Chapter 20: The Roller Coaster Ride

"Do you believe it wise to be wearing your glasses while on this ride?"

"What? I… oh, God…"

"The ride has not started yet Daniel Jackson. You do not need to cover your eyes yet."

"Eyes… yeah… eyes…"

"Daniel Jackson, are you paying attention to me in any way whatsoever?"

"Attention. Left, I mean right. Right."

"Are you sure you want to be on this ride?" Teal'c asked, watching Daniel intently. He didn't seem to be enjoying it so far. Daniel's head snapped to him and he quickly shook his head.

"No, I don…" A man walked down to them and made sure they were correctly strapped in before moving on again, and Daniel sighed, looking as if he were about to cry.

"It appears that you cannot leave any longer," Teal'c stated pointedly. Daniel turned to him, about to say something, before the roller coaster gave a jolt and set off.

"Oh, God… oh dear God… no, no, no… this isn't happening, I'm not here…" Daniel muttered. Teal'c glanced at him.

"I can assure you, this is happening." Daniel turned to him, slightly green.

"It's always great to know that whatever happens, I have you to count on to state the obvious for me," he spat out. Teal'c bowed his head slightly.

"It is my honor."

~~~

"I gather it isn't coming out yet, huh, Carter?" She glanced into his face.

"Not… not exactly, Sir. I'm trying the best I can, though."

"Reassuring to know. You're doing your best and yet it still isn't coming out. I'll walk around like this forever."

"Well, at least when people call you egghead, they now have another reason."

"Nice, Carter. I'm laughing on the inside." They smirked at each other.

"I think I'm starting to make some progress Sir!"

"It's coming out?"

"Yeah, I've just got to…" She began to run the shampoo harder into his hair, and after a while he swore.

"Jesus, Carter, what are you trying to do, rub it into my brain?"

"No, it's just that this is the only way it's going to come out Sir…"

"Can't you find another way that doesn't hurt me?!"

"Not plausible… just stand still, it will be over soon."

"Oww… OWW… ouch, Carter, that hurt…"

"Stop complaining," she said through gritted teeth, rubbing harder still. Standing on the tips of her toes, she knelt over his head, trying to reach around to the back of his scalp, but as she knelt over even further her foot slipped against the ground and, shrieking out, she fell backwards onto the wet ground-pulling Jack down with her.

"Crap!" she exclaimed as her head made contact against the glass surrounding the shower, and Jack gave a large 'oof' as he fell atop of her. He groaned, trying to get up, but couldn't get a good grip on the ground to hoist himself up, so ended up falling back on top of Sam instead, who screwed up her face in protest as she felt his body impact against hers. They lay there in silence for a while, letting the water splash down against them, before Jack suddenly realized that he was crushing Sam by lying like that. He rolled off of her and she gave him a weak smile in gratitude.

"Sorry, Carter," he mumbled.

"No problems, Sir. Just try to avoid doing anything to my head. It hurts enough."

"Reminds me of that time with the hangover…" He didn't even have to look at the expression on her face to know that she wanted that line of conversation over.

Who was he to disagree?

~~~

"This ride doesn't seem all too safe," Daniel noted, hearing the way the wheels squealed as they traveled over the rather rusted rails. Teal'c raised his eyebrow at Daniel.

"You are too apprehensive, Daniel Jackson."

"We could die on this ride! It's too unsafe." The roller coaster began to slope upwards and Daniel suddenly got anxious. Teal'c smiled serenely.

"This will be amusing," he stated, looking around and taking in the view. The cart gave a huge creak and Daniel ran his hand through his hair, breathing deeply.

"Oh, boy…" Teal'c looked over the edge of the cart eagerly, before glancing at Daniel.

"I am looking forward to this," he commented, the smile still on his face. Daniel looked back up at him.

"Well, I'm sure nooooooooo…!" The no turned into a scream as the roller coaster suddenly went whooshing down, and Daniel didn't stop screaming until the ride had finally stopped.

"Daniel Jackson." Daniel felt Teal'c tapping on his shoulder, but refused to look up.

"Daniel Jackson. The ride is over."

"Yeah. I know."

"Yet you still continue to have your head in your hands."

"I know."

"Why is that?" There was a pause for a moment, before Daniel looked up at him.

"I'm not sure," he replied slowly. They got out and Teal'c made a discontented face.

"It is not at all similar to my expectations. I have seen this many times on your world's television, and they seem to be more enjoyable." Daniel didn't reply, and Teal'c looked at him.

"Daniel Jackson?"

"There was nothing to be afraid of…" Daniel mumbled to himself.

