Chapter Three
"Well here we are, your new office, Sam's is just down the hall, mine is up one floor and Jonas is down the corridor from mine" Jack said explaining the layout to Amanda.
Amanda was inspecting her office in open mouthed amazement. "This can't be my office, it's too big" Amanda said trying to get over the shock.
"Yep, your own little ol' office" Jack said earning a grin from Sam who was just stood outside the open door with Jonas behind her and Teal'c standing patiently behind him.
"It's a bit empty at the moment but once you get settled in it'll just look like home, which is a good thing because if you're anything like Carter and Jonas here you'll never leave this place" Jack added sending a smile to Sam, Teal'c and Jonas in the doorway.
"Oh… well I don't think I have anything to put in here as I didn't get to move much of my things from England. Most of my stuff I had to leave with my mum" Amanda said looking sadly around the room trying to think of things to make her office look more homely.
"Oh your computer will be sent down later on today and you'll get your laptop by the end of the week. Both will have internet access" Sam added as Jack was about to leave the office.
"Internet access, why would I need that on base" Amanda said a bit shocked.
"Oh, I don't know but maybe Jonas can fill you in on that a bit as he's never off line talking to his lady friend" Jack said with a smirk on his face.
"Oh enough about that already, it's not like I've talked to her in a week" Jonas shot back at Jack his face clearly showing disappointment and sadness.
With that Jonas turned and left his four team-mates standing shocked at his little outburst. "What was all that about" Amanda asked as she watched the fleeting figure of Jonas walking down the corridor.
"Well we kind of caught him chatting up this lady friend on the internet the other day" Jack said throwing an innocent look towards Amanda.
"How did you manage that, walk in on him while he was talking to her or something" Amanda asked puzzled at how they could just have caught him talking to someone online.
"Well long story short Carter, hacked into his computer and we ghosted for a while as we had a feeling something was going on but Jonas wouldn't come clean" Jack said smiling and feeling proud of Carter for her talents.
"You don't do that a lot do you" Amanda said hesitantly at Jack.
"Nope not much, only when we wanna have a bit of fun with him" Sam said with a smile.
"Ok then remind me to keep an eye out for ghost in chatrooms then" Amanda said smiling back at Sam feeling that she was finally fitting in with the team.
Smiling back at Amanda, Sam nodded and indicated for her to follow "Come on I'll show you you're on base quarters, they're right next door to mine and just down that hall to the guys."
"Ok then" Amanda said following Sam as she left the office leaving Jack in the office on his own with Teal'c who just raised an eyebrow at the conversation that had just filled the room.
Amanda's first day went ok after the initial meeting, with the only team member that she felt didn't want her on the team was Jonas, the one who she had expected to be the most understanding of her situation as he himself was in the same one only a few months ago. Every time she tried to talk to him about something that she was meant to be working on he gave her a quick explanation and then sent her back to her office to fend for herself, so to speak.
She was happy to finally get home, switching on her computer, she really needed to go online and talk to a few friends to try and make her feel like she still belonged. Walking into her nice sized living room she walked over to the computer, quickly turning it on then walked in to the kitchen to grab something quick to eat while it was booting up.
Walking back into the living room she quickly took her seat at the computer and clicked on to load up the internet, then logged on to her favourite site 'Wormhole Xtreme home page' she quickly clicked on chat hoping that at least one of her friends were online.
Opening window to WormholeXtreme Fan Chat…
You have 1 friend online.. Newbe
Capmunroe: Hey Newbe am I glad to see a friendly face after the day I've had.
Newbe: Glad you consider me a friendly face, even though you don't know what I look like.
Capmunroe: Yeah I know what you mean but believe me after the day I've just had a mean looking dog would be a friendly face.
Newbe: Well at least I know I'm liked, lol.
Capmunroe: Sorry I didn't mean it like that, it's just I've met my new team today and I like them all apart from this one guy who I don't know why just doesn't want to accept me and it's just really made me feel unwelcome.
Newbe: Don't worry about it, once he realises what a nice person you are you'll more then likely get along fine.
Capmunroe: I hope your right.
Newbe: I always am.
Capmunroe: Well look who's got a big head then?
Newbe: Well maybe I am a bit big headed but what else can I do when I'm always right? Lol
Capmunroe: Yes what can one do in that situation? Anyway what you been up to over the past few days then.
Newbe: Oh nothing much, haven't been saving the planet this week been getting things sorted for this new girl who in my opinion can be slightly in your face, but hey what can you expect of military people, they're all the same.
Capmunroe: Hey Captain in the RAF here, watch what you say about military people round me or I may be forced to prove that were all not like that.
Newbe: I'll have to hold you to that sometime now that you're living in good ol' Colorado Springs. Lol
Capmunroe: Yep sometime.
Newbe: Anyway, apart from the team mate from hell how's the new place where you're working now.
Capmunroe: Oh it's just great you wouldn't believe me if I said it was beyond my wildest dreams.
Newbe: Well believe me, I've been in the same situation with my job and all I can say is, the beyond my wildest dreams idea doesn't last for long.
Capmunroe: I'll take your word on that but for now I'm planning on enjoying myself as much as I can, team-mate from hell aside.
Newbe: Good for you, but don't come crying to me when the magic's all gone and it's just another day job.
Capmunroe: Well thank you for the cheer me up but I think I better get to bed as I've got to be up extra early in the morning, night.
Newbe: Night then. This time though try not to make it a week before you come back online ok.
Capmunroe: Ok I promise, night.
