Confirming Carter Day4
By RibaldWriter
Interior-Bedroom
0310 Hours
Tammy felt Sam snuggle up close behind her, her arm pressing into her
back as she ground her pussy mound against her ass. She could feel Sam’s hand trapped
between her ass and her own pussy as she humped against her.
“Mmmmm”, she purred. “That feels nice.” She wiggled her ass back at Sam,
making her moan as she humped her pussy harder against it.
She reached down between her own legs, letting her fingers dip into the
clean shaved cleft of her pussy, stroking them up and down lazily. She felt
herself moistening as she caressed herself.
Sam was humping against her more urgently, and suddenly, she shuddered,
stiffened for a moment, then relaxed. But she didn’t move away, or stop playing
with herself as they lay together in the dimly lit room.
Tammy drew her fingers up through her now damp pussy slit. She spread
the slippery juices over the fleshy folds of her pussylips, then teased herself
by pulling and squeezing them between her fingers. She moaned softly in her
throat.
“Ar...are you...” Sam panted, her hand picking up speed again as she
ground her fingers onto her clit. She pressed her body harder against Tammy.
“Uh huh,” Tammy whispered. “Don’t stop. I want to feel you.”
“Oh god!” Sam grunted, stiffening against her again.
Tammy felt a small spurt of warm liquid on her ass, and Sam began
jerking against her even more frantically. She moved her fingers up over her
own clit, strumming it lightly, purring softly.
“Ruh...roll over.” Sam grunted. leaning into her back, trying to force
her over onto her belly.
Tammy eased over, and Sam followed her, sliding up onto her and
straddling her leg. She laid out on top of her, sliding her body back and forth
over Tammy’s back as she settled her pussy mound onto the back of her leg and
started rocking back and forth on it.
Tammy got her own hand back under her, and started working her fingers
faster on her clit. She humped her ass back at Sam, And Sam responded by jerking
and humping even harder against her, whimpering steadily as she worked herself
toward her climax.
She stiffened again, and Tammy felt a gush of warm girl cum soak her
thigh as Sam gasped, then fell limp on top of her.
Tammy froze, her breath catching in her throat. She lay quietly under
her, then relaxed as she felt Sam’s heart beating rapidly, but strongly against
her back. She could hear that her breathing was slowing, settling into a steady
rhythm. She had passed out from her climax, and moved right into sleep.
Raising up slightly, Tammy moved her hand out from under herself, then
lay still again, waiting to see if she had disturbed Sam. When she didn’t move,
she reached back with one hand and eased Sam’s hand out from between their
bodies, bringing it up so it lay alongside her. Moving her hands up under her
head, she rested her cheek on them as she lay listening to her breathe.
She was asleep again in less than a minute.
Interior-Bedroom
0440 Hours
Tammy felt Sam shift on top of her, then slide off and snuggle up
against her.
“I love you.” she heard her whisper.
Her breathing became slow and regular as she went right back to sleep.
I love you too, Tammy thought, and let herself drift back into sleep.
Interior-Bedroom
0650 Hours
“I’m hungry.” Sam said quietly, tracing little patterns on Tammy’s back
with her finger.
“I was wondering when you were going to say something.” She stretched in
place, and when Sam raised up, she rolled over and held her arms out to her.
Sam snuggled in, letting her head rest lightly on her breasts. “You
shave too.” She said, running her hand down between Tammy’s legs, stroking the
soft smooth skin gently. She looked up at her. “Will you cook me breakfast
again?”
Tammy nodded. “I have to take a shower first. Somebody pee’d on me while
I was asleep.”
Sam blushed and buried her face in her breasts. “I’m sorry.” She said,
her voice muffled by the firm, full mounds.
“It’s okay. I liked it.” She eased Sam off of her and rolled over to the
side of the bed. “I love this bed, but it’s a bitch to get out of.” She
laughed.
“Nah, it’s easy! You just do this.” Sam said, jumping to her feet and
bouncing, once, twice, then off the end of the bed.
“You’re gonna break your neck doing that.” Tammy said. “Gimme a couple
minutes. I’ll be right back.”
“Can I come with?” Sam asked.
Tammy held her hand out, and Sam ran over, taking it in her own.
They went into the bathroom, and Tammy turned on the shower while Sam
sat down to pee. She finished quickly, and removed her tampon, dropping it in
the toilet, and flushing before she stood up.
“We need to get some more tampons. I left this one in way too long as it
was. I should have changed it before I went to bed.” Sam said as she stood up,
walked over and got in the shower. She turned under the spray, then wet her
hair, pumped out a palm full of soap and started lathering it up.
“Tampons are in the medicine cabinet. Jenn didn’t know what kind you
used, so she got three different ones.” Tammy said as she sat on the toilet.
“Your flow must be light. I didn’t notice any spotting on the bed.”
“It’ll be heavier today, then lighten up tomorrow. I’ll be done tomorrow
night. the next morning at the latest.” Sam said as she stuck her head under
the spray, running her fingers through her hair, rinsing it quickly. She looked
over at Tammy. “You coming in?”
“I’ll wait, you’re almost done.”
“There’s room for both of us.” Sam said, picking up a wash mitt and
running it over her shoulders. “I could wash your back.” She said, holding up
the mitt.
“Okay, but just washing. We both have things we need to get done today.”
Tammy said as she stepped into the shower. She turned around, wetting herself
down, then turned her back to Sam. “And I want to get some food in you. You
didn’t eat very much last night.”
Sam started washing her back, soaping her up quickly. Then she wrapped
her arms around her, and started sliding her body over the soft, soapy skin on
Tammy’s back.
“Huh uh, don’t even start.” Tammy said, stepping away and turning
around. She took the mitt from Sam and slipped it on, put more soap on it, and
washed quickly. She rinsed off, gave the mitt back to Sam, grabbed a towel as
she stepped out of the shower, and started drying off. “Come on,” She said,
looking at Sam. “I want some coffee, and I was thinking about biscuits and
gravy. How’s that sound to you?”
“Okay, I guess.” Sam said, running the mitt over herself. She was
washing halfheartedly, looking down at the floor.
Tammy stepped back into the shower and took the mitt from her. “Turn
around.” She said. “Put your hands against the wall and spread your legs, like
I’m frisking you.”
Sam did as instructed, and Tammy began running the mitt over her,
running it back and forth in slow sweeping strokes over her back, down over the
full, firm cheeks of her ass, then dropping onto one knee to wash her legs. Sam
purred as she lifted her feet and scrubbed each one slowly.
Standing up, she reached around her, running the mitt under her arms,
and over the front of her shoulders, down over her breasts, lingering there for
a long moment, then moving down over the gentle swell of her stomach. Her hand
kept moving down, and she soaped up the soft, crinkly hairs of her pubes, then
eased down between her legs.
“Do you want to cum?” She asked softly.
Sam shook her head, and Tammy stroked her hand back and forth a few more
times, then withdrew it, dragging it slowly up her body, and around her back.
“Rinse off, I’ll get you a towel.”
She let the mitt drop to the floor, then stepped out of the shower. She
got Sam a fresh towel, and held it out to her as she stepped out. She picked up
her own towel and started drying off again.
“I wasn’t rejecting you.” She said gently.
“I know.” Sam said, drying herself slowly, not looking at her.
“But something’s wrong.”
Sam shrugged, then looked up at her, dropping her eyes almost
immediately. “I feel fine. I’m...I just feel...I don’t know. Sad.” She looked
up at her again, holding her gaze this time. “It just came up. One second I was
fine. Then I was...sad.”
Tammy nodded and went over, taking her in her arms and holding her.
“We’ll call Andi. Maybe she can help. Are you still hungry?”
Sam nodded into her shoulder.
“Okay, let’s get you dressed, you’re dry enough.” She eased herself away
from Sam. “Do you need help with the tampon?”
Sam shook her head again.
“I’m going to go get your clothes ready. I’ll be back if you’re not out
in a couple minutes. Okay?”
Sam just nodded again.
Tammy kissed her on the forehead and went out into the bedroom. She got
out a sports bra and a tank top, and two pairs of panties, one of Sam’s, and
one of hers, so she could choose.
“I need a panty liner when you come out.” She listened, but there was no
response.
