Postal: Chapter 3.

Aaaand, another short one. hehe.

WOW! The reviews have been great! I am blown away by the support I have gotten for this story. SO, here yah go. The next chapter. I decided I'd add a little Daniel finally. For he is pretty, and fun to write.


Jaka: Don't worry about it. I hate Pete with the force of a thousand suns. Good things aren't allowed to happen to him. Aaah, Mic. Man I hated him. Harm should have just punched that guy.

SG-Fan: Yes, Sam equals dork. But that is why we love her!

Stargate-fan: A bandaid for you.

ilovesg1: I am with you. I could never picture Jack going to S/P wedding. It was all wrong.

Sammy: I always want to hug him. yum.

Rain12: Hehe, that was more me not being able to say anything nice about him. But I figured it worked as Jack too.

And thanks to G, Vampirehellsing, justareader, froggy0139, scjon, and sissybear! YOU ALL ROCK (the kasbah)


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As he turned the corner to Sam's lab, Daniel was nearly bowled over by a grumpy blur that looked suspiciously like General Jack O'Neill.

"Morning to you too Jack!" he said in a false cheery voice, without facing the obviously preoccupied man. He looked back at his friend to see Jack stop and turn to him. Jack gave Daniel an once-over, like he couldn't quite place where he knew him from. Daniel scowled. "Jack?"

Jack's brow furrowed and he mumbled a "mornin' Daniel," before he continued his stomp down the hall.

Great, just great, Sam made him made him mad some how, Daniel sighed, and I was gonna ask him about that Atlantis rescue expedition I've heard talks of. Daniel took a deep breath and pushed open the heavy metal door leading to Sam's lab.

He pinched the bridge of his nose and squeezed his eyes shut as he walked in. "Sam it is 6:30 in the morning. Couldn't you wait till at least …noon to annoy Jack? I mean com…" and it was then that he opened his eyes and noticed Sam hastily rubbing tears off her cheeks.
"Sam? What's wrong?"

Sam sniffed. "Sorry Daniel, I didn't mean to put the General in a mood. What can I do for you?" She quickly turned away from him.

He ignored her lame attempt at changing the subject. "Sam?"

He saw her hand go up and wipe at her face again. "It's nothing, just some chemical I've been using while working on the Leaholin's generator. My eyes don't seem to agree with it."

She turned back towards him and he was amazed at how quickly she had composed herself. If he hadn't seen the obvious hurt and pain in her eyes a moment ago, he would have almost believed the bogus story he just heard. Almost.

Daniel crossed his arms in front of his chest. "Sam you have got to be the smartest person I know. Hell, you're probably one of the smartest on this entire planet."

Sam gave him a look.

He looked incredulously at her. "and the best you can do is I-just-have-something-in-my-eye?"

Sam sheepishly looked down at her hands. "Figured I'd give it a try, I was hoping you maybe hadn't had your coffee yet…"

Daniel smiled. "no such luck." His smile quickly turned to a frown. "So, Sam…what's up?"

Sam quickly looked away again. "It's nothing Daniel."

Daniel glowered, "it didn't look like nothing when I first got here." He sighed, "talk to me Sam."

Sam scowled and avoided his gaze. "really, it is nothing Daniel. It is just, the…General said he wouldn't be able to come to my wedding."

Daniel held back a curse. "Why not?"

Sam started arranging papers on her desk with a furious intensity. "Said he uh…was busy with…something. And he couldn't get out of it to come…"

Daniel once again ignored the lame lie.

Sam looked up from her now neatly stacked papers; Daniel could see some of them had been placed upside down. "Daniel I only have till the briefing later today with this device, I really need to continue working on it."

Yah right! Daniel's scowl deepened and he started towards her. "Sam…"

She suddenly brought her gaze up to his and lock eyes with him. Her eyes brimming with hurt and a plea, urging him to leave it alone. "Daniel…please?"

Daniel sighed. "sure…" he could see a sigh of relief leave her as her shoulders slumped.

Daniel placed a hand on her shoulder. "Sam, you know that if you ever need to talk…" He looked at her till she met his gaze. "I'm always here for you, right?"

A small but genuine smile crossed Sam's features. "I know Daniel," she brought her hand up to his and squeezed it. "thank you."

He smiled back. "Good." He did a little wave and headed back down the hallway. He had a General to see.


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Ooo, the Jack/Daniel confrontation looms! HA HA! And it is already written and waiting to be posted! And it is a nice looong chapter too. You'll all have to wait to see how it turns out! Better make them reviews good!