After having de-briefed the mission Jack and Sam went to the cafeteria together to have supper.
"Sir, what do you think this place has actually been used for?" Sam asked.
"I don't wanna know it..." the colonel muttered pushing some pasta around on his plate.
"Okay, I'm sorry of having gotten back to that subject again, but..." she hesitated.
"But what, Carter?" Jack looked up at her.
"Nothing, just the usual..." the major held on and frowned brushing a hand across her forehead, "curiosity."
"You okay?" he shot her a worried glance.
"Yeah", she replied, "just felt a little hot and I'm a bit tired, that's all."
"Sure?"
Sam nodded, "I'm good. Can't be anything big. As Janet did her routine check two hours ago, she found nothing irregular."
"If she says that", Jack sighed finally giving up on his spaghettis, "You're finished?"
"Yep."
O'Neill rose picking up his tray, "I'm off. Gonna get myself a nap. Maybe you'd do the same."
The next morning
"Morning", O'Neill joined Daniel, Teal'C and Sam who were already at breakfast.
"Morning, Jack."
"Good Morning, O'Neill."
Came the replies from Daniel and the Jaffa; only Sam did not even look up.
"Carter?"
Her head rose slowly as his 2IC finally faced Jack.
"Morning", she murmured.
"Hell, ya look horrid. How many hours have ya been working in yer lab last night."
"None."
"What drugs did ya smoke to get such red eyes, then?"
"What do you mean?" Sam replied almost casually.
"Would be better if you get going to infirmary and get yourself checked over once again."
"Won't be necessary", she shot Jack a strange glance from the corner of her eye like she hadn't done it ever before.
"If ya go on like that I'm gonna order you to go there." Jack eyed Sam closely remarking that her way of behavior was different today than the time before.
She rose from her chair stating "If you mean...." She then passed him giving him a long kiss on his cheek in front of everybody, a moment later she left.
"Holy crap, what was that just like?" Jack followed her paces with a stare, "That ain't normal. Think I'm gonna get going to see what the heck's going on with her today."
He left the cafeteria as well following Sam.
Well, okay, that's it for the first two chapters. Hope y'all liked it so far. For the next chapters I'm gonna slow down the pace a bit to make the whole thing a bit more enjoyable for you.
I'm still working on getting back into the matter after that long, long time of absence.