She went back into the bathroom and found Sam sitting on the toilet,
staring at the floor. Tammy knelt down in front of her, lifting her head
gently. Sam just stared at her.
“Sam? Can you hear me?” But Carter still just stared at her.
“Sam?” She said louder, shaking her gently. “SAM! Can you hear me?”
There was still no response.
Tammy got her to her feet, then lifted her, carried her back into the
bedroom, and laid her gently on the bed.
She ran into the living room, and hit two buttons at the same time on
the comm. “Andi, Jenn...Are you on?” Her finger hovered over the emergency
button.
“I’m on,” Andi said, followed a moment later by Jennifer.
“Something is wrong with Sam. Physically, she appears fine, but she’s
unresponsive. She was fine when we woke up, but something happened, I don’t
know what, and now she’s...would you come up here please? I need help.”
“I’m on the way.” They said at the same time.
Tammy went back into the bedroom. Sam hadn’t moved, and Tammy slid onto
the bed next to her. Taking her in her arms, she held her, rocking back and
forth slowly.
Andi and Jennifer came in a moment later, and Tammy moved back, kneeling
on the bed as the doctors started examining Carter. Jenn was looking at her
tablet. “Vitals are fine. There’s nothing wrong with her physically. Andi, this
is all you.”
Andi nodded. “Can you give us few minutes?” She said, looking at Tammy.
Tammy started to object.
“No.” Andi said firmly. “You’re too close. Jenn, get her out of here.”
Jennifer moved over next to Tammy. “Come on, Tammy. Let’s go in the
kitchen. We can make breakfast. Come on, Sam’s going to be fine, but we need to
give Andi a little time. Come on now.”
Tammy looked at her, and Jennifer paled when she saw the pain in her
eyes.
Jennifer took her hand and led her off the bed, then out of the room. As
they walked slowly through the living room, Jennifer stopped her and picked up
a gown from the back of the couch. She slipped it over Tammy’s head, got her
arms in the sleeves, and smoothed it out on her. They continued on to the
kitchen, and Keller watched her closely the whole way.
Tammy went over to the counter and started a pot of coffee, then started
pulling out pans from under the counter, flour from the pantry, bacon, eggs,
and sausage from the refrigerator.
“She said she was hungry,” She mumbled. “I told her I’d make her
biscuits and gravy this morning.”
“You two aren’t kidding. About the girlfriend thing.” Jennifer said. It
wasn’t a question.
Tammy shook her head.
“Do you love her?”
Tammy nodded as she started mixing ingredients in a bowl.
“Are you in love with her?”
Tammy shook her head. Then Keller heard her whisper, “Not yet.”
Tammy got out a baking sheet and started dropping biscuits on it. She
sat it off to the side, opened a door and turned the oven on, and closed the
door again. She touched the front of the counter, and a section of it next to
the sink started to glow.
“Wow.” Jennifer said. “I didn’t know it did that.”
Tammy nodded, moving a pan onto the heat, and started crumbling sausage
into it.
“Both sides of this sink are burners. The ones on either side of the
other sink are chill pads. For a party I guess.” Tammy said as she got the milk
from the fridge.
“What’s she doing in there, Jennifer? Would you go check?” She asked,
fighting back tears.
“I don’t know if I should leave you alone right now, Tammy.” Jennifer
said as she came over and stood beside her. “Andi will take good care of her.
In the meantime, can you tell me what happened? Start when you woke up.”
“I...I’ll have to go back before that.” Tammy said softly, and Jennifer
had to lean close to hear her. “She woke up, and made love to me.” She glanced
at Jennifer. “Not like...you know, but what she did with Andi the first night.
But she was making love to me in her own way. I could feel it.”
Jennifer nodded. “Then what happened?”
“She passed out, and slipped into sleep on top of me. Her heartbeat and
breathing were fine. I went back to sleep a little later.”
She stirred the sausage, breaking up the bigger chunks with her spoon.
“She woke up an hour later, maybe more...it wasn’t two, and moved off of
me, but she snuggled in close.” She glanced at Keller. “She does that. She
likes me to hold or touch when she sleeps, it makes her feels safe.” She
glanced at Jennifer again. “She’s scared. And for her, after what she’s been
through...”
She stirred the sausage again, then turned down the heat, and poured a
couple of big glugs of milk into the pan, then added two handfuls of flour. She
stirred it slowly, then turned suddenly, throwing the spoon on the floor.
“Don’t you leave me Sam Carter. Don’t you dare.” She said softly. “I
swear to god, if you leave me, I’ll follow you, and find you wherever you go.”
She stared at the wall, and Jennifer came up behind her, touching her
lightly on the shoulder.
Tammy shook her off, and bent down to pick up the spoon. She rinsed it
off under the tap, and went back to stirring the gravy. Opening the door under
the counter, she checked the oven, then reached over and picked up the baking
sheet. Sliding it into the oven, she tapped a screen several times, then closed
the door again.
“She’s been showing me how to work stuff.” She said quietly.
“Tammy?” Andi called.
She as out of the room before Keller heard the end of her name, moving
at a dead run. Jennifer took the pan off the heat, because she didn’t know how
to turn it off, then followed.
Tammy was holding Sam in her arms, and Andi was walking toward her as
she came into the room. Andi shook her head, taking her arm and leading her out
of the room.
“What happened?” Keller asked as soon as they were out of the room. “How
did you get her to come around?”
“I don’t have any idea. If you want the truth, I don’t think it I did. I
did a quick exam, talking to her the whole time. Physically, she responded
perfectly, but she was gone, Jenn. There wasn’t anybody home in there. I don’t
know where she went.” She shrugged. “Then, a minute or so ago, her eyes
cleared, and she asked for Tammy. That’s when I called.”
Keller’s eyes went wide, and Andi looked at her. “What? What di...”
Jennifer held her finger to her lips, and pulled her over to the porter.
She tapped in the symbols for the porter near her quarters. When the doors
opened, she stepped out.
“Tammy did it.” She said as she palmed the pad for her door. She stepped
in and turned around.
“What? What are you talking about?”
“Tammy was cooking, and suddenly, she turned and told Sam not to leave
her, that she would follow and find her if she did. A moment later, you called
for her.” She made an “X” on her chest. “Cross my heart, Andi. She HEARD her.
And she came back from wherever it is she was. Tammy brought her back.”
“I don’t know if I can believe that Jennifer.” Andi said. “And I
definitely don’t like it. And I don’t like that woman either. I think she’s a
bad influence. I think we...”
“No, Andi. That’s not going to happen.” She brushed the leftovers from
her backpack off onto the floor, and motioned for her to sit. “I talked to Sam
about letting you go last night, and she said no. She said that Tammy thought
that you were going to be a valuable member of the team, and that she should
give you and her time to work out your issues. She’s not stabbing you in the
back Andi.”
“You want to fire me? This is my case, I brou...”
“Andi, I’m the Chief Medical Officer of Atlantis. I can fire anybody I
want. And you know why I was thinking about removing you. Tammy was right, you
fly by the seat of your pants, and that’s no way to practice medicine.” She
paused, giving her a chance to object. “But Sam wants you to stay, she likes
you, and she insisted that she has faith in you. Don’t let her down Andi. She
needs us at our best, so I need you to put your game face on and get with the
program. Can you do that?”
Andi nodded. “Yes, I can do that. I’ll stay out of the hands on
medicine, and stick to what I know. I’ll do better, Jennifer.”
“Okay. We need to get back over there.” She said as she stood up. “I
left the burner on because I didn’t know how to turn it off. I want to get back
before the place burns down.”
She stopped suddenly. “There’s one other thing. They love each other,
and it’s a very deep bond. You’ve seen how Sam responds to her, and you just
saw how Tammy reacted when she couldn’t help her.” She shook her head. “I don’t
think they’re in love yet, but I’m pretty sure it’s gonna happen. So you watch
your ass there. Because I think Samantha Carter would cheerfully toss both our
asses off the roof of her citadel before she lets anything happen to her
girlfriend.”
Going back out to the porter, they were back in Sam’s suite moments
later. They went into the bedroom, and found it empty. They went into the
kitchen, and found Tammy standing at the stove stirring a pan of eggs. Sam was
sitting at the table wolfing down a plate of biscuits and gravy, and didn’t
even look up at them.
