jack had stayed with Daniel who was in the process of translating a set of Egyptian Hieroglyphs.
"Yeah, not bad." Jack replied noncommittally.
"So what did you do?" Daniel asked scribbling down a few notes.
"I was planning on watch a few hockey games but I got called to rescue damsels in distress."
"Where do you find damsels in distress in this day and age on Earth?"
"The Mall parking lot. Carter had a flat tyre and she'd left the spare in her garage so she called me to pick them up. I took her to get it."
"And you gallantly changed it for her?" Daniel asked looking up at him.
"No. I bet her that she couldn't change it in less than five minutes."
"And she won?"
"Yeah, so I ended up buying her lunch."
"Jacob efforts are still long standing then." Daniel smiled.
"You knew about that?" Jack questioned.
"Yeah, she tells me lots of things over coffee in the middle of the night. I take it she went back to work after that."
"No I made sure she had the day off, she beat me at laserquest and we saw a movie before she was called back to the base. So I went and kept Jacob company until she got home, before falling asleep on her couch."
"Sounds like you had a more interesting weekend than I did. My highlight was getting a paper cut."
"Ouch, they hurt."
"Umm. So do you feel like the Goa'uld's favourite stew for lunch?" He asked getting up from the ground.
"What?"
"The translation it's a recipe. I think if it's for some kind of stew type thing."
"Really? Or are you just trying to be funny."
"No it really is a recipe." Daniel began reading it to Jack. Jack sighed and hit his radio.
"Carter, Teal'c come in."
"Carter here sir."
"Yeah, stop by the local seven eleven on your way back we need some ingredients."
"Could you repeat that sir?"
"Daniel found a recipe for Goa'uld stew. Doesn't sound good, but when in Rome."
"Yes sir. We're on our way back. No naqqudah present."
"Good. O'Neill out."
"Morning." He yawned.
"I made you some coffee." She pointed out the cup of steaming coffee that was sat on the table.
"Thanks. Sorry for falling asleep on you." He sat up and grabbed the cup.
"No sweat, it's not like you've not done it before. Did you sleep well?"
"Yeah, your couch is remarkably more comfortable than most places we sleep."
"It's a prerequisite for a couch, the ability to be able curl up on it comfortably and that it matches the rest of the décor. Beside it helps when your CO falls asleep on it."
"I tend to do this a lot don't I?"
"I don't mind, it's what friends are for. Did you want some breakfast?" She got up, her baggy cotton pyjama pants settled into their original position rather than scrunched around her legs. She tugged at the bottom of her tank top so it covered her stomach.
"Sure. What are you making?" He asked.
"You trust me to make breakfast without poisoning you?" She asked.
"I survived the barbeque I think I can handle breakfast."
"Scrambled eggs, bacon and toast okay?" She asked as she moved to the kitchen.
"Sure." He said as he followed her. "So Jacob up?"
"Yeah. He went out about an hour ago. Selmak means he doesn't need as much sleep as the rest of us. He kind of gets restless, so he went for a walk. I think he just likes the principal of being back on Earth."
"Well who wouldn't if they lived in tunnels most of the time." He joked.
"The SGC is a bit like that. I mean sometimes it's nice to go to green planets with lots of trees so just to get out of the base." She said leaning against the counter while she waited for the pan to heat up.
"You know you could leave anyway. You don't have to work twenty hour days."
"You know, you wouldn't know I was at the base so if you weren't there so much yourself sir."
"Yeah, well I'm old, I have no life and I have lots of paperwork."
"It's not that much paperwork sir." She said biting her lip to hide a smile. He shot her a glare. "And you're not that old either. Teal'c is at least twice as old as you and he's in great shape."
"That definitely makes me feel better. Beside which Teal'c has junior to take care of him."
"And we have Janet who'd like it if we didn't get shot and die so often."
"Well I tried to talk to the System Lords about that but they're really picky about what they put in treaties." Sam tried her hardest to contain a fit of the giggles but couldn't.
"I'm sorry sir." She managed. "I'll be okay in a minute." She said still giggling.
"That's a nice sound to hear first thing in the morning." Jacob said walking in. "Morning Jack."
"Morning Jacob. Nice walk?"
"Yeah. So what's for breakfast Sammie?" Sam tried to speak but couldn't.
"Hey Carter, remember what I said about giggling?"
"Sorry sir." She tried to contain herself. "Be back." She left the room.
"What is it with you too and the no giggling thing?" Jacob asked.
"Long standing private joke."
"Really?"
"Let's just say my sense of humour isn't all it's cracked up to be when I'm freezing to death."
"Ah, Antarctica, hated artic training, got to be worse when you have a broken leg and no idea where you are."
"Tell me about it. Right I'm cooking." He got up and started cooking the breakfast. Sam returned a few minutes after gaining her composure and getting dressed.
"Better now?" Jack asked.
"Yes sir." Sam said sitting down. "Sorry about before, I can usually contain it."
"No problems. Jacob, how do you like your bacon?"
"Doesn't matter as long as it's cooked." Jack nodded.
Half way through breakfast the phone rang.
"Excuse me." Sam said getting up and taking the cordless phone into her bedroom.
"So, better than Tok'ra breakfast?" Jack asked.
"Yes. So what've you got planned to do today?" Jacob asked.
"What I planned to yesterday before I got a call for a rescue. Mow the lawn; pay a few bills that aren't direct debit."
