"Carter?" Jack notices Sam closes the blinds
"I need to talk to you sir"
"Ok have a seat, I'm all ears" Jack states as he sits back in his chair 'Thank god, I had no idea how to start this off'
Sam sat down in one of the chairs in front of Jack and stared at the carpet
"Anytime Carter"
"Sorry sir, It's just I think I'm compromised sir"
Jack sat there staring at her, He noticed the over formality of her statement. He also noticed the pain in her eyes. That cop was as good as dead! After a few more seconds silence Jack finally found his voice
"Are you kidding, a top notch soldier like you"
"Sir please..." Sam sighs in relief knowing she has to tell her story "I am distracted, I cannot focus. I feel that I cannot do my job properly and I cannot command SG1"
"Carter will you stop it" Jack raises his voice normally reserved for Airmen who get in his way when he hasn't had coffee.
Sam's head shoots up at his tone, pleading with her eyes for him to let it go but knowing he won't.
"Carter please, what's made you think this?"
"Sir I just feel I cannot perform my duties anymore"
Sighs realising he isn't going to get anything out of her this way Jack decides to take a separate approach
"Sam, talk to me please"
Sam sits in the chair slightly shocked at his use of her name, realising that he is pleading with her
"Sir" Jack gives her a stern look indicating it isn't that type of conversation, he wasn't pressing her for information as her commanding officer, he was pleading with her as her friend to talk to him.
"Ok Jack..." His name sounding foreign to them both, and realising that the conversation had started and had to be finished "My personal life is conflicting with my duty and I believe it is clouding my judgment"
"I take it this is about... Pete"
Just as Jack got the name out the klaxons blared and "Off-World Activation" went out across the lower levels of the base.
"Here we go again"
Jack jumps up and heads to the Control room quickly followed by Sam
"Who is it?" Jack asks he reaches the bottom of the metal stair case
"SG1's iris code sir" Walter replies in the normal tone which accompanies SG1's arrival
"Open the iris" Jack glances at his watch 1800 "2 hours early" he mutters to himself
"Medical team, sir?" Walter looks up to his commanding officer
"Hold that thought Walter" All eyes are on the event horizon
Teal'c comes through with his arm around Daniel as he hobbles down the ramp
"Doesn't look to bad, hold on the medical team" Jack states as he heads to meet them in the corridor
Sitting on a bed in the infirmary, as nurses tend to his foot Daniel explains to Jack why they returned early
"So in total, you fell over?"
"No Jack, I caught my foot on the ruins and twisted my ankle"
"Indeed he did, O'Neil" Teal'c adds, while Sam who is standing at Jacks side tries to suppress a grin at the most recent clumsy act which was all too common for the young archaeologist.
"And I thought you would be able to pick your way around a pile of rocks"
Daniel looks at Jack with eyes telling him he isn't in the mood for this kind of conversation, to which he only gets an innocent smile in return.
"He should be fine in a few days, he needs to keep the weight off his foot but he should be able to go off-world in a week or so"
"Thanks Doctor"
Jack was getting tired of all there temporary replacements, first that Doctor Brightman, now this Doctor Carmichael, he just wished good old Doc was here.
"So we will go debrief, Dinner in an hour Danny boy?"
Daniel rolls his eyes and lies down on the bed "Sure Jack"
"Excellent, Carter you want to go tell your dad that dinner plans have changed and get him to meet us?"
"Sure, Sir"
"Teal'c, Shall we" Indicating for them to head to the briefing room while Daniel got his leg sorted and Sam went to tell her dad of there plans for the evening
Author's notes: Sorry about not updating School is proving hellish. I don't know how long it will be till I update again, just start bugging me if you get that desperate (not that you all would) and I will try and get more chapters out ASAP.