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"THIS is the evil place I refused to go to for so long?" Daniel asked looking around. "Place looks great!"
Dori, who had stiffened at the beginning of the sentence, relaxed. "You should see it at night. Tons of lights and everything!"
Daniel gave her a friendly smile. "Which room is yours?"
She pushed open a door. "This one."
Daniel peeked in. "Nice."
Dori dropped her bags. "Yeah, I guess it is."
The room was an entertainment center, literally.
"Jack spoiled me," Dori explained. "I think it was to make up not being able to see him often." She pulled the door closed, "I think Jack said you and..." she stopped. "That's it!"
"What's it?"
"The black guy! You've called him Teal'c AND Murray!"
"Oh boy," Daniel muttered. "Umm... see, his real name is Teal'c, but most people think it's... weird so we call him Murray in public."
She shrugged. "Whatever. You guys room together in here."
Daniel opened the door. "There are three beds." he said surprised. "Sam's sleeping with us?"
She giggled, "The one next to the wall is broken. You sit on it, and it will collapse around you."
He nodded. "Where is Sam sleeping?"
Dori's smile faded. "Jack's room I guess. I think he's on the couch."
"Why don't you like Sam?" Daniel asked depositing his bags on the bed.
"I never said I didn't."
Daniel raised an eyebrow. "Actions speak louder then words," he quoted.
She bit her lip. "I'm rather tired... would you excuse me?"
Daniel nodded. "Sure, thanks for showing me my room."
She gave him a slight smile and fled the room.
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Jack was cheerfully showing his cabin off to Sam. Teal'c had excused himself to mediate. While it wasn't necessary for him to kelnoreem anymore, he continued to do so.
"And this is the Simpson shrine..."
Carter giggled. A small table was stacked high with the Simpson's DVD's and little figurines. She ran a finger across on of the dusty boxes. "When did you last come here sir?"
He shrugged. "Only once since I was promoted."
Carter heard the wistfulness in his voice. "Do you miss being a Colonel?"
He was quiet. "It's not as fun watching you guys go and kick ass."
"Whose ass?" An interested voice asked from the doorway.
"Yours."
Dori plopped on the sofa. "Seriously."
"Classified."
She sighed. "Why is everything you do classified?"
"It just is."
Dorothy nodded and sighed. "When's the pizza getting here?"
Jack looked at his watch. "Any minute now."
She nodded and looked at Sam. "You like the Simpson's?"
Carter smiled at the girl's attempt to be polite. "I don't think I've ever really watched it."
Dori brightened. If Sam hadn't seen much of it, she obviously wasn't very close to Jack. "So," She said in a more cheerful tone, "What TV shows do you like Miss Carter?"
"Call me Sam."
She looked over at Jack who gave her a nod. "Ok, Sam, what kind of TV shows do you like?"
Carter winced. "The Discovery channel, the History channel and... MacGyver."
Dori giggled. "Jack hates MacGyver because when he was younger, everyone confused him with Richard Dean Anderson."
Carter grinned. "Sweet."
"Totally."
The doorbell rang. Dori snatched the check out of Jack's hand and raced to the door. A young teenage boy stood outside.
Sam watched amused and Jack frowning as the two flirted... that is until Teal'c came down the hall. The teen shoved the pizzas in her arms and ran for his car.
"Is something wrong with the boy O'Neill?"
Jack laughed at the scowling girl. "Nope, he's fine."
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Daniel sat quietly and watched the young teenager study Sam as she ate her dinner. After a while her attention drifted to Teal'c. Teal'c's hat was pushed up ever so slightly, allowing the slightest bit of gold to show.
"Teal'c? You have a gold speck on your-"
Teal'c pulled the brim of his cap down. "It is nothing."
"Teal'c, there is-"
"SO Dorothy, what is your favorite school subject?" Carter intervened.
She scowled but answered. "English, 'cause it's easy. N-"
"Cool. Different from us, I'm a language buff," Daniel said rapidly, "And being an archeologist, I obviously-"
"WAIT, wait, wait... ARCHEOLOGIST? You work at NORAD with Sam and Jack... dontcha?"
