WHAT'D I MISS: PART FIVE
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a/n: Sorry for the delay in this story. I lost my humor, and since it was vital for the continuation of this story, I had to wait until it came back. I decided to make this the last chapter so I don't have to worry about my humor ditching me again. Hope you enjoy it!
WARNING: Lot's of cursing in this chapter. Mainly in Daniel's head, but still. (That archaeologist has one heck of a potty-mouth!)
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"Daniel! Will you please just drop it? There is nothing going on," Jack yelled at the archaeologist as they walked the corridors of the SGC.
"Jack! I'm not stupid. Why can't you just admit it? I saw you two with my own eyes!"
"There's nothing to admit, Daniel! You didn't see anything! You just think you did!", Jack argued back.
This had been going on for a week. Ever since Daniel caught them on the side of Sam's house, he'd been trying to get them to admit they were together. Much to his disappointment, both Sam and Jack were vehemently denying everything. Daniel was quite frustrated!
"Jack…", Daniel started, but was cut off.
"Daniel, how many times do we have to go over this," Jack yelled as they turned another corner of the corridor.
"Jack!" A female voice called once the two men turned the corner. Both men stopped, dead in their tracks.
Daniel recognized the woman immediately. It was the woman he saw Jack kissing a few weeks before he ascended. 'Uh oh,' Daniel said in his head.
"Kerri! Hi….. how are you?" Jack asked in a voice, Daniel immediately recognized as his nervous voice.
"Good, you?", she asked, a huge smile on her face.
"Good," Jack replied in a voice that Daniel thought was just a little too soft for this woman.
Daniel looked from Jack to the woman, Kerri, in front of him. 'What the hell is Jack playing at?', Daniel mentally screamed. 'Is he still seeing this woman? What about Sam?' Daniel had no idea what was going on!
"Uh, Daniel, have you met Agent Kerri Johnson of the CIA, yet?", Jack asked.
"No," Daniel quickly said, looking at the attractive woman. "Hi, I'm Dr. Daniel Jackson."
"Hello, Dr. Jackson. It's a pleasure to meet you," the woman said politely.
Daniel just nodded his head. He really didn't think it was a pleasure meeting her. Not when she could possibly come between Jack and Sam!
"Actually, Jack, I came to say good-bye, I've got to head back to DC to coordinate efforts with an Agent Barrett of the NID," Kerri announced, her attention back on Jack, with a look in her eyes Daniel was sure was lust.
"Ah, Barrett. Carter knows him well, you should get with her before you leave. She can fill you in on any secrets she might have on him," Jack said as he smiled at the woman.
Daniel was pissed. Jack was flirting. Jack was flirting with the woman he was kissing only weeks ago. Jack was flirting with this woman when Sam was in the building. When Sam was standing right next to Jack. 'When the heck did Sam get here!'
"Sam," Daniel croaked out in greeting.
"Hi, Daniel," Sam said with a smile. "Agent Johnson, it's nice to see you again."
'How on Earth can she be so nice to this woman?' Daniel wondered. 'They should be bitchy with each other. They should be fighting, scratching each other's eyes out. Something. Not being civil. Does Sam know about Jack and Kerri? Does Kerri know about Jack and Sam? Huh! Is Jack playing them both? Nah, Jack wouldn't do that! Would he?'
Daniel stopped his mental debate and looked at Jack. He was talking in a soft voice to Kerri. The voice he used when he talked to people he cared for. Sam had somehow managed to stand even closer to Jack. They were practically touching! And, he wasn't even acknowledging her. If they were still at Sam's house, Daniel knew Jack would have put his hand on her back. But, no, not here, not in front of Miss CIA Agent! Daniel was pissed! Jack was playing Sam! 'Damn him!', Daniel mentally cursed at Jack.
Daniel was pulled out of his mental rampage by Sam's voice. "Daniel, we should let Agent Johnson and General O'Neill be alone to say good-bye," she told him, nudging him in the arm as she walked past him.
