Response to a challenge at The Sam and Jack Fan Fic Challenge Archive
Ulterior Pursuits Where we left off:
"Carter! We're on vacation," he smiled wryly, "therefore you will *cease* all the formal crap!"
"Then," she matched his smile, "you wouldn't mind if I..."
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She moved towards him slowly and seductively. Jack tried *hard* to not be so nervous. Then, suddenly, Sam grabbed the figurine from behind his back. Jack, stunned, tried desperately to wrestle her and get it back. He did manage to retrieve the item, but not before she had seen what it was.
Sam giggled. "Wow, I knew you liked 'The Simpsons' but this..."
"C'mon, Carter, I was only looking at it!!" He said. "It just so happens that I have a young nephew who adores the show and whenever I see these things, I pick one up for him."
"Uh-huh," Sam did the smirking this time.
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It was late afternoon as they drove home. Not many people were on the road, but then, not many people often were on the old mountain road they were on. They were singing to a familiar song on the radio as they noticed a car coming down the road. Because the road was so narrow, they had to pull over and slow down to let the other car pass. As the other car approached, they noticed its passengers—a bunch of rowdy teenagers listening to loud music and talking and laughing extremely loudly.
Sam was driving the car (because she'd wanted to try it out) and the driver of the other car was a teenage boy of about 17 years. Both drivers had their windows down. The two cars were passing each other when the 17-year- old stopped, his window right by Sam's.
"Hey sweet-cheeks!" the boy slurred—he was obviously drunk.
Sam lowered her sunglasses onto the bridge of her nose as she lowered the other windows of the car all the way.
"Maybe if ya gimme yer..." the drunken boy stopped, seeing all of the strong men accompanying Sam. "Erm..." The scared boy started to drive off slowly, and as the open windows of the other teens passed by, they gave SG1 the finger as they cursed, screamed, and yelled some more.
The team glared at the car of teenagers in disbelief. "Did you see that?!" Sam said in shock.
"What was that gesture?" Teal'c asked, as monotonously as usual.
Jack, Sam, and Daniel exchanged smiling glances. "Well, that's an obscene... gesture... hard to explain." Jack and Sam listened and smiled to themselves as Daniel continued to explain the origins of "the f-word" and "the middle- finger" to Teal'c and Jonas the entire trip back to Jack's cabin.
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When they got back to Jack's cabin, they had lots of fun BBQing and later enjoying the fruits of their labor. They sat by the lake and reminisced all night (constantly swatting each other and spraying themselves with the bug spray provided by Teal'c). At about 23:20, when the candles had about had it, they went inside, got ready for bed and talked some more in the living room. Finally theirs eyes started getting heavy and they crept upstairs (or stayed downstairs, in Teal'c and Jack's case). Sam headed to Jack's bedroom. She had already crawled under the covers before she realized how odd it was that she was in her CO's bed. Granted he wasn't... but it was still really weird. She pondered how she felt about this as she fell fast asleep.
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The next morning, Sam awoke to a light knock at the door. She got up and opened it. Daniel and Jonas were standing there, completely cracking up.
"What's so funny?" she asked.
"Jack has—" Daniel began laughing hysterically.
Sam couldn't keep a straight face.
They were interrupted by the sound of Jack coming up the stairs. "Oh hey guys, you're already up."
Daniel let out a suppressed laugh that sounded like it had come from a student who's laughing but tries *really* hard not to be heard by the teacher but fails.
Jonas covered for him, "Bless you, Daniel. Gee, those allergies are awful!"
Jack raised a suspicious eyebrow because now the three of them were trying hard not to laugh. "Breakfast's ready downstairs."
"Thanks" Jonas and Daniel rushed off behind Jack to the room the two of them were sharing and quietly pointed out a door to Sam.
Jack smiled at Sam, "What's going on with those two?"
"The air in their room, maybe...? I'll be down to breakfast in a few. Lemme brush my teeth and stuff," Sam said.
"Okay see you in a few."
Sam watched Jack go down the hall and disappear into the room Jonas and Daniel had pointed out to her. She cocked her head to one side and followed him—she felt brave in the morning.
She opened the door and bent down to go inside. There, Sam saw something that she had *not* expected to see.
"AAH!!!" yelled Jack when he saw Sam. "What are you doing in here?! Bathroom in other direction!!!!!"
Sam giggled, "Oh my God! So this is what you do with all of it!"
"You were SO not supposed to see this!" Jack said, embarrassed, "but I guess since you've already seen..."
"Wow, Jack! It's HUGE!!!"
"Ssh! Sam, we wouldn't want the others to hear!" but it was too late.
Daniel peeked his head around the corner in curiosity, "what the—?" He broke into fits of laughter again as Jonas and Teal'c came into the room too.
"I swear...!" Jack sounded nervous, "if any of you tell Hammond about this...!"
"What?! That you have-a-a- a HUGE" said Jonas through laughs, "SIMPSONS collection?! AAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!" That was it. They *all* cracked up; even Jack.
"So much for that nephew, *sir*" Sam smirked.
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A/N: Heh, that was fun! More to come about the rest of their vacation...
Author's treat: A preview from the next chapter:
"Teal'c!!!" said Daniel, exasperatedly. "Don't do that!!!! That's horrible!!"
"But, Daniel Jackson, you told us before that the people of the Tau'ri often do that when one person offends another?"
