Chapter three
Anys leant back on the bar surveying the room as Sam stood next to her ordering drinks. The dance floor was a mass of writhing bodies moving to the bass of a hip-hop song. Sam handed Anys her drink, a long island iced tea, and led her to a table where a group of girls welcomed Sam with hugs. Sam introduced Anys who smiled warmly and said hello to each girl as they took in her tattoos and good looks. She listened carefully to the gossip, saying nothing while she drank her drink.
"You ok?" Sam asked Anys, leaning in to whisper in her ear.
"I'm good, I like this song." Anys replied her hips swaying a bit. Sam smiled at her and nodded her head at the group of girls they were standing with. "This isn't the kind of thing I would normally do," Sam said conspiratorially. "It's good to go out and let go sometimes though." She grinned at Anys who smiled right back.
"I know what you mean Sam." Anys said quietly. "Want to go and dance?" Anys drained her glass and led the way on to the dance floor. Sam looked over to the door and saw Daniel, Jack and T'ealc enter. Jack and Daniel looking uncomfortable while T'ealc looked on entertained. Sam hung back while Anys waded into the dance floor.
"I like your tattoo's." A good looking guy whispered in Anys' ear. Daniel scanned the room and spotted Sam at the edge of the dance floor, making his way over to her he spotted Anys in the middle of the dance floor dancing with a six foot behemoth with a shaved head. He gulped and sidled up to Sam, still keeping his eye's on Anys. She was wearing tight fitting jeans and a low cut backless green top that showed off more tattooed swirls up the sides of her back. Her hair was swept up into a loose bun, tendrils of wavy copper escaping all over. Her hips were swaying as she danced to the bass of Prodigy's Spitfire. Her arms waving gracefully around her. The man holding onto her hips whispered in her ear again Anys laughed and abrubtly brought her head up so it smacked him in the face. The man backed away quickly while she pretended to apologize while struggling to laugh. Daniel laughed as Anys continued to dance oblivious to the looks people around her were shooting her way.
"Atta girl." Jack said loudly handing Daniel a beer. "You sure you wanna dance with her Danny boy?" Jack asked grinning at him. Daniel took a long swig from his beer and handed it back to Jack as he determinedly walked across the dance floor towards Anys. Getting close to her he tapped her shoulder. She spun to face him shock on her face. He grabbed her arms and put them around his neck as he tried to move to the rhythm of the song. Anys shivered as she felt Daniel's body pressed so close to hers. His collarbone so close to her lips Daniel could feel her breathing against him. Anys leant her head back, her body arching against Daniel. She straightened up and looked at him, he was looking at her the same way he had a year and a half ago when they were imprisoned by Svarog, that same half quizzical half something else look. He studied her face, from the swirling tattoos on her temples disappearing into her hairline, her dark green eye's to the strong cheekbones and full slightly open mouth. His eye's lingered for a moment on her lips, wondering what they would feel like on his. He stood holding her close to him as they danced and forgot about anything else.
Jack smiled at Sam as Daniel took off across the dance floor. She took Daniel's beer off him and took a swig. Jack looked down at her outfit, the undone black see through shirt with a low cut vest top underneath and tight dark blue jeans with heels. This was not a Samantha Carter he was used to seeing.
"Sir." Sam said simply. Jack grinned at her. T'ealc stood nearby surveying the dance floor. His hat pulled down low. They watched Daniel and Anys as the girls Sam was with giggled at Sam and made eye's at Jack and T'ealc. "What's the plan after this then Sam?"
"We're going to Anys' cabin for the weekend sir. What was your plan?" Sam replied smiling at Jack in such a way that made him forget his question.
"We were…" He struggled to think of an answer looking at his beer instead.
"Was the plan not to follow major Carter and Anys round all night O'Neill?" T'ealc put in from the side of them. Sam burst out laughing.
"It's been over a year since we rescued Anys and she got sent away. Now that she's back Daniel's all puppy dog all of a sudden!" Jack said grumpily. T'ealc smiled wryly.
"You know Daniel. Falls for women too easily." Sam replied. "Not that she's not worth falling for though, got more going for her than a few other ladies he's had off world. Did you know she passed all the training with full marks. All of it. And she's clever." Sam replied feeling the need to stand up for Anys. Jack smiled wryly at her.
"So this cabin she's got, how many do you think can invade it at once?" He asked. Sam frowned at him.
"Well there's us," Sam replied counting in her head, "you three clearly, and then a lad who looks after the horses will be coming round tomorrow to help out. You'd love it sir, she's got a lake, full of fish." Sam grinned cheekily gave him back the beer and walked onto the dance floor where she joined Daniel and Anys. Daniel broke away whispering something in Anys' ear, she blushed as he walked away. Jack downed the rest of Daniel's beer and handed him the end of the bottle. Sam and Anys threw their arm's in the air as Fatman Scoop came on next.