Everyone stared at her wide-eyed. It was Jack who finally broke the silence, "That's where I remember hearing your name before!"
"Jack?" Daniel asked questioningly.
"I was reading through the files of recent graduates to find a new lab assistant for this one here." He smiled warmly at his fiancée. "I kept on going back to yours because you look so much like Sam – and because of all of your experience, IQ and credentials."
"And you work at Cheyenne?" Elise questioned confusedly.
"We all do. I am the base commander; your mom's my 2IC. Daniel is the resident archeologist and linguist, and Teal'c is the master in hand-to-hand combat."
"Wow."
"So, as we are going to be spending a lot more time with one another, I think we should find out more about you and you about us," Daniel said with a suspicious look in his eye that caused Teal'c to raise a solitary eyebrow at him.
Sam just smiled, "Yeah, I heard a lot from Elizabeth in letters over the years, but they were kind of vague. I'd really enjoy hearing about it all from your perspective."
Elise shrugged, "There's not much to say. I had a pretty good childhood. Laughter was almost always present in our house. I kept to myself at school a lot because almost everyone thought that I was a teacher's pet. Mostly that was because I was passing every class when most of the 'popular kids' were failing them. When I was ten, I started a study group to help out the other students – who, by the way, all thought I was a female Einstein. I made my first real friends in that study group, and I'm still friends with most of them today." She paused before continuing, "You should probably meet them. I told them that I was going to look for you and they were all dying to hear more."
Jack looked at this woman before him. Already she seemed to be a daughter to him. He had never thought that he would be a father again, and then he met Sam. She was the light that had penetrated the darkness that had surrounded him since Charlie's death. Well, it seemed that he was a father again. Granted, it was not his child, but she was Sam's, and he started to feel like she was his as well.
"What are they like?" he asked.
"My friends? Well, all are a lot smarter than they pretend to be. Mike has two Masters in Business and Physics. He is also a certified science teacher, but he owns his own store. Laura has a Ph.D. in ancient Greece, but she works at Mike's store. Then there is Tony; he has a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering, and yet again, is working at Mike's store." She grinned, "Well, its Mike's store and my store. He didn't have enough capital to open it on his own, so I invested in it, half and half. I was the only one of the four of us that didn't work there."
"Great, when do you want to do that, Sam?" Jack asked.
She thought for a moment, "How about tomorrow? Pizza is already on its way, and I want to spend tonight learning more about my daughter."
Elise smiled, "And I want to learn about my mother and her friends."
A/N: This is just a short chapter to keep you guys interested. I have a lot of stuff going on at school, and I'm not sure when I will be able to update again. Hope you like it and REMEMBER TO REVIEW!