Etched in His Heart
(The Farewell)
Disclaimer Again I don't own any of the sg1 characters or the show, I do however own myself.. that sounds odd lol
A/N: in this one, the POV will change from Tiffany and Jack to Daniel
3:00 A.M. was what the alarm clock read when Tiffany woke up. She sat up in bed and jumped up, seemingly fully energized, though she got a total of two hours of sleep that night.
Daniel awakens. 3:00 in the morning. He sits up and dangles his legs off the bed. He reaches for the lamp on the end table next to his bed. He turns it on and grabs his glasses. He puts them on his eyes still adjusting to the light.
Tiffany puts some soft music on. 'Alla Luce Del Sole' by Josh Groban, to do some last minute packing. She turns on her light, her eyes adjust. She takes her suit case and lays it on her bed. She opens the suitcase and walks around the room. She stares at the various pictures on the walls and on her dresser. She takes one of she, Jack, Sam, Daniel and Teal'c. She pulls another off the wall and looks at it a moment. A picture of Jack holding her when she was three opening a Christmas present.
She walks over to her suitcase still holding the two picture frames. She places the group picture in her suitcase, no room in the backpack she packed the previous day. She zippers the suitcase, locks it and puts it by the front door.
Daniel walks slowly to his suitcase. He makes sure it is securely locked for the plane ride and places it by his front door. He walks into the kitchen to make some Coffee; Sumatra Mandheling. One cream, two sugars... Usually. This morning he added an extra sugar to ensure he would stay awake until they boarded the plane.
He sips his Coffee, raising his brow at how unusually sweet it is. He sits alone at his table, the dining room lights dimmed, his eyes still not used to the lights. He finishes two cups of coffee and goes into the bathroom.
Tiffany walks slowly, silently into her father's room. She slowly turns on the light and walks over to his bed. She would never forgive herself if she didn't say goodbye, even if that meant he would be cranky for work. She places her hand on his shoulder and shakes him gently. "Dad" she whispers and he doesn't stir. 'where's Teal'c when you need him' she thinks to herself remembering the time her father was cloned by the asgard.
"Dad!" she said louder, almost yelling. He jumps and turns in his bed waking up. He looks up at his daughter still sitting next to him. "what?" he asks, still half asleep. "I just wanted to say goodbye" "Right." he says putting his hand on his forehead and then rubbing his eyes. "ok, I'll get up" he says groggy. She gets off the bed to let Jack get up. He begins to get up. He sits up halfway and stops. "Wait, is there coffee?" She laughs "Yes there's coffee" he opens his mouth to speak "and no I'm not bringing you a cup you have to get up." he closes is mouth. She really was her father's daughter.
Daniel goes back into his room to change into a black t-shirt under a red button down shirt and khakis. He grabs his over-flowing archaeology backpack and his suitcase and loads them into his car. He goes back in to shut off all of the lights and lock the doors of his house, gets into his car and pulls out making his way to the O'Neill's house.
Tiffany and Jack sit at the dining room table sipping their coffee. She finishes first and runs into her room. She pulls her hair back into a pony tail, a few stands out and to the side of her face as usual. She puts on a navy blue t-shirt and Black Jeans and walks back to the dining room. No Jack. She picks up their cups and puts them in the sink.
Jack meanwhile slides a note in a card into the front pocket of her suitcase. He stands up straight just as she walks into the hallway. Not suspicious she just says "there you are" acknowledging that was where he had wandered off too. She looks at the clock on the wall. 3:45. Daniel pulls in and makes his way up the walkway to the front door. She hugs Jack, which he returns. Daniel knocks on the door. "Love you dad." she says and picks up her luggage.
Jack takes one of her bags and helps her bring it out to Daniel's car. "you kids be back in time for dinner" Jack jokes, trying to make himself feel better. again not showing his emotions. "Bye" he hears them both say. They get into the car and drive off. Jack watching, standing stiff in the now empty driveway.
A/N: I don't know when I will get to writing the third chapter, I am very busy but I hope you enjoyed this one and i promise you will love chapter 3 please feel free to review anything you have to say is much appreciated :)