Chapter 5

As Daniel and Sam got into their car and drove to their next destination, a lone figure stepped out of the shadows between the jewelry shop and the building next to it. With a sly grin on his face he pulled out his cell phone. He quickly dialed the number for Cheyenne Mountain. He waited for the computer system to pick up and entered his code for access to the secured facility.

He entered an extension and heard the voice mail pick up.

"You've reached the office of Dr. Jackson. Leave your message after the beep and I will dig you up later." There was the beep but the stranger didn't leave a message. Instead he dialed another extension and waited for the voice mail to pick up.

"You've reached the office of Major Carter. Leave your message after the beep and I will return your call." He hung up the phone and grinned. This week was coming along very nicely he thought as he stepped into his car and drove off.

Sam smiled as Daniel rooted through the bags of food they had just bought at the market, he had a determined look about him as he proceeded to root through another bag.

"What are you looking for?" Sam asked as she folded up the paper bag she had just empted, it's contents now safely put away in the cabinets and frig.

"I'm hungry, I want one of the apples we just bought and I can't find them." He looked at her sadly.

"They are in the lower bin of the frig, I just put them away." She smiled again as he bent down and pulled one out, shutting the frig door behind him. He cleaned it off on his shirt and took a bite out of it smiling…

"Sam, when do you want to tell the general about us and when should we tell Jack?" Daniel knew his civilian status would keep them on the same team as long as they conducted themselves in the proper manner on base and off world. He had looked up the regulations already. He knew both Jack and the general had to be informed..

"I don't know, I thought I could give the general a call tonight and we can go and see him tomorrow morning sometime. After that maybe we can go and talk with Jack. We can grab breakfast before we head to his cabin." She reached out and grabbed the apple, taking a chunk out of it.

"Hay, that's mine. Get your own," Daniel protested as she tossed the apple back to him and went into the living room.

"Yes I know dear, but yours taste so much better." She smiled as she picked up the phone and dialed the base. She wasn't going to tell the general what they needed to talk to him about only that they needed to have a private discussion.

Daniel walked into the living room after cleaning his ace off from the apple. He leaned down and started to kiss Sam's neck softly, letting his breath run over her neck and shoulders, while she was talking to the general.

"Ye… Yes sir. We can be there tomorrow morning around 10." Sam shuddered as she felt Daniel's breath tickle her skin.

"Major? Major Carter are you listening?" They could hear Hammond on the other end.

Sam snapped out of her pleasure induced trace. "Sir, sorry, got a little distracted." She nodded to what the general had said and wished him a good night and hung up the phone…

"How did it go with the general?" Daniel asked running his figure tips up her neck and along her shoulders.

"Oh it went fine, he can see us tomorrow around 10. I kind of got distracted with you doing that you know." She smiled as he put feather light kisses along her neck again.

"What was I doing?" He asked running his hands up her arms.

Sam had her eyes closed at this point, relishing in the feeling that Daniel was giving her. "You… You were… I forget…" She smiled as she slowly opened her eyes and spotted the Battleship game they had moved aside till later. She remembered that even though they had only gotten through half a game, yes they were both drunk but what had come about because of it was something very wonderful.

"Daniel, you want to finish our game?" Sam motioned to the Battleship game as Daniel finished trailing kisses along her neck.

Images flashed through his mind of what had happened the night before - two very drunk friends playing this game and letting each other know how much they loved each other and wanted to take it beyond friendship.

"I would love to finish this game with you. Whose turn was it?" He sat down across from her in front of his game board.

"I think it was my turn when we got interrupted by other things." She had a sly smile on her face as she looked at him.

Daniel kept a straight face as he motioned with his hand for her to continue. The game wasn't going to take long as they were almost done anyway. They only had to get one more ship and it would be over but it was going to be fun and then they could cuddle on the couch and watch their movies.

Sam studied her board closely. She had misses all over the place so it was hard to find out where the little ship was that only need two hits to sink it. Little bastard, she thought. Daniel had found hers in the first couple of hits, but he still had to sink her carrier. "Let's go with F9." She said looking up at him as he looked at his board. She prayed it was a hit, she wanted some cuddling time with her man.

"Sam, I'm sorry but it was a miss." He smiled as her face fell; he was in no way going to make this easy for her. But she would get it soon, she was zeroing in on the location. He studied his own board and discovered where her ship was by process of elimination.

"G10…" He smiled at her. There was no other place she could have hidden the big carrier. He leaned back against the chair he was near, and watched her reaction. He wanted cuddle time too…

There was a small mumble under Sam's breath that either was a curse or something else. He couldn't tell.

"I'm sorry what was that, I couldn't hear you too well?" He asked leaning forward as if to hear her better.

"I said it was a hit. Now shut up, mark your board and get ready cause I'm coming after you," she said as she looked at her board again.

"I8…" It was just a random guess but what the hell.

"Dam, Hit…" Daniel stated looking up at a smiling Sam. He looked at his board, studying it carefully; she could have her last ship going down or across.

"Umm, G11…" He waited. If he wasn't right he was sunk, there was only on other way to go to sink his ship.

"Miss… I9." Sam said happily. She knew she had him, it was cuddle time, she thought, as she placed the red marker in the slot.

"You sunk my battleship." Daniel pouted, he wanted to win…

"You poor thing you, you want me to kiss it and make it better?" Sam asked clearing the games off the table and leaning over to Daniel.

"Yes that would make me feel much better." He said smiling as Sam gave him a quick kiss on the lips.

She smiled as she went in to give Daniel his kiss. After about 20 seconds of this she pulled back, still smiling..

"Better now?" She asked. Not waiting for a response, she stood and stretched her back as she walked into the bedroom to change into something a little more comfortable.

"Yes much better, thank you." He watched her walk away admiring the view from behind. He had to smile at that, Sam was the most beautiful women on Earth, and they were going to be married, and spend the rest of their life together. He loved that idea, he loved her even more, but he could share the love.

"So what do you want to watch first?" He heard her shout from the bedroom.