Chapter 5

Thanks to Shannon for the proof reading.

"Hand it over!" he yelled at he as he stalked over to the trio at the front of the class.

Jon placed himself in front of the seething archaeologist. "What seems to be the problem Uncle Danny?" he asked looking like butter wouldn't melt in his mouth

Daniel transferred his glare to the clone. "I want the drawing that student has in her possession!"

"Calm down, Daniel," Sam soothed. "What is so important about it that has you chasing down a teenage girl?"

"Cassie informs me it's a drawing of me without any clothes on!" His tone of voice was downright indignant. He lowered his voice, "If something like that somehow got on base, I would never live it down."

A large grin split Jack's face. "Is this true, Miss Shannon," he questioned in a sing-song voice.

"I plead the fifth on account I haven't had a chance to sell it to you yet," she said with an evil grin on her face.

Jon turned to look at her with a hurt expression. "What? Who's the best friend here? I should have first dibs."

"Sorry, sweetie, but Air Force officers make loads more money than high school students do," she apologized.

"How much do you want," Jack asked trying to remember how much he had on him.

"I'll top whatever offer he makes," was Daniel's desperate reply.

"Now Danny, the lady wasn't talking to you," the Colonel chided.

"Hey I am the injured party here so I get to bid too!" Daniel retorted. "You do not!"

"Do too!"

"Not!"

"Too!"

"Not!"

"Too!"

"Stop it," Shannon interrupted. "I am willing to auction this off to the highest bidder. And no, I don't accept checks. Cash only please."

"I'll give you fifty dollars for it," the head cheerleader shouted.

"I'll give you a hundred," countered Daniel.

Jack calmly said, "One-fifty here."

"The nurses on base would like to bid two hundred dollars," Cassie said. She had followed Daniel across the hall. "Assuming you will take phone bids?"

"Sure, as long as I have the cash by the end of business today," Shannon answered, a smug expression on her face. This was going way beyond her little daydream.

"Three hundred dollars," Daniel pleaded looking a bit green.

"I'll see his three hundred and raise it to four hundred," Jack countered grinning ear to ear.

Sam and Teal'c sat back with the rest of the class and watched the proceedings like a tennis match. Jon got a sudden gleam in his eye and pulled his cell phone out.

"The nurses are willing to go to five hundred," was the counteroffer from Cassie.

"Dollars?" Shannon enquired.

"No. Pesos," Cassie replied, rolling her eyes.

Desperate, Daniel cried out, "One thousand dollars!"

"Fifteen hundred," Jack said with an air of faked indifference.

"Two thousand!" wailed Daniel.

Cassie hung up her phone with a shudder. "Sorry, the nurses are pulling out. They said they can see him naked the next time he has a physical."

Jack sighed. "This is getting a little steep," he said rubbing his hair and playing on Daniel's last nerve. "However, having this little gem to hold over your head Danny, I am willing to go up to twenty-five hundred dollars."

Daniel looked ready to commit murder. His hands wore clenching as if trying to keep from being wrapped around his best friend's neck. "Five thousand dollars," he ground out.

An evil grin crossed Jon's face as he listened to the person on the other end of his call. He strolled over to Shannon and whispered very quietly in her ear.

"SOLD!" she shouted.