"Hello?"
"Jack?"
O'Neill smiled, and immediately knew what was going on.
"Hi Cassie. How are you, honey?"
"I'm good, thanks."
"Just get out of school?"
"Uh huh, about an hour ago."
"Talked to your mom?"
"Yeah, why?"
"Just curious. What's up?"
"Want to come over?"
"Sure. When?"
"Tonight? Mom wants to have a get together."
Jack wondered if Cassandra was supposed to tell him that it was Janet's idea.
"I'd love to. What time?"
"It's a school night, so probably after you guys get off work."
"Who else is coming?"
"I'm supposed to ask you to see if Teal'c, Daniel and Sam want to come."
"I'll ask, Cassie. I'm sure they'll want to come. We'll see you around six, okay?"
"Okay. I'll let mom know."
"Do we need to bring anything?"
"I'm not sure... mom didn't say..."
"I'll ask her, honey." Jack grinned, although no one was there to see it. "I'll see you in a little while."
"Okay, Jack. Bye."
"Bye, Cassie."
He hung up the phone, and got up and headed for the door of his office.
.............
"She sicced Cassie on you?"
"On us, Daniel." Jack corrected.
Sam smiled. "I'll bet a dollar to a donut Cassie was supposed to tell you it was her idea."
"Oh, yeah. I'm sure of it," Jack said.
"She must be pretty desperate to do that."
"Oh, I don't know..."
"Maybe we should just tell her..." Sam said.
"What? And spoil whatever she has planned for us? No way."
Daniel shook his head, grinning, but Sam frowned.
"That's not very nice, Colonel..."
"And setting Cassandra on us was?"
"Well... no..."
"There ya go. We'll pretend we don't know what's going on, and we'll see what kind of ambush she has laid out for us."
"An ambush is not very effective when the ones being ambushed are aware of the trap." Teal'c pointed out.
Jack grinned.
Sam and Daniel couldn't help but echo it.
...............
"Hey, Doc."
Janet looked up from her report, and feigned a look of surprise.
"Colonel O'Neill. Feeling okay?"
"Yup."
Too bad.
"What can I do for you?"
"I just had a call from Cassie."
"Is everything all right?" She pretended to act concerned.
"Yup. She just thought it'd be nice if we came over this evening. A kind of get together to welcome you home."
"That was nice of her."
"Yeah. So... can we come over?"
"If you'd like. I'd hate to say no to her."
Of course you would. Jack hid his glee behind a perfectly straight expression. He could do it when he tried, after all.
"Okay. She said it's a school night, so we'll be over as soon as I can pry Carter out of her lab."
"Fine with me."
"Are we eating? Or just visiting? Want us to bring food?"
"Sure. I'll stop and get the drinks."
Oh, I bet you will. Jack nodded.
"See you in a bit, then."
"Fine, Colonel."
Fraiser went back to her paper, hiding her eyes so he wouldn't see the triumphant look there, and Jack turned on his heel and made his escape from the infirmary before she could see the laughter that was dancing in his own brown eyes.
.............
"So?"
"Oh, we're stopping for food, and she's going to stop and get the drinks."
"Drinks?" Daniel asked. "She's going to try and get us drunk, you think?"
"Think she'd do that?" Jack asked innocently.
"In a heartbeat, Jack."
"Me, too."
He looked at Daniel and Teal'c. "Let's gather up Carter, and we'll head out. We'll grab some chicken and the trimmings, and do our own planning on the way."
They walked to Carter's lab, and found that it wasn't as hard as usual to get Sam to leave.
"She's really going to try and get us drunk?"
"Probably not all of us, Sam," Daniel said. "Teal'c doesn't drink, and I've never seen you drunk, so she'll probably focus on Jack here, or me." Although Jack with a hangover wasn't something that Daniel thought Fraiser would want to deal with the next morning.
They were walking down the corridor towards the elevator, now, and stopped talking, just in case they ran into Fraiser. But the minute they were all in Carter's car – they could have fit in Jack's truck, but this was more comfortable, and besides, if Jack was going to be drinking he didn't need to be driving, anyways – they started discussing it again as they headed off the base.
"Then, she'll probably separate us a little – or suggest that Cassie take Sam and Teal'c or whoever is sober – off to help her with homework, or see something, and then try to grill the drunk ones."
"Is she, in truth, that devious, O'Neill?" Teal'c asked. It seemed like a lot off effort to get the answers the doctor wanted.
"Oh yeah."
"Definitely." Daniel agreed.
Even Sam had to nod.
