DISCLAIMER: Not mine but God I wish. Not making any money here so don't bother suing.

SUMMARY: Daniel is quickly falling for She'tiana, a young woman he met on another planet. She and her twin brother have escaped Go'auld captivity with SG-1's help and are now on Earth because their father thinks that they would actually be safer there than on their own homeworld.

SPOILERS: Just about anything that shows Sam and Jack's feelings for each other. And since this is set in early Season 8, Sam said yes to Pete's proposal. But you'll see how I feel about that turn of events.

SAM walked through the door of her house and flicked on the living room light. She walked through the house quietly, knowing that Cassie was asleep in her room and had school the next morning. Jack had ordered both her and Daniel to take a week of downtime. 'What am I going to do with a week of leave? He told me to spend some time with Cassie but she's got school next week.' Suddenly, an idea came to Sam. 'I'll pull Cassie out of school for a week and take her camping with me. Just the two of us girls. Cassie'll enjoy that. She's always telling me that she doesn't get to spend enough time with me.'

That decided, Sam curled up in her bed and was asleep almost instantly.

CASSIE walked into the kitchen at about 7:30 the next morning to find that Sam had breakfast waiting for her. "Sam, you're back. Did everything go ok?"

"We made some new friends and spent a couple of days in the dungeon of a Go'auld. We even brought two of our new friends back with us. A young woman and her brother."

"A dungeon? Again? What is it with you guys and dungeons?" Cassie said teasingly. She always teased Sam and Daniel when they got captured. Sam giggled. "By the way, not that I'm not happy to see you here, but why aren't you at the base already?"

"Jack, the man who thought he would have a hard time 'being the man', ordered me to take a week of leave. He said he didn't even want to see me on the base for the whole week." She took a deep breath. "Cassie, how would you feel about taking a week off of school and going camping with me?"

"Just the two of us? That would be great! When do we leave?"

Sam laughed. "Calm down. We'll leave tomorrow morning. I won't even take my cell phone. That way we don't get interrupted."

"Awesome! Does that include fishing and everything?"

"You bet. We'll go get the licenses on the way out and be gone."

"WOOOOHOOOO!" Cassie started dancing around the kitchen as she ate. Sam started laughing hard. She laughed until tears ran down her face.

Sam waited until Cassie had left for school to clean up. Then, she went for a nice long soak in the tub until she had to face Cassie's unending enthusiasm all over again.

SAM was in the grocery store when she bumped into Daniel. "Daniel, I'm surprised that you left the base. You seemed quite -- content -- spending time with Shey and Talorn."

"I was. I needed a few things though. I came to get some food. So, what are you up to?"

"Cassie and I are going to leave in the morning to go up into the mountains for a week long, girls-only camping trip."

"Be careful. I heard that the weather's been a little unusual lately."

"Gee," she smiled. "Where's a weather control device when you need one?" The smile on her face told Daniel exactly what she was thinking of.

"Shame there's no such thing." He smiled at her in return, remembering the hassle they had gone through to get the Touchstone back. He mouthed the word 'Anymore.'

Sam chuckled as she continued down the aisle. She finished her shopping and went home to get things ready for the trip in the morning.

AT 5:30 the next morning, Sam and Cassie left the house for a week in the mountains. They were so excited that Sam didn't even think to let Pete know that she wouldn't be home for the week. Little did she know how that small omission would turn out.

PETE Shanahan threw the phone down on his desk. Sam hadn't been home all week. Suddenly, he had an idea. He picked up the phone and dialed another number. "Hello, Jack. This is Pete."

"Pete. What can I do ya for?"

"I can't seem to find Sam. She isn't home and isn't answering either her cell phone or her home phone. I haven't seen her all week."

"Neither have I, Pete. I ordered both her and Daniel to take a week off. I told her that she wasn't not to even be on base for that week. She needed some rest."

"But where could she be?"

"Pete, I don't know. She could have decided to go spend some time with her brother and his family. She's an adult. She has the right to do things like that. She's not answerable to anyone but herself."

"But she should have let someone know where she went. What if something happens to her father? How would anyone get in touch with her?"

"IF anything happened to her father, or you for that matter, we would be able to get a hold of her. She knows this and is obviously quite comfortable with it."

"What do you mean? Do you guys have some kind of tracker built in or something?"

"Something. I can't tell you the details. You know too much about the program as it is."

"Sam is MINE! You have to tell me where she is! You have to! She's mine! Not yours, mine!"

"She doesn't belong to you. She belongs to herself. And I don't have to tell you where she is. Because I don't know myself." With that, Jack hung up the phone and sighed. 'What did she ever see in that idiot?'

SAM and Cassie pulled into the driveway with smiles on their faces. They had had a wonderful time, even if it was a little chilly.

Sam's smile died quickly when she saw the look on Pete's face as he sat on her front steps. He really didn't look happy. Standing, he didn't even acknowledge Cassie as the two of them got of the car and walked toward the house.

"Sam," he said shortly.

Sam turned to Cassie. "Go on inside, honey. I'll be in shortly." Cassie nodded and went into the house through the garage. Unbeknowst to either Sam or Pete, she grabbed Sam's cell phone and positioned herself where she could see what was happening.

"Where in the hell have you been all week? I called and called! I even called the base! Only to be told that you were under orders to take a week's leave! That you weren't even supposed to be on base during that week!"

He was loosing his cool. Sam needed to calm him down and get him out of here. "I wasn't at the base. Cassie and I went camping."

"You didn't even answer your cell phone!" Okay. Now his voice was getting loud enough to attract the neighbors' attention.

"I didn't have it with me. I just wanted to spend some time with Cassie. She doesn't get to see me that often. What with college and all."

"You should have told someone where you were going! What if something had happened to me? What about your dad? How would anyone have gotten ahold of you? What if something had happened to you up there? How would you have gotten help?"

"Pete calm down. You're getting everyone's attention. Why don't we go inside and talk about this?"

"You will answer me now!"

"We aren't married yet. You are neither my husband nor my father. And if you can't control yourself, you'll have to leave." She tried to push past him.

That was when he grabbed her arm. Cassie instantly speed dialed Daniel's number. "Daniel, it's Cassie," she whispered shakily when he answered. "Pete's here at Sam's and he's causing trouble. Please come quickly."

"Is Sam ok?" Just then, Cassie watched as Sam threw off Pete's hand.

"If you ever touch me like that again, you'll draw back a bloody stump. And that's NOT a threat." Pete spun around and stormed off.

Cassie smiled as she told Daniel that Sam was fine now and that Pete was gone.

"Ok. Just call me back if he comes back tonight. See ya later."

"Thanks, Daniel. See ya."

Cassie turned off the phone and turned as Sam walked in the house. "Cassie?"

"Yeah, Sam?"

"Why are you holding my cell phone?"

"I was watching you with him. I called Daniel when Pete grabbed you. I didn't want him to hurt you." Cassie looked about ready to cry.

"Cassie, come here." Sam held her arms open to show that she wasn't angry. Cassie walked right into them. They stood like that for a few minutes before Sam let her go. "Everything will be fine. You'll see. He's not going to hurt me. Now why don't you go on to bed? I'm just going to take a shower and then I plan on going to bed myself. After all, it's back to work for me tomorrow."

"Ok." Cassie nodded and headed off to bed.

When she heard Cassie's bedroom door close, Sam's shoulders slumped and she sat down on the couch with her head in her hands.

'What have I gotten myself into?'