'What on Earth possessed you to say yes to this Sam?' Daniel all but wailed at Sam as they lugged bags out of the two trucks and walked up to the cabin.

'You're only complaining because you took that stupid bet.' Sam arched an eyebrow at him as she looked around her.

'It wasn't stupid!' Sam sighed rolling her eyes while her shoulders drooped.

'You have bet against the General that you wouldn't drink coffee for the two weeks we're here. In Minnesota.' Sam turned to look at Daniel and looked him up and down.

'I have one word for you Daniel. Dummmmmmmmmbo!' She continued laughing as she walked ahead of Daniel.

She stopped as she turned the corner of the cabin.

Wow.

The General was not kidding about how beautiful this place was, heck he was understating it.

Sam stepped up onto the deck dropping her bag and looked out at the glimmering lake. She heard Daniel grumble behind her, she glanced back to see him stomp inside the cabin carrying her bag as well as his own.

She raised a hand to her mouth and tried suppress a giggle Daniel was losing that bet today.

She would bet her bike on it.

She closed her eyes and took a deep breath.

'Now there's a happy camper!' She turned and smiled as she saw the General striding over to her.

'Unlike the other caffeine deprived camper, who's currently storming through the cabin.' Sam started giggling now as a not so muffled foreign string of curses flowed out of the open door.

'Tut tut, that boy, where on Earth did I go wrong with him?' The General jokingly placed his hands on his hips whilst shaking his head and smiling at Sam.

She smiled brightly in return and stared out at the lake once again, taking in the surrounding woods and peaceful atmosphere.

'I see why you kept trying to bring me here.' She uttered looking up at the General who was looking out at the lake with a serene smile stretched over his face.

'Yup, only took me... what four, five years?'

'I'm a very stubborn person, as you full well know.'

'SON OF A BIT-' Both Sam and the General turned around to see Daniel fall out of the door. They both dropped their heads down as he hit the deck. Sam tilted her head at him, feeling completely baffled by his odd behaviour.

Daniel blinked up at the pair of them through crooked glasses.

'Alright their Danny boy?' The General asked smirking so much it could be heard in his voice.

Daniel rolled over and got up, all the time grumbling under his breath in what Sam was sure was Goa'uld.

Sam shook her head at him and walked inside the cabin.

'You think we'll survive this?'

'I'm not sure.'

'I think it would be wise if you ceased this conversation.' Sam walked in from the kitchen and stood with her hands placed on her hips. Both Daniel and the General looked up at Sam with guilty expressions. The men were sitting at the dining table with a cake sitting in between them, clearly suspicious of it.

'I'll have you both know that I can cook and Dad gave me that recipe.' She huffed crossing her arms across her chest and scowling at both of them. The pair looked at Sam, then at the cake and then round at Teal'c who had just made a very satisfied noise eating a rather large slice of her cake.

The General narrowed his eyes at Teal'c and looked shiftily at Sam before sighing and grabbing a slice of the chocolate cake. Sam leaned against the doorframe and smiled smugly as both Daniel and the General looked round at her in shock.

'Sham... will youh marhry me?' She shook her head at Daniel who was staring up at her with wide pleading eyes speaking around a mouth full of cake.

'I will never insult your cooking again... Though I may want to check another slice... Just to make sure.' The General half mumbled staring at the cake in almost reverence before polishing off the first slice and helping himself to almost half of the rest of the cake.

'Thank you, I think... and if there is one thing I've learned... Never accept a proposal over baked goods. Tends to cloud ones' judgement.' Sam shook her head again at both of them who were practically drooling all over the table. She turned back into the kitchen and started to tidy up all the bowls and cutlery she had used in her baking during the day.

Sam started humming to herself as she cleaned everything away as she felt someone approach from behind. She turned slightly, as she placed a bowl on the draining board and looked up at Teal'c. He gently placed a hand on her shoulder.

Without speaking a word he pulled her into a hug and Sam, incapable of doing anything else just clung to the strong man holding her. She didn't cry, they just stood, but it didn't matter. He was there as she pulled away she saw that they were all there.

