"Control Room." Sgt Davis answered the phone. "Yes sir she's here..." He
hesitated. "Major Carter, Colonel O'Neill is on the phone for you."
"Tell him I'm busy, I'll call him back later." Sam said over her shoulder. Davis relayed the message.
"Ma'am, he says you were supposed to have left almost an hour ago."
"Repeat the I'm busy and I'll call him back later." Sam instructed.
"He says leave now before he has to come and order you off the base."
"Tell him with respect no, and that I'll be home in time to change for the rehearsal."
"He says he'll call General Hammond and you'll have to listen to him." Davis relayed to her.
"Tell him..."
"Ma'am, I feel really uncomfortable doing this." Davis said.
"Give me the phone." He handed it to her. "I have to fix this problem if you ever want to go anywhere again. If you order me home, I'll just have to come in and fix all day tomorrow and all day Sunday. I'll be home by 1700 at the latest; I love you, goodbye sir." She hung up.
"Ma'am you do realise you just hung up on an Air Force Colonel?" Davis asked.
"No I just hung up on my idiot of a husband. Trust me there is a difference. Let's get this fixed before he comes storming in here."
~
Jack stared at the cordless phone which he held in his hand, unsure what had just had happened.
"Everything okay Jack?" Jacob asked.
"She hung up on me." Jack simply replied.
"She did what?"
"She had Davis relay messages, she eventually took the phone said she had to fix something if she left she'd have to do it tomorrow and Sunday instead and she hung up."
"That doesn't sound like her, let me have the phone." Jack handed it to him. Jacob dialled the base. "Yes, this is Jacob Carter; I'd like to speak to Major Carter right away."
"She's in the control room." Jack supplied.
"She's in the control room apparently." Jacob relayed. He waited while he was connected.
"Control room." Davis answered again.
"Sgt, this is Jacob Carter, I need to speak to my daughter."
"Right away sir." Jacob waited for a second.
"Yes Dad?" Sam replied.
"Did you just hang up on Jack?"
"Yes. Is that why you called because I really do have some work to do if you ever want to go home?"
"Sam, why are you in a bad mood?"
"Because I keep getting interrupted. I'll be home by 1700 goodbye Dad." Jacob heard the click as she hung up on him.
"I think we should let her finish what she's doing." Jacob dropped the phone on the couch.
"She hung up on you too huh?" Jack said.
"Yes."
"Uncle Jack?" Hannah called running in through the doors from the deck. Jenny, Mark and the kids had been playing tag football in the garden.
"Yes sweetheart?"
"Is Auntie Sam going to be here soon?"
"She has to stay at work for a little while longer; there is a problem that only she can fix."
"Can you order her to come home?" Hannah asked.
"She needs to be there but she'll be back before the rehearsal."
"But I haven't seen her a lot this week."
"That's because we work somewhere important and your Auntie Sam is a very important person there. If she finishes what she's doing now she can spend the whole weekend with us." Jack explained.
"Okay. I'm going back out to play." She turned and ran outside again.
"You're only good at trying to hide your real feelings from kids."
"She promised if she went in she'd leave at 1200."
"It must be something important."
"It always is. She never knows when to give up and to trust someone else to do anything. Look I've got to go and pick up my Mom; I'll be back in a couple of hours."
"Jack..." Jacob started.
"Don't Jake, if she gets back before I get here, keep her here." Jack grabbed the car keys.
"Jack."
"Jake, leave it." Jack left.
'Let him go.' Selmak advised. 'He needs to calm down.'
'I'm not going to let them screw this up.'
'Jacob, they love each other more than anything in this world, they'll be fine.'
"But I need to do something to make sure." He picked up the phone again. "It's Jacob Carter again I need to speak to Daniel Jackson. It's important."
TBC
"Tell him I'm busy, I'll call him back later." Sam said over her shoulder. Davis relayed the message.
"Ma'am, he says you were supposed to have left almost an hour ago."
"Repeat the I'm busy and I'll call him back later." Sam instructed.
"He says leave now before he has to come and order you off the base."
"Tell him with respect no, and that I'll be home in time to change for the rehearsal."
"He says he'll call General Hammond and you'll have to listen to him." Davis relayed to her.
"Tell him..."
"Ma'am, I feel really uncomfortable doing this." Davis said.
"Give me the phone." He handed it to her. "I have to fix this problem if you ever want to go anywhere again. If you order me home, I'll just have to come in and fix all day tomorrow and all day Sunday. I'll be home by 1700 at the latest; I love you, goodbye sir." She hung up.
"Ma'am you do realise you just hung up on an Air Force Colonel?" Davis asked.
"No I just hung up on my idiot of a husband. Trust me there is a difference. Let's get this fixed before he comes storming in here."
~
Jack stared at the cordless phone which he held in his hand, unsure what had just had happened.
"Everything okay Jack?" Jacob asked.
"She hung up on me." Jack simply replied.
"She did what?"
"She had Davis relay messages, she eventually took the phone said she had to fix something if she left she'd have to do it tomorrow and Sunday instead and she hung up."
"That doesn't sound like her, let me have the phone." Jack handed it to him. Jacob dialled the base. "Yes, this is Jacob Carter; I'd like to speak to Major Carter right away."
"She's in the control room." Jack supplied.
"She's in the control room apparently." Jacob relayed. He waited while he was connected.
"Control room." Davis answered again.
"Sgt, this is Jacob Carter, I need to speak to my daughter."
"Right away sir." Jacob waited for a second.
"Yes Dad?" Sam replied.
"Did you just hang up on Jack?"
"Yes. Is that why you called because I really do have some work to do if you ever want to go home?"
"Sam, why are you in a bad mood?"
"Because I keep getting interrupted. I'll be home by 1700 goodbye Dad." Jacob heard the click as she hung up on him.
"I think we should let her finish what she's doing." Jacob dropped the phone on the couch.
"She hung up on you too huh?" Jack said.
"Yes."
"Uncle Jack?" Hannah called running in through the doors from the deck. Jenny, Mark and the kids had been playing tag football in the garden.
"Yes sweetheart?"
"Is Auntie Sam going to be here soon?"
"She has to stay at work for a little while longer; there is a problem that only she can fix."
"Can you order her to come home?" Hannah asked.
"She needs to be there but she'll be back before the rehearsal."
"But I haven't seen her a lot this week."
"That's because we work somewhere important and your Auntie Sam is a very important person there. If she finishes what she's doing now she can spend the whole weekend with us." Jack explained.
"Okay. I'm going back out to play." She turned and ran outside again.
"You're only good at trying to hide your real feelings from kids."
"She promised if she went in she'd leave at 1200."
"It must be something important."
"It always is. She never knows when to give up and to trust someone else to do anything. Look I've got to go and pick up my Mom; I'll be back in a couple of hours."
"Jack..." Jacob started.
"Don't Jake, if she gets back before I get here, keep her here." Jack grabbed the car keys.
"Jack."
"Jake, leave it." Jack left.
'Let him go.' Selmak advised. 'He needs to calm down.'
'I'm not going to let them screw this up.'
'Jacob, they love each other more than anything in this world, they'll be fine.'
"But I need to do something to make sure." He picked up the phone again. "It's Jacob Carter again I need to speak to Daniel Jackson. It's important."
TBC