A/N: I never once thought that this story would develop beyond one post, let alone 15 chapters! Thank you all so much for the wonderful reviews!

"So..." Jack twirled a newly opened bottle of beer around in his hand, feeling its weight, and watching the faint swirl of liquid crash against the glass. "How does it feel to be home?" He looked up at the man beside him, feeling him pause even before he tilted his head and pondered Jack's question.

"A little odd actually," Daniel replied.

"A little?"

Daniel shrugged, his own beer jostling in his hand. "Well you know, you go away for a while, things happen, people carry on without you, you come back... everything seems almost exactly the same as when you left, except it's the little things that aren't."

"Little?" Jack asked.

Daniel simply frowned at his friend's repetitiveness. "Yeah," he said dryly.

It had taken Daniel a week before he had began to fully get his memories back. At first it was names and faces, then, with a little encouragement from Jack, Sam and Teal'c, he began to piece together some of the more bizarre scenarios that kept appearing in his head. Once he'd got to grips with the Stargate programme, everything else seemed to slowly fall into place. There were still one or two things that he couldn't quite remember, and a few memories he couldn't quite understand, but he was getting there. He'd finally been allowed home a few days ago, and in true SG1 spirit, the others had organised a team night in. A way to help him get back into things. Or so they had said. Daniel couldn't help but shake the feeling that something else was going on, but with everything that he had been experiencing lately, he couldn't really tell.

"So... you don't remember much from when you were ascended then?" Jack asked innocently. They were sitting on Daniel's couch, waiting for the rest of the guests to arrive.

Daniel scrunched up his face. "Haven't you asked me that before?"

"Have I?" Jack shrugged and watched as Daniel nodded. "Well, you know, you got your memories back pretty quick... Maybe it works the same with this ascension thingy?"

"Jack," he almost sounded aspirated, "Somehow I don't think it works that way..." Jack simply shrugged in response. "Did much happen while I was gone?"

"A little..."

"A little?"

Just as Jack opened his mouth to speak, they heard a knock on the front door, the guests finding it unlocked and working their way into the apartment.

"Hey," Sam called, smiling brightly as she found the two men silently sipping their beers. She was followed closely by an equally smiley Janet, and a rather excitable Cassie. The teenager cried out at the archaeologist, shoving a pile of DVDs into Sam's hands before flinging herself onto the couch and giving Daniel a hug. Jack desperately tried not to spill his beer as the girl squished between them and rolled his eyes, glaring up at her mother.

Janet simply chuckled. "Jealous?"

"You want something to drink?" Jack asked, blatantly ignoring the doctor's question. He got up from the couch and looked from one female to the other, innocently awaiting an answer.

Sam couldn't help but grin. "Sounds good to me." Her grin grew wider when Jack flashed her a smile before wandering off into the kitchen, her eyes following. It wasn't until Janet nudged her in the back, nearly spilling the DVDs out of her arms, that Sam shook her head and came back to reality.

"So Daniel, how are you feeling?"

"Wishing that everyone would stop asking him that, probably..." Cassie blurted out, while Daniel's mouth simply open and closed momentarily.

"Cassie!"

The young woman looked up at her mother, "Sorry," she mumbled then flicked her eyes up to Daniel. He smiled reassuringly before turning to Sam to answer her question.

"Good, thanks."

"Have you got any more memories back?"

"A few," He nodded his head.

"Anything from when you were ascended?"

Daniel frowned and looked up at the blonde hovering over him. She held an innocent expression, to which he couldn't quite remember what exactly it meant. He cursed at himself inwardly, eyes still searching his friend's face. "Jack just asked me that."

"Really?"

Cassie snorted, and Daniel looked from his suddenly guilty team mate, down at the teenager by his side. But before he could voice his confusion, another knock sounded on the door, closely followed by the missing house guests.

"Daniel Jackson," Teal'c said, announcing his and Jonas's arrival, "We have brought pizza."

"Lots of pizza!" Jonas added, appearing behind the big Jaffa. Both men held several boxes in their hands.

"Someone say pizza?" Jack called, emerging from the kitchen. He placed a few bottles on the table, and handed Cassie and Teal'c some squash. He rubbed his hands together, glancing amongst his friends, before adding "We gonna eat or what?"

A few minutes passed as everyone settled in the living room, drinks being handed out and several slices of pizza landing on plates. Cassie, who'd brought along the movies, began sifting through them and shouting out titles, trying to see which one they should watch.

"So..." Daniel cried, swallowing a mouth of pizza. "What did I miss while I was gone?" He took another bite. "Anything exciting happen?"

Silence filled the room, all eyes suddenly descending on him. A few moments later and Daniel watched as several pairs began glancing at each other.

