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Chapter 2

"I did warn him that it was unwise" Teal'c stated as Janet took a look at the Colonels arm. He had convinced Teal'c to box with him and had fallen and landed on his arm in an awkward way.

"Don't worry about it Teal'c his arms fine, it'll just ache for a couple of hours. Apparently the man still hasn't learnt his lesson"

"Will you guys not talk about me like I'm not here"

"Sorry Jack"

"Thank you"

"Has Jack been boxing with Teal'c again?" They all looked up to see Daniel and Sam walking into the infirmary.

"Why does everyone assume that?" Jack asked remembering that that was the first thing Janet had asked when he and Teal'c had walked into the infirmary. They all gave him a look that said 'Duh' and Jack decided to just leave it at that.

"Whatever I'm out of here. Anyone want to get some non commissary food?" he asked.

"Sure" Sam said

"I will join you also" Teal'c replied with a nod of his head.

"Daniel, Janet?"

"No we have plans"

"I'll bet you do" Jack said slyly as he turned to leave the infirmary. Sam rolled her eyes and went after him followed closely by Teal'c.

"I'm going to go home and change, I'll meet you at your place okay"

"Okay" Janet said as Daniel leant over and kissed her cheek before leaving.

Janet walked into her house and immediately went upstairs to shower and change. She was back down stairs wearing tight fitting blue jeans and a black t-shirt in twenty minutes. She immediately went into the kitchen and started work on dinner after deciding to make Chinese. The phone rang and she picked it up.

"Frasier"

"Hey mom it's me" came Cassie's voice. Her teenage daughter had gone away to college "Just wanted to let you know that I won't be coming home this weekend a bunch of us are going to Miami for the weekend. Is that okay?"

"Sure that's fine" Janet answered a little disappointed. She missed her daughter and only got to spend weekends and holidays with her.

"Are you sure, because if you want me to, I'll come home?"

"No that's okay sweetheart, you go and have a good time and let me know how it goes"

"I will thanks mom, I love you"

"I love you too, see you later"

"Bye"

Janet hung up the phone just as their was a knock on the door and she went to open it. Daniel stood at the other side with a bottle of wine in his hand. He smiled as she opened the door "Hey"

"Hey" she moved to the side and gestured for him to come in, closing the door behind him. "Just make your self at home, dinner won't be long"

"Okay" Daniel said as he took off his jacket and laid it over the back of one of the chairs. He watched Janet walk out of the room towards the kitchen.

Dinner had been great and they had talked all the way through it. They were now cuddled up on the sofa watching a movie neither on of them were interested in, just enjoying the closeness. Daniel looked at the woman who was curled up next to him. She seemed to sense his gaze on her and looked up at him and smiled.

"What are you doing?"

"Looking at you"

"Yes I see that but why?"

"Because you're beautiful" he said and received the blush he had been aiming for as she tried to hide her face in his shoulder. She looked back at him and he leaned down and kissed her. It was a soft, gentle kiss at first but he quickly found himself being pulled deeper into it.

The kiss became more passionate by the minute until there was no doubt in either of their minds where it was going to lead. They broke apart for air and Daniel trailed kisses across her jaw, down to her neck and finally back to her mouth again. When they finally broke apart again he smiled at her as she stood up and he followed her to the bedroom.

Daniel woke up with Janet sleeping next to him, her head and hand on his chest. He loved the feeling of waking up with her in his arms and wasn't sure he liked the idea of ever not waking up with her there. He knew he loved her, he had loved her for a long time, it had just taken him a while to realise it. He felt her begin to stir and after a few seconds she looked up at him.

"Morning" he said quietly.

"What time is it?"

"Almost 7 o clock"

"So we gotta get up?" she asked already knowing the answer.

"We gotta get up"

"Okay" she said as she reluctantly got up out of his arms and headed for the shower.

Daniel waited patiently in the bedroom whilst she showered and when she came out fifteen minutes later he headed in. He stopped her with his arm as she walked past him and pulled her to him for a deep kiss.

"Do you still keep a spare uniform in your car?"

"Yeah"

"I'll get dressed and get it for you"

"Thank you" he said and kissed her again before finally letting her go and heading for the shower.

SG2 had been off world for three days and had been reporting in regularly with news that everything was going well. It caught them all of guard when they made an unscheduled contact and told them that Major Dalton had been seriously injured.

"What happened?" Hammond asked.

"We're not sure sir, he walked into the living quarters we have been staying in. He was covered in cuts and bruises and he just collapsed before we could talk to him"

"Where is he now?" Jack asked

"They took him to the medical facility, they won't let us near him"

"Could you tell what caused the injuries?" Hammond asked.

"We didn't get a long look at him before they took him, but it looked like he'd been attacked. The doctors and the council representative are telling us that that's not the case but we're not so sure"

"Have they given you any reason to doubt them?"

"Only that they were kinda mad at us for coming through the 'Circle of the Gods', the fact that they won't let us see him and the way he looked. I know what an attack looks like"

"I'll send a medical team through"

"Colonel Mann says he doesn't think that's a good idea sir. These people have already showed us some dislike for coming through their gate and the more people we bring through the more their going to dislike us"

"Then what are you suggesting?"

"That you send us some back up and one doctor, the less people the better"

"SG1 and Doctor Frasier will join you shortly"

"Thank you sir"

"Colonel get your team and Doctor Frasier ready"

"Yes sir"

TBC