Thank you all for the reviews. I'm glad at least some of you are enjoying it so far. I just have to mention that the clothes they are wearing in this chapter do not coincide with the year. I'm a little young to have worn what they wore in the 80's, but I'm too embarrassed to even put that in my fic. I just can't picture Sam with a shaved head or spiked hair and tie. Anyway…on with the fic.
O'Neill hit the door with three short taps and waited patiently for a response. A short "Come" was the reply.
He walked into the small office and stood quickly at attention while saluting the Colonel. "Captain O'Neill reporting as ordered sir."
Colonel Carter returned the salute and then gestured towards a chair. "Take a seat Captain."
Jack walked over towards the chair and sat down rigidly. He was still extremely worried about why the Colonel had summoned him. Jack did a quick sweep of the office with his eyes, making sure that there weren't any hidden traps that the Colonel had set up for him. After realizing he was overreacting, his eyes settled back on that of the Colonel.
"I've been watching you for the last couple of days Captain. Other than a few too many sarcastic comments, you have performed very well as an Air Force offer." The Colonel began.
"Thank you sir" was O'Neill's response.
The Colonel nodded and then continued. "I have requested from Colonel Miller that I use you to perform a special assignment for me and he has granted my request."
"What kind of assignment sir?" Jack asked.
"I have been ordered to go to Nevada for the next 14 days to oversee a project there. As you are aware, my daughter is at a rebellious stage and I need someone to look after her." The Colonel told him.
"As in a babysitter sir?" Jack asked.
"Yes, but I don't want her to know that I sent you. She will just rebel against you if she knows your intentions. Basically I want you to go under cover. She will recognize you from the other night and I thought that it would be easier to watch her if you became a friend. The reason I am asking you to do this is because I know that as an Air Force officer you will follow my orders and your intentions will be completely honorable."
"Sir, with all due respect I don't think that I should" Jack tried to explain but he Colonel cut him off.
"With all due respect means that you will not question my orders."
"Yes sir." Jack replied.
"Good. I am leaving today at 1400. My daughter is working at the diner on the corner of Midnight and 3rd. She gets off work at 2000 and I expect you to be there when she does." The Colonel said.
"What do I do then?" Jack asked. He wished the Colonel would just yell at him and assign him to toilet cleaning duties for a month instead of this special assignment.
"I'll leave that up to you. Take her to a movie or something" said the Colonel. "As friends" he added as an afterthought.
"Yes sir" Jack replied solemnly.
"Dismissed" the Colonel said. Jack stood up, saluted and then walked towards the door. He was resigned to his fate, but he knew that it was going to be an unforgettable 2 weeks. "Oh and Captain?" the Colonel asked.
"Yes sir?" replied Jack.
"I expect nightly updates on what my daughter has been doing" the Colonel told him.
"Yes sir" Jack replied as he reached the door and left.
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Jack was hiding in his room. He knew that he had to follow the Colonels orders, but he was procrastinating as long as he could. It was now 1900 and he was getting ready to leave when Kawalsky came in.
"Toilets or garbage?" Kawalsky asked as soon as he saw the look on Jack's face.
"Worse. I'll tell you about it later." Jack told him as he headed towards the door. Kawalsky just shrugged and gave a slight wave to Jack's departing form.
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Jack pulled up to the small diner and hopped out of his truck. He opened the door to the restaurant and saw a diner full of people. Must be good food. He watched as a waitress in a miniskirt and a tight shirt walk by. Or it could be the service.
Jack saw a small empty booth in the corner of the restaurant and sat down. He took off his leather jacket leaving him in a pair of dark jeans and black T-shirt. He waited for a few minutes until a waitress came to his table. She was tall, blonde, and definitely the same woman he met the other night. She placed a menu on the table and asked, "What can I get you to drink?"
"A beer would be great" he asked, giving her a small smile.
"Okay, I'll be right back" she told him smiling back.
He opened the menu and skimmed through it. He wasn't thinking about what to eat, but about what he was going to do tonight. He was mostly worried about getting her to hang out with him tonight. Then it hit him. She? He didn't even know her name.
He was broken out of his musings by the waitresses return. "There you go" she said as she placed a frosty mug of beer on the table. "Can I get you anything else?"
"Pie, I would like a piece of apple pie" he told her, trying to procrastinate once again.
"Coming right up" she said.
She returned with the pie quickly and he soon devoured it. When the waitress came to take his plate he knew that he had to say something. "Were you at Ricky's Pub on Wednesday?" he asked.
The waitress blushed slightly turned her head away as to hide it. She does remember me. She gave a slight nod and reached for his plate.
"I'm Jack" he told her and grabbed her hand. He thought about kissing the back of her hand, but he hated the idea of it being too much of a cliché.
"Sam" the woman told her.
"Hi Sam. Look…I'm going to Pratt's in a few minutes. It's a club downtown, and was wondering if you would like to accompany me?" he asked in a friendly tone.
Sam looked like she was about to decline his invitation, but soon nodded her head. "I'm off in 15, if you can wait."
"Not a problem" Jack told her and he drank the rest of his beer.
Sam was soon changed into a pair of low-cut jeans and a tight blue T-shirt. She found Jack still sitting at the table and approached him "Ready to go?" she asked.
"Yup" he said. He stood up, put his jacket on and headed back out of the diner. Part one accomplished.
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