Disclaimer: Same as chapter 1...unfortunately.

The Daniel Files

When Teal'c expressed his interest in going to the Native American reserve…well, who was I to complain! I jumped at the chance and had dragged him out of that cabin so fast he had to go pick his tattoo off the carpet…and yet he didn't exactly seem enthusiastic about being there with me. Oh sure he seemed glad to get out of the cabin, but once at the reserve he remained as…stoic as ever. He listened to my speeches, well…my rants at how they had gotten something wrong, but I don't think he really was listening. And every time I finished talking…he'd ask another question and off I'd go again.

It didn't really hit me until we got back to Jack's cabin. They were sitting on the couch, close…but not too close…but closer than they had been of late, and whenever they reached for the pizza that Jack had heated in the oven their hands would brush and…the electricity that crackled was intense. So, whipping my head from Sam and Jack to Teal'c I noticed the rather bemused…and yet satisfied grin on his face as he chowed down on the pizza. Dirty…rotten…he'd planned the whole thing. Then realizing that maybe, just maybe he had the right idea, I winked at him and smiled into my beer.

Of course, we said nothing…not even when Jack stood up, said he was going to bed…or when Sam followed 10 minutes later…or 2 hours later when we caught her sneaking into Jack's room, her hand on the doorknob as her eyes swiveled between the two of us. We just continued playing cards and acted like we hadn't seen her. It's nice that those two have come to their senses, those two…stubborn as two mules they are, but it's nice to see them so happy. The way his eyes light up when he sees her, and the way she smiles at him. It's nice. That even after everything we have seen, and done…something as basic as true love still exists.

And it's nice to know that my insane ramblings about the Native American's had something to do with it.

Hope you enjoyed it. God, I really fired these chapters out didn't I? 6 chapters in a morning...that's gotta be a new record :)