“Hey, where did you two go? And why did you leave the burner on?” Tammy
asked when she noticed them.
“I had to get something from my quarters, and Andi went with me.”
Jennifer said, taking down a cup and pouring herself a cup of coffee. “I didn’t
know how to turn off the burner. I couldn’t find the controls.”
“That looks good, Tammy. Can I get some?” Andi asked.
“Grab a plate. Family doesn’t have to ask.” She said, not turning
around. “But you have to wash dishes if you don’t cook.”
She turned around, and Andi had to stepped out of the way of the pan.
She scooped a big pile of eggs out onto Sam’s plate, and put the pan back on
the stove. “Want some more gravy?” she asked Sam.
Carter nodded. “Ana bizgit.”
Keller and Samuels glanced at each other. Tammy saw them, and shook her
head.
Tammy dipped a big ladle into a bowl of gravy and poured two scoops over
her eggs, then sat the bowl on the counter and moved a plate of biscuits over
onto the table.
She took her usual place next to Sam, pulled her plate closer, and dug
out a fork full of eggs. Carter looked at her out of the corner of her eye, and
her hand moved over toward her. Tammy closed her hand over it, and they both
continued eating.
Andi and Jennifer both got plates and sat down. They ate quietly for a
few minutes, when Sam said, “Sumbowy tawk.” She paused and took a breath. “Nah
abouw me.”
Andi and Jennifer looked at her, then at each other. After a moment Andi
said, “So, how ‘bout those Cubs?”
Sam burst out laughing, spraying a mouthful of eggs across the table.
Suddenly, they were all laughing, and didn’t stop for a very long time.
Interior-Carter’s Suite
0940 Hours
They were in one of the small bedrooms in Sam’s suite, and she was
stretched out on one of the beds. The portable scanner was set up on its track
over the bed, and Tammy was operating the controls as it moved over her.
Samuels and Keller were sitting side by side looking at a bank of
laptops in front of them, scrutinizing the information on the screens.
“We’ve been over her three times Andi,” Jennifer was saying for the
forth time. “There’s no occlusions, no aneurysms, no narrowing of any arteries
or veins, and no evidence of any kind of blockage.” She looked over at her.
“There’s no evidence of a stroke or any other brain insult or injury. We’re
going to have to look somewhere else.”
“God, I’m glad you didn’t say brain fart.” Carter muttered.
All three of them looked at her, and Tammy sat down next to her on the
bed.
“Say that again.” She said, taking her hand.
“I said, ‘God, I’m glad you didn’t say brain fart.’” Carter repeated.
“Thank god,” Tammy breathed, squeezing her hand.
“Uh, Tammy,” Carter said, wincing. “You’re gonna break my hand, hon.”
Andi looked at Jennifer, then over at Sam. “So you got any idea what
happened? We’re clueless. We can’t a find damn thing to explain why you went
out, or why your speech was affected.”
Carter shook her head. “I was fine till I got in the shower, and started
soaping up. And all of the sudden, I was just...sad.” She paused, looking up at
Tammy. “I’m sorry I scared you.”
“As long as you’re better.” Tammy said. She looked over at Keller and
Samuels. “She is better, isn’t she?”
“She looks fine, sounds fine, all the tests say she’s fine...so no, I
don’t think she’s better.” Andi said. “I can’t explain what happened to her to
begin with, or why she suddenly came out of a semi-catatonic state, then
miraculously recovers from a serious speech impairment.” She looked over at
Carter. “I’m sorry, Sam. But you’re starting to scare the shit out of me.”
“I want to rule out an allergic reaction. We had already swapped out
everything in the suite for unscented, hypo-allergenic products. But we can
swap ‘em out again if you want.” Keller said. “I guess we could put a filtering
system in, but the water is already several orders of magnitude cleaner than
anything you can get on Earth.”
“She took out her tampon.” Tammy said, looking down at her. “You said
that you had left it in too long. No, you said, ‘way’ too long.” She looked
over at the doctors. “She put it in just before noon yesterday. You remember
when we went downstairs to get them?”
They both nodded.
“So she had the same tampon in for almost twenty hours.” Tammy said. “I
commented that her flow must be light, because I hadn’t noticed any spotting on
the bed. Then she said that it would be heavier today, lighten up tomorrow. and
that she’d be done tomorrow night, the next morning at the latest.” She looked
down at Carter. “But you never said what your flow was like on the first day.”
“It’s usually moderate, then picks up the second day.” Carter said,
looking up at Tammy. “But you remember I was worried about dripping on your
floor after we...I didn’t want to get blood on the floor. So it must have been
heavier that usual.”
“After you what?” Jennifer asked.
“Are you thinking toxic shock syndrome, Tammy?” Andi asked.
“Kissed. And no, I just want to get as much information as we can out so
we can eliminate possibilities and narrow the range of what we’re looking for.”
“It’s not a bad thought, there have been strokes resulting from toxic
shock. But I don’t know how we’d test for that with out exposing her again.”
Andi said.
“She’s already been exposed. I gave her the same brand, out of a brand
new box.” Tammy said. “Maybe contamination? Something on the one I gave her
yesterday?”
“I wanna hear about the kiss!” Jennifer said. “Was it platonic? Or...”
“Full blown, tongue down your throat, face sucking session.” Sam grinned
at Jennifer. She looked up at Tammy. “It lasted what...”
“I don’t know! We started at the door, and didn’t stop till we hit the
end wall.” Tammy said, blushing slightly as she glanced at the doctors. “Then
you came back for seconds. So, five, maybe six minutes?”
“That sounds about right.” Sam said. She looked over at Jennifer. “She’s
a good kisser too.”
“Can we take this in the kitchen, or do you need to do some more tests?”
Tammy said. “I could use some water, and...”
“That’s not a bad idea,” Carter said as she sat up and swung her legs
over the side of the bed. She looked around. “If anyone wants a urine sample,
speak up now, cuz I gotta do that too.”
All three of them nodded. “I’ll get you a cup. You going to use this
bathroom?” Tammy asked.
Carter nodded, and Tammy walked out of the room. She turned to Keller
and Samuels. “Andi, would you talk to her later? This has really shaken her,
and she’s not going to believe me when I tell her I’m okay.”
“You’re not okay, but I know what you mean.” Andi said. “I have some
things I need to talk to her about, but I think both of us need to talk to her
about this.” She said, looking at Keller. “She’ll believe you before she
believes me, and she’d be right there.”
Keller nodded. “We can do that. She’s frightened, but I think she’ll
calm down if you don’t pull any more surprises on her. Or us.”
“I’ll do what I can.” Carter grinned, standing up. “I hope she hurries, I
really have to go.” She said, looking toward the doorway.
“Don’t get your panties in a wad, I’m coming.” Tammy said as she came
back. “I put a pack in all the bathrooms, so we don’t have to get one every
time we need a sample.” She handed Sam two plastic bags. “Just leave the ones
you don’t use in the bathroom. You want me to wait?”
Carter shook her head. “I’ll be fine. But give us a kiss first?”
Tammy stepped over and put her arms around her, and they kissed lightly
for a moment, then moved apart.
‘Thank you.’ Sam mouthed, then turned and went into the bathroom. Tammy
watched till she closed the door.
“Tammy?” Jennifer said from the door.
She turned and looked at her.
“She’s gonna be okay. Come on, let’s give her some privacy.” She held
her hand out.
Tammy walked over, taking her hand for a moment, then letting it go. “I
hope you’re right.” she said as she walked toward the kitchen.
Interior-Kitchen
1010 Hours
Andi already had glasses out, there were glasses of ice and cokes
sitting at Sam’s and her spots at the table. Two more glasses were sitting on
the counter.
“I didn’t know what you wanted, so I just got you guys glasses.” She
said.
“Thanks.” Tammy said, picking up a glass and filling it from the tap.
She moved to her usual spot and sat down. Her eyes barely left the door.
“What kind of juice do we have left?” Keller asked her as she opened the
fridge.
“I brought up some apple and orange, no one is drinking the grape.”
Samuels said as she sat down. Jennifer joined her a moment later.
“I had to use two cups,” Carter said as she walked into the room. “So I
poured one of them on your laptops.”
Tammy laughed, and relaxed visibly.
