Jack woke up slowly. When he first opened his eyes, he saw a non-sgc-standard tent. He heard Daniel snoring into his pillow. A great big, blue, fluffy one at that. When he saw his duffle bag that's insides were covered in Simpson's stickers, he remember that he was off at Girl Guide camp in the middle of no where. He didn't have to play hero, make any trade agreements, or keep Daniel out of the infirmary.
On second thought, maybe that last one was still viable. With a groan, Jack pulled himself out of his sleeping bag, changed into some warmer clothes, (because mornings camping are really, really cold. Trust me I know!) then stumbled out of his tent on a search to find coffee.
Jack took a look out at the lake. There were imprints from where they had been lying last night, and some Canadian geese were flying over head. He didn't even know that Canadian geese even came into the states. It seemed like taboo or something, that there were no American geese, just Canadian ones.
With a sigh Jack kept going to the mess hall, where he found Janet already up, sitting by herself, her hands nursing a cup of coffee. She gave him a half smile when he sat down across from her.
"So doc, what are we doing today? Fishing?"
Janet stared at him. "You think girls that screamed at a garden snake would want to go catch big slimy fish?"
Jack winced. He knew there was a reason that he didn't belong in girl guides. Two actually.
One: They didn't fish,
Two: He wasn't a girl.
As Janet and Jack slowly made their way back to camp with the mugs they had stolen from the staff with promises of returning them later. The girls at the campsite were starting to stumble out of the tents, looking enviously at the steaming cups of coffee they held. Cassie was up also, and she made her way over to Jack and Janet, and stole Janet's coffee cup, taking a sip.
Jack gave her a look. Everyone knew that coffee would stunt their growth, right?
"Cass, aren't you a bit young to be drinking coffee?" Jack asked in the really annoying way that he had. "It could stunt your growth. Just look at Janet!"
Cassie giggled, as Janet protested. "Colonel, growth has nothing to do with coffee, it's a genetic matter. Not to mention that Cassie has a little extra kick when it comes to stuff like that... Her former life, if you get my drift."
Jack got it. The Naquada. He decided it wasn't fair. Through out his young life, he was always told that coffee would stunt his growth, now Cass got away with drinking it when she was 11. Somethings in life weren't fair.
After a healthy breakfast of bacon and eggs, the leaders announced the plan for the day. They would be making friendship bracelets, and exchanging them with someone, then have lunch. After lunch they were going to be taking their canoes out on the lake, seeing as how it was drastically suppose to warm up. Once supper was suppose to be done, they would be hiking up a well known mountain to watch the sunset.
Jack sighed. Fun for the whole family...
The leaders left to grab the string for their bracelets. Jack agreed with Sam that they would exchange bracelets, and let the doc and Daniel exchange. When Janet returned with arms full of bright girly colored string, Jack felt doomed. They were expected to wear the bracelets for the whole weekend.
For crying out loud, could his day get any better?
Any experiences that this reminds you guys of?