Jack put the phone down and looked at his wife. "Daniel and Sam are no shows."
"Oh?" Janet stopped preparing the food and looked at him.
"Yeah. Daniel says he's reached a breakthrough on that parchment thing we brought back the other week and apparently Sam is washing her hair." Jack raised an eyebrow and shook his head.
"Uh huh." Janet smiled and went back to preparing the food.
Jack moved and stood behind her, wrapping his arms round her waist and kissing her neck gently. "What are you smiling about?"
Janet chuckled. "You're telling me you haven't noticed anything unusual about Daniel and Sam lately?"
Jack frowned as he thought about it. "No. They spend way too much time together...but they've always been like that."
"You haven't noticed anything different about Daniel?"
Jack let go of her and stood at her side, studying her face. "Like?"
"Like the way his face flushes slightly whenever you mention the amount of time he spends with Sam. Or the way his eyes light up when he makes her laugh?"
"No..."
"...or the way Sam looks at Daniel when she thinks no one is looking? The way she always makes sure her watch is after his when you're off-world, so she gets to wake him up?"
"Are you saying that they're a couple?"
"Oh they're not together yet..." Cassie wandered into the kitchen and stole a piece of red pepper from the chopping board. "But Daniel likes Sam more than he'd care to admit and I'd lay money on Sam feeling the same way."
Jack looked at his daughter. "And you know this how?"
Cassie grinned. "It's amazing what you can get out of Uncle Daniel with a few well placed bottles of beer."
"Cassie!" Janet smacked her playfully round the head. "You're as bad as your father with that you know."
"I know. Who do you think I learnt it off?"
"Yes well." Janet winked at Jack. "I'm beginning to wonder what I ever saw in you Jack O'Neill."
"Wasn't it something to do with well toned..."
Jack sniggered as Janet clamped her hand firmly over Cassie's mouth and steered her out of the kitchen. He reached into the fridge and went to pick up a beer before realizing he only had two left. "No...those have Danny Boy's name written all over them." He smiled and made a mental note to drop by Daniel's in the morning and interrogate him. "Oh yes...life is good. But then there's just one problem with that." He sighed and reopened the fridge, pulling out one of the beers and capping it. "When it's this good...something bad is always nearby."
"Oh?" Janet stopped preparing the food and looked at him.
"Yeah. Daniel says he's reached a breakthrough on that parchment thing we brought back the other week and apparently Sam is washing her hair." Jack raised an eyebrow and shook his head.
"Uh huh." Janet smiled and went back to preparing the food.
Jack moved and stood behind her, wrapping his arms round her waist and kissing her neck gently. "What are you smiling about?"
Janet chuckled. "You're telling me you haven't noticed anything unusual about Daniel and Sam lately?"
Jack frowned as he thought about it. "No. They spend way too much time together...but they've always been like that."
"You haven't noticed anything different about Daniel?"
Jack let go of her and stood at her side, studying her face. "Like?"
"Like the way his face flushes slightly whenever you mention the amount of time he spends with Sam. Or the way his eyes light up when he makes her laugh?"
"No..."
"...or the way Sam looks at Daniel when she thinks no one is looking? The way she always makes sure her watch is after his when you're off-world, so she gets to wake him up?"
"Are you saying that they're a couple?"
"Oh they're not together yet..." Cassie wandered into the kitchen and stole a piece of red pepper from the chopping board. "But Daniel likes Sam more than he'd care to admit and I'd lay money on Sam feeling the same way."
Jack looked at his daughter. "And you know this how?"
Cassie grinned. "It's amazing what you can get out of Uncle Daniel with a few well placed bottles of beer."
"Cassie!" Janet smacked her playfully round the head. "You're as bad as your father with that you know."
"I know. Who do you think I learnt it off?"
"Yes well." Janet winked at Jack. "I'm beginning to wonder what I ever saw in you Jack O'Neill."
"Wasn't it something to do with well toned..."
Jack sniggered as Janet clamped her hand firmly over Cassie's mouth and steered her out of the kitchen. He reached into the fridge and went to pick up a beer before realizing he only had two left. "No...those have Danny Boy's name written all over them." He smiled and made a mental note to drop by Daniel's in the morning and interrogate him. "Oh yes...life is good. But then there's just one problem with that." He sighed and reopened the fridge, pulling out one of the beers and capping it. "When it's this good...something bad is always nearby."
