The doorbell rang.
"I'll get it, it will be Daniel." Sam said, she had just finished helping Janet put the curlers in her hair. She opened the door. "Morning Daniel."
"Good morning Sam."
"Come in, would you like some coffee?" She asked.
"Sure. I'm never one to turn down a cup of coffee." He saw Janet and Cassie sat with their hair in curlers. "Nice look ladies."
"It will be worth the effort Dr Jackson." Janet said.
"Sorry, I'm sure it will."
"Here Daniel." Sam handed him a mug of coffee.
"Thanks. So you're feeling better about all this today?" He asked.
"Yeah. It helped after we talked yesterday and after I talked to Jack."
"What's all this about?" Janet questioned.
"I don't want the big white wedding, I never did." Sam replied. "I wanted something small with close family and friends."
"Then why did you agree to this horse and pony show?"
"Because everyone told me it's what I wanted. Jack said I could have it to make up for what we had in Vegas and the fact that you weren't there and General Hammond and Dad and Annabelle and Mark, Jenny and the kids. We told Annabelle and Dad we'd have it to make up for it. So when Dad offered to organise it all, I just agreed to it, gave him a list of guest and brought a dress. It kind of snowballed when I wasn't looking."
"You should have said something sooner and I wouldn't have let Jacob let it get so big."
"I've been gone for the best part of three weeks in the last month; I wasn't here to stop it. But now it's happening we're going to get through the whole church thing, and then we're going to enjoy the party because we could all do with some downtime."
"That's the spirit." Daniel smiled at her. "By the way I had great fun teasing Jack about my speech."
"He's going have fun teasing you about the fact that you sleepwalk to make coffee in the middle of the night."
"I don't sleepwalk." Daniel protested.
"Apparently you do."
"It's a legitimate thing Daniel, some people get up in the middle of the night and eat, you make coffee. I guess you only have random attacks because you've never done it in the infirmary or I haven't had any reports from when you're out and about." Janet confirmed.
"He doesn't as far as I know." Sam confirmed.
"We'll look into it."
"Daniel, hand over the medals and I'll make sure we both have the right ones." Daniel took a small bag out of his pocket and handed it to her. She tipped the contents out on the table; she added them to her medal collection which she had arranged on the table. Once she made sure all hers were present and correct, she put Jack's back in the bag and handed it back. "There you go, all present and accounted for."
"How can you tell the difference?" Cassie asked.
"These ones are all mine, I know exactly what I won them for. I also know what Jack won most of his for; he told me the stories behind them. Apart from four of them which he got for special ops missions he can't talk about because they're classified."
"You have pretty high security clearance." Cassie pointed out.
"Different kind of classified. This is the kind of classified if he told anyone he'd have to kill them."
"I'd better get back before he sends out a search party." Daniel said.
"I'll see you all later."
~
"Jack I'm back." Daniel said as he came in the door.
"Teal'c brought doughnuts." Jack said he and Teal'c were sat watching TV eating them.
"So I see. Isn't a bit early for doughnuts?" Daniel asked.
"It is never too early for doughnuts Daniel Jackson." Teal'c replied.
"I have taught you well." Jack said in his best Jedi voice, despite never seeing Star Wars he'd seen clips. "So what's Sam's dress like?"
"No." Daniel replied.
"No you haven't seen it or no you've seen it and you're not going to tell me?"
"No, I haven't seen it, but if I had I wouldn't tell you anyway."
"Good friend you are."
"Jack, the only one ready over there is Jenny. She has on a lovely lilac skirt suit and she has a matching hat. Hannah has ringlet curls in her hair and is sat watching your Simpson's DVDs. Janet and Cassie have their hair up in curlers and Sam is running around in a pair of jeans and your hockey jersey."
"I keep meaning to steal that back." Jack muttered.
"No offence Jack she looks better in it than you do."
"True. Is she still okay about going through with this?"
"Yes. Here." Daniel tossed the bag with the medals in at Jack. "She double checked she has all hers so those by default are yours."
"Thanks."
"So Teal'c how are Bray'tac and Rya'c getting to the chapel?" Daniel asked.
"General Hammond has offered his assistance in that matter."
"Good."
