Chapter Fifty Five
Jack was playing with his game boy when he heard Sam's voice, so he decided to sneak out the back way and around the corner. He was standing there with a grin on his face, when Sam saw him.
"Come on, let me show you around. I'm sure the General won't mind if you are late."
Sam bent down and opened her pack and pulled out a brown paper bag and stood up. She then threw it over the Colonel's shoulder.
"Here you go Jack; you must be almost out of batteries."
"Thanks Sam, I put in my last four last night."
The Colonel froze when he heard Jack's voice. He then turned around and stood at attention. Jack just stood there and grinned. Sam walked over to him and they hugged and kissed.
"Sorry I'm late"
"Hey it not your fault" then he turned to the Colonel.
"Colonel, please take Colonel Carter's bag to my quarters and I'll deal with you later" the guy was shocked at Jack's order.
"But sir"
"Ah, now or you will be joining the Captain in doing dishes for a week."
"Yes sir" he picked up Sam's pack and walked to Jack's private quarters.
"So, do you want to check out the reactor?"
"Yep. You know, I think the Colonel almost wet himself."
"Oh he will when I finish with him. Come on, your toy awaits" they walk toward another building with their arms around each other.
When the Colonel reached Jack's quarters, he turned to see them walking with their arms around each other. When he put her pack on the bed, he turned and saw the photo of the two of them in their dress blues. He noticed her left hand and saw the ring.
"Shit, I was hitting on the General's wife", then he walked out of the room and went back to his duties.
When they reached the science lab, Sam got started on the reactor while Jack watched her from a near by stool. They talked while she worked. Sam told him that the new furniture arrived and it had already started snowing and they even talked about Christmas.
Jack told Sam that half of the personnel at the Alpha site would be spending half of Christmas with their families, then returning so the other half could spend it with there families for the holiday. Sam thought it was a good idea.
Jack pulled her away for lunch and a walk around the compound before going to the bathroom, then returning back to work. Later that evening after dinner, they went back to his quarters for the night.
The next morning, Sam finished working on the reactor and got it going once again. She was on her way to report to Jack when the gate started spinning, so she walked over to find out who it is.
"Who is Lieutenant?"
"SGC Ma'am"
"Who do they want to talk to?" then three figures walked through the gate and it shut down.
"Never mind" then she walked over to them and greeted Daniel and Teal'c with a hug.
"Hi guys, miss me already."
"Well no, Hammond let us come early, where's Jack?"
"Working hard, no doubt. I was on my way to let him know I had the reactor working again."
"Ah, ok, we will put our bags away."
"Ok, I'll let him know that you are here"
They walked in different directions. As Sam reached the building she could here Jack yelling at someone.
"Damn it, Colonel you know the rules about new visitors and personnel returning should report to me right away. You damn well know that if this base was attacked, I would want to remember who was here and who was not; do you understand that?"
"Yes sir, sorry sir"
"Good, I don't want to have this conversation again, dismissed."
The door suddenly flew open. Luckily Sam had stepped out of the way as the Colonel walked away and he was really pissed off. Sam walked in and closed the door.
"Leave me alone, I don't want to be disturbed" he had his back to her
"I'll come back later"
Jack turned around when he heard Sam's voice. He rubbed his hands over his face and hair. She walked over to his desk and he pulled her on to his lap and she gave him a kiss, which helped him relax.
"Sorry Sam."
"Hey it's ok. Anyway, I think the whole base heard you" she said smiling.
"Yeah? Well I said I was going to talk to him and get few things straightened out."
"You did that alright."
"So who was knocking at the gate?"
"SGC, Daniel, Teal'c and Elliott have arrived."
"Ah, so what are they doing?"
"Getting settled in"
"Ok, so were you taking a break?"
"I was on my way over here to let you know that I've fixed the problem and it is working again."
"Good, so you have some time for cake then?" she laughed.
"Yes, I've got some time before doing up the report."
"Good, now before the rest of SG1 shows up" they kissed for few seconds and then the door opened.
"Oh, sorry guys" Sam and Jack pulled apart and Jack looked at who it was standing in the doorway.
"Daniel your timing sucks, as usual."
Sam giggled as she got up and then Jack got up as well.
"Sorry, did Sam tell you we arrived earlier?"
"Yes she did. Come on, lets get some cake and then we can talk about Christmas, since it is only a few weeks away."
Jack walked past him, slapping him on the back and Sam followed, smiling. There went to the mess hall to have some cake that had been sent through early that morning with other supplies. They talked and laughed for a while before Jack returned to work.
Sam showed them where the Tok'ra tunnels were just in case they couldn't reach the gate in case the base was attacked. When they returned back to camp, Daniel accidentally bumped into the Colonel as they walked around the corner of a building.