Oh my goodness – you guys are so generous! Thank you so much for your encouragement! (More at the bottom of this chap).

I've gone back and added a disclaimer to my first chap – can't believe I forgot that!

Here it is again though, just to be sure: They aren't mine, though I wish they were, and I promise to give them back one day :D (actually, you'd have to ask my Muse, I suppose… hehehe)

So, here is the next chap. I hope you enjoy it as much as the others. Like I said, I have already written this in long hand, but as I type it, I change things, and I found this one to be the hardest so far. (It might have something to do with utter exhaustion… ). Anyways – let me know what you think:)

Cheers!

It was close to 1430 when Teal'c and Daniel finally showed up at Janet's - and the party was already in full swing. They had to park half-way down the block and walk back up the street, as Janet's driveway and the street in front of her house were full of cars.

Upon stepping into the yard, they were greeted by Cassie ploughing into them at full force with hugs.

Daniel laughed, and patted her on the back "Hey Cass, quite the party you've got here!"

"Indeed," Teal'c agreed, raising an eyebrow at the sight before him – teens in very colourful swimming attire, milling about the yard.

Teal'c leaned towards Daniel and asked, rather perplexed "DanielJackson – what of the strange attire these adolescents seem to be sporting? On Chulak, when we partook in games of this nature, it was commonplace not to sport any attire at all."

Daniel coughed at the mental picture his friend was painting and after stuttering for a few moments, said "Nevermind," and turned his attention back to the yard.

Just then Teal'c and Daniel noticed Sam eyeing Jack warily as he tossed Cassie's boyfriend, Dominic, into the pool, then turned towards a new victim.

Janet was making the rounds when a pair of arms grabbed her from behind.

"Colonel!" She screamed. "Don't!"

But an inevitable splash soon reached everyone's ears – followed by a cheer from Cassie and Dominic. Janet surfaced just in time to hear said cheer, and shot a glare at her daughter, who just shrugged innocently.

Daniel smiled at the sight before him, and set off towards the house to drop off his bag, before joining in the fun. Teal'c just stood off to the side of the pool, with his arms crossed, trying to make sense of the situation before him.

Sam was still giggling along with Daniel, who had come up beside her while Janet was climbing out of the pool, when she looked up and found a very intense pair of brown eyes staring at her.

She gasped "No," and hid behind Daniel, then moved further along the deck to Teal'c as Jack followed her like a cat waiting to pounce.

"Teal'c, protect me!" She cried.

"From what MajorCarter?" He asked innocently. "I do not detect any real danger in DoctorFraiser's yard." Leave it to Teal'c to show off his new found sense of humour NOW.

Jack just grinned at his friend in thanks, and Sam groaned as she ran out from behind the giant man, in a desperate attempt to evade her bathingsuit clad, and totally hot C.O.

While she ran, Sam thought that as much as she didn't want to end up in the water, this little game of cat and mouse was quite fun!

"C'mon Carter, don't tell me you wore your swimsuit under your clothes just for the heck of it," Jack called breathlessly as he chased her around the yard.

She just ignored the comment, biting her tongue at all the possible, albeit inappropriate, comebacks that flooded her head at that comment, and focused on getting as far away from the pool as possible. She started running in erratic patters in a desperate attempt to lose the now gaining-on-her Colonel, but with no such luck.

At that exact moment, Hanka decided it would be the perfect time to join in the people games, and chase Sam too. He bolted right into her path, and in a desperate attempt to avoid the dog, Sam swung around, and ended up right in Jack's path.

Jack, who had the biggest cat-who-caught-the-canary grin on his face, shouted "Good dog," as he made a grab for his 2IC.

Sam tried to turn away, but his strong arms already had her in their grip.

Not planning on going down without a fight, Sam fought back the butterflies that had erupted in her stomach at his touch, and started struggling against him, but found herself, all too soon, at the pools edge.

Just as Jack wound up to toss her into the pool, Sam relaxed, turned and wrapped both her arms tightly around his neck. Unfortunately for Jack, he had enough forward motion to throw her into the pool, but her sudden move and change in position threw him off balance, and she said smugly "If I'm going in, you're following… sir," just before they broke the surface together.

As they resurfaced, Jack pulled a very child-like face and whined "No fair Carter!"

To which she replied, "All's fair in… well, war… Sir…" leaving out the rest of the very well known sentence, but blushing just the slightest bit as she said it.

Jack leaned into her ear and whispered breathily, "We'll see about that Carter, we'll see…" then turned around to do a quick lap of the pool before getting out to dry up and start on the grilling.

Sam was lost in her own little world as she stared after him wondering what he had meant, until Janet interrupted her thoughts.

"Earth to Sam! Time to get dried off and make the salads for these hordes!"

Sam nodded as she grabbed her towel and followed her friend up to the house.

Fragmentpieces – I never even thought about that! Duh! I honestly can't believe the thought never crossed my mind – thanks for pointing it out – it is fixed now… perhaps we keep that tiny slip up between us? winks

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