Jack breathed a sigh of relief when Daniel left again to take Sara home. He returned his gaze the unconscious Sam. She stirred, and a smile touched his lips. "Colonel?"

He smiled for real this time. "How are you feeling, Major?"

"Just a little tired...and really overwhelmed." She sighed.

"Yeah, well, I don't see why you're complaining," He said, grinning. "You only had three other consciousness competing for control of your body."

She closed her eyes and opened them again a short time later. "It's so nice to have a quiet mind." She whispered.

He laughed. "I'll bet."

"No really...you try having Charlie and Grace in your head..." She couldn't help but laugh. "Grace wanted Charlie to sing, but he refused, so I offered to teach her to read instead. That's kind of hard if there aren't any books around and the only book that your photographic memory has pictures of is on Einstein's Theory of Relativity. Needless to say, she lost interest quickly."

"I missed not being able to listen to your voice and have no idea what you were saying..." He said, dreamily.

"You're worse than Charlie!" She said as she playfully slugged his arm.

"Hey, I've had more time to practice!" Then, he looked more deeply into her eyes. "You know what he said?"

She blushed. "Oh, I think I have a good idea..."

"Well, what do you think?" He asked.

"Of you and me going out sometime? Well, sir...there are the regs..." She skirted around the question, carefully.

"You've been too busy to read your memos, haven't you?" He asked, smiling.

"What?"

"The President suspended fraternization regulations for the SGC...particularly SG teams." He said, grinning.

Her eyes widened. "Why would they do that, sir?"

"Personally, I think it has something to do with a bet," He whispered.

"On what?"

"Not what, but who...and I won't tell you," General Hammond quipped as he entered. "Nice to have you back full-time, Major."

"Thank you sir." She replied.

"Colonel, once Dr. Fraiser clears Major Carter to go home, I want you to make sure she goes there. Major, I don't want to see you anywhere near the lab for at least two weeks...SG-1 is on stand-down."

"What?" Sam asked, disappointed. "But SG-14 just brought back..."

"No buts, Major..." Jack said. "That's an order. Besides, you won't be able to get to the lab."

She just looked at him, not sure of what he meant. "Huh?"

He grinned. "After we eat cake in the commissary to celebrate your recovery, we're going fishing!"