Chapter Nine: Mini Golf

They each sat there eating their breakfasts, while they chatted and had a laugh, they were reminiscing over previous missions as well as informing Janet on some of SG-1's more memorable team-outings, some of which she couldn't believe they'd done without her knowing about. She was utterly surprised when they told her about the time they took Teal'c parachuting, because after that time in Russia they thought he could do with a bit more practise. Janet just shook her head in disbelief while Sam and Daniel laughed, Teal'c just cocked his head and raised his eyebrow wondering what exactly was so funny.

They told her about some of their most memorable missions, the ones that didn't necessarily involve the fighting and such that most did, ones that were memorable in other ways. Like the mission to P3X-781 where they had to walk for eight hours through the rain, but which was then followed by an interesting campfire conversation in which Teal'c was firstly introduced to the game 'Truth or Dare'. They also spoke about some other missions too and even Teal'c was recalling some of their better ones too. Once they had finished eating they sat around and chatting for a bit longer before they decided that it was time to head off.

The four of them walked out of the café, Daniel and Teal'c had driven since Daniel's place was on the other side of town and just a little bit far to walk, that and Daniel only ever did walk when he was forced to.

They walked up to where Daniel's car was park and each hopped in, Sam and Janet in the back, Daniel in the passenger seat and Teal'c driving.

"So where we going for Mini Golf?" Daniel asked as Teal'c started the car up and pulled away from the curb.

"Want to go to the one just in town or head out to that nice big new one they were making just about half an hour outta town?" He asked and Sam and Janet shared a look.

"Lets check out the new one sounds more interesting" Janet said and winked to Sam, Sam just laughed in return.

"Good choice, because that's where I wanted to go" Daniel admitted then glanced over at Teal'c.

"Teal'c, you know where you are going, right?" Daniel asked him.

"Indeed I do… O'Neill has shown me several maps of this area and I know my way round quite well" Teal'c said quite smugly and Daniel looked at him curiously. He then turned around to face Sam and Janet and mouthed. 'Been spending too much time with Jack'. Then they all just laughed.

They had been driving for about twenty minutes in silence and it was starting to get boring, as they didn't have any topic to talk about.

"Hey guys, what do you say if we have some music on?" Janet asked from the back and Daniel turned around and then turned to Teal'c, who nodded.

"No problem" Daniel said as he reached down and turned it on, thankful that it was on the same station as the radio in Sam's, not Cassie's station, the one Janet liked.

"Better?" Daniel asked as he turned back around to them.

"Much" They both said in unison and Sam playfully elbowed Janet, Daniel just laughed and turned back around. One of Janet's favourite songs came on and she was in the back mucking around pretending to be singing into a microphone while Sam was in hysterics laughing. Daniel was just laughing at them he loved the way Sam and Janet would muck around together, always having a great time. He loved just knowing that Sam was having fun and enjoying herself, she was always working so hard and even when they had team-outing, she always seemed pre-occupied, even if she did seem to still enjoy herself. He loved her like a sister, cared for her like one too. Sighing to himself he smiled at his thoughts and watched out the side window as they drove along.

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Another twenty minutes later and they arrived at the Mini Golf centre, it was huge, a massive building and you could see part of the course through the windows and it looked awesome. They each got out of the car and walked up onto the foot path, once everyone was out and ready they began walking up to the building. Teal'c arrived first and opened the door; he held it open as the others entered.

"Thanks" Daniel said as he hurried inside, Janet nodded as she passed.

"Thanks Teal'c" Sam said with as she walked in and then Teal'c followed. Daniel walked straight up to the desk.

"Four people, thanks" He said to the lady who smiled back.

"Sure" She replied and started writing something out. She then opened one of the desk draws. "Here are your score cards" She said as she passed them to Daniel. "And you can just grab your clubs from over there" She said and pointed to the other wall. "And of course the balls are in the bucket!" She said with a smile and Daniel smiled back.

"Thanks" He replied as she reached for his wallet.

"And you can pay on your way out" She said and smiled again, Daniel nodded.

