Chapter Eight: Walking, Eating & Meeting

Sam grabbed her keys off the bench and shoved them into her pocket, then walked around from the bench and heading back into her room quickly. She returned a few minutes later with a pair of runners.

"May as well walk in comfort" She said to Janet who was watching her suspiciously.

"True" Janet responded. "I may have a pair of them lying around here somewhere from last time" She said as she walked back down the hall to the spare room. As she left Sam sat down on the couch and started to put hers on, she was just tying her laces when Janet returned with another pair.

"These are Cassie's, but they'll do" She said as she sat down next to Sam on the couch and put them on. Sam got up and walked over to the door while she waiting for Janet to put her shoes on.

"Ready?" Sam asked as Janet finished tying her laces and got up.

"Yep, all set" She said walking over to the door.

"Good… Let's go" Sam said as she and Janet walked out, Sam locked the door as they did so.

They watched off down the street and an even pace, chatting as they went.

"So how often do you come out for breakfast?" Janet asked curiously.

"Ah… Most of the times when I am home…" She said and blushed slightly.

"Ah… Well at least you actually eat something" Janet said elbowing her in the stomach slightly.

"Yes…" Sam said and smiled back. "And the food here is really nice… Whenever I am home I usually go for a run in the morning and will drop in for breakfast" Sam informed her. "Just a routine I have…" Sam added with a smile and Janet smiled back.

"I do that on occasion too… Like when I had to drop Cassie off and school, I'd often grabbed some breaky on the way for both of us" Janet said. "Much more preferred than the stuff they have in the Commissary" She added with a grin. "Plus Cassie enjoyed it too, better than just some toast or cereal" Janet added.

"Well I'll have to agree, anything is better than the Commissary food" Sam said and laughed.

"And yet we have to put up with it" Janet added.

"Although…" Sam started. "The Commissary food is a lot better than MRE packets, that's for sure" Sam said and cringed.

"Oh yes, those things are certainly for an acquired taste" Janet said. "Meaning mostly someone with out tastebuds" She added and laughed.

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A few minutes later and they were walking past a couple of shops, both closed at that time of morning, which actually wasn't that early considering it was almost seven o'clock. Well not early for them as they had to get up before 5 nearly every morning.

"It's just up here" Sam said as they walked past another shop, Janet smiled.

"Good because now I'm getting hungry" She said and Sam turned and opened the door into the little café, Janet smiled to her and entered.

"Thank-you" She said as she did and Sam followed.

"No problem" She said with a grin and they made their way over to a table in the middle. "Your right, nice little place they've got here" Janet commented as she sat down.

"Yeah, it's peaceful in the morning too… That's why I like coming here" Sam said as she too took a seat.

Janet looked up at the menu board from where she was siting. "What are you thinking of having?" She asked Sam.

"Hmmm, I might just have some Bacon and Eggs actually" She said after a moment and Janet smiled.

"Despite being forced to eat dinner last night I'm actually quite hungry this morning" She added and Janet smiled.

"Good" She said and kept looking at the menu board. "I'm thinking of having… Maybe just some pancakes… Something different!" Janet said looking over a t Sam, who smiled in return.

"I actually might have a glass of apple juice with it too" Sam said.

"Yeah, good idea, although orange for me… or course" Janet said with a grin. "Anything else you want?" Janet asked as she got up.

"No thanks, I'm fine" Sam replied with a smile.

"Okay then, I'll go and order" Janet said and made her way over to the counter.

Janet walked off and heading to the back of the café where the counter was. She briefly glanced around the room; there weren't very many people there. There was a lady sitting at a table hurriedly eating some toast as she browsed though some papers, she was wearing a business suit and Janet figured that she must have been heading to work. The café had a few booths further down the back near the counter, and as she approached it she could hear a very unmistakable laugh coming from one of the booths, she quickly took a step forward and glanced into the booth to see if she was right, she was. She quickly turned on her heals and made her way back to Sam.

"What's up?" Sam asked and she came back to the table and quickly re-took her seat.

"You won't believe who else is here… I can't believe it, I mean what are they doing out at this time of morning" Janet said rather quickly and Sam just stared at her in confusion.

"Janet!" She said sternly catching Janet's attention. "What is it?" She asked and Janet actually laughed.

"Daniel and Teal'c are here" She stated through her laughter.

"Oh… really?" Sam said, not really believing her.

"Yeah, they're just over there… In that booth!" Janet said pointing towards the booth.

Sam just laughed. "So do you want to go somewhere else or join them?" Sam asked and Janet paused.

"Ah… may as well join them… no need to run off" She said and she and Sam both got up and made their way over to the booth.

They reached the booth just as Daniel and Teal'c came out and bumped straight into them, Teal'c almost knocking Sam off her feet but catching her arm in his grasp before she actually fell.

"Major Carter" He said to her and she looked back up at him slightly shocked.

"Teal'c!" She said and he let go of her arm.

