The Twelve Days of Christmas (6/12) – Jenny L- rating G

For disclaimers etc see part 0:

A/N: Sorry this part is late today – I've been out visiting
relatives we don't get to see on Christmas and decorating our family
Christmas tree. With thanks to LCTC for the description of Pete
which had me giggling all day… This part is dedicated to you.

12 Days of Christmas pt 6; Santa baby

Day 6 – Saturday 18th September

***
Santa baby, slip a sable under the tree, for me
I've been an awful good girl
Santa baby, and hurry down the chimney tonight
Santa baby, an out-of-space convertible too, light blue
I'll wait up for you dear Santa baby, and hurry down the chimney
tonight
Think of all the fun I've missed
Think of all the fellas that I haven't kissed
Next year I could be oh so good
If you'd check off my Christmas list
Boo doo bee doo.
***

Siler had decided that karoke, especially when combined with large
quantities of alcohol, was a bad idea. Currently most of the science
department staff were up on stage singing the Kylie classic `santa
baby'. Actually singing was probably the wrong word to describe what
the staff were doing, murdering was a better description. It had
become a tradition that all of the science staff on base went out
for their own Christmas celebration a couple of days before the SGC
party and for some reason the tradition included karoke.

Even Colonel Carter was up there giving it her best with help from
Cassie who was home from college. No one could believe how much
Cassie had grown up, she was 21 now, in college planning to go to
med school eventually and the person who had come up with today's
Pete has.

`Pete has….. a broken coccyx.' As they all stared at her she
replied `What? I've been learning anatomy at school. It happens when
Jack kicks Pete's ass all the way up the aisle and out of the church
so that he can marry Sam.'

`Fine, I'll add it to the list.' Siler wasn't going to argue with
Cassie, he still had too many memories of what her mother had done
with needles. `Do you want to join the other pool we're starting?'

`What is it?' Over the years Cassie had joined in on many of the
betting pools, especially the ones that Dr Frasier had initiated,
particularly the ones about Sam and Jack.

`How many times will Ryac and Karyn get caught making out between
now and Christmas?' Siler got out his note book to write down her
bet.

`Who started that one?' Cassie enquired.

`I'm not supposed to say, but just for you, it was the General after
he caught them coming out of the stationery cupboard.'

`The same cupboard that Jen and Paul were in?' Siler raised his
eyebrow, he hadn't realized just how good the base grapevine had
become.

`That's the one.'

`Okay. Give me 10 bucks on them getting caught nine times.' Siler
nodded and wrote Cassie's bet down, letting her get back to the
stage, making way for a drunk Walter to sit at the table.

`I've been thinking.' Said Walter as he took another slurp of his
fluorescent green cocktail with the little umbrellas coming from
it. `We need to make the stargate call more festive. I was thinking
we could add a little burst of jingle bells instead of `Chevron 7
locked.' I was going to use Silent night but you're not allowed to
use religious things in government facilities and I didn't want to
upset anyone.'

`Maybe you should ask the general tomorrow. When you are sober.'
Siler took another gulp of his beer as Walter ordered another
cocktail, this time blue with a cool red swirly bit in it.

`My other idea was that instead of saying chevron 1, chevron 2 etc.,
we could name all the chevrons after the reindeer. You know, Donna,
Blitzen and chevron 7 could be Rudolf.' Walter looked so pleased
with his idea that Siler didn't have the heart to tell him just how
silly he sounded; he'd leave that for Walter to work out when he
woke up in the morning.

***
Santa honey, I wanna yacht and really that's
Not a lot.
I've been an angel all year
Santa baby, and hurry down the chimney tonight
Santa cutie, there's one thing I really do need, the deed
To a platinum mine
Santa cutie, and hurry down the chimney tonight
Santa baby, I'm filling my stocking with a duplex and checks
Sign your X on the line
Santa baby and hurry down the chimney tonight.
***

Sam was an air force Colonel, she was a sensible, responsible person
who didn't go out and get drunk. Well except maybe at Christmas.
Every year she promised herself that she wouldn't go out, get drunk
and sing in public and yet every year she did it anyway. Who could
resist those cute little cocktails that Walter was ordering, her's
was orange and she thought it's name had something to do with a
cowboy who was doing very naughty things. She visualized Pete in a
cowboy outfit and it didn't really do anything for her, then Jack's
face slid into the picture and suddenly she was grinning inanely.

