The SG1 team packed up for the day and got organized to go home. It has been two months since Harrison's death and after Dr Clifford gave them the clear that they were 'sane' they are finally allowed back on off world missions. The SG1 team was supposed to be going off world today but all missions would be delayed due to the sudden news of a strike within the airforce.
"Hey Jack, do you and Teal'c want to stop by O'mallys with me?" Daniel asked as the four members approached the elevator "Sam you can come too if you want" Samantha glanced at Jack for approval before smiling and replying "no that's ok Daniel, I'm too tired to go out tonight"
"Yeah Danny boy, there's a Simpson's marathon on I want to watch. Maybe some other time" Jack suggested as the elevator doors opened
"Teal'c, you want to come?" Daniel asked desperate
"I do not, Daniel Jackson" Teal'c admitted as the elevator doors closed behind them
Once Jack and Sam were out of sight and earshot of anyone else, Jack entwined his fingers with Sam's making her beam. They walked silently like this all the way to Sam's Car.
"What time are you picking me up?" she asked as she unlocked the driver's side of her convertible
"Nineteen hundred hours" he laughed checking his watch "you want to pick up a movie with me, I never did see star wars?"
"Which one?" she asked turning towards him
"All of them" he smiled and she looked at him puzzled
"That will take all night, what about sleep?" she asked and Jack slid his hands around her waist and pulled her close
"Who says we'll be sleeping" he grinned before kissing her intently. As they pulled away Jack caught sight of Sam's blushing red cheeks and proudly smiled at his accomplishment
"How long do you think we can keep this a secret?" she asked opening her car door
"How long do you think we can keep the stargate program a secret?"
"Good point"
Begin part 2Daniel walked up to Jacks front door with ease and knocked lightly. A while later the door unlocked and swung open revealing a very confused Colonel O'Neill
"What do you want Daniel?" he asked raising an eyebrow without realizing he was
"I think we should talk" he admitted shrugging with his facial expression
"Talk?" Jack queried
"I brought you some beer" he offered raising the six pack and Jack sighed opening the door for him
"You better make this a quick talk Daniel, I'm going to bed as soon as I finish watching this movie" Jack explained as he picked up some dishes from his coffee table and carried them into the kitchen. Daniel looked at the television screen to try and pick what movie he was watching. He picked up the dvd case off the coffee table and his eyes went wide
"Life or something like it? Isn't that the chick flick about the reporter who gets told by a psychic that she is going to die in a week?" Daniel asked walking into the kitchen holding the case
"Yeah I wanted to get star wars but the store didn't have it in" he explained never taking his attention away from the dishes he was washing
"Oh I get it, this one stars Angelina Jolie" Daniel smirked
"No, actually I was just telling s… um thinking to myself that she wasn't 'my type'" he explained nearly slipping up. He picked up the remote and scanned back a bit on the dvd until the screen paused on a blond reporter on a TV screen "that's my type" he said pointing at the television screen before going back into the kitchen to finish washing up
"That's Amanda Tapping" Daniel recalled "she's famous for a sci-fi television series she does, curios she would be in this movie" he explained opening the fridge to put the six pack in and jack stabbed the cork back in the opened wine bottle on the kitchen bench and handed it to Daniel to put in the refrigerator. Daniel stared at him amazed
"What are you drinking this for?" he asked reading the label and pointing at a half filled glass on the bench
"I made pasta Daniel, you add wine to the meat to add flavour. I poured myself a glass while I cooked" Jack spat out the excuse slightly panicked
"Oh you don't use this in pasta sauce, this is good quality wine" Daniel thought out loud before shrugging and placing the bottle in beside a bottle of diet soda.
