ah... another chapter! I have Tech/Show Week this week... for anyone who doen't know what that means... it means its the weekof the show/play/musical. We're doing Oliver! and our first show is tomorrow... Wed... after that, I won't be home until like 11 at night...

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The phone rang loudly startling Daniel and Jessica. Standing slowly, she glanced over the caller ID. It held a familiar number. Sighing loudly, but comically, she picked up the phone.

"Hi… no, now is a bad time… Because I have someone over! None of your business brat… maybe I'll tell you later – maybe… Okay, call you later. Bye." Noticing Daniel's look on his face, she added "My best friend."

"Ah. Now I see the "brat" thing. Jack gets that sometimes too," he smiled. Settling again, she eyed the evil homework and put the window down – frustrated again. Again the phone rang.

"Gah!" she growled. "Grand Central…" she muttered before picking up the phone. Daniel smiled a little. "Hello? Oh hi dad… it's going great…" Sarcasm was evident as the spite showed through again. "Yeah, I got like, a paragraph done… yeah, that's it…" Her face fell suddenly, but she also looked livid. Jess' tone of voice became hard. "Yeah fine… food? Of course… bye." The last word seemed more forced than anything. Putting the phone back on the receiver none to gently, she knocked her head against the desk.

"Easy there," Daniel said comfortingly.

"What a jackass," she snarled. The older man looked startled. "What a freaking jackass!" Daniel's blue eyes locked on her green ones. "The man wants me to 'use my time wisely' and do more than I'm supposed to. Maybe I would have done it if it wasn't forced upon me, but also since I have had NO free time these last couple of weeks, you'd think I deserve a little time off, yes!" she spouted angrily.

"I think you do too," Daniel used his incredible social skills to make her feel a bit better.

"Well that's all dandy, but go tell the Self-Proclaimed God, the King, the System Lord, the freaking Master Asshole in the World!" Daniel looked taken aback with a cocked eyebrow.

"Sorry. Can you tell I'm pissed?" she said harshly with heavy sarcasm, fully knowing that her new friend Daniel didn't deserve any of this. None of her friends had experienced the pissed Jessica either, at least not to this degree. No, this was reserved for at home use.

The SGC

On the other side of the mirror, Sam stepped back quietly. Boy would she never want to see a temper like that flare out in a battle – it would suck. 'Redheads…' she thought. 'Quick tempers for quick uses.' At least that's what her father had always said. The girl seemed rather moody either that or only mad at the things that made her mad. That seemed perfectly reasonably, why be pissed at things that didn't deserve to be pissed at?

What a concept.

Wait… did she say "System Lord?"

Home

"Sorry 'bout that, really…" Jessica tried to apologize. Daniel was having none of it.

"No need to. Everyone needs to get out their anger somehow. Besides, I never suspected you for the 'scream-into-my-pillow' type anyway," he joked. They both smiled.

"My dad's not a mean person at all. You'd probably like him, but it just being me and him, I kinda understand. It's hard on him," the redhead explained. Daniel nodded. He turned to take in his surroundings again, but also trying to find a clock. Instead he caught a flash of blonde peeking out from behind the mirror.

In his swivel chair, Daniel smiled weakly and gave a little 'oh-shit,-I'm-found-out' wave. The owner of the blonde shock gave a little 'well-hello-there' wave back with a crooked smile that vaguely meant 'just wait until the colonel sees you.'

"Jess?"

"Mmm?"

"Meet my dear friend Major Sam Carter," he said as he pointed to the mirror. Jess waved brightly. What a change from before. Sam smiled and waved back.

Daniel sighed and realized that this was going to be a LOOONG day.