Dinner was fairly noisy after that. The counselors were dodging questions from their kids, who were trying to get them to tell them where they were going to hide, and the kids were all bragging to each other about how many of the counselors they were going to find. The boys from China were no different.

"I'll find Murray, first, then Daniel, then Jack."

"Nah, Murray will be last to be found, I bet."

"No, he's bigger than Jack and Daniel, so he don't hide as well."

"That doesn't matter."

"Does, too."

Jack, Daniel and Teal'c didn't say anything. The girls from France were whispering to each other, and Daniel was fairly certain by the way they kept looking over at him that they were all discussing searching him out. He wondered how lost in the woods he could get before they wouldn't be able to find him. Jack noticed the girls all whispering, also, and was amused enough that he forgot about Shawn's odd behavior. He was just grateful he didn't have to put up with that. Better Daniel than him, that was for sure.

"Carter? You want to team up with me?" Jack asked.

"Unless you have other plans," Sam told him, smiling.

The sky outside darkened as the last dishes were stacked and Andrew shoved the last slice of pie into his mouth. The campers were excused to their cabins, and the counselors mulled around the dining room for a little while longer, teaming up and deciding where they wanted to hide. Daniel had planned on teaming up with Teal'c, since he was pretty certain that none of the other counselors would approach the Jaffa and ask him if he wanted to be partners, but they were starting to warm up to him, and Tom, one of the fifth grade counselors walked over to Teal'c and asked if he wanted to pair up.

Teal'c agreed, and seeing Daniel alone, one of the sixth grader counselors, a woman named Kelly, offered to partner with him. Jack had a feeling that Daniel would have preferred Sally as his partner, but she was paired with Jean, who would have gladly partnered with Jack if not for Sam. Which just made Jack that much more grateful for Sam's presence.

"Everyone have a partner?" Gary returned to the dining room and handed out flashlights to the counselors. They weren't given whistles, since they all knew if they became disorientated that they only needed to walk south until they came to the road, and follow the road back to camp.

There were murmurs of agreement, and the counselors were sent off to hide.

Jack and Sam didn't need to discuss where they were going to hide. He simply nodded to the others, took her hand and led her up the hill and past the field and into the woods. The two of them moved silently through the trees for a short distance, then stopped behind a large boulder.

"So... do I dare ask exactly what Daniel and I were supposed to be talking about this morning?" Jack asked softly when they'd stopped moving.

Sam smiled, her face fairly easy to see in the bright moonlight. She leaned against the rock, feeling the cool of the stone on her back even through the fabric of her sweater.

"He needed a break from the girls," she said, evasively.

"And?"

"And what?"

"Carter."

"And what did you talk about?"

"Oh... the usual. My head, his hand, you sending us off to talk about absolutely nothing."

"That's it?"

"It would have been easier for us to talk about whatever it was if you would have told us what to talk about."

Sam shook her head; "You were supposed to ask him about Sally."

"What about her?"

"You did ask him, didn't you?" Suddenly she realized he was simply messing with her, and Sam grinned.

"Yeah, I asked."

"And?"

"And he evaded the question. He's a lot better at that than I would have given him credit for."

"Well, he's spent a lot of time around you."

"What's that supposed to mean?"

"Are you going to kiss me?"

Jack realized Sam was fairly good at evading questions as well.