"Oh, okay," Daniel stuttered out, waving in a childlike fashion and turning to catch up with Sam. He walked for several minutes through several corridors before he got up the nerve to ask her about Kerri. "Uh, Sam, did you know about Jack and the agent's relationship?"
"Yes, actually, I stopped by the general's house one day when she was there," Sam told him in a calm, even tone. Daniel couldn't tell whether or not the situation affected her or not.
"But, what about you and J…"
"Daniel, how many times do I have to tell you? The general and I aren't and haven't been together," Sam snapped on him.
Daniel, knowing what he saw at her house, was not about to believe her. Not then and not now, CIA agent or not. He knew what he saw! "Are you okay….I mean with Agent Johnson and all?"
"Yes, Daniel, I'm fine. Thank you," She said, sincerely. "Let's drop it now, okay?"
"Okay," Daniel agreed.
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A week later, SG-1 assembled in the briefing room as per General O'Neill's orders. "Alright, campers, have a seat," Jack said, shutting his office door and walking over to the briefing table. He sat down and looked at the members of his former team. His best friends, if you will. "Okay, so, there are some changes we have to get sorted out," he started.
Daniel noticed Teal'c sit up a little straighter in his chair and Sam tense a slight bit.
"General Hammond has decided to retire from Homeworld Security to spend more time with his granddaughters and to take command of the Prometheus, once in awhile. General Hank Landry will be taking over as commander of the SGC while I take Hammond's position as head of Homeworld Security," Jack announced to a very shocked Daniel Jackson.
"What? You're moving to Washington? Just like that?", Daniel yelled at the general.
"Yes, Daniel," Jack replied in a patronizing tone. "It's not like we won't see each other again, I'm only going to DC, not another galaxy. Besides, you're already talking about wanting to head off to Atlantis. Teal'c's leaving to help with the whole free Jaffa thing and I already have a ton of requests to get Carter's brain transferred to Area 51."
"But, why do you have to go to Washington, Jack?", Daniel asked, not understanding why Jack had to leave.
"Because, Daniel, did you ever think maybe I want to leave, too?"
Daniel looked at Jack. 'No way could Jack want to work in DC. He hated the place! Surely, they wouldn't force him to go. He hated paperwork, bureaucracy, politicians! No way would he be happy there! Unless he was moving there for something else, or someone else! Huh! Kerri Johnson was in DC! Would he really move there to be closer to her? No way! What about Sam?' Daniel, once again, was pissed at Jack!
"Jack, tell me the truth. Are you agreeing to this transfer for a woman?", Daniel asked.
Jack shifted slightly in his chair, then looking down at the table, mumbled, "yes, Daniel, that is part of it."
"Jack!"
"Daniel, I deserve to be happy, too! If moving to DC is what I have to do to be happy, then, I'm moving to DC! Case closed!", Jack yelled at the annoyed archaeologist.
"Congratulations, O'Neill, I believe you will excel in your new position," Teal'c announced.
"Thank you, Teal'c," Jack replied, smiling at the jaffa.
"Congratulations, sir, you deserve it." Sam's quiet voice was heard next.
"Thank you, Carter," Jack responded in his soft voice and looked at her with his warm eyes.
Daniel just sat in his seat, fuming. 'Damn you, Jack O'Neill! How can you do this to Sam? Is this some sort of horrible payback for the whole 'Pete fiasco'? You know how much Sam cares about you and yet you announce your move to DC to live with your lover like she wouldn't care one bit! Damn you, Jack! Here, I thought you loved her! I can't believe I ever thought you were a decent person. How can you just move on?' Daniel was, once again, yelling at Jack in his head.
"So, anyways, Hank shows up tomorrow, and I have to stick with him for a week, but by Friday, I was hoping to get up to the cabin for a week. I made sure all of you had the week off, too. I was hoping we could all go on one vacation together before we officially separated."
Jack's talking. Daniel wasn't sure if he caught everything he said. He was too busy cursing him out in his head. Go to his cabin with him for a week? Yeah, right! Like he wanted to spend a week with the man who just crushed his friend's heart!
"That sounds nice, sir, I'm in," Sam answered.