"Indeed. There did not seem to be any fun to benefit from either."

"The fear I felt… nothing… only… excitement…"

"Daniel Jackson?" Daniel looked up at him, blinking a couple of times. Teal'c also blinked.

"Daniel Jackson, where are your glasses?"

"My glasses? What?" Daniel pulled his hands up to his eyes idly and touched his eyelid, and realized off-handedly that he wasn't wearing them anymore.

"I believe they fell of while you were on the ride," Teal'c stated.

"What? I don't care about my glasses… you know, I think I might go on that ride again," he said suddenly, and he quickly went off. A minute later, Teal'c saw him on the roller coaster as it went off, and watched as he shouted out in excitement as the cart dipped and went around a loop. There was a pause, before Teal'c left to go back to the pen to see the pig again.

~~~

The water drops seemed harder when they were sitting on the ground. Sam had convinced Jack that it was much safer and easier for them to sit on the ground, since she had better access to his hair.

"Thanks, Sam," Jack said quietly, breaking the silence in between them. He felt her hands pause in the middle of his hair, before they continued on again, a little more robustly then before.

"That's okay, Sir."

"I'm not just talking about this."

"I know, Sir." Another silence followed.

"I've got some good news and some bad news, Sir." Sam looked down into Jack's eyes, and Jack noticed rather uncomfortably that she was biting her lip.

"Good news first, Carter."

"The good news is that your hair is starting to go back to normal again, and the egg's coming out."

"Bad news?"

"If we want to get out of these wet clothes, we'll have to… to change in front of each other. I didn't really… think about that before…"

Oh yes you did, Sam!

"Unless you can live for another few hours or so walking around like that," she continued on, trying not to listen to the voice in her head.

"Flu, Carter. Not good."

"Yes, Sir."

"We… we can manage that," he said, trying to avoid her eyes. He cursed himself inwardly as he felt his cheeks heat up again.

"We're 'partners', right? We can… trust each other. I mean… you did pee in front of me." Sam winced slightly at the memory of what happened earlier that morning. That really wasn't that… nice.

Although this time it wouldn't involve any… wastes. It was just the two of them changing in front of each other…

Easy!

"That's what I was just thinking, Sir. We can trust each other." She had slowly put her hands back into his hair again and Jack closed his eyes briefly as her stomach rubbed against his face.

"Oh, yeah. We can trust each other," he muttered.

"It's just not myself I can trust."

~~~

"Teal'c!" Daniel greeted breathlessly, a huge grin on his face. Teal'c tilted his head at Daniel.

"Daniel Jackson. You appear flustered."

"No, not flustered-just damn great! That was great!"

"You were away for quite a long amount of time." Daniel blinked a couple of times before running his hand through his hair, still on an adrenalin rush.

"Yeah. I went on that ride a few times… I'm not sure. I… I think… five? Five times?"

"At first you seemed afraid of it." Daniel noticed that he was stroking that pig again.

"That was before I realized how great it was."

"I do not particularly agree with that sentiment."

"I want to go on it again."

"Do you believe that wise? You have already lost your glasses. Who knows what you might lose the next time you go on?"

"Damn my glasses, I can see just fine!"

"My eyes are here, Daniel Jackson." There was a pause.

"I never thought I'd live to hear you say that," Daniel stated. There was a pause, before Teal'c turned to the man he assumed kept all the animals.

"This pig. If I were to purchase it off of you, how much would I have to pay?" The man shook his head.

"That pig isn't for sale."

"I have a considerable amount of money."

"That pig ain't for sale." Teal'c pulled a wad of cash out of his pocket and handed it over to the man, Daniel watching dumbfounded.

"Are you still claiming that this animal is not for sale?" Teal'c questioned, his eyebrow slightly raised.

"What? Oh… just keep the damned pig…"

"Teal'c!" Daniel stated. Teal'c looked up at him, a huge grin on his face.

"Yes, Daniel Jackson?"

"How much money did you give that man?"

"I am not sure. What do you believe I should call this animal?" he asked, lifting the pig up and looking up at him. Daniel paused, before shrugging.

"I don't know!"

"I believe I shall name him… Gru'taka'makopani Siennohal'fu'shau'ni." There was a silence.

"I can't even repeat that. Gru… ni?"

"I shall rename him," Teal'c said impatiently. "To… Samantha." Another silence.

"Sam would be flattered to know that you named a male pig after her…"

"I shall rename him," Teal'c said, his voice rising. There was a pause, before he grinned broadly.

"I shall rename him to… Daniel." Daniel tilted his head, his eyebrows rising.