"What are you drinking THIS for" Daniel asked accusingly as he took out the diet soda
"For crying out loud Daniel, you're very nosy. I'm not drinking that, it's Carter's. She left it here a while ago and I haven't been bothered to throw it out" he snapped
"Why was Carter here?" Daniel asked ignoring Jacks frustration
"Same reason you are, to have a 'talk'. Now what did you come here to talk about?" Jack asked bitterly
"Sorry I just think you have been acting strange lately, Sam too. You can never tell with Teal'c but I swear that psychiatrist brainwashed you"
"Is that what you came to talk about or did that just pop into your head"
"I'm serious Jack. You're hardly ever sarcastic anymore, you always have 'other plans' when I ask you to go out some where and you've been refusing to go fishing with me. It's not like you Jack and Sam is no different with her being so tired all the time, she hasn't stayed at work late ever since the suicide watch and your attitudes towards each other have changed dramatically." He explained closing the refrigerator door
"How have our attitudes changed?" Jack asked intrigued
"Well for one you're polite towards her and you're always cracking jokes that are never crude or offensive and Sam doesn't explain the technical details of her physics work much anymore, when she does you actually listen. She has you wrapped around her little finger" Daniel remarked
"She does not" Jack stated as he placed a plate on the drying rack
"Yes she does, you're actually a decent person around her. When was the last time you complained about…"
"Shut up Daniel" Jack yelled cutting him off "just drop it" he muttered as he turned back to the dishes and began cleaning his wineglass. Daniel stared at him amazed and sighed "whoa, anyone would think you were sleeping with her" at that Daniel heard the sound of glass smashing followed by Jack cursing at himself. Jack didn't say anything to Daniel; he just grabbed a tea towel and wrapped it around his hand where the broken wineglass had dug in. Daniel's eyes went wide and his mouth dropped "you are!" Daniel said shocked "Jesus Jack, your sleeping with her?"
"Daniel, don't jump to conclusions" Jack warned
"How long has this been going on?"
"Daniel you don't know what your talking about" Jack suggested trying to avoid the truth
"Don't give me that crap Jack, how long?" he asked bluntly
"Going on two months this Friday. We haven't told anyone Daniel, it's against regulations" he sighed telling him straight out.
"No shit it's against regulations, you could both wound up with dishonorable discharge" Daniel lost his head and took in a deep breath to calm him self and rationalize his thought pattern. Jack watched him do this with a confused look on his face. Daniel got that look he gets when he has just figured out a translation
"What?" Jack asked worried and Daniel raised one finger as he thought
"She's here now isn't she?" he asked looking Jack straight in the eye "the wine, the diet soda, the chick flick, two plates on the coffee table. That's her laptop sitting on the bench charging, where is she?" Daniel asked him starting to get excited like Holmes on the trail of a clue
"I chose the movie" Jack muttered and Daniel walked out of the kitchen heading towards the bedroom. He barged in and looked shocked at the bed.
Empty, the whole room was empty.
"Hmm she's not in here huh Danny boy" Jack mocked him and Daniel glared at him then grinned making Jack feel uneasy. Daniel walked backward into the room and stopped at the wardrobe door. In one swift move he ripped the door open and had a huge smile as he looked at the startled Samantha Carter sitting in the bottom of the wardrobe sipping a glass of wine
"Hi Daniel" she said waving still slightly startled Daniel helped her up "you can't breathe a word of this to…"
"Don't worry I'm not going to snitch on you, but you could have told me"
"Sorry" she apologized and Daniel turned to Jack expectantly
"Im not apologizing, you made me cut my hand" Jack wined
"Apology accepted" Daniel said rolling his eyes "but now you guys have to come to O'mallys"
"Yeah alright I feel like going out, Jack?" she asked and Daniel laughed to himself at her use of Jacks first name
"Tired huh?" Daniel grinned then instantly regretted saying it and brought his hands up to his head in frustration "oh god that's why you've been tired, eww" Jack laughed and Sam went bright red blushing. Daniel walked out of the bedroom first and Jack stepped closer to Sam, gently kissed her and grinned, placed his arm around her and walked with her out to Daniel to get ready to go to O'mallys.