"I'm home." Sam called as she entered the house at just before 2300.
"Hey." Jack called from the living room where he'd been watching a hockey game. "Did you get it to work?"
"Yes." Sam sank onto the couch and kicked off her shoes. "The Naqquadah dust set off a hologram. Dad's excited, Daniel's excited so I left them too it."
"That shouldn't have taken four hours."
"General Hammond wanted me to check out a small glitch in the gate which someone else could have fixed, if they'd bothered to try in about ten minutes. Once I'd fixed it he stood over my shoulder while I ran a diagnostic to prove to him that the problem was gone."
"Long day." He said with a small smile.
"Like you wouldn't believe and it all starts again tomorrow." She sighed.
"Why don't you go to bed? I'll be up as soon as the game finishes."
"I'll stay and watch it with you. There's only fifteen minutes left anyway."
As soon as the game finished Jack switched the TV off. Sam was sound asleep; he scooped her up in his arms and carried her to bed. He managed to take off her clothes without waking her and slipped her under the covers before getting ready for bed himself.
~
"Sgt, can you give this to Colonel O'Neill, I'm running late." Sam said as she grabbed her keys from her desk.
"Of course ma'am."
"Thanks." She headed to the locker room to change before heading to the Academy for her appointment.
~
"Enter." Jack called in response to the knock on his door.
"Sir, Major Carter asked me to give you this." He handed over the note over. "She said she was running late."
"Running late for what?" Jack asked.
"I don't know sir, she didn't say."
"Thank you." The Sgt backed out. Jack opened the note.
~ Jack,
I'm heading out for the afternoon, I have somewhere I have to be. After which General Hammond says I can have the rest of the day off. So I should be home by 1700 at the latest. I'll grab something for dinner on the way back. General Hammond, my Dad and Janet know where I am if there is an emergency. I have my pager and my cell phone with me, I'll leave my pager on, but I'll have to switch my cell phone off when I get where I'm going.
I'll see you later.
Love
Sam ~
There was another knock on Jack's door as he finished reading the note.
"Enter." He called.
"Hey Jack." Daniel entered. "I was wondering if you wanted to come to lunch with Teal'c and me? We'll grab Sam on the way."
"She's not here." Jack said.
"I know she's not in your office. She's probably in her lab."
"No, she left the base." He handed Daniel the note.
"She didn't tell you she was planning on going anywhere?" Daniel asked.
"No. First I knew of it was when I got that note."
"I'm sure if it was important she would have told you. So are you up for lunch?"
"Why not?" Jack got up and went with him.
~
"Can I join you?" Jacob asked.
"Sure, take a seat." Jack encouraged.
"So what are you three talking about?" Jacob asked.
"This and that. Jake, do you know where Sam is?"
"Yes." Jacob replied.
"And if I asked you would you tell me?"
"No. If she wanted you to know she would have told you."
"See Daniel, I told you it was a Carter family conspiracy."
"You're family too now Jack." Jacob said. "For your sins."
"Quick Jack run." Daniel joked. Jack scowled at him.
TBC
"Hey." Jack called from the living room where he'd been watching a hockey game. "Did you get it to work?"
"Yes." Sam sank onto the couch and kicked off her shoes. "The Naqquadah dust set off a hologram. Dad's excited, Daniel's excited so I left them too it."
"That shouldn't have taken four hours."
"General Hammond wanted me to check out a small glitch in the gate which someone else could have fixed, if they'd bothered to try in about ten minutes. Once I'd fixed it he stood over my shoulder while I ran a diagnostic to prove to him that the problem was gone."
"Long day." He said with a small smile.
"Like you wouldn't believe and it all starts again tomorrow." She sighed.
"Why don't you go to bed? I'll be up as soon as the game finishes."
"I'll stay and watch it with you. There's only fifteen minutes left anyway."
As soon as the game finished Jack switched the TV off. Sam was sound asleep; he scooped her up in his arms and carried her to bed. He managed to take off her clothes without waking her and slipped her under the covers before getting ready for bed himself.
~
"Sgt, can you give this to Colonel O'Neill, I'm running late." Sam said as she grabbed her keys from her desk.
"Of course ma'am."
"Thanks." She headed to the locker room to change before heading to the Academy for her appointment.
~
"Enter." Jack called in response to the knock on his door.
"Sir, Major Carter asked me to give you this." He handed over the note over. "She said she was running late."
"Running late for what?" Jack asked.
"I don't know sir, she didn't say."
"Thank you." The Sgt backed out. Jack opened the note.
~ Jack,
I'm heading out for the afternoon, I have somewhere I have to be. After which General Hammond says I can have the rest of the day off. So I should be home by 1700 at the latest. I'll grab something for dinner on the way back. General Hammond, my Dad and Janet know where I am if there is an emergency. I have my pager and my cell phone with me, I'll leave my pager on, but I'll have to switch my cell phone off when I get where I'm going.
I'll see you later.
Love
Sam ~
There was another knock on Jack's door as he finished reading the note.
"Enter." He called.
"Hey Jack." Daniel entered. "I was wondering if you wanted to come to lunch with Teal'c and me? We'll grab Sam on the way."
"She's not here." Jack said.
"I know she's not in your office. She's probably in her lab."
"No, she left the base." He handed Daniel the note.
"She didn't tell you she was planning on going anywhere?" Daniel asked.
"No. First I knew of it was when I got that note."
"I'm sure if it was important she would have told you. So are you up for lunch?"
"Why not?" Jack got up and went with him.
~
"Can I join you?" Jacob asked.
"Sure, take a seat." Jack encouraged.
"So what are you three talking about?" Jacob asked.
"This and that. Jake, do you know where Sam is?"
"Yes." Jacob replied.
"And if I asked you would you tell me?"
"No. If she wanted you to know she would have told you."
"See Daniel, I told you it was a Carter family conspiracy."
"You're family too now Jack." Jacob said. "For your sins."
"Quick Jack run." Daniel joked. Jack scowled at him.
TBC