Author's Note: I'm glad that you all enjoyed the last chapter. Thank you for the amazing reviews! I hope that you all like this chapter! I just went camping this weekend, so it sort of inspired this little moment.
Disclaimer: Don't own it.
Singularity
"What are we doing, Jack?"
The question was innocent enough; even so, it made Jack turn around and gasp dramatically at Cassie. The young girl looked up at him with wide eyes, but Jack managed to keep his incredulous look on his face.
"What are we doing? What are we doing?" Jack repeated.
"Come on Jack, throw her a bone," Daniel said with a laugh. "She doesn't know anything about camping."
Janet was working the late shift, and all of SG-1 happened to have some downtime. So Jack decided to kill two birds with one stone and show Teal'c and Cassie the joys of backyard camping. They had already set up two tents towards the back, and Jack had just finished lighting the fire. It was now crackling cheerily in front of them.
Sam had procured all of the ingredients needed for smores. She, Jack, and Daniel had all agreed that the s'mores were absolutely needed when introducing someone to camping.
Jack was still messing around, so Daniel took it upon himself to explain. "Jack just built a campfire. Generally, you sit around it and talk, and you also make s'mores. S'mores originated—"
"Daniel, only you could make fire, marshmallows, chocolates, and graham crackers boring," Jack deadpanned.
Sam laughed and shook her head. She crouched down by Cassie's chair and handed her a fire poker. She popped open the bag of marshmallows and slid it onto the tip of the poker.
"We're going to make s'mores," Sam explained as she began to open all of the packages.
Cassie's brow furrowed. "What's a s'more?"
Before Jack could another indignant gasp, Sam explained, "It's kind of a like a sandwich. You roast a marshmallow over the fire, and then you put it and some chocolate between two graham crackers. Do you want to try a marshmallow before you roast it?"
"Sure!" Cassie nodded her head enthusiastically. She already loved chocolate, so she had already deduced that a s'more was filled with sugar.
Sam handed her another marshmallow. "Personally, I only like them in a s'more, roasted. But, hey; to each their own."
Cassie quickly devoured the marshmallow. "Oooh," she said. "That's really good." She reached into the bag and pulled another one out; she ate it in one bite.
"Carter, I think you created a new monster," Jack said as he watched Cassie with an affectionate look. That look had been appearing more and more; especially since Cassie had joined their little family.
"What, the Marshmallow Monster?" Daniel said with a laugh. "Oooh, so scary."
"Have you ever stood between a girl and her sugar, Danny Boy?" Jack said. "It is scary."
Sam laughed again. "Anyway…" She guided Cassie's hand, so that the marshmallow was hovering over the fire. "Just hold that until you think that it's ready. Check it every now and then."
Sam stood up and crossed around the fire until she was standing with Jack, Daniel, and Teal'c. She handed a fire poker and marshmallow to Teal'c.
"Do you need us to show you how to do it, T?" Jack asked.
Teal'c just raised an eyebrow at Jack.
"Okay then." Jack turned back to Daniel and Sam. "I—"
"Sam!" Cassie called from the other side of the fire.
All four adults whipped around. "What?" they chorused.
Cassie waved her poker around. "It's on fire!"
"Okay." Jack was the first to reach Cassie. He gently caught her wrist. "First, we don't wave the flaming marshmallow around. Second…" Jack blew the marshmallow out. "You have to blow it out."
Cassie gave the burnt marshmallow a distasteful look. "What do I do with it?"
"Throw it out!" Sam suggested as she joined them.
"NO!"
Suddenly, Daniel was at their side. He carefully pulled the burnt marshmallow off of the poker. "I love burnt marshmallows. Why would you go and waste a perfectly good marshmallow, anyway?"
"Burnt marshmallows are disgusting," Sam said. "Golden brown is the way to go."
"No," Daniel said. "Burnt is so much better—"
"Alright, kiddies." Jack handed Cassie another marshmallow. "I think we should let Cassie decide how she wants to roast her marshmallow. Here, I'll help you."
As Jack guided Cassie in the art of marshmallow-roasting, Daniel and Sam continued to argue. Teal'c watched with one eyebrow raised.
"I was not under the impression that marshmallow roasting was so complicated."
Author's Note: There might be a few with the team doing 'firsts' with Cassie. I hope you all liked this chapter!