But it was Cassie's sigh that finally broke the silence. "Well," She said, "Jonas replaced you on the team and has been gallivanting across the galaxy like you once did. Sam and Jack almost drowned on a Goa'uld ship that landed on Earth. Jack became a Tok'ra -"

"What?!" Daniel cried.

"Yep!" Cassie exclaimed. "Seriously, it wasn't cool... He was gone for ages and everyone else just moped around until he got back."

Daniel looked over at Jack who sat on the sofa opposite him. The other man simply shrugged, before returning his gaze on the other members.

"I did not mope," Teal'c, seated next to Daniel, simply added making the others laugh.

"Then," Cassie continued, "Jack got accused of killing some boring Politian guy -" Jack simply shrugged again as Daniel's eyes sought his once more, "And then he disappeared on some planet and everyone thought he was dead for a while -"

"Jack!" Daniel suddenly cried, "What the hell were you doing while I was gone?!"

"Hey! It wasn't my fault all that stuff kept happening!"

"See what happens when he hasn't got you to look after him?" Janet added with a smile. She tilted her head at Daniel before chancing a glance at the Colonel. Jack shot her a look and she giggled at him, stuffing some pizza in her mouth before daggers could start shooting out of his eyes.

"Then Jonas got sick," Cassie said, picking back up with her narrative. "Then he got better!" She threw him a grin, before turning back to Daniel. "And now... well, just before you reappeared Sam announced that she's leaving SG1 and now has her own team-"

"What? Really?!"

Sam merely nodded and swallowed her mouthful of food.

"That's great!" Daniel cried. "I mean the team won't be the same without you, but that's great!" He pushed his glasses back up his nose and watched as Sam threw him a smile. "So what made this happen? Are you getting promoted?"

"That's what I asked," Cassie uttered, temporarily diverting Daniel's gaze.

Sam's smile tightened on her lips. "Not exactly... Well actually no. It's a scientific research based team," She said. "Jonas is joining me."

"You're leaving SG1?" Daniel asked, turning to Jonas who sat on the floor next to Cassie.

The other man simply shrugged. "Don't get me wrong, I learnt a lot from the team here, and I mean a lot. But now you're back... Kind of makes sense not to have two guys like us on the same team."

"Huh..." Daniel's brow furrowed briefly and he looked over at Jack. "So who's taking Sam's place?"

"Me and Teal'c have been interviewing people and going through some new recruits' files..." Jack took a sip of his beer. "We've yet to pick someone."

"What O'Neill means to say, is that he does not like any of those recommended to him," Teal'c bowed his head in Daniel's direction, and if Daniel didn't know any better, held a slight smile on his lips.

"Hey, it was bad enough trying to find someone to replace Daniel!" Jack cried in his own defence. Then, after a sharp nudge to his ribs from Sam, added, "No offence Jonas..."

"None taken," Jonas replied. He smiled at Sam and nodded at the Colonel as he continued.

"And well," Jack looked at the floor, his voice lowering and his expression becoming kind of sheepish, "No one can quite replace Carter, so..."

"Ahhh...." Jack's head shot up at Janet and he threw her an annoyed glance. "Sam, I love this affectionate side that you've brought out of him," Janet continued, giving her friend a big wink and smile.

A wave of embarrassment swept over Sam's face, but it didn't stop her from putting her hand on Jack's arm and squeezing it lightly. Jack's eyes met hers briefly, eliciting a smile.

"Er...." Daniel's voice cut into the room and everyone's heads snapped back to his. "Guys?" He asked warily.

Cassie, who was currently chewing on her pizza, quickly glanced from Sam and Jack to Daniel and back again. "He doesn't know?" She asked incredulously. Seeing the expressions on everyone's faces, the girl simply grinned.

"Know what...?" Daniel's voice still held an uneasy tone.

"About Sam and Jack being together," the words slipped out of Cassie's mouth almost effortlessly.

Daniel stared at the girl in the middle of the room. Then at Sam and Jack who sat side by side on the opposite couch. Sam was biting her bottom lip – an attempt to stop the shameless grin from sweeping across her face, no doubt. Jack had his nonchalant mask on, trying to appear as innocent as possible. For what seemed like an eternity, the three sat looking at each other in silence, no one quite sure what to say.

Daniel watched as Sam and Jack looked at each other. The affectionate glances were still there, as they had always been, but something was different. The atmosphere between them was warm, easy, and above all, tension free. Daniel couldn't help but smile, and as he looked around the room, he noticed that everyone else around him seemed more at ease than he remembered.

Clearing his throat, Daniel pushed his glasses up his nose and glanced at Jack. "A little?" He asked.

Jack simply shrugged, a low smile forming on his lips. "Maybe more than a little..."

THE END

This is dedicated to Ron, who upon leaving this world, made me realise the importance of so many things. May you descend yourself some day.