In the end, they played Rummy. It turned out to be the only game all the
boys knew how to play, and it was one that could be taught to Teal'c with
relative ease. Jack didn't play, but Teal'c sat next to him, and the
Colonel advised. All in all, aside from the aching in his head, it was a
pleasant way to spend the rest of the morning. Far better than sitting on
the lake wishing for a breeze.
Around lunchtime, the boys and Teal'c and Daniel went up to the cabin to clean up for lunch, but Jack didn't go. The pounding was finally beginning to go away, and he wasn't going to move if he didn't have to.
"Wow, what happened to you?"
Jack looked up and saw that Sally had entered the dining room, probably to stake out her table for her campers.
"Sailing accident," Jack explained.
She winced, and O'Neil scowled. Then winced. Which caused her to wince again.
"You look awful."
There wasn't much he could say to that. Sally sat down and chattered with him, showing him the braided leather bracelet she'd made in arts and crafts, which was what France had been scheduled for as their morning activity.
"Wow, what happened to you?"
Jack scowled, and looked up at Sam, who'd entered the dining hall with a few of her girls.
"Sailing accident," Sally answered for him, smiling and moving over a chair so Carter could sit in the one closest to Jack.
"Looks painful," Sam noted as she sat down. The girls that were with her all gave Jack sympathetic looks, and he wanted nothing more than to sink into the floor and disappear. Luckily, Daniel, Teal'c and the boys arrived back in the cafeteria just then, along with the rest of the France girls and Jean.
Daniel sat next to Jack, who noticed he was wearing half a dozen braided leather bracelets on his wrist. Daniel followed Jack's gaze and looked uncomfortable.
"Apparently, today was arts and crafts day for France," he explained. "Some of the gilrs made them for me."
"Ah."
The boys scowled at the girls, who promptly ignored them, and turned their attentions to each other, although occasionally one would look at Jack's bruised face, or at Daniel.
"Did you see Jack's face, Sam?" Shawn asked, sitting next to his counselor. He didn't mind talking to Carter. She was Jack's friend, and was in the Air Force with him. That made her almost as good as boy.
"Yeah, I saw it. How did it happen?"
"He got hit with the boom." Shawn shook his head. "I tried to warn him, but it happened too fast."
"I'm sure you did your best," Sam said, smiling.
"Yeah. You should have seen him; he was all bloody and had a huge bump." Shawn pointed at the spot above Jack's eye that was bruised the darkest.
"You're okay, now?" Carter asked O'Neill.
"Yeah, I'm fine. Just excused from activities for the rest of the day."
She was going to say something else, but Gary Hines stepped into the room and made the few announcements that needed to be made before lunch, mainly warning the kids not to wander off without a counselor. Then he told the tables to pick their Runners, and announced that lunch was officially started.
"Andrew's Runner," Simon reminded everyone, before anyone could ask to be chosen. The small boy practically jumped out of his chair and rushed up to grab a platter of sandwiches for his friends.
"What are we doing after lunch, Jack?" Shawn asked while he waited for the rest of the food to be brought to the table. O'Neill pulled out the schedule and looked at it.
"We have a nature hike," he told them.
"You're not allowed to come, though, right?"
"No. I'll come next time."
"Do you want us to stay and keep you company?"
Jack shook his head. "No, you guys go ahead. I'm just going to relax here, like the nurse wanted me to." He leaned closer to Shawn, who leaned close. "I'm counting on you to help Murray and Daniel keep an eye on everyone else, okay?" he whispered.
Shawn squared his shoulders, proud that Jack had trusted him with such an important duty.
"I'll do that, Jack. You can count on me."
Sam smiled to herself from the other table, having heard every word, even though she was probably the only one who'd been close enough to. Jack was so good with the boys. She wondered why he was so bad when it came to dealing with grown ups.
Around lunchtime, the boys and Teal'c and Daniel went up to the cabin to clean up for lunch, but Jack didn't go. The pounding was finally beginning to go away, and he wasn't going to move if he didn't have to.
"Wow, what happened to you?"
Jack looked up and saw that Sally had entered the dining room, probably to stake out her table for her campers.
"Sailing accident," Jack explained.
She winced, and O'Neil scowled. Then winced. Which caused her to wince again.
"You look awful."
There wasn't much he could say to that. Sally sat down and chattered with him, showing him the braided leather bracelet she'd made in arts and crafts, which was what France had been scheduled for as their morning activity.
"Wow, what happened to you?"
Jack scowled, and looked up at Sam, who'd entered the dining hall with a few of her girls.
"Sailing accident," Sally answered for him, smiling and moving over a chair so Carter could sit in the one closest to Jack.
"Looks painful," Sam noted as she sat down. The girls that were with her all gave Jack sympathetic looks, and he wanted nothing more than to sink into the floor and disappear. Luckily, Daniel, Teal'c and the boys arrived back in the cafeteria just then, along with the rest of the France girls and Jean.
Daniel sat next to Jack, who noticed he was wearing half a dozen braided leather bracelets on his wrist. Daniel followed Jack's gaze and looked uncomfortable.
"Apparently, today was arts and crafts day for France," he explained. "Some of the gilrs made them for me."
"Ah."
The boys scowled at the girls, who promptly ignored them, and turned their attentions to each other, although occasionally one would look at Jack's bruised face, or at Daniel.
"Did you see Jack's face, Sam?" Shawn asked, sitting next to his counselor. He didn't mind talking to Carter. She was Jack's friend, and was in the Air Force with him. That made her almost as good as boy.
"Yeah, I saw it. How did it happen?"
"He got hit with the boom." Shawn shook his head. "I tried to warn him, but it happened too fast."
"I'm sure you did your best," Sam said, smiling.
"Yeah. You should have seen him; he was all bloody and had a huge bump." Shawn pointed at the spot above Jack's eye that was bruised the darkest.
"You're okay, now?" Carter asked O'Neill.
"Yeah, I'm fine. Just excused from activities for the rest of the day."
She was going to say something else, but Gary Hines stepped into the room and made the few announcements that needed to be made before lunch, mainly warning the kids not to wander off without a counselor. Then he told the tables to pick their Runners, and announced that lunch was officially started.
"Andrew's Runner," Simon reminded everyone, before anyone could ask to be chosen. The small boy practically jumped out of his chair and rushed up to grab a platter of sandwiches for his friends.
"What are we doing after lunch, Jack?" Shawn asked while he waited for the rest of the food to be brought to the table. O'Neill pulled out the schedule and looked at it.
"We have a nature hike," he told them.
"You're not allowed to come, though, right?"
"No. I'll come next time."
"Do you want us to stay and keep you company?"
Jack shook his head. "No, you guys go ahead. I'm just going to relax here, like the nurse wanted me to." He leaned closer to Shawn, who leaned close. "I'm counting on you to help Murray and Daniel keep an eye on everyone else, okay?" he whispered.
Shawn squared his shoulders, proud that Jack had trusted him with such an important duty.
"I'll do that, Jack. You can count on me."
Sam smiled to herself from the other table, having heard every word, even though she was probably the only one who'd been close enough to. Jack was so good with the boys. She wondered why he was so bad when it came to dealing with grown ups.