sg_wonderland | The Birthday Conundrum

Because Paian posted a copy of Daniel's Colorado driver's license that revealed a surprise.

"Daniel, you forget something?" Jack draped himself in the doorway of the office.

"Hmm?" Daniel answered without taking his eyes off his computer screen.

"Dinner? Team? Birthday?" He walked into the room.

"Oh," Daniel finally looked up. "But it isn't. My birthday, I mean."

Jack looked at his watch. "July 8th. Pretty sure it is."

Daniel began shuffling through the files on his desk. "I had to go....somewhere to fill out....something and this woman gave me this. To help me fill out the papers." He finally found what he was looking for. "See," he waved a piece of paper in Jack's face.

Jack finally grasped the fluttering paper. "What's this?"

"A copy of some stuff from my old file. This says my birthday is July 28, not today."

Jack frowned. "Oh for...they got it all wrong. Even the year is wrong!"

"But it's an official document. How could they get that wrong?" Daniel seemed clearly puzzled.

"Come on," Jack snagged his jacket sleeve. "On the way to dinner, I'll let Carter explain the mysteries of government bureaucracy. Or try to."

"Okay," Daniel let Jack tow him out the door. "Hey, does this mean we can celebrate twice?"

"Twice the cake! I like the way you think."