Sam lay back her head on a pillow and closed her eyes relaxing. There was a
gentle breeze and the water rippled in its path. The boat Sam lay in rocked
gently from side to side in time to the birds that where circling around in
the air above.
An unadulterated paradise on Earth, a place untouched by the presence of the Goa'uld and stress of military life.
Sam's blissful relaxation was shattered by the ring of her cell phone. She felt about with her hand and until she had it in her grasp and hitting the accept button she put it to her ear.
"This better be good."
"That's a polite way to answer the phone." Jack retorted on the other end.
"Hello. This is Samantha Carter or O'Neill depending on why you are calling. Please leave a message after the beep. BEEP." Sam replied.
"Funny."
"So to what do I owe this pleasure?" Sam asked.
"Can't a guy just call his wife to make sure she got where she was going safely?"
"Not many men have wives who have literally saved the world for a living." Sam reminded. "I'm fine."
"So what are you doing right now?" Jack asked.
"I bought you a present." Sam replied.
"What kind of present?" Jack questioned.
"The kind that floats and has oars."
"You bought me a row boat?"
"Well technically I bought me a row boat but I'll be giving it to you as soon as I'm finished with it."
"So what exactly have you done with this row boat that you've bought?" Jack asked.
"Well right now I'm lying in it in the middle of the lake looking at the white clouds overhead and talking to you."
"Ah the easy life." Jack sighed.
"It's perfect."
"Perfect?"
"Well it would be perfect if you were here."
"That sounds more like it." Jack replied.
"So what've you been doing today?"
"Well Siler was looking for you but he says it can wait then in between briefings and debriefings and endless expense reports that need signing Daniel and I have been trying to replace you."
"Oh that's nice I've only been gone ten hours and you're trying to replace me already." Sam joked.
"We thought if we had a suggestion for a replacement on SG-1, someone we all agree we could work with at least in the short term, Hammond might be more amenable to our suggestion about adopting Jacob."
"Who is on the short list?" Sam asked.
"The only person we can agree on so far is Hailey and she's only just about to graduate and she doesn't have enough experience."
"Jack, Daniel was a mild mannered, sneezing geeky but cute archaeologist the first time you took him through the gate and look how well that turned out."
"True. Five years ago if someone told me that he would turn out to be my best friend I would have sent them to the nearest looney bin."
"Just because she doesn't have experience at the moment doesn't mean she won't get it in the field with you guys in a couple of missions."
"So you think Hailey would work?"
"Keep her on the short list. I have a few ideas of people, but I'll put those forward when I get back."
"Just make sure they are not too geeky a scientist that they have no sense of humour." Jack stated.
"I think I was just insulted somewhere in there."
"You've always got my sense of humour." Jack said. "Knowing when I'm joking or being sarcastic is always a good first criteria and Hammond would probably prefer someone military, given this is a military operation."
"I know."
"Unauthorised off world activation. Unauthorised off world activation. Colonel O'Neill to the control room." Sam heard the tannoy in the background announce.
"I have to go." Jack said.
"Okay. Be careful. I love you."
"I love you too. Have a good mini-vacation. I'll talk to you tomorrow." Jack hung up on her. Sam ended the call and dropped the phone back by her hand on the bottom of the boat.
She closed her eyes and tried to relax again but she couldn't stop wonder what the unauthorised off world activation was.
TBC
An unadulterated paradise on Earth, a place untouched by the presence of the Goa'uld and stress of military life.
Sam's blissful relaxation was shattered by the ring of her cell phone. She felt about with her hand and until she had it in her grasp and hitting the accept button she put it to her ear.
"This better be good."
"That's a polite way to answer the phone." Jack retorted on the other end.
"Hello. This is Samantha Carter or O'Neill depending on why you are calling. Please leave a message after the beep. BEEP." Sam replied.
"Funny."
"So to what do I owe this pleasure?" Sam asked.
"Can't a guy just call his wife to make sure she got where she was going safely?"
"Not many men have wives who have literally saved the world for a living." Sam reminded. "I'm fine."
"So what are you doing right now?" Jack asked.
"I bought you a present." Sam replied.
"What kind of present?" Jack questioned.
"The kind that floats and has oars."
"You bought me a row boat?"
"Well technically I bought me a row boat but I'll be giving it to you as soon as I'm finished with it."
"So what exactly have you done with this row boat that you've bought?" Jack asked.
"Well right now I'm lying in it in the middle of the lake looking at the white clouds overhead and talking to you."
"Ah the easy life." Jack sighed.
"It's perfect."
"Perfect?"
"Well it would be perfect if you were here."
"That sounds more like it." Jack replied.
"So what've you been doing today?"
"Well Siler was looking for you but he says it can wait then in between briefings and debriefings and endless expense reports that need signing Daniel and I have been trying to replace you."
"Oh that's nice I've only been gone ten hours and you're trying to replace me already." Sam joked.
"We thought if we had a suggestion for a replacement on SG-1, someone we all agree we could work with at least in the short term, Hammond might be more amenable to our suggestion about adopting Jacob."
"Who is on the short list?" Sam asked.
"The only person we can agree on so far is Hailey and she's only just about to graduate and she doesn't have enough experience."
"Jack, Daniel was a mild mannered, sneezing geeky but cute archaeologist the first time you took him through the gate and look how well that turned out."
"True. Five years ago if someone told me that he would turn out to be my best friend I would have sent them to the nearest looney bin."
"Just because she doesn't have experience at the moment doesn't mean she won't get it in the field with you guys in a couple of missions."
"So you think Hailey would work?"
"Keep her on the short list. I have a few ideas of people, but I'll put those forward when I get back."
"Just make sure they are not too geeky a scientist that they have no sense of humour." Jack stated.
"I think I was just insulted somewhere in there."
"You've always got my sense of humour." Jack said. "Knowing when I'm joking or being sarcastic is always a good first criteria and Hammond would probably prefer someone military, given this is a military operation."
"I know."
"Unauthorised off world activation. Unauthorised off world activation. Colonel O'Neill to the control room." Sam heard the tannoy in the background announce.
"I have to go." Jack said.
"Okay. Be careful. I love you."
"I love you too. Have a good mini-vacation. I'll talk to you tomorrow." Jack hung up on her. Sam ended the call and dropped the phone back by her hand on the bottom of the boat.
She closed her eyes and tried to relax again but she couldn't stop wonder what the unauthorised off world activation was.
TBC