A/N Oooh, sorry for the delay, I'm a slow writer.

Ayan Syria - Well there is sort of a reason why that hasn't happened.. meh. You'll find out. Oh and the daniel fighting teal'c thing?? Erm, that was just a stupid rumour that sam made up :P I actually thought it was a little silly, but i had fun writing it :)

Chapter 5

Sam Carter

I stand in the corridor outside my lab, breathing heavily. And feeling only slightly guilty. Okay, I'm feeling REALLY guilty. I just hit my commanding officer!!! And not only that, I hit ...Jack! My friend... Just as I decide that I was in no condition to work late today and that I should probably go home, I turn around I see General Hammond stomping in the direction of Daniel and Teal'c, looking murderous. I decide to hide behind a corner and watch, as this will probably be interesting.

"DR JACKSON WHAT ON EARTH IS GOING ON HERE?!?!?!" The general roars, glaring at the two of them. Daniel looks guilty. He shoves his hands in his pockets and fiddles with his glasses.

"Ahh, Jack er, ambushed Sam in her lab..." He says helplessly. Hammond narrows his eyes.

"So she knocked him out?!?!?!?!" He demands, glaring at the miserable archaeologist. Who nods, looking pained.

"So... she knocked him out." There is a tense moment. I smile. Boy is Daniel going to get it. The general takes a deep breath, his eyes are bloodshot, he's utterly fuming... you can almost see smoke coming out of his ears. Daniel braces himself before:

"I'M VERY DISAPPOINTED IN YOU TWO, DR JACKSON YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO BE WATCHING THEM!!! WHAT THE HELL WERE YOU DOING!!!"

Daniel gives Teal'c a frightened look.

"I was err... organising a betting pool..." He offers lamely. General Hammond considers this.

"Okay then, put me down for tomorrow morning, 0800 hours, in the gate room, and everyone will find it funny except for me who will be incredibly angry at two certain people who were supposed to be stopping this sort of thing." Daniel gulps.

"Y..yes sir.." He says, pulling out a notebook and scribbling something down.

"NOW DON'T LET THIS HAPPEN AGAIN!!!" Hammond roars, before stomping off in the direction of the infirmary. I sidle up to Daniel and Teal'c, I cant help it, its just too ironic. Daniel, who had been laughing at us this very morning, now looks absolutely terrible.

"Ooh, who's laughing now?" I smirk, prodding the disgruntled archeologist. He mutters something and glares. I cant help myself, "In your face Jackson!" I hiss, before walking away triumphantly and heading home to have a very, very cold shower.

Jack O'Neill

It's the next day, and (after escaping the infirmary when Dr Fraiser wasn't looking) I'm sitting at my desk shuffling papers and pretending to be doing something. Unfortunately, I haven't fooled Teal'c, who is watching me with an eyebrow raised and an amused expression. He and Daniel have decided to watch me in shifts. I must admit this is less annoying, but then again, having someone constantly following me around is not exactly my idea of fun. Checking my watch, I realise that Teal'c's shift is almost over. I frown, and look up at the Jaffa. He's staring at me. In fact, he's been staring at me the whole time, his dark eyes haven't left me once since he's been here.

Spooky.

I stand up and walk toward him. His eyes follow me. Shrugging, I wave my hand in front of his face.

"Yoohoo!! Hellooo???" I ask, "Is there anybody in there???" He doesn't respond. I walk back over to my desk and pick up a permanent marker. "You know I'm gonna regret this." I remark, pulling a chair up next to Teal'c and inking a moustache on his face.

"Colonel O'Neill, what is it that you are doing." He inquires.

"Ah!" I exclaim, sitting back. "A reaction!" At that moment the door opens and Daniel walks in, exactly 3 minutes late for his shift. Teal'c stands up and turns around.

"Daniel Jackson, you are exactly 3 minutes late for your shift." He states. Daniel takes one look at him and bursts out laughing.

"Teal'c! Oh my god.. your face!!!!" He sputters, tears rolling down his cheeks. Teal'c raises an eyebrow.

"Daniel Jackson is there something wrong??"

