Talent Show
Chapter 5
Sam pulled her car over two blocks away from the front door of her best friend's house. She sat in the twilight glow of the Springs sunset desperately trying to devise some sort of excuse to get her out of this so called practice and ultimately the entire competition. But before her mind, that was much more accustomed to solving problems of a different kind, came up with a solutionanother vehicle pulled up along side hers.
"Colonel Carter."
She turned to see the faces of her two team mates. The face of Daniel Jackson was distinctly happy with a slight hint of mischief. Teal'c's face showed signs of a smirk as he looked on at his team leader who was quite obviously 'hiding out' from the 'talent show practice' that Daniel had tried to explain to him. However as soon as Daniel began comparing it to 'American Idol' Teal'c's eyes gained a humorous glint and a smirk appeared which he had yet to fully shift.
"Are you not attending a practice at Dr Frasier's home?"
"Yes, Teal'c."
"Have you forgotten where Dr Frasier's home is?" he asked his smirk fully visible, with the wit of his joke.
"No, Teal'c." she answered a little annoyed and exasperated, "And quit smirking already, it's not that funny."
But the frown that developed over the course of those words soon wilted and gave way to giggles and a smile.
"Ok, guys let's go." Said Sam starting up her car and making a move.
They pulled up at the Frasier just a few short minutes later to a squeal that could be heard over both the car engines and through the walls of the house. Seconds later the source of the squeal came streaming from the front door and made a bee-line for Sam's car.
"Sam!" said Cassie, in a high pitched excited voice, "I'm so excited about the Talent Show and mum picked the perfect song! Just wait 'til you hear it."
And so on as the teenagers speech continued while she accompanied SG-1 in to the house and through the tidy homely living room and through to the kitchen where Janet stood with a bottle of wine and a corkscrew.
"Hi guys. There's beer and juice in the fridge if you want it, guys."
"We have brought pizza." Said Teal'c.
"What kind?" asked all three females at once.
"That's spooky; it's as if you're all in sync already." Daniel said smirking.
At this he received three glares, at which point the smirk disappeared and then he began to look distinctly nervous and turned to Teal'c for back up.
"So, what flavours did we get?" he asked uneasily.
"Cheese, pepperoni and vegetarian." Teal'c replied dutifully and placed the pizzas on the counter.
Nods of approval came from the three ladies as Cassie and Janet made their way round the kitchen making sure everyone had a plate and a drink, happily forgetting Daniels comment with the promise of good pizza and alcohol.
Soon they were all seated in the living room with pizza in one hand and a glass in the other.
"So what am I singing?" asked Sam starting the conversation.
Instead of an answer, everyone observed a Cassie shaped blur run from the room then return seconds later with a DVD shaped box.
"This." Said Cassie as she put in the DVD and set it to the right scene.
