Authors Note:
the characters I've written here are at a function with music. The songs I've chosen are completely out of the timeline but are songs that I've always associated with Sam and Jack so as Jack would say..., "Just go with it..."
"Chapter 6
"In your eyes, faint as the singing of a lark
That somehow this black night feels warmer for the spark Warmer for the spark"
The friends chatted over their drinks for an hour or so, as Daniel excitedly told them about the translations he'd managed to finish from the artifacts SG-12 had brought back from P3C-428.
"So these people believed that when you're created, a small piece of your soul is transferred to another person and a small piece of their soul is, in turn transferred to you. Your life goal is then to find the one person on Earth, or Nasaii in this case, who has the piece of your soul. When you find this person, you will live together in harmony. Your true soulmate as it was."
"Daniel, didn't we agree, no 'shop talk', just for one night?!" Jack said.
"I think it's rather lovely myself Sir," Sam piped up.
"That it is Carter, but we could be talking about sports or our favorite TV shows or what flavor cake is the best one – it's chocolate by the way," Jack added, an amused grin on his face.
"It's actually Black Forest, Sir," Sam said, smiling.
Jack laughed. "That Carter, is fightin' talk"
The evening progressed as was expected. After an amazing five course meal, General Hammond gave an impassioned speech about how SG1 had not only saved Earth several times, but had saved the galaxy more times than he cared to mention. He recounted how much the team meant to him, to their colleagues and to each other and by the end of it, SG1 had shiny new medals pinned to their chests and shiny tears in their eyes.
"Now the fun can start," Jack declared rubbing his hands gleefully together as the DJ started up. Jack looked across the table where Sam was leaning in, talking animatedly to General Hammond's fiancé , Arleen. She was laughing and nodding and Jack didn't think he could be looking at anything more beautiful than her anywhere in the galaxy.
Teal'c returned to the table with their drinks; he passed Jack his Guinness, Daniel his whiskey and coke and Sam her Merlot, and then picked up the last remaining glass for himself. It was a pale yellow color and had a gaudy green umbrella sticking out of a piece of pineapple on the top of the glass.
"T, what in the name of Thor is that?" Jack said, gawking at the drink.
"It is a coconut rum and pineapple juice, O'Neill. Colonel Carter recommended it , she says it is one of her favorite drinks and I find it rather… tropical," he said taking a long drink through a straw. "Oh yes, O'Neill, this will do nicely."
Jack watched as the big man visibly relaxed and started to sway along with the music, which was progressively getting louder.
General Hammond decided to mingle with the IOA bigwigs, Arleen by his side, leaving Sam on her own. He watched her as she sang along quietly to the song while running her fingers absentmindedly around the rim of her glass. She must have sensed him looking at her because she suddenly lifted her eyes, just her eyes, looked straight at him and sang, "Grab somebody sexy, tell them Hey."
Jacks eyes darkened and grinning, he mouthed, "Hey". It was so not a song he ever thought he would see Samantha Carter singing, especially as seductively as she just did...