Daniel gave Jack a pleading glance.
"Dori... I was thinking... last time you came we never got to finish our game." Jack said placing an arm around the young girl's shoulder. "Battleship, right?"
"Jack, I'm not two. I can't be distracted like one."
Jack placed his arm around her and steered her out of the room.
Daniel looked around. "So… Sam… how's… Pete?"
"Good. Fine."
Teal'c looked up from his pizza slice. "Is everything not alright between the two of you Colonel Carter?"
She looked up. "Uh, fine Teal'c. Why?"
"You seemed unusually agitated on our way here." He said.
"I'm… he was… fine."
Daniel bit his lip. Sam was choosing to date again… ok he could live with that…
AS LONG AS IT WASN'T PETE SHANAHAN THE COP!
The man annoyed him. Annoyed him more then almost anyone he had ever met.
Teal'c felt the same way but had decided that ignoring the man was a more effective way of dealing with the problem… either that or using a zatnikitel three times.
Carter shifted in her seat. "How is everything with you Daniel?"
He shrugged. "Typical."
"Hmm."
"Yeah."
Teal'c raised an eyebrow. Daniel Jackson and Major Carter had acted most peculiarly towards each other since the knowledge about Pete Shanahan had been heard.
The silence stretched.
"So... um... what... what did you get Jack for Christmas?"
Sam smiled. "I'm not telling you."
He frowned. "Come-"
The door opened and Dori and Jack walked in. Dori gave Teal'c a look of pity then hurried over to Jack's TV.
"What did you tell her?" Daniel asked as Dori placed a DVD in the DVD player.
"That Teal'c is from Mozambique and that it was a tribal ceremony in which gold was poured into a cut."
"What'd she say?"
Jack smiled fondly at his daughter. "She asked if it ever still hurt him."
Daniel gave him a small smile and joined Teal'c and Dori on the couch as the theme song to 'Bewitched' filled the air.
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The teen lay curled up on the couch, fast asleep. After lunch, she had watched several episodes of Bewitched before falling asleep next to Teal'c. Jack stood there for a few moments, just watching her before picking her up and carefully carrying her to her room, ignoring his complaining knees. He placed her on it and tossed a blanket over her.
" 'Night Dorothy," He said quietly, kissing her forehead then departing.
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"Supper sir?"
Jack looked proudly at the concoction. "It's my world famous omelet Carter!"
"The one... with beer.."
He nodded.
"Sir, you have a teen..."
Jack shrugged. "I'll make her a hamburger."
Carter was about to ask why she couldn't have a hamburger when Dorothy stumbled in.
"Hi," She mumbled. "Sorry I fell asleep."
Jack gave a very loud sigh. "You should be. Evil girl... who do you think you are?"
Dori giggled. "What's for dinner?"
"Hamburgers for you."
She looked panicked. "Who's making them?"
The back door opened and Teal'c walked in.
"O'Neill. I have cooked the meat."
Jack stared at the plate of hamburgers. "But T, we're having-"
Teal'c raised an eyebrow and Jack trailed off. "Hamburgers are good...'
Dori and Sam exchanged matching grins.
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Sam woke up early next morning. After lying in bed for a few moments, she pulled herself up and dressed quickly. As she passed through the living room, she stopped for a second and smiled at her sleeping CO. She grabbed her jacket off a rack and slipped outside.
The air was crisp and Carter shivered. Dori's words continued to haunt her.
"Are you two engaged?"
"Uhh, no."
"Going to be?"
"I doubt it."
"So it's just a fling..."
She winced and looked up. Did she love Pete? Could she be happy with him?
She wandered over to the dock and sat down. How long she was there she wasn't sure.
"Colonel Carter," A voice greeted her, "Are you alright?"
She turned around. "I'm fine Teal'c."
He inclined his head. "Daniel Jackson has made substance for us."
"What is it?" She asked warily.
He smiled. "Waffles."
She nodded. "Thanks. I'll be there in a minute."
He nodded and left. She stared at the calm lake for moment then followed him inside.
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