"Janet, do you have a minute?" Daniel asked as he walked into the
infirmary, which was for once empty.
"What does it look like? Is something wrong with your leg?" She asked concerned. "Take a seat."
"I'm fine, my legs fine. I just wanted ask you something."
"Sure. What can I do for you?"
"Do you know if there is anything going on between Jack and Sam?" He asked sitting on the bed. Janet instinctively took his pulse.
"No that I know of why?" She asked.
"Sam's redecorating her living room and she bought an Egyptian border so she e-mail a copy to me so I could make sure it didn't say anything that would offend anyone. When I called her back I could swear she was moaning and before we were cut off I swear she said Jack. She never calls him Jack, just sir or Colonel."
"She didn't say anything to me. I know he sent her flowers yesterday and invited her for dinner to thank her for looking after him and to apologise for his attitude the day before." Janet replied.
"Do you think something happened? I mean I didn't know about the dinner until after I went over there last night. Sam was just leaving when I arrived, thinking about it she looked a bit flushed and Jack was scowling at me." Daniel recalled.
"If it has it's about time. The only problem is the regulations." Janet replied thinking that she knew she hated the Air Force for that reason.
"If it has how are they going to keep it from General Hammond? I mean Jack isn't the most subtle person in the galaxy."
"I suppose you could go and sound General Hammond out, I mean hypothetically and off the record given that you're a civilian."
"Wouldn't that ruffle his suspicions and make him look more closely at their relationship?" Daniel asked.
"Daniel, their relationship has been speculated on since the day they met. Besides you're only talking off the record, besides which General Hammond knows that SG-1 is only as good as it is because you're all as close as you are."
"I guess. Thanks Janet."
~
"General Hammond, do you have a minute?" Daniel asked standing by the doorway to the General's office.
"Of course son, come in and close the door." Hammond beckoned. Daniel walked in closing the door behind him and sat in the chair. "How's the leg?" Hammond inquired.
"Fine thank you General. Doctor Fraiser says I'll be back to active duty by Monday."
"Good, we have a briefing scheduled for 1000. So what can I do for you?"
"General, can this conversation be off the record and purely hypothetical?" Daniel asked.
"If needs be. What's troubling you son?" Hammond asked intrigued.
"General, umm, how do I put this? What would you're position on two Air Force officers of different ranks who have a relationship which was a lot closer than the Air Force regulations would like?" Daniel asked diplomatically.
"I take it you're talking about Colonel O'Neill and Major Carter." Hammond said inwardly smiling.
"General I think it's better if we have this conversation in the abstract."
"Dr Jackson, whether this is in the abstract or reality I don't have a problem with it."
"Even if you personally don't, won't he Air Force?" Daniel asked.
"Dr Jackson, it was very clear from the first time that Jack and Sam met that they were inevitably going to get closer than the standard regulations, especially after your observations in the alternate reality. General Ryan, the President and a few other people you don't need to know about drew up a set of amendments to the Air Force regulations specifically for the SGC due to the nature of what we do after Senator Kinsey tried to shut us down the first time. These regulation change don't forbid relationships between officers or team members, it just reduces them to the discretion of the base commander and with the rule that they are not conducted on the base or off world, and with the revision that they mustn't affect the running of the base."
"So they're allowed to fraternize?" Daniel concluded.
"Yes." Hammond nodded.
"Why doesn't anyone seem to know about this?" Daniel asked.
"The amendments weren't made public knowledge to keep the base functioning efficiently, but they were there if someone went looking for them."
"Do Jack and Sam know about these amendments?" Daniel asked.
"I gave Jack a copy of the amendments two days ago. Jacob informed Sam after he found out Sam may have been goaded into kissing Jack while she was staying with him. So I presume something has happened. You may want to up the amount that you have in Ferretti's pool before they come back to work tomorrow."
"Yes sir." Daniel replied.
"I'm taking it that you and Teal'c won't have a problem with this and how if anyway it will affect the structure of SG-1?" Hammond asked.
"I can't speak for Teal'c, but I can safely assume neither of us will have a problem with it."
"Good. You'd better go and inform Dr Fraiser, if she keeps peaking out of that doorway anymore the SF's are going to start getting suspicious."
