Riley walked up the steps of the white Victorian townhouse she'd been renting for the last months to find a man standing on her porch. "Dr Callahan?" he asked. "Yes I am, what can I do for you?" Riley asked as she reached the top step. "I'm Dr Daniel Jackson" He said offering a hand, Riley shook his hand and then turned to open her door "I've been expecting you" she said as she turned the key in the lock. "Really?" Daniel replied, surprised.

"Yep I figured Boyd wouldn't give up so easily, come in" Riley said as she opened the door, Daniel followed her in.

Riley closed the door and shrugged out of her jacket and walked down the hallway to the Kitchen with Daniel following her. The townhouse was a two level spacious open living style. The bottom floor had the kitchen, dining, lounge and study all open plan with no walls separating the rooms. To the left there were stairs that lead up to the bedrooms and bathrooms. "Have a seat" she gestured to the lounge area "Would you like some tea, coffee, beer?" she asked as she stepped into the kitchen dropping the keys on the bench.

"Coffee would be great" Daniel said as he sat down, "So I guess you know why I'm here" he continued he looked around the place before continuing "Dr Boyd says I'm not to leave until you say yes". He noticed one moving box in the corner "You just move here?" he asked.

Riley came over with a tray that had milk sugar and a cup of coffee she placed it on the coffee table and took a seat opposite him. "Yeah 6 months ago, and you might want to make yourself comfortable because I'm not changing my mind anytime soon" she said as she handed him a cup of coffee. Daniel chuckled "he told me you were best for the job after me of course" He said as he spooned sugar into his coffee.

"Then why don't you do it?" Riley asked as she opened her beer "You don't mind?" she gestured to her drinking beer, Daniel shook his head.

"I'm unavailable to take the job where as you are-"

"free as a bird?" Riley cut in "Look I don't think I'm even qualified to run a department and anyway even if I was all I know he's working on some international base, out in woop woop" she took a sip of her beer and reclined.

Daniel pulled a pen and a file out of his satchel and passed it across the table to Riley "Boyd wouldn't have chosen you if you weren't qualified. Sign it and I'll tell you everything" he said. Riley put her beer on the table and looked at the non disclosure she picked up the pen signed it without even looking at it. She'd signed so many over the last 3 years it didn't matter. She passed it back to Daniel.

The next hour Daniel went into great lengths of about the Stargate program and Atlantis and the Ancients. "You can spin a pretty good yarn" Riley said complimenting him. "But I'm still not taking the job" She said casually, looking at Daniel he'd just told her about a job in another galaxy. It was all ludicrous.

"You will" Daniel said with such assuredly it piqued Riley's interest. "Oh I am and what makes you so sure?" she challenged

"Because I have this" Daniel pulled an envelope out his satchel and handed it to Riley.

Riley opened it still holding her beer "You got to be kidding me" she groaned as she recognized the contents of the envelope.

"When do we go?" She sighed closing the envelope.

"Now" Daniel said cheerfully, standing up he pulled a radio out "Two to beam up Daedalus"