Neither Sam or Jack's POV
"Ah, no sir…no not as yet…no just the usual…yes sir still dancing on eggshells…no sir Jack's taking the initiative this time…yes sir…a close eye sir…how much longer sir?...a few more weeks…it's just dinner sir…yes I will be there sir…no sir they wont see me…what about the betting pool sir?...yes, yes it's still running…$100 sir?...no, no that's fine I'll contact Doctor Jackson…yes sir…ok sir you enjoy your evening…yes sir talk to you next week…ok bye" He hung up the phone and stared in amusement at the emails on his screen.
Picking up the phone again he called Daniel, "Uh hello Doctor Jackson…yes it's me…no Doctor there's nothing wrong…uh actually the President wants to add an extra $100 to his bet…yesDoctor that's right $100…yes I believe so too…he WHAT?...yes that sounds like Jack…oh? How is she handling things?...ALL DAY!...she only let Jack in…right ok…no, no, no, everything is fine…yes Washington is beautiful…interesting reading material actually, did you know Jack's second guessing my promotion of him?...oh you realized?...try and calm him down would youDoctor; his got his mind bent on mebeing wrong…I agree with you he needs her…no were still in talks actually…no the President is all for it we're just drafting up the new regulation for the SGC…no they don't know that…you know I can't tell you what they are saying…seriously Doctor Jackson, some of this stuff I don't think Jack has told anyone let alone himself…ok you get rest before your mission" A beeping noise interrupted the conversation, "No it's just a new email…yea it's probably Jack's turn…ok I'll talk to you later…ok bye" he hung up the phone clicking open on his computer.
Jack's newest email popped up on his screen, scanning through he couldn't help but smile at the progress the two officers were making without even realizing they were doing anything but chatting. This email system had been created at the order of the President, a story was told to Sam to install it, little did she know she that she had also granted him permission to read their emails.
"So Jack, about time you used your head, I hope you don't fall on your ass" He muttered to himself
Placing the computer into standby mood, he grabbed his coat and headed to his car, before returning to grab a hat, "Can't let them see me" he whispered to himself before diving out from the motel he was staying in near the Cheyenne Mountain. It was only a few minutes drive to the base personnel's favorite hang out O'Malley's; he was able to arrive before the two officers in question and get a booth near their reserved table.
"Can I get you anything?" the waiter asked
"Just a beer for now please, actually make that a beer and steak with fries" he corrected his order and relaxed into the booth and waited for the couple to arrive.
He didn't have to wait long, Jack and Sam came strolling into the bar about 10mins later and made their way to their 'usual' table; the one that hosted many of their team drinking nights, when none of theTauri members could stand watching another re-run of Star Wars, a favorite of their Jaffa team member. He noticed that Jack pulled the chair out for Sam as they sat down and she blushed, he pulled out a pad and made some notes. 'Jack actually pulled the chair out for Sam, interesting, didn't know the boy still used manners with humans, let alone women!'
He watched silently as his food and drink arrived, "Will there be anything else?"
"No thank you, I'm fine" he waved off the waiter and began his meal, carefully watching the two Air Force Officers in the mean time.
He noticed the couple laughing before Sam pulled out some files from her bag and Jack shuffled his chair closer to hers; the two sank into a deep discussion. 'Maybe it was just a dinner between friends! DAMN now I owe Doctor Jackson!'
Sam's POV
"That was brilliant steak sir, thank you for bringing me out of the lab!" Sam exclaimed
Jack laughed, "Glad to hear it Sam, can I call you Sam outside work or are we still Carter and sir?" Jack asked nervously
'Oh God what do I say? Are first names getting too personal? Is that what he wants? Oh just shut up and say it's fine! Then do I have to call him Jack? Uh…YES!' "Uh, no Sam's fine Jack" Sam smiled, "Ok I think we should at least attempt these Jack" Sam pulled the possible SG1 replacement files out of her bag
"Oh I can see here that you already have looked at a few" Jack chuckled shuffling closer to Sam, "I can see the horns here, but why the black wavy hair? Now he just looks stupid"
"That was the point, I don't like long wavy hair! Now I don't have to accept him" Sam smiled satisfied her answer was good enough
"Oh I get it, and you called me childish!" Jack laughed harder
"Hey!" Sam playfully hit Jack's arm, "It's nothing short of what you would do!"
"Touche! Do you have Mitchell's file there? I think his our best bet" Jack asked leaning over Sam to look at the file
Damn him! Why did he have to get so close? I can smell his cologne from here, God he smells good! SNAP OUT IF IT! Sorry…' "Yea his right here" Sam replied reaching for the same file Jack was.
