WHAT'D I MISS: PART THREE
a/n: Boy! You people sure know how to threaten someone! So, to avoid deranged monkeys attacking me or being hunted down from all corners of the world, including Alabama and because I really don't enjoy being bitten, here is the next chapter! Hope you like it!
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Daniel arrived at Sam's house a few minutes after noon. Teal'c had already made plans in Dakara for the morning, but said he would stop by when he returned this afternoon. Grabbing the 'peace offering' for Jack, otherwise known as a 12 pack of beer, Daniel shut the door of his jeep and headed up Sam's front walk.
Just as he reached his fist up to knock on the door, the door flew open and Jack yanked Daniel into the house. "Nice to see you too, Jack!" Daniel hissed, rubbing his wrist where Jack had grabbed him.
"Daniel." Jack said, looking Daniel straight in the eyes with an incredibly serious expression on his face. "I'm only going to say this once, if you upset Sam, AT ALL, I will kick your ass. Got it!"
"Yeah, Jack. Jeez! What do you take me for! Like I would purposely try and hurt Sam!"
"I know you wouldn't purposely! It's just…… just think of what you're going to say before you say it! Okay!"
"Uh, Okay." Daniel said, looking at his flustered friend. Just then, Daniel heard movement and looked over to see Sam come into view.
"Jack, I thought you went out to start the grill?" Sam said to Jack, walking up to him and reaching her arm up like she was going to touch him.
Daniel, who was already surprised at Sam using Jack's name, couldn't help but let out a small cough as he watched Sam's hand get closer and closer to Jack's chest.
Hearing Daniel's cough, Sam immediately dropped her hand and looked over at Daniel, her eyes wider than Daniel could ever remember seeing them before. "D-Daniel, I-I didn't hear you knock." Sam stuttered out, still looking as though she was just caught sticking her hand in the cookie jar!
Daniel, not sure what to say, just looked at his two friends for a couple seconds. 'HA!' He shouted in his head. 'This is SO what I think!' Thinking of Jack's threat, Daniel knew he couldn't interrogate them, so instead, he allowed a gigantic smile to grace his face. "Hi, Sam!" He replied, very cheerily. "Jack let me in!"
"Oh." Sam said, still looking a little off. She looked at Jack and gave him a funny look, that did not pass by the young archaeologist, and then back at Daniel. "Well, come in, I'll introduce you to my brother and his family."
"Ok!" Daniel replied, a little too enthusiastically. He started walking away with Sam when Jack grabbed his arm.
"No upsetting, Daniel!" He threatened.
Daniel looked up at Jack. Not even the evil glare of the general could damper Daniel's good mood. Smiling brightly up at Jack, he said, "I wouldn't dream of it!" And then, followed Sam into the other room.
Sam was already in the dining room talking with her brother and his wife when Daniel came in. "Daniel, this is my brother, Mark and his wife, Amy." Sam told him, motioning to the couple sitting at the table. "And, over there in the living room, glued to the Playstation, Jac-General O'Neill brought over, is Kyle and Abby." Sam finished, pointing at two pre-teens, sitting in front of the television.
Daniel greeted the group of people. They all seemed to be in high spirits, something that made Daniel relax quite a bit. With Jacob's death and Sam's break-up, Daniel really wasn't sure what the atmosphere in Sam's house would be like.
After visiting and getting to know Mark and Amy, Daniel decided to let them get back to the funeral arrangements and went to hunt down Jack. Walking towards the back of the house towards the back door, Daniel heard Sam calling him from behind, he turned around and waited for her to reach him.
"Daniel, about earlier with Ja-General O'Neill…" She started, but Daniel put his hand up in the air and cut her off.
"Sam. It's none of my business what you and Jack are doing….."
"Daniel, we're not doing………"
Daniel cut her back off. "It doesn't matter, Sam! Whatever! I'm happy if you're happy! Just…..well, I want you to know…….you can call him Jack in front of me. I promise not to report you!" He finished, smiling brightly at Sam.
Sam smiled back and then, did something Daniel was totally not expecting. Her face scrunched up and she started to cry!