"Okay then, thank-you" He replied as he replaced his wallet in his pocket and then he and the others made there way over to where the golf clubs were and balls were.

Daniel, Janet and Sam all grabbed themselves a club each and a ball. Teal'c who had never played mini golf was quite intrigued. He picked up a club and looked at it eyebrows raised, the others just looked over at him and smiled.

"I do not see the meaning of this" He said confused. "Why is this so small? I have seen Golf played on Television and there clubs are not this small" He said to them and they each laughed, Sam shook her head and tried her best to explain it to him.

"Teal'c this is Mini Golf, not ordinary Golf, everything here is smaller and a lot of kids normally play it…" Sam explained but he still looked at her confused.

"Basically Teal'c, it's just a whole lot of fun, and I'm sure you'll figure it out as we go" Daniel said smiling and Teal'c just shook his head slightly.

"So who's ready to play?" Janet asked with a grin.

"Me" Sam said grinning back.

"I am so ready and gonna kick your butts" Daniel said smugly as he walked passed them and heading towards the first hole, Sam and Janet just rolled there eyes and then turned back to Teal'c.

"Ready?" Sam asked.

"I am still unsure, Major Carter" He said and she just laughed.

"Don't worry about it Teal'c, you'll pick it up easy enough" She said with a grin and Teal'c just nodded and quickly leant and picket up a ball as he and the other two headed off in the same direction as Daniel.

When they reached Daniel he was already set up for the first shot. "I go first!" He said as he saw them approach.

"I think we figured that" Janet said with a grin and Daniel grinned back.

"Score cards are over there" He informed them pointing to the small pedestal to the side.

"Cool" Janet said and went and stood by it. "I'll score" She said with a grin.

"And I'll score you" Sam said and winked. "We don't want any cheating do we" Sam said grinning and Janet just shook her head.

"Fine" She said sarcastically. "So what order we going in?" Janet asked. "Obvious Daniel is first… Who want to go next?" She asked and Teal'c and Sam shared a glance.

"You can" Sam said to her and Janet scribbled it down.

"Then you and then Teal'c" Janet said as she wrote it on the score cards.

"Sounds good to me!" Sam replied.

"So can I go now?" Daniel said anxiously and they each shared a glance then stared at him.

"Yes" Sam and Janet said in unison and then laughed at each other, Teal'c just raised his eyebrow again and Daniel shook his head and then moved to make his first shot.

While Daniel and Janet took their turns Sam tried to help Teal'c a little more and he was getting it, she took her turn and got a hole in one, to even her surprise. She grinned and Daniel and Janet just glared at her.

"Congratulations Major Carter" Teal'c said and she grinned at him.

"Thanks Teal'c… Now you ready to have your go now?" She asked him and he smiled one of his hidden Teal'c smiles.

"Indeed I am" He said and walked to where he had to take his shot from.

"Remember to hit it with not much force, but enough to get it in the hole" Sam instructed him before he hit the ball and he nodded and then took his shot. Amazingly he got a hole in one too and again Daniel and Janet glared at both him and Sam and then shared a glance with each other.

"Well Done Teal'c" Sam commented and he smiled again, this time one that was visible.

"Thank-you for your help, Major Carter" Teal'c said and Sam smiled back at him and then sighed inwardly, she wished he would just call her Sam or even Samantha. Major Carter was just too professional and made her feel like she was still at work, but no matter how many times she asked he wouldn't call her it. She sighed again and then they all got their things and moved off towards the second hole.

It took them two hours before they were finished their game. Teal'c had beaten them all, Sam second, then Janet and then Daniel was last. They left the course and went back into the entrance building, the lady was still sitting at the desk, there were a lot more kids around now, as it was early afternoon and that would have been their busiest time of the day, especially on a Saturday.

They each placed their clubs back and Daniel headed over to the desk, he was originally going to pay, but during their game they had bet that the person with the lowest score had to pay, that being Daniel, he really didn't care, although he would have liked to not have lost the game, but Janet had beat him, even if it was only by a point, they had been even for most of the game, but he had gotten stuck on the eighteenth hole.