Andi looked over at Jennifer. “You want to go check? You know, just in
case?” She whispered.
“Good god, Andi! I heard that even with the earplugs.” Carter laughed.
“Comic relief. Think nothing of it.” She looked at Keller again, raising
her eyebrows.
“Relax Andi. We can always get new ones.” Jennifer laughed.
That broke the tension, and they sat back, reviewing the morning’s
events and discussing the tests they had done.
Tammy got up a few minutes later and filled her glass from the tap. “Any
of you need anything while I’m up?” All of them shook their heads, and she took
her place at the table again.
She reached over and took Sam’s hand. “Then there’s something else I
want to talk about.” She looked at her for a moment before she spoke. “This is
for me, but Andi needs to hear it, because it might help her figure out what’s
happening to your personality and your brain, while Jenn and I try to figure
out what’s happening to your body. We need the whole picture.” She squeezed her
hand gently, then said, “Is that okay?”
Carter nodded. “I think I know what you’re going to say, and you’re
right.” She looked over at Andi, then back at Tammy. “Go ahead.”
“The day we met, you were like a mink in heat. Now, I understand that if
we keep your hormone and endorphin levels in balance, you behave almost
normally. There are still minor differences that I can see, even with the limited
contact I had with you before.”
Sam nodded, looking at her steadily.
“The next morning, when we went downstairs, you were terrified that I
might try to make love to you, but relaxed when I told you no, that we were
going to move at your pace.”
Carter squeezed her hand, and Tammy continued.
“Then later, down in my suite again, you were receptive to my kisses,
responding eagerly. You were actually asking me to do it without saying the
words. Almost like a schoolgirl out with her first beau.”
She smiled at Sam, squeezing her fingers gently. “Then in the bathroom,
you were almost painfully shy about me watching you put in a tampon.”
She glanced over at Andi, and saw that she was tapping out notes on her
tablet. She looked back at Sam.
“Then you made love to me this morning, and it was so beautiful, and so
gentle.”
“You want to know which one is me, or which parts of them are me?
Neither, and both.” Sam said softly.
“I think I can help here.” Andi said. She looked over at Sam. “Do you
mind if I throw my two cents in?
Carter shook her head.
Andi looked down at her notes, then spoke directly to Tammy.
“Sam is a very self restrained, self contained, and private person, with
a small circle of what she thinks of as friends, very few of them female. Those
are lifelong traits, so her being shy about putting a tampon in in front of you, even in your role as nurse, isn’t that
unusual. But in the scenario you described, you weren’t her nurse, she saw you
in your role as her girlfriend, which would make her even more uncomfortable.
You can expect that to continue until you consummate your relationship, and
have cohabitated for a while. I’d say that it would take at least several
months, probably closer to a year, for her to relax enough for her to expose
herself like that.”
“She has...Sam, We sit around and we talk about you in the third person
like you’re not even here. Sometimes it hurts to have to...”
“It’s okay, Andi.” Sam said, smiling at her. “I’m used to it. And I know
you’re only doing it for my own good. I actually get something out of it. I
feel included, and I know you need direct feedback and input sometimes. And I’d
much rather you do it like you have been, rather than go off and talk about me
behind my back, because I want to know everything that’s going on. So please,
go on.”
She looked at Tammy. “I’m okay, really. Listen to what she has to say.”
“Sam has had very few sexual partners, not because she’s been especially
selective, but because she’s never really found physical sex that enjoyable,
and found more satisfaction in her work. That’s not an uncommon trait, and she
didn’t even take it to an extreme. She’s very normal in that respect.”
“But this new need for sexual stimulation has shaken her. Where most of
us have an interest in sex throughout our lives, she’s suddenly had this
incredible, overwhelming desire for sexual stimulation thrust upon her, and
that’s never been a big part of her world view. Understand that she never
thought of sex as wrong, or dirty, she just didn’t think about it. As a psychiatrist,
I think it’s astounding how well she’s dealing with just that part of the
situation she finds herself in.”
She looked at Carter, tabbed down through her notes, and continued.
“Sam, you think of yourself as a heterosexual, and it’s always bothered
you that people thought you were a lesbian because you never settled down into
a classic male/female relationship, or even dated that much. There are notes in
your Air Force and college records making reference to it, even though no one
could, or ever bothered to try to prove it. And your innate need for privacy
wouldn’t allow you to tell anyone that you were actually asexual. Which is a
good thing. Because in Western society, with the possible exception of the
clergy, asexuals are classed even lower on the social ladder than homosexuals,
even though no one talks about it.”
“Then we come to Tammy.” She looked back and forth between them. “She
tells you at the outset that she is here to care for you, and about you, and
gives you a set of ground rules that you are expected to follow. The first one
was that you are never to lie to her. She’s added to the list, but that first
one is the most important. Because it told you that she was never going to lie
to you, and that you could trust her, and not wait for her to earn it. You gave
her that trust immediately, and it took a tremendous burden off of you.”
She took a sip from her drink, looking around the table.
“How am I doing so far? Anyone disagree, or have any objections?” She
asked.
“I’m fine.” Jennifer said.
“I told you we should keep her.” Tammy said to Sam.
Carter looked at Andi for a moment. “I’m not sure I’m comfortable with
you knowing this much about me, but I don’t have any objections to anything
you’ve said so far.”
“Then let’s go back to Tammy.” Samuels continued. “You never would have
had a chance for a relationship if this situation hadn’t arisen. I’m calling
that a blessing in disguise. Sam, Tammy is your intellectual equal, though with
different interests. She shares many of your character traits, and possesses
some that you admire, but see as lacking in yourself. If she were a man, and
you had met her prior to this, you’d be happily married, living your dream life
at some university somewhere on Earth.”
She took another sip of her drink. “But she’s female, and even though
you’re comfortable with being sexual with her, you still have that nagging
little voice in the back of your head, telling you that you’re not a lesbian.
And I think you should listen to it.”
Carter and Keller both leapt to their feet, shouting at her. and Carter
started around the table for her. Tammy grabbed her wrist as she stared at
Samuels, then smiled slowly. Andi nodded at her.
“Sit down, Sam.” She said quietly. “You too, Jenn. I don’t think she’s
finished yet.”
They both sat down, and Sam looked over at Tammy, then down at the
table, her face flushed with anger.
“Like I said, I think you should listen to that little voice telling you
that you’re not a lesbian. Then just go ahead and be Tammy’s girlfriend. That
doesn’t make you a lesbian. But it will make you happy. And that’s more
important, isn’t it?”
“You’re not making any sense, Andi! You say don’t be a lesbian, but go
ahead and be Tammy’s girlfr...”
“I’m making perfect sense Sam.” Andi said, smiling softly at her. “And I
didn’t say don’t be a lesbian, I said listen to the little voice telling you
that you’re not a lesbian. Because you’re not.”
She paused, glancing over at Tammy. Tammy nodded, and Andi continued.
“Is that voice telling you that what you’re doing with Tammy is wrong?
Even one little peep?”
“Well...no.” Sam admitted grudgingly.
“It’s just telling you that you’re not a lesbian. So listen to it.
You’re giving yourself permission to love her, and be with her. You’re just not
listening to yourself.”
Carter sat mulling it over for a few minutes, then the looked at Tammy.
“What do you think?” She asked.
“I think she’s smarter than I gave her credit for.” Tammy said, taking
Sam’s hand in both of hers. “You remember the other morning when you told me
that you weren’t a lesbian, and I told you that I wasn’t either?”
“You laughed at me.”
“No I didn’t. I laughed because you said something funny, and I told you
that.” She paused, looking at Sam. “I’ve never thought about me being gay or
straight, I just thought about being me, and I think you’re basically the same
way. I think what’s bothering you isn’t whether you may be a lesbian or not,
but that other people have thought you were over the years, and that hurt you,
being blamed for something that you’re hadn’t done. And what made it worse, is
you couldn’t do anything to defend yourself.”
“Not a bad bit of psychoanalysis if I do say so myself. She pretty much
nailed the problem on the first shot.” Samuels said to no one in particular.
“So what do I do about it?”
“Oh for god’s sake Sam! You’ve got a chance for love staring you right
in the face!” Andi said. “What do you do about it? You grab it, hold onto it
for dear life and pray that it never goes away!”