"I concur. It would be an honor to spend time with my friends before departing for Dakara," Teal'c agreed.
Daniel noticed three sets of eyes on him. "Uh, okay, whatever, fishing it is, I guess," Daniel replied.
Jack let a huge smile grace his face. "Great! Then, we head out on Friday," Jack exclaimed, slapping his hands together in excitement.
"I am afraid I will be on Dakara until Sunday, O'Neill," Teal'c proclaimed.
"Uh, yeah, and I wanted to go through the transmission from Atlantis this weekend," Daniel put in, finally coming out of his mental shell.
Jack looked at Sam. "Carter?"
Sam frowned in thought. "I have nothing to do this weekend, sir. I'm free to head out on Friday."
"Great!" Jack exclaimed again. "Daniel, you wait for Teal'c and work on your….stuff, when he shows up on Sunday, you two head on up. Carter and I will leave Friday and make sure the cabin is stocked for the week. Sound good?"
"Yes, sir."
"Indeed."
"Sure, Jack, whatever." Came the responses.
A few minutes later the friends departed for different parts of the base.
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Friday evening Daniel was engrossed in the Atlantis transmissions when the phone in his lab started ringing. "Jackson," he said, picking up the annoying contraption.
"Hi, Dr. Jackson. This is Kerri Johnson, I called Jack's office, but according to Gen. Landry I missed him by a few hours. I left something at his house and was hoping to get it before I went back to DC. Landry transferred me to you to find out where he's gone."
Daniel was not happy to hear from Kerri Johnson. Not happy at all. "Uh, well, he and Sam should probably be just about in Minnesota by now. I'm afraid you may have to wait until Jack gets back," Daniel told her, in a slightly rude voice.
"Oh, I didn't know they were going to Minnesota. Perhaps I can catch him on his cellphone."
"Perhaps," Daniel said in a sarcastic voice before hanging up. Just the thought of Jack being with that woman instead of Sam putting him into a bad mood.
Daniel was happy when Teal'c arrived back at the SGC on Saturday evening. The two friends decided to leave early and surprise Jack and Sam by arriving on Sunday morning instead of Sunday afternoon.
It was still early when Daniel and Teal'c arrived at the cabin. Daniel was sure Jack and Sam would be up, though. They never slept past 0700 and it was going on 0900. Teal'c was grabbing their bags out of the car, but Daniel was too excited to see his friends and rushed to the door.
He was getting ready to knock, but, at the last second, decided to try the knob first. Finding the door unlocked, Daniel quietly opened the door and walked into the quaint little cabin. He was surprised at how quiet the cabin was. Thinking Jack and Sam were probably out back fishing, Daniel was just getting ready to head out and check when he swore he heard a noise coming from one of the closed doors.
Daniel, the ever curious soul that he was, decided he better check it out. He quietly walked to the said door and leaned against it. Hearing a small girlish giggle, Daniel almost blew his cover by gasping. A second later, he could just make out Jack's voice through the heavy door. Wondering what was going on, Daniel remembered his conversation with Kerri the other day on the phone. 'No way would Jack invite her up here for SG-1's vacation! Would he? Was her car outside? Damn it, I ran in too fast to notice!' Daniel came out of his mental ponderings by the sound of moaning and grunting through the door.
Oh, Daniel was pissed now! Where the hell was Sam while Jack was getting his freak on with Miss CIA? What did he do, ask her to take a walk? Oh, poor Sam! Daniel should have come up here on Friday. Stupid Atlantis transmission! Daniel was now so upset, he didn't care what Jack would do, he turned the knob on the door and swung it open. "Jack, what the hell is going on?", he roared.
"Daniel? What the hell are you doing here already?", Jack asked in a calm, maybe slightly annoyed voice. He had been on top of his bed partner before Daniel opened the door and had collapsed on top of her to shield her nakedness from Daniel when he barged in.
"We thought we'd come a little early. Now, Jack, what the hell are you doing? What, you just couldn't wait until you were in DC?", Daniel spat out.
