As Jack walked up everyone seemed to be staring at him. Giving the order to go back to work the crowd slowly, very slow diffused. It came to be that Emily and Daniel were the last in the hall. Not felling like talking to Daniel at that moment Jack headed full speed to the infirmary. An exasperated Doctor Frasier greeted him, as she tried to take Sam uniform from her.
"What the problem?" Jack asked. Carter realizing Jack was in the room turned to him and pled her case.
"Sir the bomb's still going and Frasier…" Jack cut in front.
"The bomb had been diffused Carter. Now stay in bed till the doc says you can get up." Frasier let out a sigh of relief as Carter dropped into bed. Pull up a chair Jack sat next to her.
"Want to tell me what happened?""I not to sure sir some how the energy backed fired." Jack put on his dazed face.
"I'll take your word for it. I Just glad that your ok." Jack turned as her heard a cough. His Emily and Daniel were standing in the door way.
"Jack" Daniel said with a tone that defiantly meant he was in trouble. "Could I talk with you a second."
"But dad you said you play…" she dropped off when she saw the look on Daniel face. Jack however jumped at the chance. Turning to Sam he asked.
"You up for a game." Carter nodded so Emily all smiles ran to fetch the board. "Don't look so sad Daniel, you can play too."
The games turned out to be monopoly. As it was that sg-1 hadn't played in years, and the fact none of them were really concentrating Emily won and declared the half hour game the shortest in history. They had all laughed at that and started another game. But still no one paid attention. Daniel was wondering what on earth was up with Jack. Jack was thinking of his next daring escape from a conversation with Daniel and Carter was going through a list of personal trying to figure out who had disabled the bomb.
She decide to ask as Emily won again.
"Sir." Jack looked up from packing the game away. "Who disabled the bomb?"
Both Daniel and Emily started to answer this but Jack jumped in front.
"Some scientist I forget the name of." Just then and Alarm went of Both Jack and Daniel were up in a flash. Emily tried to follow them but Sam grabbed her arm challenging her to a game of naught and crosses.
As Jack and Daniel arrived in the gate room, Teal'c was already there. It was to hear that there was a GDO code. Upon opening the iris sg-11 came in all heavily wounded Jack called Janet. He then realized he was standing next to Daniel.
Teal'c turned to Jack. "Where is Cornel Carter?"
"In the infirmary." Taking his leave Teal'c went off to visit it her. Jack start to panic at this and quickly tried to run away. But Daniel grabbed his arm.
"Could I have a word please Sir?"
"mmmm"
"It's important."
"…ok come into my office." They both walked in. Jack sat himself behind the desk. If he was going to have this conversation he would remain in the place of power. Daniel smiled at Jacks actions and sat himself in one of the chairs.
"So since when do you need reading glasses?" Jack sighed.
"I have always needed them!"
"How come I didn't know?" Jack smiled.
"Have you ever seen me read?" Daniel open his mouth and closed. All the time Jack had papers on his desk it was so he could seem busy. He never actual read them.
"Tricky." Daniel said Jack smiled. "Why wouldn't you want anyone to know you wore glass?"
"Because it would lead to more difficult questions?"
"Such as why were you reading Carters notes, when you don't understand a word she say's. Why would you daughter think you could read ancient languages and that you taught her. Why would she think you were heading the science or archeological department? Why didn't you tell Carter it was you who diffused the bomb?"
Jack opened and closed his mouth a few times but he just could think of how to avoid a straight answer. He was backed into a corner and Daniel knew it.
"Because." He said getting up and unlocking his filling cabinet and sorting through the files.
"It would mean saying I was smarter then I looked." He pulled out four fat files he plunked them on the desk in front of him.
Daniel stared at them. Two of them was labeled Sam and Daniel and they seemed to contain maybe half the notes that he and Sam had ever written. The other to be labeled science and Archeological. And contained many essay and such things from recent authors.
"There are more if your interested in reading them." Emily walked in smiled and Daniel confusion.
"Told you my Dad was smart." Daniel look at Emily and Jack; both had the same smug smile.
"Well now there are no disasters, I going to go home. Can you lock up? See you Daniel." He chucked his filling cabinet Keys at Daniel.
Nearly empting Jacks files Daniel took them all back to his office to read. He couldn't believe the extent for the hoard. It covered everything literally everything. Daniel having finished read sat there dumbfounded. How could he not have notice, how could anyone not have notice the intelligence that Jack had. Did he or anyone else for that matter really know him? Daniel look at his watch. It was 6 am on a Saturday morning. Daniel smiled; Jack would be watching the rerun of last night's hokey game and then the week back load of the Simpson's. Getting up he got change and grabbed a cup of coffee to go.
When Jack answer his door he was still in his pj's. Daniel smiled.
"Nice fashion statement." Jack returned Daniel smile, as he tried to wipe the sleep from his eyes.
"I seriously doubt you came to discuss fashion while wearing that!" he said stepping aside to let Daniel in.
Daniel sat himself on the couch and after relocking the door Jack joined him.
"Where's Emily?"
"Asleep why?" Daniel Placed Jack arms around him and kissed him. Breaking it off Jack pulled Daniel closer.
"I wanted to do that all week." Daniel stated "Do you know hot you look when your stressed out?" Jack smiled
"Take a picture next time." both laughed at the comment.
"Jack, we can be straight with each other." Jack's face went straight into serious mode.
"Of course."
"Then why didn't show me how intelligent you are." Jack removed Daniel's arms and got up to make some coffee. Daniel wanting answer followed. "Were you embarrassed?" Jack kept on making coffee ignoring Daniel. "What happen to make you hid it. I know I have only scratched the surface." Jack sighed as he poured two cups of coffee. Handing one to Daniel he slid down to sit on the Kitchen floor Daniel joined him.
"I was 13 when I graduated high school." Daniel stared at him. "I know, hard to believe it the way I act. But I didn't get a childhood, so I decide to have a belated and much extended one" Daniel smiled at Jack's thinking.
"I seriously didn't get one. I started when I was 6 and skip grade one. Then I Skipped grade 4 and six and skipped 9. After that I went straight into uni. I study physics, kinda the same area as Carter except a lot less advanced. It took me three years do the course and the doctorate. In the second year I knocked up Emily's mum, married her Just she was born. Then went straight to work. Then at the age of 17 it all fell apart, I was unemployed and divorced. I decide this time round I was going to do something completely different. I joined the army and I have never regretted it. At the age of 19 I feel in love, again. At 20 got married, again and had a kid and then at 27 once again had my life destroyed. Had two kids taken from me one eight one 12, once again got divorced. You know the rest of the story."
"That's one full life."
"Yea with it's life time quota of love and heartbreak." Daniel was about to comment when they relished someone else was in the room.
"Dad?" Jack arm drop to his side as Emily came into the kitchen.
"Em how long you been listening?"
"Since I was born." Jack and Daniel laughed at the double meaning, Emily joined in after waking up a bit.
"How about we go out for breakfast." Getting no objection Jack ran up stairs got changed and grabbed the car keys.