For notes and disclamer see chapter 1
Chapter 2
Sam and Jack were sat side by side in Jack's car. They had been on the road for a good ten minutes when the banter had come to a pause. But it wasn't at all awkward – both Jack and Sam were content relaxing in the car under the rays of the sun.
"It's really lovely weather today," Sam said, looking out at the stream of cars ahead of them.
"It is. I like these kind of clouds; they remind me of cotton candy."
"You know, sir, the proper name for those clouds is cumulus."
"I prefer to just compare them to cotton candy... You know, there's a game I used to play with Charlie: you look at the clouds and see what you can see, a car, a dog, a pirate ship. Anything, really."
Jack went quiet for a moment, just thinking. Seeing that he was deep in thought, Sam decided to do some thinking of her own. They both found themselves grateful. Jack was grateful that he was still able to remember the good times with his son, and Sam was grateful that he was willing to share the memories with her. She knew Jack didn't like to talk a lot about Charlie, simply because of the pain associated with his memory. To lighten the mood, Sam decided to try and spot any objects or animals in the sky. What she found didn't resemble an object or an animal so much as someone who Sam and Jack were very familiar with. "Thor!"
Jack looked up with a start. "What?"
"Thor!" Sam said, while looking into the distance.
"I say again… What?"
"See that cloud over there?" Sam pointed into the distance on the right-hand side of the car.
Jack followed with his eyes to where Sam was pointing.
"Oh yeah, I guess it does look a bit like the little guy." Jack grinned at Sam and she grinned back.