“Bravo!” Jennifer cheered, clapping enthusiastically. “I agree with her.
But let me add this. Are the people that care about you, and who’s opinions you
respect going to care if you love a woman? Or are they going to be happy for
you because you found someone to love and be happy with? You don’t have to
answer that question, except for yourself.”
“While that’s all well and good,” Tammy said as she looked around the
table. “I was asking more from a medical point of view, and trying to work out
how today’s episode fits in.”
She shook her head, and looked at Carter. “I’m just as confused as you
are about our feelings. I’ve never pairbonded this quickly with anyone before,
or felt as deeply about anyone as I do for you, even my early puppy love
crushes. I told you I had been a fan. I’ve followed your career, even before I
was recruited for the Atlantis expedition. But that was as a role model, you
set a standard for other female scientists and professionals. You actually have
a rather large following in that crowd.”
“Really?” Carter asked. “I didn’t know that.”
Tammy nodded.
“I had heard about you before I joined Stargate Command,” Jennifer said.
“There was a club at Stanford that had a group of females that excelled in
their fields as role models to compare themselves to, to rate themselves
against. Your were in that group.”
“Then when you took command of Atlantis, I liked the way you ran things,
and admired your way with people, but I was never seriously attracted to you.”
Tammy said. “There’s quite a few women on the base that are though. Not that
I’m jealous or anything.”
“But now I’m wondering if there might be something else at work here.”
She turned and looked at Carter. “I honestly hope I’m off base here, because I
want what’s happening between us to continue.” She squeezed her hand, then
looked over at Keller and Samuels.
“What’s the possibility of a pheromone based agent being at work here,
or something transferred through physical contact?” She asked. “We’ve been
concentrating on what the korathis is doing to her. We haven’t looked at what
changes may have occurred in her system that affects others.”
“You’re talking about contagion, aren’t you?” Carter asked.
“Yes,” Tammy told her quietly. “Like I said, I hope I’m wrong, but we
need to at least look at the possibility.”
“I have been looking at that actually,” Andi said, bringing up a screen
on her tablet and sliding it across to Tammy. “There’s a sniffer in the living
room, and it samples the air every few minutes. That chart shows the air
quality over the last two days, and there’s no increase in pheromone levels in
the air. The green line on the chart is the air quality from the
“So we can rule pheromones out.” She stopped and grinned at Andi and
Jennifer. “Or are you two feeling something too, and just not saying anything?”
Andi grinned back and shook her head.
“I’m not,” Jennifer said, “I’ve got my eye on a guy. I never really
liked hairy men before...”
“Rodney’s not that hairy, Jenn, I’ve seen him without his shirt on.” Carter
said. “He’s not that muscular either.”
“I think I’m going to pass on Rodney, I’ve got someone a little more
macho in mind.”
Tammy leaned close and whispered in Sam’s ear. Carter’s eyes went wide,
and she turned toward her. “Really, I never would have thought! She never...”
“I know,” Tammy said. “But she lights up every time he comes in, even
though she tries to hide it. You should see how she hovers over him when comes
in with a boo boo.”
Jennifer blushed, giving Tammy a scathing look. Carter and Tammy
laughed, then Andi spoke up.
“There’s still a chance of contact based exposure of something she might
be secreting or excreting. But we’ve all been in contact physical with her,
ungloved. She was naked most of the two days, then Tammy put her in a tank and
panties, so she’s still effectively naked. All three of us have had unprotected
oral sex with her as well, I might add.”
“We can test for contagion, it’s easy enough, but considering that
neither Jenn or I are showing any effects, I think we can rule it out as a
cause.”
She turned to Tammy. “I honestly think that what you’re both
experiencing is simple natural attraction. You’re both healthy females in your
early to mid-thirties, when women are most prone to seek out true love. We’ll
look at other possibilities, but I wouldn’t let it worry you, either of you.”
Interior-Gym
1150 Hours
Jennifer came out of the stairs and saw Carter doing sit-ups on the
other side of the pool by the windows. Tammy was kneeling at her feet, holding
them down.
“Faster.” She heard Tammy say as she walked closer.
She looked up and nodded at Keller. “We have a new development. Her
strength and stamina have both increased overnight. Kinesthetic awareness is up
too. She just went over three hundred on this set. This is her third. She did
two hundred each on the first two. We were going to see where she maxes out,
that okay with you?”
Keller nodded as she looked down at Sam. Her face was flushed, but she
moved rhythmically, showing no signs of strain. She picked up the tablet off a
bench, and scrolled back through the telemetry.
“Your heart rate hasn’t gone over one twenty-five.” She said. “That’s
amazing.”
“Don’t talk to her. She’s in the zone.” She looked at Carter. “Four
hundred. Keep going, you got some left.”
Keller moved around and knelt behind Tammy, looking over her shoulder.
Carter was wearing a sports bra and panties, and a pair of athletic shoes. She
was soaked in sweat. She could see her abs rippling as she went through each
sit-up.
Tammy reached down and put her hand on Sam’s chest. “Stop, you’re done.”
She said, pushing her back onto the mat. “Breathe.”
Sam lay back, her arms flat at her side, taking in great gulps of air.
Her breathing tapered off quickly, and in less than a minute she was breathing
normally. She held her hand out, and Tammy grabbed her wrist, pulling her
upright as she moved to the side and let her pull her feet up under her.
“Well?” Carter asked.
“Four eighty-seven in six minutes fifty seconds.” She grinned. She held
out a water bottle. “Swish, rinse, spit...then you can drink.”
“You wanna get in on this, or you wanna watch?” She asked Jennifer as
she stood up. “I was going to workout with her, but she blew me away on the
first set, so I’ve been spotting her on each exercise to see what she can do.”
“What have you done so far? And how long have you been at it?”
“We’ve been up here a little over half an hour. I know I told you noon,
but she was getting antsy, so I figured she needed to burn off some energy.”
Tammy said as she took the water bottle from Sam. “She banged out two hundred
sit-ups, then rolled over into a hundred pushups without resting. I made her
take a break, then she did two sets of sixty inverted pushups, with a one
minute break in between. I made her rest for five minutes after that. Then
another hundred pushups, and two hundred sit-ups, again with no break in
between. I made her stop for another five, and talked to her about letting her
muscles rest between workouts, then we started on the set you saw her doing
when you came up.”
She looked down at Sam. “You wanna show Jenn what else you can do?”
Carter nodded, and Tammy reached down, pulling her to her feet.
“Gimme a walkover, into a walkover, into a handstand, do a planche, then
five press-ups. Bring your feet back up, do another press-up, then power out
onto your feet.”
Carter nodded, and moved over into a clear spot on the mat. She took a
breath, then took two quick steps and went into an aerial walkover, then
another walkover that ended in a handstand. She held the handstand for a
moment, than her legs opened slowly, spreading until they were at almost
seventy degrees in relation to the floor.
“She’ll be able to get her legs out horizontal tomorrow, maybe the day
after. She could only do forty-five degrees the first time she did that.” Tammy
said quietly.
They watched as she did five press-ups, brought her feet smoothly back
up over her body, held the position, then eased down into another press-up. She
bounced a couple times on her hands, then drove her body upward, arching up
smoothly and landing on her feet.
“Wow! That’s incredible!” Jennifer said in amazement.
“She cheated on the powerout,” Tammy said. “Did you see her bounce
before she drove out?”
“I had to,” Carter said. “My left arm was starting to give.”
“I didn’t see it.” Tammy said. “You were clean till right at the end.
Your leg extension was better this time. You almost hit seventy degrees.”
“Really? Lemme try something.” Sam said, holding out her hand. “Spot me”
Tammy stepped closer and took her hand. Carter eased down into a
vertical split, her legs going out in front and in back of her. She finally
stopped, bouncing slightly as she bottomed out.
“That’s it, I can’t get any lower.”
“You’ve got less than a hand width between you and the floor.” Jennifer
said. “What can you do side to side?”
“It’s at least double that.” Sam grinned. “I need to stretch the muscles
some more, but I should be able to go flat in a couple days.”
“I did gymnastics in high school, I was all state my junior and senior
year.” She said as she brought her legs under her and let Tammy help her up.
“But it’s been ages since I’ve done anything like that.”