TBC
"I'll get it, it will be Daniel." Sam said, she had just finished helping Janet put the curlers in her hair. She opened the door. "Morning Daniel."
"Good morning Sam."
"Come in, would you like some coffee?" She asked.
"Sure. I'm never one to turn down a cup of coffee." He saw Janet and Cassie sat with their hair in curlers. "Nice look ladies."
"It will be worth the effort Dr Jackson." Janet said.
"Sorry, I'm sure it will."
"Here Daniel." Sam handed him a mug of coffee.
"Thanks. So you're feeling better about all this today?" He asked.
"Yeah. It helped after we talked yesterday and after I talked to Jack."
"What's all this about?" Janet questioned.
"I don't want the big white wedding, I never did." Sam replied. "I wanted something small with close family and friends."
"Then why did you agree to this horse and pony show?"
"Because everyone told me it's what I wanted. Jack said I could have it to make up for what we had in Vegas and the fact that you weren't there and General Hammond and Dad and Annabelle and Mark, Jenny and the kids. We told Annabelle and Dad we'd have it to make up for it. So when Dad offered to organise it all, I just agreed to it, gave him a list of guest and brought a dress. It kind of snowballed when I wasn't looking."
"You should have said something sooner and I wouldn't have let Jacob let it get so big."
"I've been gone for the best part of three weeks in the last month; I wasn't here to stop it. But now it's happening we're going to get through the whole church thing, and then we're going to enjoy the party because we could all do with some downtime."
"That's the spirit." Daniel smiled at her. "By the way I had great fun teasing Jack about my speech."
"He's going have fun teasing you about the fact that you sleepwalk to make coffee in the middle of the night."
"I don't sleepwalk." Daniel protested.
"Apparently you do."
"It's a legitimate thing Daniel, some people get up in the middle of the night and eat, you make coffee. I guess you only have random attacks because you've never done it in the infirmary or I haven't had any reports from when you're out and about." Janet confirmed.
"He doesn't as far as I know." Sam confirmed.
"We'll look into it."
"Daniel, hand over the medals and I'll make sure we both have the right ones." Daniel took a small bag out of his pocket and handed it to her. She tipped the contents out on the table; she added them to her medal collection which she had arranged on the table. Once she made sure all hers were present and correct, she put Jack's back in the bag and handed it back. "There you go, all present and accounted for."
"How can you tell the difference?" Cassie asked.
"These ones are all mine, I know exactly what I won them for. I also know what Jack won most of his for; he told me the stories behind them. Apart from four of them which he got for special ops missions he can't talk about because they're classified."
"You have pretty high security clearance." Cassie pointed out.
"Different kind of classified. This is the kind of classified if he told anyone he'd have to kill them."
"I'd better get back before he sends out a search party." Daniel said.
"I'll see you all later."
~
"Jack I'm back." Daniel said as he came in the door.
"Teal'c brought doughnuts." Jack said he and Teal'c were sat watching TV eating them.
"So I see. Isn't a bit early for doughnuts?" Daniel asked.
"It is never too early for doughnuts Daniel Jackson." Teal'c replied.
"I have taught you well." Jack said in his best Jedi voice, despite never seeing Star Wars he'd seen clips. "So what's Sam's dress like?"
"No." Daniel replied.
"No you haven't seen it or no you've seen it and you're not going to tell me?"
"No, I haven't seen it, but if I had I wouldn't tell you anyway."
"Good friend you are."
"Jack, the only one ready over there is Jenny. She has on a lovely lilac skirt suit and she has a matching hat. Hannah has ringlet curls in her hair and is sat watching your Simpson's DVDs. Janet and Cassie have their hair up in curlers and Sam is running around in a pair of jeans and your hockey jersey."
"I keep meaning to steal that back." Jack muttered.
"No offence Jack she looks better in it than you do."
"True. Is she still okay about going through with this?"
"Yes. Here." Daniel tossed the bag with the medals in at Jack. "She double checked she has all hers so those by default are yours."
"Thanks."
"So Teal'c how are Bray'tac and Rya'c getting to the chapel?" Daniel asked.
"General Hammond has offered his assistance in that matter."
"Good."
TBC