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As the klaxons blared loudly, Carter and Jack were awoken.
"Sir?" Carter mumbled. "What's-what's goin' on?" she continued groggily.
"Nothin' Carter," he said automatically. "Go back to sleep."
"Yes sir..." she had barely finished saying the words when her head dropped back on the pillow and her eyes closed. Jack studied her for a brief moment. There was a long, thin scratch where the tree had struck her on her cheek and her eyes were puffy.
"Hi Jack."
His head shot up. "Daniel?"
The man offered him a smile. "One of the members on SG-9 is sick. I'm taking his place so I won't be back until the 24th."
"Oh. Wow."
Daniel nodded. "Teal'c is gonna stay with me. So, anyways, how's it going between you and Sam?"
"We haven't killed each other yet."
"A good sign."
"Daniel?" Sam asked with a yawn. "Why you back so soon?"
"Dr. Winderfred is sick. I'm taking his place."
"So you're staying longer?"
He nodded. "We'll be back the 24th."
"I thought it was a 3 day mission, period."
"SG-9 petitioned for two more days. They got 'em."
"Oh."
Daniel gave her a quick hug. "See you Saturday."
She nodded and watched him leave.
'How on earth are we going to entertain ourselves for three days without killing each other?' She asked herself. She had an awful feeling it would involve lots of the 'Simpson's', pie, and oh so much patience.
"Yippee."
"What?" Jack asked.
"Nothing."
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"Carter!" Jack complained. "My game boy isn't working again."
"Throw it over sir," she ordered, holding out her hand. She caught the flying object and pried the cover off. After a few seconds, she threw it back.
"Try putting batteries in it sir."'
Jack gave her a sheepish smile. "Thanks Carter."
She nodded.
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Jack had been happily blasting away characters when he heard her sigh. He gave her a quick glance. She was staring at the Christmas tree. As he turned back to the game, she sighed again.
"Carter?" he asked. "You ok?"
"I'm bored."
Jack blinked. "You are?"
"Yep."
"Wanna play?" he asked, offering her his game boy. She shook her head.
He thought a moment then snapped his fingers. "I got it... BERT! ERNIE!"
The two hurried in. "Sir?"
"Cupboard in my quarters. There's some old games in there. Bring them here."
They obediently left.
"Games?" Carter asked curiously, "What kind of games?"
"Oh I don't know. I think there's Risk, Monopoly, Scrabble, Trouble..." He stopped at the look she was giving him. "They were Cassie's!"
She raised an eyebrow. "Of course sir."
"They were!"
Carter smiled and brightened when one of the SF's skidded back into the infirmary.
"Sir, the only games we could find were 'Risk' 'Trouble' and 'Scrabble'"
"Risk..." Carter said softly.
"Trouble," Jack said wryly.
"Scrabble," they said simultaneously.
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This game wasn't going well. So far onlyLove, Marriage, Matrimony,Adore,Rules, Risk, and Yes had been played.
Jack hesitated before laying down the tiles 'e' 'x' under the 'S' onYes.
Carter yelped as she looked down at her own rack. "This isn't happening."
"What's your word?"
"Baby."
Jack played Ring.
Carter had Marry.
Jack fingered two tiles. For several moments, he hesitated over the Marry. After a minute's thought, he placed them back and played 'Heart'
Carter slowly laid down Attraction.
Jack had Between
"Us," Carter whispered dropping her tiles on the
board.
Jack wouldn't meet her eye as he played Chemistry.
Carter stared at her letters then swept them off. "Um, I'm done with this game," she said quietly. An annoying voice in her head asked her Which one? The game or the pretending that you don't have feelings for him.
Jack nodded. "Yeah," he began tossing his own pieces into the box and removing the words on the board. "I..." He trailed off. After staring at Marry again, his fingers opened to reveal his hand. An 'E' and a 'M' rested there. Me...
"I wonder..." He whispered. Giving himself a quick shake, he finished picking up the game then dropped it on the floor.
"Trouble?" he asked. She grinned and nodded.
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Trouble went better. Within minutes, all the little colored pieces were 'home' excepting one from each.They seemed attracted to each other like magnets.
"Real life ehh Dorothy?" he muttered almost inaudibly.
Carter knocked his piece home and hit the plastic bubble again, making the dice jump. "I won."
Jack sighed and glanced doubtfully at Risk. "I guess Risk will be safe."
She nodded.
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'At last' Jack thought thankfully. There was nothing to remind him of his obvious attraction to his second-in-command. To his surprise, he won easily, Carter only playing half heartedly.
"You ok?" he asked as she put the game away. Her head shot up.
"No sir, I am not ok. Why is it that everyone else knows about how we feel except ourselves?"
Jack managed a strangled cough. "I kind of think we know how we feel," he mumbled.
"Do we?" she challenged. "No, I don't think we do!"
"Oh I know how I feel," Jack assured her.
She glared at him. "Then how do you feel about me?" she hissed.
"It's not any of your business MAJOR Carter."
"Well I think it is as it concerns me!"
"Do you really want to know?" he demanded.
"Of course I do!"
"I love you."
Carter's mouth hung open. "Wha..."
"Happy?"
"I..."
Jack leaned against his pillow as if he was exhausted. "Now you know all my deep, dark secrets."
"But why..." she stopped and turned red.
"Did I never tell you?" Jack finished. She nodded. "Because Carter, it's rather against regulations."
"What if I retired? Would that change anything?"
He hesitated. "I would never ask you to give up your career for me."
"Is that an excuse?" Carter demanded.
"No."
She swallowed hard. "Will nothing ever change?" she whispered.
Jack stared at the tree. "I don't know Carter... I don't know..."
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