"Then prepare to save the world again tomorrow?" Jacob prompted.
"More mineral surveys and rocks for Daniel to look at. It's been nice and quiet, no Jaffa trying to kill us. Or any mission that seem like suicide missions."
"Sounds like you miss them."
"There are only so many times you can hear lectures about new races or the levels of naqquadah found off world. But I wouldn't miss it for the world."
"Didn't think you would for a minute. So are you looking forward to the party?"
"Any party is good for morale. The ball Sam organised a few weeks ago was fun, even if they did make me dance."
"She felt guilty about making us wear heels, so she convinced Hammond that it would be good for us. Although she did cut out early because she had to work early the next day. She made a speech and everything. Everyone forgave her, pretty much instantaneously after she danced with all the team leaders."
"She can be quite enchanting when she wants to be. But most of the time she hides behind military bravado."
"I think we're all a little guilty of that at times. I'll just wait for her to get off the phone then I'd better get going, I've taken up enough of your weekend as it."
"Don't worry about it Jack, any time she spends off the base is good with me. She works too hard as it is."
"Sorry about that. Janet says hi by the way." Sam said as she came back.
"I've got to go." Jack said getting up. "Things to do."
"I'll see you out." Sam walked him to his car. "I had fun yesterday. Thank you sir."
"We should do it again sometime." He hesitated. "Invite Daniel and Teal'c too."
"Yes sir. I'll see you tomorrow. Enjoy the rest of your weekend."
"See ya."
"So?" Jacob said as Sam came back and started to eat her now cold eggs.
"So what?"
"Is there something going on I should know about?"
"No that I know of." She shook her head. "So what did you want to do today?"
~ ~ ~
"George, do you have a minute?" Jacob said after he had seen SG-1 off the next morning.
"Of course, let's go up to my office."
"George, is there something going on between Jack and Sam?" Jacob asked bluntly.
"Officially, I wouldn't know. SG-1 is still the best team, I have and they are functioning better than ever."
"And unofficially?"
"Dr Fraiser, Teal'c and anyone else Dr Jackson roped in are giving them a nudge in the right direction. We're working on the 'don't ask, don't tell' principal. As long as it doesn't affect their working relationship in a negative manner I have no problem with it, and I have no knowledge of it. They deserve to be happy."
"Do Jack and Sam know that?"
"No. They never asked. If something were to happen one of them would come and tell me. I'll tell them then, until them I have no knowledge of what you're talking about. The President agrees with me, the frat regulations are a grey area when it comes to the SGC. 'Don't ask, don't tell' is the best way to deal with it. Besides if anything did happen in the next six months I would be in for a lot of money."
"There's a pool going?" Jacob questioned.
"There is always a pool going. It just happens this is the longest standing one that hasn't been resolved yet. See Major Ferretti if you want in on it."
"So everyone else knows we're just waiting for them to realise it?"
"Yes. We'll just have to wait and see how things go at my birthday party on Saturday night."
"How did you know about that it was supposed to be a surprise?" Jacob asked.
"Cassandra phoned and told me not to make any plans for Saturday night and Colonel O'Neill asked if he could borrow one of the storage rooms because he wanted to lay out an attack model across the floor so they could plot ways to sneak up on the enemy. It tends to make a General suspicious. Besides why do you think I scheduled all the teams to be on world for the weekend?"
"You'll have to feign shock, this was all Cassie's idea, she roped Jack and Sam in to help. It would be a shame if she thought you knew what was happening before hand."
"I know."
~ ~ ~
"Did you have a nice weekend Jack?" Daniel asked. Teal'c had accompanied Sam so she could do her soil samples. Jack had stayed with Daniel who was in the process of translating a set of Egyptian Hieroglyphs.
"Yeah, not bad." Jack replied noncommittally.
"So what did you do?" Daniel asked scribbling down a few notes.
"I was planning on watch a few hockey games but I got called to rescue damsels in distress."
"Where do you find damsels in distress in this day and age on Earth?"
"The Mall parking lot. Carter had a flat tyre and she'd left the spare in her garage so she called me to pick them up. I took her to get it."
"And you gallantly changed it for her?" Daniel asked looking up at him.
"No. I bet her that she couldn't change it in less than five minutes."
"And she won?"
"Yeah, so I ended up buying her lunch."
"Jacob efforts are still long standing then." Daniel smiled.
"You knew about that?" Jack questioned.
"Yeah, she tells me lots of things over coffee in the middle of the night. I take it she went back to work after that."
"No I made sure she had the day off, she beat me at laserquest and we saw a movie before she was called back to the base. So I went and kept Jacob company until she got home, before falling asleep on her couch."
"Sounds like you had a more interesting weekend than I did. My highlight was getting a paper cut."
"Ouch, they hurt."
"Umm. So do you feel like the Goa'uld's favourite stew for lunch?" He asked getting up from the ground.
"What?"
"The translation it's a recipe. I think if it's for some kind of stew type thing."
"Really? Or are you just trying to be funny."
"No it really is a recipe." Daniel began reading it to Jack. Jack sighed and hit his radio.
"Carter, Teal'c come in."
"Carter here sir."
"Yeah, stop by the local seven eleven on your way back we need some ingredients."
"Could you repeat that sir?"
"Daniel found a recipe for Goa'uld stew. Doesn't sound good, but when in Rome."
"Yes sir. We're on our way back. No naqqudah present."
"Good. O'Neill out."