"Well, yes, but..."
Ulterior Pursuits Where we left off:
"Carter! We're on vacation," he smiled wryly, "therefore you will *cease* all the formal crap!"
"Then," she matched his smile, "you wouldn't mind if I..."
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* CHAPTER TWO*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
She moved towards him slowly and seductively. Jack tried *hard* to not be so nervous. Then, suddenly, Sam grabbed the figurine from behind his back. Jack, stunned, tried desperately to wrestle her and get it back. He did manage to retrieve the item, but not before she had seen what it was.
Sam giggled. "Wow, I knew you liked 'The Simpsons' but this..."
"C'mon, Carter, I was only looking at it!!" He said. "It just so happens that I have a young nephew who adores the show and whenever I see these things, I pick one up for him."
"Uh-huh," Sam did the smirking this time.
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It was late afternoon as they drove home. Not many people were on the road, but then, not many people often were on the old mountain road they were on. They were singing to a familiar song on the radio as they noticed a car coming down the road. Because the road was so narrow, they had to pull over and slow down to let the other car pass. As the other car approached, they noticed its passengers—a bunch of rowdy teenagers listening to loud music and talking and laughing extremely loudly.
Sam was driving the car (because she'd wanted to try it out) and the driver of the other car was a teenage boy of about 17 years. Both drivers had their windows down. The two cars were passing each other when the 17-year- old stopped, his window right by Sam's.
"Hey sweet-cheeks!" the boy slurred—he was obviously drunk.
Sam lowered her sunglasses onto the bridge of her nose as she lowered the other windows of the car all the way.
"Maybe if ya gimme yer..." the drunken boy stopped, seeing all of the strong men accompanying Sam. "Erm..." The scared boy started to drive off slowly, and as the open windows of the other teens passed by, they gave SG1 the finger as they cursed, screamed, and yelled some more.
The team glared at the car of teenagers in disbelief. "Did you see that?!" Sam said in shock.
"What was that gesture?" Teal'c asked, as monotonously as usual.
Jack, Sam, and Daniel exchanged smiling glances. "Well, that's an obscene... gesture... hard to explain." Jack and Sam listened and smiled to themselves as Daniel continued to explain the origins of "the f-word" and "the middle- finger" to Teal'c and Jonas the entire trip back to Jack's cabin.
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When they got back to Jack's cabin, they had lots of fun BBQing and later enjoying the fruits of their labor. They sat by the lake and reminisced all night (constantly swatting each other and spraying themselves with the bug spray provided by Teal'c). At about 23:20, when the candles had about had it, they went inside, got ready for bed and talked some more in the living room. Finally theirs eyes started getting heavy and they crept upstairs (or stayed downstairs, in Teal'c and Jack's case). Sam headed to Jack's bedroom. She had already crawled under the covers before she realized how odd it was that she was in her CO's bed. Granted he wasn't... but it was still really weird. She pondered how she felt about this as she fell fast asleep.
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The next morning, Sam awoke to a light knock at the door. She got up and opened it. Daniel and Jonas were standing there, completely cracking up.
"What's so funny?" she asked.
"Jack has—" Daniel began laughing hysterically.
Sam couldn't keep a straight face.
They were interrupted by the sound of Jack coming up the stairs. "Oh hey guys, you're already up."
Daniel let out a suppressed laugh that sounded like it had come from a student who's laughing but tries *really* hard not to be heard by the teacher but fails.
Jonas covered for him, "Bless you, Daniel. Gee, those allergies are awful!"
Jack raised a suspicious eyebrow because now the three of them were trying hard not to laugh. "Breakfast's ready downstairs."
"Thanks" Jonas and Daniel rushed off behind Jack to the room the two of them were sharing and quietly pointed out a door to Sam.
Jack smiled at Sam, "What's going on with those two?"
"The air in their room, maybe...? I'll be down to breakfast in a few. Lemme brush my teeth and stuff," Sam said.
"Okay see you in a few."
Sam watched Jack go down the hall and disappear into the room Jonas and Daniel had pointed out to her. She cocked her head to one side and followed him—she felt brave in the morning.
She opened the door and bent down to go inside. There, Sam saw something that she had *not* expected to see.
"AAH!!!" yelled Jack when he saw Sam. "What are you doing in here?! Bathroom in other direction!!!!!"
Sam giggled, "Oh my God! So this is what you do with all of it!"
"You were SO not supposed to see this!" Jack said, embarrassed, "but I guess since you've already seen..."
"Wow, Jack! It's HUGE!!!"
"Ssh! Sam, we wouldn't want the others to hear!" but it was too late.
Daniel peeked his head around the corner in curiosity, "what the—?" He broke into fits of laughter again as Jonas and Teal'c came into the room too.
"I swear...!" Jack sounded nervous, "if any of you tell Hammond about this...!"
"What?! That you have-a-a- a HUGE" said Jonas through laughs, "SIMPSONS collection?! AAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!" That was it. They *all* cracked up; even Jack.
"So much for that nephew, *sir*" Sam smirked.
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A/N: Heh, that was fun! More to come about the rest of their vacation...
Author's treat: A preview from the next chapter:
"Teal'c!!!" said Daniel, exasperatedly. "Don't do that!!!! That's horrible!!"
"But, Daniel Jackson, you told us before that the people of the Tau'ri often do that when one person offends another?"
"Well, yes, but..."
