A/N I am so sorry about the slack nature of this piece, I am going to try and get into it now. Hope you all remember what I was going on about in the last chapters!

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"Morning Sam." Daniel said coming into her office.

"Hey Daniel! Sorry I couldn't meet you last night, I was up late and must have crashed just before you got here. " Sam said giving him a quick hug then sitting back down.

"That's ok. It was pretty late. I think my body clock is set to Alpha time now." Daniel replied as he took the chair opposite her and began to play with Space Monkey who was rolling around on Sam's desk.

"Stronger allergy tablets?" She asked, noticing how he was not sneezing around the cat.

"Well I figured he was going to be hanging around me a bit so I should try something." Daniel replied, his hand pulling back slightly as the cat bit down on his finger. "So Jack sent that through with me. Said it was the part you ordered." Daniel pointed to the box he had set down by her desk as he walked in.

"Oh right, thanks." Sam said looking to the box, but making no move to open it,

"Not important?" Daniel asked curiously.

"Not just yet." Sam replied. "Coffee?" She asked. She placed her hand palmup on the deskto catch Space Monkey's attention, who trotted over and climbed on to her hand, Sam brought the cat to her face for a nuzzle and then put him on her shoulder where he balanced himself, Daniel could see this was already the cats favourite place.

"Thank you." Daniel said jumping up to follow her.

The two sat in the small rec room. Space Monkey was chasing around a piece of string on the floor as Sam and Daniel sat at the table drinking their coffees.

"So," Sam said breaking the silence, "I hear you and a certain nurse have been getting close lately."

"Well I wouldn't say close. I went to get an aspirin and we started talking. Which led to a coffee when her shift finished." Daniel said trying not to blush.

"Which led to two movie dates..." Sam cut in with a smirk.

"Jack has a big mouth." Daniel muttered.

"Oh stop it Daniel, it's great. I told you to talk to her didn't I?" Sam said taking his hand in her own. "You've been through so much in your life Daniel, you deserve this chance."

"It's nice." Daniel replied. "She's nice. And her father was an anthropologist who lived in Ethiopia for a year and made some of the greatest documentaries about under-developed nations." He continued. Sam could already see that Daniel was quite taken by the nurse and sent up a silent thanks to Janet. " Sam?" She heard Daniel ask.

"Oh sorry, zoned out for a minute there." Sam said shaking her head slightly.

"I asked how you and Jack were going?" Daniel said again.

"We're fine. The arrangement sucks..." Daniel looked at her with a raised eyebrow, "Jack's words. But we have to do it." Sam sighed.

"As long as the good outweighs the bad." Daniel said optimistically. "Well I should probably go get ready. We leave in half an hour." He said getting up.

"Sure, I'll see you soon." Sam replied. She waited for Daniel to leave before she practically dove for the box by her desk. She ripped open the box and pulled out the pieces of paper covering the contents. A smile spread across her face as she began to pull out the small bags. Equipment my ass Sam thought as she ripped the first bag open. She was flattered the he had remembered her grumble over there being no chocolate covered coffee beans on the site, now she had twenty or so bags. She popped a few more into her mouth before packing the box up and putting it in one of the small cupboards in her office. After a few more minutes she scooped up Space Monkey and made her way down to the gate.

"Be careful out there," Sam said to the group as the Stargate came to life. "Daniel remember you're in charge, these guys are just muscle." Sam said with a grin. Major Andrews coughed slightly and Sam could see he was literally biting his tongue to stop his reply. "Alpha 1, SG 5, Dr Rose, Daniel, Teal'c, good luck and don't stay out to late. Any problems, dial here, if you can't get through try Earth." Sam said. A murmur of yes's went through the crowd and Teal'c bowed his head slightly.

Sam watched as the group headed into the gate. As the last went through Sam went and picked up Space Monkey from the control room, much to Captain Sheffield's dismay.

"You have work to do Captain." Sam said playfully as he tried to attract the cat with a piece of string.

"Yes Ma'am. The diagnostic is just about to begin, secondary systems and dialling computer." Craig said slipping into technician mode.

"I'll be in my office for about an hour then my lab." Sam said heading back to her office.