To my readers-I just finished chap 55 and am still typing….haven't even wrote the battle scene, so….no worries that the story is ending any time soon…K

"What?" Jack yelped.

Buffy smiled, "I didn't think you were going deaf quite yet."

"Funny girl. How many?" He started throwing on clothes, hopping around on one leg until he pulled on his pants.

"I sensed 5, but I only saw one. And that was for a split second after I connected during our fight."

Jack stopped, "You can sense them?" He only had one shoe on.

"Giles patiently drilled me in fighting blindfolded to build my senses. I can sense vamps, demons and definitely invisible Jaffa." Buffy stated emphatically.

Jack nodded, "We'll be there in the morning." He banged his foot and danced around, "Damnittohell!" he yelped.

"Jack, you ok?" Came Buffy's amused voice.

Frantically rubbing his toes he snarled, "Fine."

"Good. I can't handle the Jaffa, wedding plans, graduation, moving and the new hellmouth disaster at the same time."

Jack sighed, "Poor baby. We'll be there to back you up Blondie." He paused as he found his matching running shoe, shoving it on without socks. "You know Jay is out of town."

"I know." Buffy was relieved actually, it would keep him out of danger.

"Ok, see you soon." And Jack hung up, then dialed another number immediately.

"Sir. Foothold. (code for alien incursion) Yes Sir. I'll be there in 25 minutes, I'm calling the kids right now. Yes Sir." And Jack hung up. He stopped and stared at the phone. Hellmouth disaster?

Morning shone brightly through the curtains, making Buffy moan. She covered her head with her pillow but the damage was done, she was wide-awake. Rolling over she checked the time and realized it was already 11, then she checked out the picture of Jay beside the clock. Jeans so low that she could see the arrow of hair disappear behind the toolbelt around his hips, his chest bare, black silky hair slightly mussed like fingers had been run through it, his arms crossed as he looked at something not shown in the picture, the very sexy pose of male masculinity. "I miss you." She whispered.

Suddenly she heard familiar voices downstairs and then the sound of booted feet tromping up the stairs, and a muffled female voice.

"Yo Blondie! You awake yet?" Jack shouted through the closed door. Then Sam's voice, "Sir, go back downstairs, I'll see if she's awake, though with that bellow I'm pretty sure that she is." Buffy snickered as she heard Jack yelp, then with a knock Sam slipped inside.

"Hi Sam!"

"Hi Buffy. Your bed looks sooo good." Sam moaned enviously. Buffy patted the space beside her and Sam toed off her shoes and flopped down beside her with a happy sigh. "Don't wake me, Ok?"

The door opened again and Faith slipped in, grinning at the two women. Buffy sat up, "Sam, Faith, Faith, Sam." The two women nodded and Faith shoved Buffy over to lie on the other side, leaving Buffy in the middle. They lay there enjoying the sun streaming in the window when the door opened again and Willow, then Dawn crept in. Willow sat down Indian style, but Dawn made a flying leap onto the bed, making Buffy yelp as her toes were squashed.

Suddenly there was an ominous creaking and Willow's eyes went wide, "Maybe I should…" and then were was a tremendous crash as the bed's wooden frame snapped and the whole thing crashed to the wooden floor, causing the women to shriek in unison.

Alarmed by the loud noise the men raced up the stairs, Jack throwing open the door on a room full of hysterically laughing women.

"What in the hell happened?" Jack barked, even though he could see that there was no cause for concern, now. He looked at Sam who happened to be laughing so hard that tears were streaming down her face, while Willow struggled to speak.

"We were.., "snort, laugh. "..all on the bed…" giggle, "and it.." gasp, giggle, "collapsed!" and the women positively howled.

Teal'c raised an eyebrow, prompting more hysteria. He turned and left, deciding that since there was not an actual crisis then his presence was not needed. His lips twitched at the sound of the women still laughing behind him.

Jack and Daniel had never seen Sam so free with her laughter, and both realized that Buffy had brought a lot of laughter into their lives. Sam was the oldest of the women now on the floor, but with these women she was laughing like a giddy teen. It was a good look for her.