"Wrong!!!" Daniel gasps, struggling over to the chair and sinking into it. "Oh dear lord..." Teal'c raises the other eyebrow, and then half shrugs, (without somehow having to move his shoulders) before leaving the room. I sit back down in my seat and sigh.

"Good morning Danny-boy."

After a few minutes Daniel calms down and frowns, looking a lot more sober. "Anything wrong??" I ask, getting back to my task of shuffling papers around needlessly.

"Well..." He starts, removing his glasses and polishing them on his shirt. "It's just, this whole situation..." I raise an eyebrow and stop shuffling.

"Oh?" He shrugs uncomfortably.

"Yeah.. at first I thought it was funny but, now I realise that things are actually a lot more serious than I thought." I stare at him in shock.

"Serious?!?!?!?" Daniel shrugs and replaces his glasses.

"Yes Jack, serious. I was just thinking, it may all seem like a bit of fun now, but what if you try and do more than just kiss Sam? And what if she cant stop you?"

There is an uncomfortable silence.

"Well, at least I can see now why General Hammond was so angry before, I mean, this might actually be a very dangerous situation." Daniel continues, frowning. I sit stunned for a few minutes, I cant believe what I'm hearing.

"Daniel? Daniel? Is that you in there?" I exclaim. The archaeologist looks at me, deeply concerned.

"Jack I'm being serious." He says sternly, surveying me from over his glasses. I raise a finger.

"There! There's that word again."

"Jaaack!" He scolds. I reply with a laugh.

"Serious, Daniel. SERIOUS! This doesn't make sense... I appear to be infected with some alien 'virus' that makes me kiss Carter whenever I see her, and you don't think it's funny?"

"Jack..."

"It IS funny. It's hilarious! I get to look completely RIDICULOUS in front of everyone and everyone gets to have a good laugh at me! General Hammond's absolutely fuming, Carter definitely seems to be making the most of it and everyone's started betting on where the next kiss will take place, no thanks to you! This is the weirdest, most comical situation I've ever been in!!! And Daniel Jackson thinks it's serious!?!?! HAH! What a laugh!" Daniel glares at me, looking disgruntled. He stands up and walks to the door.

"Goodbye, Jack." He calls wearily.

"Just think about it Daniel!!! Yesterday you thought it was funny, of course, until you got yelled at by Hammond.. but still, i really cant believe you'd... Daniel? Daniel!?!?!?!"

Sam Carter

It's the next day, and once again we're sitting in the briefing room trying to make a decision. Unfortunately this is hard, since we don't actually know what the problem is.

"Something needs to be done." Colonel O'Neill says, slamming his hands down on the table.

"What are you suggesting??" General Hammond asks. The colonel shrugs.

"I don't know!!! How am i supposed to know??" He grumbles. There is a silence. Hammond sighs, and folds his arms, narrowing his eyes at the colonel.

"Colonel O'Neill are you absolutely sure that you're doing this against your will??" He inquires calmly. Jack glares.

"General!!! I am suffering!!! Can't you SEE me suffer!!! Do you think I'd be doing this WILLINGLY!!!"

"Very well." Hammond continues. "What are your opinions on the matter?"

"I've TOLD you my opinion, sir. Something needs to be done!" Jack says, exasperated.

"Then what are you suggesting we do, Colonel?" Jack slams his hands down on the table again and says,

"I think, sir, that we should go back to P3X whatever and ask THEM!!!" General Hammond considers this, before turning to me.

"Major Carter, do you have any theories on the matter??" He asks, sounding weary. I shrug.

"Well, not really sir. Though Colonel O'Neill did start suffering from this, ah...affliction on the planet, so it stands to reason that whatever's wrong with him came from there." The General nodded.

"I guess that does make sense, Dr Jackson, any thoughts???" All eyes turn to Daniel, who is scribbling in a notebook and looking thoughtful.

"There are several bets around the same time," he muses, sucking his pencil, "now, depending on when we go offworld... it does seem that General Hammond has the upper hand in the betting since he makes all the decisions..." He continues like this, oblivious to the fact that we're all watching him. "Oh, why am i doing this anyway, if it wasn't for stupid Jack going on about it, 'it's' not serious Daniel' blah blah blah..." The General blinks.

