The phone was ringing when Sam walked through the door. She dropped her
keys in the bowl and picked up the phone.
"Hello Jack."
"Sam?" The voice on the other end said.
"Mark. Sorry, I was expecting it to be Jack."
"Sorry is this a bad time?" Mark asked. "I've been trying to call you for a while."
"I had to go Washington for a few weeks and then I got involved in something that took up most of my time for the last two weeks. Then I went out for a drink with the girls tonight."
"And you're back this early?" Mark questioned.
"Hannah's CO locked himself out and she had to go and open the door with the spare key."
"She has a spare key to her CO's house?" Mark asked.
"We all work in pretty close teams. Within the teams we tend to have the keys to each other's houses in case someone has to go away suddenly and they need their plants watered or their cat fed."
"I see. So why were you expecting Jack to call, did he have to go away?" Mark questioned.
"He gotten bitten by something and has a low grade fever. It's nothing serious but Janet wants to keep him over night just to be sure. So he's bored and convinced someone to let him have a phone."
"Did you want me to get off the line?" Mark asked.
"No. I haven't talked to you for a while." Sam kicked off her shoes and curled up on the couch. "So how are the kids?"
"It was actually Matthew I was calling about." Mark said.
"Does he need me to sponsor him for something?" Sam was used to calls asking her to sponsor her niece and nephew for various school events.
"No. He wants to be part of the school science fair. He wants to do something on star life cycles or blackholes, wormholes something like that. I really wasn't paying that much attention. But I thought who better to help him than his theoretical astrophysicist aunt."
"I'm taking it he doesn't want anything along the lines of my doctoral thesis."
"No not quite that advanced." Mark laughed.
"I have some good information I can e-mail him. I made sure I got broadband installed after I moved in here so I can do it while I talk. Is he around now?" Sam asked.
"I'll get him for you." Mark said. Sam set up her laptop while she waited.
Sam was talking to Matthew, while finding the information to copy and send him, when her cell phone rang.
"Hang on Matthew I need to get that." She put the phone down on the table and pulled her cell phone out her purse. She saw the number was for the base. "Carter."
"Sam it's me. I keep trying the home phone but it's busy." Jack said.
"That's because I'm talking to someone else right now. I'm kind of going to be busy for a few hours, Jack. I'll talk to you tomorrow. I love you, goodnight." She hung up. "Sorry Matthew where were we?"
#
"Morning Sam." Daniel said when he found her in the commissary the next morning.
"Morning Daniel."
"So how did your night out go?" He inquired.
"Well Hannah had to go and rescue Ferretti who managed to lock himself out his house. Then Jack called because he was bored, so Marianne went to see Zack instead. So I went home..."
"And spent most of the night on the phone to Jack." Daniel guessed.
"No actually. My brother called as soon as I got in the door. I spent a couple of hours explaining the lifecycle of a star to my nephew to help him towards his science project. I think Jack is kind of mad with me because I told him to call back when I got home. Then when he did I was talking to Matthew, so I told him I was busy and hung up on him."
"Why do you think he's mad at you? I mean other than the fact that you hung up on him?" Daniel asked.
"I went to take him some coffee and apparently he's too busy to talk to me."
"Isn't he still in isolation because he still has a fever?" Daniel questioned.
"Yes." Sam replied.
"Ah. Do you want me to go and talk to him?" Daniel offered.
"No. I'll try again later."
"Is it okay if I sit with you ma'am?" Hannah asked.
"Sure." Sam said. "How's Ferretti?"
"He was okay when after I let him back into his house and made sure he that he went back to bed. He's coming in to see Doctor Fraiser this afternoon. Hopefully then we can get back to normal and out in the field again soon."
"How does Ferretti play the damsel in distress?" Daniel asked.
"Not as well as you would think. By the time I got there he was stomping around and cursing under his breath. So I just had to time my time searching through my purse for the key." She shrugged.
"You just had to. Well I'm going to go and try cake." Sam sighed.
"Cake? Isn't it a bit early for cake ma'am?" Hannah questioned.