"Doctor Fraiser" He added and bowed to her.

"Sam… Janet!" Daniel said and hugged each of them. "What you guys doing here so early?" He asked.

"Well we thought it was a nice enough day to walk down and buy some breakfast" Janet informed them and smiled, Daniel grinned back.

"Well I was just about to order, did you two want to join us?" He asked and Sam and Janet shared a brief glance and Sam shrugged.

"Sure, why not" Janet responded and lead them back into the booth.

"So what are you guys having?" Daniel asked as Sam and Teal'c sat down on one side and Janet on the other.

"Well Sam wanted to have Bacon and Eggs and I'd like some pancakes for a change" Janet said and Daniel smiled and nodded.

"We'll I'm having pancakes and Teal'c is having…" Daniel said and turned to the Jaffa. "What did you want again?" He asked and Teal'c smiled, well as much as he would ever smile.

"I would like some Bacon and Eggs and same raisin bread and a chocolate milkshake" Teal'c said and Daniel nodded as Sam and Janet shared a look of disgust.

"Okay, think I got it" Daniel said as he turned around.

"Need some help?" Janet asked as she got back up.

"Ah, yeah… that'd be good" Daniel said and they walked off towards the counter.

Sam shook her head as she watched them walk off, she then turned back to Teal'c.

"So Teal'c! Did you and Daniel do anything interesting last night" Sam asked trying to make conversation with him, Teal'c then turned to look at her.

"We ordered a pizza and then watched all the Star Wars movies" Teal'c informed her with a slight smile.

"Sounds… Fun!" Sam said sarcastically.

"Did Doctor Fraiser and yourself have an enjoyable evening?" Teal'c asked her and she smiled.

"We did" She said grinning. "We had quite an enjoyable evening actually" She added and Teal'c smiled his unique but slightly hidden smile.

"Did you get to see Cassandra Fraiser, before she left for her camping trip with her friend?" Teal'c asked and Sam looked over at him eyebrow slightly raised.

"Uh, yeah I did… I can't believe she's going to be 18 soon, the times just gone so fast" Sam said and smiled.

"Indeed it has" Teal'c commented and then they both fell silent. "Major Carter!" Teal'c said after a moment and Sam turned to look at him again.

"Yeah?" She asked she swore she saw him blush slightly.

"I was wondering if you could help me with something" He said and Sam nodded.

"Yeah, what's that?" She asked.

"Well I do believe that it is appropriate as part of your human culture to give a person a gift of some kind for their birthday, I wish to get such a gift for Cassandra, but I do not know what would be appropriate… I thought that maybe you could advise me on what would be suitable" He asked and Sam just smiled.

"No problem Teal'c, I have to get her something as well, we can go gift shopping together if you'd like?" Sam suggested and Teal'c nodded.

"That would be very much appreciated, Major Carter" Sam just smiled back at him.

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Janet and Daniel approached the counter, but there was no-one there, they guessed that the young waitress who was there earlier, must have gone around the back or something, so they waiting patiently.

"So what did you two get up too last night?" Daniel asked Janet and Janet smiled.

"Well, firstly…" She started. "We dropped Cassie off at her mates, then we heading out and went bowling… Apparently some place you had gone once at Teal'c's request" She said with and grin and Daniel laughed.

"Oh, that is a team-outing I will never forgot" He said and laughed, Janet joined in his laughter. "So what else did you do?" Daniel asked once they'd stopped laughing.

"Well I took Sam out for dinner, and then we went back to her place and watched a movie, well I watched, Sam conked within the first half hour" Janet said and Daniel smiled.

"That'd be right" He said. "So where'd you go for dinner?" Daniel asked.

"O'Malley's" Janet said casually and Daniel turned around to stare at her for a moment.

"You took Sam to O'Malley's? You do realised we were all kicked out of there and told to never come back… right?" He half asked, half informed her.

"Yeah, but we got away with it so there's nothing to worry about" Janet said with a grin and Daniel just laughed.

"Nice…" He said, just as the waitress came to serve them. They ordered what they wanted and Daniel offered to pay, so he did and then they made there way back to the booth where Sam and Teal'c were.

Returning to the booth Daniel and Janet came and sat across from Sam and Teal'c. "All ordered, waitress will bring it all over when it's done" Janet informed them as she sat down.

"Good!" Sam said with a grin. They sat there for a few minutes in silence before anyone said anything.

"Hey guys, what are your plans for today?" Sam asked. "You got any?" She added and Daniel turned to face her.

"Well I wouldn't say we had definite plans… We thought we might head of and play a game of mini golf, other than that…" Daniel said as he shrugged.

"Sounds like fun!" Janet said with a grin and looked over at Sam.

"You're free to join us if you like" Daniel offered and Sam looked back at Janet and shrugged, leaving the decision up to her.

"Sure thing we'll join you, should be a good day" She said and then the waitress arrived at the table with all their food.