AN: So how is everyone enjoying the tie in so far?

With friends like these

The next morning Jack eats breakfast and leaves for his job. Ernest had told the truth. Both he and Teal'c had been able to easily find work with their letters of recommendation from Mort and Ernest. Daniel teased Jack that it was his remarkable resemblance to his great grandfather that had likely gotten him a job and Jack had shrugged then grunted before kissing Sam's cheek on his way out.

Sam blushed brightly at Daniel's amused smirk.

"You know he's really a giant mush ball under the military crap right?" Daniel asked her.

"Shut up." Sam grumbled and went back to eating her bacon and oatmeal.

Daniel smirked at her. Teal'c gave her a bow and an amused look as he takes his leave.

"Think Ernie will be up any time soon?"

Sam shakes her head. "From what Yonish told me, he does most of his writing at night when the building is quiet."

"That makes sense. You work best at night too sometimes." Daniel said. "I know the answer but what are our odds here?" He asked her.

"Honestly, Daniel, Yonish is brilliant and Ramos even more so but the technology isn't here yet. They haven't even invented vacuum tubes yet." Sam sighed.

"Are you giving up?"

"No… not yet… but I don't have much hope either."

Daniel looks at the papers next to him for a moment then at Sam. "You could think of this as a different kind of opportunity."

"Daniel, that's all well and good and I won't lie and say it's not something I want but what am I supposed to do with myself? I can't invent anything or make any scientific progress of any kind unless I hide it for Cassie to find and take to General Hammond at some point."

"Okay, that's valid but there's other things you can do, Sam. You could help Yonish for instance."

"It's not a paying gig, Daniel." She reminds him.

"No, but Jack did say his grandfather told him stories about us so who knows? Maybe the reason he wouldn't answer Jack's questions was because we told him not to and we found our way back."

"Or we all died at the hands of cattle rustlers. Or dysentery."

Daniel frowns at her.

"You have died of dysentery." Sam quips and giggles.

Daniel looks at her oddly.

"Sorry... It's a game they make Cassie play at school about taking the Oregon Trail and it's the most common outcome."

"Huh." He looks at her as though he has no clue why she said that. "Anyway, I have the information on acquiring a parcel of land. We obviously have enough money for it but we'll have to plan fairly well anyway. I think I'll take that post office job. We are going to need food and grain for the horses and building supplies and clothing and such."

Sam nods. "Not to mention Jack will need tools and we'll need things to do the washing with, paper, pens and ink, Yarn and possibly some dye so if the snow is too deep to get to Yonish's lab I have something to do, kitchen supplies, jars and lids, salt..." Sam sighed. The list seemed endless and the first couple winters might be very boring and in tight quarters with men she loved dearly… one particularly but that same man could be very trying when cooped up and bored.

"Do you think Jack knows how to hew logs for a cabin?"

Sam gives him a flat look. "You really have to ask that?"

Daniel chuckles. "Ok, dumb question."

She smiles a little. It was a sad memory, how she'd learned Jack was perfectly capable of building a log house from scratch. Dig a well, run irrigation, etcetera. Just because he didn't use it on a regular basis didn't mean Jack wasn't a competent engineer. She'd prefer to not think about the events surrounding that knowledge, however.

"Well, anyway, buying the land isn't difficult. There's not a land rush so we just have to go in and file the paperwork. I'm not sure how many people can be on the deed but we need to pick someone for head of household. I nominate Jack."

Sam chuckled. "That sounded a lot like 'not it', Daniel."

"Probably because it was." He said grinning back.

Sam shook her head, still grinning. "It makes sense anyway. We're used to following his directions more or less and he probably is the most experienced with this kind of lifestyle."

"Some of us more than others. How is that working out by the way?"

"Daniel!" She exclaimed, shocked he'd even say it that way.

"Sam… The Air Force isn't going to exist for another sixty six years. Relax. It's not like how you feel about each other is some kind of big secret. Everyone just politely ignores you both." He'd give her crap for saying he wasn't skilled at living in a primitive era but he knew he wasn't. It was one of the reasons Sha're had teased him endlessly.

"Oh well, gee, thanks. I'm gonna go die of mortification now thanks."

Daniel laughs. "Don't be so dramatic. Siler is hoping you name your first kid together after him."

"I am not naming my first child Sylvester. Jack's or otherwise." She said mutinously.

"You have other prospects?" Daniel teased.

"There's always Ramos." She said with a grin that made him laugh. Ramos was far too quiet for Sam's taste. Jack's grandfather on the other hand was the combination of charming and bright that generally attracted Sam. Daniel worried a bit about that as Ernest seemed to be a bit of a womanizer. What kind of irony would it be for them to go back in time and Sam turns out to be Jack's great grandmother. And god… poor Jack if that was the case. But Jack would know her name and he had a feeling Jack would be a lot weirder about this all if it were.

"All right, well, I'll go over to the bank and get a check for the land to make a deposit. Are you headed to the lab?"

Sam smiled and shook her head. "I suppose so. I don't have much else going on."

"Cheer up, Sam. It's not new technology but at least it's fun to tinker with."

"Yah. I guess." She shrugged and got up. "Ernest said horses don't like Yonish's lab so I'll just walk. The post office is on the way. Why don't you walk with me?" She offers.

"Sure." Daniel says and stands himself. He grabs the paperwork and follows her out. "I think I'll see if I can find us some more clothes too. These are fine for riding but you're getting looks."

"I really don't care, Daniel. I can put any one of them on their ass and we all know it."

Daniel grinned "And we all know who's responsible for that."

"Teal'c," they said together and laughed.