"Not when my husband isn't talking to me and he likes cake. I'll see you both later."
TBC
"Hello Jack."
"Sam?" The voice on the other end said.
"Mark. Sorry, I was expecting it to be Jack."
"Sorry is this a bad time?" Mark asked. "I've been trying to call you for a while."
"I had to go Washington for a few weeks and then I got involved in something that took up most of my time for the last two weeks. Then I went out for a drink with the girls tonight."
"And you're back this early?" Mark questioned.
"Hannah's CO locked himself out and she had to go and open the door with the spare key."
"She has a spare key to her CO's house?" Mark asked.
"We all work in pretty close teams. Within the teams we tend to have the keys to each other's houses in case someone has to go away suddenly and they need their plants watered or their cat fed."
"I see. So why were you expecting Jack to call, did he have to go away?" Mark questioned.
"He gotten bitten by something and has a low grade fever. It's nothing serious but Janet wants to keep him over night just to be sure. So he's bored and convinced someone to let him have a phone."
"Did you want me to get off the line?" Mark asked.
"No. I haven't talked to you for a while." Sam kicked off her shoes and curled up on the couch. "So how are the kids?"
"It was actually Matthew I was calling about." Mark said.
"Does he need me to sponsor him for something?" Sam was used to calls asking her to sponsor her niece and nephew for various school events.
"No. He wants to be part of the school science fair. He wants to do something on star life cycles or blackholes, wormholes something like that. I really wasn't paying that much attention. But I thought who better to help him than his theoretical astrophysicist aunt."
"I'm taking it he doesn't want anything along the lines of my doctoral thesis."
"No not quite that advanced." Mark laughed.
"I have some good information I can e-mail him. I made sure I got broadband installed after I moved in here so I can do it while I talk. Is he around now?" Sam asked.
"I'll get him for you." Mark said. Sam set up her laptop while she waited.
Sam was talking to Matthew, while finding the information to copy and send him, when her cell phone rang.
"Hang on Matthew I need to get that." She put the phone down on the table and pulled her cell phone out her purse. She saw the number was for the base. "Carter."
"Sam it's me. I keep trying the home phone but it's busy." Jack said.
"That's because I'm talking to someone else right now. I'm kind of going to be busy for a few hours, Jack. I'll talk to you tomorrow. I love you, goodnight." She hung up. "Sorry Matthew where were we?"
#
"Morning Sam." Daniel said when he found her in the commissary the next morning.
"Morning Daniel."
"So how did your night out go?" He inquired.
"Well Hannah had to go and rescue Ferretti who managed to lock himself out his house. Then Jack called because he was bored, so Marianne went to see Zack instead. So I went home..."
"And spent most of the night on the phone to Jack." Daniel guessed.
"No actually. My brother called as soon as I got in the door. I spent a couple of hours explaining the lifecycle of a star to my nephew to help him towards his science project. I think Jack is kind of mad with me because I told him to call back when I got home. Then when he did I was talking to Matthew, so I told him I was busy and hung up on him."
"Why do you think he's mad at you? I mean other than the fact that you hung up on him?" Daniel asked.
"I went to take him some coffee and apparently he's too busy to talk to me."
"Isn't he still in isolation because he still has a fever?" Daniel questioned.
"Yes." Sam replied.
"Ah. Do you want me to go and talk to him?" Daniel offered.
"No. I'll try again later."
"Is it okay if I sit with you ma'am?" Hannah asked.
"Sure." Sam said. "How's Ferretti?"
"He was okay when after I let him back into his house and made sure he that he went back to bed. He's coming in to see Doctor Fraiser this afternoon. Hopefully then we can get back to normal and out in the field again soon."
"How does Ferretti play the damsel in distress?" Daniel asked.
"Not as well as you would think. By the time I got there he was stomping around and cursing under his breath. So I just had to time my time searching through my purse for the key." She shrugged.
"You just had to. Well I'm going to go and try cake." Sam sighed.
"Cake? Isn't it a bit early for cake ma'am?" Hannah questioned.
"Not when my husband isn't talking to me and he likes cake. I'll see you both later."
TBC