Chapter 14
"I told you Daniel, those nurses just can't get enough of you. If I knew the geek thing worked so well, I might have picked a different career." O'Neill joked. The rest of Sg-1 was in the commissary just wasting time.
"Jack, they are just being nice. Besides, you don't have it in you to be a geek." Daniel replied. A chair at their table was scraped across the hard floor, and everyone's head shot up at the newcomer.
"Major Carter, we are glad you were able to join us." Teal'c acknowledged first.
"Um. Yeah, nothing better to do." Carter mentally winced. She was supposed to come off as normal, instead she was coming off as condescending and, well not normal.
"Oh gee. Thanks for taking charity." O'Neill gave a smile, showing he was merely joking. He must have known that Carter was trying to get back into the swing of things with the team. Or he just chose to ignore her. "Grab a seat, how long has it been? A year? We should catch up."
"Very funny. Feels like a year though."
"Hey, the guys were planning on going to O'Charley's tonight. You should go, I now it's not team night but I'd say this was a special occasion." Daniel said.
"That sounds great, I'd love to go." Carter was enthused to be getting out from Hanson's eye and to be able to let her hair down. Footsteps could be heard coming to a stop behind her. Heavy hands came crashing down on the back of Carter's seat. She tensed automatically, and looking up she saw that O'Neill had seen this.
"Hi everyone! So…where is this place the Major is supposed to go tonight?" Hanson was seething in false sincerity and concern. Regret washed over Carter, she shouldn't have been so careless with anything anymore.
"Oh, uh. We were just going to do a kind of guys night out. Carter, well, she's no guy so that's a no go right there. But hey, if you wanna tag along it'll be cool." O'Neill threw out, without breaking a sweat. Carter placed her gaze back on O'Neill wondering what he was trying to pull. Hanson and O'Neill weren't exactly buddies even before the whole Allen incident, so it was highly suspicious.
"Oh and by the way, General Hammond wanted you to drop by his office, won't take long he says." A smug look fills O'Neill's face and this is striking up a terror within Carter. Even if Hanson received repercussions at work, it would only worsen things for her at home.
"Alright. But as far as your offer goes, I think the missus and I will just spend a quiet evening together tonight." Hanson patted Carter's shoulders, coming into contact with the hidden bruising located there. The moment Hanson's shadow couldn't be seen casted on the commissary floor, Carter let out a long held breath.
"So, is it okay to ask what Hammond wanted from Hanson?" I asked the Colonel.
"Captain Hanson is on indefinite suspension, pending the outcome of charges of negligence and behavior unbecoming an officer. I recommended harsher but , Hammond thought they were too unrealistic. " He shrugged. Tonight was going to set a record for the damage to be dealt from Hanson.
Carter was two seconds short from hyperventilating due to a combination of fear, anger, and worry.
"What! You suggested this to the General? AH, stupid, stupid. This is going to ruin everything!" Carter's eyes instantly bugged out. Not because she realized she called her CO stupid but because she let out too much information. Standing up abruptly, she turned to run out and escape to her office, ignoring the call of O'Neill.
"Something is definitely not right with Hanson and Sam's relationship. Something bigger than just an argument also." Daniel was always quick to point out things.
"Yeah, and I have a feeling whatever it is, its horrible. I'll talk to Sam about it later, let her cool back down for now." O'Neill set his mind on finding out what was wrong. He knew that what was bothering Carter had something to do with Hanson, and recalling his Black Ops days, it was liable to be anything.
In Carter's office, she had yet to calm down much. The door was locked, the biohazard light was turned on and signaled no one, not even the General was supposed to enter for the safety of the SGC. It was some what unethical to do, maybe insubordinate, but she just could not take any outside force. She could barely stand herself at the moment. Pacing, Sam couldn't stop the tears flowing at a maddening rate.
She couldn't stomach how far she had come only to plummet so far and so fast. Once the fear and worry ran through her body, anger took his turn coursing through her veins. How dare he just reappear in her life with no warning. And hold something he knew she always dreamed of, something he had taken from her the first time, over her head.
Grasping a forgotten coffee mug, Carter sends it flying across her office, smashing into a million pieces. Coming to her knees, Carter is spent from her emotions. Something had to give, it was only a matter of time. Turning off the biohazard light, Carter heads home and off to meet what would change the outcome of everything.
((AN: OMG! Finally! Well technically I shouldn't say finally until next chapter but….I'm just so excited for what's gonna happen. I'm pretty sure all of you will too. So…review! Review! Review!))