"So, spill! I want all of the details, both of you!" Danielle looked at her friends expectantly.
"Sure, but Genna goes first." Anita poked Genna as she said this.
"Okay. He took me to this beautiful room. The walls were made completely of glass! It was so wonderful; I could see the whole ocean! He'd set a table and brought me more flowers like the ones he'd first given me. We even had real food! We sat and talked about a lot of stuff. Turns out he has the same views on sports that I do. Well for the most part he does."
"So… what happened after the date was over?" Anita looked at Genna and wiggled her eyebrows. This sent them all into hysterics.
"No! Nothing happened! He was a complete gentleman. He walked me to my room and we said our goodbyes."
"Goodbyes as in…." Danielle looked at her with an evil grin.
"Goodbye as in he asked me out for Saturday and kissed me-"
Danielle and Anita let out squeals of delight
"-on the cheek." They let out twin sighs of disappointment. "It was really sweet! I think that it was the best date that I've ever been on!"
"That is sweet! Anita it's your turn."
"Okay. Well I met Rodney at the Jumper bay. He flew us out to the mainland for a beach picnic! It was beautiful; we could see tons of stars. He brought me flowers too. We told funny stories and then tried to find some constellations. We didn't have much luck, but we made up our own after a while. When we said our goodbyes, though, he asked me out for Friday. Then I kissed him!"
It took a second or two before the other two really grasped what their friend had done. Once they had, all hell broke loose. They started half scolding her and half congratulating her, but they were giggling all of the time. Anita just gave a smile.
"What did he do?" Danielle gasped.
"I put him a state of shock. He didn't do anything! He was still standing there when I said goodnight!"
"So that's why he was so fidgety this morning."
"Huh?" Anita gave her a questioning look.
"Well, he doesn't know if you had a good time last night. I told him that I thought that you did. That might be the reason he had his doubts."
"Hmmm. I'll have to go tell him that I had a great time. So Danielle, it's your turn."
"What do you mean? I didn't have a date."
"No, but you were gone when I got back last night."
"Oh, I went to pester Carson. I gave him five tea rations and helped him pack first-aide kits. Then we talked."
"'Bout what?"
"Well, home and stuff. He mentioned that half the base thinks that Ben and I have a "Thing"."
"Really? You haven't really even spoken to him much."
"That's what I said. He asked about my secret admirer and I let him read the latest note. Well, the one before today's ones."
"By the way, what was the gift?" Danielle unhooked the locket and handed it to Anita.
"It's beautiful!" Anita handed it to Genna, who agreed with her. Genna handed it back to Danielle. Danielle looked down at the locket and opened to hear the melody. Anita and Genna gasped as they heard it.
"Beautiful Dreamer. How did he know?" Genna asked.
"I don't know. It's a perfect gift though. He also got me some flowers in this beautiful vase. I put them in my room though. You guys, I want to know who it is! I have to know!"
They continued talking until lunch was over. Danielle headed of to the lab. Maybe Rodney would have something for her to do anyway.
The week went by faster than anyone had expected. It had been routine on base, no team had come in over due or had run-ins with the Wraith.
Danielle had spent the majority of the week neck deep in work. She mostly ate lunch alone, seeing as Anita and Genna ate with their men. However, she was startled one day from the notes she was going over by someone sitting across from her.
"Hey Carson. What have you been doing?"
"Nothing much. I actually have the day off. You?"
"I've been worked to death. I've been up till three in the morning for four nights in a row."
"Why?"
"Stupid machine. We think it is a kind of advanced shield device. Rodney has been working all of us hard. I don't see why we need it so soon though."
"Sounds like you need a break."
"Yep, my day off was yesterday and I worked right through it."
"Why in the world did you do that?"
"I forgot about it until today."
"I think that calls for you to take the rest of today and half of tomorrow off." He chuckled.
"You know, you're right. The only part is that I have nobody to talk to."
"You could talk to me."
"Cool. So what do you want to talk about?"
"Well, for starters, do you carry those notes around with you everywhere?"
"Well yes. Work is my life right now. I keep going over-"
"No, not those notes. The ones from your secret admirer." He gestured toward her computer bag.
"Oh," she blushed, realizing how silly it sounded. "Well, yes I do. Why?"
"Just wondering. I was going to ask you last weekend, but I decided not to." He then noticed her locket and asked her about it.
"Well, my secret admirer got it for me."
"It's nice." He said, taking a better look.
"It's more than nice. It's absolutely beautiful! I love it! Look at this." She opened it so he could hear the melody.
"That's cool."
"Sure is. He also got me a bouquet of flowers in a beautiful vase."
"Sounds like he likes you."
"I wish I knew who he was! OH NO! What if it's Cavanaugh? I cannot stand him!"
"That would be bad. What if it is him? Would you try to like him or completely ignore the fact?"
"I would try to tolerate him at least. You never know, maybe he just acts like a jerk."
"You can only hope." He laughed. "Well, do you have anybody in particular you're hoping he will be?"
"No, I just hope I find out soon."
"Well," He said, standing up. "What do you want to do today?"
"Hmm. I don't know. I think John has a deck of cards. We can go and get them."
"Sounds great." They spent the rest of the afternoon and well into the night playing cards and telling jokes.
As she crawled into bed that night she wondered if Anita would have a freak out over this date tomorrow.