"Nice. You named a pig after me." Teal'c nodded proudly.

"You should be proud Daniel Jackson."

"Oh, I am, I am. Definitely." Teal'c held the pig up in front of his face.

"Daniel, meet Daniel." Daniel sighed.

"This is going to be a long day."

~~~

"Carter, if you should ever decide to leave SG-1… God forbid, but if you ever decide to leave SG-1, you should become a hair… dresser person." They were standing in front of the mirror, Jack relieved at the fact that his hair was completely back to normal again… mostly. Sam grinned to herself.

"I don't know whether that's such a good idea, Sir, considering how your hair had gone like that in the first place."

"Oh. Right. But you fixed it, Carter, that's the main thing." Her grin widened.

"Yes, Sir." She suddenly sneezed, and Jack glanced at her.

"Bless you, Carter."

"Thank you, Sir… aatchoo!"

"Okay, that's our cue to get changed out of these damp clothes…" Sam shook her head vigorously.

"Sir, I'm fine. I just sneezed…"

"Yeah, well, that may be the case, but we're going to have to get out of these sooner or later, and I don't think later would be better judging on how cold your skin is feeling."

Sooner is definitely better then later, eh Jack?

"Let's go," he said gruffly, before pulling her into the main room.

~~~

"We call it fairy floss." Teal'c looked at Daniel, an eyebrow raised.

"The impression that I received was that fairies did not exist."

"They don't. It's just… it's just a name that was given to it."

"Is it because it is a magical substance?" Daniel gave Teal'c a puzzled expression, before slowly shaking his head.

"No…"

"I would like to sample this matter. Fairy floss man!" The guy behind the counter, who was currently pouring a bag of sugar into the fairy floss machine, looked up at him.

"Yeah? What?"

"I wish to purchase some of your sugar concoction." The man grumbled something as he put away the bag of sugar and pulled out a stick. Daniel glanced at Teal'c as they waited.

"You really like that pig, don't you?" He had begun to stroke it again.

"That is a correct assumption, Daniel Jackson. Indeed I do."

"Why do you like it so much, Teal'c?" There was a long silence.

"I do not know," he replied finally. There was another silence, before the man handed over a stick with the pink mixture strewn over it.

"That's two dollars," he grunted, and Teal'c handed over the money before placing the pig under his arm and using both hands to eat the fairy floss. The pig gave a loud squeal and began to kick out at him.

"Uhm, Teal'c, are you sure you don't want me to hold the pig? I don't know whether he likes being in that position," Daniel said, watching the pig anxiously.

"Daniel is fine." Daniel blinked.

"I… I know I'm fine…"

"I was referring to the animal."

"Oh. Okay, whatever…" Daniel muttered under his breath. Teal'c pulled a wisp of fairy floss from the bundle and sniffed it, before slowly placing it in his mouth. He instantly closed his eyes in ecstasy, before opening them again widely.

"This food is good!" he announced.

"Yeah. I used to like it too before I had to get three fillings." Teal'c hurriedly forced more into his mouth, and after awhile Daniel stopped him.

"Teal'c! Be careful! The way you're going you'll probably end up eating the stick as well!"

"Would you like some, Daniel Jackson?"

"No, I just…"

"Should I give some to Daniel?"

"I just said… oh, you meant the pig. I'd advise against it."

"Why is that, Daniel Jackson?"

"Because I think it's unhealthy to give sugar to a pig."

"I do not believe that, Daniel Jackson." Teal'c began to wave some fairy floss underneath the pig's nose.

"Teal'c, don't do that," Daniel said in a strained voice. Teal'c glanced at him, but seemingly ignored him and forced the fairy floss into the pig's mouth. The pig snorted and began to lick at Teal'c's fingers, and he smiled openly.

"Daniel seemed to have enjoyed the fairy floss."

"I never said he wouldn't enjoy it…"

"I believe I will go back to purchase some more," he said suddenly, before spinning around and walking back to the stand. Daniel sighed and closed his eyes slowly, silently cursing Sam for suggesting this damned fair in the first place, before quickly following Teal'c.

Well, at least the roller coaster ride had been good.

~~~

A/N: FINALLY!!! More is on the way… and that scares me.

The times don't fit with each other, but I didn't write them so they would. For instance, like I dunno… say fifteen minutes might have passed in the shower-and-Jack-and-Sam-fall-over scene, while only a few seconds had actually passed with Teal'c and Daniel.

I have a barrage of free time since it's almost the holidays and we're doing nothing anyway, so there will be more to this-and sooner! I'm sorry it's so long… but I'm really having fun here, lol…