The next morning Sam woke up to find Adam wasn't in bed with her any longer and from the coolness coming from his side of the bed it was easy to tell that he'd been up and about for some time. Shaking away the feeling of loneliness that always seemed to find its way in to her heart whenever Adam wasn't about just lately she threw the thoughts to the back of her mind, she got out of bed deciding to get herself ready for the day.
She quickly showered and dressed not seeing anyone else as she travelled to and from the bedroom to the bathroom. Making sure she didn't look too big, even though it was getting harder and harder to hide the bump that now seemed to want to burst out of her clothes she made her way down stairs.
When she entered the kitchen she found everyone was already up and about eating there own breakfast, leaving the evidence of pots and pans around the kitchen.
Duncan and Adam had full breakfasts. Janet just had a couple of slices of toast and a glass of orange juice. Louise and Jack sat there eating children's cereal, Jack's face not as happy as it would have been had he had fruit loops but the supermarket Adam went to the day before didn't have any.
Adam was the first one to notice her standing in the doorway with a wide grin on her face. "What you grinning at?"
"Nothing… it's just… oh I don't know… lets just put it down to hormones."
Adam just shook his head thinking about all the other times that she'd been emotional for no reason what so ever while pregnant, she'd put it all down to hormones whether it had been them or not. "What do you want for breakfast?"
"Oh I think I'll just have some cereal…"
"Oh no you don't… you'll want something more healthy than just cereal… I'll make you something," Janet quickly jumped to her feet still holding a piece of toast in her hand and headed over to the fridge while Sam gave Adam a knowing smile.
"So how did you guys sleep last night?" at that Janet noticed how Jack seemed to get more interested in his breakfast, trying to ignore the question.
"I slept like a log, although I was wondering how I got to bed… the last thing I remember before waking up this morning was laying down on the sofa watching Jack play on the Playstation."
"So at least someone was watching me on the Playstation…"
"Yes sir… but it seems that you put her to sleep out of boredom with it," Sam smirked over at her commanding officer. Louise also burst into laughter and Duncan almost choked on a peace of sausage he'd tried to swallow.
"Funny Carter… very funny."
"I thought so sir… so how was your night sir, I'm guessing you were exhausted after the busy day you had, especially with the late night and all…" At that point it was Adam's turn to almost choke in his breakfast.
"Ha ha… very funny Carter… and for your information I went straight to bed last night as you should know… you were in the room when I went to bed " Jack gave her a smirk thinking that's finally managed to put an end to her tormenting.
"Yeah I guess that's true but there's no saying what you did once you got to bed… I'm guessing you had a pretty good night as well Janet…" Sam's grin grew wider as Janet seemed to turn into a statue at the stove where she was cooking Sam's breakfast, her face turning a nice crimson.
Janet turned around and knew from the look on her face that Sam knew, the only thing she wanted to know now was who else knew. "Sam… How the hell?"
Jack seemed to get a panicked look on his face now knowing where Sam had been going with her comments. 'How the hell could she know… Everybody was down stairs when they'd kissed in the hallway and they were only there for a few minutes before they mutually agreed to move it into his room rather then risk Sam walking in on them in Janet's room/the office when she went to put the laptop away. Damm the laptop, she must have noticed Janet was missing when she'd put the laptop back in the office.
"Carter?"
"Oh it's all right sir I won't mention to anyone… not even Daniel or T… Murray" Sam gave a quick glance over at Louise hoping she hadn't noticed her near slip.
"Oh for crying out loud is it even possible to keep a secret within our group of friends?"
"Errr… I am I missing something?" Duncan asked a puzzled look replacing the relaxed one that had been on his face all morning before Sam started the mocking of Janet and Jack.
"No"
"Yes"
Jack and Sam answered both at the same time and Duncan gave then both a 'do you want to tell me before I do something someone will regret' look. Adam at this point just couldn't hold the laughter any longer and as laughter filled the room Duncan never took his eyes of Sam or Jack being joined by Louise how was now wondering to know what was going on.
Nobody spoke as they all waiting for Adam's laughter to slowly die down. The silence that was left was almost creepy but they all refused to speak up and break the silence that had descended.
"So what's happening today then" Louise asked when she couldn't stand the silence any longer.
"Well I'm glad you asked…" Jack stated glad that she'd broken the silence and that she'd managed to change the subject at the same time. "We wanted to make a proposition to you and if you agreed then we have a lot to planning to do…"
"Ok then ask away…"
Jack looked over at Sam willing her to continue as she was more adapt at explaining things then he was, as she did it a lot with her being a scientist and all.