"Jack?"
O'Neill smiled, and immediately knew what was going on.
"Hi Cassie. How are you, honey?"
"I'm good, thanks."
"Just get out of school?"
"Uh huh, about an hour ago."
"Talked to your mom?"
"Yeah, why?"
"Just curious. What's up?"
"Want to come over?"
"Sure. When?"
"Tonight? Mom wants to have a get together."
Jack wondered if Cassandra was supposed to tell him that it was Janet's idea.
"I'd love to. What time?"
"It's a school night, so probably after you guys get off work."
"Who else is coming?"
"I'm supposed to ask you to see if Teal'c, Daniel and Sam want to come."
"I'll ask, Cassie. I'm sure they'll want to come. We'll see you around six, okay?"
"Okay. I'll let mom know."
"Do we need to bring anything?"
"I'm not sure... mom didn't say..."
"I'll ask her, honey." Jack grinned, although no one was there to see it. "I'll see you in a little while."
"Okay, Jack. Bye."
"Bye, Cassie."
He hung up the phone, and got up and headed for the door of his office.
.............
"She sicced Cassie on you?"
"On us, Daniel." Jack corrected.
Sam smiled. "I'll bet a dollar to a donut Cassie was supposed to tell you it was her idea."
"Oh, yeah. I'm sure of it," Jack said.
"She must be pretty desperate to do that."
"Oh, I don't know..."
"Maybe we should just tell her..." Sam said.
"What? And spoil whatever she has planned for us? No way."
Daniel shook his head, grinning, but Sam frowned.
"That's not very nice, Colonel..."
"And setting Cassandra on us was?"
"Well... no..."
"There ya go. We'll pretend we don't know what's going on, and we'll see what kind of ambush she has laid out for us."
"An ambush is not very effective when the ones being ambushed are aware of the trap." Teal'c pointed out.
Jack grinned.
Sam and Daniel couldn't help but echo it.
...............
"Hey, Doc."
Janet looked up from her report, and feigned a look of surprise.
"Colonel O'Neill. Feeling okay?"
"Yup."
Too bad.
"What can I do for you?"
"I just had a call from Cassie."
"Is everything all right?" She pretended to act concerned.
"Yup. She just thought it'd be nice if we came over this evening. A kind of get together to welcome you home."
"That was nice of her."
"Yeah. So... can we come over?"
"If you'd like. I'd hate to say no to her."
Of course you would. Jack hid his glee behind a perfectly straight expression. He could do it when he tried, after all.
"Okay. She said it's a school night, so we'll be over as soon as I can pry Carter out of her lab."
"Fine with me."
"Are we eating? Or just visiting? Want us to bring food?"
"Sure. I'll stop and get the drinks."
Oh, I bet you will. Jack nodded.
"See you in a bit, then."
"Fine, Colonel."
Fraiser went back to her paper, hiding her eyes so he wouldn't see the triumphant look there, and Jack turned on his heel and made his escape from the infirmary before she could see the laughter that was dancing in his own brown eyes.
.............
"So?"
"Oh, we're stopping for food, and she's going to stop and get the drinks."
"Drinks?" Daniel asked. "She's going to try and get us drunk, you think?"
"Think she'd do that?" Jack asked innocently.
"In a heartbeat, Jack."
"Me, too."
He looked at Daniel and Teal'c. "Let's gather up Carter, and we'll head out. We'll grab some chicken and the trimmings, and do our own planning on the way."
They walked to Carter's lab, and found that it wasn't as hard as usual to get Sam to leave.
"She's really going to try and get us drunk?"
"Probably not all of us, Sam," Daniel said. "Teal'c doesn't drink, and I've never seen you drunk, so she'll probably focus on Jack here, or me." Although Jack with a hangover wasn't something that Daniel thought Fraiser would want to deal with the next morning.
They were walking down the corridor towards the elevator, now, and stopped talking, just in case they ran into Fraiser. But the minute they were all in Carter's car – they could have fit in Jack's truck, but this was more comfortable, and besides, if Jack was going to be drinking he didn't need to be driving, anyways – they started discussing it again as they headed off the base.
"Then, she'll probably separate us a little – or suggest that Cassie take Sam and Teal'c or whoever is sober – off to help her with homework, or see something, and then try to grill the drunk ones."
"Is she, in truth, that devious, O'Neill?" Teal'c asked. It seemed like a lot off effort to get the answers the doctor wanted.
"Oh yeah."
"Definitely." Daniel agreed.
Even Sam had to nod.