'OH NO!' Daniel thought. 'What'd I say, now! Jack's going to kick my ass!' Daniel stepped towards Sam and wrapped her in a hug. "I'm sorry, Sam! I didn't mean to make you cry!"
Sam chuckled softly on his shoulder between her sobs. "You didn't, Daniel! It's not you, it's just………everything…..I don't know!" She pulled away from Daniel's shoulder and looked up into his concerned face. "I'm just really happy you're not dead!" She managed to get out before another sob escaped.
"Me, too!" Daniel said, trying to lighten things up. "But, I will be soon if Jack walks in and sees you crying!"
Sam laughed and wiped away her tears. "I'm sorry about what happened to you….what she did to you…."
"Stop it! It wasn't you! I don't want to hear you apologize again! Okay?"
"Okay. I better get back to my brother." Sam said, pulling away and heading back towards the front of the house.
Daniel smiled as he watched her walk away and then headed out back to bug Jack.
The afternoon progressed nicely. Jack and Daniel barely bickered. Sam's brother was nicer than any of the men on SG-1 was expecting. And, Sam was happy that everyone was getting along. The funeral arrangements had been taken care of and everyone had finished their lunch. The kids were back in front of the TV and Mark and Amy were back in the house, unpacking their luggage in Sam's guest room.
Daniel had left Sam and Jack in the back yard while he ran in the house to relieve his bladder and help himself to some iced tea. Just as he was heading back out, he heard a knock on the front door, assuming it was Teal'c he walked over and opened the door.
Daniel was surprised when he opened the door and instead of Teal'c, General Hammond stood on Sam's front porch. "General!" Daniel greeted him happily. He hadn't seen General Hammond since their little failed trip to the Pegasus Galaxy!
"Daniel! How are you, son?" George asked, making his way into the house.
"Good. Well, considering everything."
"Yeah, I know, son." The general said, giving Daniel a sad look. "So, where is Sam?" He asked.
"Oh! Sam and Jack are out back. We just finished lunch. Mark and Amy are unpacking. Come on!" Daniel told him, motioning for the general to precede him to the back yard.
Daniel, still a little weirded out by seeing General Hammond in Sam's house, wasn't looking where he was going, and when the general stopped right in front of him, Daniel didn't notice and walked right into him. Spilling a little of his tea on Hammond's back.
"Sorry, General!" Daniel muttered, fixing his glasses and then moving to Hammond's side to see why he stopped so abruptly. Daniel looked through the glass door at Sam and Jack in the back yard.
When Daniel had left only moments ago, Jack and Sam were both sitting in separate lounge chairs on Sam's porch, a respectful distance apart. But, now they were both standing. Not just standing! Standing in each other's arms. At first glance, and with recent events, one would think Jack was just comforting Sam like Daniel was doing earlier. But, looking closer, Daniel could tell this was not a comforting embrace, but a lover's embrace!
Daniel freaked! He looked over at General Hammond. The only thing Daniel could hear was his blood pumping loudly as the word 'BUSTED! BUSTED! BUSTED!' Kept chanting in his head! He really didn't want his best friends to get in trouble!
He looked back at Sam and Jack, who were still completely oblivious of their current audience. Daniel watched as Jack lifted his hand and stroked the side of Sam's face. Daniel averted his gaze back to Hammond. Daniel looked at the 'fight or flight' expression on Hammond's face. He could tell George was trying to decide whether or not to interrupt the private moment between his best two officers, or to turn around and walk away, pretending as if it never happened!
'Oh Crap!' Daniel mentally shouted. 'This is SO not good! Why do I always have to be the one caught in the middle!' Daniel silently asked himself. 'Because you always have to put your nose where it doesn't belong!' He answered himself, in a voice that sounded eerily like Jack's. Trying to figure out some way to get his friends out of any possible trouble, Daniel thought of Jack's words the night before as General Hammond turned his gaze to Daniel. Looking at the general, Daniel mentally scolded his two friends for causing him to lie as he stuttered out, "General, it's not what you think!"
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a/n: So, what will happen next? If you want to know, I have to get more of those funny reviews, they put me in the goofy mood needed to write this story. It's like a Domino Effect! So, please, give me the fuel I need to continue!