Chapter 8 by Abbot
Ta kiss wit a girl dat's as lovely as you...I'd give
ya me 'eart if ya gave me da troof...
Where was I? Oh yeah. Drinking. Ugh, the wedding was a
nightmare. It was hard on me- I couldn't forget. I
mean, the ice caverns, the brawls, the firefights,
after all of that, we both care for each other. Or so
I thought. It's been a few months, and things are
still tense between us. It just hurts some days,
having her right there but out of reach.
She told me she'd rather not be with me. Yeah, in not
so many words, but that's the message I got. Fine, go.
Me and my stout will have a plenty fine time without
you, Carter.
Right now, she's chatting it up with Daniel, Janet and
Teal'c. They seem happy enough... of course, Daniel
and Janet have no reason not to be. Geez, get a room.
Cassie looks at me, seems to agree. Must be weird,
watching her mom hitting on Daniel. Not quite as weird
as things between me and Carter, though.
She's giggling nervously now at my comments.
"No giggling, Major."
"Yessir."
Teal'c asks her to dance, and she accepts. She doesn't
look at me. Danny-boy and Janet do that thing...that
thing, where they look at each other, say nothing.
Daniel just extends his hand, she takes it, and they
go onto the dance floor. Sam and Teal'c are talking
quietly, and before long, Daniel and Janet are dancing
like they've been married for thirty years. Close n'
stuff. Before too long, Carter looks at me. Looks me
dead in the eyes, like she's trying to tell me
something.
Of course, I'm too drunk to understand what she's
saying. All I know is that as much as she's hurt me, I
still want to be with her more than anything.
Man, I need another beer.