"You're cheating…"

Sirius Black gave Jack O'Neill an innocent look as he pulled his ball out of the cup and marked a one on his score sheet.

"Cheating? Me?"

"Yeah."

The wizard looked over at Sam, who was sitting on a bench near the 4th hole. They wouldn't let her stand unless it was her turn to go, but she didn't mind the restriction, really. Her ankle wasn't bothering her too much, but she knew if she walked on it a lot it might.

"Sam? Do you think I'm cheating?"

Carter smiled.

"Read off your scorecard…"

Sirius looked down at his scorecard and frowned.

"Well… this might look a little suspicious…"

Harry looked over his shoulder, even though he knew very well what it would say. Sirius had mangled the first hole of the miniature golf course they'd gone to, scoring over the maximum limit of 12, and had in the next three holes managed to get three hole in ones.

"It's a lot suspicious," Daniel said, looking as well.

"I'm just a quick learner, that's all. Ask anyone."

"Where's your wand?" Jack asked. He didn't know a lot about wizards – and he'd be the first to admit it – but he knew that Sirius wasn't Tiger Woods and couldn't learn to putt like him in only a few minutes. Something was definitely up – magically speaking – and for that, Jack knew there was a wand involved.

"It is up his sleeve, O'Neill," Teal'c said. "He has been sliding it down into his hand each time he has putted."

Sirius looked between Jack and Teal'c, while Sam smirked. He was so busted. Even better, the place was pretty much deserted, so they didn't have to worry about anyone overhearing them so they could be a little less cautious about what they said – as long as none of it was anything about the SGC, of course.

"Aw, come on, Jack. Who are you going to believe, him or me?"

Jack snorted. Like there was any doubt? He reached out his hand.

"The wand, Sirius."

"But I wasn't doing anything. Honest."

He didn't even have a good innocent look just then, because none of them believed him – especially the members of SG-1 who relied on Teal'c being so observant. Looking from one face to the other, Sirius sighed and shifted his hand just a little, allowing his wand to slide down from the inside of his shirt sleeve.

"I can't believe you don't trust me…" he grumbled as he handed his wand over to Jack.

"You were cheating," Sam laughed, not at all conciliatory. She wasn't falling for his feigned innocence anymore than Jack or the others. Although she was definitely amused by the whole thing.

"I was utilizing all my options," he corrected as Jack handed the wand over to Sam for safe keeping.

"Next time don't utilize them so blatantly," Jack told him. "You might not get caught."

The wizard smiled.

"I'll keep that in mind."

OOOOOOOOOOO

"This game is a lot less fun without magic…" Sirius complained a short time later.

Harry grinned.

"I kind of like it."

His aunt and uncle would have fainted if he'd suggested that they take him, but Harry had seen kids doing it and he'd always wanted to try it. Now that he was actually doing it, he was hoping that Sirius would like it, too, because then maybe his godfather would be willing to take him some time.

Sirius just rolled his eyes, though, and stepped up to his ball, looking over at the clown face that separated him from the target.

"How am I supposed to aim when I can't even see where it goes?"

"That's part of the fun," Sam told him, leaning on her upended putter like it was a cane as she watched.

He scowled, and whacked the ball, which immediately bounced off the clown's chin and ricocheted back at him, coming to a stop only inches from where it had been when he'd hit it in the first place.

"It's going to be a long afternoon…" Daniel murmured to Jack, enjoying the fact that he was no longer the worst golfer out there.

Sure enough, the game took quite a while, and not just because Sirius was once more stroking well into the teens on every hole. The others – with the sole exception of Sam – weren't really all that much better, and they all grumbled good naturedly as she wiped the floor with them all.

"I think Sam was cheating…" Sirius said when they finally handed in their putters and started adding up their scores.

Daniel shook his head.

"She's just really good."

"She had my wand," Sirius reminded them. "Who knows, maybe she's really a witch."

"Or… maybe I'm just really good at physics," Sam said, handing him his wand back with a smug smile that made her eyes twinkled mischievously.

"What does that have to do with anything?"

"It does," Jack said as they walked out to the parking lot where Daniel had parked. "Trust me. And don't ever play pool with her for money, because she'll cream you there, too."

"Pool?"

"Just trust me."

Sirius nodded as Daniel unlocked the doors to the car so they could pile in.

"If you say so."

He'd have to ask Harry later what pool was, though, just to see if it was something he wanted to try. Especially if he could do it with Sam.