The next line of the song that they were singing went `forgot to
mention, one little thing, a ring.' At that point Cassie thrust the
microphone in Sam's face and held her hand out to display Pete's
engagement ring.

`Do you like my ring, Cassie?' Sam asked as they stumbled off the
stage to make way for the next group who were singing Gloria
Gaynor's I will survive.

`It's okay. It's just the shame the guy who gave it to you is such a
GDMFSOB.' Cassie mumbled the second part but Sam heard it, luckily
she was too drunk to ask.

`I like it. And I like Pete and I'm going to get married.' By this
stage Sam was swirling her drink around using green cocktail
umbrella and starting to look a little maudlin. `Jack loves Sara and
I love Pete and we are going to get married.' Sam responded with
more emphasis, almost as if she was trying to convince herself.

`Yes you are, and I am going to be your bridesmaid.' Cassie
marvelled at the change in their roles, this was the first time
Cassie hadn't been the little girl who Sam was trying to protect, in
fact this was the first time that Cassie had ever seen Sam loose
control and at a guess Cassie thought it had more to do with the
wedding than the Christmas party. `Lets go home Sam?'

`Yeah.' Sam took a deep breath and tried to sober up a little. `I'm
just going to the bathroom first.' She stood up to leave and Cassie
was left alone with Siler.

`So what does GDMFSOB stand for?' The gate tech asked.

`It was, uh, something Daniel and I came up with. It stands for Gosh
Darn Mother Truckin' Son Of a Biznatch! Only, it's not Gosh and
it's not Darn and it's not Truckin' and it's not Biznatch! Don't
blame us – we just needed a way to vent, we were so convinced that
Jack and Sam would finally work it out. From my first day on this
planet I always kind of dreamed of them together as my new family,
it's just a shame that it never happened and now it probably never
will.'

***
Come and trim my Christmas tree
With some decorations bought at Tiffany's
I really do believe in you
Let's see if you believe in me
Boo doo bee doo
Danta baby, forgot to mention one little thing
A ring
I don't mean a phone
Santa baby, and hurry down the chimney tonight
Hurry down the chimney tonight
Hurry down the chimney tonight
***

Jennifer Hailey flopped unceremoniously down into the chair next to
Paul Davis who had arrived late to the party, although he wasn't an
official member of the science staff he had spent so much time
working with them that he always got invited to their party if he
was in Colorado.

`Hey sir' Jennifer slurred and Paul immediately had memories of last
Christmas. `How are you to… to… tonight?' She was swaying gently as
she asked the question.

`I'm very good. How about you?' Paul said, sober, aware that he was
driving home.

`You know what? No you wouldn't `cos you are a man and men are
sssstupid.' Hailey hissed the S to emphasize her drunken point. `You
kiss me and you make me go all silly and breathless which I don't
appreciate and then you walk off and I don't know why. It's because
you are a man and men don't know how to deal with their emot…
emotio… feelings. I hate you. And will you please kiss me again?'
Jen looked up at Paul with her big brown eyes and he had to really
work hard to resist her.

`No Jen. Not until we have talked properly.' It was now or never
Paul guessed although he wished he could have a drink inside him
when he did this. `You know I'm retiring? Well I want to try and
start a family, with the right person. I've been offered a job here
in Colorado as a consultant so I won't be far from the SGC. I guess
what I am trying to say, is that I think I am falling in love with
you Jen and I want to see where we could go.'

For the entirety of the speech Paul had been staring at the wall
opposite so he didn't have to look at Hailey's reaction, the
unfortunate consequence of this was that he didn't notice that she
had passed into unconsciousness and was now slouched with her head
thrown back, snoring loudly.

`Just my luck' muttered Davis before assisting Hailey to her feet
and carrying her out to his car so he could drop her home. Maybe one
day they would get to do this conversation and both of them would be
in a condition to remember it. At this years SGC Christmas party he
definitely wasn't going to let her drink.

I'd love feedback if you feel so inclined…......... Jenny L
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