"Yes, thankyou Dr Jackson for your opinions. Teal'c? Would you say that Colonel O'Neill and Major Carter's assumptions are correct?" Teal'c raises an eyebrow. "Very well." Hammond announces. "Now that that's settled, i want to see you in the gate room at say... 1800 hours. ("Damn!" From Daniel) You are dismissed."

Jack O'Neill

A little while later, it's almost 1800 hours and Carter, Daniel and I are making our way to the gateroom. No one is really saying much, Carter is looking thoughtful, and Daniel is frowning. After a while the silence is broken by Carter.

"Hey Daniel," She asks curiously, "Why were you so moody before?? You kept grumbling...what did Jack do?" Daniel shrugs.

"Jack, seems to think that this situation is 'funny.' He laughed at me when i tried to point out to him how serious it actually is." He says reprovingly, with a glare in my direction. Carter looks at Daniel in amazement.

"Serious!!" She says unbelievably. "Now what put THAT idea in your head??" Daniel looks mortified.

"Oh come on Sam, you know this is more than a game." He scolds. Carter just laughs.

"Daniel!! I don't know WHAT you're going on about!!! I thought you found this funny??? Oh dear lord, serious.." She chuckles, walking over in my direction. Daniel mutters something and shakes his head.

"By the way sir," Carter asks me, "was it you who drew that moustache on Teal'c's face?" I give her a sidelong glance and smile.

"Yeah... well... Hey, what actually happened to that moustache? I didn't see him wearing it in the briefing room..." She grins.

"Oh, Teal'c walked around the base for a while getting laughed at, I almost had a fit when i saw him! But eventually Janet took pity on him and escorted him to the infirmary to have it removed." We both laugh, and then sigh simultaneously. "Speaking of Teal'c..." Carter says, "do you know where he is??"

"No.." I reply.

"Oh. Well, i'll go find him. We're supposed to be in the gate room in 10 minutes... not that i expect Teal'c to be late or anything.." With that she shrugs and walks off. When she is gone from sight Daniel sidles up to me.

"Jack, can i ask you a favour??" He says, sounding worried. I raise an eyebrow, not looking unlike Teal'c.

"Oh?"

"Jack, please, DON'T kiss Sam in the gate room." He pleads. I smirk.

"Now Daniel, you know I cant control when it happens.." I reply pleasantly. "But just out of curiosity.. why? Who's betting on the gate room??" Daniel looks at me severely and fiddles with his glasses.

"General Hammond." He mutters. I snort. "Jack, I'd really like to prove Hammond wrong right now, can you at least try???" He looks so troubled and dejected that i cant help ruffling his hair.

"Only for you, Danny-boy."

Sam Carter

It's 0800 hours, and sg1 are in front of the gate preparing to embark. Colonel O'Neill is deliberately avoiding looking at me, and Daniel seems strangely jumpy.

"Well. Let's go now." He says, glancing at the Colonel nervously.

"Indeed." Remarks Teal'c. Colonel O'Neill shrugs, and takes a step toward the gate.

"If you say so. After you, Daniel, Carter..." He looks at me. He looks at me. And his eyes seem to cloud over.

"Carter..." He says, his voice hushed, "Have I ever told you how beautiful you are?"

"Umm, no..." I reply, a smile playing at my lips. Here we go again!

"Well I should've, because you're beautiful."

Daniel is just about to walk through the stargate when Jack grabs me round the waist and pulls me toward him, kissing me passionately.

"NO!" The archaeologist cries, stepping back from the stargate and wincing.

"Oh, Sam..." Jack mumbles, running his hands through my hair.

"Mmmph." I say in reply, trying to act like I'm still stunned so that the kiss might last longer. Jack kisses me again and again, stroking my face with one hand, the other one starting around my waist, and working its way up my front. The moment seems to last forever until,

"DR JACKSON!!!!!" General Hammond roars from the control room. Daniel takes one look at Jack and I, gulps, and dives through the stargate. Hammond shakes his head and growls. "Teal'c?? Would you like to do the honours??"

"I would be honoured." Teal'c replies with a slight nod of his head, before walking up to the entwined Jack and I, and pushing us into the gate.

A/N Woah, long chapter!! Reviews, please!!!!!!

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