A/N- While I am getting my head around the sequel to A Stargate Carol, I thought I needed to get this out of my system. There are a few spoliers so be careful. I have done something similar but this is my more indepth version.

Enjoy!

Daniel and Teal'c worked over the translation in Daniel's lab. They worked in silence and seemed to be content to do so until they were interrupted by a knock on the door.

"Hey guys!" Sam said cheerfully.

"Colonel Carter." Teal'c replied.

"Hey Sam, what's up?" Daniel asked.

"Well I was wondering if you wanted to come out tonight, Pete is in town and I thought it would be fun to have dinner, nothing fancy, there's a nice new place near me." Sam told them.

"Sounds like fun. Is Jack coming?" Daniel asked.

"I was on my way to ask him." Sam replied.

"Well tell him we'll meet at your place and go from there in my car." Daniel said.

"Indeed." Teal'c added.

"Great, I should be home by six so why don't we say seven?" Sam asked.

"Sure thing Sam, see you then." Daniel said going back to the book on his lap. Sam took the hint and left them to continue on working.

As she stopped outside Jack's office she was about to knock when she heard that he was talking to someone but the only voice she could hear was his, a phone call, she realised.

'Yeah that sounds great...yeah I'll be out of here by then...I'll meet you there...ok...yeah me too see you then.' Sam heard the sound of him hanging up and took the chance to knock before he called anyone else.

"Come in" Jack called.

"Hi Sir, are you busy?" Sam asked stepping into his office.

"Never too busy for you Carter. What's up?" Jack said, Sam noticed what a good mood he was in.

"Actually Sir I was wondering if you'd like to have dinner?" Sam asked, Jack stared at her, unable to speak. "Ah, Pete is in town so Daniel and Teal'c are coming out with us, I thought you might like to come." Sam continued, trying to make it sound casual.

"Um, I love to but I already have plans, dinner plans that is. Sorry." Jack replied trying to cover his unease.

"Oh," Sam said, "that's fine, maybe another time."

"Sure. Thanks again for the invitation. Now if you'll excuse me..." Jack waved his hand to indicate the large stack of files on his desk.

"Bye Sir." Sam said walking out of his office. He had plans? He might have had plans, what is so odd about that? But with who? Sam forced all her questions from her mind as she went back to her lab.

Later that night...

The four people sat around the table nursing coffee, it was nearly midnight and Sam thought the dinner had gone surprisingly well. Pete was making a genuine attempt to befriend Daniel and Teal'c and they seemed to be accepting him. Although they had met on a few other occasions they were never this long or social.

"So how many times have you been to Egypt?" Pete asked Daniel.

"Oh, 17 I think. I lived there for a while as well. I can't wait to go back, my last visit wasn't exactly the most memorable." Daniel said looking to Sam.

"Something bad happen?" Pete asked.

"You could say that." Sam said. Pete looked at her with shock.

"You've been to Egypt?" He asked her.

"I was only there for three days and got pretty beat up but yeah I've been." Sam replied draining the last of her coffee.

"Wow. Maybe we should go there for our honeymoon?" He asked her with large grin, which faded as soon as he noticed how pale she was. Sam tried to cover it up.

"The only sand I want to see on our honeymoon better be on a beach in some remote tropical paradise thank you." Pete accepted her comment and took her hand and kissed the back of it.

"Wow we should get going, we have a meeting in seven hours." Daniel said looking at his watch.

"Indeed." Teal'c said standing up.

"It was great talking to you guys, we should do it again. Maybe General O'Neill can join us." Pete was met with three very sober looks that screamed it was a bad idea, but he pretended he did not notice anything.

"Yeah. We'll follow you then go from your place." Daniel said to Sam.

"Sure see you in a bit." She replied

Pete and Sam got into Sam's car and began the short drive back to her house.

"Why didn't you tell them?" Pete asked her.

"Sorry?" She said trying to prolong the inevitable argument.

"About the house, why didn't you tell them about the house?" Pete asked again.

"It never came up." Sam said lightly.

"Never came up? You could have brought it up!" Pete said sounding irritated.

"I never got the chance, it's no big deal." Sam said trying not to sound harsh.

"No big deal! NO BIG DEAL! Is anything a big deal to you, besides what goes on in Chyenne Mountain?"

"God don't Pete alright, just...don't."

"Sorry Sam, but I don't see us moving into together as no big deal." Pete said sounding calmer.

"Look, what could they say. 'Congratulations, let us know if you need help' and then what? We would have talked about something else."

"Well I listened to Daniel prattle on about dead people for most of the night, would have been nice to get a word in." Pete said in what sounded like a disgusted tone.

"Excuse me! He was answering your questions, and you spoke law enforcement just as much." Sam said, her grip on the steering wheel tight enough to draw blood.

"Fine, forget I said anything." Pete said turning away from her.

"Fine." Sam replied as she continued the rest of the drive in silence.

The two pulled up, thankfully before Daniel Teal'c. Pete got out of the car without a word and waited for Sam to come open the door. She unlocked it and Pete headed straight for her spare bathroom and slammed the door. She heard the shower come on and decided to make a tea for herself.

Daniel pulled up as she walked into the kitchen and heard him get out. There was a knock on the door a moment later. What did he want? Sam thought to herself.

"Hey." She said opening the door.

"Hey Sam, I left my cell phone in the kitchen." Daniel said. Sam moved so he could come in. The walked into the kitchen, Daniel picked up his phone and noticed Sam was upset.

"You ok Sam?" Daniel asked .

"What? Yeah of course." Sam said trying to smile. Just as she said it Pete stalked past without noticing Daniel now in the living room and went into the spare bedroom slamming the door behind him.

"You want to try that answer again?" Daniel asked.

"Not really." Sam said looking away.

"Sam, will you be alright?" Daniel asked touching her shoulder. Sam let out a soft chuckle at his concern.

"Yes Daniel, the hand to hand combat trained Colonel can handle a spat with her boyfriend." Sam said pushing him to the door.

"Ok, well I'll see you tomorrow then." Daniel said walking out back to his car.

Sam went to bed that night alone finally falling into a light sleep around 1:00am. She just hoped as she let the sleep overtake her Pete would not mind she would be gone before breakfast in the morning.