Tegan Chronicles

Affairs of Love 5

"Paige have you seen Tegan?" Janet had her keys in her hand. "I just called her lab and didn't get an answer."

"We had coffee and milk in the mess an hour ago. She mentioned calling it a day then. You might want to check her quarters." She hoped Sam and Janet didn't run into each other and swap stories.

Janet knocked on Tegan's door and waited for a reply.

"Yeah?"

Janet cracked the door so she could hear better, "Can I come in?"

"If I say no will you leave?"

"Yes." Janet answered automatically.

"I don't care."

"Are you feeling bad?" Janet pushed the door closed behind her.

"I'm fine." Tegan reached up and tapped the base of the lamp on her nightstand flicking it on.

"Are you sure?"

"Yes." Tegan watched Janet approach and she slid her hips over giving her a spot to sit. When she didn't Tegan asked, "Are you mad at me?"

"Why would I be?"

"I don't know." Tegan looked away.

"You really don't remember?" Janet wasn't sure what she wanted the answer to be.

"I'm…" Tegan locked eyes with her, the memory of the pull she'd felt earlier still fresh in her memory, but she was hopeful Paige's kiss had worked because suddenly she wasn't feeling it. At least not the overpowering can't control herself pull. "I'm sorry if I did something wrong."

"You weren't exactly…"

"Myself?" Tegan huffed, "I'm so tired of being able to just accept that. I mean yes, I wasn't. Jack wasn't, Sam wasn't, Daniel wasn't… and Teal'c as always comes out squeaky clean."

"Are you sure you're ok?" Janet sank on the mattress beside Tegan, the mattress moved slightly with her weight. Again she could feel the heat of their bodies intermingling, this time it was only where her thigh was almost touching Tegan's. She reached up and touched Tegan's cheek before she could move away.

"I don't have a fever." Tegan felt the electricity in the touch, she was certain she always had. It just seemed right now her sense of perception was still heightened, maybe the kiss hadn't helped. "I'm just tired."

"You've never admitted to being tired before."

"I've been working a lot lately."

"You always work a lot, too much."

"I'm not as young as I used to be." Tegan threw that last one out and Janet pretended to accept it with a nod.

"Do you want me to stay on base tonight? I can get Julie to pick Cassie up, or she can stay with Sam."

"I told you, I'm just tired."

Janet looked into those swirling green irises trying not to get drawn in. She could lean in, kiss Tegan on the lips and that would be that. She might cure her, she might not. She might also lose her job and probably a very close friend. Tegan had said it, she didn't remember what had happened, and Janet had to admit she was under the influence of something alien to them.

Tegan rolled over turning her back to Janet making up her mind for her. "I'll see you at 0800 hrs."

Tegan nodded. "I'll be there."

Janet walked into the infirmary with Tegan's lab results in her hands. "You kissed Teal'c."

"It worked?" She smiled glancing over at Paige.

"I don't know why you didn't pass out like the others." Janet handed the lab results to her.

"You're the one who always tells me my body doesn't react the way you expect it to."

"I guess." Janet shrugged. "I'll let General Hammond know."

Despite not really wanting too Tegan agreed to go to Mac's that night with her team. It was a Friday night which meant at least Jack would be shit-faced by last call and end up sleeping most of the weekend away. Not that he did it very often, so who was she to complain.

She ordered a house brewed root beer, and ended up giving it to Teal'c when it made her tongue all tingly. A few minutes later the nice looking forty-something approached the table carrying a sprite. "I understand you don't like my root beer."

"It's ok." She smiled politely. "My friend likes it."

"Have you given my offer anymore thought?" He sat the Sprite in front of her.

"I told you I don't think it'll work with my schedule."

"If it changes you'll let me know?" He glanced around the table at the disturbed looks he was receiving. "I'm sorry I should've introduced myself, I'm Oscar the owner of Mac's."

"If you own it then why is it called Mac's?" Teal'c raised an eyebrow.

"Mac was my Dad, I inherited it." He smiled again. "This round is on the house."

Jack waited until he walked away, "If he's bugging you we can find another bar."

"There's nothing for miles," Sam blurted out.

"There's Drakes and Dames."

"Good one Danny, you want us to all loose our careers?" Jack picked up his draft, "It's a gay bar."

"How do you figure?" Daniel didn't follow.

"Drakes and Dames, duh?" Jack looked at Tegan.

"Whoosh!" She used her hand to do an imitation flyby over her head.

"Oh… OH!" Daniel blushed lightly.

"But we could go across town." Janet really didn't care one way or another.

"Look he was just impressed with my singing the other night, wanted to offer me a regular gig. It's not a big deal."

"You could go for the big time." Jack flagged down there waitress and pointed to his empty glass.

"I'm not that good."

"Yeah you are." Daniel voiced as everyone agreed with him.

"I've already got a job."

"Saving the world is just too important to you huh Kiser?"

"Someone's gotta save your ass Colonel." She smiled.