Chapter 4: Oh what a Night

Chloe couldn't believe her eyes when Jay stopped the car. At first, she thought that he was just stopping to ask for directions (even though that was totally out of his character or that of any other man of his intellect). But then he walked right up to the host and gave him his name. The host escorted them up a spiral staircase and out onto a balcony which overlooked Los Vegas and the mountains. After he lights the candles and sets two menus on the table, the host tries to help Chloe into her seat, but Jay motions him not to and proceeds to seat her himself.

"Could you just bring us a bottle of your best champagne?"

"Certainly, sir." And about five minutes late, the pair noses were filled with bubbles.

As the evening progressed, Chloe got to feeling more like she was with one of her oldest and closest friends instead of a boss that barely treated her like a human being. They talked about everything from their families to jokes to recipes to their favorite movies.

"You honestly like film noir?" Jay asked as he put a piece of roll in his mouth.

"Love it. They just don't make movies as good as they used to."

"I totally agree. Have you seen Citizen Kane?"

"That was my favorite movie as a teenager! Unfortunately, my VCR broke about two years ago, and the DVD is really hard it find."

"Well, I have it, so if you want, you can come over and watch it. This time, jeans and my sweatshirt will do just fine. And yes, it will be our second date. "

Chloe blushed with shame. "I am so sorry about that. Wait, how do you know I took it?"

"I saw it in the corner at your apartment. Besides, while you are brilliant at many, many things, lying is not one of them. You lie worse than a nun."

"You're not mad, are you?"

"No. It just confirms all the suspicion I've had since I left to fight the Jaffa."

"What suspicion?"

Just then, Jay's cell phone rang. He looked at the caller ID then answered it. "Hello?... Oh dear (looks at his watch) …………. No, we're still coming. Dinner just took a little longer than expected. We'll see you in about an hour. Is her surprise there yet? ……… Oh well. You might want to call him. Bye."

"What was that all about?"

"That's Classified Information, my dear. Let's go now." Lucky for them, the waiter heard what he said and came right over.

"May we have the check?"

"Yes, sir." The waiter said as he handed Jay the check. Jay looks it over, pulls out his wallet and sticks some cash in the leather thing, and hands it back to the waiter. The waiter hands two mints to Jay who hands one of them to Chloe. Then they hurry out to the parking lot. Once Jay gets Chloe into the car, he closes the door and then walks about ten feet away. Chloe sees him make another call on his cell phone then he rushed back to the car, get in, and started driving in the opposite direction from the base.

"We're not going back to SGC, are we?" Chloe asked.

"Nope."