"Well I can't remember if I mentioned the reason we were asking questions about you yesterday… but it was because we were considering you as a possibility for a position that's become available at our base… Now that we've seen you and reported it back to the general he's agreed with us that it would a good idea to offer you the job…"
"But you said you're from the States?"
"Yes Colorado Springs… We also think that it would have the added bonus of getting whoever's threatening you off your back for a while… but when you're over there you'll also have plenty of people looking out for you… There'll be all of us here… the other two members of our team who you'll no doubt meet and you'll get to know the base personnel in general… well it's pretty much like a tight knit community of sorts so you'll have all them looking out for you as well."
"Well… ummm… I think I'm going to need a bit of time to think about this… it is a big decision and it would mean me moving away from all the family that I know."
"I understand… but you already have a few weeks off work so why don't you come over, see what it's going to be like first hand… and if you don't like it you can come back after the few weeks are up… But if you like it, it'll be easy enough to sort the move out from over there."
Louise had to contemplate that for a few minutes, she'd always wanted to go to America but she'd never had the money and it was another matter all together thinking about moving over there to live. It would also get her away from the person/persons who were trying to kill her and she'd hopefully get to see Joe again, it'd been too long since the last time she seen him and it would be good to catch up with him again. "Ok… but if I don't like the idea I get to come home…"
"Yeah… if you don't like it you can come home."
Louise smiled happy that there was no pressure until she saw what it was that her job would involve. "Right then I'll give the general a call and get him to arrange transport back to the states with three extra people… or even better Carter you could always try and explain to him how your partner and his friend turned this little trip up side down…"
"No… I'll let you have the pleasure of that sir" Sam sent a smile over at him knowing it would make him agree no matter what.
"Oh for crying out loud… I thought I was meant to be the CO here… not you…"
It was coming up to midday when Jack entered the living room where everybody was lounging about doing the same things they were doing the night before. Louise however had taken Jack's non-presence as an opportunity to seize the Playstation and put it to some use, relieving her boredom.
"Ok campers here's what's happening regarding our travel plans" Jack waited, albeit not long for everyone's attention then continued. "Hammonds informed me they'll be a plane waiting for us at 0800 hours tomorrow morning… so make sure you all have an early night as we'll be getting up at 0430 hours… That should be enough time to make sure everyone has enough time to get ready, with us being a large group…"
Nobody said anything as there wasn't really anything to say, their travel plans have been made, what more was there to say apart from. "Urrr Jack not that I'm ungrateful about whole job offer thing and all but… I forgot to ask this morning where I'm going to be staying while over there… I really don't like the idea of being stuck on a military base twenty four hours a day for two weeks… I'd much rather get a hotel or something if that's going to be the case."
"That won't be necessary she can stay at my place… I've more or less moved in with Sam already so it doesn't get much use nowadays… I'm sure Richie wouldn't mind coming out to play housemate for a few weeks, so at least we'll know she's safe with him around to keep a look out in case whoever's trying to harm her comes back… I'm sure I can also persuade Joe to come out for a visit as well." Adam added his part to the conversation from where he was seated on the floor by Duncan.
"What do you think about that Louise?…"
"Well sounds good but who's this Richie… I'm not sure I'll feel comfortable stopping with someone I don't know…"
Duncan couldn't help a small laugh that left his mouth at thinking how Adam was going to manage to describe Riche without making him out to be, putting it kindly someone who likes women a lot and who's not afraid to pursue them no matter the emotional danger to himself.
"Well he's a good friend of ours" Duncan indicated to himself and Adam letting the old man off the hock "he's also a good friend of Joe's… plus Joe will more than likely come with him for a few days."
Louise was still slightly uncertain but if he was a friend of Joe's he had to be ok. "Ok… I guess that could work…"
"Good… now then that's all sorted I think you should all go and make sure you're packed… Adam could you take Louise back to her place so she can pack a few more things that she'll need for a few weeks…"
Everyone drifted out of the room to their destinations, when Adam passed Sam he gave her a look, silently asking her if she'd be ok packing his things as well as her own. Sam gave him a nod saying 'yeah that won't be a problem' then turned and headed out the living room and up the stairs.
Adam then moved off to the front door with Louise closely following behind trying to hide how excited and nervous she was about going to the States and getting a chance to catch up with Joe.
