Carson looked over the first-aid kit he had put together with a sigh. 'Only ten more to go.' He thought with a sigh. The off world teams needed to be better prepared if a medical emergency took place. It had been a slow night.

All of the teams were back and the rest of the medical staff had taken the rest of the afternoon off. It was for this reason that he nearly jumped out of his pants when he heard a happy, high pitched "Hi ya Carson!" from behind him.

"Danielle! What the bloody hell are you doing, sneaking up on me like that?"

"Sorry! I didn't mean to scare you." He gave her a look, clearly saying that he knew better. "Okay, so I did."

"Why are you here?" He took out another box.

"Anita and Genna have dates. On my list of people who talk to me, you're right under them."

"I don't know whether to take that as a complement or not."

"Take it. After all, you fall under my best friends in the world, but above everyone else. What are YOU doing?"

"Just packing first-aid kits."

"Why are you doing it? Isn't that someone else's job?"

"Yes, but since all of the teams are back, everyone took off. Why aren't you in the lab? I thought a new artifact was brought in."

"I, Danielle Aurora Summers, am not allowed within five feet of the artifact." She recited, just as Rodney had made her do over and over before he left.

"Ah, I see. Why aren't you talking with Captain Gates?"

"Ben? Why would I be talking to him?"

"Rumor has it that you have a "Thing"."

"What!" She couldn't believe this. She'd only talked to the guy around five times.

"I take it by your reaction that it's not true."

"No. Geez, I've only talked to the guy a handful of times."

"Yet, you're on first name terms with him."

"Yes, it was the polite thing to do. He offered his name so I did the same."

"If you say so." This was met with a small smack on his arm

"Hey, do you need help?" He said that he didn't but just then, the kit he'd been working on fell from the table. She giggled. "I'll take that as a yes."

"All done!" Danielle declared happily, sitting the last kit down. It'd taken them awhile, but they'd finally finished.

"Now I have to….huh, I don't have anything to do." Carson looked mildly surprised.

"I take it that you don't get much down time?"

"Oh, every once and a while."

"How often?"

"A few days almost every month."

"Almost every month? Carson, you'll go nuts without a break!" she half-yelled.

"You sound like my mother." He looked over his shoulder at her.

"Well, is that a good thing or a bad one?"

"My mother is very sweet, but can be very bossy." At her look he quickly added, "But in a good way."

"Fine. Oh, by the way, I have a gift for you."

"Oh yeah, what is it?"

"You're not going to get it if you don't say something nice about me."

"Oh really? What if I don't want your gift."

"Oh, believe me, you want this. You would tap dance in a pink bikini for this."

"Fine then. You are extremely smart."

"I knew that. Tell me something I don't know." She almost laughed at the look in his face.

"Well, your hair is lovely."

"Thank you Carson. I think this gift is so wonderful that it deserves one more." He gave her a thoughtful look.

"Well, you have an amazing personality and sense of humor."

"I think that's enough compliments to earn your gift. Here you go." She pulled a package from her laptop bag (He hadn't even noticed that she had it) and handed it to him. He opened it and had to keep from squealing like a girl. Inside were five tea rations. She was right; he would tap dance in a bikini for these.

"Thank you Danielle! I was almost out. I would've gone crazy until they got back with more. Where did you get these?"

"I won both pools, didn't you hear?"

"No." he gave her an astonished look. "How in the hell did you manage that?"

"Well, the pool on John was pure luck; Rodney's was more common sense. There's more where those came from if you run low. I like tea and all, but with the lack of sleep I've been getting, I'm in love with coffee." He laughed and started to fix a cup.

As he was making it she managed to find a few chairs to pull up.

"So, have you heard from your Secret admirer?"

"As a matter of fact I have. Around a week ago, the letter ended up in my laptop. How it got there is beyond me."

"What did it say?"

"Here, see for yourself." She reached down in her bag and pulled out the letter. He gave her a questioning look, but decided against saying anything.

"It's sweet."

"It's very sweet. Changing the subject, I know you came from Scotland, but I've never been there. What's it like?"

"Ah, it's beautiful there. You really should try to take a trip there someday."

They spent the rest of the night talking about their roots and the past. Time didn't seem to matter, until Danielle looked at her watch. She had to be up for work in five hours. She decided that she'd better go or they'd never be able to get her up.

She looked in on Genna and Anita as she passed; both of them were fast asleep. As she climbed into bed, she realized that she'd be hearing about these dates for at least a week. She groaned at the thought and prayed that it'd only last a few days.

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