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"Sam! Sam! Guess what!" Andie called as she ran into the infirmary after SG-1 reported for their return-home physicals. "Janet taught me how to read and Cassie gave me a CD where the two lead singers are lesbians... well, actually they just pretend to be lesbians. What's a lesbian? Janet took away my dictionary when she found out Cassie was teaching me words."
Sam covered a smile at the content of the last part of her statement until she was hit by the real news. "Wait. Janet taught you how to read? We were only gone three days! How did she teach you that in three days?"
She shrugged flippantly. "I don't know. Does it usually take a very long time?" She sighed and rolled her eyes. "Now Daniel's going to make the night all boring."
They looked up when a laughing voice came up behind them. "Don't worry about that," Jack assured her. "I promise to not let Daniel make the night all boring. It will be the exact opposite of boring. In fact, it will almost be fun."
"Oh, my gosh! Jack! Guess what, guess what!" she exclaimed, jumping up and down happily.
"You're replacing all of Fraser's needles with cotton swabs?"
"No, this is a good thing," she said with a huge smile on her face. "Gen. Hammond said I don't have to be on base all the time now and that if I'm very good, in a few months I don't have to stay here when you go on missions!" The smile on her face was quickly replaced with a look of distaste. "But if I do that then he says I'll have to start going to school, and Cassie told me there are lots of people at school."
Janet laughed as she came up behind them. "I got to take her home with me over night while you were gone," she informed them. "The General said she doesn't have to stay on base over night, with the blood work we've done, I'm fairly certain Andie won't introduce any new viruses or catch anything we all have natural immunities to. Now, it's just a matter of finding a home for our little foundling," Janet said, winking at Andie.
"I'll do it," Sam spoke up immediately. Jack and Janet looked over at her, a little shocked. "I mean, she's practically grown. It'll be like having a new puppy who can clean up after themselves."
Andie smiled happily. "Can I get a puppy?" Jack looked away to hide the smile that was taking control of his face and a small giggle escaped Janet's lips at the look of good-humoured annoyance that crossed Sam's face.
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Sam knocked on Daniel's door and let herself in. "Andie's ready to go whenever you are. She's really excited to have a night out with her boys."
"Well, she hates being on base," he said sensibly.
"Almost as much as she hates large groups of people. Oh, and while you're out, make sure Jack doesn't get Andie a puppy. He had that look about him, like he was going to bring up that 'every kid has to have a dog' rule again."
Daniel smiled. "I'll do that, but where's he going to buy a dog from at 2100? Besides, we're taking her to see a movie. She really needs to get out more, it's all she's been talking about for a week."
Sam smiled. "I think she has a crush on you."
It was Daniel's turn to smile. "Crush? Yes. Me? No."
"Who would it bee then? Teal'c?"
"No... Jack."
The idea seemed to completely throw her off balance. "What? She does not!"
"Come on, Sam!" he laughed. "Jack's her hero. He got permission for her to live off base while we're here. That, and he's oh so foxy."
Sam gave him a strange look. "You're sick."
"And you're jealous of a 15 year-old."
"I am not jealous of her!" Sam exclaimed, to which Daniel merely nodded with a 'yeah, whatever' look on his face. "I'm not!" she insisted. When he didn't respond, she rolled her eyes. "How's your translation coming?"
He glared at her. "I should have know you'd throw that in my face."
She smiled teasingly. "So... not well? Has your Ascended friend been around recently?"
"You mean you didn't feel the earthquake she caused?" he muttered bitterly. "She keeps going on and on about how important Andie is, but then she doesn't explain why!
"Somehow I get the feeling that all of the answers are looked up in the cute little dreams we've been having."
He nodded slowly. "Yeah. Unfortunately. "So, did you hear that Janet taught Andie how to read in a three days?"
"Sam! Sam! Guess what!" Andie called as she ran into the infirmary after SG-1 reported for their return-home physicals. "Janet taught me how to read and Cassie gave me a CD where the two lead singers are lesbians... well, actually they just pretend to be lesbians. What's a lesbian? Janet took away my dictionary when she found out Cassie was teaching me words."
Sam covered a smile at the content of the last part of her statement until she was hit by the real news. "Wait. Janet taught you how to read? We were only gone three days! How did she teach you that in three days?"
She shrugged flippantly. "I don't know. Does it usually take a very long time?" She sighed and rolled her eyes. "Now Daniel's going to make the night all boring."
They looked up when a laughing voice came up behind them. "Don't worry about that," Jack assured her. "I promise to not let Daniel make the night all boring. It will be the exact opposite of boring. In fact, it will almost be fun."
"Oh, my gosh! Jack! Guess what, guess what!" she exclaimed, jumping up and down happily.
"You're replacing all of Fraser's needles with cotton swabs?"
"No, this is a good thing," she said with a huge smile on her face. "Gen. Hammond said I don't have to be on base all the time now and that if I'm very good, in a few months I don't have to stay here when you go on missions!" The smile on her face was quickly replaced with a look of distaste. "But if I do that then he says I'll have to start going to school, and Cassie told me there are lots of people at school."
Janet laughed as she came up behind them. "I got to take her home with me over night while you were gone," she informed them. "The General said she doesn't have to stay on base over night, with the blood work we've done, I'm fairly certain Andie won't introduce any new viruses or catch anything we all have natural immunities to. Now, it's just a matter of finding a home for our little foundling," Janet said, winking at Andie.
"I'll do it," Sam spoke up immediately. Jack and Janet looked over at her, a little shocked. "I mean, she's practically grown. It'll be like having a new puppy who can clean up after themselves."
Andie smiled happily. "Can I get a puppy?" Jack looked away to hide the smile that was taking control of his face and a small giggle escaped Janet's lips at the look of good-humoured annoyance that crossed Sam's face.
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Sam knocked on Daniel's door and let herself in. "Andie's ready to go whenever you are. She's really excited to have a night out with her boys."
"Well, she hates being on base," he said sensibly.
"Almost as much as she hates large groups of people. Oh, and while you're out, make sure Jack doesn't get Andie a puppy. He had that look about him, like he was going to bring up that 'every kid has to have a dog' rule again."
Daniel smiled. "I'll do that, but where's he going to buy a dog from at 2100? Besides, we're taking her to see a movie. She really needs to get out more, it's all she's been talking about for a week."
Sam smiled. "I think she has a crush on you."
It was Daniel's turn to smile. "Crush? Yes. Me? No."
"Who would it bee then? Teal'c?"
"No... Jack."
The idea seemed to completely throw her off balance. "What? She does not!"
"Come on, Sam!" he laughed. "Jack's her hero. He got permission for her to live off base while we're here. That, and he's oh so foxy."
Sam gave him a strange look. "You're sick."
"And you're jealous of a 15 year-old."
"I am not jealous of her!" Sam exclaimed, to which Daniel merely nodded with a 'yeah, whatever' look on his face. "I'm not!" she insisted. When he didn't respond, she rolled her eyes. "How's your translation coming?"
He glared at her. "I should have know you'd throw that in my face."
She smiled teasingly. "So... not well? Has your Ascended friend been around recently?"
"You mean you didn't feel the earthquake she caused?" he muttered bitterly. "She keeps going on and on about how important Andie is, but then she doesn't explain why!
"Somehow I get the feeling that all of the answers are looked up in the cute little dreams we've been having."
He nodded slowly. "Yeah. Unfortunately. "So, did you hear that Janet taught Andie how to read in a three days?"