"Yes sir. Thank you General."
TBC
"What does it look like? Is something wrong with your leg?" She asked concerned. "Take a seat."
"I'm fine, my legs fine. I just wanted ask you something."
"Sure. What can I do for you?"
"Do you know if there is anything going on between Jack and Sam?" He asked sitting on the bed. Janet instinctively took his pulse.
"No that I know of why?" She asked.
"Sam's redecorating her living room and she bought an Egyptian border so she e-mail a copy to me so I could make sure it didn't say anything that would offend anyone. When I called her back I could swear she was moaning and before we were cut off I swear she said Jack. She never calls him Jack, just sir or Colonel."
"She didn't say anything to me. I know he sent her flowers yesterday and invited her for dinner to thank her for looking after him and to apologise for his attitude the day before." Janet replied.
"Do you think something happened? I mean I didn't know about the dinner until after I went over there last night. Sam was just leaving when I arrived, thinking about it she looked a bit flushed and Jack was scowling at me." Daniel recalled.
"If it has it's about time. The only problem is the regulations." Janet replied thinking that she knew she hated the Air Force for that reason.
"If it has how are they going to keep it from General Hammond? I mean Jack isn't the most subtle person in the galaxy."
"I suppose you could go and sound General Hammond out, I mean hypothetically and off the record given that you're a civilian."
"Wouldn't that ruffle his suspicions and make him look more closely at their relationship?" Daniel asked.
"Daniel, their relationship has been speculated on since the day they met. Besides you're only talking off the record, besides which General Hammond knows that SG-1 is only as good as it is because you're all as close as you are."
"I guess. Thanks Janet."
~
"General Hammond, do you have a minute?" Daniel asked standing by the doorway to the General's office.
"Of course son, come in and close the door." Hammond beckoned. Daniel walked in closing the door behind him and sat in the chair. "How's the leg?" Hammond inquired.
"Fine thank you General. Doctor Fraiser says I'll be back to active duty by Monday."
"Good, we have a briefing scheduled for 1000. So what can I do for you?"
"General, can this conversation be off the record and purely hypothetical?" Daniel asked.
"If needs be. What's troubling you son?" Hammond asked intrigued.
"General, umm, how do I put this? What would you're position on two Air Force officers of different ranks who have a relationship which was a lot closer than the Air Force regulations would like?" Daniel asked diplomatically.
"I take it you're talking about Colonel O'Neill and Major Carter." Hammond said inwardly smiling.
"General I think it's better if we have this conversation in the abstract."
"Dr Jackson, whether this is in the abstract or reality I don't have a problem with it."
"Even if you personally don't, won't he Air Force?" Daniel asked.
"Dr Jackson, it was very clear from the first time that Jack and Sam met that they were inevitably going to get closer than the standard regulations, especially after your observations in the alternate reality. General Ryan, the President and a few other people you don't need to know about drew up a set of amendments to the Air Force regulations specifically for the SGC due to the nature of what we do after Senator Kinsey tried to shut us down the first time. These regulation change don't forbid relationships between officers or team members, it just reduces them to the discretion of the base commander and with the rule that they are not conducted on the base or off world, and with the revision that they mustn't affect the running of the base."
"So they're allowed to fraternize?" Daniel concluded.
"Yes." Hammond nodded.
"Why doesn't anyone seem to know about this?" Daniel asked.
"The amendments weren't made public knowledge to keep the base functioning efficiently, but they were there if someone went looking for them."
"Do Jack and Sam know about these amendments?" Daniel asked.
"I gave Jack a copy of the amendments two days ago. Jacob informed Sam after he found out Sam may have been goaded into kissing Jack while she was staying with him. So I presume something has happened. You may want to up the amount that you have in Ferretti's pool before they come back to work tomorrow."
"Yes sir." Daniel replied.
"I'm taking it that you and Teal'c won't have a problem with this and how if anyway it will affect the structure of SG-1?" Hammond asked.
"I can't speak for Teal'c, but I can safely assume neither of us will have a problem with it."
"Good. You'd better go and inform Dr Fraiser, if she keeps peaking out of that doorway anymore the SF's are going to start getting suspicious."
"Yes sir. Thank you General."
TBC