Jack, still covering his bed partner with his body, turned his head to get a good look at the enraged archaeologist. "Yes, Daniel, I could have waited, but after 8 years and the regs no longer in the way, I really didn't want to," Jack spat back at him.
Daniel was flabbergasted. What the heck was Jack talking about? There was no way he knew Kerri for 8 years, and what was he talking about regs…? Daniel was confused. "What?", he finally managed to get out.
"Daniel," Sam' s voice came out from underneath Jack. "If you get out and let us get dressed, we'd be happy to explain everything to you, we were planning to anyway."
Daniel was very close to actually peeing in his pants! Even after everything he had witnessed between Sam and Jack over the last couple weeks, over the several years, it had never once crossed his mind that it was Sam, not Kerri underneath Jack! "Uh, ok," Daniel squeaked out, backing out of the room.
Closing the door, he headed to the small kitchen where Teal'c already was, starting a pot of coffee. Daniel sat down in one of the kitchen chairs and waited for his other friends to appear. Teal'c, who after 8 years with these three, knew exactly how they each took their coffee, proceeded to pour each of them a cup. He handed Daniel a cup and nodded his head at him.
Daniel nodded back and happily sipped the hot, caffeinated beverage. A few moments later, Sam and Jack walked into the kitchen. Sam was wearing a pair of jeans and a large shirt, Daniel assumed was probably Jack's. While, Jack wore a pair of sweat pants and t-shirt. They both went directly to the counter and picked up their cups that Teal'c had prepared for them.
They silently sipped their drinks. Jack sat his cup back down on the counter and then wrapped his arm around Sam's waist. "So, you guys decided to surprise us, huh?", Jack said, lightheartedly.
Daniel looked at Jack and Sam and nodded. "I think you may have surprised me, more," he mumbled.
Jack snickered.
"I thought you were with Kerri?" Daniel started, he really wanted to get some answers.
"I was, but we broke up before Sam and Pete did."
"Oh," Daniel replied. "But, then why in the corridor did Sam and I have to leave?"
"We didn't. I just used it as an excuse. I'm still a little uncomfortable around Ms. Johnson," Sam explained.
"Oh. So, you two really have been lying to me for the last two weeks!"
"No, not really, Daniel. Sam and I talked about our feelings for each other after she called off her wedding to Pete. We decided that we would start a relationship as soon as I retired, but Gen. Hammond had other plans. We've both known I was being transferred since the day Hammond showed up at Sam's. When you had discovered us on the side of Sam's house, we had gone to discuss what we were going to do. We got a little carried away before you showed up. But, as of Friday morning, Landry is officially in charge of Stargate Command and Carter and I are no longer in the same chain of command."
By the end of Jack's speech, everyone in the room was donning huge grins, including one not-so-stoic-after-all jaffa!
"So, by all technicalities, you and Sam really were telling me the truth all those times."
"Yup!", Jack replied with a smirk and then bent down to kiss Sam on her head.
"Can you believe this, Teal'c?" Daniel asked his friend in glee.
"Indeed, DanielJackson. It is what I assumed all along," Teal'c replied.
Sam and Jack grinned, while Daniel just looked at Teal'c, incredulously. "Of course you did, Teal'c, of course."
When Jack spun Sam around in his arms and kissed her passionately, Daniel smiled broadly. "I knew I missed something!" he exclaimed. Happy that his friends were finally allowed to be together. As he watched the happy couple, he thought back to his confused state since he descended. An evil thought popped into Daniel's head. Wanting to fluster Jack as much as he flustered him over the last couple weeks, Daniel blurted out, "so, Jack, when's the wedding?"
Jack coughed uncontrollably.
Sam's face turned red.
Teal'c allowed a small smirk to break at the corner of his mouth.
And, one Dr. Daniel Jackson smiled, proudly, at his handiwork! 'HA! That'll teach them to leave me in the dark!'
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THE END
a/n: Yes, I know the ending's kind of lame, but I couldn't think of anything else and with all the emails I've been getting to finish this story, I just went ahead and left it as is. Hope it's ok!