They had walked in record time, mainly due to Jack's quick pace back to his cabin. The other three hot on his heels followed him inside and to the bedroom, he flung open a wardrobe and began searching through it.

"Er, Jack? What the hell are you doing?" Daniel asked.

"I'm sorting out my closet Daniel." Jack said sarcastically. He stopped and looking triumphant pulled out what looked like his dress uniform, but with a lot less medals on it, he then pulled out another which must have been Corrigan's as it had a skirt instead of trousers. He put them over his shoulder and closed the wardrobe and turned to face them.

"What are you waiting around for? Lets get back to the ship we need to fill Carter and Jacob in."

"Major Davis' assistant!" Carter said in shock once they'd filled her and Jacob in.

"It would appear so." Teal'c said solemnly.

"What are we going to do now?" she asked.

"Buy suits." Jack said. They all looked at him strangely.

"Did Jack hit his head while you were out?" Jacob asked.

"No I didn't, thanks for the concern though."

"He's right though." Corrigan said. "You'll be needing suits if you want to fit in when we get there."

"Where? The Pentagon? We can't, we have clearance but they won't be expecting us, no one knows we're even on the planet let alone the Pentagon!" Carter said.

"We have clearance, you guys can be our special guests." Corrigan said.

"What do you mean you have clearance?" Jacob asked. She walked over to where Jack had put their uniforms on one of the storage containers and went into the pockets and pulled out four name tags. She went back and held them out in her hand for them all to see.

"Take your pick. Jack only has one so he's a little more limited." She smiled. They looked at incredulously.

"Lieutenant Colonel Jason Maguire at your service." He said with a wry smile. "There's a place in town we can get you some suits, or something formal."

"O'Neill, would I not be most conspicuous if I accompanied you?" Teal'c asked.

"We'll get a you a decent hat, you can't wear the baseball cap obviously." Corrigan said.

"So we are just gonna walk into the Pentagon?" Daniel asked.

"You betcha'." Jack said. "C'mon, its time to shop."

"I hate this thing." Corrigan grumbled, tugging at her skirt as they walked up the steps outside the Pentagon.

"You're telling me." Jack said fiddling with his collar. He stopped at the top of the stairs and stood leaning against the wall. The other five stopped as well. "Okay kids here's the plan, once we're inside we split up into two's. Teal'c you're with Jacob, Daniel with Carter, Tal with me."

"Paul's office takes about five minutes to get to from the entrance."

"Me and Tal will go straight there, you guys come from either side, understood?" They all nodded and 'yessired' in agreement. "Good, lets get going then."

They got through security with no trouble at all, Carter, Daniel, Teal'c and Jacob had been given visitors passes when told they were with Jack and Tal, without even being asked for ID. Jack made a mental note to complain about that later.

Once they were in they split up as planned. Jack and Tal walked quickly down the corridors. They didn't come across anyone until they were almost there. Jack panicked for a moment as he saw Major Davis heading towards them, luckily not having seen them yet. Looking desperately around Jack noticed a door on the left marked storage. He dragged Tal by the arm inside and closed the door swiftly. He heard footsteps grow louder as Davis got nearer, and then they grew quieter again as he passed.

Letting out a breath in relief he glanced at Tal with a relieved smile which she returned. Suddenly noticing how close they were standing in a dark storage closet he went to take a step back but was stopped when she grabbed his wrist. The hell with it. He brought his free right hand up to her face and held it gently, he stroked her cheek softly with his thumb and pulled her closer to him.

Smiling she leaned up, closing the gap between them, her lips gently meeting his. The kiss grew more passionate as he placed his arm round her waist pulling her closer to him and she slid her arm round his neck. Finally they separated. Jack took a deep breath and rested his forehead on hers looking into her eyes. She smiled at him.

"We should-" he said half-heartedly.

"Right." She said in a similar tone, but then seemingly pulling herself back to reality she repeated herself. "Right." She said pulling back. "C'mon what are you waiting for." She smiled. He rolled his eyes but smiled too, and carefully opening the door, making sure the coast was clear exited the storage cupboard and continued down the corridor, closely followed by Tal.

Okay here's chapter 13, hope you all like it! please review and let me know what you think, pretty please? with cherries and sugaron top!

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