A/N: Well I finally got this chapter finished...I have some interesting ideas for future chapters so stay tuned...let me know what you think...thanks!

When they reached General Landry's office Daniel turned to Sam squeezing her hand gently, he asked "you ready?" She gave him a weak smile and nodded.

knock knock

"Yes?"

Sam poked her head around the door and asked, "Sir, do you have a minute?"

"Yes Colonel, come in."

Sam and Daniel made their way into the room sitting in the chairs across form the General.

"So what can I do for you and Dr. Jackson?" he asked

Sam looked over at Daniel silently asking him to begin. He gave a short nod before speaking "well General, Sam and I have some news."

Sam took a deep breath and said, "Sir, we've been sort of dating for a while."

Landry's eyebrows shot up "Exactly how long has this been going on?"

"Uh…well Sir" she began, "it was shortly before I transferred to Area 51."

"Why am I just now hearing about this?"

"Sorry Sir we would've told you sooner, but I wasn't really planning on rejoining SG-1 so we didn't think it was necessary. Since I've rejoined we really haven't found the right time to bring this up."

"So who all has been covering for you?"

"No one Sir, we haven't told anyone but you."

"Well from what I've heard there are other people who know, or at least suspect as much."

Sam and Daniel exchanged glances then look back at Landry "what?" Daniel asked.

"Oh yes Dr. Jackson. People have been talking about then two of you. I didn't really pay any attention to the rumors because I've heard about how close you two have gotten over the last nine years. Now that I know that there's something more going on…we need to discuss how this is going to affect your team."

Sam dropped her head and starred at her hands "Yes Sir."

"As of right now I'm not going to make a decision about what to do about your positions on the team, so far I haven't seen or heard that your relationship is affecting your performance. I'm going to have to talk to Colonel Mitchell, since he's the CO of SG-1, and see what his thoughts are about this. He must not see a change, since he hasn't mentioned anything unusual. I don't think we'll have a problem as long as it stays that way, but as I said, I'm not deciding anything right now."

"Thank you Sir." Sam said

"Unscheduled offworld activation" filled the room. General Landry stood, as did Sam. "If there isn't anything else…"

"No Sir" Sam said

He nodded and headed down to the control room. Daniel stood facing Sam; he took a deep breath and slowly released it "see I told you it wouldn't be that bad."

"That was so not what I was expecting!"

"What were you expecting exactly?" he asked

"I don't know…not that…I wonder who's been talking and what they've been saying."

"It's hard to say Sam" he laughed, "you know how people talk."

"Yeah I guess I just didn't expect them to actually be right. So now what?"

"Well" Daniel said looking at his watch "I've got a couple more things I have to do before I can leave, so what do ya say we meet topside at say 6?"

"Alright, see you then" she said as she turned toward the door.

Daniel hurried up to his office and began looking through some pictures. When he found the ones he was looking for he picked up his pencil and quickly began writing. A little while later he was interrupted by a voice "Hey Jackson."

Without looking up he replied, "Mitchell"

"Whatcha workin' on?" he asked

"I'm translating portions of a wall from M5K-821."

"Oh right that's where SG-11 found that…um…communicator radio thing,"

"Yep" he said looking up "what do you really want?"

Mitchell chuckled, "Well I came to ask you if you wanted to play a little one-on-one later."

"I can't" Daniel said returning his gaze to his work.

"Oh, why not? You have plans?" he asked jokingly.

"Actually I DO have plans," he said smiling.

"Huh…I didn't know you had a life outside this place."

"Well shows how much you know."

"Yeah yeah yeah. So are you going to tell me who she is?" Mitchell asked

"Uh…I really don't have time to talk right now…ya know, I've got places to go and people to see."

"OOK…I'll just go find Teal'c. Catch ya later" he said as Daniel waved.

Mitchell made his way down the corridor in his search for Teal'c. As he rounded a corner he bumped into Sam.

"Hey Cam" she said smiling.

"Sam!" he said surprised to see her out of uniform "going home early?"

"Not exactly. I'm waiting for Daniel to finish up."

"Really?" he said slowly "so you're the reason he turned me down."

"Excuse me?" she asked a little confused

"I just came from his office and he turned down a game of basketball. He said he had plans, but he didn't say who with. Now I know it's with you."

Sam blushed, "Yeah we're making up for lost time. We've been so busy we haven't had a chance to get out."

"Lost time? What's that supposed to mean? What are you guys dating or something?" he asked teasingly

Sam looked at the floor then back up. A smile crept across her lips "Or something" she said as she walked by him. He turned watching her retreating form, "Well…this could get interesting," he said under his breath.