She looked over at Tammy. “I’m starving, Can we go get something to
eat?”
“After that performance? Sure. You want hot or cold?”
“Cold is fine, I don’t want a lot, I just think I need to get something
in me.”
“Tuna, or tuna salad on wheat?” Tammy asked as they headed for the
stairs.
“Can I have chips?” Carter asked.
“Sure,” Tammy laughed. “Ten chips. But you can only have one piece of
bread.”
“Awww, That’s not right!” Carter pouted. “I worked hard! I should get a
reward!”
“You’re right. I’m sorry.” Tammy said, turning and taking her in her
arms, and kissing her lightly. “You can eat all the tuna you want. With one
piece of bread. And ten chips.”
“Awwwww!” She whined, stomping down the stairs.
They saw her going into the hallway as they came off the stairs.
“I’m gonna take a shower. Have it ready when I get back!” She called
back over her shoulder.”
Interior-Kitchen
1215 Hours
“That was mean of you.” Jennifer said as she went over to the fridge.
She got out a bottle of apple juice, and a glass from the cabinet. “You’re not
gonna go with her?”
“Nah, I can see her from here. And she needs some alone time. She’ll
sulk for a few minutes, and she’ll be in a good mood when she gets back.” Tammy
said as she opened a three cans of tuna and drained the water from them. “Hand
me the mayo, will you? And the pickle relish.”
Keller handed her the mayo, then the relish, and took her place at the
table.
Carter came back into the kitchen a few minutes later. She was in a
fresh tanktop and panties. She walked up behind Tammy and wrapped her arms
around her waist and laid her head on her back.
“I feel good.” She said. “I haven’t worked out like that in forever. Can
we do it again later?” She raised her head up and nibbled on Tammy’s ear. “Or
maybe go downstairs and make-out a little...in the pit?”
“Mmmmm, I like that idea.” Tammy said as she spread a thick layer of
tuna salad on two pieces of bread. “I need to work up a sweat myself!”
“Meanie!” Sam said, smacking her on the shoulder.
“I sure hope that pit cleans up easy...” Tammy laughed as she turned
around. “With both of us sweating all over it, I mean.”
Sam went to wrap her arms around her, but Tammy held the plate in front
of her. “Eat first, play later. What do you want to drink, the usual?”
Sam nodded as she took the plate and sat down, and a moment later Tammy
sat a glass of ice and two cokes next to her, then opened a big bag of chips
and sat it on the table.
“I’m gonna hop in the shower too, I’ll be right back. Jenn, hang around
for a bit?”
Jennifer nodded, and watched as Sam took a big bite of her sandwich,
moaning happily, her eyes rolling in her head.
Carter ate steadily until Tammy got back. By that time, she had eaten
three sandwiches and half the bag of chips. She was eating tuna salad right out
of the bowl when Tammy walked in, drying her hair.
“Bet you didn’t save any for me, did you?” Tammy said as she opened the
freezer.
“Sawwy.” Sam mumbled around a mouthful.
“That’s okay. I’ll just eat...lemme see, chocolate ripple looks good!”
She said.
“Awwww, don’t.” Sam whined, but her eyes were glassy, and she started to
smile again almost immediately.
Tammy took the lid off a carton and tossed it on the table as she came
around and sat at her usual place. Two handwritten R’s were showing on the top
of the lid as it sat on the table.
“You’re still cruisin’ on those endorphins, huh sweetie?” She smiled as
she dipped out spoonful of ice cream.
“Is that what it is?” Jennifer asked. “I was starting to wonder.”
“Yup, natural high. My baby probably still has four times what she’s
used too surging through her system, and she feels so gooooood. She is sooooo
stoned.” She reached out and pinched Sam’s cheek. “I wish she could take a nap,
but that ain’t gonna happen.”
“I was looking at the telemetry, and I noticed that her endorphins were
way up. She hit six times what she was at this morning. Her estrogen is way up
too. We probably won’t have to stim...”
“Don’t bet on it.” Tammy grinned.
Carter stood up suddenly, and started for the door. She turned around
and picked up her glass, and started back out.
“Where ya goin, Sam?” Tammy asked her.
“Office. I just thought of something, and I need to work on a few
things.” They heard her say as she disappeared down the hall.
Tammy switched views to the office camera, and saw her walk in and sit
down a moment later.
“She’s gonna be like this for a couple hours, till she comes down a
little, but she’s not in any danger. I’ll keep an eye on her...”
She stopped when she saw Jennifer grinning as she looked at the tablet
propped up on the table.
She looked over, and saw Sam holding up a piece of paper with BITCH
written on it.
“Don’t feel bad,” Keller said. “The first one said, I Love You.”
As they watched her, they saw her reach out and touch the monitor, a
soft smile creasing her lips. Then she touched the desk and the Atlantian
computer came up, and she started tapping away at the keyboard, checking some
notes every so often as she went through the buildings systems.
“Does that machine have access to the cameras?” Jennifer asked.
“Yes, but I’m the only one that can modify the software.”
“That’s not why I was asking. She can see us, and she’s watching you.”
Tammy looked at the tablet again, and a moment later, Carter looked at
her monitor, and waved at the camera without taking her eyes off the screen.
Tammy waved back, and Carter smiled, then went back to work on the Atlantian
machine.
“Do you have any idea what she’s working on? I thought she had all the
buildings systems configured already.” Keller said
“She said something about wanting to check some simulations that she had
running. She has something going on in one of the sub basements, we went down
last night after you left, and she spent half an hour playing with a device she
has down there. Some kind of bridge? She said that McKay messed it up when he
did it, but that she had figured it out. I missed alot of what she was talking
about because she spent most of the time bitching about how arrogant he is.”
“I’ve heard people talk about that experiment.” Keller said. “They put
up a bridge or something onto another universe, and brought back another McKay.
His sister was here helping them do it. That was before Sam or I got here.”
“She was talking about making the bridge jump, and not stay in one place
for too long. I think she has that part worked out. She was more concerned
about why it wasn’t stable coming this way, but I didn’t recognize the terms
she was using.”
Tammy looked back at the tablet. Carter had an application open on her
desktop, and the camera was minimized in a corner. She also had a laptop open,
and was rotating between the three machines.
“She’s not referencing her notes as often, and look at how she’s banging
away on the ancient machine. Andi said we were intellectual equals, and she was
right to a point, our IQ’s are close, within 10 points or so.” She paused as
she watched Carter work on the ancient machine. “But I don’t think that’s going
to last...” She said quietly.
Interior-Office
1435 Hours
Tammy came into the office with a fresh glass of ice and two cokes. She
had her laptop under her arm.
“Do you mind if I join you? Jenn went back to the Infirmary, and I don’t
know where Andi is.” She said as she sat the drinks down on the desk, safely
away from any papers. She took the other glass and sat it on a table by the
door. She sat her laptop on the edge of the desk.
“Huh? Oh yeah, come on in.” Carter said absently as she flipped the
pages of a thick, hand written book. She found the section she was looking for,
and Tammy could see her lips moving as she ran her finger over the page.
“Can I take a look at that book, Sam?” Tammy asked.
Carter glanced up at her, nodded, then started typing on the ancient
keyboard again. She checked some calculations on the desktop machine, wrote the
numbers down, then wrote a series of symbols under them and typed them into the
ancient machine.
Tammy picked up the book, slid a piece of paper between the pages to
mark her place, then sat down and started flipping through it.
The book was filled with neatly hand printed notes, in English at the
beginning, then again on the edges of the pages later on, but most of it was
drawings of ancient buildings, devices, artifacts, and what Tammy assumed were
ancient symbols. It was a journal that had expanded into a reference book as
the author learned more about his subject. The pages filling the last third of
it were nothing but row after row, and blocks of symbols, with English
translations under them. She recognized a few that she had seen on different
stargates over the years, and around Atlantis.
“These pages toward the end, and the stuff you’re working on, that’s all
in ancient?” She asked.
“Uh huh.”
“And you can read that?”
“Some of it.” Carter said, running her finger over the screen on the
ancient machine. She typed for a minute, checked her work, then looked over at
Tammy. “Why?”
“I’m just curious.” Tammy said. “How much of it could you read last
week?”
Carter looked like she had hit her upside the head with a brick. She
looked back at the machine, then back at Tammy.
