Author's Note: This one will be a multiple chapter story. Nothing too long,
or too serious. Just fun stuff.
Again, I don't own Jack, only Jaffer
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"Colonel O'Neill?"
"Yes, Sir?"
"Is that Jaffer?"
Jack smiled, and reached down and scooped up the little black lab puppy and held him up so Hammond could get a better look at him.
"Yes, Sir."
"Why is he here?"
"Because I can't leave him at home, Sir."
"Why don't you take him up to the kennels?"
"Because the other dogs are bigger than him, and Teal'c took Jack to Andrew's for the day, so he wouldn't have anyone there his own age to play with."
That had to be the dumbest thing Jack O'Neill had ever said – which was saying a lot – but Hammond found himself nodding his understanding.
"Well... what are you planning on doing with him?"
"We're not scheduled to go off-world, Sir, so I was hoping I could just keep him with me today."
"Here?"
"Well... not right here in your office, but yes, Sir. Here on the base. He's small, Sir. He won't be any trouble."
Hammond didn't seem so sure, but he really couldn't think of a good reason to say no. He shrugged.
"Fine. But if he makes a mess, you clean it up."
"Yes, Sir."
Jack left Hammond's office still carrying Jaffer, but he set the puppy down once they got back out into the corridor. Jaffer looked up at Jack, as though asking him what they were going to do now, and Jack smiled.
"Let's go see Daniel."
They walked down the hall, the little black puppy strutting next to Jack, looking for all the world as though he was exactly where he belonged. They didn't make it down the hall to Daniel's office without being stopped a half a dozen times by Military personnel who just had to stop him and meet his new puppy. Everyone had seen the yellow lab that Teal'c had been given, but this was Jaffer's first trip to the SGC.
"Colonel!"
Jack stopped, and turned, giving Janet Fraiser a smile as she came up to him, looking down at Jaffer and smiling.
"Hey, Doc."
"Hello." She knelt down and Jaffer came right up to her, sniffing her happily and wagging his tail ferociously. "He looks just like Jack, doesn't he?"
"Yup, just black instead of yellow."
She picked the puppy up and cuddled him for a moment, resting her cheek against his soft black fur, then set him back down and stood up once more.
"You'll have to bring him by so Cassie can see him, okay?"
"I will, I promise. Better yet, why don't you see if she wants to spend the night next Friday? Carter's having some of the girls that she met at camp coming over to her house for the weekend, and I promised I'd bring Jaffer over to meet them – you know little girls and puppies. Cassie would probably have a good time."
"Sounds good." Fraiser smiled again, "I'll find Sam and talk to her about it. Thank you, Colonel."
"Any time. I know she was going to talk to you about it, anyways."
Fraiser nodded, and headed back down the hall. She had a couple Marines in her infirmary that she needed to check on, but hadn't been able to resist stopping and meeting Jack's new puppy. Maybe it wasn't just little girls and puppies.
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"Hey, Daniel. Whatcha doing?"
Daniel had several pictures laid out on his desk, each of them being held down with small rocks at the corners, and he looked up from the pictures when he heard O'Neill come in.
"Hi, Jack. I'm trying to translate this section of script from the obelisk from J-23P12. It's just a... why is Jaffer here?"
The little puppy heard his name and interpreted that as an invitation to come in, and he launched himself happily into Daniel's office, coming over to the archeologist's desk and looking up at him, waiting impatiently to be petted.
"He's spending the day with me."
"Why?"
Daniel reached down and picked the little black lab up and set him on his lap, but Jaffer jumped up onto Daniel's desk where he had a better view of what was going on.
"Don't let him fall," Jack warned, instantly going into paranoid dog owner mode.
"I won't." Daniel said, reaching over and picking the puppy up again, and putting him back on his lap. Jaffer squirmed free, his eyes on the rocks that Daniel had holding down the various photos. Jack knew that look well.
"Daniel... you might-"
Jaffer snatched up one of the smaller rocks in his mouth.
"Hey!"
"Jaffer! Drop it!"
Jaffer didn't drop it. He swallowed it as quickly as he could before Jack could take it from him, knowing that if Jack didn't want him to eat it, then it had to be good.
"Jack!" Daniel looked at the puppy in disbelief. Jaffer didn't even bat an eye. He looked at the other rocks, but Daniel had hold of him, now, and he couldn't get to them. "He ate my artifact."
"Relax, Daniel."
"That thing is probably a million years old, Jack. It had a fossil on it of some creature that I didn't even get a chance to study, and your dog ate it! You want me to relax?"
"You can have it back in a couple days. Believe me, I know." Oh, did Jack know.
"What?"
"What?"
"I want my artifact back, Jack."
"I'm not going to rip him open and pull it out, Daniel," O'Neill said, reaching over and taking Jaffer from Daniel before the archeologist could decide to put his hand down the puppy's throat and look for his rock. Jaffer licked Jack's face happily. "You can have it in a couple days. Probably close to the same time I'll get my dad's Zippo."
"I'd better."
Jack looked down at Jaffer, who looked up at him, unrepentant.
"Maybe we should let Daniel get back to work, huh, Jaffer? I'll bet Sam would love to see us. And she probably won't yell at us." Cradling his puppy protectively in his arms, Jack left Daniel's office before they could get into any more trouble.
