"Hey Jack." Ferretti said coming into his room. "I heard you got bitten."
"I heard you got locked out." Jack countered.
"Who told you that?" Ferretti asked.
"The better question would be who on the base doesn't know. The grapevine is still active around here."
"So Sam told you. Who told her?" Ferretti asked.
"She was with Hannah when you called her to come and let you in." Jack replied.
"Ah."
"So what is happening there?" Jack asked.
"Where?" Ferretti questioned.
"With you and Jenkins?"
"Nothing." Ferretti said.
"Yeah and I could tell you exactly how the Stargate works."
"Sam, been giving you secret lessons?" Ferretti questioned.
"We've started our own pool." Jack told him.
"I'm in charge of betting pools around here Jack."
"Not one you're involved in you're not. Sam doesn't think you have the guts to ask Hannah out."
"She doesn't think I have the guts?"
"No and when Sam tells me something I usually tend to believe her." Jack said almost as if a challenge.
"I could ask her out." Ferretti said. "If I wanted to."
"Then why don't you." Jack challenged.
"Because we work together." Ferretti said as if it was a logical argument.
"That's a lousy excuse. Sam and I made it work." Jack pointed out.
"That's different. You've always had this connection."
"Zack and Marianne make it work. So I'm guessing you won't do anything about it in case she says no."
"Since when did you become so perceptive?" Ferretti asked.
"I've always been perceptive; I just chose to keep it hidden. Just suck it up and ask her. I doubt she'll say no."
#
"Can we sit down?" Sam asked Hannah.
"Of course ma'am." Sam and Marianne joined her at her table in the commissary.
"So there is a new betting pool going around the base." Marianne told Hannah.
"He's only been here less than an hour how did he manage to set that up?" Hannah questioned.
"Oh Ferretti didn't set this one up, someone else who chooses to remain nameless did." Sam replied.
"Who is the subject of this one?" Hannah asked.
"Actually you are." Marianne replied.
"Me? What did I do to deserve being part of one of these pools?"
"Kicked your CO's six in a demonstration, saved his life when he had an allergic reaction and then went and rescued him when he locked himself out." Sam informed her.
"What is the pool for?" Hannah questioned.
"When Ferretti will break down and ask you on a date." Sam replied.
"What makes you think that he would ever ask me on a date?" Hannah questioned.
"Now where do we begin?" Marianne smirked.
"Never mind. It would never work anyway, we have to work together."
"You're talking to the wrong people about that. I married my CO and Marianne's been dating hers for months now. You just have to learn to set the boundaries of work and your personal life." Sam said.
"And don't hang up on them, or blow them off." Marianne added.
"Hey I worked that out." Sam protested.
"With chocolate cake."
"Whatever works." Sam shrugged.
"No guts no glory." Marianne said. "So Hannah, beat the pool by the end of the week and we'll have enough cash for short skirt nights for the rest of the year."
"What?" Hannah said.
"We put up the money. The guys don't think that you can get him to ask you out by the end of the week. We think you can." Sam replied.
"I should get back to work." Hannah said. "If you'll excuse me."
"Go ahead." Sam said.
"So do you think that was an unsubtle enough hint?" Marianne asked.
"I hope so." Sam smiled.
TBC
"I heard you got locked out." Jack countered.
"Who told you that?" Ferretti asked.
"The better question would be who on the base doesn't know. The grapevine is still active around here."
"So Sam told you. Who told her?" Ferretti asked.
"She was with Hannah when you called her to come and let you in." Jack replied.
"Ah."
"So what is happening there?" Jack asked.
"Where?" Ferretti questioned.
"With you and Jenkins?"
"Nothing." Ferretti said.
"Yeah and I could tell you exactly how the Stargate works."
"Sam, been giving you secret lessons?" Ferretti questioned.
"We've started our own pool." Jack told him.
"I'm in charge of betting pools around here Jack."
"Not one you're involved in you're not. Sam doesn't think you have the guts to ask Hannah out."
"She doesn't think I have the guts?"
"No and when Sam tells me something I usually tend to believe her." Jack said almost as if a challenge.
"I could ask her out." Ferretti said. "If I wanted to."
"Then why don't you." Jack challenged.
"Because we work together." Ferretti said as if it was a logical argument.
"That's a lousy excuse. Sam and I made it work." Jack pointed out.
"That's different. You've always had this connection."
"Zack and Marianne make it work. So I'm guessing you won't do anything about it in case she says no."
"Since when did you become so perceptive?" Ferretti asked.
"I've always been perceptive; I just chose to keep it hidden. Just suck it up and ask her. I doubt she'll say no."
#
"Can we sit down?" Sam asked Hannah.
"Of course ma'am." Sam and Marianne joined her at her table in the commissary.
"So there is a new betting pool going around the base." Marianne told Hannah.
"He's only been here less than an hour how did he manage to set that up?" Hannah questioned.
"Oh Ferretti didn't set this one up, someone else who chooses to remain nameless did." Sam replied.
"Who is the subject of this one?" Hannah asked.
"Actually you are." Marianne replied.
"Me? What did I do to deserve being part of one of these pools?"
"Kicked your CO's six in a demonstration, saved his life when he had an allergic reaction and then went and rescued him when he locked himself out." Sam informed her.
"What is the pool for?" Hannah questioned.
"When Ferretti will break down and ask you on a date." Sam replied.
"What makes you think that he would ever ask me on a date?" Hannah questioned.
"Now where do we begin?" Marianne smirked.
"Never mind. It would never work anyway, we have to work together."
"You're talking to the wrong people about that. I married my CO and Marianne's been dating hers for months now. You just have to learn to set the boundaries of work and your personal life." Sam said.
"And don't hang up on them, or blow them off." Marianne added.
"Hey I worked that out." Sam protested.
"With chocolate cake."
"Whatever works." Sam shrugged.
"No guts no glory." Marianne said. "So Hannah, beat the pool by the end of the week and we'll have enough cash for short skirt nights for the rest of the year."
"What?" Hannah said.
"We put up the money. The guys don't think that you can get him to ask you out by the end of the week. We think you can." Sam replied.
"I should get back to work." Hannah said. "If you'll excuse me."
"Go ahead." Sam said.
"So do you think that was an unsubtle enough hint?" Marianne asked.
"I hope so." Sam smiled.
TBC