“Oh my god, you’re right.” She said softly. “I’ve only been glancing at
Daniel’s translations when I hit something I wasn’t familiar with.”
“I know, I was watching. But you knew that.” Tammy flipped back to the
front of the book. “Daniel Jackson wrote this?”
“Yeah, Jonas Quinn added to it while he was with SG-1, after Daniel
ascended.” Carter said as she turned back to her machines. “Jonas made some
breakthroughs that made it possible for Daniel to finally translate most of the
ancient language.”
“And now you understand it well enough to type forty words a minute on
that thing.”
“What are you trying to say, Tammy?” Carter asked her, reaching over and
picking up the glass and a coke.
“I’m not saying anything. I just want to make sure I understand what’s
going on.” Tammy said as she sat the book back on the desk. “And just to
clarify, last week, you had a passable understanding of ancient, and today you
understand it well enough to do calculations for that gizmo you’ve got in the
basement?”
Carter looked at her, but before she could say anything, Tammy went on.
“I may not understand high level physics, but I recognize it when I see
it. It shares alot of the same math I deal with in chemistry.” She leaned back
and stretched her feet out in front of her.
“I guess I’m busted.” Carter said. “I wasn’t trying to hide anything,
and if you want the truth, I hadn’t realized that I was going as fast as I was.
I’ve made alot of progress this afternoon. I was setting up simulations with
different parameters this time, to make sure it doesn’t bite me in the ass like
it did McKay.”
“So you want to tell me what that thing downstairs does? You were
talking it about it last night, but alot of it bounced off my forehead. And you
spent more time bitching about McKay. You really don’t like that guy, do you?”
“It’s a
She stood up and stretched, then looked at Tammy. “Would you like to go
for a walk? Outside I mean? I haven’t been outside in weeks, other than a few
minutes on a balcony every now and then, and I miss it.”
“Sure.” Tammy said as she stood up. “Where did you want to go? And do we
need shoes? I don’t think you have any here.”
“There’s boots and sneakers in my closet, but I’d rather go barefoot.”
Sam smiled. “There’s a small park at the base of the building, on the
Interior-Kitchen
1745 Hours
Andi Samuels was in the kitchen when Sam and Tammy returned. She
announced that she was cooking dinner that evening, and ordered them out. Sam
went back to her office, while Tammy went over to the
She packed up what little she had left in her locker, stripped the bed,
and left a short note for her current roommate. Her next stop was the
commissary, where she got toppings for sundaes and batteries for her boombox,
then went on to the mess. The airman behind the counter looked at her like she
was crazy when she told him that she wanted six quarts each of chocolate ripple
and french vanilla, and three each of chocolate and rocky road. She’d had to
call Keller to have her order the mess sergeant to give it to her. She took six
sundae glasses from the fountain to make up for the aggravation.
She went back to her suite, put her things and the ice cream away, and
straightened up in the living room. After a quick shower, she changed into her
favorite jeans, and a blue chambray work shirt. She was bummed because she
couldn’t wear her favorite perfume, but she was getting used to going
unscented. Just before she left, she laid out her korathis and massage oil, and
made sure that the batteries in her boombox were fresh.
The first thing she noticed when she stepped out of the porter was the
delightful smell of italian cooking. The second thing she noticed was Jennifer
Keller on her knees, feeling around under the couch.
Tammy couldn’t resist, and she walked over quietly, leaned close and ran
her hand over the full, round cheek of her ass. Jennifer squealed and leapt
forward, bumped her head on the back of the couch and fell face first onto the
floor.
“Goddamnit Sam!” She shouted as she rolled over, glaring up at her.
“What did I do now?” Sam asked as she came out of her bedroom. She had
showered, and was wearing one of the loose, flowing gowns Andi had brought up.
“Apparently nothing,” Keller grinned up at her, reaching up to take hold
of the hand Tammy was holding out to her. “Your girlfriend on the other hand.”
“What were you doing down there anyway?” Tammy asked as she pulled her
to her feet. “And I couldn’t resist. It was such a BIG target!”
Jennifer glared at Tammy, then grinned. “Oh, I dropped my comm unit. I
think it went under the couch.”
“Nope, must have bounced over here.” Sam said as she leaned down and picked
it up. She tossed it to Keller, and she dropped it in her pocket.
“So if you two are out here, who’s cooking dinner? It smells delicious.
I...” She glanced over at Sam, and noticed that she was wearing a nose filter.
“Oh, a little strong, huh?”
“The first half hour wasn’t too bad, but then she started crushing
garlic, and I didn’t have any choice.” Sam laughed. “I already apologized, but
she blew me off. She said it was okay, but I think her feelings are hurt.”
“Oh, I’m fine Sam.” Andi said as she stepped out of the hall, wiping her
hands on a towel. “I didn’t take it personally. And the fact that you kept
coming back for samples tells me that you liked it. But dinner is served
ladies. I wasn’t going to wash dishes three days in a row.”
They followed her into the kitchen, and gasped at the spread she had
laid out. One counter was filled with hot dishes, lasagna, spaghetti, various
pastas, sausages and grilled vegetables, while the other side was laid out with
breads, salads, cold pasta dishes, fruit salad...
“Good lord, Andi! There’s no way we’ll be able to eat all that!”
Jennifer said. “That’s enough food for twenty people! We’re going to be eating
italian for a week!”
“No, we’re not.” Andi said with a smile. “Whatever we don’t eat, I’m
taking down to the marines over in barracks two. Those boys get every tough job
that comes along, and never complain. I cook them up something nice every
couple weeks, and they’re about due. I’d do it more often, but Sgt. Wilkins
won’t let me. He says they’re fat and lazy for two days after I bring them a
dinner!”
Carter stared at her, barely able to hold back her tears. She stepped
over and took her in her arms, hugging her tightly. When she released her, she
looked at her again. “That’s a really nice thing to do, Andi. Thank you.”
“I can’t help it, my father and my husband were both marines. It’s in
the blood.” She smiled. “Now come on, eat up! I didn’t spend hours slaving over
a hot stove so you could stand around looking at it!”
Everyone filled their plates, but knowing where the leftovers were going
made them take just a taste of everything.
“Oh, come on, don’t be shy, dig in and eat all you want.” Andi laughed
as she watched them. “There’s only twelve of them, and even they won’t be able
to eat all this! So come on, enjoy it, that’s why I made it.”
Soon plates were piled high with food, and they sat laughing and telling
stories as they ate. Andi passed around bottles of wine, telling them to drink
up, because the marines couldn’t have any.
As they finished, Andi sat back and looked between Sam and Tammy. “So
what were you two talking about in your office, Sam? There’s no audio, but I’m
pretty sure it had something to do with that book Tammy was looking at. And the
way you were pounding away at that keyboard, I’m betting you’re showing a new
talent.”
Sam and Tammy looked at each other, then Sam looked at Andi. “Yeah,
apparently my ancient is improving. The book is something Daniel Jackson gave
me, he rewrote it and kept the new version. I was using it to figure out some of
the markings around the city, then when I found this place, and got into the
terminals, it came in handy.”
She shook her head as she took a sip of wine. “I hadn’t realized that I
had made that much progress. I’ve been using it to help me get around in the
cities systems, and just didn’t notice that I was relying on the book less and
less.”
“I don’t think it’s anything to be concerned about. Being smarter
probably can’t hurt you that much, it’s not like you’re growing another
head...”
She stopped when both Sam and Tammy burst out laughing, then sat looking
between, waiting politely for them to calm down.
“Sorry.” Sam said after a few moments, “But that same subject came up
earlier!”
“I’m not even going to ask,” Andi said. “Just let me add that I want to
include an EEG in our testing schedule, maybe every other day or so to start.”
She stood up and looked around the kitchen. “If you’d be kind enough to
cover these dishes, I stole a cart from the mess, and have it parked
downstairs. I’ll go get it, and we can load it up so I can take it over to my
boys.”
Interior-Tammy’s Suite
2130 Hours
The lights were dimmed, and the fireplace was lit, filling the room with
a soft, warm glow. A saxophone solo was playing in the background as Sam and
Tammy lay back against pillows in the pit.
“What’s this?” Sam asked, reaching for a small plastic box.