Despite the fact that they were all there, Sam found herself later that night plagued with the same insomnia that had struck her when her mother died, when Daniel died, that one had be a cause several times and when Janet died last year.

Sam pulled on an old air force jumper, and padded out onto the deck. She sat down and leaned back bracing herself on her arms stretched out behind her as she stared into the sky.

As she stared upwards into the glittering landscape above her she mused that this must have been another reason why Jack came out here so often. Unlike the sky back in the Springs this was full of stars, shining and sparkling down at her. She was instantly five again, sneaking out of the house and looking up in wonderment. Every so often her Dad come out with a blanket and hot chocolate and they'd stare into the sky until she fell asleep in his arms.

She closed her eyes and once again felt tears flow down her cheeks. Sam sat up and angrily scrubbed at her face.

'Sam? What are you doin' out here?' Sam turned round to look at the door to the cabin to see a figure move out towards her on the deck.

As they moved forward she realised it was Jack coming out to her. She should've known she mused as she smiled tiredly up at him.

'What are you doing up?' She asked as he slowly bent down and sat down, legs outstretched.

'I thought I heard something, and it turns out I was right. Now why are you out here? Wait a sec; I'm going to grab a blanket it's freezing out here.' As Jack got up and headed inside Sam pulled up one leg and rested her chin on it looking out at the still lake but not really seeing it.

She started slightly as she felt a weight drop on her shoulders but relaxed instantly as she felt Jack plonk himself down next to her. Sam pulled the blanket tighter around her as she stared back up into the sky.

They both sat on the deck for an indeterminate amount of time gazing up into the sky.

'Where's Abydos?' Sam blinked and looked round at Jack who was still gazing upwards a rather melancholic look gracing his features. She smiled sadly before looking and pointing up at its location.

'There. I still can't believe it's gone.'

'Yeah, I always think of Skar'ra and wonder how he's doing out there.' He gestured vaguely at the phrase 'out there'.

Sam leaned over slightly and rested her head on Jacks shoulder.

'Before you came out I was thinking about Dad... I remember when I was little sneaking outside and staring up at the sky and every so often he'd come out with a blanket and hot chocolate for both of it. We'd stay there until I fell asleep. Mum usually had a fit in the morning over it.' Sam smiled softly at the memories of her parents.

Jack placed his arm around Sam's shoulders and rubbed her arm gently.

'I used to do the same with Charlie when I was home, he'd loved the stars and being here was his favourite place in the world. All the stars of the galaxy practically at his fingertips.'

With that they sat there for the rest of the night stargazing and then watched the sun rise slowly the peaceful quiet.

'Have you two been out here the whole night?' Daniels voice broke through the calm that had settled over the pair in such a spectacular fashion that Sam nearly fell off the dock. Save for Jack grabbing her waist right before she went over the edge.

'Daniel a little warning in future alright?' Sam exclaimed holding a hand to her chest, blanket sliding off her shoulders and falling onto the dock.

'Sorry guys, I just wasn't expecting to see you out here... Breakfast? Teal'c making pancakes I think.' Daniel help both hands in a surrendering gesture before turning and walking back inside. Sam shook head and him before turning back to Jack who was standing at the dock watching her.

'Always has a fantastic knack at ruining a moment doesn't he?' He mused, picking up the blanket and walking towards her.

'Yes, it's one of his more unfortunate talents, but at least you saved me from falling into the lake.'

'I always wanted to save a fair maiden! Always thought it'd be from a dragon though...' Jack smiled as he reached her, his eyebrow twitched as he smirked mischievously at her.

'Would thou'st like-eth a hand, oh fair maiden?' He jokingly asked as he bowed looking up at her and extended a hand towards her.

Sam giggled as she grasped his hand.

'I would be honoured, oh valiant knight!'

As they stepped inside Sam smiled at the sight of Jack stepping forward to help Daniel to set the table as Teal'c approached with a tower of pancakes.

She may have lost her father, but she was far from alone, these men wouldn't ever allow it. Jack pulled out a chair for her, indicating that she should sit.

All things aside, didn't all girls want to find their valiant knight?

Oh how sap-tastic was this little piece... I hope you all enjoyed it's pure cheesiness!

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