Giles shook his head, "I'll have Xander come up and fix it this afternoon. I'm sure he would rather do that than research. Come on gentleman." And with an amused headshake Daniel followed Giles, but Jack stayed, his hands in his pockets as he leaned against the doorjamb.

"How can I look at 5 beautiful, happy women and not believe that the day will get better from here." He smiled charmingly.

"Jack, you're a sweetheart." Buffy said, and elbowed Sam lightly when she snorted knowingly. "Now beat it, we'll be downstairs in a few minutes." He saluted sloppily and shut the door, leaving the women to talk about the wedding and stuff.

Buffy took a quick shower and dressed in jeans and a dark blue t-shirt that had an x-ray of Homer Simpson's head with a donut where his brain should be saying, 'this is your brain on donuts'. She jogged down the stairs, smiling at everyone crowded around the table munching on chips, carrot sticks, (insisted upon by Willow) and sandwiches. She moved into the kitchen and poured herself a desperately needed cup of coffee, almost bowling Daniel over.

"Whoops, sorry Daniel." She put the coffee down and wrapped the surprised man in a hug. "I'm glad you guys are here." Her voice muffled in his chest.

Daniel patted Buffy on the back gently, enjoying the hug and the feelings that swarmed through him. He considered her as much a sister as he did Sam, and realized that he loved this woman who had captured his friends heart so completely. "Buffy, need coffee."

Buffy laughed against his chest and pulled back, and handed him her mug, "Here Daniel." She smiled sweetly at him and he leaned forward and gave her quick kiss on the nose. "Don't tell Jay, he'll rip my head off." And he meandered into the dining room, leaving the snickering Buffy in the kitchen. She poured herself a cup and followed him.

Jack was leaning over teasing Dawn about Jon when he saw Buffy's t-shirt and yelped, "D'oh! Where did ya get that cool shirt?" he stood and had grabbed Buffy to look at her shirt more closely.

Giggling slightly Buffy pulled back, "Jaa-ack, get your own. I got this one at Target." She slid around him and nudged Faith to scoot over and share her chair.

Jack started to talk about the Jaffa, bouncing ideas off of Sam and Teal'c while Daniel tapped away on his laptop, a fascinated Willow looking over his shoulder occasionally while she did her own research on her laptop about the demon that Buffy had met.

"I'll give you guys my take, based on what Jay and I have talked about, plus what I've overheard." Buffy interrupted quietly.

SG-1 all looked at her curiously and Jack said, "Enlighten us 'Oh Blonde One'." Then he grunted when Sam elbowed him sharply. "Hey, blonde theoretical physicist here Colonel."

"Like I said."

Buffy stuck out her tongue at him, then rested her chin on her hand, "The technology that makes them disappear? It's the same stuff that the Jaffa almost blew Jay up with. Stands to reason they have the same boss. Now, they're in Cleveland, how did they find out about me? The planet that we rescued Jay from, they must have had some kind of video or something."

"Jacob Carter indicated that the goa'uld on the planet we rescued Colonel Coburn from was a minor goa'uld. Considering the technology the found…"Teal'c trailed off and looked at Sam, "Nirrti." She finished flatly.

Teal'c nodded, "Indeed."

Buffy sighed, "She's looking for a guinea pig isn't she?"

"Yep." Jack replied, his face darkening as he remembered what had happened to Cassie.

Thinking about the NID Buffy made a face, "She has to stand in line."

Snorting a laugh Jack took a carrot stick and munched it absently, "So, when were you gonna tell me about the NID?"

"Um, Harry Maybourne said the NID are interested in me. There, I told you. Now who told you?"

"Buffy! The NID are dangerous and would like nothing more than to experiment on you." Sam protested.

Jack nodded, "She's right and I don't give up my sources Blondie. You do need to be careful however."

"They're only human." Buffy said, "Compared to what I usually deal with?" She shrugged dismissively.

During this conversation Giles had only been listening to it halfway as he had thumbed through an ancient prophecy book written in attic greek, supposedly by a disciple of Peter. Something in the book had caught his eye and he had tuned the rest of the conversation out. Now he gasped.