Sam awoke to find Jack asleep in the chair beside her. She shook her head at him as she imagined him watching her sleep until he fell asleep. She sat upright and was surprised to find that he could feel her legs. She bent her right knee and grinned then bent her left knee. In daring curiosity she turned and slid out of the bed. She planted her feet firmly on the floor and smiled. Effortlessly she started walking; she walked across the room pulling the poll holding up her 'breakfast' along with her. She turned back to make sure Jack was asleep and then she grinned as she pulled out the feeding tube and walked out of the room. She smiled at the thought of eating an actual meal and for the first time since she was stung she actually felt hungry.
Jack awoke to find himself sitting in the chair beside Carters bed. He stared at the bed and was stunned by the fact that she wasn't there. He jumped up and ran over to Janet who was studying x-rays of Carters head.
"Where's Carter disappeared to?" Jack asked trying to sound calm and unfazed
"Isn't she asleep?" she asked turning to look at the empty bed "where did she go?" Janet asked puzzled and Jack glared at Janet "well she couldn't have gotten far, she's not walking" Janet laughed but Jack didn't see the humor and walked out "everyone is acting very strange" she muttered as she turned back to the x-rays. Jack headed straight for Carters lab and when he didn't find her there he checked her quarters. After not finding her there he sighed and tried to think of somewhere she would be. After a moment he remembered seeing the feeding tube dandling down beside the bed. He grinned and turned in the direction of the canteen. He found her sitting across from Daniel eating a large meal of bacon and eggs, fruit loops, toast and a blue jelly. As he came closer he saw Sam was staring at Daniel wide eyed
"Daniel, are you thinking in Arabic?" she asked with a grin
"Ah, what did you say? Oh, um yeah, been busy with a translation. Um, I'm not all that hungry, I think I might just go get back to work" he yawned as he stood up
"Daniel I can hear what you're thinking" she warned and he frowned "put the translation aside for a while and eat something" she ordered as she pushed his plate back over to him.
"I see you're eating again" Jack grinned as he pulled up a chair "and walking"
"Yeah but I can still hear peoples thoughts, it's not as bad though because I have been focusing on concentrating on particular thoughts and blocking out others" Sam explained
"You're controlling it?" Daniel asked suddenly very interested
"For the most part I have been" she nodded.
"So was it hysteria?" Jack asked as he pinched a piece of her bacon. She glared at him and turned the plate round so the bacon wasn't facing him.
"No sir, Janet thought it could be an infection or bacteria in the blood from whatever stung me. She gave me some antibiotics which seemed to do the trick." She explained
"So you're feeling better then?" Jack asked smiling
"Much better but sir, I don't really want to go fishing all weekend" she said cautiously
"How'd you know… oh right" Jack laughed and then turned to Teal'c who had mistakenly chosen this moment to sit down "you up for a little fishing this weekend?" he asked patting his back and Teal'c shuddered at the thought
"I am not O'Neill" Teal'c said as he shifted his chair away slightly. Jack sighed and turned to Daniel who shook his head violently
"No way, I have far too much to do to go on a fishing trip with you Jack" he explained and Carter shot him a glare "hey I'm not doing this because I enjoy it. I have to translate artifacts from sg12's mission as well as ours, which has three different dialects I might add. And I've got pressure on me over both of them." He said throwing up his hands in defense. 'At least I have a reason for being a workaholic, which is more then I can say about some people' Daniel thought and Carter slapped him over the back of the head.
"Hey what was that for?" he asked stunned and she tapped her ear. He frowned and muttered "of course you heard me, I can't ever get a break" he sighed
"Well someone's got to come with me" Jack pleaded "Teal'c please" Teal'c Just shook his head and continued eating his breakfast. Jack turned back to Sam and grinned "Carter I know you want to come fishing" he grinned and she sighed "if you come fishing with me I swear I wont complain about your babble for a week" he tried to tempt her and she light up
"Really sir, the whole seven days?" she asked stunned
"Seven days" he nodded "if you swear you'll come fishing?" he said putting out his hand to shake on it. She shook his hand grinning "deal" she said and then turned back to her food "there's no fish in your lake right?" she asked looking up and he grinned
"Were not going to my lake" he said smiling. She placed down her fork and tried to hear his thoughts but he was repeating the word butterfly over and over again to keep himself from thinking of it.
"Where are we going?" she asked cautiously
"Farmington Bay" he grinned
"Where's that?" Daniel asked confused
"Salt lake" he grinned
"As in Salt lake city? Utah!" Carter snapped "oh no, I'm not going to Utah"
"You shook on it" he laughed
"You tricked me" she wined and Daniel started laughing while Teal'c typically raised his eyebrow
"How are we getting there?" she sighed
"Driving" he shrugged "it's only a 7 hour drive, 8 tops" he grinned "we have Friday off so I'll pick you up at 0 nine hundred hours" he stated in a very orderly tone
"I didn't say I would go colonel" Carter pointed out
"Oh you're so going" he grinned as he stood up
"You don't have to act so smug about it" she called after him and then turned back to her meal so he would see her blushing cheeks.
