Chapter 7

Daniel cradled his injured hand in his good one.. It had already started to swell. He could move his fingers but it still hurt. Hopefully it wasn't broken, that would put a damper on their week off.

"Daniel how you doing?" Sam asked as she guided him into the elevator that would take them to the infirmary.

"I've had worse, compared to them this is a stubbed toe." He smiled, the pain was becoming a dull throbbing now.

"I can't believe you did that Daniel. You moved so fast, I don't think Simmons knew what was going on until after the fact." She looked at him as the doors opened on the infirmary level.

"Well one thing Jack and Teal'c keep drilling into me at those hand to hand sessions is, If you're going to hit someone make it so they can't get back up, or else they're going to be really, really pissed." He smiled, knowing Jack would have been proud of him today.

"Besides, I couldn't let them take you to become their lab rat or try to get you to make a child with Jack. He is my best friend but still, that is just wrong." He shuddered playfully at the thought.

"Your are my world Sam, I'm not going to let anything happen to you as long as there is breath in my lungs. I promise you that."

She knew he would die for her, it was said in his eyes. She knew that if it came down to it he would gladly give up his life to save hers, no matter what the cost, but she also knew that without him she wouldn't survive. She had finally found her soul mate, the one true person that she was meant to be with, and she wasn't going to let him go.

"Daniel, I love you!" She stopped and pressed him against the wall, kissing him with all the passion she could muster. Daniel lasted 20 seconds before crying out from the pressure on his hand. But he enjoyed the kiss.

Sam heard his cry and almost instantly backed off. "Daniel I'm so sorry I forgot, I'm sorry," she stammered.

"Hay, it's ok. The kiss made up for it, besides that there is nothing to forgive." He placed his good hand against her cheek and caressed it softly. "Now lets get this looked at and head over to Jack's place, I'm sure he'll want to hear the whole story."

Janet Fraiser, Chief Medical Officer of the SGC, had seen a lot of injuries in her time, everything from broken toes to massive internal damage, and she always dealt with it in a professional manner, but when Daniel Jackson walked in to her Infirmary cradling his hand, while he was is supposed to be on vacation, it kind of made her want to loose it.

Janet looked up from her paper work as the two walked in and she had to smile.

"What on this Earth could you have done while you were on vacation? I mean what don't you get about the terms rest and relaxation?" She pulled his oversized file from the drawer and motioned for him to follow her.

"Really it wasn't my fault, I was upset about what Colonel Simmons said and I knocked him out."

Janet couldn't believe what she just heard, Daniel hurt his hand by knocking out an Air Force colonel. She just shook her head. "This place is insane." she thought.

"Why don't you start from the beginning while I get this x-rayed and secured," Janet said while injecting him with a mild pain killer to help easy his discomfort.

Daniel took a breath and looked to Sam who just nodded, saying he should tell it.

"Sam and I came in to talk with the general about us, Colonel Simmons was already there saying we had conducted ourselves in a unprofessional manner and Sam was to be transferred to the Pentagon, and was to undergo some tests to see if they could tap into the memories of Jolinar." He took another breath.

"Whoa, wait a minute!" Janet held up her hand. "What do you mean by talking to the general about 'us' and 'unprofessional manner?'"

Daniel blinked and continued, "We also stated that we did not want to be separated from each other and that we were planning on getting married and starting a family. Colonel Simmons then said that the Pentagon's opinion was that Sam and I having a child would be a waste of her DNA. They believed Colonel O'Neill would be a better DNA match because he had the Ancients downloaded into his head."

Daniel shrugged as Janet looked at him. "So I kind of got mad and punched him. When he started to get back up I kneed him in the nose as hard as I could."

"Married? Children?" She was a little bit confused. "What?"

Sam stepped in to clarify. "Janet, we would have told you, but we just realized that we have very strong feelings for each other and we wanted to see where it would take us. Yesterday we were out running some errands and we passed a jewelry store and we went in. When we come out I had this."

Sam held up her hand so Janet could see the ring on her finger; even under the Mountain it still sparkled.

Janet stopped breathing, on her friend's figure was the most beautiful ring she had ever seen, especially since the stone was a light blue color that matched her eyes perfectly.

"Oh my god Sam, its gorgeous. I love the color." Janet looked to Daniel who had a weird smile on his face. Janet realized that the medication was taking effect and he might be kind of loopy for the next hour or so.

"I am so happy for both of you. My nurses are going to want to kill you Sam, you have got a real stud muffin as they like to call him."

Sam smiled as Janet finished wrapping Daniel's hand up in an ace bandage. She knew what she had, she had Daniel Jackson, the only man she ever wanted, or will ever have.

"Daniel, your hand isn't broken, just sprained pretty good. I gave you a shot for the pain, you can take Tylenol after that wears out." Janet realized that he wasn't really paying attention to her, so she turned to Sam.

"He'll be in some discomfort for the next day or two, but he will be fine by the time you guys come back, he might have to keep the bandage on for a week or so. Ice it every so often and give him Tylenol for any pain."

Sam and Janet looked at Daniel as his eyes moved around the room in a daze.

Janet turned to Sam. "You probably should drive, I gave him a little too much pain killer to be on the safe side. He should be fine in about an hour or two. Hopefully he will fall asleep, while the drug filters through his system."

Sam nodded, moving next to him. "We are going up to the colonel's cabin after we leave here to let him know what is going on, so hopefully he will sleep in the car for the ride."

Daniel wasn't that drugged, it felt like there was a bag of cotton over his head and he couldn't really focus too well. He wasn't going to start mumbling and spouting things off like some drunken idiot he resolved. Jack would harass him for months on end if he showed up like that.

"Daniel? Daniel?" Sam was calling his name, he looked up at her and smiled.

"It's time to go sweetie." Sam gave him one of her perfect smiles, the kind that lights up any room she is in. She took his hand and helped him off the bed.. Saying bye to Janet, they walked out and headed up to the surface, ready to go to Jack's place.

Daniel allowed himself to be guided out; he didn't want to walk into anything. He wanted to remember to ask Janet what she gave him, and why so much. After a few steps he decided he just wanted to sleep, that's all.

He recalled Sam taking his hand and leading him up the surface, saying something to the guards and then putting him in the passenger side of his SUV. He was aware of her searching his pockets for his keys, then he fell asleep before she even got into the car herself.