Daniel awoke the next morning with a tassel of blonde hair in his face. He let his eyes slowly adjust to the light now streaming through his windows as he looked around for his glasses. The TV was turned on to the menu of the last DVD they had watched, apparently they had fallen asleep during the video. Reaching over he found his glasses and put them on looking at the clock on his VCR.
He sat up when he saw that is was 8:45 in the morning. "Sam… Sam wake up we have to get ready to go and talk to the general…"
He gently shook her awake, knowing they would have to shower quickly and get to the mountain for their meeting with the General.
"G'way, m'tired…" Was all he managed to hear from her position on his chest.
"Sam, honey come on wake up we have to go and see the General, remember?" he said, nudging her a little harder this time.
"I know you want to sleep. Once we get back from Jack's house you can take a nap ok?"
Daniel had started to slid out from under her when he felt her nails dig into his thigh. He stopped not wanting to have any more damage inflicted on him.
Sam looked up at him, sleep still apparent in her blue eyes. "Pillows don't move…" She smiled at him as she slowly unlatched her nails form his thigh muscle and stretched.
"But since you woke me up I guess I have to get up then huh?" She moved off the sofa and gave him a quick kiss on the side of his mouth.
"Why don't you start the coffee, I'll hop in the shower and get ready, then when I am done my coffee will be ready and you can get cleaned up and we shall leave."
Now he couldn't really argue with her logic, specially since she was running her figures along his neck very softly. He felt a shiver run down his spine as he nodded..
"We are going to have to pick up breakfast on the way there you know," she shouted from the bathroom as she threw her clothes out into the hallway. He knew she was teasing him, or torturing him. Either way he would get even at some point in the day.
It was 9:30 when they left the apartment for the mountain. They stopped at the local bakery, grabbed some donuts and more coffee, and finally reached the mountain at 9:55 on the dot. It helped that Sam wrestled Daniel for the keys and she could drive like a crazy person when she needed to.
"You nervous?" Daniel asked as they walked towards the general's office.
"A little, how about you?" Sam asked looking at him as they got to his door.
"I'd rather face a contingent of Jaffa right about now, to tell you the truth."
Sam gave Daniel's hand a reassuring squeeze before they knocked on the door.
"Come in," called a gruff voice from behind the door. They walked in and saw General Hammond was not alone.
He looked up from his desk, immediately saw the ring on Sam's finger, and let out a hiss of air.
Major, Dr. Jackson, you remember Colonel Simmons from the Pentagon?" Simmons turned to look at them with almost a leer on his face.
"Colonel," Sam acknowledged coldly with a nod of her head.
"The Colonel here as been telling me that you two have been conducting yourself contrary to regulations. I have informed him that the two of you would adhere to the rules like everybody else and would discuss any change in your status with me or Colonel O'Neill before it went too far."
Daniel stepped forward and looked at General Hammond. "Sir, that is why we are here today. We have realized our feelings towards each other have been growing these past few years and have decided to see were they took us, it has only become serious since we went on leave."
Sam stepped forward to continue. "We came here to discuss this with you before we went any further. Daniel has asked me to marry him and I have accepted. We are looking for a place of our own to live in but for the moment I am at his apartment until we come back from leave then we will switch back and forth till a more suitable place can be found."
Hammond nodded, he was thrilled that these two had finally found happiness with each other. "Well, I don't see it as a problem, I know you will conduct yourselves in the highest manner when you are on base and off world correct?"
"Yes sir," they both said in unison.
"Well, unfortunately some people who I work for do not believe that is such a good idea." Simmons reached into his pocket and pulled out some papers. "Effective the moment Major Carter comes back from leave she is to be re-assigned to my division in the pentagon." Simmons now had a really smug look on his face. "There, with Major Carter's cooperation, we will see how much she still retains from the time she was joined with the symbiot Jolinar." He dropped the papers on Hammond's desk and stood back.
Sam looked at Daniel then to the general. "Sir, he can't do that can he? Washington? Sir, Daniel and I want a family. I'll resign my commission before I move away from Daniel, the gate, and my work."
"I'm sorry major but the pentagon feels that you having a child with Daniel Jackson would not be the correct match for your DNA. Someone like Colonel O'Neill would be a better choice since he had the knowledge of the Ancients downloaded into his head."
"Why you son of a…" Before anyone could react Daniel took a swing at Simmons and connected his fist with the man's jaw. A reverberating crack was head at the impact. Simmons was knocked against the wall, and slid down it clutching his jaw.
Daniel walked over ignoring the pain in his hand, his eyes flashed with anger. Simmons was bent over trying to get up when a knee can crashing into his nose and sending him back down onto the floor. Daniel was ready to pick him up and hit him again when a pair of SF's came in and pulled him away from Simmons.
General Hammond had seen some amazing things in his career but this was something that he would never forget. Daniel had moved quicker then he ever thought possible for a man without military training, he did have hand to hand combat training from Jack and Teal'c. But still he wasn't a solider and yet he mopped the floor with one.
"Daniel, it's ok.. Calm down." Sam was next to Daniel looking at his hand trying to get him to back off so he wouldn't kill the man who threatened to take her away.
Daniel gained control of himself and moved away from the SF's that were ready in case he exploded again.
"Sir, I apologize for this." He pointed to Simmons, propped up against the wall, holding his nose trying to stem the blood flowing out of it.
"It was uncalled for and I submit myself to whatever punishment you deem necessary."
Hammond looked from Daniel to Simmons. He just smiled… "No need to apologize Dr. Jackson. He slipped, and that is what it will say in my report on this incident to the president." There was a brief pause.
"I had already been in contact with the president on this matter, when Major Carter called. I discussed it with him and make sure it was ok just in case. I figured something might be going on so I already got dispensation for the two of you, provided the terms I mentioned before are followed."
"Yes sir. We will conduct ourselves accordingly on base and off world," they answered almost simultaneously.
General Hammond stood and came around and stopped in front of Simmons. "As for you Colonel, I want you off my base in 5 minutes. You better pray that after I report this to your superiors, they are more lenient on you then I would be."
Daniel smiled and stepped forward. "Sir, Sam and I will be going over to Jack's after we leave here to tell him about us. As my immediate boss I should report this incident to him as well should I not?"
Hammond nodded. "Yes Dr. Jackson you should." Sam stepped in on this one. "Teal'c is with the Colonel right now, I guess we should tell him about this incident as well, so the whole team is informed and there are no surprises about it."
"Yes Major you are correct. He should be informed as well, Keeping the team dynamic stable is important." They looked towards Simmons who was being escorted out the door by a medic and two SF's. He turned back at the mention of Teal'c and Jack's name, and visibly paled.
Daniel walked up to him, leaned forward and whispered in his ear. "If you ever come near Sam, or our family. I… Will… Kill… You…" He made sure to draw it out to get the point across.
Once everything was settled down the General turned towards Sam and Daniel. "You two go and enjoy the rest of your vacation. Major Carter, make sure Dr. Jackson has his hand looked at before you head out."
"Yes Sir." Sam slipped her arm through Daniel's and 'escorted' him out. "Thank you sir." They both disappeared through the door.
The General looked up into the corner of his office and saw the video camera. He would have to get the tape of today's events and give it to Jack for Christmas. He smiled at the memory of Daniel kicking the crap out of Simmons, shook his head and started on his incident report.