To begin with Sam lulled Tom into a false sense of security, letting it seem as if he was better than her but then the tables turned and Sam sunk shot after shot. Tom watched dumb founded as the rest of the crew all laughed.
Sam potted the last ball and set the pool que on the table before smiling at the opened mouthed Tom. Jack laughed, "You didn't stand a chance she's only lost one game of pool in the years I've known her."
"Yeah," Sam said with a smirk, "And that was only because I won a drinking contest and then passed out half way through playing."
A song came on and she smiled wistfully. Jack saw and said, "What's up Carter?"
"Oh nothing," she said shaking her head, "It's just this song was my mom's favourite, she used to sing it when she was cooking."
Jack listened carefully and heard the unmistakable sound of Up Town Girl by Billy Joel. He took another look at Sam's face before grabbing her hand and pulling her laughing towards a free space on the floor. "No sir, I don't want to dance," she said between laughs.
Jack shrugged, "Yes you do Carter. Just one song. You must have danced while your mom was singing."
Daniel and Teal'c both shook their heads as the two officers began dancing together, spinning each other around and laughing so hard they could see the tears in their eyes.
Daniel looked at the still opened mouthed Tom and said, "Word of warning, don't remind Sam about the bet if she forgets, she comes up with some pretty unique ideas."
He then started laughing when he heard Sam and Jack start singing along to the chorus of the song loudly, although they still sounded good together.
When the song finished Jack spun the laughing Sam one last time before he dropped her hand. They smiled at each other before Sam said, "Go and ask the Captain to dance Jack, can't make it seem as if there's an unprofessional relationship between us."
Jack frowned, "We were just dancing Carter, like we have hundreds of times before at O'Malley's. Nothing wrong with that."
Sam looked at the floor, not wanting to meet his gaze. "Sorry sir," she said after a minute, "It's just that I'm nervous about tomorrow, I actually don't know if this is going to work. For all I know we could be stuck here until we die."
Her voice had got lower the more she spoke and Jack felt for her, he really did. He noticed that there were eyes from all over watching them, including the worried look that Daniel was giving them.
He caught Daniel's head and wordlessly shook his head, telling the younger man that he would sort this out. He gently put a hand on Sam's shoulder and spun her around so she was facing the other way before gently pushing her towards an empty table in the corner, where thankfully there weren't any people.
He sat her down and then took the seat opposite her. "Ok Carter, you know how brilliant I am at talking about anything important." She laughed lightly and he smiled and continued, "But you'll get us home, we all trust you to do that."
"That's the problem sir. If I can't get us home then it's my fault that Teal'c will never see his family again, it's my fault that we're all stuck here until we die and it's my fault that none of us will ever see our earth again."
Jack reached across the table and squeezed her hand, "We either get home or we won't Sam, and if we don't then it's not your fault. We trust you Sam, and we all know that no matter what happens you did your best and we can ask for nothing more than that."
Sam flipped her hand over and twined her fingers through his, taking strength from them. "Thank you sir," she said after a minute.
Jack just smiled at her and squeezed her hand again. "Come on Carter," he said after a minute, "I think it's about time to get you in bed."
Sam bit her lip and Jack scowled jokingly, "Fer cryin out loud, you know full well that's not what I meant."
Sam burst out laughing and stood, letting go of Jack's hand in the process. Jack shook his head and also stood before together they walked over to where Daniel was talking to Tom and the Captain and Teal'c was watching a pool game carefully.
They stood for a moment before Daniel finished explaining whatever it was he was on about and looked up at them. "You ok Sam?" Daniel asked.
"She's fine Daniel," Jack said while Sam nodded, "Nothing a good night's sleep won't fix." He looked at the Captain and said, "Thank you for tonight Captain but I think Carter might have worked herself too hard over the last couple of days."
Daniel gave her a concerned look but she shook her head, which was enough to tell him she was fine. The Captain nodded as Teal'c walked over to join them. "We had a most enjoyable time CaptainJaneway," the Jaffa said.
Janeway nodded and smiled, "I'll accompany you to the transporter room."
They said a quick good bye and Sam smirked at Tom before she left. Tom saw the smirk and looked at B'Elanna before saying, "Daniel may well have been right about not reminding the Major about the bet; that smirk looked evil."
B'Elanna shook her head and wordlessly took his hand and led him from the room.
At the transporter room Janeway handed Jack to comm badge he had given back that morning. Jack nodded and asked, "Would you like for Daniel and Teal'c to come back in the morning?"
Janeway shook her head, "We have completely mended the ship so we won't need any more help. You are all however welcome to make use of our facilities."
Jack sniffed at Daniel. Even though Sam had had a swim the night before and the three men had had a quick wash is the lake this morning, the three of them still didn't smell all that good. Daniel frowned at Jack and said to Janeway, "We'd appreciate that."
As Janeway nodded Sam said, "Excuse me Captain but I've just remembered that Daniel's camera is still attached to one of your screens."
Janeway nodded again, "You're welcome to go and sort it now or you can wait until tomorrow."
Sam looked at her watch and said, "Would you mind if I did it now quickly?"
"If that's what you want," Janeway answered.
Sam nodded and looked at the guys, "You go ahead sir, I won't be too long."
"See you in a minute Carter," Jack said as he led Daniel and Teal'c into the transporter room.
Thirty minutes later Sam walked into the camp and handed the camera to Daniel, who was sat on one of the logs, looking into the low fire, drinking some coffee.
"Thanks Sam," he said with a smile. "Do you want any tea?"
Sam shook her head, "No, I'm just going to go to sleep." She headed into the tent and was soon wrapped in her sleeping bag, her jacket over her head to block out the light since it wasn't quite dark yet.
She was aware when Jack came in maybe ten minutes later. He got into his sleeping bag as carefully as he could so not to knock against to Sam, who to him looked sound asleep. Once he was settled he turned on his side and whispered, "You'll do fine Sam."