Okay, so I was on the phone with my friend who is in a different time zone than me, so I'm three hours ahead of her and I was waiting for 2005 for her and then we were having this conversation with her about what we hadn't done all year, and the day before (Thursday) I went to this get together were I ended up watching 14 episodes of Stargate, and so this came to mind because I have more important things that I really need to be doing, so I decided to type it up and then go finish reading that book…. Hey look! All that was one sentence!

Disclaimer: I own nothing but some strange ideas and some celery. And don't be surprised when they aren't acting completely like themselves. They'll all go back to acting normal, or as normal as they get, after I'm done with this.

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11:57, Jack's house 2004

Sam, Daniel, Jack and Teal'c were sitting around the living room talking when Sam said, "Hey it's almost midnight; the Ball's going to drop soon."

"Here Teal'c, turn the TV on," Daniel said throwing the remote at Teal'c. It bounced off of his forehead and he raised an eyebrow that went unnoticed by Daniel, who was now trying to cover up a large yawn. He picked up the remote and turned the television onto coverage of the New Year's festivities and everyone turned their attention to it.

After the end of some commentary on the year's top songs, the countdown began. Then the ball fell and everyone cheered. That is, everyone that wasn't sitting in the living room of Jack's house.

"Okay….," Sam said, trying to start some sort of conversation, but being unable to think of a subject to bring up.

"I have to go to the bathroom," Jack said out of nowhere. When he was halfway across the room, he turned and said, "Ya know, I haven't gone all year."

Sam frowned, which Daniel mistook for confusion as to what Jack had meant. "He really hasn't, but of course it's only about one minute into the year."

Teal'c raised an eyebrow but said nothing.

"I know that. None of us have."

"Ya know, we haven't been off world all year either."

"I would almost hope not." A pause, and then, "and you haven't tried to read any really old rocks yet."

"Well you haven't played with any of you doohickeys yet this year."

"Both of you are sounding increasingly childish." Teal'c had informed them.

"No, just more like Jack than usual," Daniel reasoned.

There was a lull in the conversation, and Jack came back into the room. "Ya know," he said, "I should probably clean that bathroom. It hasn't been done all year."

"You haven't cleaned anything this year, sir." Sam reasoned.

"So?"

"I haven't brushed my teeth all year." Daniel added.

"That's not a very pleasant thought."

"No, it wouldn't be Carter, except it's barely three minutes into the year. Hey, you haven't played with any doohickeys and Daniel hasn't played with any of his rocks yet this year!"

"I do believe that both of those things were said when you were not present, O'Neill."

"Rats. Well Carter, at least you haven't tried to confuse me with any technobabble yet."

"And you haven't tried to take me fishing," came the matter-of-fact reply.

"Hey Carter, wanna go fishing?"

She grinned, saying, "What do you think sir?"

"Yes, you would like to come with your extremely clever, wonderfully witty CO, but you'd much rather being playing with some alien doohickey, and that will just have to take priority over me." His tone changed and he continued. "Hey why don't you ever come with us?"

"Sir, there are no fish in that lake."

"That was your excuse last time!"

"Well it will stay my excuse until I come up with a better one."

"But it's been your excuse all year long," he whined.

"O'Neill, I do believe that both you and Daniel Jackson have pointed out that a significant amount of time has not yet passed this year."

"Of course it hasn't, T. That's why it's fun to play around with it."

"I have not consumed any food for the duration of this year, nor have I had any sleep."

"None of us have," Daniel pointed out.

"Speaking of which, I haven't had any beer yet this year," Jack said, getting up again.

"Your liver just might change its mind and decide it doesn't hate you after all if you keep that up until December."

"Wow, Carter, you beat me to being insubordinate this year," Jack said, sitting back down forgetting about the drink.

"Hey, I guess I did."

They were interrupted by a large snore. All turned to see that Daniel had fallen asleep on the couch.

"Why is he asleep?" Sam asked.

"Maybe because he's tired?"

"Sir, he stays up much later than this all of the time, I can't see why it would get to him now."

"Daniel Jackson has been getting little sleep over the past few days, working on a translation that he believes may prove to be very important."

"Yeah, what Teal'c said. Prob'ly has something to do with the lack of coffee too."

Sam nodded, and there was again a pause in the conversation.

Teal'c started it up again by saying, "Should I not drive him back to the base?"

"Naw, stick around awhile T."

"Though I understand the tradition of staying awake to greet the New Year, I do not see a point in staying up much past its arrival. One must resume their life the next day."

"Yeah, fine. Go. Sleep. See if I care."

Teal'c nodded his head and proceeded to wake Daniel up. The four walked to the door together. When Daniel and Teal'c were in the car, Teal'c at the wheel, Jack shut the door and turned to Sam. He opened his mouth to say something, but was cut off by her beeping pager.

"Carter?"

"Hold on, sir." A pause, then, "it's Pete, I though he was working right now."

"Well I would take a break to call you. Or um, page you."

"I should probably get going sir; it's late." She looked up to see a look on Jack's face that she couldn't quite place.

"Ya know, you haven't left my house at all this year," he said softly, as though it were the most normal thing to say, not a continuation of the strange conversation they had been having earlier.

She opened the door and stepped out onto the front porch, turned around with a small smile on her face and said, "Ya know, I haven't been away from you at all this year. Who knows what kind of effect that may have on me after awhile."

When she stepped away form the front door and toward her car, she wasn't sure if it was just in her head, or it was Jack that said, "Your heart just might change its mind and decide it doesn't hate you after all if you keep that up until December."

-End -

Or at least, I think it is. (I've got a bit of an idea for a sequel, but I'm not so sure I wanna go with it.)

Please review! I've never posted any of my Stargate stories, so I'd really like to know what y'all think. Thanks much.

May the Force be with you, may your sword stay sharp, and may your blue jello never taste like celery!