After retrieving Charlie from the church nursery, SG-1 and the Carter girls dispersed into their rental cars and drove back to the house.
As soon as she walked in through the front door, Alison ran upstairs to her room. Not even waiting for the door to close Ali turned on her stereo and turned up the volume. Slowly as the notes blasted into her ears, Alison picked up her sketchbook and pencils and sat by her window, and sent a silent thanks to her aunt Sam for buying her that awesome stereo for her birthday. So many things were running through her head, she didn't know where to start sorting herself out. She knew that her grandfather wanted the best for her, but Ali knew that if she had to walk by the same places she loved to go with her mom and dad, she would eventually lose her sanity. Having all of those memories in the front of her mind every day, any one would start to let go of reality. Ali slowly started singing along to the words of Marilyn Manson's Tainted Love. Ali continued to draw and sing by the window until she was startled out of her reverie by a hand on her shoulder.
Sg-1 watched as Sam's eldest niece ran to her room, slamming the door when she reached her destination. Slowly the four adults looked to one another, as if to say 'Who's going to help the distraught teenager now?', when they heard the harsh music pounding through the floor. To everyone's surprise, Teal'c handed a sleeping Jenna over to Daniel and stoically walked up the stairs. Once he reached his desired door, Teal'c firmly knocked, upon receiving no answer, he opened the door slightly to peer inside. Alison was sitting on a seat by a large window, sketch pad in hand.
"Alison Carter." Still Teal'c received no acknowledgment to his presence, so Teal'c gently laid his hand on her shoulder. Alison was thoroughly startled, dropping her sketchbook and pencil as she looked up to see who her assailant was. Upon seeing the formidable Jaffa warrior, Ali grabbed her remote and turned of her stereo.
"Teal'c, what are you doing here?" Ali asked, genuinely surprised that the formidable man would bother coming to talk to her.
"I was concerned, you seemed uncharacteristically angry, I wish to know what has upset you."
"I really don't want to talk about it Teal'c, I just need some time to chill." Teal'c stood there, eyebrow raised, head cocked to the side, staring at her.
"Chill? I don not understand the context in which you use this word." Ali giggled.
"It means I need time to think and relax. With everything that's been going on in the last week I've had no time to introspect, I feel like my brain is going to explode, or I'll lose my mind or something." Ali said softly. Teal'c regarded her for a few moments.
"If you wish I could teach you a form of meditation that works quite well in times of dire stress and uneasiness. It is quite simple yet effective." Alison looked up at Teal'c, studying his face for a moment.
"I think I would enjoy and appreciate that very much Teal'c. Do you mind teaching me after lunch. I'm quite hungry." Alison's stomach confirmed her statement by releasing a very loud grumble.
" I agree with you Alison Carter. We shall, as your people say 'Grab some chow'" Teal'c said completely serious. Alison started laughing so hard that she actually started crying.
"My god Teal'c that was the funniest thing I have ever heard."
"Is this not a usual American saying? Have I used the wrong wording?"
"No. you used the right wording, but the fact that you said it with such a serious look on your face, it made it so hilarious. You looked like you were giving a n order to head into battle rather than get lunch. Thank you, that was just the thing I needed right now. I appreciate it.
The next few weeks had gone by rather uneventfully. Teal'c and Alison had spent a lot of time kel'no'reem(ing?), and Alison had been busy packing up her families belongings. Most of her parents belongings were going to go to her grand parents, except her mothers paintings and art supplies. No one even so much as tried to take those away from Ali. Much to her grandfathers dismay, Ali chose to move with her aunt and siblings to Colorado Springs, Colorado. Sam and Jack had left ahead of the rest of them because Sam was buying a house because both hers and Jack's homes were far too small for a family of five. Apparently when you haven't ever taken a vacation and all you do is save your money for eight years, it's pretty easy to buy a house without a loan.
Now Ali was standing in the center of her new room, getting her things ready to go to school. The house that Jack and Sam had chosen was an enormous three story Victorian style house with it's very own tower. The first time she saw it, Ali had fallen in love.
"Ali! Are you ready to go?" Jack called from the bottom of the stairs, which snapped her out of her thoughts. Quickly she grabbed her back pack and sweater and started down the stairs.
"Coming Jack!"
A/N : more coming your way, you get to see the move in Sam and Jack's POV. Updating soon