Capmunroe has logged off
TBC
"Well here we are, your new office, Sam's is just down the hall, mine is up one floor and Jonas is down the corridor from mine" Jack said explaining the layout to Amanda.
Amanda was inspecting her office in open mouthed amazement. "This can't be my office, it's too big" Amanda said trying to get over the shock.
"Yep, your own little ol' office" Jack said earning a grin from Sam who was just stood outside the open door with Jonas behind her and Teal'c standing patiently behind him.
"It's a bit empty at the moment but once you get settled in it'll just look like home, which is a good thing because if you're anything like Carter and Jonas here you'll never leave this place" Jack added sending a smile to Sam, Teal'c and Jonas in the doorway.
"Oh… well I don't think I have anything to put in here as I didn't get to move much of my things from England. Most of my stuff I had to leave with my mum" Amanda said looking sadly around the room trying to think of things to make her office look more homely.
"Oh your computer will be sent down later on today and you'll get your laptop by the end of the week. Both will have internet access" Sam added as Jack was about to leave the office.
"Internet access, why would I need that on base" Amanda said a bit shocked.
"Oh, I don't know but maybe Jonas can fill you in on that a bit as he's never off line talking to his lady friend" Jack said with a smirk on his face.
"Oh enough about that already, it's not like I've talked to her in a week" Jonas shot back at Jack his face clearly showing disappointment and sadness.
With that Jonas turned and left his four team-mates standing shocked at his little outburst. "What was all that about" Amanda asked as she watched the fleeting figure of Jonas walking down the corridor.
"Well we kind of caught him chatting up this lady friend on the internet the other day" Jack said throwing an innocent look towards Amanda.
"How did you manage that, walk in on him while he was talking to her or something" Amanda asked puzzled at how they could just have caught him talking to someone online.
"Well long story short Carter, hacked into his computer and we ghosted for a while as we had a feeling something was going on but Jonas wouldn't come clean" Jack said smiling and feeling proud of Carter for her talents.
"You don't do that a lot do you" Amanda said hesitantly at Jack.
"Nope not much, only when we wanna have a bit of fun with him" Sam said with a smile.
"Ok then remind me to keep an eye out for ghost in chatrooms then" Amanda said smiling back at Sam feeling that she was finally fitting in with the team.
Smiling back at Amanda, Sam nodded and indicated for her to follow "Come on I'll show you you're on base quarters, they're right next door to mine and just down that hall to the guys."
"Ok then" Amanda said following Sam as she left the office leaving Jack in the office on his own with Teal'c who just raised an eyebrow at the conversation that had just filled the room.
Amanda's first day went ok after the initial meeting, with the only team member that she felt didn't want her on the team was Jonas, the one who she had expected to be the most understanding of her situation as he himself was in the same one only a few months ago. Every time she tried to talk to him about something that she was meant to be working on he gave her a quick explanation and then sent her back to her office to fend for herself, so to speak.
She was happy to finally get home, switching on her computer, she really needed to go online and talk to a few friends to try and make her feel like she still belonged. Walking into her nice sized living room she walked over to the computer, quickly turning it on then walked in to the kitchen to grab something quick to eat while it was booting up.
Walking back into the living room she quickly took her seat at the computer and clicked on to load up the internet, then logged on to her favourite site 'Wormhole Xtreme home page' she quickly clicked on chat hoping that at least one of her friends were online.
Opening window to WormholeXtreme Fan Chat…
You have 1 friend online.. Newbe
Capmunroe: Hey Newbe am I glad to see a friendly face after the day I've had.
Newbe: Glad you consider me a friendly face, even though you don't know what I look like.
Capmunroe: Yeah I know what you mean but believe me after the day I've just had a mean looking dog would be a friendly face.
Newbe: Well at least I know I'm liked, lol.
Capmunroe: Sorry I didn't mean it like that, it's just I've met my new team today and I like them all apart from this one guy who I don't know why just doesn't want to accept me and it's just really made me feel unwelcome.
Newbe: Don't worry about it, once he realises what a nice person you are you'll more then likely get along fine.
Capmunroe: I hope your right.
Newbe: I always am.
Capmunroe: Well look who's got a big head then?
Newbe: Well maybe I am a bit big headed but what else can I do when I'm always right? Lol
Capmunroe: Yes what can one do in that situation? Anyway what you been up to over the past few days then.
Newbe: Oh nothing much, haven't been saving the planet this week been getting things sorted for this new girl who in my opinion can be slightly in your face, but hey what can you expect of military people, they're all the same.
Capmunroe: Hey Captain in the RAF here, watch what you say about military people round me or I may be forced to prove that were all not like that.
Newbe: I'll have to hold you to that sometime now that you're living in good ol' Colorado Springs. Lol
Capmunroe: Yep sometime.
Newbe: Anyway, apart from the team mate from hell how's the new place where you're working now.
Capmunroe: Oh it's just great you wouldn't believe me if I said it was beyond my wildest dreams.
Newbe: Well believe me, I've been in the same situation with my job and all I can say is, the beyond my wildest dreams idea doesn't last for long.
Capmunroe: I'll take your word on that but for now I'm planning on enjoying myself as much as I can, team-mate from hell aside.
Newbe: Good for you, but don't come crying to me when the magic's all gone and it's just another day job.
Capmunroe: Well thank you for the cheer me up but I think I better get to bed as I've got to be up extra early in the morning, night.
Newbe: Night then. This time though try not to make it a week before you come back online ok.
Capmunroe: Ok I promise, night.
Capmunroe has logged off
TBC