They both reached for the file, as their hands met both Sam and Jack froze, Sam made the mistake of looking at Jack. His deep brown eyes bore into her eyes, mentally shaking herself out of it Sam excused herself to the bathroom.
Once she was in the refuge of the bathroom Sam began to pace like she always did, "get a grip girl, get a grip!" Sam suddenly stopped pacing and began applying some lipstick as two females entered the bathroom.
"Did you see that man out there? The one with the grayish hair?" one of them asked her friend
Sam stopped applying her lipstick and entered a stall, she knew exactly who they were talking about and hoped they hadn't noticed her.
"You talking about the one that was with that blonde?" he friend replied
"Yea him, don't you just envy her! I mean look at what she snagged" the first girl exclaimed
"Don't get too deflated, word is they are Air Force and his her CO, it doesn't take a genius to know his up for the taking because she sure can't do anything about it" her friend smirked into the mirror
That was the last thing Sam heardas the two females headed out into the bar again, releasing the breath she hadn't realized she had taken, Sam exited the stall. Checking her appearance once again in the mirror made her way back to Jack only to find the two females chatting him up.
Sam took a deep breath and released it before calmly walking over to the Jack, 'I am not jealous, his here with me. He wouldn't leave me alone anyway, right? Right! Do something...The ring! Move the ring!' she stopped behind Jack giving the females a chance to leave, "Uh, can we help you?" the first girl asked
"Actually you can, see that is my chair you are sitting in" Sam pointed out
"Your point being?" she shot back
"This right here" Sam placed her hands on Jack's shoulders hoping he would play along, she had slipped her mother's engagement ring off her middle finger and onto her ring finger on the walk towards Jack and the women, she hadn't taken the ring off since her father had died,"Is my fiancée, so would you mind please leaving our table" Sam held her breath praying to someone, anyone that Jack would play along
She released her breath when Jack's hand came up to his shoulder and grasped her hand, "It's ok sweetie they were just keeping me company while you were gone" Jack smiled sweetly before gently kissing her hand
The two women exchanged glances realizing defeat, "Oh, sorry we didn't realize, engaged men don't wear rings" the first women replied positively seething.
"It's ok I understand, usually CO's and 2IC's don't get engaged either" Sam smiled triumphantly at the women before they got up and left the bar
Sam slipped back into her seat and let out the breath she took minutes earlier, Jack looked at her and just started laughing, "What?" Sam asked her head in her hands
"Jealous much?" Jack chuckled
"No, I just don't like women interrupting my briefings!" Sam defended her actions
"Well it was funny, you should have seen their faces when I took your hand and called you sweetie! It was a Kodak moment!" Jack laughed
"I'm just glad someone heard my prayers and you went along with it, I knew if I didn't pull out something big they wouldn't leave. You should've heard them in the bathroom, they were about ready to pounce you the moment they saw you!" Sam smiled sweetly at him
"I bet you wouldn't have stopped them either would you?" Jack looked hurt
"I just did; didn't I or did you miss the memo?" Sam smirked
"You know me and memos, I miss them all because I don't read any of them" Jack gave her his trademark smile, "Now lets order some desert" Jack waved a waiter over to their table
"Yes Jack?" She smiled at the two
"Uh, can I have some cake and do you have blue jell-o?" Jack asked looking at Sam
"Yea I'm sure we can find some" She smiled knowingly at Sam
"Great can we have a serving of that too please and two more beers" Jack ordered
Sam gave Jack one of her mega-watt smiles that lit up her entire face, "What?" Jack asked
"Thank you" she continued smiling
"What am I being thanked for?"
"Tonight, everything right now! Things just seemed to being piling on top of me at the moment and you just let me let go of everything and relax for a day so thank you" Sam sighed
Jack slid an arm around Sam shoulders, "Hey that's what I'm here for Sam, not just as your CO but as a friend, you need someone to talk to day or night just call me ok. I would rather have you wake me at 2am then have my favorite scientist break down at work where everyone can see it, and I would get the blame; because knowing them they would think I ended us and your distraught!" Jack finished with a joke causing Sam to giggle, "No giggling Sam, no matter how funny I am!" Jack puffed out his chest causing Sam to giggle even more
Neither Sam or Jack's POV
He watched with amusement as Sam got rid of the two offending females and then with hope as Jack wrapped an arm around his 2IC. There was still hope for them yet, if only they would both realize what they were missing, Jacob had been right when he said Sam needed a good man; little did he realize at the time that he was referring to Jack.
