A/N: Okay, here is the next chapter! No real action in this one, but it is at least longer than the last! Let me know what you think! Thanks guys!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Chris spent the next three days by Dart's side, nursing him back to health. After the vet had stabilized him, they moved him to Chris's old quarters on base to recover. The vet, Dr. Chassy, had said that they had to wait to see if there was any permanent damage, but she couldn't see anything permanent on the test results they had taken. Fortunately, the vet tech that had been at the kennels (Trev Jillan) had been able to call her in just in time. Chris had personally thanked both Trev and the other young man (Steven Norm) for their quick thinking and had spoken to General Hammond about possibly promoting the two in the near future. She also asked Sam to find out who had given Dart the aspirin. There was no way that he would have gotten any outside of the mountain, so it had to have been someone on base. Sam said that it might take time, but she would find out.

Finally, Dart was able to eat and walk on his own. Dr. Chassy did several more tests and was surprised and pleased to see no lasting damage from the poisoning. Chris was thrilled, hugging the dog close to her, when Sam walked in on the three.

"Hey! Dart is looking better." The Major said and Chris nodded.

"Clean bill of health."

"Great!" Sam said.

"Have you found out who gave D'Artagnan the aspirin, Major Carter?" Dr. Chassy asked and Sam sighed.

"No. Whoever did it somehow looped the tape, so we don't have any record of who was in there at the time. But, I am still working on it. We will find out who it was, don't worry."

"I know you will, Sam, thanks." Chris said. "Now, Dart and I have some work to do. I haven't been to work since this happened, and Devon says that I have a stack of requisitions waiting on me."

"Devon was here?" Sam asked and Chris nodded.

"Yeah, yesterday. He wanted to see how Dart was doing." Chris said, snapping Dart's blue collar and orange bandana on. They walked slowly back to her office. When they reached the elevators, Chris thanked Dr. Chassy one more time and said goodbye to her, then she, Sam, and Dart continued on to Chris's office.

"Chris, do you trust Devon?" Sam asked suddenly and Chris nodded.

"Yeah, why wouldn't I?"

"I don't know…I was just wondering." Sam replied and Chris shrugged. She didn't know why Sam was asking that, Devon had never done anything that would cause her to distrust him. Sam, sensing Chris confusion, spoke up. "Don't worry, I haven't seen anything that would make me distrust him, either. I just wanted to make sure that there wasn't any doubt, now that we have someone attacking Dart. Just checking all possible suspects."

"Devon wouldn't do anything to D'Artagnan, Sam. He is a good kid, and he even came to visit yesterday, remember? If he wanted Dart dead, he wouldn't come to see him after poisoning him."

"Well….maybe you're right. Okay, well, I gotta go look through some more tapes. I'll catch up with you later, okay?"

"Sure. Bye, Sam!" Chris said, watching her friend walk away. Shrugging one more time, she looked down at Dart. "Come on, Dart! Daniel bought you a brand new bed for the office, now that you will be staying there again." The dog looked up at her sleepily and lolled his tongue out, grinning his cute doggy grin. She laughed and gently slapped him on the shoulder and the two walked into her office.

The next week was uneventful, mostly just filled with trying to catch up with all the work she had gotten behind on. Chris told Devon to hold off on anything that wasn't absolutely essential and she slowly managed to work down the stack on her desk to a reasonable size. Dart recovered completely after another couple of days, but was milking the sympathy for all he was worth- getting more treats and refusing to eat dry food for days so he could get the special canned food that he loved. Daniel made fun of him, saying he was getting fat, and Chris had a hard time denying it.

"Look at him! Just a bowl full of doggy jell-o." Daniel said one day, kneeling beside the dog to pet him.

"I have to start running with him again. Dr. Chassy said that he should be 100% now and not to baby him anymore."

"I can go for a short run with him this afternoon if you're too busy." He offered, grinning as Dart rolled over for a good belly rub.

"Nah, thanks, but I want to go with him. I've missed my running mate. But you're welcome to join us." She replied and he nodded.

"I may, give me a shout a little before you decide to go. It is nice out and neither of us have been out of the mountain in a while." He said, giving in and just plopping down beside the now drooling Dart. "Speaking of, how about we go out to somewhere nice on Friday? We haven't been out on a date in a while." He asked casually and Chris grinned brightly at him.

"That would be great. You know, that is our one year anniversary, don't you?"

"Of course! I wouldn't have forgotten it for anything!" he said.

"Is that why you asked Sam if she had marked down in her planner last year when we went to O'Malley's?" she asked and he looked up guiltily.

"You know about that, huh?" he asked sheepishly and she laughed.

"Yeah….she told me when I went to ask her the same thing yesterday." Chris confessed and Daniel laughed.

"We sure are a pair…So, Friday evening, then?" he asked and she nodded. "About six?"

"Yeah, sounds good to me. I'd like to see if someone can watch Dart for me, though. I'm still a little nervous about leaving him alone."

"I can ask Jack, if you want. He said something about staying home and watching the hockey game on Friday night if we aren't on a mission. I'm sure he wouldn't mind."

"Perfect. Let me know what he says." She said.

Jack had no problem with watching Dart, so Daniel made a reservation at one of the nicest Italian restaurants in the city. He knew Jack would agree to watch the dog since he knew just how important this date was for Daniel. Heck, he had been there when Daniel had picked out the ring…Now they had to just get through tomorrow's mission and Daniel's life would be completed.

A/N: I know, not as long as some, but it needed to end there, I think. What do you think? Don't worry, I will be posting again soon! Review, please!