"By the way what do you guys like for a wedding present?" Daniel asked.
Jack opened his mouth to say something but Sam got there before him.
"Your next day's downtime."
"Okay. Why?" Daniel asked Jack also wanted to know the answer to that question.
"I need to move all my things from my house to Jack's and I thought the four of us would get it done easier."
"We're just talking boxes of books and clothes right?" Daniel questioned.
"Amongst other things, plus we need to take down a few book cases and reassemble them."
"I can manage to take down a few bookcases." Jack said.
"No you can't, for starters I like my bookcases and paid a lot of money for them and second of all I'm not letting you near power tools."
"I can manage a power tool."
"I've seen you with my lab equipment, if I let you near power tools you either liable to hurt yourself, my bookcases or someone else and my level of concern is not necessarily in that order."
"Major Carter seems most accurate in her assessment of the situation O'Neill." Teal'c stated. "I will be most happy to help you move."
"Thank you Teal'c." Daniel couldn't hold it in any longer and started to crack up with laughter.
"Daniel." Jack said in a stern tone.
"Sorry, I just got a mental image of you running amok with a power drill. But look on the plus side. You just got out of doing any DIY more taxing than painting."
"True. You Sam we could have got them to help move your stuff for free and got a nice gift as well."
"Helping me move will do just fine."
"Okay. If you say so."
"See you've got him well trained already." Daniel quipped. Jack shot him a deathly glare and then they entered the hangar.
"So did you fix it?" Jack asked as they all strolled back into the hangar.
"Not quite sir. Major could you have a look at something for me?"
"Of course. Excuse me." Sam went off with them to look at the problem.
"We'll just wait here then." Jack muttered and stuffed his hands in his pockets.
"Jack, she's just doing her job."
"She's an astrophysicist not an aeronautical engineer."
"She's the closest thing the world has to an expert on Goa'uld or alien technology in general." Daniel reminded him.
"Yeah."
"Guys, I know what they've done wrong. It's going to take me twenty minutes to do another system update; Major Gundell tells me there is a commissary two buildings down on the right. I'll send someone to find you as soon as we're done." Sam said coming back over to them.
"Are we going to get to see any tests today?"
"As soon as I finish the update it should be ready for the hover test."
"Hover test?" Daniel questioned.
"We need to make sure it goes up in the air to start with. With the delays they want to do the rest of the tests at first light. Which should be around 4am."
"We'll find somewhere to stay for the night."
"They're offering us VOQ."
"VOQ?" Daniel questioned.
"Visiting Officer's Quarters." Jack replied automatically. "One they're not officers and two I don't think so."
"Just relaying the offer sir."
"Tell them thanks but no thanks."
"Yes sir."
~
"Now you're married you'd think she'd drop the sirs." Daniel said as they walked to the commissary.
"This is Sam we're talking about she's a stickler for the rules. When we're on military property I think it's always going to be Colonel or sir and I'll get to exercise a little bit of authority."
"She's getting better at giving orders then."
"It comes with confidence in your own judgement. Hammond was talking about giving her her own team last year. I managed to talk him out of it by telling him we still needed her and that the team wouldn't function without her."
"I wouldn't tell Sam that. She's liable to get angry." Daniel pointed out.
"I was planning too. But Hammond agrees with me that she is an integral part of the team. He's not planning on splitting us up."
"That's a good thing."
"Indeed." Teal'c added.
TBC
"Your next day's downtime."
"Okay. Why?" Daniel asked Jack also wanted to know the answer to that question.
"I need to move all my things from my house to Jack's and I thought the four of us would get it done easier."
"We're just talking boxes of books and clothes right?" Daniel questioned.
"Amongst other things, plus we need to take down a few book cases and reassemble them."
"I can manage to take down a few bookcases." Jack said.
"No you can't, for starters I like my bookcases and paid a lot of money for them and second of all I'm not letting you near power tools."
"I can manage a power tool."
"I've seen you with my lab equipment, if I let you near power tools you either liable to hurt yourself, my bookcases or someone else and my level of concern is not necessarily in that order."
"Major Carter seems most accurate in her assessment of the situation O'Neill." Teal'c stated. "I will be most happy to help you move."
"Thank you Teal'c." Daniel couldn't hold it in any longer and started to crack up with laughter.
"Daniel." Jack said in a stern tone.
"Sorry, I just got a mental image of you running amok with a power drill. But look on the plus side. You just got out of doing any DIY more taxing than painting."
"True. You Sam we could have got them to help move your stuff for free and got a nice gift as well."
"Helping me move will do just fine."
"Okay. If you say so."
"See you've got him well trained already." Daniel quipped. Jack shot him a deathly glare and then they entered the hangar.
"So did you fix it?" Jack asked as they all strolled back into the hangar.
"Not quite sir. Major could you have a look at something for me?"
"Of course. Excuse me." Sam went off with them to look at the problem.
"We'll just wait here then." Jack muttered and stuffed his hands in his pockets.
"Jack, she's just doing her job."
"She's an astrophysicist not an aeronautical engineer."
"She's the closest thing the world has to an expert on Goa'uld or alien technology in general." Daniel reminded him.
"Yeah."
"Guys, I know what they've done wrong. It's going to take me twenty minutes to do another system update; Major Gundell tells me there is a commissary two buildings down on the right. I'll send someone to find you as soon as we're done." Sam said coming back over to them.
"Are we going to get to see any tests today?"
"As soon as I finish the update it should be ready for the hover test."
"Hover test?" Daniel questioned.
"We need to make sure it goes up in the air to start with. With the delays they want to do the rest of the tests at first light. Which should be around 4am."
"We'll find somewhere to stay for the night."
"They're offering us VOQ."
"VOQ?" Daniel questioned.
"Visiting Officer's Quarters." Jack replied automatically. "One they're not officers and two I don't think so."
"Just relaying the offer sir."
"Tell them thanks but no thanks."
"Yes sir."
~
"Now you're married you'd think she'd drop the sirs." Daniel said as they walked to the commissary.
"This is Sam we're talking about she's a stickler for the rules. When we're on military property I think it's always going to be Colonel or sir and I'll get to exercise a little bit of authority."
"She's getting better at giving orders then."
"It comes with confidence in your own judgement. Hammond was talking about giving her her own team last year. I managed to talk him out of it by telling him we still needed her and that the team wouldn't function without her."
"I wouldn't tell Sam that. She's liable to get angry." Daniel pointed out.
"I was planning too. But Hammond agrees with me that she is an integral part of the team. He's not planning on splitting us up."
"That's a good thing."
"Indeed." Teal'c added.
TBC