"O'Neill residence." Jack answered the phone. "She just walked in the door.
Just a second." He held out the phone to Sam. "Zack."
"Hello." Sam said.
"Sam, it Zack Hudson. I just wanted to apologise for calling you in yesterday morning and so early. I was in a bad mood and I took it out on you, I'm sorry." Zack apologised.
"That's okay sir." Sam replied.
"It's really not Sam."
"I take it Marianne's distributor cap is back on." She smiled.
"How exactly do you know about that?" Zack questioned.
"Sir, she's an excellent linguist, but she doesn't know the first thing about cars. She needed someone to disable it not destroy it. Beside it got you talking didn't it sir?"
"You can call me Zack when we were not at the base." He said.
"Sir, I wouldn't call Jack, Jack until we started dating. I wasn't brought up that way."
"You're Dad did well with you." He commented.
"Maybe you could tell him that the next time he comes to visit."
"I'd better let you go. Have a nice weekend."
"You too sir and have fun tonight." She hung up.
"Disabling cars?" Jack questioned as he looked at her.
"It got the situation resolved and besides men can resist helping women in distress."
"Oh really?" He jokingly questioned.
"Yeah, besides it was something to get them talking again. When men put up barriers there is always a way to get them to drop them, you just have to find the chink in the armour."
"And what's mine?" He asked.
"We didn't go for the chink with you; we went for the ray of hope. When you closed off Daniel would start telling you about his artefacts or a language he's deciphering or I'd start giving you a technobabble speeches. If you shouted at us and told us to stop or called the artefacts rocks, a sarcastic comment wouldn't be far away and then we knew that in a few days you'd be okay. If you let us talk that's when we'd start to worry."
"Why?" He inquired.
"Because you weren't reacting and if you weren't reacting then we didn't know how to get through to you. So we'd hang around until you started reacting."
"Is that why Teal'c would sit there watching me?"
"Daniel and I had to work sometimes besides he's good at it. But enough about that now, how about we finish putting the books away and we'll get lunch, my treat and see about that movie?"
"The books are put away." He said, she looked at him. "I had to do something while you were out vandalising cars." He added with a shrug.
"I love you." She smiled grateful that it was done.
"I love you too."
"Give me twenty minutes to change." She said.
"Why do you need to change you look great?" He asked.
"Because I have grass stains all over my butt."
"Do I want to ask?" Jack wondered out loud.
"I was hid behind a tree to make sure Colonel Hudson helped her, I didn't want to leave her stranded if he didn't. Then I sort of tripped over the tree root."
"That's a very Daniel thing to do." Jack stuffed his hands in his pockets and hid a smile.
"For that I'm picking the movie." She said catching the look on his face.
"I wasn't expecting it any other way."
TBC
"Hello." Sam said.
"Sam, it Zack Hudson. I just wanted to apologise for calling you in yesterday morning and so early. I was in a bad mood and I took it out on you, I'm sorry." Zack apologised.
"That's okay sir." Sam replied.
"It's really not Sam."
"I take it Marianne's distributor cap is back on." She smiled.
"How exactly do you know about that?" Zack questioned.
"Sir, she's an excellent linguist, but she doesn't know the first thing about cars. She needed someone to disable it not destroy it. Beside it got you talking didn't it sir?"
"You can call me Zack when we were not at the base." He said.
"Sir, I wouldn't call Jack, Jack until we started dating. I wasn't brought up that way."
"You're Dad did well with you." He commented.
"Maybe you could tell him that the next time he comes to visit."
"I'd better let you go. Have a nice weekend."
"You too sir and have fun tonight." She hung up.
"Disabling cars?" Jack questioned as he looked at her.
"It got the situation resolved and besides men can resist helping women in distress."
"Oh really?" He jokingly questioned.
"Yeah, besides it was something to get them talking again. When men put up barriers there is always a way to get them to drop them, you just have to find the chink in the armour."
"And what's mine?" He asked.
"We didn't go for the chink with you; we went for the ray of hope. When you closed off Daniel would start telling you about his artefacts or a language he's deciphering or I'd start giving you a technobabble speeches. If you shouted at us and told us to stop or called the artefacts rocks, a sarcastic comment wouldn't be far away and then we knew that in a few days you'd be okay. If you let us talk that's when we'd start to worry."
"Why?" He inquired.
"Because you weren't reacting and if you weren't reacting then we didn't know how to get through to you. So we'd hang around until you started reacting."
"Is that why Teal'c would sit there watching me?"
"Daniel and I had to work sometimes besides he's good at it. But enough about that now, how about we finish putting the books away and we'll get lunch, my treat and see about that movie?"
"The books are put away." He said, she looked at him. "I had to do something while you were out vandalising cars." He added with a shrug.
"I love you." She smiled grateful that it was done.
"I love you too."
"Give me twenty minutes to change." She said.
"Why do you need to change you look great?" He asked.
"Because I have grass stains all over my butt."
"Do I want to ask?" Jack wondered out loud.
"I was hid behind a tree to make sure Colonel Hudson helped her, I didn't want to leave her stranded if he didn't. Then I sort of tripped over the tree root."
"That's a very Daniel thing to do." Jack stuffed his hands in his pockets and hid a smile.
"For that I'm picking the movie." She said catching the look on his face.
"I wasn't expecting it any other way."
TBC