Sorry I havent posted in a while, got distracted by Chrismas shopping.
When Jack emerged the next morning, he expected quite a different attitude from his second in command. She was surprisingly chirpy and even friendly towards him. It was getting weird. He had tried to apologize and explain numerous times, but she'd just change the subject. He was beginning to get frustrated. Usually he would have been quite happy with the turn of events, it would mean that they didn't have to deal with anything. Today however, Jack O'Neill actually wanted to talk. He wasn't going to risk his relationship with Sam falling apart like his marriage had.
It was only 1100hours and Sam was beginning to get tired. She'd exhausted herself crying last night and her sleep had been restless. Add to that the effort of putting on a brave face as well as being friendly to the colonel, and you get one very tired Major. Sighing heavily she reminded herself that after this mission, things would be better. As soon as they got back she would ask for a transfer to another team. If she were really lucky Hammond might even give her her own command. Okay, so maybe that wasn't very likely, but if she played her cards right she might get to take over SG4 when Colonel Healy retired. Scuttlebutt was that he was thinking of leaving within the next six months. Knowing that she would soon be away from O'Neill gave her a new surge of energy. She would finally have a chance to get over him. God knows she had tried, but being around him made it incredibly difficult. Most of the time it wasn't too bad, sometimes, when he was in a foul mood, it even helped her to move on, but then there were those times that he did something that would make her fall deeper. Like when he gets so confused while she's explaining one of her theories. His eyebrows bunch together and his lips are parted as if ready to say 'what?' When he gets really confused he interrupts and make that weird 'ack' sound, she half expects him to put his fingers in his ears. Damn it, stop it, Sam berated herself. Why did he have to be so adorable? So much for the second wind. Packing up her equipment she secured the samples she had collected. There wasn't much of interest in the soil or water, but it was standard procedure. This mission was more off a Daniel mission. He got to study a foreign culture while the rest of them tagged along for the ride.
More to come...