"So are you ready to leave?" Jack asked as he sat on a stool in Sam's lab.
"Not quite yet. Have you finished your report?"
"Yes, not much to say. We came, we visited, and we left."
"True. I'll make sure I write the technical stuff about the mine in my report."
"You do that." He picked up the Rubik's cube and started to fiddle with it.
"You can leave if you like? I promised I'd pop in and say goodnight to the kids, but I'll be headed home after that."
"No, I'll wait. You know I'll be able to finish this thing one day."
"You want your wedding present early?" She asked.
"You bought me a present?" He questioned.
"It's tradition, since we kind of get two anniversaries for you to buy me flowers on. I thought I should get you a gift."
"Sure." Sam walked over to the cupboard and opened the door and took the gift-wrapped box out and put it on the table in front of him. "You kept it here?"
"How often do you go through the drawers here?"
"True." He studied the box carefully, turning it around, picking it up and shaking it.
"You know you could just open it, it's not a bomb." Sam whispered in his ear.
"Now where would the fun be in that?"
"If you put it like that I'll just take it back." Sam moved her hand to pick up the box; Jack's arms went protectively around it. Sam smiled and kissed his cheek. "If you're going to keep it you have to open it."
Jack pulled the ribbon on the top undone and started tugging at the paper. Sam smiled and flicked through the files until she found the research she was looking for. Jack lifted the lid from the box and peered inside.
He picked up the first item in the box; a new game for his Gameboy, the next item was a new game for his Play Station. In the bottom were two books, the first was a book of crossword puzzles and the other was a book on solutions for the Rubik's cube.
"Thank you." He smiled.
"That's for your office." She pointed out the Gameboy game. "That's for home." She indicated the Playstation game. "That's for when you are in my office." She picked up the solutions book.
"And that one?" He asked about the crossword puzzled book.
"I thought you could take a page into briefings, it would look like you were concentrating and taking notes."
"Come here."
"No fraternization on the base." Sam reminded him.
"Forget the rules for a second." He took her hand and tugged her towards him and crushed her lips with his.
"Major, do...." Myles stopped when he saw the scene. "I'll come back later."
"No don't." Sam said. "The Colonel was just leaving."
"I was?" Jack questioned.
"Yes sir. I'll come and find you when I'm ready to leave."
"Apparently I'm going." He put his things back in the box.
"Leave these here." She took the Rubik's cube and book and put them into the drawer.
"I'll see you on Saturday Myles." Jack said.
"You're not in tomorrow?" He asked.
"We're on leave until Monday. But someone doesn't understand the concept of leave, no matter how many times it is explained to her."
"I'm only going to come in tomorrow morning to check the gate over and make sure it will be okay over the weekend."
"I'll only be in if she hasn't left by noon to order her out the base."
"Can I negotiate until 1400?" Sam asked.
"No. We have the rehearsal at 1800 and we still have to pick my Mom up before then."
"At least she's staying at a hotel this time." Sam pointed out.
"True. I'll be in Daniel's office until he kicks me out, and then I'll go and find Teal'c."
"Okay." Sam smiled. "So Myles what can I do for you?"
"I was wondering if I could get my hands on some actual Naqquadah."
"Should be too much of a problem, Siler will have to be there or a member of the security team."
"Why?"
"Simply and honestly. We don't trust you." Sam replied.
"That's nice to know. What have I exactly done to make you distrust you?"
"Nothing, its standard policy with alien items. You have to be here years before you're allowed to handle them on your own."
"I see."
"Will first thing in the morning be okay?" Sam asked.
"It'll be fine."
"Good. By the way here is some more of the research on the Naqquadah generator and the decay rates."
"Thanks."
TBC
"Not quite yet. Have you finished your report?"
"Yes, not much to say. We came, we visited, and we left."
"True. I'll make sure I write the technical stuff about the mine in my report."
"You do that." He picked up the Rubik's cube and started to fiddle with it.
"You can leave if you like? I promised I'd pop in and say goodnight to the kids, but I'll be headed home after that."
"No, I'll wait. You know I'll be able to finish this thing one day."
"You want your wedding present early?" She asked.
"You bought me a present?" He questioned.
"It's tradition, since we kind of get two anniversaries for you to buy me flowers on. I thought I should get you a gift."
"Sure." Sam walked over to the cupboard and opened the door and took the gift-wrapped box out and put it on the table in front of him. "You kept it here?"
"How often do you go through the drawers here?"
"True." He studied the box carefully, turning it around, picking it up and shaking it.
"You know you could just open it, it's not a bomb." Sam whispered in his ear.
"Now where would the fun be in that?"
"If you put it like that I'll just take it back." Sam moved her hand to pick up the box; Jack's arms went protectively around it. Sam smiled and kissed his cheek. "If you're going to keep it you have to open it."
Jack pulled the ribbon on the top undone and started tugging at the paper. Sam smiled and flicked through the files until she found the research she was looking for. Jack lifted the lid from the box and peered inside.
He picked up the first item in the box; a new game for his Gameboy, the next item was a new game for his Play Station. In the bottom were two books, the first was a book of crossword puzzles and the other was a book on solutions for the Rubik's cube.
"Thank you." He smiled.
"That's for your office." She pointed out the Gameboy game. "That's for home." She indicated the Playstation game. "That's for when you are in my office." She picked up the solutions book.
"And that one?" He asked about the crossword puzzled book.
"I thought you could take a page into briefings, it would look like you were concentrating and taking notes."
"Come here."
"No fraternization on the base." Sam reminded him.
"Forget the rules for a second." He took her hand and tugged her towards him and crushed her lips with his.
"Major, do...." Myles stopped when he saw the scene. "I'll come back later."
"No don't." Sam said. "The Colonel was just leaving."
"I was?" Jack questioned.
"Yes sir. I'll come and find you when I'm ready to leave."
"Apparently I'm going." He put his things back in the box.
"Leave these here." She took the Rubik's cube and book and put them into the drawer.
"I'll see you on Saturday Myles." Jack said.
"You're not in tomorrow?" He asked.
"We're on leave until Monday. But someone doesn't understand the concept of leave, no matter how many times it is explained to her."
"I'm only going to come in tomorrow morning to check the gate over and make sure it will be okay over the weekend."
"I'll only be in if she hasn't left by noon to order her out the base."
"Can I negotiate until 1400?" Sam asked.
"No. We have the rehearsal at 1800 and we still have to pick my Mom up before then."
"At least she's staying at a hotel this time." Sam pointed out.
"True. I'll be in Daniel's office until he kicks me out, and then I'll go and find Teal'c."
"Okay." Sam smiled. "So Myles what can I do for you?"
"I was wondering if I could get my hands on some actual Naqquadah."
"Should be too much of a problem, Siler will have to be there or a member of the security team."
"Why?"
"Simply and honestly. We don't trust you." Sam replied.
"That's nice to know. What have I exactly done to make you distrust you?"
"Nothing, its standard policy with alien items. You have to be here years before you're allowed to handle them on your own."
"I see."
"Will first thing in the morning be okay?" Sam asked.
"It'll be fine."
"Good. By the way here is some more of the research on the Naqquadah generator and the decay rates."
"Thanks."
TBC