"Major Carter, this is a nice surprise." General Kerrigan said as Sam was
let into his office. "First off I hear I should congratulate you on your
teams' victory at the War Games."
"Thank you sir."
"Please take a seat. So what brings you to the Academy today?" He asked.
"Major Ferretti and I thought we should show Lieutenant Jenkins some support on her first day."
"How did it go?" Kerrigan asked.
"Very well sir."
"Good. So where is Major Ferretti?"
"Taking Lieutenant Jenkins for coffee and hopefully asking her out sir." Sam replied.
"Isn't he her CO?" Kerrigan questioned.
"Yes sir. Different base, different rules."
"So I keep hearing. How is Colonel O'Neill?" He inquired.
"In charge of the base at the moment, General Hammond had to go to Washington for a few days."
"Some minor fallout from Senator Kinsey's arrest?"
"Yes sir."
"But I don't think that's what brought you by my office did it?" He asked.
"No sir. I need a new research assistant for my lab at the base, I was hoping if I could find someone who was about to graduate, I could convince General Hammond that they would be right for the position."
"Does the General know that you're making this requested?" Kerrigan asked.
"No at the present time. I was going to discuss it with him but he was called away. I thought if I had jumpstart on the situation he would be more amiable. I was hoping perhaps you could recommend someone."
"There are several people who come to mind. If you can give me a couple of days I'll have their files shipped over to the base for you to look at."
"Thank you General." Sam replied.
"Now that's out of the way are you heading back to the base?"
"No sir, I told Major Ferretti we'd head back at 1900."
"So you have no plans?" Kerrigan questioned.
"No sir."
"Then perhaps you can do me a little favour while you're here Major."
"Anything I can do to help sir." Sam said.
"Good, here's what I would like you to do...."
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"Ready to go?" Sam asked as she found Ferretti waiting at the car for her.
"Sure." He said.
"Did you have a nice coffee?" She asked as they drove towards the exit.
"Yes thank you."
"And...." Sam prompted.
"We're going to have dinner tomorrow night, work depending." Ferretti replied.
"Well done. So what changed your mind?" Sam asked.
"Technically she's not under my command at the moment." Ferretti reminded.
"That she isn't." Sam smiled. "Got to love those technicalities."
"So what did you do for the rest of the time we were here?" Ferretti asked.
"I went and spoke to General Kerrigan."
"Why would you do that?" Ferretti questioned.
"I need a new research assistant to help out around the lab; I thought perhaps he could recommend one of the new class of graduates. Once I have a short list I can present the idea to General Hammond."
"Hammond doesn't know you want new staff?"
"Not yet he left this morning remember. I was going to talk to him about it today. Besides which I still have to work it out in relation to the budget."
"That meeting couldn't have taken that long."
"After that I helped out the General by doing on the spot uniform checks."
"Sounds like fun." Ferretti said sarcastically.
"Well keep your date tomorrow and Marianne and I have won enough to keeps us in short skirt nights for the rest of the year. So it will have been worth it."
"So you really did have a bet on us?" Ferretti questioned.
"Someone once told me that there is always a bet on everything at the base, it makes life a lot more interesting."
"I knew that would come and bite me in the six one day."
"Don't worry, things Jack has said over the year come back to bite him in the six everyday." Sam smiled.
TBC
"Thank you sir."
"Please take a seat. So what brings you to the Academy today?" He asked.
"Major Ferretti and I thought we should show Lieutenant Jenkins some support on her first day."
"How did it go?" Kerrigan asked.
"Very well sir."
"Good. So where is Major Ferretti?"
"Taking Lieutenant Jenkins for coffee and hopefully asking her out sir." Sam replied.
"Isn't he her CO?" Kerrigan questioned.
"Yes sir. Different base, different rules."
"So I keep hearing. How is Colonel O'Neill?" He inquired.
"In charge of the base at the moment, General Hammond had to go to Washington for a few days."
"Some minor fallout from Senator Kinsey's arrest?"
"Yes sir."
"But I don't think that's what brought you by my office did it?" He asked.
"No sir. I need a new research assistant for my lab at the base, I was hoping if I could find someone who was about to graduate, I could convince General Hammond that they would be right for the position."
"Does the General know that you're making this requested?" Kerrigan asked.
"No at the present time. I was going to discuss it with him but he was called away. I thought if I had jumpstart on the situation he would be more amiable. I was hoping perhaps you could recommend someone."
"There are several people who come to mind. If you can give me a couple of days I'll have their files shipped over to the base for you to look at."
"Thank you General." Sam replied.
"Now that's out of the way are you heading back to the base?"
"No sir, I told Major Ferretti we'd head back at 1900."
"So you have no plans?" Kerrigan questioned.
"No sir."
"Then perhaps you can do me a little favour while you're here Major."
"Anything I can do to help sir." Sam said.
"Good, here's what I would like you to do...."
#
"Ready to go?" Sam asked as she found Ferretti waiting at the car for her.
"Sure." He said.
"Did you have a nice coffee?" She asked as they drove towards the exit.
"Yes thank you."
"And...." Sam prompted.
"We're going to have dinner tomorrow night, work depending." Ferretti replied.
"Well done. So what changed your mind?" Sam asked.
"Technically she's not under my command at the moment." Ferretti reminded.
"That she isn't." Sam smiled. "Got to love those technicalities."
"So what did you do for the rest of the time we were here?" Ferretti asked.
"I went and spoke to General Kerrigan."
"Why would you do that?" Ferretti questioned.
"I need a new research assistant to help out around the lab; I thought perhaps he could recommend one of the new class of graduates. Once I have a short list I can present the idea to General Hammond."
"Hammond doesn't know you want new staff?"
"Not yet he left this morning remember. I was going to talk to him about it today. Besides which I still have to work it out in relation to the budget."
"That meeting couldn't have taken that long."
"After that I helped out the General by doing on the spot uniform checks."
"Sounds like fun." Ferretti said sarcastically.
"Well keep your date tomorrow and Marianne and I have won enough to keeps us in short skirt nights for the rest of the year. So it will have been worth it."
"So you really did have a bet on us?" Ferretti questioned.
"Someone once told me that there is always a bet on everything at the base, it makes life a lot more interesting."
"I knew that would come and bite me in the six one day."
"Don't worry, things Jack has said over the year come back to bite him in the six everyday." Sam smiled.
TBC