Chapter 3

After their little scrub session in the shower they managed to keep their hands off each other long enough for them to get dressed and ready for their day. After much thought matter Daniel had an idea.

He walked from the bedroom into the living where Sam was cleaning up their after diner activities. She kept the battle ship game out though, just in case they wanted to continue it again tonight. He moved in behind her, wrapping his arms around her waist, kissing her neck gently.

"I was just thinking about today. I mean what we could do…" He felt Sam relax in his arms for a second, then she turned to face him. Her curiosity peaked at what Daniel wanted to do today; she smiled, mimicking him by wrapping her arms around him.

"I figured we could go and have a bite to eat, maybe take in a movie." He moved and gave her a quick kiss on the nose. "We have to stop by your place to get some more of your clothes." He moved and kissed her below her ear. "Then we have to get food into this place or we might starve to death." He smiled and he felt her shudder at his kiss…

"Daniel if you keep doing that we aren't going to be going anywhere for awhile…" Sam breathed out as Daniel's lips found the soft spot below her ear.

"You're right, I apologize for that. I do believe we can continue this later though." He smiled as he stepped away from her, already missing the warmth and comfort she gave him. He saw the frown cross Sam's face almost immediately after he left her arms.

"Daniel, can we go to my place first. I need to collect my mail and water my plants." She regretted him moving as well, she felt so warm and, well, safe in his arms. It felt right, like she belonged there. "Then we can get lunch and pick up food." She smiled at him as he bent down to pick up something off the ground.

He nodded as he finished picking up the things from last night. "You ready to go?" He asked as he grabbed his keys and Jacket.

She smiled and nodded. "Yup, I assume we are taking your car?" She asked as she picked up her purse from the floor.

"I figured it would be easer since its a little bigger then your sports car. You know more groceries, and anything you bring from your house." He held the door open for her as she walked out into the hallway and down the short corridor that lead to the parking lot.

Once they had set off in the car Sam started thinking about all that had happened in the couple days since they went on leave. It has been 2 days and I am basically moved in with Daniel. We have professed our love for each other. The Colonel is going to have more grey hairs then he knows what to do with after this. With that thought in her head she smiled brightly.

Daniel glanced over at her briefly to see her smiling and gave a grin. "What are you smiling at?" he asked as turned down her street..

"Nothing, just thinking of what the Colonel is going to say when he finds out about us." She placed her hand over his and gave a brief squeeze.

Daniel thought about it for a moment. "Or what is the general going to say? You think we will be able to stay on the same team?" His voice hinted at a slight edge of nervousness.

Same thought about that for a moment. "Well there is nothing in the regulations that say we can't. You're a civilian. As long as it doesn't affect the team dynamics, and we can be professional off and on world I don't think he would have a problem with it. We are just going to have to sit down and talk to him about it. First thing when we go back. Let's not hide anything."

Daniel nodded in agreement. "That sounds like a plan to me." He pulled up to her house and walked her to her door.

As Sam unlocked the door and went in Daniel grabbed the pile of mail that was stuffed in her mail box. It was only 3 days worth but still there was a lot of it. He set it down on her counter. He noticed that she subscribed to Astronomy magazine and some physics magazines. They actually make physics magazines. He would subscribe to some archeology magazines but they were wrong anyway, he had proven that many times over. But he could never tell anyone.

Without even thinking about it he picked up the Astronomy magazine and started to riffle through it. He stopped at some pictures that the Hubble telescope had sent back and was actually quiet impressed with the details in the photo.

He was so caught up with the photos he didn't hear Sam enter the room and come up next to him.

"Whatcha looking at?" She asked, placing an arm around his waist and peering over his shoulder.

He visibly jumped, startled slightly. "Umm... I … I was looking at the pictures from the Hubble in your magazine. Very nice, I was actually thinking about getting a telescope, Jack let me look through his when I was staying there after I came back from being ascended. I was amazed at all those stars up there in the sky. He showed me the rings of Saturn; he showed me where Abydos was, and some other planets were. It was cool."

Sam smiled, He was a guy who was actually interested in the things she was. She liked what he did to. It was neat learning about cultures that had been dead for hundreds maybe thousands of years.

"You have a secured connection at your house right?" She asked him. She knew he had a computer, she had helped him buy it, but she didn't know if he had net access. or not.

"Yes, I got the general to approve it for me since a lot of the artifacts that I translate aren't from this world. So yes, I have Internet access and a connection to the mountain."

She nodded. "Good, when we get home I will show you some pictures that they don't list in the magazines. Before they are scaled down and edited."

His eyes lit up like balloons. "Really, why do they edit them? Why wouldn't some be listed?" This confused him. Space was space right? So why wouldn't they show all the pictures.

"They edit the pictures to take out the stuff that is useless, extra space and things like that and bring what they want to show you into perspective.. A lot of the pictures the space telescopes take can't be used because of resolution issues, focus quality, or if they show something they don't want the public to see. Those pictures normally come to a department in the SGC for review."

"Like what?" His curiosity was peaked now.

"Ships, occupied planets. The space telescopes that we use are very powerful, especially the ones we have in orbit. They have pictures of planetary bodies that are occupied buy the Goa'uld, so we have to keep a watch over what kind of pictures they send back."

"Could we use them to spy on Goa'uld occupied worlds? This could be useful, if we could see what was on their worlds we would have some great intelligence…"

"Unfortunately not, we can only see the planets themselves, not the surface in detail. The only reason we know they are occupied is because of the activity we see in the orbits of the planets and even then they are not in great detail."

He nodded, he couldn't wait. He set the magazine down and turned to face her, clasping his arms around her back and pulling her close. His blue eyes looked into hers; he just smiled and leaned in for a quick kiss. It was just a peck on the lips. But it said so much to her that she almost melted. If only Daniel knew what effect he had on the opposite sex.

"So, are you already to go my dear?" He whispered softly into her ear. He felt her arm tighten around his waist as he did that. All he could do was just smile.

"Yes, plants are watered; I got extra clothes in my bag by the door. I also brought some of my laundry. I need to do some of it while I'm at your place." She moved to grab her jacket. She would be back in a couple days to check up on everything again. With one final look around she moved to the door, grabbing the two magazines that were on the counter, just in case she needed something to read.

Daniel grabbed her bag and stood with the door open waiting for Sam to finish with her final check. It was going to be a very nice weekend.

"I don't mind about the laundry, I have some to do as well. Since you will be staying the week I will clear some drawer space for you so you don't have to live out of your bag."

Sam looked at him as she locked the door and headed to the car. "I don't want you to rearrange how you live Daniel. Your space is yours," she said as she slid into the passenger seat.

"Sam, your not rearranging my life. It is no big deal, besides my space is your space now too. It is our space now and I wouldn't have it any other way." He started the car and backed out of the drive.

"Where do we go now? I don't' know about you but I'm getting a little hungry."

There was a brief pause from Sam as she thought about where she wanted to go. "Me too, I know this nice little Italian place in town. It has really good food, quiet atmosphere."

Daniel nodded. It sounded perfect. "Ok, lead the way my lady," he said turning in the direction she pointed.