“Don’t,” Tammy said, moving the box out of her reach. “That’s my
korathis. I probably should have done it earlier, if I was going to do it at
all, instead of leaving it out like that.”
“You’re going to it with me, the korathis? That’s sweet of you.”
“I’m not sure if that’s such a good idea now. I mean, after what
happened this morning.” Tammy said as she took a sip of wine. “And I’m not sure
if swapping spit with you while I’m doing it is that smart either. What if you
have another reaction to it?”
“We could ask Andi, or Jennifer, see what they think.” Sam said, getting
to her knees. She looked at Tammy, her eyes glowing in the firelight. “Come on,
let’s call them.”
She pulled Tammy to her feet, then led her into her office. She saw the
comm unit on the desk, and went over, pressing two buttons at the same time.
“Anybody home?” She asked.
“I’m here,” Keller said immediately. “Is there something wrong, Sam?”
“I’m on too.” Samuels said a moment later.
“No, I’m fine. I just have a question. I want Tammy to use her korathis,
and she’s worried about...”
“Secondary exposure. Jenn, I’m just not sure what effect that might
have.” Tammy said.
“I don’t think it’s anything to worry about, Tammy.” Keller said. “I’ve
been looking at Sam’s blood work, and the levels of korathis in her blood steam
are still increasing. She’s producing elements of it on her own, so if you keep
what you ingest to a small dose, I don’t think it will be a problem.”
“I think it’s a good idea too, Tammy, for a couple of reasons.” Andi
added. “It will do Sam good to see how another woman reacts to it.” She paused.
“How long has it been since your last dose, Tammy?”
“A little over three days. I had some the night before I came onboard.”
Tammy said quietly. “I’m thinking the same thing, Andi. I’m starting to
feel...a little off.”
Carter looked at her, and Tammy smiled, mouthing ‘later’, as she
listened to Andi.
“Just keep the dose small, and spit out the chew before you
start...exchanging fluids...and keep a headset handy, just in case.”
“Oh, you’re such a romantic, Andi!” Carter laughed. “But thank you,
we’ll call before we go to bed...to sleep I mean.”
She closed the link, and turned to Tammy. “Do it, it’ll be okay, I
promise.”
Tammy opened the box, and poked at the buds with her finger. Picking up
a small one, she broke it in two and popped the smaller piece in her mouth, and
put the other one back in the box. She sat the box on the desk and took Sam’s
hand.
“It takes a few minutes to kick in.” She said as she chewed the bud
slowly, moving it around in her mouth. “Let’s go get another bottle of wine, it
should be working by the time we get back to the living room.”
“What were you and Andi talking about?” Sam asked as they entered the
kitchen. “You said you were feeling ‘off’. What did that mean?”
“I’ve been using korathis on an almost daily basis for three years.”
Tammy said as she got a bottle opener from a drawer, and started opening a bottle
of wine. “I had some concerns about withdrawal, and it looks like I may have
been right.”
Pulling the cork out, she sat the bottle and the opener on the counter,
and took Sam in her arms, holding her lightly. “I don’t want you to worry about
me. I just need a small dose, every few days, so it’s not a problem. Okay?”
She pushed her away, and turned to the sink, chewed a few more times,
tipped her head back and swallowed, then spat the chew into the drain. She ran
water behind it for a moment, then filled a glass with water, swished some
around in her mouth, then swallowed. She repeated the process twice, then turn
back to Sam.
“Come on, woman. Tammy said, holding her hand out. “Take me, and have
your way with me!”
Sam laughed and grabbed the bottle of wine, then took Tammy’s hand and
led her into the living room. She stepped down into the pit, but turned and put
her hand on her stomach as Tammy started to follow her.
“Wait,” She said as she sat the wine down.
She turned and looked up at her, reaching up and opening the top button
on her shirt. She moved down slowly, opening each button in turn. When she
reached her waist, she undid the snap on her jeans, and eased the zipper down
slowly, then opened the last button on her shirt.
Tammy sighed as she watch her spread her shirt open, running her hands
lightly up her sides as she leaned in and kissed her softly, her lips brushing
gently across stomach.
Sam’s lips moved slowly up over her as her hands worked her jeans down
over her hips. Tammy moved her legs, helping her get them off, then stepped out
of them and kicked them off over her feet, pushing them aside with one foot.
Sam’s hands came up, pushing her shirt off of her shoulders, and Tammy let it
drop off her arms onto the floor.
“You’re so beautiful.” Sam whispered, stepping back, but keeping her
hands on her hips. Tammy’s skin glowed in the light from the fire as Sam let
her eyes roam over her body.
Taking her hand, Sam pulled her down into the pit, guiding her down onto
her back. She pulled her gown off over her head, tossing it to the side as she
knelt beside Tammy. One leg moved over Tammy’s, settling between them as Sam
straddled it, her upper body easing down, and pressing against Tammy’s. She
rocked back and forth lazily, making their breasts brush against each others,
the nipples scraping across soft skin.
Tammy purred, and her arms came up, wrapping around her as she spread
her own legs wider. She pulled Sam down onto her. Their lips met and Tammy let
her tongue dart out, lightly caressing Sam’s. Sam moaned and pressed her lips
to hers, and they kissed, gently at first, then more hungrily.
They ground together, each if them moving against the others leg as they
kissed, then Tammy rolled over, and began moving down Sam’s body. Sam stopped her,
rolling them over again, smiling down at her as she slid slowly down over her,
planting soft kisses on her breasts, then the soft skin of her tummy as she
moved down slowly.
“Tonight is for you.” She whispered as she whisked her face back and
forth through the soft curls of her pubes, inhaling the musky scent of her.
“Lay back, let me, I want to...mmmm.” She moaned, as her head dropped between
her legs.
Interior-Dr. Samuel’s Suite
2240 Hours
Her marines had been overjoyed when she showed up with a load of food
for them, and they had torn into it eagerly. Andi had gone into Wilkins’ office
with him, as she usually did when she made her food runs. She smiled as she
wondered if they knew what they did in there while they ate.
Her pipe and Thumper were sitting on the desk, and she picked up the
pipe, loading it as she read through the file she was working on. She made a
note, then brought up Jennifer’s medical logs. She lit the pipe and took a
long, slow hit off of it, then sat back, holding her breath as she tabbed down
through the records.
She made another entry on her notes, transferred them to her tablet,
then picked up her laptop and went into her bedroom. She sat the laptop on the
nightstand, started a movie, then pulled off her gown, tossing it across the
foot of the bed. Dimming the lights, she laid down, feeling the Thumper
starting to hit her, and a happy smile spread across her face.
She started masturbating lazily as she let her mind drift back to her
time with Wilkins earlier, her fingers were still moving between her legs as
she drifted off into sleep.
Interior-Bedroom
0010 Hours
“Jennifer? Are you on?” Tammy said as she stood next to the comm unit.
“Yes, Tammy. I was getting ready for bed.” Keller replied a moment
later. “Is everything all right?”
“Yes, I just wanted to tell you that we’re home, and that everything is
fine. We’re going to bed too.” Tammy said. “I just didn’t want you to worry.”
“How did it go? Did you have a good time?” Keller asked.
“It was wonderful, you little perv.” Tammy laughed. “I’ll tell you all
about it tomorrow if you want...well, some of it.” She paused then said, “Have
you heard from Andi? She’s not answering. I didn’t really need her but...”
“I know, she’s not answering me either.” Keller said, sounding
irritated. “It’s okay, she’s like that in the evening. She probably just went
to bed early. We’re all doing that lately.”
“Okay, we’ll see you in the morning. Kisses.” Tammy said, then closed
the channel.
“Did you have to put that thing in here?” Sam asked as she held her arms
out.
“Yes, there’s one in every room of the house now.” Tammy said, yawning
as she slid down the bed and lay her head on Sam’s shoulder. “Help is only few
steps away now. I’m not leaving you again like I did this morning.”
“Okay.” Carter said, kissing her lightly on the forehead. “I’m happy
right now. I think I’m going to sleep good tonight.”
“Mmmmmm, me too.” Tammy purred. “You wore me out you little vixen!”
“Good, now go to sleep.” Sam said softly as she reached up and turned
off the light. She looked down, smiling when she saw that Tammy was already
asleep, a small smile on her face.