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Again, I don't own Jack, only Jaffer
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"Colonel O'Neill?"
"Yes, Sir?"
"Is that Jaffer?"
Jack smiled, and reached down and scooped up the little black lab puppy and held him up so Hammond could get a better look at him.
"Yes, Sir."
"Why is he here?"
"Because I can't leave him at home, Sir."
"Why don't you take him up to the kennels?"
"Because the other dogs are bigger than him, and Teal'c took Jack to Andrew's for the day, so he wouldn't have anyone there his own age to play with."
That had to be the dumbest thing Jack O'Neill had ever said – which was saying a lot – but Hammond found himself nodding his understanding.
"Well... what are you planning on doing with him?"
"We're not scheduled to go off-world, Sir, so I was hoping I could just keep him with me today."
"Here?"
"Well... not right here in your office, but yes, Sir. Here on the base. He's small, Sir. He won't be any trouble."
Hammond didn't seem so sure, but he really couldn't think of a good reason to say no. He shrugged.
"Fine. But if he makes a mess, you clean it up."
"Yes, Sir."
Jack left Hammond's office still carrying Jaffer, but he set the puppy down once they got back out into the corridor. Jaffer looked up at Jack, as though asking him what they were going to do now, and Jack smiled.
"Let's go see Daniel."
They walked down the hall, the little black puppy strutting next to Jack, looking for all the world as though he was exactly where he belonged. They didn't make it down the hall to Daniel's office without being stopped a half a dozen times by Military personnel who just had to stop him and meet his new puppy. Everyone had seen the yellow lab that Teal'c had been given, but this was Jaffer's first trip to the SGC.
"Colonel!"
Jack stopped, and turned, giving Janet Fraiser a smile as she came up to him, looking down at Jaffer and smiling.
"Hey, Doc."
"Hello." She knelt down and Jaffer came right up to her, sniffing her happily and wagging his tail ferociously. "He looks just like Jack, doesn't he?"
"Yup, just black instead of yellow."
She picked the puppy up and cuddled him for a moment, resting her cheek against his soft black fur, then set him back down and stood up once more.
"You'll have to bring him by so Cassie can see him, okay?"
"I will, I promise. Better yet, why don't you see if she wants to spend the night next Friday? Carter's having some of the girls that she met at camp coming over to her house for the weekend, and I promised I'd bring Jaffer over to meet them – you know little girls and puppies. Cassie would probably have a good time."
"Sounds good." Fraiser smiled again, "I'll find Sam and talk to her about it. Thank you, Colonel."
"Any time. I know she was going to talk to you about it, anyways."
Fraiser nodded, and headed back down the hall. She had a couple Marines in her infirmary that she needed to check on, but hadn't been able to resist stopping and meeting Jack's new puppy. Maybe it wasn't just little girls and puppies.
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"Hey, Daniel. Whatcha doing?"
Daniel had several pictures laid out on his desk, each of them being held down with small rocks at the corners, and he looked up from the pictures when he heard O'Neill come in.
"Hi, Jack. I'm trying to translate this section of script from the obelisk from J-23P12. It's just a... why is Jaffer here?"
The little puppy heard his name and interpreted that as an invitation to come in, and he launched himself happily into Daniel's office, coming over to the archeologist's desk and looking up at him, waiting impatiently to be petted.
"He's spending the day with me."
"Why?"
Daniel reached down and picked the little black lab up and set him on his lap, but Jaffer jumped up onto Daniel's desk where he had a better view of what was going on.
"Don't let him fall," Jack warned, instantly going into paranoid dog owner mode.
"I won't." Daniel said, reaching over and picking the puppy up again, and putting him back on his lap. Jaffer squirmed free, his eyes on the rocks that Daniel had holding down the various photos. Jack knew that look well.
"Daniel... you might-"
Jaffer snatched up one of the smaller rocks in his mouth.
"Hey!"
"Jaffer! Drop it!"
Jaffer didn't drop it. He swallowed it as quickly as he could before Jack could take it from him, knowing that if Jack didn't want him to eat it, then it had to be good.
"Jack!" Daniel looked at the puppy in disbelief. Jaffer didn't even bat an eye. He looked at the other rocks, but Daniel had hold of him, now, and he couldn't get to them. "He ate my artifact."
"Relax, Daniel."
"That thing is probably a million years old, Jack. It had a fossil on it of some creature that I didn't even get a chance to study, and your dog ate it! You want me to relax?"
"You can have it back in a couple days. Believe me, I know." Oh, did Jack know.
"What?"
"What?"
"I want my artifact back, Jack."
"I'm not going to rip him open and pull it out, Daniel," O'Neill said, reaching over and taking Jaffer from Daniel before the archeologist could decide to put his hand down the puppy's throat and look for his rock. Jaffer licked Jack's face happily. "You can have it in a couple days. Probably close to the same time I'll get my dad's Zippo."
"I'd better."
Jack looked down at Jaffer, who looked up at him, unrepentant.
"Maybe we should let Daniel get back to work, huh, Jaffer? I'll bet Sam would love to see us. And she probably won't yell at us." Cradling his puppy protectively in his arms, Jack left Daniel's office before they could get into any more trouble.
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