Sam entered her lab, looking around to make sure everything was in its place, she made her way to her computer. Just after shutting it down for the night she heard Walter's voice over the speaker "Colonel Carter to the control room." Glancing at her watch she sprinted out the door and headed for the elevator. Just before reaching the control room she saw Siler coming towards her. "Sergeant what's going on?"

"I'm not sure…the computers just started going crazy…warnings and error messages kept popping up."

Sam took a deep breath and continued into the room. Sure enough the computer screen in front of Walter had messages on top of messages. Looking over Walter's shoulder she asked, "what were you doing when this happened?"

"Nothing yet" he said getting up "we were getting ready to check in with one of the teams."

Sam sat down and began typing. One by one the messages disappeared. When the last message was gone she stood looking at a stunned Walter. Glancing at her watch again, she quickly explained how they were to fix the problem should it happen again.

Daniel emerged from his office and headed for the locker room. After changing into his khaki pants and dark blue sweater, he grabbed his jacket and made his way to the surface. He wasn't sure how long he'd have to wait for Sam. It was hard to tell why she'd been called to the control room, but he knew that if she were going to be very late, she would've called him. While he waited he took out his cell phone and made a call. A few minutes later Sam stepped out of the elevator. Spotting Daniel, she quietly walked up behind him. He was too preoccupied with his phone call to notice her. She smiled as she slid her arms around his waist and squeezed gently. Taking the phone form his ear he whipped around to face Sam "Hey, I didn't hear the elevator."

"I didn't think you did. You looked pretty distracted," she said motioning to the phone.

"Oh, uh yeah I was listening to my messages."

"I should probably check mine too," she said as she searched through the contents of her purse "ah ha" she said pulling it out. "Five missed calls. Hmm looks like they're all from Cassie."

"Yeah mine too. She said she's coming to town this weekend and she wants to know who she's staying with."

"Oh well…I should call her back" she started dialing, but Daniel stopped her.

"She's in class right now. Why don't you wait until after dinner?"

"Yeah alright, so what are we doing for dinner?"

"I thought I'd let you decide," he said as her leaned in to give her a quick peck on the cheek. "What sounds good to you?"

"Hmm…well…how about steak?" she asked

"I could definitely go for some steak. Do you want me to drive? I could pick you up in the morning and bring you back here."

"OK…let's go," she said.

Fifteen minutes later they pulled into the parking lot. They walked arm in arm into the restaurant. The hostess seated them within a few minutes. Their table was close to the back of the restaurant. They preferred the secluded area; it allowed them to talk more openly. As they ate Sam brought up the meeting with Landry "so what do you think he'll decide?"

"I have no idea. I guess we'll have to see. I just wonder what Mitchell will say."

"Oh...um...well I think Cameron knows," she said.

"What makes you say that?"

"After I changed clothes I was on my way back to my lab and we kinda ran into each other. He asked me if I was going home. I told him I was waiting for you. He told me what you said and I think he put two and two together. When he asked me if we were dating…I didn't exactly tell him no."

"Well then…tomorrow should make for an interesting day," he said grinning.

A few minutes later Daniel spotted a couple of familiar faces being lead to a table across the room. "Guess who just walked in."

"Who?" she asked turning around "well well well…what do we have here?"

"I don't know, he told me he was going to play basketball with Teal'c" he said.

"Looks like he had a change in plans."

"Yeah looks that way."

When Sam and Daniel finished their meal they stood to leave. Daniel looked over at the other table and said, "I don't think they know we're here. You want to go say 'hi'?" Sam nodded. Daniel took her hand and they walked to the other table. "Mitchell, Dr. Lam" he said nodding to them then looking back at Mitchell "I thought you were playing basketball with Teal'c tonight."

"I got a better offer," he said smiling at Dr. Lam.

"Hey, you asked me out first" she said

"Yes, but you turned me down"

Looking at Dr. Lam Sam asked, "What did your dad say about this?"

"I haven't said anything to him about it yet. This is our first actual date."

"Oh well don't let us interrupt. We'll see you two tomorrow," Daniel said.

Sam and Daniel sat in his car in the restaurant parking lot. Neither one of them wanting the night to end. She looked over at Daniel she couldn't help but smile. She leaned over and kissed him on the cheek. He turned to face her. "Is that all I get?"

"For now. Do you want to go to my place and get some coffee?" she asked

"Yeah that'd be great."