"So do you want to come over for a team night?" Daniel asked after they
finished the debrief.
"It's a nice thought, but I've got a lot of work to do and I think I'm getting a headache. Can I take a rain check?" Sam pleaded. Jack looked at her concerned.
"Sure. You should go and see Janet and get something for that headache." He suggested. "Jack?"
"Can I plead a rain check too? I may as well take advantage of an extra night off and catch up on the paperwork that has cluttered my desk by now."
"Sure. Teal'c, you up for pizza?" He asked.
"That would be most enjoyable Daniel Jackson."
"Carter, are you sure you're okay? You're not looking too hot there." Jack asked as they walked out.
"I'm fine sir. Just a headache."
"Umm." He put his hand to the back of her forehead. "You've got a mild fever. Come on I'll take you to the infirmary."
"I'm fine sir honestly."
"Carter, infirmary now and that's an order."
"Yes sir." Sam wasn't feeling up to arguing.
~
"Doc." Jack yelled as they entered the infirmary.
"Yes sir, miss me already?" She jovially asked.
"Doc, Carter's sick."
"Colonel, I'm fine just a little headache." Sam replied.
"You also have a mild fever." Jack countered.
"How long have you been feeling ill?" Janet asked as she patted the bed.
"I started getting a headache about an hour ago. Just give me some aspirin and I'll be fine."
"Let me put a rush on your blood work and I'll run a few more tests."
"Janet, it's just a headache. The Colonel is just over reacting."
"Let me be the judge of that." She put a thermometer in Sam's ear. "101. I'd say that's a fever. I think you'll be staying here for a while. Colonel, I'll call you with an update."
"Yeah, call me if she needs a ride home. I'll see you later Carter."
"Colonel, I need to ."
"I'll get the geeks to start the analysis of your data."
"Colonel, they'd prefer it if you didn't call them geeks."
"But that's like me calling Danny's rocks something else."
"Colonel, they're artefacts now out." Janet instructed.
"Yes ma'am." He shot off a playful salute and left.
"So any other symptoms?" Janet asked as she took Sam's blood pressure for the second time that day.
"Just the headache."
"Okay, stay here and I'll go and chase up your blood test results."
~
Janet walked back into the infirmary with a bemused smile on her face.
"What?" Sam asked.
"I think you've spent too much time with Colonel O'Neill."
"Janet?"
"Sorry Sam, but you've caught the chicken pox."
"I thought I was okay because I'd already had it."
"Sometimes people get unlucky and catch it twice. I'll talk to the General but it seems like the Colonel gets to return the favour."
"I swear if he starts laughing."
"Go grab your things; I'll have him meet you topside in five minutes but try to avoid everyone else. We don't need an epidemic."
"Can't I stay here? I mean we know the Tok'ra and Teal'c will be fine."
"We can't chance it with anyone else. I'm sorry Sam."
"Okay. I'll see you in two weeks." Sam hopped off the bed.
"Have fun and don't scratch."
~
"Don't you make that face with me Jack O'Neill!" Sam said as they got in the car.
"What face?" He asked innocently.
"That smug face. Like when you've just got one over on the Goa'uld it's not funny."
"It really is."
"No it's not. I do a nice thing and stay with you while you're sick and what I do I get for it the chicken pox."
"At least this time Danny and Teal'c can make other plans. Hammond is going to assign them to different teams for the duration." He smiled at her. "Besides if you get really bored I came with some interesting idea for the oven-mitts while I was sick."
"You're insatiable you know that." Sam said as he drove out of the base.
"Don't you just love it?"
TBC
"It's a nice thought, but I've got a lot of work to do and I think I'm getting a headache. Can I take a rain check?" Sam pleaded. Jack looked at her concerned.
"Sure. You should go and see Janet and get something for that headache." He suggested. "Jack?"
"Can I plead a rain check too? I may as well take advantage of an extra night off and catch up on the paperwork that has cluttered my desk by now."
"Sure. Teal'c, you up for pizza?" He asked.
"That would be most enjoyable Daniel Jackson."
"Carter, are you sure you're okay? You're not looking too hot there." Jack asked as they walked out.
"I'm fine sir. Just a headache."
"Umm." He put his hand to the back of her forehead. "You've got a mild fever. Come on I'll take you to the infirmary."
"I'm fine sir honestly."
"Carter, infirmary now and that's an order."
"Yes sir." Sam wasn't feeling up to arguing.
~
"Doc." Jack yelled as they entered the infirmary.
"Yes sir, miss me already?" She jovially asked.
"Doc, Carter's sick."
"Colonel, I'm fine just a little headache." Sam replied.
"You also have a mild fever." Jack countered.
"How long have you been feeling ill?" Janet asked as she patted the bed.
"I started getting a headache about an hour ago. Just give me some aspirin and I'll be fine."
"Let me put a rush on your blood work and I'll run a few more tests."
"Janet, it's just a headache. The Colonel is just over reacting."
"Let me be the judge of that." She put a thermometer in Sam's ear. "101. I'd say that's a fever. I think you'll be staying here for a while. Colonel, I'll call you with an update."
"Yeah, call me if she needs a ride home. I'll see you later Carter."
"Colonel, I need to ."
"I'll get the geeks to start the analysis of your data."
"Colonel, they'd prefer it if you didn't call them geeks."
"But that's like me calling Danny's rocks something else."
"Colonel, they're artefacts now out." Janet instructed.
"Yes ma'am." He shot off a playful salute and left.
"So any other symptoms?" Janet asked as she took Sam's blood pressure for the second time that day.
"Just the headache."
"Okay, stay here and I'll go and chase up your blood test results."
~
Janet walked back into the infirmary with a bemused smile on her face.
"What?" Sam asked.
"I think you've spent too much time with Colonel O'Neill."
"Janet?"
"Sorry Sam, but you've caught the chicken pox."
"I thought I was okay because I'd already had it."
"Sometimes people get unlucky and catch it twice. I'll talk to the General but it seems like the Colonel gets to return the favour."
"I swear if he starts laughing."
"Go grab your things; I'll have him meet you topside in five minutes but try to avoid everyone else. We don't need an epidemic."
"Can't I stay here? I mean we know the Tok'ra and Teal'c will be fine."
"We can't chance it with anyone else. I'm sorry Sam."
"Okay. I'll see you in two weeks." Sam hopped off the bed.
"Have fun and don't scratch."
~
"Don't you make that face with me Jack O'Neill!" Sam said as they got in the car.
"What face?" He asked innocently.
"That smug face. Like when you've just got one over on the Goa'uld it's not funny."
"It really is."
"No it's not. I do a nice thing and stay with you while you're sick and what I do I get for it the chicken pox."
"At least this time Danny and Teal'c can make other plans. Hammond is going to assign them to different teams for the duration." He smiled at her. "Besides if you get really bored I came with some interesting idea for the oven-mitts while I was sick."
"You're insatiable you know that." Sam said as he drove out of the base.
"Don't you just love it?"
TBC