"Hey, Carter."
Sam looked up from her laptop at the sound of Jack's voice. She smiled when she saw him, then realized that Jaffer was standing next to O'Neill, and her smile widened.
"What's he doing here, Jack?" Sam asked, putting her hand down close to the floor and gesturing for Jaffer to come over and get some loving. The puppy ran in excitedly and over to her chair and Carter scooped him up into her lap with one hand as she closed her laptop with the other. She was well aware what damage Jaffer could do, and was making sure there was nothing close to the edge of her desk that the puppy might get into.
"He's hanging out with me today." Jack closed the door behind him, and walked over and sat on the other edge of her desk, watching as she got some serious licking and sniffing from Jaffer. Sam was Jaffer's favorite person after Jack. Which was only fair, since she was Jack's favorite person, too.
"General Hammond knows?"
"Uh huh."
"And he doesn't care?"
"He didn't say no."
"What are you going to do with him?"
"We'll hang out in my office, and do paperwork."
"You might get more done if you let him do it."
"Cute." Jack grinned, and reached down and picked up one of Carter's little gadgets off her desk. One of the little expensive ones that had been the first thing she'd made sure was out of Jaffer's range. He examined it idly as Jaffer watched with interest from Sam's lap, where she was holding him firmly. "I'll have you know that I'm very close to having all my paperwork done."
"Really?"
"Well... 'close' is a unit of time, right, Carter? And time's all relative. So, I'm relatively very close to having all my paperwork done."
"Uh huh. Is that how you're going to explai-"
Jack dropped the gadget, and Sam closed her eyes when she heard the thing hit the floor with a clattering noise that was a sure sign it was broken.
"Sorry about that." Jack said, bending down and gathering up the pieces and setting them back down on her desk.
"Why don't you guys go visit Daniel?" Sam asked, clutching Jaffer even tighter when the puppy saw Jack set the pieces on the desk. They were definitely interesting! And probably delicious.
"We did. Jaffer ate one of his rocks."
"Shouldn't you take him to the vet?"
"Nah. It wasn't a big one. She'd just tell me to wait a couple days and if it didn't reappear to come back."
"The voice of experience talking?"
"Oh yeah."
Jack reached for another one of Sam's doohickeys, and Sam reached out with her free hand and touched his, stopping him.
"Um... let's go get something to eat, shall we?"
"It's 9:30, Carter."
"I didn't have much breakfast." She lied.
"Okay."
Carter handed Jaffer over to Jack – mainly just to keep his hands full – and stood up, giving her broken gadget a last mournful look before heading for the door.
"I saw Fraiser a little bit ago," Jack told her as they left her office and he put Jaffer down so the puppy could walk beside him.
"Don't you have a leash for him?" Sam asked, looking down at Jaffer, who was walking close to Jack, but was looking around him with interest.
"Of course I do."
"Shouldn't you be using it? He's not really all that good at staying close, is he?"
"He chewed it up last night, and I haven't had a chance to get him a new one, yet."
Sam shook her head and hid her smile, and Jack scowled.
"We'll go get one today," he said. "The pet store isn't open until 10."
"You were saying something about seeing Janet?" Sam reminded him.
"Yeah. She's going to talk to you about having Cassie spend the night with you and the girls next weekend."
"Good. I should go set that up now. She has a meeting later today, and I probably won't have a chance to see her after that."
"What about getting something to eat?"
"I'll meet you there," Sam told him, smiling as she turned at an intersecting corridor.
Jack reached down and caught up Jaffer before he could follow her, and cuddled his puppy as the two of them watched her go.
"C'mon Jaffer," Jack told him, tucking him under his arm. "We'll get something to eat, and THEN we'll go do our paperwork."
Sam looked up from her laptop at the sound of Jack's voice. She smiled when she saw him, then realized that Jaffer was standing next to O'Neill, and her smile widened.
"What's he doing here, Jack?" Sam asked, putting her hand down close to the floor and gesturing for Jaffer to come over and get some loving. The puppy ran in excitedly and over to her chair and Carter scooped him up into her lap with one hand as she closed her laptop with the other. She was well aware what damage Jaffer could do, and was making sure there was nothing close to the edge of her desk that the puppy might get into.
"He's hanging out with me today." Jack closed the door behind him, and walked over and sat on the other edge of her desk, watching as she got some serious licking and sniffing from Jaffer. Sam was Jaffer's favorite person after Jack. Which was only fair, since she was Jack's favorite person, too.
"General Hammond knows?"
"Uh huh."
"And he doesn't care?"
"He didn't say no."
"What are you going to do with him?"
"We'll hang out in my office, and do paperwork."
"You might get more done if you let him do it."
"Cute." Jack grinned, and reached down and picked up one of Carter's little gadgets off her desk. One of the little expensive ones that had been the first thing she'd made sure was out of Jaffer's range. He examined it idly as Jaffer watched with interest from Sam's lap, where she was holding him firmly. "I'll have you know that I'm very close to having all my paperwork done."
"Really?"
"Well... 'close' is a unit of time, right, Carter? And time's all relative. So, I'm relatively very close to having all my paperwork done."
"Uh huh. Is that how you're going to explai-"
Jack dropped the gadget, and Sam closed her eyes when she heard the thing hit the floor with a clattering noise that was a sure sign it was broken.
"Sorry about that." Jack said, bending down and gathering up the pieces and setting them back down on her desk.
"Why don't you guys go visit Daniel?" Sam asked, clutching Jaffer even tighter when the puppy saw Jack set the pieces on the desk. They were definitely interesting! And probably delicious.
"We did. Jaffer ate one of his rocks."
"Shouldn't you take him to the vet?"
"Nah. It wasn't a big one. She'd just tell me to wait a couple days and if it didn't reappear to come back."
"The voice of experience talking?"
"Oh yeah."
Jack reached for another one of Sam's doohickeys, and Sam reached out with her free hand and touched his, stopping him.
"Um... let's go get something to eat, shall we?"
"It's 9:30, Carter."
"I didn't have much breakfast." She lied.
"Okay."
Carter handed Jaffer over to Jack – mainly just to keep his hands full – and stood up, giving her broken gadget a last mournful look before heading for the door.
"I saw Fraiser a little bit ago," Jack told her as they left her office and he put Jaffer down so the puppy could walk beside him.
"Don't you have a leash for him?" Sam asked, looking down at Jaffer, who was walking close to Jack, but was looking around him with interest.
"Of course I do."
"Shouldn't you be using it? He's not really all that good at staying close, is he?"
"He chewed it up last night, and I haven't had a chance to get him a new one, yet."
Sam shook her head and hid her smile, and Jack scowled.
"We'll go get one today," he said. "The pet store isn't open until 10."
"You were saying something about seeing Janet?" Sam reminded him.
"Yeah. She's going to talk to you about having Cassie spend the night with you and the girls next weekend."
"Good. I should go set that up now. She has a meeting later today, and I probably won't have a chance to see her after that."
"What about getting something to eat?"
"I'll meet you there," Sam told him, smiling as she turned at an intersecting corridor.
Jack reached down and caught up Jaffer before he could follow her, and cuddled his puppy as the two of them watched her go.
"C'mon Jaffer," Jack told him, tucking him under his arm. "We'll get something to eat, and THEN we'll go do our paperwork."