He continued to take notes and observe the two while they ate dinner and finished their last round of drinks, it wasn't until they got up to leave that he noticed the ring on Sam's ring finger that he realized how Sam got rid of the females and their mumblings about unfair and engaged as they passes him when they left. Chuckling to himself he reached for his phone, this was something to call the President about, checking that it wasn't too late already he dialed the number.
"Hello Mr. President…yes sir it's me…funny you should ask I have some funny news…yes they are still here…no Jack convinced her to have another round as they were getting ready to leave…no that wasn't what I thought was funny, it's Colonel Carter actually…well sir, she went to the bathroom and two women that left the bathroom just before Sam tried picking Jack up…no seriously sir they were full out flirting, I swear they would have both pounced on him had they not been in the bar!...yes well the funny thing was when Colonel Carter came out of the bathroom she didn't look happy at all…somehow though she managed to get rid of the women very quickly, I found that unsurprising but funny none-the-less…no sir let me finish, it wasn't until Sa-Colonel Carter went to leave that I realized she had moved her mother's engagement ring to her ring finger! Herself and Jack pretended to be engaged and it worked!...you would have laughed had you seen to women's faces when Sam told them, it was priceless, I mean it sir you would be telling it to your grandkids if you had been there…sir are you sure you want to up your bet again…no I just feel they need more time…tonight will not be an option unfortunately considering a guy in maintenance already has dibs…sorry sir but your under the name MacGyver…yes I realize how stupid they must be not to realize the falseness…sorry sir…your going to leave it at two more days…ok sir…say hello to the First Lady for me…night sir" he hung up the phone to observe another unguarded exchange between the two officers
Sam was laughing merrily because of something Jack had said and in return had made Jack laugh when she spat her drink across the table, he chuckled himself when he saw it, but what amazed him the most was how relaxed they had become with each other. Jack was sitting next to Sam with his arm over her shoulder giving any guy within a 10 meter radius; nope make that any man who looked at Sam twice the most deadly glare he could muster so it seemed. He himself had been given it a few times, beforeJack realized who it was.
"General Hammond?" Jack asked walking towards him
"Jack, good to see you!" Hammond replied casually
"I didn't know you were in town you should have rang we could have included you" Jack scolded his old friend and ex-commander
"I just arrived tonight and I didn't want to intrude on you two, you seemed to relaxed and happy" Hammond smiled knowingly causing Sam to blush
"Well we're off anyway, Carter here wants home, something about getting to her lab before people realized she left it" Jack smiled nudging Sam
"Actually General Hammond, if we didn't leave now I wouldn't be able to call Major Mitchell and ask him to come in tomorrow, we were just discussing the possible replacements for the opening in SG1" Sam corrected
"Well enjoy your evening and I might see you tomorrow!" Hammond smiled waving them off, "Damn cute couple, Jacob would have been happy and proud" he mumbled when they were out of hearing range.
A/N:
Did you think Hammond was too obvious? I'm not too sure, but I like the fact that it's him, because I think Hammond understands the situation of Sam and Jack better than anyone. Well except for Teal'c and Daniel of course but they would be just a tad too corny! Considering they are both off world now...'wipes away tears' "I did not sniffle!"
LJQ: Thanks for the suggestion, I'm thinking of bringing him into it, maybe not in SG1 but possibly into the Science area, him and Sam I thought worked well together, who knows I may bend the rules adn have 5 in SG1. Since many of the other teams have more than four in their groups...I do like the suggestion though...thanks
ascifigirl: LOL I'm glad you like it, sorry for making you late for work
pain in the mikta: Cute is kinda what I was going for...but I hope you like it
Vid Z: Hope you still want more after this installment (above)
misstweedledee: LOL! That is exactly what I was trying to create, hoping now that the above installment isn't too corny...need help wtih some kinda of obstacle though...food for thought...Thanks!
Jack-Sam4ever: I love it too! My folks are unhappy with the amount of time I'm spending writing it, but I love it!
JenCamp: Wow I mean thanks...sorry I just love your fic THROUGH THE YEARS! So thanks for your review!
lil-buddy: Once again thank you for your help with Jack's birthday, it doesn't feel right if I don't thank you again! Enjoy
gatelover: You see them as that too! LOL I don't think I'd go for Devils so much as Deamons...yea and thanks hope you like (above) installment
Once again thanks to all for reviewing,
Muahsio,
fyre-anjel