Chapter Four: Bowling

Five minutes later and Sam parked the car.

"Okay, we're here" She said with a grin as she turned to face Janet. Janet looked up to see where they were and her face dropped when she saw and a slight look of disbelief crossed her features.

"Bowling!" She said loudly, Sam just grinned.

"What's wrong with bowling?" She asked with a giggle.

"Nothing…" Janet replied. "Just never would have guessed we'd be going here" She added with a grin. "That's why it was a surprise" Sam said sarcastically as they both got out of the car.

"Well you just know me too well Sam" Janet said still smiling as they made their way to the entrance.

"Of course I do, I'm your best friend, I'd be worried if I didn't" Sam said smiling as they walked.

"True!" Janet replied smiling back as they entered the doors into the building.

They made their way over to the desk to book a lane and shoes and stuff. The lady directed them to a lane right at the end and handed them the appropriate sized shoes, and then they made there way over to the lane.

"So Sam, when was the last time you played?" Janet asked casually.

"Ah… A while…" She admitted.

"A while as in a while or a while as in a long time?" Janet asked grinning as she sat down to put the bowling shoes on.

"Well it hasn't been a terribly long time, actually thinking about it not long at all, since we came her as a team outing a few months ago" She replied as she too sat down and switched shoes.

"Ah, so this is somewhere where the boys dragged you along to, is it?" Janet asked.

"One of the many places Janet!" Sam said as she laughed. "The funniest thing was that Teal'c suggested it!" Sam said and Janet looked up at her and raised her eyebrow, Sam just laughed. "Yeah, bit odd hey? But he said he wished to try something knew and said he had seen this place during one of his many travels outside the mountain"

Janet laughed as she finished with her shoe and stood up. "One of those many great Teal'c moments" Sam just laughed as she too finished tying her laces then stood up.

"One of the many" She replied.

"So who's going first?" Janet said as she moved over to where the computer keypad was.

"Ah… I'll leave that up to you" Sam replied.

"Okay then" Janet responded. "Okay, since you drove here, me first then you! Fair?" She said.

"Fair" Sam replied and Janet typed it in and it showed up on the screen above their lane. "Janet!" Sam said looking up at the screen.

"Wha…?" Janet said looking innocent. "I thought it suited!" She added with a grin.

"Oh yeah!" Sam replied. "But I don't know anyone else who would agree" She said and laughed.

"Why, what's so wrong with Lucy and Ethel?" Janet asked giggling slightly.

"Nothing, nothing at all" Sam replied and they both laughed. "Well are you going to have your go Ethel?" Sam said sarcastically.

"Why of course Lucy!" Janet shot back as she made her way over to get herself a ball.

Sam followed her over, deciding it easy to get both at the same time. She watched as Janet picked up one of the lightest ones, she smiled at Sam. "I'm being lazy tonight!" She said with a grin, Sam just shook her head.

"Just be glad you're not with the Colonel and the others, you'd never hear the end of it" She said as she grabbed a medium sized ball of the middle. "Although Teal'c definitely showed him up when he grabbed the heaviest ball here" She added with a laugh as they walked back to the lane.

"I bet he did!" Janet said and grinned. "Those guys just make everything into a competition, don't they?" Janet said and Sam just shrugged.

"I guess sometimes, but that is mostly just the Colonel" Sam replied. "Teal'c joins in, but Daniel doesn't so much, because he tends to lose most of the time" She added with a small laugh. "That is unless it's chess or something that requires anything intellectual" She said and laughed more, Janet joining in with her laughter.

"That'd be right" She said. "I still don't know how you manage to put up with them, Sam" She said after a brief moment of silence.

"It's life" Sam said with a shrug as she took a seat to watch Janet have her go.

Janet walked up to the lane and took her shot, knocking down all but one pin. Sam stared slightly shocked. "Wow Janet! You've been practicing!" She said.

"Indeed I have, been bowling one too many times with Cassie, she seems to have a fascination with it now" Janet said as she made her way back to retrieve her ball.

"I'd blame the Colonel" Sam said and laughed.

"Don't you worry… I do!" Janet replied as she walked back and aimed for the last pin, she bowled and knocked it over. "But now I am more even with you!" She added as she turned back a huge smile on her face.

"Hey, I ain't that good!" Sam defended herself.

"Well you were better than me last time" Janet said with a smile.

"Is you're competitive side coming out now, Janet?" Sam asked with a laugh.

"Maybe!" Was the response she got, she just laughed and moved to take her own turn. She bowled and took a strike, she turned around to face Janet and lifted her arms and shrugged.

"What can I say?!" She said as Janet just glared at her.

"Nothing" She said back teasingly. "Besides, that was just a lucky shot" She added as she made her way to have her second go. Sam just shook her head and stood back and watched.

They finished off the first game, and having started off alright they had both ended up with quite low scores. Having way too much fun rather than actually concentrating. After the first few serious shots they had decided it was more fun finding the best way to distract each other. In the end they hadn't done so good and there scores had ended up. Ethel with thirty-nine and Lucy with forty-three, Sam having still beat Janet.

"Well that was a good game" Sam said with a giggle.

"Oh yes, it most definitely was" Janet replied as she sat down to take off her shoes.

"Okay, so now that's done where to now, or you wanna have another game" Sam asked grinning as she two sat down to change shoes back.

"Mine turn to surprise you!" Janet replied and Sam rolled her eyes.

"Great" She replied sarcastically.

"My treat though" Janet said with a smile as she got back up, bowling shoes in hand.

"Well in that case…" Sam said and grinned at Janet and then she too got up. They made their way over to the counter, gave the lady back the shoes and Sam paid.