The day was still fairly young as Carter and O'Neill poured themselves a
cup of coffee and walked back to the dock that they'd been fishing from.
This time, Sam stretched out and rested her head on Jack's leg. He wanted
to make sure he didn't fall asleep. Who knew what would come up out of the
water and attack him next?
Sam closed her eyes, relaxing utterly as O'Neill ran his fingers through her hair, just touching her and enjoying her company.
"You sicced Gina on me this morning, didn't you?"
She opened her eyes and looked up at him, but couldn't read anything in his expression. It was easy to assume Jack wasn't very bright, but it was wrong. Sam knew he was far more intelligent than he acted, and she had a feeling that he understood far more about what she did than he let on.
"I told her you might want some company, yes."
Jack nodded, but didn't say anything.
"You mad?"
"Nah. It was pretty clever of you."
"Well... I am a genius."
"Indeed." He leaned down and kissed her, gently. "Too bad you can't figure out how to catch a fish."
~~~*~*~
They spent the morning in that same position, just being together in a situation that wasn't life and death. The kids came and found them sporadically, so they were hardly alone, but they didn't need to be.
"Sam!" A group of girls came running up, holding out their prizes from arts and crafts. "Look what Daniel did!"
She took the leather bracelets and coin purses and examined them with all the attention she'd have given one of her complicated experiments, and then handed each of them to Jack so he could see them as well. Jack tried to look impressed, but he didn't manage it quite as naturally as Sam did. Luckily, Sam was the only one that noticed.
"Jack!" Andrew and Shawn came running up, and grinned down at them. "Hi, Sam."
"Hey boys. Done sailing?"
"Yeah. Shawn almost got hit by the boon, Jack. Just like you."
Shawn grinned as if this was the coolest thing in the world, and Sam couldn't help but smile.
"It missed you, though, right?" Jack asked, looking for any pain in Shawn's expression.
"Yeah, I'm quick. And Andrew warned me in plenty of time."
"Good."
"What are you guys doing?"
"Just hanging out here. What about you? Going to do more sailing?"
"Nah. We figured we'd go see what's going on in the field."
"It was football when Sam and I were there a little while ago."
"You want to come play?"
"Who would be Sam's pillow if I leave her?"
"She could come, too. Sam? You know how to play football?"
"No, sorry guys."
"They're setting up a barbeque for lunch." Andrew said, changing the subject swiftly and without notice, as boys were wont to do.
"Great! I wonder if we're eating outside?"
"Jared said we were," Shawn confirmed. He, of course, knew the names of all the staff members.
"Okay, guys. You go play football, and we'll see you at lunch."
"Okay, Jack."
"And don't get hurt!"
"Okay."
They took off at a run, and Sam smiled up at O'Neill.
"They don't need constant reminding, you know?"
"Yes they do."
Sam closed her eyes, relaxing utterly as O'Neill ran his fingers through her hair, just touching her and enjoying her company.
"You sicced Gina on me this morning, didn't you?"
She opened her eyes and looked up at him, but couldn't read anything in his expression. It was easy to assume Jack wasn't very bright, but it was wrong. Sam knew he was far more intelligent than he acted, and she had a feeling that he understood far more about what she did than he let on.
"I told her you might want some company, yes."
Jack nodded, but didn't say anything.
"You mad?"
"Nah. It was pretty clever of you."
"Well... I am a genius."
"Indeed." He leaned down and kissed her, gently. "Too bad you can't figure out how to catch a fish."
~~~*~*~
They spent the morning in that same position, just being together in a situation that wasn't life and death. The kids came and found them sporadically, so they were hardly alone, but they didn't need to be.
"Sam!" A group of girls came running up, holding out their prizes from arts and crafts. "Look what Daniel did!"
She took the leather bracelets and coin purses and examined them with all the attention she'd have given one of her complicated experiments, and then handed each of them to Jack so he could see them as well. Jack tried to look impressed, but he didn't manage it quite as naturally as Sam did. Luckily, Sam was the only one that noticed.
"Jack!" Andrew and Shawn came running up, and grinned down at them. "Hi, Sam."
"Hey boys. Done sailing?"
"Yeah. Shawn almost got hit by the boon, Jack. Just like you."
Shawn grinned as if this was the coolest thing in the world, and Sam couldn't help but smile.
"It missed you, though, right?" Jack asked, looking for any pain in Shawn's expression.
"Yeah, I'm quick. And Andrew warned me in plenty of time."
"Good."
"What are you guys doing?"
"Just hanging out here. What about you? Going to do more sailing?"
"Nah. We figured we'd go see what's going on in the field."
"It was football when Sam and I were there a little while ago."
"You want to come play?"
"Who would be Sam's pillow if I leave her?"
"She could come, too. Sam? You know how to play football?"
"No, sorry guys."
"They're setting up a barbeque for lunch." Andrew said, changing the subject swiftly and without notice, as boys were wont to do.
"Great! I wonder if we're eating outside?"
"Jared said we were," Shawn confirmed. He, of course, knew the names of all the staff members.
"Okay, guys. You go play football, and we'll see you at lunch."
"Okay, Jack."
"And don't get hurt!"
"Okay."
They took off at a run, and Sam smiled up at O'Neill.
"They don't need constant reminding, you know?"
"Yes they do."